Adding spice to life : the influence of spicy food on group behaviour by Luar, Shu Qi

“…Eighty-three participants consumed spicy/non-spicy chicken wings in assigned groups, answered a series of questionnaires on feelings of affiliation and engaged in a series of social dilemmas. Support for the main hypotheses that consumption of spicy food will lead to feelings of bonding (FoB), in-group bias and cooperation was not found. …”
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Real time kinematic satellite navigation of a hexarotor unmanned aerial vehicle by Wang, Tao

“…The Base station is the main station that sends correction data to the Rover station for use in real time and post processing later. …”
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You look familiar … but what’s your name? Word learning in Singaporean older adults by Tan, Justina Yu Han

“…Accuracy rates in 4 different conditions: (a) known-familiarized faces, (b) known-unfamiliarized faces, (c) unknown-familiarized faces, (d) unknown-unfamiliarized faces were compared and significant main effects of referent type, familiarization and age were found. …”
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Effect of informational constraints on sprint running by Tan, Ignatius Wei Ren

“…It makes use of the modification of a task’s key constraints to afford the learner to look for their own individualised solutions for the movement problem. However, one of the main challenges of using a nonlinear approach to teach new skills could be the amount of time required for exploratory learning as compared to a more linear approach. …”
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Predicting the antigenicity and reassortment probability of influenza viruses by Ong, Wenqi

“…The emergence of novel combinations of influenza virus strains has been the main cause of pandemics as it outpaces the development of flu vaccines to bring the spread of the influenza virus under control. …”
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The lived experience of adolescent attempted suicide by Leong, Janice Yee Teng

“…Findings: 11 themes emerged, organized into 4 main categories: Life Difficulties, Barriers to Help-Seeking, Underlying Function of Suicide Attempt, and Post-Attempt Dyadic Change. …”
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In-vitro fractional flow reserve of coronary artery by Qamaruz Zaman Ali

“…The project involves testing of 3D printed coronary artery adapted from an actual human body and integrate it into the in-vitro test setup. The main objective of this project is to be able to obtain the pressure as well as the flow rate waveforms of the 3D printed coronary artery by performing catheterization process. …”
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High speed low power CMOS data compressor design and analysis by Radhakrishnan, Sathiya Priyanka

“…This dissertation aims in studying and analysing of lower power high-speed CMOS circuit for which full adder of different topologies are constructed to finally cascade it to form 4:2 and 8:2 CMOS data compressor. Compressors are the main building bock of an ALU which finds in own application in multipliers, encoder, shifters, and all the digital signal processing units which is a major component of a CPU. …”
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Comparison of current and former sport event volunteers motivation in Singapore by Leong, Su En

“…Work commitments was the main reason cited by former volunteers. Volunteers’ experiences that are better aligned to their motivations may encourage sustained volunteering. …”
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Application of Electron Beam Melting (EBM) in Additive Manufacturing of an Impeller by Tan, Xipeng, Kok, Yihong, Tor, Shu Beng, Chua, Chee Kai

“…It is found that metallization peeling-off, warpage, “swelling” and arc trips are the main reasons resulting in the failures of building jobs. …”
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Modeling and optimization of ACMV systems for energy efficient smart buildings by Zhai, Deqing

“…Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) or air conditioning and mechanical ventilation (ACMV) systems, consume around 40% of the total energy, and the systems also directly impact on the environmental conditions, especially the indoor environmental conditions, such as air temperature, air humidity, air velocity, air quality, etc. In this thesis, the main objective is to systematically optimize the ACMV systems to operate efficiently and maintain indoor environmental conditions as comfortable and healthy as possible for occupants. …”
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Review of soil-water characteristic curve equations by Rahardjo, Harianto, Leong, Eng Choon

“…Practical applications of unsaturated soil mechanics still lag behind the state-of-the-art knowledge. The main stumbling block is the time-consuming processes involved in the measurement of the unsaturated soil parameters required for the constitutive models. …”
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QoS-aware revenue-cost optimization for latency-sensitive services in IaaS Clouds by Duong, Ta Nguyen Binh, Li, Xiaorong, Goh, Rick Siow Mong, Tang, Xueyan, Cai, Wentong

“…We propose an integrated approach which combines resource provisioning algorithms and request scheduling disciplines. The main goal is to maximize the service provider's revenue via satisfying pre-defined QoS requirements, and at the same time, to minimize cloud resource cost. …”
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Toward a collaborative, collective and integrative international CBRN security education [workshop report] by Shang, Lijun

“…Section 1 explains the main objective of the workshop and introduces the context of the event. …”
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The whole thing needs a shake-up: a mixed method study examining teachers’ perspectives on social and emotional skills in schools by Hamer, Lottie, Ross, Wendy, Holland, Amanda

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Health and safety performance of UK universities and how to improve it by Kuzmina, Olga, Searle, Douglas

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Mediation in a feuding society: an anthropological approach to the process of sasmos in contemporary Crete by Chereji, C, Tsantiropoulos, A

“…On the Greek island of Crete, a customary practice for mitigating hostility or conflict between two men continues to the present time. It survives mainly in local agricultural and pastoral communities and is called sasmos. …”

The impact of programme management on the speed of AI development in semiconductor industries by Zhao, H

“…The data extraction and analysis are carried out using the latest AI neural deep learning network models to finally predict the main elements in high-tech programme management.</p> <br> <p>Overall, this research demonstrates technique skills and leadership become the critical parameters, and execution, culture, and organization have less impact on AI programmes compared to traditional ones. …”

Marino's spiritual poems in music: a study of early modern sources by Kobayashi, T

“…The first chapter offers an empirical overview of sources containing Marino’s spiritual lyrics and musical settings, tracing their dissemination and reception in the early-seventeenth century. The rest of the main chapters explore devotional songs based on Marino’s lyrics on themes of Seven Sorrows of Mary, Crown of Thorns, lives of saints and finally, joyful events in Jesus’s life. …”

Astley's Amphitheatre and the early circus in England, 1768-1830 by Kwint, M

“…</p> <p>The chapters introduce the main artistic and organisational developments at Astley's and its rivalry with the neighbouring Royal Circus. …”