Exploring the development of a firewall using Windows filtering platform by Pang, Willy Boon Tee.

“…Using this monitor, the user is able to check his connection anytime for discrepancies. For filtering with the current state of technology, the days of simple packet filtering through ports or IP are gone. …”
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Design of phase locked loop with PVT tolerance by Chong, Kok Foong

“…VCO dummies are normally added to the VCO in order to provide a uniform loading for each VCO delay stage. To check the impacts of different VCO dummy implementation on PLL jitter, five experimental charge pump PLLs are simulated with difference only in the dummy stages: (i) no dummy, (ii) simple dummy, (iii) single stage differential dummy, (iv) double stage differential dummy and (v) full differential dummy with the D2S converters. …”
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Time to resolution and effect on quality of life of molluscum contagiosum in children in the UK: a prospective community cohort study by Olsen, JR, Gallacher, J, Finlay, AY, Piguet, V, Francis, NA

“…Participants were prospectively followed up every month to check on their recovery from molluscum contagiosum and transmission to other children in the same household, until the child's lesions were no longer visible.…”

Body composition, body mass, and cardiovascular health in mid-childhood and midlife: a compositional data analysis by Liu, M, Dumuid, D, Olds, T, Burgner, D, Ellul, S, Juonala, M, Wang, Y, Ranganathan, S, Cheung, M, Baur, L, Dwyer, T, Kerr, JA, Lycett, K, Wake, M

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> In the population-based cross-sectional Child Health CheckPoint study (1495 children, mean 12 ± 0.4 years, 49.3% girls; 1496 parents, mean 44.3 ± 5.0 years, 86.7% mothers), we measured weight, height, body composition [truncal fat, non-truncal fat, fat-free mass (FFM)], and CV functional (blood pressure, pulse wave velocity, arterial elasticity) and structural (carotid intima-media thickness, retinal arteriolar/venular caliber) outcomes. …”

Precision holography and supersymmetric theories on curved spaces by Genolini, P

“…We may then formulate a precise check of the holographic dictionary by asking whether the dual holographic observables are similarly invariant, as the free energy of the gauge theory is identified with the holographically renormalized supergravity action.…”

The role of monetary and fiscal policies in handling the global financial crisis : effects and defects. by Lum, Wan Teng., Turakhia Aditya.

“…The boom of the world economy during 1990-2007 made economists envisage that recessions are a phenomenon of the past, and through careful study and understanding of world economies, setbacks in the business cycle can be combated (Krugman, P., 2009). …”
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Tales of the Chugawagas : from conception to production. by Khoo, Yi Hui.

“…Each stage of production has to be carefully planned to ensure that the final film can be delivered on time. …”
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Vision-based interaction using mobile devices by Wesley Djingga

“…Other important key properties of shape detection were also examined and analyzed, such as brightness, contours, area, elongation and angle. These results were carefully measured to achieve a good game experience. …”
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Identifying and mitigating power quality disturbances generated from Static Frequency Converter (SFC) by Tham, Ai Jia

“…The power quality disturbance should be carefully dealt with in order to protect the electrical equipment and power system. …”
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Experimental archaeology and the study of early medieval farming by Hamerow, H, Kropp, C, Bogaard, A

“…While it is not possible exactly to replicate past conditions, such experiments allow us to test the feasibility of certain interpretations through cultivation trials in which variables such as manuring, tillage methods, soil types, labour inputs, etc. are carefully measured and controlled to establish impact on soil fertility, yields, etc.…”

An experimental validation test of ecological coexistence theory to forecast extinction under rising temperatures by Terry, JT

“…Nonetheless, these results support the careful use of coexistence modelling for forecasts and understanding drivers of change.…”

Underdetermination in classic and modern tests of general relativity by Wolf, W, Sanchioni, M, Read, J

“…Thus, (a) issues of underdetermination in the context of GR loom much larger than one might have thought, and (b) given this, one has to think more carefully about what exactly such tests in fact are testing.…”

Gender gaps and the structure of local labor markets by Petrongolo, B, Ronchi, M

“…We finally turn to currently debated causes of remaining gender gaps and discuss existing evidence on labor market consequences of women’s heavier caring responsibilities in the household. In particular, we highlight sharp gender differences in commuting behavior and discuss how women’s stronger distaste for commuting time may feed into gender pay gaps.…”

21W.731-3 Culture Shock!, Fall 2002 by Faery, Rebecca Blevins

“…In the coming weeks we will read a number of articles that address current issues in popular culture along with essays, pieces of carefully-crafted nonfiction, by writers, scientists, philosophers, poets, historians, literary scholars, and many others. …”
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Third harmonic generation from mid-IR to near-IR regions in a phase-matched silicon-silicon-nanocrystal hybrid plasmonic waveguide by Huang, Tianye, Sun, Yunxu, Wu, Tingting, Shum, Perry Ping, Shao, Xuguang

“…The required modal phase-matching condition (PMC) between the 0-th mode at fundamental wave (FW) and the 2-nd mode at third harmonic (TH) is achieved by carefully designing the waveguide geometry. Benefiting from the hybridized surface plasmon polariton (SPP) nature of the two guided modes, the SSHPW is capable of achieving both high THG nonlinear coefficient I6 and reasonable linear propagation loss, thereby resulting in large figure-of-merits (FOMs) for both FW and TH. …”
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Morphology of silicon/silicon-oxide nanowires grown from nickel-coated silicon wafers by Li, Feng Ji, Zhang, Sam, Guo, Jun, Li, Bo

“…The relation between the nanowires and the seeding particles is carefully explored via transmission electron microscopy and selected area electron diffraction pattern. …”
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The pig story ''tiboi sakkoko'' : storytelling of kinship, memories of the past, and rights to plots of ancestral land in Mentawai by Tulius, Juniator

“…As families do not preserve their culture and traditions in written form, storytellers of kin-groups have narrated the pig story from generation to generation so as to preserve it carefully. In the course of time, storytellers establish particular ways of telling their stories so as to remember the content and plot of the stories easily. …”
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Predictive modeling of gold prices: integrating technical indicators for enhanced accuracy by Husiani, Noor Aida, Gan, Yee Jing, Ghazali, Rozaida, Mohmad Hassim, Yana Maswin, Yap, Jie Shen, Joseph, Jerome Subash

“…For this, three (3) machine learning (ML) models - Decision Tree Regressor (DTR), Support Vector Regression (SVR), and Random Forest (RF); must be carefully chosen, and model parameters must be adjusted so that predicted values roughly match actual results. …”
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The Search for High-Frequency Gravitational Waves with a Modified Axion Detector by Pappas, Kaliroë Mabelle West

“…These higher frequencies may indicate signs of in-spiraling primordial black holes, or other beyond the standard model phenomena. With careful calibration used to distinguish between the two signals, we introduce the first simultaneous search for both axions and gravitational waves using a lumped-element axion detector. …”
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Investigations of buoyant jet discharges using digital particle image velocimetry (DPIV) and planar laser induced fluorescence (PLIF) by Wang, Hongwei

“…The potential interference effect between the seeding particles for DPIV and the fluorescent dye excitation for PLIF was carefully investigated. Quantitative description of this effect allows the assessment of measurement accuracy particularly on PLIF. …”
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