Comparison of Two Metallic Additive Manufacturing Technologies: Selective Laser Melting and Electron Beam Melting by Kok, Yihong, Tor, Shu Beng, Loh, Ngiap Hiang

“…The scope of this review is on the selective laser melting and electron beam melting additive manufacturing method. The findings have shown large advances in the manufacturing quality of these two methods commercially. …”
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Books : The History and Future of Reading / by Price, Leah, author 656033, Hachette Books Group (Online service) 647103

“…Examining the wear and tear on the books that they contain, English professor Leah Price finds scant evidence that a golden age of reading ever existed. …”
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READY PLAYER ONE / by Cline, Ernest, author 655943

“…And then Wade stumbles onto the key to the first puzzle. Suddenly, he finds himself pitted against thousands of competitors in a desperate race to claim the ultimate prize, a chase that soon takes on terrifying real-world dimensions - and that will leave both Wade and his world profoundly changed.…”

Green human resources in higher education institutions: a systematic literature review by Zuria Akmal, Saad, Muhammad Ashraf, Fauzi, Laili, Zulkepeli, Moshood, Taofeeq D., Suhaidah, Hussain

“…Several research streams were identified: (1) academic and non-academic GHRM, (2) theoretical foundation, (3) qualitative and quantitative studies, and (4) green training and development. Findings: This review discovered that GHRM implementation in HEIs leads to better sustainability efforts within academic institutions. …”
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ESL writing anxiety: Insights from diploma engineering students by Nurul Nadia, Muhammad, Rosnani, Ismail, Siti Norzaimalina, Abd Majid

“…It was also indicated that fear of the teacher’s negative comments, linguistic difficulties and pressure for perfect work are the top 3 factors contributing to the students’ writing anxiety. The findings of this study may alert English language instructors of the negative effects of writing anxiety, and the need for differential instructional methods and materials to support highly anxious writers to gradually improve their writing skill performance.…”
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Homebuyer complaints during defect liability period: Critical analysis of individual presumptions, defect discovery and post-rectifications factors by Mohd Saufi, ., Liyana, Mohamed Yusof, Rahimi, A. Rahman

“…Originality/value: To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to quantitatively investigate factors leading to homebuyers’ complaints during DLP. The study findings offer a new perspective for policymakers in the development of housing regulations.…”
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Investigation of the Association between Air Pollution and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in the European Population: A Mendelian Randomization Study by Yang, Jing, Zhang, Yaqi, Yuan, Yin, Xie, Zhongyang, Li, Lanjuan

“…In validation sets, the null associations remained in UVMR. Our findings from MR analysis using genetic data did not provide evidence for a causal association between air pollution and NAFLD in the European population. …”
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The Inspiration Design Toolkit: A Human-Centered Design Tool for a System Engineering Course by Lee, Sheng-Hung, Yang, Maria C, Carramolino, Beatriz, Rudnik, John

“…We discuss how these findings may help educators consider critical design principles and for creating a digital self-learning toolkit connected to the course content and increasing its content adaptability.…”
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Gender Perspectives on Role Models: Insights from STEM Students and Professionals by Tal, Marina, Lavi, Rea, Reiss, Shari, Dori, Yehudit Judy

“…The most frequent characteristics women mentioned were empathic and encouraging. The research findings support and align with the social cognitive career theory (SCCT), demonstrating how role modeling, which is part of the environmental theme, boosts intrinsic motivation—part of the personal theme, for individuals in STEM, especially women. …”
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Contraction theory for nonlinear stability analysis and learning-based control: A tutorial overview by Tsukamoto, Hiroyasu, Chung, Soon-Jo, Slotine, Jean-Jaques E.

“…In particular, we provide a detailed review of techniques for finding contraction metrics and associated control and estimation laws using deep neural networks.…”
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Gender differences in the user satisfaction and service quality improvement priority of public transit bus system in Porto Alegre and Fortaleza, Brazil by Zheng, Yunhan, Kong, Hui, Petzhold, Guillermo, Barcelos, Mariana M, Zegras, Christopher P, Zhao, Jinhua

“…The random forest method is applied to determine the attribute importance, which captures both the non-linear and asymmetry influences of the service attributes on riders’ overall satisfaction. Our findings show that the gender difference exists in terms of both the importance type and the improvement priority of the attributes. …”
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Application of finite Gaussian process distribution of relaxation times on SOFC electrodes by Williams, Nicholas J, Osborne, Conor, Seymour, Ieuan D, Bazant, Martin Z, Skinner, Stephen J

“…Using a nonparametric tool known as Gaussian process (GP) regression, we showcase a method of finding a unique solution to the ill-posed DRT problem by optimising kernel hyperparameters as opposed to ad-hoc regularisation. …”
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Phonetic Faithfulness in Phonological Opacity by Kim, Yeong-Joon

“…This dissertation presents a novel approach to phonological opacity, which is grounded in new findings regarding substantive restrictions on the patterns of opaque interactions. …”
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Improvement of soil quality and optimisation of plant growth with biochar by Loh, Katriel Wenshu

“…The findings of the experiment also indicate that adding biochar in lead-contaminated soils may not help to reduce the uptake of lead into Choy Sum in the quest to make it safe for consumption. …”
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Optimising public transit using big data and machine learning by Lee, Kelvin

“…In the first part of the thesis, we explore a predictive optimisation framework that employs machine learning techniques to forecast passenger demand, which are then used to optimise a demand-responsive transit service. Our findings demonstrate that using the predictive optimisation framework results in superior and more resilient solutions than relying on point estimates. …”
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Persuasion for protection: an analysis of online safety videos on YouTube by Huang, Liuyu, Goh, Dion Hoe-Lian, Yin, Stella Xin

“…Guided by the prospect theory and exemplification theory, different persuasive features employed in the PSAs were sought. Findings: The findings highlight that the primary focus of these PSAs is on online safety behaviors and general instructions on online hygiene. …”
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Report for project A1017-101on hybrid solar PV thermal (PVT) system using a tracking solar trough I by Cheung, Wai Kin.

“…This report is an attempt to illustrate the author‘s experience in constructing a functioning prototype of a Hybrid Solar Sun Trough and present the results and findings through the studies conducted using the prototype. …”
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Strategic adaptabilty and firm performance : an empirical study of the miles and show typology by Boey, Stephanie Lai Fong, Leong, Ngai Fong, Tan, Bee Bee

“…In addition, other findings also show that the Defender is most likely to change its strategy to an Analyser strategy. …”
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An experimental and simulation study of chip transportation behaviour in gundrilling by Tnay, Guan Leong

“…The simulated results showed good agreement with the experimental findings. With that, the CFD model was then applied to analyse the coolant and chip flow trajectories in the actual gun drill. …”
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Supported Lipid Bilayer Platform To Test Inhibitors of the Membrane Attack Complex: Insights into Biomacromolecular Assembly and Regulation by Yorulmaz, Saziye, Jackman, Joshua Alexander, Hunziker, Walter, Cho, Nam-Joon

“…Taken together, the findings in this study outline a biomimetic approach based on supported lipid bilayers to explore the interactions between complement proteins and inhibitors, thereby offering insight into MAC assembly and regulation.…”
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