Control of airflow rate in ACB – HVAC systems using Damper by Krishnan, Ananth

“…HVAC systems have gained a lot of popularity over the past few decades. Active Chilled Beams have been incorporated in HVAC systems to result in an increase energy efficiency, cost reduction and reduce building height. …”
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A perspective on the role of point-of-care "immuno-triaging" to optimize COVID-19 vaccination distribution in a time of scarcity by Zhang, Yi, Rogers, Angela, Nadeau, Kari, Gu, Jun, Yang, Samuel

“…Vaccine bears hope to bring COVID-19 pandemic under control. …”
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Ozone reaction with interior building materials: Influence of diurnal ozone variation, temperature and humidity by Rim, Donghyun, Maddalena, Randy L., Nazaroff, William W., Gall, Elliott Tyler

“…Reactive uptake of ozone has been characterized for many building materials; however, scant information is available on how diurnal variation of ambient ozone influences ozone reaction with indoor surfaces. …”
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Analysis and design recommendations for structures strengthened by prestressed bonded Fe-SMA by Li, Lingzhen, Wang, Sizhe, Chatzi, Eleni, Motavalli, Masoud, Ghafoori, Elyas

“…A bonded Fe-SMA strengthening solution with partial activation has been proposed. However, an analytical model for assessing the strengthening efficiency was lacking, due to the unique nature of the employed prestressing mechanism involving heating. …”
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Heat transfer enhancement in drag-reducing channel flow by Yeo, Keng Hoo

“…Since the discovery of the Toms effect (Toms, 1948), polymers as drag-reducing additives have been widely used to reduce the undesired drag that occurs over long-distance transportation of liquids. …”
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Design of circular polarized micro-strip antenna by Shanmugam Bhaskar Vignesh

“…The square patch antennas with arms for Wireless Power Harvesting applications has been designed and studied. The antenna designed consists of a square patch with symmetric and asymmetric configurations in order to check the potential possibilities of getting a better performance, to improve the radiation pattern and more importantly to enhance the axial ratio. …”
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Land reclamation without using soil-fills by Yeo, Eng Swee

“…Singapore has been developing rapidly over the past decades. In order to sustain the fast-paced economic development and urbanisation, an increasing emphasis has been placed on land reclamation projects. …”
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A novel two-degrees-of-freedom piezoelectric energy harvester by Wu, Hao, Tang, Lihua, Yang, Yaowen, Soh, Chee Kiong

“…In this article, a novel compact piezoelectric energy harvester using two vibration modes has been developed. The harvester comprises one main cantilever beam and an inner secondary cantilever beam, each of which is bonded with piezoelectric transducers. …”
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Introducing project-based learning steps to the preschool teachers in Bandung, Indonesia by Pratami, Devi, Ngadiman, Nor Hasrul Akhmal, Mohd. Maulana, Muhd. Ikmal Isyraf, Syed Hassan, Syed Ahmad Helmi

“…With an active learning workshop delivery, a significant result has been achieved that could increase their understanding of the PJBL concept. …”
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The epistemic significance of religious disagreements: cases of unconfirmed superiority disagreements by Choo, Frederick Wen Yeong

“…Such disagreements have been left relatively unexplored. I then argue that in cases of unconfirmed superiority disagreements, disputants can remain relatively steadfast in holding to their beliefs. …”
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Magical realism and representations of the cold war in Southeast Asia by Lye, Kit Ying

“…By reading a selection of novels and short stories from the Philippines, Indonesia, Timor Leste, and Cambodia that discuss several newly independent nations’ struggles during the Cold War period, we can re-examine a literature that has not been studied as extensively as other similar political literature. …”
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A highly strained Al-Al σ-bond in dianionic aluminum analog of oxirane for molecule activation by Koshino, Kota, Kinjo, Rei

“…The structure of 2 has been unambiguously ascertained by spectroscopic analysis as well as X-ray crystallography, and computational studies revealed that 2 bears a highly strained Al-Al σ-bond. 2 readily reacts with the unsaturated substrates such as isocyanide, ethylene, and ketone, concomitant with the cleavage of the Al-Al σ-bond under mild conditions, leading to the four- and five-membered heterocycles 3-5. …”
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Protein delivery options: how well have we succeeded? by Ng, Xu Wen, Subbu, Venkatraman

“…Another antibody, Avastin®, indicated for bowel cancer, accounted for $6.7 billion among these top-selling drugs, while Herceptin®, used to treat breast cancer, had sales of $6.6 billion. These numbers bear eloquent testimony to the increasing demand for protein therapeutics. …”
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The application of microtremor survey method in investigating the geological formation of Singapore by Muhammad Azri Bin Omar.

“…A comparison between the results obtained from SPAC analysis as well as borehole information will also be shown to check for consistency.…”
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Environmental audit in Singapore by Chua, Boon Hua

“…In addition, neither the public nor firms are willing to bear the costs of environmental audit.…”
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A cloud-based data acquisition device by Goh, Reuben Zhi Yu

“…With this acute manpower shortage, building maintenance personnels are unable to constantly check on every system in the building. Hence, system breakdown occurs more frequently, this causes stress and inconvenience to the building occupants. …”
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Study on mechanism and influential factors of progressive collapse resistance of base-isolated structure by Bao, Chao, Zhang, Yuhang, Lv, Dahai, Wang, Huxiang, Ma, Xiaotong, Cao, Jixing, Lim, Kar Sing

“…The isolation bearing failure position, the size of the beam of the seismic isolation layer, the type of the isolation bearing, and the horizontal stiffness of the seismic isolation layer on the capacity of the remaining structure were compared and analyzed. …”
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Design of phase locked loop with PVT tolerance by Chong, Kok Foong

“…Specifically, for the same targeted frequency, the KVCO variation has been reduced from a factor of 1.6 to about 1.1. For the same target frequency, the maximum variation in damping factor has been reduced from about 1.3 to slightly over 1.05. …”
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Experiences of recreational running among persons with visual impairment (VI) in Singapore by Tay, Claire Marie En Xin

“…Little research has been done on physical activity (PA) and exercise among people with visual impairments (VI) in Singapore. …”
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Lesbian rights and recognition in Singapore : lesbian relationships should be accepted legally and socially. by Yu, Bertinelli Shasha.

“…Family, religion and politics can negatively affect one’s lesbian identity while the support from peers can be empowering to their lesbian identity. …”
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