Age-related differences in functional connectivity during scene encoding by Leow, Dayton Wei Yang

“…The functional network underlying episodic encoding involves both the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and medial temporal lobe (MTL).1 Episodic encoding differs in terms of the stimuli and the types of encoding.2. Past neuroimaging studies have found both the parahippocampus in the MTL and inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) in the PFC to be activated for scene encoding.3 In addition, when scenes are encoded based on its meaningfulness (i.e. relational encoding), the hippocampus will be activated for relational binding of the stimuli.4. …”
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Broadleaf afforestation impacts on terrestrial hydrology insignificant compared to climate change in Great Britain by Buechel, M, Slater, L, Dadson, S

“…For these three aims we run simulations using (i) past climate with proposed land cover changes and known floods and drought events; (ii) past climate with independent changes in precipitation, temperature, and CO₂; and (iii) a potential future climate (2020–2050). …”

A driftwood-based record of Arctic sea ice during the last 500 years from northern Svalbard reveals sea ice dynamics in the Arctic Ocean and Arctic peripheral seas by Hole, GM, Rawson, T, Farnsworth, WR, Schomacker, A, Ingólfsson, Ó, Macias-Fauria, M

“…Driftwood occurrence and provenance also track the northward ice formation shift in peripheral Arctic seas in the past century. A distinct decrease in driftwood incursion during the last 30 years matches the observed decline in pan-Arctic sea ice extent in recent decades. …”

Surface mapping of faceted metal oxides by chemical probe-assisted NMR for catalytic applications by Peng, Y

“…As a result, this often leads to different interpretations amongst researchers during the past decades.</p> <p>As the publications of titanium and zinc ranked top two among studies of first row of transition oxides in the past decades, this thesis will firstly review on the disagreements generated among researchers when they correlated the performance of ZnO and TiO₂ with their facet activities based on traditional techniques. …”

The global status of nursing research on hemodialysis: A bibliometric and visualized analysis by Wang, Yufen, Yang, Luhuan, Lei, Yunhong

“…BACKGROUND: Hemodialysis (HD)-related nursing research has been growing over the past 2 decades, providing critical insights into improving patient care and outcomes. …”
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Design of digital filters by optimization techniques by Zhang, Dongye

“…To design better complex coefficient FIR filters, a weighed least-squares (WLS) constraint in magnitude is imposed and combined with minimax constraints in magnitude. …”
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Performance of microwave formed angle ply composites by Bhudolia Somen Kumar.

“…The traditional method of Autoclave curing (Thermal curing), although being expensive, is still the most accepted because it gives least standard deviation during all mechanical tests as compared to other available methods like the use of Ultraviolet and gamma rays heating. …”
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Implementation of a radar prototype on an unmanned arial vehicle by Liu, Jiaqing

“…In the part of system integration, it further covers aspects like RF testing and measurement for different parts of the system, verification of choice of components, power budget and payload distribution for UAV. Last but not the least; the conclusion part illustrates the executive summary and recommendation for the future development.…”
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Three essays on family firms by Lim, So-Yeon

“…The evidence suggests that having at least two unrelated cofounders involved in management reduces agency problems through mutual monitoring, reducing the number of shareholder proposals and serving as a substitute for other governance mechanisms. …”
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Book review : Facts, values and the policy world by Phil Ryan by Ginsburg, Norman

“…The distinction between facts and values is a methodological conundrum which faces all social scientists, not least critical social policy analysts. It concerns the need for evidence and rational argument to support a critical perspective on a social issue. …”
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Interferometric scattering microscopy by Young, G, Kukura, P

“…Interferometric scattering microscopy (iSCAT) is an extremely sensitive imaging method based on the efficient detection of light scattered by nanoscopic objects. The ability to, at least in principle, maintain high imaging contrast independent of the exposure time or the scattering cross section of the object allows for unique applications in single-particle tracking, label-free imaging of nanoscopic (dis)assembly, and quantitative single-molecule characterization. …”

Low energy levels of harmonic spheres into analytic manifolds by Rupflin, M

“…While a well known conjecture asserts that ΞE(N) is discrete whenever N is analytic, for most analytic targets it is only known that any potential accumulation point of the energy spectrum must be given by the sum of the energies of at least two harmonic spheres. The lowest energy level that could hence potentially be an accumulation point of ΞE is thus 2Emin. …”

A counterexample to the coarse Menger conjecture by Nguyen, T, Scott, A, Seymour, P

“…Recently, Georgakopoulos and Papasoglu and, independently, Albrechtsen, Huynh, Jacobs, Knappe and Wollan conjectured a coarse analogue of Menger’s theorem, when the k paths are required to be pairwise at some distance at least d. The result is known for k ≤ 2, but we will show that it is false for all k ≥ 3, even if G is constrained to have maximum degree at most three. …”

Adversarial robustness of deep reinforcement learning by Qu, Xinghua

“…Over the past decades, the advancements in deep reinforcement learning (DRL) have demonstrated that deep neural network (DNN) policies can be trained to prescribe near-optimal actions in many complex tasks. …”
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Singaporeans' attitudes toward gender stereotypes in advertising. by Ng, Meng Yee., Yap, Mee Lee.

“…Secondary research was used to gather information about past researches regarding this topic. Primary data used for this study was by survey method.…”
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Distinction between charisma and vision. by Lim, Jacqueline Ai Hoon., Poh, Wan Fen., Lim, Yvonne San San.

“…In this paper, we believe that charisma and vision are two distinct constructs, unlike past research. A study was conducted on student leaders in NTU for measuring the two constructs and their effects on motivation, satisfaction, commitment and perforrmance of the followers. …”
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Performance of a multi-cell wideband DS-CDMA system by Yep, Kwok Kui.

“…During the past decade, the mobile radio communication industry has grown considerably, fuelled by the digital and RF circuit fabrication improvements, new scale circuit integration and other technologies, which make portable radio equipment smaller, cheaper and more reliable. …”
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Numerical and experimental study of pulsatile flow in bi-leaflet mechanical heart valves by Shi , Yubing.

“…This research project is aimed towards a better understanding of the flow field structure of a bi-leaflet mechanical heart valve (MHV) operating under simulated physiological condition. In the past, much research has been carried out to study the flow in heart valves with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and particle image velocimetry (PIV) experimental methods.…”
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Development of biotechnology in Singapore. by Lim, Adeline Yi Ling., Leow, Siok Theng., Chua, Seow Koon.

“…Review on the role of government in the development of Biotech industry in Singapore from newspapers, magazines and websites for the past one-year and the findings from the interviews that we have conducted.…”
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Crossing and intersecting families of geometric graphs on point sets by Álvarez-Rebollar, J. L., Cravioto-Lagos, J., Marín, N., Solé-Pi, O., Urrutia, J.

“…For points in convex position we prove that any set of 3n points in convex position contains a family with at least $$n^2$$ n 2 intersecting triangles.…”
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