Phase evolution and room-temperature photoluminescence in amorphous SiC alloy by Zhou, H. P., Xu, M., Wei, D. Y., Ong, T., Xiao, S. Q., Xu, L. X., Huang, S. Y., Guo, Y. N., Khan, S., Xu, S.

“…The underlying PL mechanism is explained in the framework of quantum confinement-luminescence center model. The photoexcitation process occurs in the nc-Si quantum dots embedded in the host SiC matrix, whereas the photoemission process occurs in the luminescence centers in the surrounding SiC or at SiC-Si interfaces. …”
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Development and implementation of a 3d-HDR brachytherapy program for cervical cancer in a sub-Saharan African centre by Joseph, A, Balogun, O, Adegboyega, B, Salako, O, Irabor, OC, Ajose, A, Adeneye, S, Alabi, A, Ohazurike, E, Ogamba, CF, Oladipo, A, Fagbemide, O, Habeebu, M, Puthoff, D, Onitilo, A, Ngwa, W, Nwachukwu, C

“…Our objective is to provide a guide for teams and centers in similar resource-restricted settings to implement 3D-HDR brachytherapy services, by leveraging our shared experience and lessons learned.…”

Academic achievement inspired machine learning methods for student grade prediction and at-risk detection by Wei, Qiu

“…To jointly consider the three important aspects\textemdash temporal dynamics of prior courses across previous semesters, short-term performance consistency, and relative performance against peers, an academic achievement inspired grade prediction (A2GP) model is proposed. …”
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Cadê o Kauê? Co-design and acceptability testing of a chat-story aimed at enhancing youth participation in the promotion of mental health in Brazil by Pavarini, G, Murta, SG, Mendes, JAA, Siston, FR, Souza, RRA, Cunha, RO, Ferreira, JA, Santos, VHL, Seabra, BTR, Talk2U, Singh, I

“…</p> <p><strong>Results:&nbsp;</strong>Participants aspired to support their peers' mental health in schools, both one-to-one and collectively, but felt unprepared. …”

Rethinking speech sound disorder (SSD) in non-syndromic cleft lip and palate: the importance of recognizing phonological and language difficulties by van Eeden, S, McKean, C, Stringer, H

“…There is growing evidence of concomitant language difficulties in children with CP ± L and of a higher prevalence of developmental speech errors in children compared with non-CP ± L peers. The impact of underlying phonological and language skills on speech production in children with CP ± L is poorly understood. …”

A Performance Analysis between Conventional and Shariah Private Retirement Scheme in Malaysia (S/O 14551) by Sofi, Mohd Fikri

“…They do not only beat the market over the period, but also strive against the peers ferociously to attain the objective and the interest of fund holders for a better protection of future retirement. …”
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Olga Tokarczuk’s art of reading: a linguistic view by Bilut-Homplewicz, Zofia, Krauz, Maria

“…They seek answers to questions such as what the history of the Nobel laureate’s reading is, how she describes the process considered “the miracle of reading,” and which literary works shaped her as a reader, a writer, or a person who discovers successive layers of the world through reading. …”
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Life and dyeing : floral escapes by Teng, Yu Qing

“…The current work aims to reflect the artist’s take on nature and her increasingly intimate relationship with it. …”
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Immigration, population, and foreign workforce in Singapore : an overview of trends, policies, and issues by Yang, Hui, Yang, Peidong, Zhan, Shaohua

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Searching for a competitive niche in Singapore's television production industry. by Nur Hana Ahmad Sarom., Tan, Fiona Wee Wee.

“…Thus, a lot of economic activities were created and Singapore is on her way to becoming a broadcast and information hub of Asia. …”
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Match making in complex social networks by Mao, Fubing, Ma, Lijia, He, Qiang, Xiao, Gaoxi

“…Specially we adopt a simple model where each individual would greedily seek for making a match with the strongest partner within his/her social connection range. We explore a few matching schemes including greedy mode, roulette wheel selection mode and completely random mode on different networks. …”
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Impact of innovation on performance of shipping companies in Singapore by Nah, Laura Yan Ling

“…Singapore’s maritime industry contributes approximately 7% of her GDP and employs over 100,000 people in more than 5,000 different establishments from various sectors of the industry. …”
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The insignificant characters and the grand narrative : a study of multiple implications of the insignificant characters. by Li, Shifang.

“…Author Wang An Yi has written numerous excellent pieces of novel. Her two iconic novels “Chang Hen Ge” and “Qi Meng Shi Dai” have received many attentions from scholars and many research papers have written about those two novels. …”
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The correlation between CEO remuneration and company performance : a Singapore-Hong Kong comparison. by Chui, Vanessa Jie Yi., Luo, Yijie., Low, Jeanne Yi Jun.

“…In addition, the average Hong Kong CEO is more likely to be paid higher than his or her Singaporean counterpart of a company with similar levels of corporate performance. …”
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“Laboratory in a dirty sky”: Aerial media, art, and air pollution in Project Da Vinci (1974–1979) by McCormack, DP

“…Drawing on original archival research, the article begins by foregrounding Simons’s pivotal role in Project Da Vinci as part of her wider contribution to cultures of aerial experimentation in the United States and beyond. …”

Amorphous Fe-Ni-P-B-O nanocages as efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction by Ren, Hao, Sun, Xiaoli, Du, Chengfeng, Zhao, Jin, Liu, Daobin, Fang, Wei, Kumar, Sonal, Chua, Rodney, Meng, Shize, Kidkhunthod, Pinit, Song, Li, Li, Shuiqing, Madhavi, Srinivasan, Yan, Qingyu

“…The FNPBO nanocages composed of multicomponent elements can weaken the metal–metal bonds, thus rearranging the electron density around the catalytic metal atom centers and reducing the energy barrier for intermediate formation. …”
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Distributed formation for large swarm of agents by Reza Haghighi

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Fear of childbirth among pregnant mothers at Hospital USM, Kelantan by Yi, Ong Yi

“…Fear of childbirth (FOC) can severely impact a woman's mental health throughout pregnancy and her birth experience. However, the extent to which childbirth alters the trajectory of FOC is under researched in Malaysia. …”
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Cobalt sulfide nanosheet/graphene/carbon nanotube nanocomposites as flexible electrodes for hydrogen evolution by Peng, Shengjie, Li, Linlin, Han, Xiaopeng, Sun, Wenping, Srinivasan, Madhavi, Mhaisalkar, Subodh Gautam, Cheng, Fangyi, Yan, Qingyu, Chen, Jun, Ramakrishna, Seeram

“…The synergistic effect of CoS2, graphene, and CNTs leads to unique CoS2/RGO-CNT nanoarchitectures, the HER activity of which is among the highest for non-noble metal electrocatalysts, showing 10 mA cm−2 current density at about 142 mV overpotentials and a high electrochemical stability.…”
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Intelligent robotic navigation for elderly assistance by Ng, Joshua Jeremiah

“…The third phase is tracking, the robot must keep the elderly in its field of view and search for him/her otherwise. The final phase is adding a notification system, allowing the robot to notify the caretaker of the emergency.…”
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