Why do the outward FDI patterns of China's state-owned enterprises differ from those of private companies? by Zhi, Li.

“…The key reason accounting for the differences of outward FDI patterns is that the state-owned companies, controlled or backed by the central government directly or indirectly, are influenced by political interests and policies enforced by Beijing government to achieve the long-term national goal, while the private-owned companies are primarily profit-oriented when they invest abroad.…”
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Neutron emission studies from miniature and medium size plasma focus device by Singh, Rajdeep Raweet.

“…Since the low energy MPF devices are compact, inexpensive, long lasting and easier to maintain; these distinctive features sets them apart from other sources as a prime candidate for compact pulsed neutron source. …”
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Curing kinetics of epoxies by thermal and alternative radiation in the application of fibre-reinforced composites by Ng, Feng Lin.

“…A major challenge faced by the fibre-reinforced composites industry is the presence of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in hardener and solvent and the time taken for thermal curing is considerably long. Radiation curing offers an increased in speed of curing yet eliminates or reduces the VOCs. …”
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The art of an emotional past; memory and lament in the Singaporean novel. by Ng, Apple Keng Ee.

“…Firstly, I will begin by exploring how Suchen Christine Lim establishes a sense of loss and lament in Fistful of Colours, followed by how Phillip Jeyaratnam invokes a mode of regret in Abraham’s Promise, and finally how Goh Poh Seng creates a position of disappointment and helplessness in If We Dream Too Long"…”
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High-performance asymmetric supercapacitor based on CNT-graphene hybrid gel and MnO2-graphene hybrid gel by Bay, Alvin Koon Teck

“…Literatures have shown supercapacitors to possess excellent power and energy densities, high rate capability, long shelf live, and high cycling stability. In this report, the performance of supercapacitors, in particular asymmetric supercapacitors, will be evaluated. …”
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Role of scatter-hoarding rodents in the seed dispersal of large-seeded plants. by Low, Gerard Hongkai.

“…Also, our study shows that seeds are able to withstand considerable amount of damage to the endosperm and cotyledons, and still retain viability as long as the embryo is still intact.…”
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Population study on the freshwater crabs in Nee Soon swamp forest, Singapore. by Woo, Chia Mun.

“…Therefore, study was carried out on these freshwater crabs to provide a baseline data, so as to develop a long-term monitoring system for future conservation effort of these species. …”
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Cost-benefit-analysis of VRB-ESS for building applications by Wang, Fan

“…As VRB have many advantages, such as high efficiency, long lifespan, short response time and high recovery of its components, it is widely used as energy storage, the peak shaving and spinning reserve. …”
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The dynamics of crude oil price movements : from price expectation perspectives by Lucy Kusnadi, Mirza Muhammad Hanif, Soon, Shang Jyi

“…By employing VECM, a cointegrating equation is constructed which exhibits the long-run positive correlation between spot and futures prices over the years in review. …”
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State anger changes upon cathartic status updating on Facebook : moderation by perceived Facebook social support by Lee, Lina

“…Catharsis has long been believed to be effective in reducing state anger. …”
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Competitive strategies for small business in optical pick-up manufacturing by Ge, Guo Zheng, Zhang, Jing

“…The goal of this project is to evaluate the current state of the technology of the company (HongGuan Technologies (S) Pte Ltd), and to propose competitive strategies for the company to gain advantages and sustain its long-term growth. We started our project with analysis in two aspects: supply chain and technology chain. …”
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Implementation of a stochastic routing service by Yang, Wanqing

“…Performance testing is conducted to compare the response time of each solution, and improvement is made on the MATLAB-LP solution to finally make stochastic routing feasible on long distance meanwhile satisfy the performance requirement. …”
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Reducing stress of university students using music therapy by Wang, Xiao Heng

“…As for the timbre, there does not exist significant differences, as long as the listener is familiar with the music, the stress level is likely to decrease. …”
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Effects of engine oil additives on engine performance and temperature by Law, Zheng Yi

“…However, fuel consumption rate may be increased as a result of a long-term running and bad performance engine. Besides, the engine may keep running at a very high temperature that is over its operating temperature, this may cause the breakdown of the engine oil and thus increase the frequencies of changing engine oil. …”
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Laser scanning imaging system for underwater robotics vehicle by Xu, Lin

“…The model is verified with experimental measurements in a 0.6 meter long water tank. Various illumination volume settings of a laser beam are tested and their output images are evaluated by the MTF (modulation transfer function) assessment. …”
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Design of a VHF log-periodic dipole antenna by Ng, Xianyang

“…In the lower frequency range, the length of the element can be humongous, up to 5m long for a half-wave dipole. Therefore, it is significant to look into reducing the size of the antenna. …”
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Automatic writing assessment for ESL students by Gong, Mingyi

“…Multiple assessment tools and techniques are studied and implemented in the system, in order to generate both short-term and long-term writing feedbacks based on five metrics, syntactic complexity, lexical richness, semantic correlation, grammar and spelling correctness. …”
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Design of the physical layer security algorithms for the cellular networks by Lee, Ting Yi

“…The security of wireless networks has long been a topic of discussion. From the introduction of the first wireless security standard in WEP to the current standard now of WPA2, adversaries seem to be always able to find a way to break into these wireless networks. …”
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Understanding megathrust behaviour over the earthquake cycle through inversion of geodetic data and dynamic modelling by Qiu, Qiang

“…Lastly, I examine the spatial and temporal afterslip of the 2005 Mw 8.6 Nias-Simeulue earthquake, using joint inversion of long GPS time series for both afterslip and viscoelastic processes. …”
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Explanatory power of financial ratios on excess returns in the Malaysian stock market by Choong, Jia Wen, Toh, Jin Leng, Wang, Winnie Kai Li

“…At the same time, this arbitrage action will allow Bursa Malaysia to become more efficient in the long-run.…”
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