Impact of BREXIT on key stakeholders of the maritime industry in UK by Ching, Claudia Loke Wei

“…This will prompt shipping sectors across UK to respond with the necessary mitigation strategies, as they restructure their operations in the face of BREXIT. The aim of this research paper is to identify the impacts of BREXIT on the UK maritime industry due to its geographical proximity, as well as the intensity of impacts experienced first-hand by the maritime sectors in UK. …”
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Developing a taxonomy of consumer preferences for enhancing B2C e-commerce last-mile delivery: delivered food by Teo, Ee Lin

“…The surge in OFD orders has resulted in OFD platforms facing some difficulty in keeping up with the demand. …”
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Visible light communication systems supporting wireless data access and indoor positioning applications by Yang, Helin

“…On the other hand, VLP can provide high-accuracy positioning performance compared with RF based indoor positioning systems. …”
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Vision based control for mobile robot by Siah, Clarence Jun Da

“…Through the experiment, bumper sensor performed well for evading the obstacle based on the suggested obstacle avoidance scheme. On the other hand, the distance estimation error was bound to increase over the time up to 13.81cm and caused some unpredictable errors. …”
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Behaviours and attitudes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from a cross-national Facebook survey by Perrotta, D, Grow, A, Rampazzo, F, Cimentada, J, Del Fava, E, Gil-Clavel, S, Zagheni, E

“…Respondents rapidly adopted the use of face masks when they were not yet mandatory. We observed a clear pattern in threat perceptions, sharply increasing from a personal level to national and global levels. …”

A study on the productivity evaluation of building information modelling (BIM) based prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction (PPVC) project by Fernandez, Priscilla Crystal

“…This report aims to study current BIM based PPVC developments locally; the challenges faced, the benefits that should be retained and the possibilities for improvements. …”
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Cognitive enhancement in video game training: two separate routes of transfer? by Oei, Chie Ming

“…Following 20 hours of training, participants that played a fast-paced first person shooter improved in the attentional blink and multiple-object tracking, while a slower paced third person shooter training also resulted in attentional blink improvements, but to a smaller extent. …”
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A narrowband ultrasonic ranging method for multiple moving sensor nodes by Ashhar, Karalikkadan, Md. Noor-A-Rahim, Mohammad Omar Khyam, Soh, Cheong Boon

“…One of the main problems faced by the ultrasonic localization systems is the ranging error due to the Doppler shift. …”
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Enviro-toons : what do parents think about it? by Goh, Jeannette

“…Using a phenomenological framework to examine the face-to-face interviews with 10 parents, this paper found that parents were cautiously optimistic about the medium, where they all saw its potential to teach but saw the need for sources outside this media to ensure that the environmental message is received by their children. …”
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A qualitative systematic review of anonymous/unspecified living kidney and liver donors' perspectives by Lim, Wen Hui, Chan, Kai En, Ng, Cheng Han, Tan, Darren Jun Hao, Tay, Phoebe Wen Lin, Chin, Yip Han, Yong, Jie Ning, Xiao, Jieling, Fu, Clarissa Elysia, Nah, Benjamin, Tiong, Ho Yee, Syn, Nicholas, Devi, Kamala, Griva, Konstadina, Mak, Loey Lung Yi, Huang, Daniel Q., Fung, James, Siddiqui, Mohammad Shadab, Muthiah, Mark, Tan, Eunice X. X.

“…This qualitative systematic review provides insights into the first-hand experiences, motivations, and challenges that unspecified donors face. …”
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Decision support system for front-end product development by Zhai, Lianyin

“…In the highly competitive global market, manufacturers are facing ever increasing challenges in improving customer satisfaction and perceptions of their products while reducing product development time and cost. …”
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Measurement of isotherms and kinetics by volumetric method by Zulqarnain Abdul Halil

“…The world is currently facing global warming, with the major cause being the emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) from flue gas released by industrial and power production plants. …”
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Synthesis of metal nanomaterials with unconventional crystal phases and their applications in electrocatalysis by Liu, Jiawei

“…First, phase-controlled synthesis of two-dimensional (2D) Au nanostructures, including the square-like 2H/face-centered cubic (fcc) Au nanosheets, square-like 2H Au nanosheets and triangular fcc Au nanoplates, is achieved via facile wet-chemical methods. …”
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Intelligent agent design for persuading the elderly to adopt a healthy lifestyle by Yu, Xinjia

“…Since the elderly are facing the problem of diminishing social relations, persuasive agents are widely used to assist face-to-face persuasive efforts. …”
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Wage premium in Singapore. by Tan, Ruo Hui., Tan, Yan Yu., Lee, Wai Meng.

“…(ii) The contingent valuation method, on the other hand, uses hypothetical situations to elicit contingent values. …”
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EEG-based attention recognition using machine learning by Sun, Haoqi

“…Compared to other nonsparse and sparse algorithms, joint STDP achieves the highest level of sparseness in both learned features and hidden weights significantly. On the other hand, joint STDP has slightly larger root mean square error at 0.206 (±0.061), due to the trade-off between performance and sparseness. …”
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PostIndependentzia by Calzada, I

“…We should ban the word “overseas”. On the other hand, we should understand that there ought to be a permanent nexus and exchange between the international community and the Basque Country with the ongoing #BeingThereWeAreHere as our mantra or slogan. …”

Innovation and firm survival: the role of timing, funding, and networks by Gao, Ming

“…Given the explanation that a lack of adequate financial resources may increase the overall risk profile faced by SMEs and thereby reduce their likelihood of survival, this study tries to explore whether a helping hand from other organizations such as governments and large incumbent firms can help to diminish the negative influence of SMEs’ innovation in the early stage on their survival. …”
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Signal processing for cooperative cognitive radio networks by Rabiee, Ramtin

“…It is worth mentioning that the protection of primary signals, belonging to licensed users, is a crucial requirement in establishing of a CRN. On the other hand, conducting a strict sensing method may severely reduce the chance of a secondary network to utilize a free spectrum channel, where there is no point to using a CRN anymore. …”
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Cognitive Systems and Signal Processing : 5th International Conference, ICCSIP 2020, Zhuhai, China, December 25-27, 2020, Revised Selected Papers / by ICCSIP (Conference) (5th : 2020 : Zhuhai, China), organiser 642897, Sun, Fuchun, 1964-, editor 600994, Liu, Huaping, 1976-, editor 600996, Fang, Bin, editor 642896