Design of reinforced concrete walls with openings for strength and ductility by Wu, Hui

“…[THIS THESIS CONSISTS OF THREE (3) PARTS - To date limited research on the seismic behavior of walls with irregular openings has been conducted, and a general design recommendation based on the strut-and-tie models and the capacity design procedures has been provided by the ACI 318 [AI] and NZS 3101 [N6] codes. …”
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Rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Indonesia after reformasi and its impact on national and regional order by Rafael H. Nowotamtomo

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Critical analysis of the role of biodegradable polymeric scaffolds in differentiation of human embryonic stem cell into cardiomyocytes by Amritamayee Sahoo

“…Owing to the shortage of donors there has been a constant quest to find alternatives to organ transplant. …”
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Design of 1.55 um InGaAsNBi/GaAs quantum well laser by Kwan, Zi Jian

“…A graph depicting the relationship between various QW widths (WW) versus the bandgap energy has been plotted.…”
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Seed trekking using radio-frequency identification (RFID) by Lim, Amos Ern Tze

“…To determine the exact location of the seeds that have been dispersed after the fruit has been consumed, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology has been implemented. …”
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Rapid design exploration framework for realizing custom computing systems on FPGAs by Aung, Yan Lin

“…In addition, a novel control-flow mapping strategy has been introduced to realize the rapid estimation of compiler-optimized software. …”
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Optical properties of ultrathin metal oxide and metal films : effect of free electrons, quantum confinement and localized surface plasmon resonance by Li, Xiao Dong

“…The thickness dependence of optical properties of a-IGZO films has also been observed. The evolution of the dielectric function is shown due to the change of free electrons concentration in the films. …”
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Enviro-toons : what do parents think about it? by Goh, Jeannette

“…In recent years there has been an increased societal focus on the detrimental effects that modernization has brought upon the environment, leading to more attention being put into solving these environmental issues. …”
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Analysis of high power gallium nitride based high electron mobility transistors for next generation electronics applications by Vompolu, Ganesh Sampath

“…The detailed modelling and optimization approach has been discussed. The models were evaluated by validating their ability to interpolate the outputs beyond training dataset. …”
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Data for the ‘Orchid Observers’ project by Shuttleworth, S, O’Donnell, J, Lintott, C, Tweddle, J

“…Once the authors’ research papers have been published, a full, cleaned set of the analysed data will be deposited. …”

Electromyography signal processing based on time and time-frequency representations for prosthesis application by Mahdavi, Farzaneh Akhavan

“…Accordingly, using EMG signal for controlling a prosthetic hand has been developed remarkably in recent years. The ECS based on pattern recognition has been improved by using new techniques in the EMG signal processing. …”
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Feasibility of developing the reclaimed lands in Singapore as storage and recharge aquifers: hydraulic considerations by Yu, Zuo Wen.

“…Groundwater utilization has been an active subject of study in the quest for more water. …”
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China's miracle growth : the evolution of the industrial structure and the impacts of growth. by Hong, Yue Ting., Leong, Vicki Pei Ting., Lim, Sandra Mui Kuen.

“…It also highlights other aspects of the economy that has been impacted by growth.…”
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News article named entity recognition and analytics by Goh, Nicholas

“…Feature vectors can be extracted from NER models to compare similarity between different texts. However, there has been little work where these 3 tools have been used together.…”
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Study of decellularization methods and characterization of porcine esophagus by Chen, Yun

“…Many decellularization methods have been developed but the effects of the methods on the resulting decellularized ECMs have not been fully elucidated. …”
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Improving document access and retrieval in a repair workshop by Lim, Tang Boo.

“…Electronic document management system and text retrieval have been used in many companies to gain competitive advantages. …”
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Discrete event simulation and optimization for DOS in a public hospital by Chen, Zitong

“…A Discrete Event Simulation (DES) model based on SimPy has also been build according to the workflow in DOS including consideration of the process inside Operation Theatre (OT), however, due to lack of information, we have not put it into practice while its advantage and necessity has been studied to prove it is powerful for future use.…”
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Brazil: pre-salt outlook by Chauhan, V

“…This optimism had been brought to the forefront of the global oil and gas industries by the 2007/8 discovery of the vast pre-salt basins, specifically the Tupi field. …”

Just kidding? Two roles for the concept of joking in political speech by Walker, Z

“…First, I discuss how claiming to have been joking can provide speakers with a powerful form of deniability. …”

Study the Meaning of the English Translation of THE NOBLE QUR'AN : Word-for-Word from Arabic to English by DARUSSALAM

“…Therefore, to convey the accurate meaning of the Quranic Verses this task has been done. The idiomatic translation has also been added in order to ease the readers to see the word-for- word translation of the Arabic Verses along with the idiomatic one on the same page. …”