Experimental investigation of nonlinear forces on a monopile offshore wind turbine foundation under directionally spread waves by Ding, H, Zhao, G, Tang, T, Taylor, PH, Adcock, TAA, Dai, S, Ning, D, Chen, L, Li, J, Wang, R, Zang, J

“…The clean separation of individual harmonics enables the estimation of contributions from each harmonic. Our findings are in line with previous research, showing that nonlinear loading can constitute up to 40% of the total under certain wave conditions. …”

Question-Led Innovation: public priorities for enhanced weathering research in Malaysia by Cox, E, Lim, R, Spence, E, Payne, M, Beerling, D, Pidgeon, N

“…We find that much of the current research on ERW is actually in-line with what our participants most wanted to know about, particularly regarding the rock resource and its sources. …”

Disrupted working memory event-related network dynamics in multiple sclerosis by Rossi, C, Vidaurre, D, Costers, L, D’hooghe, MB, Akbarian, F, D’haeseleer, M, Woolrich, M, Nagels, G, Van Schependom, J

“…The activation of this network is amplified in patients treated with benzodiazepine, in line with the well-known benzodiazepine-induced beta enhancement. …”

Role of Interferon-stimulated gene 15 (ISG15) in replication fork progression and PARP inhibitor resistance in cancer by Seung, Y

“…A follow up investigation could explore the connection between PARP inhibitor resistance and R-loop regulation – for this purpose, a HeLa cell line with DOX-inducible FLAG-tagged RNAseH1 plasmid has been established.…”

Glorious autarky? Foreign resources and the British fiscal-military state, 1688-1815 by Graham, A

“…Easy access to these resources enabled ministers to retain a bare-bones military and naval establishments in peacetime and then, in wartime, to ‘surge’ the state by using off- the-shelf foreign military labour to hold the line while British forces were recruited. Relying upon cheap foreign money enabled the British state to hold down taxation and expensive borrowing. …”

Sustainable performance measurement through digital transformation within the sustainable development framework: the mediating effect of supply chain concentration by Sun, Le, Ong, Tze San, Teh, Boon Heng, Di Vaio, Assunta

“…By examining a sample of 3947 listed Chinese firms, this study's results highlight a noteworthy link between digital transformation and enhanced sustainable performance, assessed through the triple bottom line framework, thus helping to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs), such as the eighth and ninth SDGs. …”

Trichostrongylus colubriformis extract upregulates TNF-α receptor expression and enhances TNF-α sensitivity of L929 cells by Riffkin, M.C., Seow, H.-F., Wood, P.R., Brown, L.E.

“…Results in the present paper demonstrate that soluble T. colubriformis factors promote proliferation of the TNF-susceptible mouse fibrosarcoma cell line L929, while inhibiting proliferation of all other cell types tested. …”
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Short-Term Shoreline Evolution Mapping by using UAV by Siddig, Mohammad lkhmal, Kaamin, Masiri, Daucla, Mohd Effendi, Mokhtar, Mardiha, Sabri, Muhamad Syamil, Ariffinm, Effi Helmy

“…The "Pix4D Capture" application has been programmed with the flight planning route, and the drone takes pictures along the entire grid line provided. The data on shoreline evolutions were processed using the Pix4d Mapper and Global Mapper tools. …”
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Determination of had kifayah zakat among pre-graduate students at Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) by Ismail, Abdul Manan, Hasbullah, Mushaddad, Zakaria, Mohamad Zaharuddin, Salleh, Ahmad Zaki, Abdul Majid, Mohd. Nasir, Abdullah Thaidi, Hussein'Azeemi, Ab. Jalil, Mohd. Afiq, Rosman, Arieff Salleh, Khan, Aqeel

“…Through a survey that covers aspects of student spending and income, the average of spending method has been used as per agreed with all team members to determine the Had Kifayah, in line with the method used by the state Islamic religious council as a reference. …”

Oil palm smallholder's income and sustainable development goals (SDGs) achievement in Peninsular Malaysia by Applanaidu, Shri Devi, Abidin, Norhaslinda Zainal, Mustapha, Mukhtar, Abdullahi Baba, Mohammed, Joseph, Viandrito

“…The analysis showed that all the oil palm smallholders in Peninsular Malaysia have a daily average income far above the poverty line. Johor has the highest daily average income in Peninsular Malaysia, therefore, it is easy for the oil palm smallholders in Johor to achieve SDG 1, SDG 2, SDG 3, SDG 5 and SDG 8 faster than the rest of the oil palm smallholders in Pahang, Selangor and Kelantan with lower average daily incomes…”
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Study on supply chain challenges in container shipping : the port operator's perspectice by Muhammad Zulkarnain Mess.

“…The discussion in the report were made without much consideration for current economic woes, as it is deemed that the recession is only temporary, and that world trade, global container trade and ultimately global port throughput will continue to grow vigorously in the near future. Main challenges faced by port operators highlighted in the report include the ever increasing size of vessels, the chronic problem of port congestions and mergers and acquisitions of shipping lines. …”
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New techniques for automated architectural reconstruction from photographs by Werner, T, Zisserman, A

“…It is demonstrated that convincing texture mapped models are generated which include the main walls and roofs, together with inset windows and also protruding (dormer) roof windows.…”

Merging of gold and semiconductor at nanoscale by Kamysbayev Vladislav

“…Interaction between quantum confined electronic states of a semiconductor part and dialectic confined plasmons of a metallic part could increase optical nonlinearity of the medium. However, the main challenge of combining materials with large lattice mismatches together in various shapes still remains. [5th Award]…”
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F&B business opportunity in NTU. by Low, Wan Wen., Thean, Ai Hui., Wong, Melissa Jing Pei.

“…Nanyang Technological University’s (NTU) population has been steadily increasing over the years and this may prove to be a potential opportunity for Food & Beverage (F&B) outlets to enter into the tertiary institution market. Hence, the main objective is to determine whether brand equity and other elements such as price and location are effective for branded F&B businesses in a school environment. …”
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Development of a mobile application for the mental wellbeing of youths (A) by Tiang, Carrin

“…This report will focus mainly on the interactive chatbot and application development in Android Studio. …”
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Anthropomorphism of god elicits beliefs in tempting fate, explained by beliefs in supernatural control and moderated by temporal contiguity by Chia, Richelle-Joy

“…This research examined the main effects of religious cognition on superstitions. …”
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A phonological comparison on Akha and Hani by Hansson, Inga-Lill

“…The main material for the study of Hani has been the wordlist provided l!…”
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Design and implementation of a DC-DC converter by Teo, Wei Shun.

“…Hence, switching power supplies are preferred over the linear power supplies due to their superior efficiency and performance in their operation. However, the main drawback of the switching converter is the creation of switching noises. …”
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A survey on motivation for ISO 14000 certification of Singapore organisations. by Tan, Chin Meng., Khoo, Jimmy Y. K., Wong, Poh Seng.

“…The Singapore Environment Ministry is also urging organisations to consider adopting the recently launched ISO 14000 Environmental Management Standards. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the motivation factor or factors (metric independent variable) for Singapore organisations to or not to adopt (non-metric dependent variable) the newly launched ISO 14000 Environmental Management Standards (EMS) through the development of a predictive model. …”
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Automatic analysis of lawn tennis games by Lin, Bi Wei.

“…Two methods have been developed and compared for the efficiency and accuracy. The main process is first to indentify the players’ positions using morphological image processing in each frame of the video, and then track the movement of the players. …”
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