Design and implementation of a non-iterative division circuit by Zhang, Dawei

“…Linear programming is used to find the flat plane with best fit to the curved surface, i.e., minimum difference between the curved surface and the fitted plane (minimum error). …”
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Exploring students' hypertext reading behaviour and social media use in their learning by Sharifah Maisharah Mohamed

“…The impetus to explore hypertext reading as part of information seeking behavior was borne out of the findings of a study which highlighted many problematic characteristics of the students’ information search process and attributed these tendencies to hypertext reading and multitasking. …”
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Brand- and price-based usage pattern analysis on peer-to-peer car-sharing platform by Tan, Xuan Yi

“…This can help future researches to find out the underlying social or emotional factors consumers have to make a decision to make rent or a purchase.…”
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Wages, family background, on-campus performance and gender: an investigation of Chinese graduates’ first job salaries by Liu, S

“…<p>The last five decades have witnessed an increasing interest in the education-employment transition. In China, millions of university students graduate each year. …”

Hybrid biometric authentication for automatic teller machine by Arokiasamy, Steven R., Tomal, Md Raihanul Islam, Moorthy, Kohbalan, Mohd Daud, Kauthar

“…Unlike traditional password or PIN-based methods, biometric authentication uses unique physical characteristics, such as fingerprints, to verify identity. …”
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Spatial skill premium along the process of structural transformation by Qin, Jin, Chen, Zhuo, Zhao, Yunyi

“…We develop a tractable general equilibrium framework to quantitatively measure and predict the magnitude of these impacts over the period 2005 to 2024. We find that the simultaneous increase in both skilled worker demand and supply lead to a 38% increase in the skill premium, but 19% decrease in the social welfare.…”
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Exploring dependence structures among European electricity markets: static and dynamic copula-GARCH and dynamic state-space approaches by Ly, Sel, Sriboonchitta, Songsak, Tang, Jiechen, Wong, Wing-Keung

“…Our findings provide useful information regarding the dependence, integration, risk management, and asset pricing for the European electricity markets.…”
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Three essays on corporate finance by Zou, Kunru

“…Using cross-country data, we find that individuals in countries that had SARS infections in 2003 search more intensively for COVID-19-related information on Google in late January 2020, the time of the first known outbreak in Wuhan, China. …”
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Study on the wear characteristics of aluminium metal matrix composite with 15% Al2O3 and 20% Al2O3 by Chua, Swu Chun.

“…The objective of this dissertation was to study the wear characteristics and behaviour of aluminium metal matrix composite materials (MMCs), namely Duralcan 286 and Duralcan 284 as a pin material when mated against three types of dics materials.…”
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End-to-end simulation of high-contrast imaging systems: methods and results for the PICTURE mission family by Douglas, Ewan S., Hewawasam, Kuravi, Mendillo, Christopher B., Cahoy, Kerri L, Cook, Timothy A., Finn, Susanna C. Finn, Howe, Glenn A., Kuchner, Marc, J., Lewis, Nikole K., Marinan, Anne D., Mawet, Dimitri, Chakrabarti, Supriya

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Spectral domain optical coherence tomography with extended depth-of-focus by aperture synthesis by Bo, En, Liu, Linbo

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Recognition of human activities using a multiclass relevance vector machine by He, Weihua, Yow, Kin Choong, Guo, Yongcai

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Homeland engagement and host-society integration: A comparative study of new Chinese immigrants in the United States and Singapore by Zhou, Min, Liu, Hong

“…We develop an institutional approach to analyze how the state is involved in the transnational fields and how diasporic organizations serve as a bridge between individual migrants and state actors in transnational practices and integration processes. We find that new Chinese immigrants maintain emotional and tangible ties with China even as they are oriented toward resettlement in the hostland and that their transnational practices are similar in form but vary in magnitude, depending not only on diasporic positionality in the host society but also on bi-national relations. …”
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Discrete biquintic spline method for Fredholm integral equations of the second kind by Chen, Fengmin, Wong, Patricia Jia Yiing

“…To find approximate solutions of Fredholm integral equations, we degenerate the kernels by discrete biquintic splines. …”
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Why the rule of law? A historical perspective by Pirie, F

“…Around the world, systems of accountability are weak and dictators find ways to avoid the constraints of both national and international laws. …”

Passion transfer across national borders by Makino, Shige, Tse, Caleb H., Li, Stella Yiyan, Li, Megan Yuan

“…Passion transfer is positively affected by both types of leaders’ passion and mutual communication, and negatively affected by incentive-based organizational barriers. We also find that self-enhancing passion affects innovation both directly and indirectly through passion transfer, whereas self-transcending passion affects innovation only through passion transfer.…”
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Bombyx and Bugs in Meiji Japan: Toward a Multispecies History? by Onaga, Lisa A.

“…The essay looks beneath the shine and sheen of silk in order to consider different issues that stoked or promoted the production of raw silk as well as motivated the reach (or blockade) of this commodity to a predominantly North American market in the first half of the twentieth century. …”
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A 1.3-micrometre-thick elastic conductor for seamless on-skin and implantable sensors by Jiang, Zhi, Chen, Nuan, Yi, Zhigao, Zhong, Junwen, Zhang, Feilong, Ji, Shaobo, Liao, Rui, Wang, Yan, Li, Haicheng, Liu, Zhihua, Wang, Yang, Yokota, Tomoyuki, Liu, Xiaogang, Fukuda, Kenjiro, Chen, Xiaodong, Someya, Takao

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Is clicking mechanism good for flapping wing micro aerial vehicle? by Chin, Yao Wei, Lau, Gih Keong

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Outlook for the dry bulk shipping market in the next 5 years by Sam, Dave Perry, Chang, Yvonne, Yeo, Kai Hong

“…With regards to the three major dry bulk commodities, coal will see a decline in demand due to stricter environmental policies worldwide as well as a slowdown in China’s demand. The demand for iron ore will be healthy but is affected by China’s movements in the steel industry. …”
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