Is the shipping industry ready for the 0.5% global sulphur emission cap by 2020? - Refiners’ perspective by Wang, Li Fang

“…Additionally, sustainability of the marine bunkers was scrutinized in regard to the economic and/or environmental impacts which will affect the long-term availability of the bunker. After which, this report investigated the anticipated readiness of the four oil majors who play paramount role in the marine bunker production industry, based on supply and demand analysis. …”
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Evaluation of durability of chemically modified natural feather shuttlecocks by Poon, Ryan Yung Chieh

“…Four shuttlecocks will be used in this experiment and there are as follows: 1) Modified for long duration EG1130 Aeroplane shuttlecock 2) Modified for short duration EG1130 Aeroplane shuttlecock 3) Umodified EG1130 Aeroplane shuttlecock (Control) 4) Yonex AS50 EG1130 Aeroplane shuttlecock is a natural feathered shuttlecock currently available in the market and is chemically treated. …”
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Highly transparent and conductive electrode based on aligned silver nanowires by Sin, Terence Jia Chern

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Portfolio management system by Hemang, Hitesh Shah

“…On average, over a year long holding period, while the S&P 500 Index provided 32% returns, investors were 6% lower in terms of the return on investment. …”
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Vulnerability of port of Singapore as a maritime hub due to impact of international trade affairs by Ng, Shi Chin

“…Singapore will not be severely impacted by these MDs in the short-term but if left unattended, the long-term disruption will affect the sustainability of Singapore as a maritime hub. …”
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Biofuels as alternative energy sources for shipping industry : assessment of straight vegetable oil as marine fuel by Low, Chun Feng

“…To tackle this issue from a long-term perspective, biofuels are considered due to its biogenic characteristics. …”
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Personnel Formalization and the Enhancement Of Teamwork: A public–private comparison by Chen, Chung-An, Rainey, Hal G.

“…Formalization has long been regarded as one of the most distinctive features of the public sector. …”
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Efficient and broadband subwavelength grating coupler for 3.7 μm mid-infrared silicon photonics integration by Chen, Nan, Dong, Bowei, Luo, Xianshu, Wang, Hong, Singh, Navab, Lo, Guo-Qiang, Lee, Chengkuo

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Interactive Sonification of Weather Data for The Locust Wrath, a Multimedia Dance Performance by Lindborg, PerMagnus

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State Budget Periodicity and General Expenditure Volatility: An Empirical Analysis by Kim, Soojin, Wang, Qiushi

“…The finding suggests that a choice between annual and biennial budget period can emerge as a feasible and effective countercyclical strategy to overcome fiscal difficulties in the short run and promote fiscal stability in the long run.…”
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Current trends and future perspective of mesenchymal stem cells and exosomes in corneal diseases by Mansoor, Hassan, Ong, Hon Shing, Riau, Andri K., Stanzel, Tisha P., Mehta, Jodhbir Singh, Yam, Gary Hin-Fai

“…However, the global shortage of transplantable donor corneas remains significant and patients are subject to life-long risk of immune response and graft rejection. …”
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A proxy signature-based handover authentication scheme for LTE wireless networks by Qiu, Yue, Ma, Maode, Wang, Xilei

“…The handover scheme of 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless networks is complex due to the presence of two possible different types of base stations. …”
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Multimode-pumped Raman amplification of a higher order mode in a large mode area fiber by Zhu, Sheng, Pidishety, Shankar, Feng, Yutong, Hong, Soonki, Demas, Jeff, Sidharthan, Raghuraman, Yoo, Seongwoo, Ramachandran, Siddharth, Srinivasan, Balaji, Nilsson, Johan

“…A maximum of 18 dB average power gain is achieved in a 9-m long gain fiber, with output pulse energy of 115 µJ. …”
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G-quadruplex structure of an anti-proliferative DNA sequence by Do, Ngoc Quang, Chung, Wan Jun, Truong, Thi Hong Anh, Heddi, Brahim, Phan, Anh Tuân

“…AGRO100 (also known as AS1411) is a G-rich oligonucleotide that has long been established as a potent anti-cancer aptamer. …”
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Resource depletion through primate stone technology by Luncz, Lydia V, Tan, Amanda, Haslam, Michael, Kulik, Lars, Proffitt, Tomos, Malaivijitnond, Suchinda, Gumert, Michael David

“…Here, we demonstrate that tool-assisted foraging on shellfish by long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Thailand, reduces prey size and prey abundance, with more pronounced effects where the macaque population size is larger. …”
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Integration of an InSb photodetector on Si via heteroepitaxy for the mid-infrared wavelength region by Tan, Kian Hua, Loke, Wan Khai, Wicaksono, Satrio, Yoon, Soon Fatt, Jia, Bo Wen

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Eigen-analysis reveals components supporting super-resolution imaging of blinking fluorophores by Agarwal, Krishna, Prasad, Dilip Kumar

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Subwavelength metrology of Al wire grating employing finite difference time domain method and Mueller matrix polarimeter by Adhikari, Achyut, Dev, Kapil, Asundi, Anand

“…Wire grid polarizers (WGP), are sub-wavelength gratings with applications in display projection system due to their compact size, wide field of view and long-term stability. Measurement and testing of these structures are important to optimize their use. …”
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The Islamic opposition in Malaysia : new trajectories and directions? by Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid

“…This paper contends that any structural transformation in PAS will necessarily take a long time. As such, it will not be able to overcome these developing internal fissures by the next general elections, which are just around the corner.…”
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System crash as dynamics of complex networks by Yu, Yi, Xiao, Gaoxi, Zhou, Jie, Wang, Yubo, Wang, Zhen, Kurths, Jürgen, Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim

“…It remains rather puzzling why some systems, appearing to be doomed to fail, manage to survive for a long time whereas some other systems, which seem to be too big or too strong to fail, crash rapidly. …”
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