Toward a One-interaction Data-driven Guide: Putting co-Speech Gesture Evidence to Work for Ambiguous Route Instructions by DePalma, Nicholas, Smith, H, Chernova, Sonia, Hodgins, Jessica

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Design of a battery operated portable DC power supply. Part 2 : output current monitoring and protection by Fu, Xinyu

“…However, the disadvantage is that fuse require replacement after a fault occurs, which bringing extra cost to user. The aim of this project is to design a cheap and reusable overcurrent protection circuit, which able to isolate the connection between DC power supply and load during overcurrent condition, thus, safeguard the user from fault current. …”
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Person-centred care for dementia patients (front end Android app) by Chan, Zhao Hui

“…In most cases, family members will choose to bring their loved ones to daycare centres during the day. …”
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Comparison of specialty optical fiber and conventional fiber for evanescent sensing applications by Nur Dayana Nurbaythi Mohamed Ali.

“…Multi-analyte sensing was shown to be possible, however, due to a shift in measurement observed compared to expected results, more analysis have to be done in this work to bring out the potential of using hollow core PCF for multi-analyte evanescent wave sensing.…”
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Stylistic reproduction in the English version of Winter Pasture from the perspective of the stylistic markers theory by Liu, Yunyue

“…However, studies on the translations of Winter Pasture and Li Juan's other works are scarce, leaving quite a large gap in the scholarship and obscuring her abilities to bring her style successfully to the English-speaking world. …”
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Exergy analysis of the revolving vane expander by Wong, Kin Keong

“…Exergy, also known as availability, is the maximum amount of useful work that can be derived from a substance in bringing it to an equilibrium state with the environment. …”
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Prototyping wireless pulse oximeter by Ng, Kimberly Jin Jin

“…With this patented state of art wireless pulse oximeter, it is believed to bring convenience to various healthcare institutes nationwide, including clinics, government restructured hospitals, private hospitals, and nursing homes and individuals, including patients and elderly. …”
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Investigating the role of local angiotensin system in the browning of white adipocytes by Tan, Shi Wei

“…In our present study, we endeavored to find whether the RAS in adipose tissue could engender browning characteristics by looking at the effects of angiotensin II (Ang II) and angiotensin 1-7 (Ang 1-7) on WAT, and to bring about further understanding of the unique role of the RAS in adipose tissue. 3T3 L1 cells were treated with or without a. …”
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Call the shots : a health communication campaign encouraging young women to take charge of cervical cancer prevention by taking the HPV vaccination by Lim, Li Yi, Lim, Melissa Wei Chen, Poon, Hui Min, Tiong, Nerissa Wei Wen

“…Initiated by four final-year students from the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, the campaign aimed to bring the issue of cervical cancer prevention closer to female university students aged 19 to 24. …”
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Postprocessing East African rainfall forecasts using a generative machine learning model by Antonio, RA, McRae, ATT, McLeod, D, Cooper, F, Marsham, J, Aitchison, L, Palmer, TN, Watson, PAG

“…Overall our results demonstrate how the strengths of machine learning and conventional postprocessing methods can be combined, and illuminate what benefits ma38 chine learning approaches can bring to this region. …”

The local welfare safety-net: fit for purpose? by Cole Norton, F

“…This thesis uses both top-down and bottom-up perspectives on discretion to bring the meso-level to the forefront. It begins by outlining the design of LWA across England. …”

Ritual speech, performativity, and modality by Frangulov, AM

“…Centering the account of performative utterances on what they aim to achieve rather than what they tangibly bring into the world, has led to a more compelling account of what the utterances do. …”

Theranostics for neuroblastoma: making molecular radiotherapy work better by Gawne, PJ, Bryant, HE, DuBois, SG, George, SL, Gray, J, Knox, L, Matchett, KB, Peet, C, Vallis, KA, Wallace, HJ, Wan, S, Gaze, MN

“…The charity Friends of Rosie organized a workshop bringing together a broad range of scientists including radiochemists, radiobiologists, radiation physicists, clinical researchers including pediatric oncologists and nuclear medicine physicians, and patient advocates from the United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (USA) and continental Europe to share their experiences with molecular imaging and radiotherapy of neuroblastoma, and discuss potential ways of improving treatment outcomes and access. …”

A menu of standards for green infrastructure in England: effective and equitable or a race to the bottom? by Grace, M, Smith, A, Mell, I, Houghton, J, Neal, P

“…It also builds in process guidance, bringing together stakeholders to co-ordinate GI development strategically across different sectors. …”

Phonological acquisition process in hearing-impaired children: a systematic review by Jhanani S.Nagaraja, Badrulzaman Abdul Hamid, Nashrah Maamor

“…This review aids in bringing awareness to speech language pathologist on the need for early and targeted intervention for hearing-impaired children to tackle the phonological acquisition process these children undergo.…”
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Cuffless blood pressure meter with mobile application for home-care service. by Yi, Yun Koay, Bakhteri, Rabia, Darul Zaman, Nurul Izzati, Yuan, Wen Hau

“…However, patients reflected several issues regarding cuff-based blood pressure monitors, such as cuff inflation causing pain, being inconvenient to bring around, and providing one measurement only at a time. …”

Extreme Water Uptake of Hygroscopic Hydrogels through Maximized Swelling‐Induced Salt Loading by Graeber, Gustav, Díaz‐Marín, Carlos D, Gaugler, Leon C, Zhong, Yang, El Fil, Bachir, Liu, Xinyue, Wang, Evelyn N

“…At 30% RH, this exceeds previously reported water uptakes of metal–organic frameworks by over 100% and of hydrogels by 15%, bringing the uptake within 93% of the fundamental limit of hygroscopic salts while avoiding leakage problems common in salt solutions. …”
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Stability improvement for three-phase grid-connected converters through impedance reshaping in quadrature-axis by Fang, Jingyang, Li, Xiaoqiang, Li, Hongchang, Tang, Yi

“…However, the employment of PLLs may bring in stability concerns. Previous research revealed that the inclusion of PLLs shapes the impedance of power converters into a negative resistance in the quadrature-axis (q-axis), and this should be responsible for instability. …”
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Designing novel multilayered nanocomposites for high-performance coating materials with online strain monitoring capability by Anwar Ali, Hashina Parveen, Radchenko, Ihor, Zhou, Jiahui, Qing, Liu, Budiman, Arief

“…This extended elastic regime opens up new possibilities for tuning the physical and chemical properties of materials as well as bringing novel functionalities, such as high performance coating materials with online strain monitoring capability. …”
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Investigation of nonlinear ultrasonic guided waves in open waveguides based on perfectly matched layers by Zuo, Peng, Liu, Yang, Zhou, Yu, Fan, Zheng

“…It is interesting to find out that the amplitude of the attenuated second harmonic wave in immersed waveguides can keep constant with propagation distance, only if the primary wave is non-leaky, which may bring potential non-destructive test applications for underwater inspections. …”
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