Fluid-fluid displacement in porous-media microfluidics by Qiu, Yu

“…We first develop a phase-field model to simulate two-phase flow with moving contact lines in the partial wetting regime. We construct a self-consistent formulation of fluid-solid surface energy which allows prescribing arbitrary static contact angles. …”
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Structural and biochemical mechanisms of NLRP1 inhibition by DPP9 by Huang, Menghang, Zhang, Xiaoxiao, Toh, Gee Ann, Gong, Qin, Wang, Jia, Han, Zhifu, Wu, Bin, Zhong, Franklin, Chai, Jijie

“…Activation of the NLR protein NLRP1 requires autocleavage within its function-to-find domain (FIIND)1-7. In resting cells, the dipeptidyl peptidases DPP8 and DPP9 interact with the FIIND of NLRP1 and suppress spontaneous NLRP1 activation8,9; however, the mechanisms through which this occurs remain unknown. …”
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MCMC inversion of the transient and steady-state creep flow law parameters of dunite under dry and wet conditions by Masuti, Sagar, Barbot, Sylvain

“…We determine the flow law parameters for dunites using a Markov chain Monte Carlo method. We find the activation energy 430 ± 20 and 250 ± 10 kJ/mol for dry and wet conditions, respectively, and the stress exponent 2.0 ± 0.1 for both the dry and wet cases for transient creep, consistently lower than those of steady-state creep, suggesting a separate physical mechanism. …”
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Free-electron crystals for enhanced X-ray radiation by Wong, Wesley Lee Wei, Shi, Xihang, Karnieli, Aviv, Lim, Jeremy, Kumar, Suraj, Carbajo, Sergio, Kaminer, Ido, Wong, Liang Jie

“…Furthermore, we show how to shape the bremsstrahlung X-ray emission pattern into arbitrary angular emission profiles for purposes such as unidirectionality and multi-directionality. Importantly, we find that these enhancements and shaped emission profiles cannot be attributed solely to the spatial overlap between the electron probability distribution and the atomic centers, as predicted by the paraxial and non-recoil theory for free electron light emission. …”
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Understanding Indexing Efficiency for Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search in High-dimensional Vector Databases by Qin, Yuting

“…One of the most promising ANN indexing approaches is the graphbased approach, which first constructs a proximity graph on the dataset, connecting pairs of vectors that are close to each other, then traverse the proximity graph for each query to find the closest vectors to a query vector. The search performance, in terms of the scope of traversal that leads to convergence, is highly dependent on the quality of the graph. …”
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Unveiling potential therapeutic targets for breast cancer recurrence: differentially expressed genes and pathways in post-surgery patients by Hamad, Hamad Ali, Saeed, Hammad Khalaf, Hussein, Talib Hammad, Hussain, Abdalwahab Bdewi, Md Hashim, Nur Fariesha

“…The aim of this research is to find out the fundamental genes linked with progression of cancer that may play a critical role in breast cancer recurrence. …”
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Exploratory study of school social work and counselling practices in Singapore secondary schools - implications for schools and practitioners by Lim, Adrian Peng Ann.

“…This exploratory study on School Social Work(SSW) and School Counselling(SC) Practices seeks to find out the various types and forms of services provided by social workers and counsellors in the Singapore's secondary schools. …”
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An investigation in China urban population distribution from 2000 to 2010 by Liu, Yanxiong

“…We also included the urban efficiency externalities factors and find that the majority of the urban population will move into only a few number of cities. …”
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Effects of quarantine in imperfect disease control by Yang, Jiongcheng

“…After that we do some analysis to the model and find the optimal control. In the first part, when considering the control strategies, we use SIR type model to understand the dynamics. …”
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Teaching and learning enabled by technology : design and development of active learning for small classes by Khor, Le Yi

“…This motivated the researcher to find ways to improve the video watching experience to better supplement the learning for students. …”
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Effects of peer pressure on endogenous goal setting and performance by Lim, Wee Meng, Chua, Shannen Qi Shan, Tan, Li Xuan

“…We have 2 main results. Firstly, we find that the effects of peer pressure on endogenous goals are significant in males. …”
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Statistical predictions of trading strategies in electronic markets by Cartea, Á, Cohen, SN, Graumans, R, Labyad, S, Sanchez Betancourt, L, van Veldhuijzen, L

“…The coefficients from the fitted models are used to cluster trading behaviour and we find that algorithms registered as Liquidity Providers exhibit the widest range of trading behaviour among dealing capacities. …”

The design of a CMOS only low-power low-voltage low-dropout voltage regulator (LDO) with an embedded voltage reference by Xie, Xinzhe

“…A recycling folded cascode (RFC) amplifier achieves higher loop gain, improving load and line regulation. A recovery time enhancement circuit reduces overshoot recovery. …”
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Mimo: multipath signals and location aware by Luo, Yong Bin.

“…In this report, experimental study was conducted to investigate the multipath effect and the improvement to the signal quality by measuring the QoS parameters between MIMO (802.11n) and SISO (802.11a/b/g) under line of sight (LOS) and non-line of sight (NLOS) environment. …”
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A low-cost dual output switch mode power supply (SMPS) for laptop by Palaniappan Balathandayutham

“…It switches at a much-higher frequency 40 kHz than that of the AC line, which means that the transformer that it feeds can be much smaller than one connected directly to the line/mains. …”
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Convergence issues in online marketing models : case study of catalog retailers. by Gupta, Ajay., Ghante, Anantha P. V.

“…The primary objective of this dissertation is to study the on-line retail business models to develop an understanding of the convergence of the catalog retailers in integrating online marketing into their business models.…”
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Tablets, Pens, and Pencils: The Influence of Tools on Sketching in Early Stage Design by Das, Madhurima, Huang, May, Yang, Maria C

“…We also find that concept novelty is negatively correlated with how understandable the concept is. …”
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Waffle-inspired hydrogel-based macrodevice for spatially controlled distribution of encapsulated therapeutic microtissues and pro-angiogenic endothelial cells by Pham, Chi H. L., Zuo, Yicong, Chen, Yang, Tran, Nam M., Nguyen, Dang T., Dang, Tram T.

“…The WIM device co-laden with INS-1E microtissues and human umbilical vascular endothelial cells (HUVECs) maintains desirable cellular viability in vitro with the encapsulated microtissues retaining their glucose-responsive insulin secretion while embedded HUVECs express pro-angiogenic markers. …”
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Telecommunication and information techniques and systems II by Fu, Jeffrey S., Ong, Jin Teong., Choo, Emily.

“…This research highlights the need to corporate a new addition loss factor in the design of millimetre line-of-sight as well as satellite links especially in equatiorial regions.…”
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Channel equalization & echo cancellation design for ADSL transmission by Noh Salleh.

“…In this thesis, the broadband access systems are reviewed with emphasis on the Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) systems.…”
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