Modelling and analysis of lubricated piston skirt-cylinder sub-systems in internal combustion engines by Amirun Rasyid Abu Bakar

“…However, the trend isn’t linear, as it is found that low RPM operating with lubricants of higher viscosities can also generate high FPL and thus, a case study is done to analyse and apply the findings. The different dynamic viscosities of SAE rated engine oils are investigated to be used for our case study. …”
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Gender dimorphism in parasitic behavioural manipulation hypothesis by Abdulai-Saiku, Samira

“…Alternatively, I propose a role for the oxytocin system in the MeApd which has an innate gender dimorphic expression and function. Based on my findings, I propose that manipulation by Toxoplasma gondii does not occur at the level of the substrates that are implicated in the mechanism. …”
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Data preparation and visualization of heavy vehicular movement for traffic prediction by Chong, Ji Shen

“…Hence the python scripts programmed in this report is designed to filter the raw GPS data for errors and correct them to a level that is as low as possible. This report finds that based on the GPS data given, the heavy vehicles have certain preferred route and routine in which guides its movements on the road. …”
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Mapping of city growth with socio-economic growth data by Mun, Cassandra Ji Kay

“…Capital Stock Growth is observed to be independent of Population size.The variability of Capital Stock values with different indicators was useful in finding out if a suitable indicator or a combination of more than one could be chosen to be a Capital Stock estimator. …”
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Finite element analysis of expandable bi-leaflet heart valves for infants by Sin, Jonathan Junyao

“…Improvements on previous studies include finding and correcting errors in calculations and designs, testing the valve and conduit sizes that were previously not included in earlier studies and the establishment of a standard set of dimensions that can serve as a reference for all future studies. …”
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Local scour beneath a forced-vibrating circular cylinder in unidirectional current by Chok, Man Ming

“…Through reasoning and observations, the following findings were deduced: (i) the scour capacity around a forced vibrating pipeline increases when there is current, (ii) asymmetrical vortices are produced when there is current, (iii) the combined effect of current and vibrating frequency results in different scour shape, (iv) the pounding effect is related to the vibrating frequency whereby the effect is more significant at a higher vibrating frequency (v) the scour process can be divided into a 3-stage scour before reaching the equilibrium and it is affected by the position of the vibrating cylinder. …”
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Electrospun fibrous aerogels for air filtration by Tng, Zi Kang

“…A compression test of 100th cycles of the NFA filter showed that the filters retained their mechanical integrity as seen from the cyclic stress-strain curves. These findings show that the PI-PAN/ZIF-8 NFA filters can potentially be used in the filtration of fine particles at high temperature environment, such as car exhaust and coal furnace exhaust where the temperatures can range up to 300 ºC.…”
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Evaluation of popular science translation : a case study on the Universe in a Nutshell by Huang, Qingling

“…It identifies 810 errors in the translated text under review, categorizes them according to the evaluation components, and visualises the findings in terms of severity of mistreatment and distribution across chapters highlighting ‘hard-hit’ aspects that would rip and tear apart a translation. …”
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Sport fans’ behaviour : the relationship between nostalgia, team loyalty, attitude toward sponsors, and behavioural intentions by Tan, Doreen Xiaofang

“…Furthermore, team loyalty and attitude toward sponsors partially mediate between nostalgia and behavioural intentions (H7: –0.770, p=0.001). These findings will allow organisations to understand that nostalgia, team loyalty, and attitude toward sponsors are needed as driving factors for football fans to visit the home grounds of football clubs or purchase sponsor products, as well as better predict fans’ behaviour, needs, and demands.…”
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Apologia pro Vita-Fabula Sua: Defending Narrativity and How We Make Sense of Our Lives by Chen, Melvin

“…It begins by addressing certain uncontroversial premises that both pro- and the anti-narrative camps might be thought to agree on: the status of humans as homo significans or meaning-makers, the natural form-finding tendency and certain desiderata for significance and value that we possess, and the raw material of life and its constituents that we proceed from. …”
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Strategies of colour and lighting design in the cinematography of Christopher Doyle by Peh, Colin Jin Wei

