The effect of inter-municipal cooperation on social assistance programs: evidence from housing allowances in England by Elston, T, Bel, G, Wang, H

“…For other types of local public service, like refuse collection and utilities provision, inter-municipal cooperation has proven capable of reducing the cost of subnational policy implementation, especially for smaller municipalities. …”

Developing and validating a digital literacy assessment: bridging the digital divide among adolescents in Sabah, Malaysia by Shakira Arbine, Mohamad Shukri Abdul Hamid

“…Despite growing up in a digital era, many youths in Tawau demonstrate limited skills in essential software like Microsoft Office, highlighting a significant digital divide. …”
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Nonparametric predictive inference forest fire dashboard by Amirah Hazwani, Roslin, Noryanti, Muhammad

“…The existing forest fire dashboards’ main function is for monitoring based on past historical data. …”
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Study of gas-liquid flow in microchannels by Tan, Siang Fu.

“…The main purpose of this project is to investigate the effect of aspect ratio on gas-liquid flow characteristic in micro scale system. …”
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Vision-based tangible maths tutor by Toh, Jun Wei

“…Results from the user study showed no clear preference in the different usages of the special manipulatives, while participants generally favoured using numbers as the main tangible manipulatives.…”
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Seismic behavior of interior concretebeam-column joints with non-seismic and limited seismic detailing by Li, Qingyuan.

“…It was demonstrated that even limited seismic detailing could improve the seismic behavior of the joints. Column main bars lap spliced within plastic hinge regions were detrimental. …”
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Investigate the application of functional decomposition in life cycle assessment to support ecodesign by Lim, Amelia Yi Xuan

“…This result is not surprising as the heating function is the main function of the oven, but the air circulation function also has a considerable environmental impact. …”
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Crack initiation and propagation in molded gypsum specimens with pre-cracked single flaws by Chong, Wanling.

“…Based on the results obtained from this experiment, it is proposed that at steep flaw inclinations, the main mode of failure is due to tensile splitting of the specimen and not due to tensile stress concentration on the periphery of the flaw. …”
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The real reunion : an integrated campaign to strengthen family bonds through meals. by Chen, Zhihui, Lim, Desmond Hiok Hwee, Tan, Nian Shun, Toh, Yew Zhen

“…The appendix supplements the main text with original documents, collateral designs, detailed tables, graphs and charts.…”
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The physics of oil outflow from crude oil tankers during ship-ship collisions by Qu, Guan Lin

“…The main aim of this paper is to find out the amount of oil outflow and factors that affected. …”
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Response time characterization of Organic Rankine Cycle evaporators for dynamic regime analysis with fluctuating load by Jiménez-Arreola, Manuel, Wieland, Christoph, Romagnoli, Alessandro

“…The Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) is one of the main technologies for recovery of low grade heat. …”
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Climate change and Singapore by Lee, Kay Li

“…Firstly, the abundance of Arctic oil and gas reserves, not distance savings, is the main driver in the development of the NSR. Secondly, Russia is deemed unfavourable for investments today and in the next fifty years. …”
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Diameter-free estimates for the quadratic Vinogradov mean value theorem by Mudgal, A

“…We use Es,2(A) to denote the number of solutions to the system of equations <br><br> ∑i=1s(ψ(xi)−ψ(xi+s))=∑i=1s(xi−xi+s)=0, <br><br> where xi∈A for each 1≤i≤2s. Our main result shows that <br><br> Es,2(A)≪d,s|A|2s−3+ηs, <br><br> where η3=1/2, and ηs=(1/4−1/7246)⋅2−s+4 when s≥4. …”

Cross-modal retrieval: a review of methodologies, datasets, and future perspectives by Han, Zhichao, Azman, Azreen Bin, Rina Binti Mustaffa, Mas, Binti Khalid, Fatimah

“…However, there are differences in the modal representation of different types of multimedia data, and measuring the correlation between different modes is the main problem of cross-modal retrieval. Currently, the most popular deep learning methods have achieved remarkable results in the field of data processing and graphics. …”
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Prescriptive Maintenance Synchronized to the Characteristics of Industry 5.0: a Theoretical Discussion by Souza, José Barrozo de, Rocha, Sandra Mara Santana

“…This article aims to examine and understand the current scope of Prescriptive Maintenance integrated with the human-centric characteristics of Industry 5.0. Therefore, the main research question is the following: “In the view of the managers of the companies visited, located in the Southeast Region of Brazil, what are the main technical and administrative difficulties that companies encounter in successfully implementing proactive combinations on the factory floor, such as Prescriptive Maintenance integrated with the characteristics of Industry 5.0”?. …”
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Message from ICME'12 technical program chairs by Cai, Jianfei, Hanjalic, Alan, Magli, Enrico, Pickering, Mark, Friedland, Gerald, Hua, Xian-Sheng

“…These reviews served as basis to select the 184 papers accepted into the main conference, a 30% overall acceptance rate. Out of the 184 accepted papers, top review scores papers are selected for oral presentation. …”
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Self-healing materials for flexible electronic devices by Tiwari, Naveen

“…With the onset of flexible and wearable electronics, devices are now put on places like the human body and various curved surfaces which doesn’t have any regular shape and sizes. …”
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Optical study of excitonic complexes in transition metal dichalcogenides monolayers by Bao, Di

“…The Fermi edge singularity may indicate a transition from a fermion-like charged state to a boson-like particle (exciton-plasmon).Due to the inversion symmetry breaking, there are two energy-degenerate but inequivalent valleys (K and K' ). …”
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Air-cooled slag derived from municipal solid waste (MSW) and sewage sludge as coarse aggregate for sustainable construction by Tan, Jun Ying

“…This final year project explores the potential of utilizing air-cooled slag from municipal solid waste (MSW) and sewage sludge as substitutes for traditional coarse aggregates in concrete production, addressing environmental concerns like air & water pollution and solid waste generation within the construction industry. …”
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Beyond searching : user's cognizance of electronic journals. by Geh, Beng Juah.

“…The main objective of the study was to determine the use and perception of electronic journals by graduate students in the School of Communication and Information (SCI) in Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). …”
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