Topics in Marma (မာရမာ) by Marma, Rani Ukhengching (ဦး ချမ်း စိန် မာရမာ)

“…Key words: Marma, indigenous language, information structure, topic and focus,morphology and tone. ¹“According to Bradley (1985:180), the Marma group would have first migrated from Arakan to the Chittagong Hill Tracts by the early sixteenth century and then after the Burmese conquest in 1785. They live mainly in the Chittagong Hill Tracts where they form one of the main Indigenous groups ( Htin, 2015) ”…”
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Hierarchically conductive electrodes unlock stable and scalable CO2 electrolysis by Rufer, Simon, Nitzsche, Michael P, Garimella, Sanjay, Lake, Jack R, Varanasi, Kripa K

“…Intrinsic material tradeoffs have led to two main architectures: carbon paper is highly conductive but floods easily; while expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene is flooding resistant but non-conductive, limiting electrode sizes to just 5 cm2. …”
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Implementing pull production within an aerospace assembly operation by Lennox, Kevin Michael

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Urban innovation policy in the postdevelopmental era : lessons from Singapore and Seoul by Hartley, Kris, Woo, Jun Jie, Chung, Sun Kyo

“…This article examines the impact of policies for start‐up and entrepreneurship on the developmental model that remains a policy legacy in many Asian countries. The main argument is that the influence of central planning is deeply embedded in the institutions of the Four Asian Tigers, but globalisation and economic liberalisation are disrupting the old developmentalism by incentivising innovation and structural adaptability. …”
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Terahertz spectroscopy by Chen, Lili

“…Limitations associated with this experiment were also discussed, with the main component being the lack of cryogenic cooling to reduce the THz absorption and attenuation by the water vapor. …”
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Nature grasping by a cable-driven under-actuated anthropomorphic robotic hand by Tian, Li, Magnenat-Thalman, Nadia, Thalmann, Daniel, Zheng, Jianmin

“…Unfortunately, there is no perfect solution to duplicate the nature grasping of human. The main difficulty comes from three points. 1. How to 3D modelling and fabricate the real hand. 2. …”
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Development of a robot vision system for object detection and localization by Ning, Shuqi

“…Due to its inability to detect distance, a vision algorithm combining depth camera and PTZ camera is proposed, and a robot vision system is developed to estimate the 3D depth information of the whole environment. The main work includes the following aspects. Firstly, the composition and principle of object detection algorithm under deep learning are studied, and YOLOv2 algorithm is selected as the object detection algorithm. …”
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Development of an extrudable paste to build mycelium-bound composites by Soh, Eugene, Chew, Zhi Yong, Saeidi, Nazanin, Javadian, Alireza, Hebel, Dirk, Le Ferrand, Hortense

“…However, moulding is the main fabrication process explored to date, strongly limiting the ability to design the complex shapes that could widen the range of applications. …”
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The prevalence and phenomenological effects of superstitious behaviour in pre-competition sport rituals amongst Asian inter-varsity athletes by Tan, Lloyd Guan Yu

“…Specifically aims to answer two main research questions: 1) If and what kinds of superstitious behaviour do Asian inter-varsity athletes engage in as part of their pre-competition sport rituals and 2) Why do these athletes practice such superstitious behaviour? …”
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The effectiveness of different types of monetary incentives to download the TraceTogether application by Lim, Mei Hui, Liu, Lingshan, Ng, Shu Min

“…This group was asked whether they would download it without any mention of monetary incentives. The main findings of this study were (i) Participants were more willing to download the TraceTogether application with monetary incentives compared to no monetary incentives, (ii) All participants in the “choice” group chose to receive direct payment, (iii) Most participants believed that direct payment would result in the highest number of people downloading a contact tracing application, (iv) “Direct payment”, “gift card” and “choice” had statistically lower minimum WTA than “charity donation” and (v) There is no statistically significant difference between the minimum WTA of “choice” and “direct payment”, “direct payment” and “gift card”, as well as “gift card” and “choice”.…”
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Internet-of-things gateway for augmented/virtual reality application using light fidelity transmission by Leong, Zhi Cheng

“…The development process for this project is carried out in three main phases; installation and testing of operating systems, installation of device drivers and testing of the IoT gateway using Li-Fi communication.…”
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Bacteria and archaea on Earth and their abundance in biofilms by Flemming, Hans-Curt, Wuertz, Stefan

“…We conclude that biofilms drive all biogeochemical processes and represent the main way of active bacterial and archaeal life.…”
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Additive manufacturing of cooling responsive shape memory hydrogel via FDM printing by Muhammad Ridhuan Mohamed Hairi

“…The first phase of the study is to focus on FDM and its main component. The later phases focus on the alteration made to FDM printer to be used for Hydrogel, challenges faced and discusses the result produced.…”
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A two-step approach for cost-effective design analysis of Net Zero Energy Homes by Li, Hong Xian, Li, Yan, Zhang, Limao

“…However, an NZEH entails higher capital cost compared with that of a conventional home, which comprises the main barrier for promoting NZEHs. In addressing this issue and promoting the cost-effective design of NZEHs, a two-step cost analysis framework with a mathematical model is proposed in this research: (1) qualified NZEH design scenarios are selected based on energy simulation, monitoring, and the acceptance as an NZEH in terms of energy balance; and (2) cost performance is analyzed for these qualified NZEH design scenarios, based on which the cost-effective design scenario is identified for an NZEH. …”
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Nanomaterials for biomolecules sensing : germanene modified screen printed electrodes for the chronoamperometric detection of histamine in fish samples by Veronica Pereira

“…Lastly, the decarboxylation interaction between histamine and diamine oxidase to form imidazole acetaldehyde was utilised as the main chemical interaction. A secondary interaction also occurs, whereby the mediator species potassium hexacyanoferrate (III) gets reduced through its interaction with the newly formed imidazole acetaldehyde. …”
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Makeup transfer using generative adversarial network by Feng, Qiyuan

“…Today, cosmetic style transfer algorithm is a kind of popular technology. Its main function is to transfer the makeup of the reference makeup portrait to the non-makeup portrait, so that users can try different makeup at will to find the makeup that suits them. …”
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Frontend/backend development for surveillance management system: part B by LIm, Chin Seong

“…This project is a full-stack web application development project, divided into two parts, which are frontend development and backend development. The main objective of the project is to create a surveillance management system which is mainly used in factories and industries by having related AI modules integrated in the system. …”
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Intelligent transportation system based on image processing by Liu, Yizhe

“…It is because this system uses image processing algorithms to get accurate data, which is more convenient and costs less to be implemented. The main objective of this project is to design and develop an intelligent transportation system based on image processing to extract necessary traffic data for better road management. …”
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New circular polarization selective surface by Ren, Zhilin

“…Aiming at the fundamental technical problems in the design process, some innovative ideas and technical means are put forward based on the basic structure and working mechanism. The main research contents can be summarized in the following aspects: (1)Through extensive investigations, the analysis and design methods of the miniaturized broadband circular polarization antennas are summarized, the conventional and classical antenna technologies and models are studied, and the working principles of the related antenna structures are analyzed…”
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Robot-assisted track-scan imaging approach with multiple incident angles for complexly structured parts by Mei, Yujian, Jin, Haoran, Yu, Bei, Wu, Eryong, Li, Liqiang, Yang, Keji

“…To improve the quality of ultrasonic imaging of nonplanar components, we propose a robot-assisted track-scan imaging approach with multiple incident angles, and we have developed an ultrasonic data acquisition platform to implement it. The main idea of this method is to use multiple incident angles to improve the transfer of wave energy into the sample. …”
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