On a submerged wave energy converter with snap-through power take-off by Wang, Lixian, Tang, Hui, Wu, Yanhua

“…With larger waves impacting on the WEC, the conversion efficiency of the present nonlinear PTO increases significantly. Three response regimes, i.e. local oscillation, aperiodic snap-through, and periodic snap-through, of the nonlinear PTO system are observed with various wave amplitudes. …”
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Thermal conductivity of biocemented graded sands by Xiao, Yang, Tang, Yifan, Ma, Guoliang, McCartney, John S., Chu, Jian

“…This paper includes an investigation of the thermal conductivity of biocemented soils to better understanding the regimes of heat transmission through soils treated by microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP). …”
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Non-Markovian refrigeration and heat flow in the quantum switch by Cheong, Jian Wei, Pradana, Andri, Chew, Lock Yue

“…In particular, we compare the quantum switch to the superposition of independent channels where two quantum channels are placed in a superposition, which have no non-Markovian effects, and show that the quantum switch can only outperform the superposition of independent channels in the prethermalization regimes, which also depends on the presence and amount of non-Markovianity. …”
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Lasing in Bose-Fermi mixtures by Kochereshko, Vladimir P., Durnev, Mikhail V., Besombes, Lucien, Mariette, Henri, Sapega, Victor F., Askitopoulos, Alexis, Savenko, Ivan G., Liew, Timothy Chi Hin, Shelykh, Ivan A., Platonov, Alexey V., Tsintzos, Simeon I., Hatzopoulos, Z., Savvidis, Pavlos G., Kalevich, Vladimir K., Afanasiev, Mikhail M., Lukoshkin, Vladimir A., Schneider, Christian, Amthor, Matthias, Metzger, Christian, Kamp, Martin, Hoefling, Sven, Lagoudakis, Pavlos, Kavokin, Alexey

“…We demonstrate how magnetic fields affect dramatically the phase diagram of mixed Bose-Fermi systems, switching between fermionic lasing, incoherent emission and bosonic lasing regimes in planar and pillar microcavities with optical and electrical pumping. …”
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Islamic donations-based crowdfunding platforms in Malaysia: an evaluation of regulatory and shariah issues by Mat Radzi, Rafisah, Muhamed, Nurul Aini, Kamaruddin, Muhammad Iqmal Hisham, Wan Mohamad Nazarie, Wan Nur Faznie, Kamarubahrin, Aimi Fadzirul

“…Drawing from the conceptual framework of Islamic economics and qualitative data collection through semi-structured with six representatives of the Islamic donation-crowdfunding platforms, this study concludes that the issues associated with Malaysian regulations regimes and Shariah issues revolve around the donation-based crowdfunding platforms business model should be considered when devising a Shariah framework for donation-crowdfunding schemes. …”
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What does sounding Singaporean mean? by Tan, Charmaine Li Min

“…While there is no single prototype for sounding Singaporean, it is clear that our local accent differs from other Englishes from the segmental level.…”
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Unearthing roots by Lim, Ling Ern

“…The installation consists of three main segments:The first is an interactive physical display of a range of selected herbs and common kitchen ingredients widely available and affordable in Singapore. …”
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3-way respiratory sound classification using machine learning algorithms by Tu, Yixuan

“…This dissertation also shows the signal processing progress before the respiratory sound could be classified, which includes audio value extraction, data choosing, signal processing, segmentation, feature extraction, etc.…”
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A theory of zeugma by Yeo, Jia Qi

“…I then identify basic structures for the three subtypes of nominal, verbal and adjectival zeugma, and consolidate several disparate concepts previously mentioned in relation to zeugma, including homonymy, regular and irregular polysemy, and Segmented Discourse Representation Theory. I also consider the siting of elegant zeugma within its surrounding written discourse as a crucial complement to the usual approach of analysing word relations within the utterance. …”
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Simple and flexible vision-based hand gesture recognition system by Lee, Chun Kiat.

“…This paper proposes a simple yet flexible Hand Gesture Recognition System-Codebook (HGRS-Codebook) using the techniques of codebook background subtraction, skin color segmentation, median filtering, contour detection, convexity defects and definition of peaks and valleys of fingertips. …”
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Operational efficiency and productivity in container terminals part (II) : service quality and port pricing by Chan, Sek Yeong.

“…This paper shows the top 5 segments of “Importance”, “Satisfaction” and “Possible Improvements” in service quality according to the customers‟ demands of PSA Singapore Container Terminals by using Quality Attribute Ranking (QAR), which provides an evaluation of the priority levels of consumer requirement attributes. …”
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Banking behaviour of expatriate lecturers in Singapore. by Goh, Amy., Phua, Nai Hsin., Poh, Siok Peng.

“…The competitive banking environment today forces banking institutions to continuously seek out profitable market segments. With the regionalisation of the Singapore’s economy, the growing number of expatriates forms a ready market for these institutions. …”
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Investigation on the mechanism of amyloid beta peptides oligomerization and the process for its inhibition by Zhao, Li Na

“…We have chosen the full-length Abeta peptides as well as the most representative short segments of Abeta and employed the classical molecular dynamics and the sampling-enhanced replica exchange molecular dynamics simulations, to investigate the aggregation and atomic detailed interaction among Abeta, lipids, small molecules and macromolecules.…”
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The stock price behaviour of Chinese markets : a preliminary study by Ang, Fui Siong, Neo, Chiw Ern, Tung, Puay Koon

“…By using daily data of these share indices from March 1993 to December 1994, the results show that weak form efficiency does not exist in the Bshare markets. Segmentation is found between the two B-share markets but not the A-share markets. …”
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Real-time human detection for surveillance applications by Hoe, Qi Xiang

“…The overall accuracy has improved with the enhancement of using additional feature of magnitude inclusive for the HOG computation and further enhanced with the aid of additional features of magnitude inclusive and limitation of magnitude for the HOG computation. Furthermore, segmentation has been performed on the head and body of the human figure for the purpose of system integration with the biometrics’ description. …”
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Analysis of air traffic controllers' mental workload and visual search efficiency to assess new air traffic control procedures by Ko, Kelvin Chi Kin

“…While this study highlights some of the concerns regarding dual orientation systems, it raises an area of focus for future research, where dual orientation systems could be leveraged on with the segmentation of tasks…”
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Biomechanics of Muay Thai : science behind the low kick by Zeng, Ezra Yueyi

“…The main motions involved in the execution of the low kick is the 3-dimensional rotations of the leg segments and the body. In Muay Thai, little attention is given to the kinematic, kinetic and the dynamic concepts and principles involved that form the techniques that are now used today. …”
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An investigation on the role of tarsal flexibility in insect walking by Tjuatja, Johan

“…Although there is a wealth of literature on various physical properties of insect leg, such as strength and inner structure, there seems to be a lack of knowledge on the functions or roles of the individual leg segments, such as the tarsus. While the tarsus has been long known to be flexible, there has currently been no study that explains what the purpose of this flexibility is in insect leg. …”
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Cats and dogs by Parkhi, OM, Vedaldi, A, Zisserman, A, lawahar, CV

“…Fitting the model involves automatically segmenting the animal in the image. Second, we compare two classification approaches: a hierarchical one, in which a pet is first assigned to the cat or dog family and then to a breed, and a flat one, in which the breed is obtained directly. …”

Automated location matching in movies by Schaffalitzky, F, Zisserman, A

“…The local spatial support of the features means that segmentation of the frame (e.g., into foreground/background) is not required, and partial occlusion is tolerated. …”