Missing links in The China Model by Li, Chenyang

“…Daniel A. Bell's recent book The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy makes a significant contribution to political theory, political philosophy, and China studies. …”
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Time-frequency analysis of simulated binary pulsar signals by Nandhini Ganesan

“…With its discovery by Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish, who received Nobel Prize in 1974, it got the attention of many astrophysicists. …”
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SPICES: spectro-polarimetric imaging and characterization of exoplanetary systems. by Boccaletti, Anthony, Schneider, Jean, Traub, Wes, Lagage, Pierre-Olivier, Stam, Daphne, Gratton, Raffaele, Trauger, John, Cahoy, Kerri, Snik, Frans, Baudoz, Pierre, Galicher, Raphael, Reess, Jean-Michel, Mawet, Dimitri, Augereau, Jean-Charles, Patience, Jenny, Kuchner, Marc, Wyatt, Mark, Pantin, Eric, Maire, Anne-Lise, Vérinaud, Christophe

“…SPICES (Spectro-Polarimetric Imaging and Characterization of Exoplanetary Systems) is a five-year M-class mission proposed to ESA Cosmic Vision. Its purpose is to image and characterize long-period extrasolar planets and circumstellar disks in the visible (450-900 nm) at a spectral resolution of about 40 using both spectroscopy and polarimetry. …”
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A Control Architecture for Optimal Power Sharing among Interconnected Microgrids by Sampath, Lahanda Purage Mohasha Isuru, Krishnan, Ashok, Chaudhari, Kalpesh, Gooi, Hoay Beng, Ukil, Abhisek

“…This paper proposes a cost based power sharing scheme combined with a more realistic EMS scheme. These two schemes are implemented in two control layers which communicate with each other to optimize MG operation. …”
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Tribological properties of Cr- and Ti-doped MoS2 composite coatings under different humidity atmosphere by Ding, Xing-zhao., Zeng, X. T., He, X. Y., Chen, Z.

“…The tribological properties of the coatings were evaluated against an alumina ball under different relative humidity atmosphere using a ball-on-disc tribometer. …”
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Asymptotic improvement of GV bound by Yip, Jose Zheng Ho

“…We also show that for the RLL(0,1) constrained system, we can achieve rates $2\log \phi - \log \tau$, where $\tau$ is the asymptotic of the total ball size for the RLL(0,1) constrained system…”
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The Singapore brand by Ju, Xinhang, Loh, Elicia Qi Yu, Goh, Mavis Pei Jie, Xin, Karen Qian Hui

“…Now, as Singapore moves towards the new era, it realises that it is has entered a different ball game. The fight now is for global creative talent who are believed to be able to give the economy an edge over others. …”
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Processing-properties relationship of nanostructured Ni-Fe-Mo magnetic materials by Shen, Yanping

“…The results showed that even after 100 h of high energy ball milling, the only detected phase was FeNi3. …”
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Experimental study on sediment clump by Yang, Yang

“…The behavior of sediment clump was found to follow a probabilistic model and the disintegration depth of a sediment clump followed a one-sided bell-shaped curve. It was also observed that clump fragmentation would greatly affect the sediment clump behaviors.…”
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Two for tau: automated model discovery reveals two-stage tau aggregation dynamics in Alzheimer’s disease by Stockman, CA, Goriely, A, Kuhl, E, Jerusalem, A, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

“…We propose an innovative approach that uses constitutive neural networks to autonomously discover bell-shaped aggregation functions with multiple peaks from clinical positron emission tomography (PET) data of misfolded tau protein. …”

Fabrication and characterization of graphene and carbon nanotube reinforced bioceramic nanocomposites by Hu, Huanlong

“…Regarding mixing methods, all the ultrasonication mixed and ball milled 1 wt% rGO reinforced HA composites were almost fully densified. …”
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Matters of Illuminance - Transforming Light into Material Artifacts by Callender III, Dexter

“…The artwork I produced as part of this research was exhibited at the Wiesner Gallery at MIT and aims to exist in a fine arts setting, contributing to the lineage of Light & Space artists such as Larry Bell and Robert Irwin.…”
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Investigation of the effect of trypsin on cell-detachment using quantitative phase interferometry (QPI) method by Law, Shawn Siang Wei

“…Results from QPI inspection, displayed that the cell shrank from its elongated profile to tall bell shape structure indicating detachment from substrate. …”
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Package and board level reliability modeling of advanced CSP pakages for telecommunication applications by Tee, Tong Yan

“…These technology requirements are possible with the recent development of advanced Chip Scale Packages (CSPs), such as thin-profile fine-pitch Ball Grid Array (TFBGA), Quad-Flat-No-lead (QFN), and wafer-level CSP (WL-CSP). …”
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Game design and control using EEG signals by Zhang, Yanxiang

“…In this project, existing BCI algorithms are reviewed and tested using a consumer-grade headset Muse, and a 2.5D pixel styled action game “8 ball monsters” is developed with an optimised EEG module to obtain user’s concentration through Muse. …”
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Sustainable Approaches and Strategies for E-Waste Management and Utilization / by Rawani, A. M., editor 656289, Sahu, Mithilesh Kumar, editor 656290, Chakrabarti, Siddharth S., editor 656291, Singh, Ajit Kumar, editor 656292, IGI Global (Online service) 631983

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LegSense: Inducing Walking Sensation in Seated VR by Providing Movement Illusion via Electrical Muscle Stimulation by Um, Juwon, Jeon, Eunki, Kang, Yumin, Kang, Seongjun, Elsharkawy, Ahmed, DelPreto, Joseph, Matusik, Wojciech, Rus, Daniela, Kim, SeungJun

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Lotte Reiniger re-imagined by Kang, Fabian Yong Sheng

“…The installation comprise two parts, Hier kommt die U-Bahn, a series of ball-point pen drawings of ‘real world’ 1920s Berlin in an exterior white-cube space; as well as Ein Abenteuer im Wunderwald, an interactive silhouette animation interface inside a black-box space. …”
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Velocity measurement by electrical capacitance tomography: A simulative study by Ahmad Latiffi, Aryani, Zulkiffli, Noorul Adharina

“…Three cases with different position of PMMA ball in ECT sensor was studied coupled with noise added in the range 5% to 20%. …”
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Power management system design and optimization for European Student Moon Orbitor (ESMO) by Muhammad Dzahir Mohamed Zain Affandi.

“…ESMO is a European Space Agency (ESA) initiative to involve the universities to build the first student satellite to orbit the Moon. …”
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