Study of the thermoacoustic effect in an oscillating flow by Ker, Hin Ho

“…The lack of moving parts means less mechanical damage, lesser wear and tear leading to lower maintenance cost and is revolutionary in future. However, past researches shows the lack of information of such engine when performing at high amplitudes. …”
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Crazy pole dancing tattooed metalhead biking crossplaying Asians by Devi, Uma, Kang, Hillary Yu Ping

“…This feature magazine dives past Singapore’s gilt exterior and into the world of five vibrant communities - here are Singapore’s pole dancers, its tattoo artists, its metal bands, its girl bikers, and its crossplayers, and these are their worlds.…”
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Unveiling the unknown : a study of the relationship between psychopathy and cyber-aggression by Wong, Nataniel

“…Psychopathy has traditionally been associated with aggression, but in the digital age, less research has been conducted on the relationship between cyber-aggression and psychopathy. Furthermore, past studies utilized a framework that was designed to be tested on an incarcerated population, leading to less relevant application for the broader population at large. …”
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Exploring and understanding the factors of food waste behaviours among undergraduates by Tan, Keichi Chee Zhi

“…Developed countries like Singapore, often overlook this global issue despite our high levels of contribution to food waste. Past literature has examined factors of food waste behaviours to understand the factors that indirectly influence individuals to engage in food waste behaviours. …”
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Investigation of severity of head impact in fall due to collisions by Chua, Yih Fan

“…Literature review were done on HIC and past experimental methods used by other institutes or researchers. …”
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Transfer function compensation in gyroscope-free inertial measurement units for accurate angular motion sensing by Latt, Win Tun, Riviere, Cameron N, Ang, Wei Tech, Tan, U Xuan

“…Various accelerometer placement configurations have been proposed in the past. However, the effect of nonidentical transfer functions of accelerometers on the accuracy of angular motion sensing has been underestimated and never been taken into consideration. …”
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Adaptive asymptotic tracking control of strict-feedback nonlinear discrete-time system with periodic time delay by Yang, Chenguang, Xu, Bin, Ma, Hongbin, Culverhouse, Phil

“…Using states information in the past instant to compensate for non-parametric uncertainties at the current instant, constructive adaptive control is developed based on predicted future states. …”
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The neoliberal convergence of European industrial relations: economic inevitability or result of European political choices? by Jefferys, Steve

“…The central argument of Lucio Baccaro and Chris Howell’s analysis of European industrial relations over the past four decades (with a statistical analysis of fifteen countries and detailed chapters on five) is that ‘employer discretion’ has increased everywhere, although this is evidenced more in some countries than in others. …”

Diasporic visions: colonialism, nostalgia and the empire in Gurinder Chadha’s Viceroy’s House by Clini, Clelia

“…This article addresses the debate over British Asian narratives of the empire triggered by the release of the film and, in particular, the analysis focuses on the interplay between Partition, diaspora, and representations of the imperial past. Through the analysis of the film’s structure and narrative, the article discusses its representation of British India and argues that, notwithstanding its potential to unsettle traditional representations of the empire of period dramas, the film’s glamorous depiction of the British rulers ultimately feeds into the contemporary wave of colonial nostalgia (Davis 2018).…”
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Two paradoxes in women’s wellbeing by Kaiser, C, Muggleton, N, Quispe-Torreblanca, E, De Neve, J-E

“…Second, despite substantial advances in women’s social and economic status over the past 50 years, their wellbeing relative to men has declined. …”

The battle for Asia in crude oil markets: an easier road ahead for India? by Sen, A

“…This, together with the deregulation of product prices, will help boost Indian fiscal balances immensely, in a complete reversal of the trend seen over the past decade.…”

Approaches to supporting and measuring mathematical problem posing: a systematic review of interventions in mathematics education by Zhang, L, Stylianides, A, Stylianides, G

“…In this systematic review, we examined 39 intervention studies published over the past three decades, all aimed at developing mathematical problem-posing competence, and we identified nine common intervention components suggested or utilized within these studies. …”

Rule Britannia: Brexit and the end of empire by Dorling, D, Tomlinson, S

“…<i>Rule Britannia</i> is a powerful call to leave behind the jingoistic ignorance of the past and build a fairer Britain, eradicating the inequality that blights our society and embracing our true strengths.…”

Toxic speech and limited demand for content moderation on social media by Pradel, F, Zilinsky, J, Kosmidis, S, Theocharis, Y

“…Yet we know little about what users consider inadmissible to public discourse and what measures they wish to see implemented. Building on past work, we conceptualize three variants of toxic speech: incivility, intolerance, and violent threats. …”

Effect of iron (III) oxide concentration on the performance of meta-resonators embedded in cementitious matrix by Sum, Yee Loon, Rheinheimer, Vanessa, Soong, Boon Hee, Paulo J. M., Monteiro

“…Given that iron (III) oxide microparticles are easily available as admixture pigments for coloring mortar or concrete, it is possible to fast track implementation of this application in new construction.…”
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Magnetic nanochain enabled microarray and microfluidic bioassays by Xiong, Qirong

“…The magnetic nanochains immediately align in a magnetic field and undergo synchronous rotation in response to a rotating magnetic field, making them ideal nanomixers to promote fast fluid mixing and analyte transport in microscale devices. …”
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Quantitative analysis of coronary artery from computed tomography angiography images by Cui, Hengfei

“…The fast marching method is first applied to calculate the timecrossing map. …”
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Optimized GPU algorithms for sparse data problems by Pham, Nguyen Quang Anh

“…Our SpMV algorithm is based on compacting a sparse matrix to increase its density and regularity of data access, and also making use of the GPU’s fast shared memory to increase the efficiency of repeated SpMV computations. …”
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Effect of detergent, herbs and spices on the growth of Vibrio parahaemolyticus biofilm in seafood by Nillian, Elexson

“…The killing time activity with cloves was fast-acting against antibiotic resistant V. parahaemolyticus at 8× MIC in 0.5hr time, while 1 hr, 4 hr, and 8 hr with star anise, lemon leaves, and curry leaves extracts. …”
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How Stories Change Us : A Developmental Science of Stories from Fiction and Real Life / by Reese, Elaine, author 655966

“…Yet reading fictional books and reminiscing about the past both play a special role in children's and adolescents' learning and development, so should be fostered from a young age. …”
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