Septic patients with cancer : do prehospital antibiotics improve survival? A sub-analysis of the PHANTASi trial by Panday, Rishi Nannan, Wang, S., Schermer, E. H., Cooksley, T., Alam, N., Nanayakkara, P. W. B.

“…Results: 357(13.4%) of the 2658 included patients had cancer in the past five years, of which, 209 (58.5%) were included in the intervention and 148 (41.5%) usual care groups; 28-day mortality was significantly higher in patients who were diagnosed with cancer in the past five years than those without cancer in the past five years: 15.2% vs. 7.1%, respectively (p < 0.001). …”
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Writers' libraries and vestigial notes as cultural heritage: minding the gaps in the material record by Van Hulle, D

“…Paying special attention to the risks of implicit material bias, the essay develops an analogy with André Malraux's musée imaginaire. Its two-part structure focuses first on (a teleological and a dysteleological approach to) vestigial notes, followed by the second part on methods of reconstructing writers' libraries (both extant and virtual).…”

Design of IIR filters by optimization techniques by Wang, Zhe.

“…Four simulation examples are presented showing that SMSOF generally does a good job even in the All-Pass Filters’ case, initialization scheme for SMSOF were also studied under different fed in conditions. Last but not least, a special IIR filter, namely Half-Band Filter (HBF) was designed through SOCP based All-Pass Filters’ Method, SCLS-SM, Direct SM and SMSOF Methods. …”
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A study on the extent of Singaporeans' knowledge of their history by Chan Lai Yin Ivy Hannah, Ong Siok Lay Jessie, Tay Siang Ling Hannah

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Co-operation and competition : the role of identity and social preferences by Chen, Hongyu, Zhang, Ruike, Zhang, Shaoyu

“…Moreover, while considering the interactive effects between gender and information, we observe that male subjects generally behave more aggressively than female and the impact of identity on them could be enhanced by unveiling both Intra-Group and Inter-Group Information. Last but not least, the experimental results suggest that a heterogeneous team composition leads to higher degree of rent dissipation.…”
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Impact of extended trading hours in market microstructure: evidence from the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange by Gan, Seow Cheng, Lo, Sok Tsing, Lee, Seow Li

“…As for trading volume, it has shown a substantial increase of 2.72 times more after its extension of trading hours. Last but not least, the analysis on both autocorrelation coefficients and price adjustment show that the Kuala Lumpur stock market has not improved substantially on processing market-wide information despite the additional trading hours.…”
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A review on the role of materials science in solar cells by Alghoul, M. A., Zaidi, Saleem H., Asim, Nilofar, Sopian, Kamaruzzaman, Ahmadi, Shideh, Saeedfar, Kasra, Saadatian, Omidreza

“…The desire for environmental-friendly alternative energy resources with the least dependency on fossil fuels is growing. Solar energy is an important technology for many reasons and is worthy of urgent attention. …”
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The geopolitical crisis may trigger changes in energy strategies by Weafer, C

“…But the events of the last few months do at least seem to have injected a greater sense of urgency to ‘get on with it’. …”

Optimal steady-state voltage control using Gaussian process learning by Pareek, Parikshit, Yu, Weng, Nguyen, Hung Dinh

“…Both centralized and distributed optimal control schemes are introduced in this framework. The least-squares estimation is employed to provide analytical forms of the optimal control which offer great computational benefits. …”
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Rule Britannia: Brexit and the end of empire by Dorling, D, Tomlinson, S

“…In <i>Rule Britannia</i>, Danny Dorling and Sally Tomlinson argue that the vote to leave the EU was the last gasp of the old empire working its way out of the British psyche. …”

Modulation of matrix converters with improved performance by Rong, Run Jie.

“…Both the simulation results and experimental results are presented in the last part of the report.…”
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Random by Koh, Bryan Theng Hui, Chan, Melody, Tang, Weixin

“…Random is a 20-minute narrative short film produced by Random Pictures, as part of our Final Year Project in the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University. …”
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Optical nanoelecteromechanical systems (NEMS) devices and nano fabrication processes by Dong, Bin

“…The third part works on the optomechanical memory based on an optical force-induced bistability. …”
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Network steganography – an investigation of covert channels in network protocols by Tan, Soon Siang.

“…In particular, the program makes use of Jpcap, a Java library for capturing and sending network packets to create the customized TCP/IP packets used to transmit hidden information. The last part of the report explores the applications, detection and ethical concerns of Steganography. …”
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Solving the modern marriage puzzle : the problems of creating value in marriage by Ang, Claudia Hui Lin

“…This paper argues that marriage should be disestablished, or at the very least, reformed. Marriage lacks intrinsic value, and if socioeconomic purposes that necessitated marriage in the past are no longer valid now, then there remains no good justification for marriage. …”
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The impingement boiling heat transfer of liquid nitrogen onto superheated tube array by Yonathan, Gayus

“…After all, conclusions and recommendation will be given in the last part to improve all factors and minimize error before the real experiments.…”
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China and Southeast Asia in the 2000s : tension management in the maritime space by Zha, Daojiong, Lina, Gong

“…We conclude by postulating that, at least in the maritime space, tension management rather than conflict resolution is more likely to be the continuing feature into the future.…”
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Segmental reporting in Singapore by Goh, Eddie Guan Chua, Jong, Voon Hoo, Kwong, Choong Kuen

“…We have also suggested for the mandatory disclosure of the basis of joint cost allocation to improve the disclosure requirement. Last but not least, we have found that the matrix form of presenting segmental reports (as shown in Chapter Six) can be used to enhance decision making and thus improve the disclosure requirement of SAS 23. …”
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Segmental reporting in Singapore by Goh, Eddie Guan Chua, Jong, Voon Hoo, Kwong, Choong Kuen

“…We have also suggested for the mandatory disclosure of the basis of joint cost allocation to improve the disclosure requirement. Last but not least, we have found that the matrix form of presenting segmental reports (as shown in Chapter Six) can be used to enhance decision making and thus improve the disclosure requirement of SAS 23. …”
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The Currency union : the Euro and lessons for East Asia by Baloch Amna, Gan, Kian Keong, Veerasak Pongtanyavichai

“…The European Union integration is one of the most significant events that has taken place in the course of history in that part of the world. Despite the two World Wars that were fought there, the member countries of the European Union were able to forget the past and co-operate for the benefit of everyone. …”
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