Consumer's perceptions of private labels by Acharigae, Shaminta, Chong, Lian Chiu, Quek, Ying Ying

“…Findings will help define the direction in which local retailers should take Private Labels in the near future and the manufacturers’ role in this initiative.…”
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Practical forming die design and manufacture for sheet metal stainless steel precision parts by Cheung, Thomas Wing Lau.

“…This project deals with precision stainless steel sheet metal forming which produces parts in the regime of near net shape. The stamping parts concerned are backs for watches which can be of various profiles and sizes.…”
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Mach 3.5 Compression Corner Control Using Microvortex Generators by Gochenaur, Daniel C., Williams, Rhys D., Sabnis, Kshitij, Babinsky, Holger

“…Inverted vanes tend to generate large areas of near-wall low-momentum flow that locally increase separation length, making standard vane configurations more effective at reducing separation size. …”
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Achieving High Performance and Low Cost: Development of a High-Performing Passive Prosthetic Knee for Emerging Markets by Reddie, Madison, Bedi, Saloni, Vaidya, Manasi, Griffin, Amari, Petelina, Nina T, Winter, Amos G

“…The load paths and functional componentry were critically analyzed to identify opportunities to streamline the design while maintaining strength and the near-able-bodied kinematics offered by the original design. …”
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Centering Indigenous Voices and Resisting Colonialism In Space Exploration: An Overview Of The Ongoing Webinar Series By Space Enabled by Tavares, Frank, Harvey, Alvin Donel, Lombardo, Seamus, Reynolds-Cuéllar, Pedro, Newman, Dava, Wood, Danielle

“…Centering these issues highlights both near-term policy questions around lunar exploration as well as longer term questions about how to envision interactions with potential extraterrestrial life and sustained human communities on other worlds. …”
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Hole array enhanced dual-band infrared photodetection by Suo, Fei, Tong, Jinchao, Chen, Xiren, Xu, Zhengji, Zhang, Dao Hua

“…The enhancement factors of responsivity at room temperature under zero-bias are 1.12 and 1.33 for the near- and mid-infrared, respectively, and they are increased to 1.71 and 1.79 when temperature drops to the thermoelectric cooling temperature of 220 K. …”
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Radiation and energy budget dynamics associated with a floating photovoltaic system by Yang, Peipei, Chua, Lloyd H. C., Irvine, K. N., Imberger, Jorg

“…Shortwave radiation, longwave radiation, photovoltaic (PV) panel, air and near-surface water temperature data were measured for a floating PV system installed in a shallow tropical reservoir. …”
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The Rayleigh prolongation factor at small bubble to wall stand-off distances by Reuter, Fabian, Zeng, Qingyun, Ohl, Claus-Dieter

“…As a result, a polynomial fit of versus stand-off distance is given for the near-wall bubble collapse in water. Then the influence of the viscosity on is studied numerically in the near-wall regime.…”
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Ultra-fast all-optical switching based on nanoantenna coupled to monolayer TMDs by Song, Qige

“…The surface plasmon polaritons of metal nanostructures have subwavelength properties, and their resonant wavelength, spectral width, near-field enhancement multiplier and far-field radiation properties can be flexibly controlled through rational structural design. …”
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Screening for interaction domain in vault nanocapsules. by Loo, Jonathan Yun Haw.

“…MVP interacts with C-terminus of vault poly(ADP-ribose)-polymerase (VPARP), namely MVP-minimal interaction domain (mINT) at a domain near the waist of the vault complex in the inner cavity. …”
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Modeling solution X-ray scattering of biomacromolecules using an explicit solvent model and the fast Fourier transform by Tong, Dudu, Yang, Jianbin, Lu, Lanyuan

“…Furthermore, the computational cost remains nearly constant for a wide range of system sizes. …”
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Spatial and temporal variability of pore-water pressures in residual soil slopes in a tropical climate by Rahardjo, Harianto, Leong, Eng Choon, Rezaur, R. B.

“…Variability in pore-water pressures is greatest at shallow depths and near the slope crest and is strongly influenced by the combined action of microclimate, vegetation and soil properties.…”
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Characterising human disparity tuning properties using population receptive field mapping by Alvarez, I, Mancari, A, Ip, IB, Parker, AJ, Bridge, H

“…Second, with binocularly correlated stimuli, we show a polynomial relationship between preferred disparity and tuning curve width, with sharply tuned disparity responses at near-zero disparities, and broader disparity tuning profiles at near or far disparities. …”

Detailed turbulent structures investigation around piers group induced flow by Ikani, Nima, H. Pu, Jaan, Zang, Shuyan, Hussein Al-Qadami, Ebrahim Hamid, Razi, Adib

“…The result reveals that the log-law layer near wall has been enhanced by the installation of pier. …”
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An Efficient Computational Algorithm for Solving Arbitrary Sylvester Matrix Equations in Fuzzy Control Theory (S/O 14179) by Ahmad, Nazihah, Ibrahim, Haslinda

“…By modifying the existing fuzzy arithmetic operators, the constructed algorithm exceeds the positive restriction to allow the negative and near-zero LR-TFN as the coefficients of the equations. …”
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On the siting of nimby facilities : some Singaporean results by Aw, Ee Ling, Lim, Pei Bin, Neo, Pay Peng

“…Everybody needs such facilities but no one wants these to be sited near them. These facilities pose various problems and different countries use different approaches in siting them. …”
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Will AI-driven “Super-OODA Loops” revolutionise military strategy and operations? by Raska, Michael

“…AI-enabled “Super-OODA Loops” could revolutionise military operations by surpassing human cognitive limits with automated, near-instantaneous decision-making. These systems promise unmatched speed and precision but raise ethical challenges around accountability and misuse, requiring robust frameworks for responsible deployment.…”
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Arenavirus diversity and phylogeography of Mastomys natalensis rodents, Nigeria by Olayemi, A, Obadare, A, Oyeyiola, A, Igbokwe, J, Fasogbon, A, Igbahenah, F, Ortsega, D, Asogun, D, Umeh, P, Vakkai, I, Abejegah, C, Pahlman, M, Becker-Ziaja, B, Günther, S, Fichet-Calvet, E

“…Detection of LASV in 2 mitochondrial phylogroups of the rodent near the Niger and Benue Rivers in Nigeria underlines the potential for LASV emergence in fresh phylogroups of this rodent. …”

Myanmar's political transition and educational aspirations of refugees in Thailand by Jolliffe, PM

“…Refugees’ individual educational aspirations depend on whether or not they plan to return to Myanmar in the near future.…”

Innovations in Digital Forensics / by Majumdar, Suryadipta, editor 656300, Shirani, Paria, editor 656301, Wang, Lingyu, editor 243972, World Scientific (Online service) 655444

“…With the growing deployment of cloud computing, mobile computing, and digital banking on the internet, the nature of digital forensics has evolved in recent years, and will continue to do so in the near future. This book presents state-of-the-art techniques to address imminent challenges in digital forensics. …”
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