Rainfall-induced slope failures and preventive measures in Singapore by Harianto, Rahardjo, Leong, Eng Choon, Alfrendo, Satyanaga, Ng, Yew Song, Tan, Hong Tuan, Hua, Chai Juay

“…Steep residual soil slopes are generally characterized by a deep ground water table and a significant thickness of unsaturated soil above the water table. …”
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Molecule confined isolated metal sites enable the electrocatalytic synthesis of hydrogen peroxide by Li, Xiaogang, Tang, Shasha, Dou, Shuo, Fan, Hong Jin, Choksi, Tej S., Wang, Xin

“…Herein, it is reported that aminoanthraquinone confined isolated metal sites on carbon supports selectively steer oxygen reduction to H2 O2 through the two-electron pathway. …”
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GPS imaging of vertical bedrock displacements : quantification of two-dimensional vertical crustal deformation in China by Pan, Yuanjin, Hammond, William C., Ding, Hao, Mallick, Rishav, Jiang, Weiping, Xu, Xinyu, Shum, C. K., Shen, Wenbin

“…We conclude that significant steep velocity gradients occur at tectonic block boundaries that are attributable to locking and elastic strain accumulation on active block boundary faults.…”
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Bacterial biofilm colonization and succession in tropical marine waters are similar across different types of stone materials used in seawall construction by Summers, Stephen, Pek, Y. Shona, Vinod, Deepthi P., McDougald, Diane, Todd, Peter A., Birch, William R., Rice, Scott A.

“…They are, however, associated with reduced biodiversity, due to their steep orientation, lack of microhabitats, and the materials used in their construction. …”
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Longitudinal patterns in smoking abstinence in trials of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation: secondary analysis of data from a systematic review, with meta-analyses by Hartmann-Boyce, J, Chan, J, Zhitnik, E, Pesola, F, Hajek, P, Lindson, N

“…For absolute point prevalence abstinence, three studies demonstrated a shallow decline over time, two a steep decline, and three the opposite—an increase in abstinence over time. …”

Quantum scale biomimicry of low dimensional growth : an unusual complex amorphous precursor route to TiO2 band confinement by shape adaptive biopolymer-like flexibility for energy... by Choi, Dahyun, Sonkaria, Sanjiv, Fox, Stephen John, Poudel, Shivraj, Kim, Sung-yong, Kang, Suhee, Kim, Seheon, Verma, Chandra, Ahn, Sung Hoon, Lee, Caroline Sunyong, Khare, Varsha

“…Here, we provide evidence for synthetic biomimicry akin to bio-polymerization mechanisms to steer disorder-to-order transitions via solvent plasticization-like behaviour. …”
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Large-scale capacitive touch panels : sensor pattern design, sampling and interpolation by Akhtar, Humza

“…We differentiate between touch panels and touch screens based on size, and steer the direction of this thesis towards touch panels after identifying three unanswered research questions that come up while designing large-scale capacitive touch panels. …”
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Export competitiveness in the context of Singapore by Chew, Kheng Lee, Phua, Chin Tiong, Yau, Puay Hiang

“…This means that a currency appreciation policy (decline in nominal exchange rate) is appropriate as long as the relative price level is able to steer Singapore's exports to a more favorable position. …”
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Tools for analysis of large-scale networks (I) algorithms, analytics and visualization by Zhang, Xinyi

“…This project aimed to continue to work onto the large scaled analyzation tool that is developed by the previous student, Chua Chee Ann. In the previous tool, many basic analytical functions such as data search, topic modelling on the retrieved data and graphic user interface has been implemented successfully. …”
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Development of liquid crystalline polymer blends for the electronic industry by Hu, Xiao, Tam, Kam Chiu, Yue, Chee Yoon

“…The main objectives of the research project have been achieved. A proper understanding of the factors that have a significant influence on the capacity for the LCP phase in LCP-based polymer blends to form strong in situ fibres during processing have been established. …”
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A computer vision software to automatically measure dimensions of flat surfaces in a photograph by Wang, Qifeng

“…A previous project has been conducted and a substantial amount of work have been done on objects and contours detection. …”
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Growth of horizontally aligned carbon nanotubes by Chee, Kin Onn.

“…Since its introduction in the early 1990s, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been widely investigated for their unique structure and properties which qualifies their importance for a huge variety of electrical and mechanical applications. …”
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Geometric primitive feature extraction : concepts, algorithms and applications by Prasad, Dilip Kumar.

“…For the problem of polygonal approximation, two fundamental problems have been addressed. First, the nature of the performance evaluation metrics in relation to the local and global fitting characteristics has been studied. …”
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Development of isolated type DC/DC converter for on-board power supply by Enrique Alejandro, Nunes Di Pierri

“…A 20 kW high frequency DC/DC converter composed of two identical 10 kW units has been constructed for a hybrid vehicle application. …”
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Target interception by mobile robots in a wireless sensor network by Liu, Yan.

“…In addition, serial port has been expanded, and the battery has been replaced as well. …”
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A Biography of the Prophet of Islam : In the Light of the Original Sources An Analytical Study / by Mahdi Rizqullah Ahmad, Dr. author 598741

“…First, every detail mentioned has been traced back to original sources, whose authenticity has been discussed extensively in the footnotes. …”

Carbon based materials for MEMS applications by Tan, Chong Wei

“…CNTs have been a subject of interest by many researchers since its discovery by Ijima in 1991. …”
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RFID and cloud computing in supply chain tracking system by Saha, Ishita.

“…Different techniques for doing this have been studied and the most effective solution has been provided using Service-Oriented Architecture. …”
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Optical and optoelectronic properties of Si nanocrystals embedded in dielectric matrix by Ding, Liang

“…Thermal annealing effect on optical properties of nc-Si embedded in SiO2 films has been studied also. The influence of nanocrystal size on the band gap and dielectric function has been investigated. …”
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Design and fabrication of carbon fibre ribs and mechanical system on shell eco-marathon solar car by Tay, Yun Sheng.

“…This report focuses on the design and fabrication of carbon fibre monocoque ribs and mechanical system such as steering system on NTU Electric car. By modifying on the previous solar car (Nanyang Venture III), the new and improved car had been designed mainly to lighten its weight and improve on its steering design. …”
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