Dielectric/metal diffusion barrier in Cu/porous ultra low-k interconnect technology by Chen, Zhe

“…As Cu damascene process and low dielectric constant material (low-k) are introduced into back-end of line (BEOL) semiconductor manufacturing, a robust barrier system is highly essential for integrated circuit (IC) performance and reliability improvements. …”
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K-means clustering for feature extraction from wavelet-based flute signals by Ang, Yew Yee

“…High Speed Machines (HSM) are machines that operate at cutting speeds significantly higher than those typically utilized for a particular material and are very important near-end-line manufacturing devices. The quality of cutting highly depends on cutter specifications, type of work piece and cutting conditions. …”
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Resolving structural ambiguity using animacy and grammatical cues in Chinese. by Ong, Deborah Yoke Ting.

“…The role of animacy has also been found to be relevant in Chinese, with studies on the Competition Model supporting it as an important cue in agent identification (Bates et al., 1992). With two off-line questionnaire studies, this study looks at how the semantic animacy role and grammatical role (low attachment preference) affect ambiguity resolution in Chinese for both comprehension and production. …”
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Measuring sustainability : a holistic approach for a more sustainable future. by Chia, Xing Hua., Swathi Eswaramurthi.

“…We begin with a discussion about the inadequacy of financial data as a predictor of a company’s future performance and the acute need for measuring corporate sustainability holistically based on the Triple Bottom Line paradigm – Planet, People, Profits (The 3 ‘P’s of sustainability). …”
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Adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system for flood forecasting in a large river system by Nguyen, Khac Tien Phuoc

“…The first approach was to employ an output updating procedure, while the second approach adopted an on-line learning algorithm in training the ANFIS model. …”
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Development of healthcare applications on mobile devices by Lee, Min Yi

“…At the end of the project, an Android application is created which allows the users to connect to their blood pressure device automatically, to set daily reminder, to view their blood pressure readings in a line chart and to send the readings via SMS or Email. …”
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The effect of secreted factors from breast tumour cells on osteogenic potential of mesenchymal cells by Toh, Gui Qin

“…The conditioned medium of the breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231 was collected and further used for incubating the MSCs in bone medium for 14 days. …”
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维度与限度 ： 论 “三国” 电视剧中的人物形象改编 = Perspectives and limits : adaptation of the characters in the "Three Kingdoms" TV dramas by 沈盈萱 Sim, Ying Xuan

“…The characters in TV dramas are in line with the audience's preferences, and gradually become displaced and deviated from the image of the original novels. …”
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Cyclic formation control for satellite formation using local relative measurements by Wu, Baolin, Wang, Danwei, Poh, Eng Kee

“…The local relative states can be obtained by local line-of-sight measurements. The formation control problem with n satellites is thus reduced into stabilization problem of a single satellite with the same relative dynamics, individualized by a specific scalar. …”
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Prism dispersion effects in near-guided-wave surface plasmon resonance sensors by Shalabney, Atef, Abdulhalim, Ibrahim

“…Refractive index dispersion causes the light line to curve. As a result it is shown that when the prism is dispersive, an additional dip in the spectral response of Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) sensors is observed in the Kretschmann-Raether (KR) configuration. …”
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General synthesis method for symmetrical even-order Chebyshev bandpass filter by Zhang, Songbai, Zhu, Lei

“…Subsequently, a 4th-order Chebyshev bandpass filter based on λ/2 microstrip-line resonators centering at 2.4 GHz with a fractional bandwidth of 10.0% are synthesized and fabricated, the measured results provide strong verification for the proposed synthesis method.…”
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The elusiveness of 'interdependent obligations' and the invocation of responsibility for their breach by Urs, P

“…The Commission, for its part, addressed the invocation of responsibility for breaches of such obligations by distinguishing between the respective entitlements of ‘an injured State’, under article 42, and ‘a State other than injured State’, under article 48. In line with this distinction, the existing debate has focused largely on clarifying the entitlement of ‘a State other than an injured State’ to invoke responsibility for breaches of obligations owed erga omnes partes or erga omnes, in accordance with article 48. …”

The intelligence of artifice: Oscar Wilde and AI by Tyson, C, Mendelssohn, M

“…At the turn of the century, Wilde recombined strands inherited from French and American sources and refashioned them into a new artistic stance that anticipated the postmodern preoccupation with fakery. A direct line can be traced between Baudrillard’s ‘simulacra’ and Jameson’s ‘linguistic masks’ and Wilde’s celebration of ‘the truth of masks’ a century earlier. …”

The Enggano-Dutch word list derived from Helfrich's (1916) “Nadere Bijdrage Tot de Kennis van Het Engganeesch” by Rajeg, GPW

“…In addition, we include the following files: (a) the orthography profile; (b) the variant form table; (c) R codes to pre-process the database (all ended with .R extension); (d) output of the Indonesian translation in .rds format where the source is Dutch or English. The one-line, multiple forms in the original are split into separate rows.…”

Memoryless quasi-Newton-type methods via some weak secant relations for large-scale unconstrained optimization by Lim, Keat Hee, Leong, Wah June

“…This article presents two variants of memoryless quasi-Newton methods with backtracking line search for large-scale unconstrained minimization. …”
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Insulinotropic activity of Tinospora crispa extract: effect on β-cell Ca2+ handling by Noor, Hamdan, Ashcroft, Stephen J. H.

“…The mechanism of insulinotropic action of Tinospora crispa was investigated in vitro using an insulin-secreting clonal β-cell line, HIT-T15. The aqueous extract sensitizes the β-cell to extracellular Ca2+ and promotes intracellular Ca2+ accumulation which in turn causes increased insulin release. …”
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HyMap imagery for copper and manganese prospecting in the east of Ameln valley shear zone (Kerdous inlier, western Anti-Atlas, Morocco) by Hajaj, Soufiane, El Harti, Abderrazak, Jellouli, Amine, Pour, Amin Beiranvand, Himyari, Saloua Mnissar, Hamzaoui, Abderrazak, Bensalah, Mohamed Khalil, Benaouiss, Naima, Hashim, Mazlan

“…The Relative Absorption Band Depth, Directed Principal Component Analysis, Line Density, and Mixture Tuned Matched Filtering techniques were implemented to perform 20 thematic layers. …”

Optimisation of stamp compliance for nanoimprint lithography : an experimental and simulation investigation of deformation of Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and Ultraviolet Curable Po... by Ong, Zongjue

“…The true stress–strain curve is also tabulated by finding the Poisson’s ratio of each material and converting the engineering stress–strain curve to take into account for the reduction of cross-­‐sectional area during stretching. …”
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Study of construction productivity & conduct of literature review, design of survey questionnaire, analyse technology application to improve productivity for optimum performance in... by Ang, Pei Wen

“…The Singapore’s construction industry contributes to about 5% of the country’s GDP but has generated a low productivity record over the past 5 years. …”
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The impact of "Maritime Silk Road" on trade between China and Obor countries : China’s container throughput forecast based on quantitative analysis by Xu, Junjie

“…This experiment results show service industry of China shares the most similar patterns with the gang of container throughput and export value of refined petrol products are the most influential cargo related to the overall China’s container throughput. This finding provides a basis for the prediction of future China’s container throughput when referring to China’s 13th five-year plan.…”
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