Introduction - Oxford Energy Forum – Issue, 98

“…</p> <p>In this issue of the Forum we cover several regional themes that will shed some light onto the challenges and opportunities for the region, as well as some specific country themes.…”

Congenital myasthenic syndromes: characterisation of a new animal model, exploring potential novel therapies and assessing the outcome of COVID-19 infection by Alabaf, S

“…Mutations in the delta subunit of AChR are infrequent but have been found in patients with a more severe phenotype and some shown to impair AChR clustering. Despite some shared features, CMS is a heterogenous disorder for which the medication options are limited. …”

Management of an instructional multimedia project: the macro-level implementation of the ADDIE model, and lessons learnt by Yeo, Say Kiong.

“…This dissertation aims to share some of the most important experiences of a corporation embarking on producing an instructional multimedia courseware for the first time. …”
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Price of pandemic : weakened trade system exposed by Rogerson, Evan

“…For a durable recovery it is imperative to build on the leadership that some governments have shown and revive the multilateral system.…”
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Europe's Islamic tightrope by Acharya, Arabinda

“…Targeted police actions against certain groups in Austria and proposed legislation to regulate Islamic religious and cultural practices in France suggest that some parts of Europe seem to be resetting their relations with Muslim societies. …”
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The state of the UMNO-PH union by Hamdan, Shahril

“…However, the stakes in this novel experiment in Malaysian democracy are much different for each coalition government member. For some, the downside risks are marginal and manageable. …”
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Russian equipment and technology transfers to North Korea: a cause for concern? by Nah, Liang Tuang

“…Still, simple resource constraints will limit the conventional capabilities and strategic impact of any improvements to Pyongyang’s armed forces notwithstanding some propaganda gains.…”
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Managing a company as an integrated enterprise by Vadivelu Selvakumaran

“…Furthermore the new integrated enterprise paradigm can facilitate the SME towards twenty first century by exploring an opportunity through some re-organising integration tools for achieving competitive advantage in the present situation.…”
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Nonlinear analysis of MMIC transmit/receive switch utilizing PHEMT devices by Chen, Bo

“…The nonlinear performance of the switch, such as output power at one dB gain compression point and the third-order intermodulation product, is investigated using Volterra series analysis. Some rules are proposed to increase the output power and to minimize the intermodulation.…”
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Design an electronic controller for a remote transmission system by Tong, Seng Yip.

“…The RF transmission system was to interface to a host system supplied by one of our customers It consists of two parts separated by some physical distance. Communication between the two parts was made possible by an optical link.…”
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Performance analysis of OFDM system over wireless communication channels by Wan, Lei

“…This research is mainly concerned with the performance analysis for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems over fading channels; measures are taken to reduce the interchannel interference (ICI) due to the loss of orthogonality among sub carriers and fully exploit some intrinsic properties if OFDM systems over a non-linear channel.…”
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Comparison of different demodulator fliters for sigma-delta modulator by Xue, Yao.

“…Recently Sigma-Delta modulators have become popular in a number of other signal processing applications. Some of these applications can be found in digital filtering, frequency synthesis, phase locked loop design, signal generation and synchronizer design.…”
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Efficient group signature and identity-based signature schemes by Cui, Shi

“…This document focuses the cryptographic schemes. Some new signature schemes are proposed. The proposed schemes provides better performance than the previous counterparts.…”
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The necessary night. by Wee, Cheryl Ling Li., Toh, Kezia Li Min., Woo, Sian Boon.

“…Night is often associated with a time for rest, or relaxation after a hard day of work or school. However, there are some people who do not crawl into their beds as the clock strikes twelve. …”
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Adaptive broadband array signal processing for sonar systems : temporal methods by Lum, Raymond Hon Kit.

“…This is then followed by some discussions to explore the possibility of improving the adaptive broadband processing technique.…”
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An exploratory study of franchising in Singapore by Ong Mei Yun Gina, Woo Gim Shing Gilbert, Yong Kim San Victor

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Software industry in Singapore : Characteristics and alliances. by Chew Soo Chong, Sim Siew Tze, Yeo Wee Pin

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Query ambiguity in XML keyword search by Khok, Hong Jing

“…In a keyword search application, suggested keywords should assist users to search more effectively. However, some keywords can be ambiguous and that does not produce intended results. …”
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A surgeon assistant robot for selected urological disorders by Ng, Wan Sing.

“…A brief introduction to medical problems related to the prostate and treatment methods is given, as well as some notable robotic and computer assisted devices for surgery. …”
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A strategic analysis of the cable television industry in Taiwan. by Melania Shanti Hartanto., Kow, Siew Yeong., Rudy Santoso., Wong, Yin Ling.

“…From our study, we will attempt to present some recommendations that Taiwan operator and regulators may take into consideration when further developing the cable TV industry in Taiwan.…”
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