Influence of non-linear wave load models on monopile supported offshore wind turbines for extreme conditions by Ryan, GV, Tang, T, McAdam, RA, Adcock, TAA

“…These models are compared to the widely used constrained wave approach, showing that significant differences are predicted for steel and geotechnical design checks. This suggests that the industry standard approach may be inappropriate for the design of monopile structures against extreme wave loads.…”

Mediation effects of language anxiety and prior learning experience on academic speaking challenges and strategies among Libyan students in Malaysian universities by Halali, Ahlam Ali Salim, Ismail, Lilliati, Abd Samad, Arshad, Razali, Abu Bakar, Noordin, Nooreen

“…Field notes and member checks were used for validation. Correlational procedures, structural equation modeling (SEM), and bootstrapping resampling analyses were conducted to examine the relationships between variables, validate study models, and test research hypotheses. …”
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Finite element study of the properties and response of 3D printed lattice structures by Tay, Arissa Hui Yin

“…The variation of the unit cell’s aspect ratio, d/L, by increasing strut diameter, sees increased connectivity between layers within the structure, resulting in improved mechanical properties. …”
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Ethical governance of artificial intelligence for defence: normative tradeoffs for principle to practice guidance by Blanchard, A, Thomas, C, Taddeo, M

“…A recent shift from the what to the how of AI ethics sees a nascent body of literature published by defence organisations focussed on guidance to implement AI ethics principles. …”

Energy efficiency: the first renewable by Khan, S

“…However, Saudi Arabia sees the situation differently, and has done so historically. …”

Developing of innovative and cool mobile applications on the Googles Android powered devices 5 by Arun Mohan

“…Sports Info is tailored to meet the expectations of smart phone users who regularly checks sports updates like match schedules, score card and important sports news.…”
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Biovalorisation of brewer's spent grain (BSG) and sensory evaluation of BSG bread by Goh, Luo Lin

“…Brewer’s spent grain (BSG) is the largest by-product of beer production, generating over an approximate 38 billion kg annually. …”
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Multilateral security cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region : prospects and possibilities by Ball, Desmond

“…It acknowledges the extraordinary progress of the institutionalisation of multilateral security cooperation between 1992-97 but also sees this process and institutionalising a region-wide confidence-building process were fundamentally important achievements of the first five-year period, but they were relatively easy undertakings when compared to mroe substantive activites such as preventive diplomacy, conflict resolution or arms control.…”
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Crazy pole dancing tattooed metalhead biking crossplaying Asians by Devi, Uma, Kang, Hillary Yu Ping

“…Singapore is known for its glitz, glamour and billion dollar skyline, but there are great things to be found in Singapore beyond what the world sees on glossy magazines and CGI-ed screens. Not everyone in Singapore may be rich, but they are certainly crazy - if you know where to look. …”
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Hobbes and the tragedy of democracy by Holman, Christopher

“…Democracy is tragic to the extent that it must be a regime of self-limitation, there existing no ethical standard external to society that may intervene so as to guide our political self-activity, and yet the structure of deliberation in democratic assemblies tends to render such self-limitation impossible. Hence what Hobbes sees as the inherent tendency of democratic activity to descend into excess and madness. …”
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Without passage by Chee, En Cui

“…They change across perspectives. I see a girl exploring her psyche. Maybe you see a witch trying to escape a prison? …”
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Stiffness of RC columns with hollow section by Teng, Ganyu

“…In particular, an accurate and reliable OpenSees model was proposed and validated against experimental data. …”
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Shi'ism, politics, and identity in Bahrain by Tan, Feng Qin

“…A 'naive' view of identity sees it as straightforwardly and deterministically causative, but if so the 2011 Pearl Uprising in Bahrain appears a paradox - a primarily secular episode of political contestation in a country with a Shi'a majority, against a Sunni dominated regime, in a political realm with a Shi'a Islamist-dominated opposition. …”
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Ant, spider and DNA: letting mindless generative mechanisms speak by Bråten, E

“…They are especially concerned with questions about agency and the character of relations. Where ant sees ‘networks’, spider insists that we deal with ‘meshworks’. …”

Solventless 3D printed high-temperature resistant cyclosiloxane-containing resin for low-shrinkage ceramization and nano-functional composite development by Zhou, Zihao, Zhou, Xinran, Yuan, Xueyu, Li, Bing, Song, Yujie, Liu, Ming

“…With photosensitive characteristics of the developed systems proven by the photo-rheology studies, printing parameters were calculated by Beer-Lambert's law to achieve precise control of the 3D printed constructs with complex geometries. …”
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OSPC: Multimodal Harmful Content Detection using Fine-tuned Language Models by Cai, Bill

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An evaluation of the RecycleNSave initiative in Singapore by Ho, Xin Rui

“…This paper also identifies flaws in the design and implementation of RecycleNSave, and proposes recommendations to improve its effectiveness through increasing publicity efforts, change in reward options, lowering of redemption criteria, change in location of RVMs and introducing data-based scheduled checks on RVMs.…”
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Pragmatic encroachment on knowledge? by Wong, Don Wei Wen

“…This view of knowledge has been contested by an opposing camp of anti-pragmatism or intellectualism which sees the matter of having knowledge as being solely dependent on truth-connected factors in that of epistemic reasons. …”
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Business contingency and continuity plan by maritime firms in Singapore by Muhammad Fahrur Razi Bin Yusoff

“…Being derived by demand in nature, the industry sees highly uncertain movements in their demand and output since the beginning of COVID-19 waves. …”
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Single-Shot Decoding of Good Quantum LDPC Codes by Gu, Shouzhen, Tang, Eugene, Caha, Libor, Choe, Shin Ho, He, Zhiyang, Kubica, Aleksander

“…Quantum Tanner codes constitute a family of quantum low-density parity-check codes with good parameters, i.e., constant encoding rate and relative distance. …”
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