“…In particular, the merit of this research is its scholarly attention on an individual artist, Christopher Doyle, by examining his role and aesthetics on the role of colour, lighting, and camera in film narratives in determining the overall look of the film. The main findings will show the relationships between colour and space, colour and character motion, colour and mood throughout Christopher Doyle’s consistent visual style and his wide variety of works over the past twenty-five years. …”
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Trade Policy Options for ASEAN Countries and Their Regional Dialogue Partners: “Preference Ordering” Using CGE Analysis by Chia, Wai-Mun, Ji, Xianbai, Rana, Pradumna B., Li, Chang Tai

“…Using national real gross domestic output (GDP) gains estimated by the GTAP model to construct “preference ordering” for ten Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and their six regional dialogue partners, this paper comes up with several findings. First, when multilateral agreements are not possible, countries are better off with a narrower regional trading agreement than without one. …”
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Caregiving for individuals with neurodevelopmental disability-influence of implicit attitudes and affiliate stigma on expressed emotions by Nee, Michelle Si Hui

“…Among the 21 caregivers in Study 2, 13 caregivers were found to be have discrepancies between quantitative and qualitative measures, which suggest possible intrinsic denial of individual’s NDD condition. The preliminary findings of this study suggest a need for developing a research agenda to better understand the impact of implicit prejudice and affiliate stigma on expressed emotions.…”
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Coping with anxiety, depression, anger and aggression : the mediational role of resilience in adolescents by Ang, Rebecca P., Ng, Reuben., Ho, Moon-Ho Ringo

“…Specific strategies to cope with these aforementioned conditions are: think positive for anxiety and depression; be tenacious when coping with aggression and seek help for anxiety, depression, anger and aggression. These findings lay the groundwork for resilience interventions.…”
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Sentiment analysis of online news text : a case study of appraisal theory by Nourbakhsh, Armineh, Na, Jin-Cheon, Khoo, Christopher S. G.

“…Bush and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to assess its utility and to identify challenges in adopting this framework. Findings – The framework was useful in uncovering various aspects of sentiment that should be useful for researchers, such as the appraisers and object of appraisal, bias of the appraisers and the author, type of attitude and manner of expressing the sentiment. …”
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A comparison study on effectiveness and robustness of control charts for monitoring process mean and variance by Khoo, Michael B. C., Ou, Yanjing, Wen, Di, Wu, Zhang

“…Moreover, the probability distributions of the mean shift δµ and standard deviation shift δσ are studied explicitly as the influential factors in a factorial experiment. The main findings obtained in this study include: (1) From an overall viewpoint, the SPRT-type chart is more effective than the CUSUM-type chart and equation image type chart by 15 and 73%, respectively; (2) in general, the adaptive chart outperforms the optimal chart and basic chart by 16 and 97%, respectively; (3) the optimal CUSUM chart is the most effective fixed sample size and sampling interval chart and the optimal SPRT chart is the best choice among the adaptive charts; and (4) the optimal sample sizes of both the equation image charts and the CUSUM charts are always equal to one. …”
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On oxygen-containing groups in chemically modified graphenes by Bonanni, Alessandra, Ambrosi, Adriano, Pumera, Martin

“…We exploited the DNA–Au bioconjugates as highly specific stains to localize and visualize the positions of carboxylic groups. Our findings are very important to clearly identify the presence, nature, and distribution of oxygen functionalities on different chemically modified graphenes.…”
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The confounding effect of nitrite on N2O production by an enriched ammonia-oxidizing culture by Law, Yingyu, Lant, Paul, Yuan, Zhiguo

“…These observations suggest that N2O production by the culture is diminished by both high NO2– and high DO concentrations. Collectively, the findings show that exceedingly high NO2– concentrations in nitritation systems could lead to decreased N2O production. …”
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The influence of rainfall on the level of two-lane highway service by Mashros, Nordiana

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Reliability and stability of amphibious house for floodplain areas in Malaysia by Mohammad Ali Nekooie

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