Strength improvement by surcharge and vacuum preloading by Lew, Chloe Yan Bin Jmi

“…This study used Kaolin as the sample material to examine the impact of vacuum and surcharge preloading on the undrained shear strength and soil-water characteristic curve of fine-grained soil. Consolidated kaolin samples were trimmed into cylindrical specimens and subjected to different pre-consolidation pressures. …”
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Bi-factorial preference optimization: balancing safety-helpfulness in language models by Zhang, W, Torr, PHS, Elhoseiny, M, Bibi, A

“…Fine-tuning large language models (LLMs) on human preferences, typically through reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF), has proven successful in enhancing their capabilities. …”

Analog smart I/O pads by Tan, Shyue Mei.

“…ESD is an increasingly significant problem in integrated circuit design as increasing pin counts and faster circuit speeds compound the need for more and better reliable ESD protection. …”
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Tribological properties of wax microcapsule modified polymers by Ang, Ping Lon

“…The tribology test uses the Pin-On-Disk wear test method and the default tribometer settings used in this project were set at 2000m sliding distance, 40cm/s linear speed and 3N linear load. …”
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Effect of emulsion temperature on physical properties of palm oil‐based margarine by Miskandar, M. S., Che Man, Y. B., Yusoff, M. S. A., Abdul Rahman, R.

“…The emulsion temperatures studied were 40, 45, and 50°C, with other parameters such as emulsion flow rates, tube cooler temperature, and pin rotor speed kept constant. The SFC developed during processing and storage at 28°C was measured to evaluate the quality of margarine. …”
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A physical model for sloping capillary barriers by Rahardjo, Harianto, Tami, Denny, Leong, Eng Choon, Fredlund, Delwyn G.

“…A sloping two-layer capillary barrier model consisting of a relatively fine soil layer over a relatively coarse soil layer was constructed inside a specially designed apparatus. …”
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Anomaly detection in aerosol jet printing via computer vision & machine learning by Ang, Ryan Wei Hao

“…The Aerosol Jet Printing (AJP) technique is a relatively new contactless direct write method that is being developed for the purpose of producing fine features on a diverse selection of surfaces. …”
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Flip chip joint-in-via architecture on flexible substrates with Au-Sn interdiffusion bonding by Lee, Teck Kheng

“…Field applications using existing packaging infrastructure has demonstrated the robustness of applying the SLICF bonding with the joint-in-via architecture for fine pitch flip-chip applications.…”
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Lattice code design for the Rayleigh fading wiretap channel by Belfiore, Jean-Claude, Oggier, Frederique

“…We present a design criterion for both the fine and coarse lattice to obtain wire tap lattice codes for the Rayleigh fading Wiretap Channel.…”
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Towards robust monocular depth estimation in the wild by Zheng, Zhenkai

“…Experiments will be conducted on several models trained during the span of the project and both quantitative and qualitative evaluations will be performed. …”
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Additive manufacturing by Yeong, Wai Yee

“…Applications of AM can be multidisciplinary and span across many fields of study. The research projects featured in this primer are categorised into seven research areas: (1) Aerospace & Defence (2) Biomedical & Food Printing (3) Building & Construction (4) Marine & Offshore (5) AI in Part Design & Manufacturing (6) Novel Materials & 3D Microstructure Engineering (7) Beyond 3D Printing. …”
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Behaviour of steel and polyproylene fibers in high strength concrete subjected to elevated temperature by Khoo, Li Ying.

“…Concrete are widely used in the construction industry and with the increase in demand of high strength properties and long life span, High Strength Concrete (HSC) is more commonly used as compared to other types of concretes. …”
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Intelligent reconstruction of pipe system for BIM enabled maintenance by Xie, Hang

“…With the help of BIM, planning and design such as life span, energy cost, requirement for space and structure efficiency for construction will become much simpler. …”
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Design implementation low energy fast fourier transform/inverse fast fourier transform (FFT/IFFT) processor based on asynchronous-logic by Chong, Kwen Siong

“…The circuits designed herein span from microcells and macrocells to a complete 128-point radix-2 decimation-in-time Fast Fourier Transform/Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (FFT/IFFT) processor for energy-critical audio applications, including hearing aids. …”
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All-optical processing technologies for next generation optical networks by Wang, Dawei

“…All-optical processing technologies span many research areas, which include optical buffering, optical logic gates, optical wavelength conversion/multicasting, optical signal regeneration, ultra-fast optical switching, optical signal modulation format conversion, de-multiplexing of optical time division multiplexing (OTDM) signal, optical data exchange, and etc. …”
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Popular safe haven assets, do they really exist for stock markets? Analysis on gold, Japanese yen and Swiss franc. by Liu, Chang., Ho, Pauline., Xu, Qiong.

“…The aim of this paper is to examine the existence of the three assets’ safe haven and hedging properties for stock markets, across 13 countries over a span of 17 years (1996-2012). Employing GARCH model on daily equity return data, we establish empirically proven results on their safe haven status. …”
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Z8-Kerdock codes and pseudorandom binary sequences by Lahtonen, Jyrki, Ling, San, Sole, Patrick, Zinoviev, Dmitrii

“…We study the binary sequences of period n - 1 obtained from their cyclic version by using the most significant bit (MSB)-map.The relevant Boolean functions are of degree 4 in general. The linear span of these sequences has been known to be of the order of m4. …”
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Fiscal deficit and inflation: an empirical measure in view of Pakistan by Khan, Aurangzeb, Siddiqi, Masood Mashkoor, Khan, Ameerzeib, Khan, Shahbano

“…For this purpose, an Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model (ARDL) is applied to time series data time span from 1971 to 2021, collected from various national and international reports and economic issues. …”
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Opportunities for quantum computing within net-zero power system optimization by Morstyn, T, Wang, X

“…<p><i>Key conclusions: </i>In this review, we identify significant and wide-ranging opportunities for recent breakthroughs in quantum-accelerated optimization to offer value for the transition to net-zero power systems. These opportunities span a variety of problems across planning and operation, which are key for reliable and affordable decarbonization.…”

Advancing specificity in delirium: the delirium subtyping initiative by Bowman, EML, Brummel, NE, Caplan, GA, Cunningham, C, Evered, LA, Fiest, KM, Girard, TD, Jackson, TA, LaHue, SC, Lindroth, HL, Maclullich, AMJ, McAuley, DF, Oh, ES, Oldham, MA, Page, VJ, Pandharipande, PP, Potter, KM, Sinha, P, Slooter, AJC, Sweeney, AM, Tieges, Z, Van Dellen, E, Wilcox, ME, Zetterberg, H, Cunningham, EL

“…<p><strong>Discussion</strong></p> The DSI made recommendations spanning the breadth of delirium research including clinical features, study planning, data collection, and data analysis for characterization of candidate delirium subtypes. …”