A systematic review : motivational factors influencing volunteer participation in sporting events by Phua, Xiu Quan

“…Once their needs are satisfied, volunteers would retain and commit in volunteering in a long run.…”
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Acoustic and video processing demonstration system by Lim, Scott Nathaniel

“…However, searching the power values from SRP-PHAT poses issues of long processing time and tendencies to peak at undesired local maxima. …”
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Mimosa Pudica : modelling and analysis of heat stimulation of the plant movement by Aw, Fang Yu

“…The recovery period is relatively long for the subsequent cycles and approaches a limiting value. …”
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Predicting the antigenicity and reassortment probability of influenza viruses by Ong, Wenqi

“…These analytical and predictive models accelerate researchers in the development of effective vaccines in the long run. As such, the aim of this project is to aid the aforementioned through developing two web applications, by proposing and applying various computation methods to data. …”
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Copula-based pairs trading in local markets by Zou, Xi

“…The intrinsic idea of pairs trading is to identify a pair of stocks whose prices move together in their history. Subsequently, long/short positions are constructed when the stock prices are undervalued/overvalued relative to their counterparty. …”
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Regulatory RNAs discovered in unexpected places by Pek, Jun Wei, Okamura, Katsutomo

“…Recent studies have discovered both small and long noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) encoded in unexpected places. …”
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An emerging Asian model of governance and transnational knowledge transfer : an introduction by Liu, Hong, Wang, Tingyan

“…Although Asia has a long history of governance practice, its modern governance has been disproportionately influenced by the Western models. …”
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Ultra-low power SRAM and SRAM based PUF design by Lu, Lu

“…With the recent development of portable devices and wearable technology, the requirements of long battery life-time, ultra-low power consumption and low cost in system-on-a-chip (SoC) are becoming increasingly significant. …”
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Recent Advances on Functionalized Upconversion Nanoparticles for Detection of Small Molecules and Ions in Biosystems by Gu, Bin, Zhang, Qichun

“…Compared with traditional fluorescent probes (e.g., organic dyes, metal complexes, or inorganic quantum dots), UCNPs have many advantages such as non-autofluorescence, high chemical stability, large light-penetration depth, long lifetime, and less damage to samples. This article focuses on recent achievements in the usage of lanthanide-doped UCNPs as efficient probes for biodetection since 2014. …”
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The Perils of Consensus: How ASEAN’s Meta-Regime Undermines Economic and Environmental Cooperation by Vinod, K. Aggarwal, Chow, Jonathan T.

“…The member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have been frequently criticized for adhering to a long-standing norm of strict non-interference in each other’s domestic affairs, thereby hampering collective efforts to address regional problems. …”
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Bubble dynamics in laser lithotripsy by Mohammadzadeh, Milad, Mercado, Julian Martinez, Ohl, Claus-Dieter

“…Laser lithotripsy is a medical procedure for fragmentation of urinary stones with a fiber guided laser pulse of several hundred microseconds long. Using high-speed photography, we present an in-vitro study of bubble dynamics and stone motion induced by Ho:YAG laser lithotripsy. …”
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Ultranarrow graphene nanoribbons toward oxygen reduction and evolution reactions by Zhang, Jian, Sun, Yuanmiao, Zhu, Jiawei, Gao, Zhonghui, Li, Shuzhou, Mu, Shichun, Huang, Yunhui

“…Here, a unique defect‐rich N‐doped ultranarrow graphene nanoribbon with a high aspect ratio that exhibits excellent ORR/OER bifunctional activities and impressive long‐term cycling stability in Zn–air batteries is successfully fabricated. …”
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India’s emerging land warfare doctrines and capabilities by Singh, Harinder

“…The paper argues that the Indian Army can be expected to adapt itself well to emerging threats and challenges, and deter or, if necessary, defend the country against China, and achieve sufficient combat superiority vis-à-vis Pakistan, in the medium to long term. India’s army can be expected to emerge as an important security provider in the region, with sufficient force projection capabilities to pursue its legitimate interests in the neighbourhood, and even beyond.…”
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Achieving faster handovers in mobile WiMAX networks by Lu, Qi, Ma, Maode

“…However, in the standard handover process, a long latency to data transmissions is caused resulting in the serious interruption to ongoing services. …”
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Distribution of the Högbom CLEAN algorithm using tiled images with feedback by Wright, D, Adamek, K, Armour, W

“…The CLEAN algorithm was originally developed by Högbom (1974), long before such data sizes were thought possible and is still the most popular tool used for deconvolution in interferometric imaging. …”

The gravity of the status quo: the response of research governance to system-level shocks by Derrick, GE, Robson, J, Oancea, A, Xu, X, Stan, M-R

“…Aspirations for short-, medium- and long-term plans for research change echoed a dependency on returning to ‘normal’ and an inevitable pull of the norms of the pre-pandemic status quo. …”

‘Liege lady’: Queen Victoria’s political medievalism by Broome Saunders, C

“…This chapter explores the reception and reader responses to medievalism by women who were engaged in political discussion in the long nineteenth century. <br> From her very accession, Queen Victoria used the nineteenth-century cultural fascination with medieval and chivalric revival to her own political advantage, to manipulate public opinion in favour of her monarchy and her consort, and to explore the social complexities of her own position. …”

Can participation promote psychological ownership of a shared resource? An intervention study of community-based safe water infrastructure by Ambuehl, B, Kunwar, BM, Schertenleib, A, Marks, SJ, Inauen, J

“…Previous research suggests that community-based participation, a process through which beneficiaries can actively influence and define the direction and execution of development programs, can promote long-term uptake, use, and management of shared resources, such as community-based safe water infrastructure. …”

White cat, black cat or good cat: the Beijing consensus as an alternative philosophy for policy deliberation? The case of China by Hasmath, R

“…Contrary to models of development which provide a subset of policy prescriptions for the policymakers’ disposal or a fundamentalist adherence to a particular economic tradition, the philosophical intentionality of the Beijing Consensus is reflected in the infamous words of Deng Xiaoping “I do not care if it is a white cat or a black cat … It is a good cat so long as it catches mice”. That is, the Beijing Consensus inherently recognises that each development scenario has a potential set of challenges that may require unique and/or experimental solutions factoring the current political, social and economic environment. …”

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

“…Altogether, these results suggest that, in this setting, inter-municipal cooperation may be unsuited to labor-intensive public services; that short- and long-term effects can differ; and that, even in the absence of a profit motive, quality shading remains a risk in cooperation reforms.…”