Confucian moral cultivation, longevity, and public policy by Li, Chenyang

“…By investigating the link between the Confucian ideal of longevity and moral cultivation, I argue that Confucian moral cultivation is founded on the ideal of harmony, and, in this connection, it promotes a holistic, healthy life, of which longevity is an important component. …”
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Are economic selection indices always superior to a desired gains index? by Yamada, Y.

The colloidal stability of water-in-oil-in-water double emulsion stabilized by Pickering emulsifier mixture in encapsulating ethanolic kenaf leaves extract by Elaine, Elaine, Tan, Chin Ping, Akanda, Md Jahurul Haque, Nyam, Kar Lin

“…PEM consists of sodium caseinate, tween-20, and beta-cyclodextrin at the fixed ratio of 57.9:27.6:14.5% (w/w/w). Key parameters such as droplet size, polydispersity index, creaming index, encapsulation efficiency, and droplet morphology were monitored during 5-week storage at 25 °C. …”

Diagrammatic Representation and Inference : 12th International Conference, Diagrams 2021, Virtual, September 28-30, 2021, Proceedings / by Diagrams (Conference) (12th : 2021 : Online) 643173, Basu, Amrita, 1953-, editor 643175, Stapleton, Gem, editor 643176, Linker, Sven, editor 643177, Legg, Catherine, editor 643178, Manalo, Emmanuel, editor 643179, Viana, Petrucio, editor 643180

“…The papers are organized in the following topical sections: design of concrete diagrams; theory of diagrams; diagrams and mathematics; diagrams and logic; new representation systems; analysis of diagrams; diagrams and computation; cognitive analysis; diagrams as structural tools; formal diagrams; and understanding thought processes. 10 chapters are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.…”

Modeling and coordination control of AC/DC hybrid microgrids by Zhang, Zhe

“…By proportionally coupling the grid frequency and DC-link bus voltages, power converter DC-link capacitors serve as energy buffers and inertia supplies. …”
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EEG-based attention recognition using machine learning by Sun, Haoqi

“…To address this issue, a novel bio-inspired algorithm, joint weight-delay spike-timing dependent plasticity (joint STDP), is proposed for learning sparse hidden weights and EEG spectral features. …”
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Surface water sensitivity to climate variability by Paltan-Lopez, H

“…Building on this, this thesis secondly analyses the direct link between natural sources of climate variability and land surface hydrological processes and risks at the global scale. …”

Grid-connected energy storage systems: state-of-the-art and emerging technologies by Farivar, Glen G., Manalastas, William, Jr., Tafti, Hossein Dehghani, Ceballos, Salvador, Sanchez-Ruiz, Alain, Lovell, Emma C., Konstantinou, Georgios, Townsend, Christopher D., Srinivasan, Madhavi, Pou, Josep

“…Therefore, a survey of popular power converter topologies, including transformer-based, transformerless with distributed or common dc-link, and hybrid systems, along with some discussions for implementing advanced grid support functionalities in the BESS control, is presented. …”
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Creative Schools / by Robinson, Ken, author 509031, Aronica, Lou, author 621386

The impact of foreign direct investment on the economy of the people's republic of China : a macroeconomic model by Lim, Harold Chee Kian, See Toh, Wai Meng, Hu, Koon Phei

“…The econometric study is purely empirical in nature and thus throws new light on the various channels through which FDI influences five macroeconomic variables: economic growth, exports, imports, national saving and domestic investment. …”
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Extraordinary model systems for regeneration by Accorsi, A, Guo, L, Marshall, WF, Mommersteeg, MTM, Nakajima, Y-I

“…To expand this topic further, this Perspective conveys the voices of five expert biologists from the field of regenerative biology, each of whom showcases some less well-known, but equally extraordinary, species for studying regeneration.…”

Tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy versus non‐surgical treatment for chronic/recurrent acute tonsillitis by Burton, MJ, Glasziou, PP, Chong, LY, Venekamp, RP

“…In the first year after surgery children undergoing surgery had an average of 18 days of sore throat (of which some ‐ between five and seven on average ‐ will be in the immediate postoperative period), compared with 23 days in the control group (difference 5.1 days, 95% CI 2.2 to 8.1; moderate quality evidence). …”

Substation reliability and its impacts on composite system adequacy by Ren, Shuhua

“…Substation and switching station, which forms a link between the bulk transmission system and the generation system, is the pivotal portion of an electric power system. …”
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A local product-of-exponentials method for the kinematic calibration of modular reconfigurable robots by Tan, Chee Tat.

“…A modular reconfigurable robot system is a collection of standardized individual link and joint components that can be assembled into a particular geometry for a specific task. …”
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Control of a 2-axis scara robot with a flexible forearm by Liu, Yaping.

“…In this thesis, issues in the modelling and control design of the tip position trajectory tracking of a two-link SCARA manipulator arm with a flexible forearm are discussed. …”
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Relationship between parent-child endorsed cultural values, language use, and their intended/perceived parenting style. by Sameema Nisa Haja Mohideen.

“…The results of the study indicated that only the home language predicted the endorsement of values thus proving the link between language and culture. Also endorsed values were found to be a predictor of the intended /perceived parenting style. …”
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Improving document access and retrieval in a repair workshop by Lim, Tang Boo.

“…In particular, hypertext technology is being recognized as one of the more important text organizing tools with its powerful hyper-link feature to retrieve documents of various formats and its latest frame technique to enable better presentation of information in multiple windows. …”
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Experiencing wireless sensor networks the media access control (Mac) layer by Fong, Gerald Fook Mun.

“…It also provides an overview of the data frame structure at the data link layer as well as the two different types of MAC implementations namely TKN154 and the one which is being utilized by the micaz family range of motes. …”
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A remotely controlled vision inspection/identification system in the computer integrated manufacturing environment by Chutatape, Opas.

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Power system virtual inertia implemented by grid-connected solar photovoltaic inverters by Wang, Chuan

“…Without modifying the original inertia coefficient in the system, the capacitance of capacitors and dc-link voltages can be changed to control the virtual inertia. …”
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