A structural interpretation of the aftershock "cloud" of the 1992 Mw 7.3 Landers earthquake by Liu, Jing, Sieh, Kerry, Hauksson, Egill

“…Less than half of the aftershocks occurred within 1 km of the mainshock planes, and perhaps only 5% of the aftershocks are candidates for rerupture of the mainshock faults. Moreover, it seems that aftershocks along the Landers rupture have b-values that correlate well with the complexity of the mainshock rupture. …”
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Distributed execution of workflow by Khademi Hedayat, Maryam

“…The main reasons which led us to this selection are: (i) there is few existing work on partitioning workflow, specially as a means of accelerating workflow execution; (ii) several systems have been developed using three main enactment models (i.e., centralized, hierarchical, and distributed models), but most of them focus on centralized execution control while the existing hierarchical and distributed models still have problems such as high overhead in communication amongst the distributed parties; and (iii) data movement mechanisms are divided into: centralized, mediated, and peer-to-peer models. …”
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Development of resistive random access memory for next-generation embedded non-volatile memory application by Sun, Jianxun

“…In this work, engineering approaches from different perspectives have been implemented to improve the performance of the RRAM devices. …”
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A Formative Evaluation of Rendezvous: a Platform for Knowledge Sharing and Entertainment by Chua, Alton Yeow Kuan

“…On the whole, the behavioral intention to adopt Rendezvous seems promising. Factors that seemed to influence behavioral intention to adopt included perceived utility, perceived enjoyment, perceived ease of use and social influences.…”
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Which surrogate insulin resistance indices best predict coronary artery disease? A machine learning approach by Mirjalili, Seyed Reza, Soltani, Sepideh, Meybodi, Zahra Heidari, Marques-Vidal, Pedro, Firouzabadi, Danial Dehghani, Eshraghi, Reza, Restrepo, David, Ghoshouni, Hamed, Sarebanhassanabadi, Mohammadtaghi

“…Background Various surrogate markers of insulin resistance have been developed, capable of predicting coronary artery disease (CAD) without the need to detect serum insulin. …”
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See-through and spatial augmented reality - a novel framework for human-robot interaction by Dinh, Quang Huy, Viatcheslav, Iastrebov, Seet, Gim Lee Gerald

“…Autonomous and semi-autonomous mobile robots have been deployed to cooperate with humans in many industrial applications. …”
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Power system modeling and simulation by Luo, Yishi

“…Hence, to better characterize system under contingency situations, new methods of simulation to system is acquired urgently for improving planning and enhancing operation of electrical power system, therefore, establishing reasonable and effective models seems to be a good approach. Now power system becomes a diversification carrier with more variety of elements and features. …”
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A war in all but name: expanding the timeline of conflict in the Malayan emergency by Ho, Benjamin

“…Some narratives favour the influence of external factors like global and regional political movements, while others prefer to give precedence to local players in the Emergency. Either way, there seems to be an enormous weight given to an event that to the British, did not warrant being called a war or even civil war. …”
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P-B003 challenges of the offshore & marine industry in singapore by Yeo, Melvin Wen Hui

“…The challenges can be categorise into pricing, productivity, technology and innovation. In pricing, it seems that we are not as competitive as countries such as China, Vietnam etc. …”
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Elderly monitoring system by Ong, Jeffrey

“…In view of the increase in availability technology, a solution seems possible by allowing a caregiver to keep watch over an elderly without physically being there. …”
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Human health and thermal comfort of office workers in Singapore by Chen, Ailu, Chang, Victor Wei-Chung

“…The results indicate that the prevalence of individual SBS symptoms is lower than the similar studies in other geographic regions. Overcooling seems to be the domineering complaint in the local context and the occupants seem to prefer higher indoor temperature. …”
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New techniques for searching differential trails in Keccak by Liu, Guozhen, Qiu, Weidong, Tu, Yi

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Effectiveness of a preventative multi-component training program for prospective memory performance among healthy older adults by Farzin, Azin

“…Hence, to promote healthy aging and longevity among older adults, a global interest regarding treating agerelated cognitive declines emerged. Cognitive training seems to be more successful, compared with the pharmacological treatments, in improving cognitive functions among older adults. …”
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Savings and Investment Behaviour of the Consumer of Financial Services and Their Service Expectations from Banks (S/O 12349) by Ahmad, Nor Hayati, Saha, Asish, Eam, Lim Hock, Katib, Mohamed Nasser, Musa, Muhammad Muhaizam, Yeok, Siew Goh

“…This study is based on a primary survey of the savings and investment behavior of 1107 bank customers in three peninsular cities of Malaysia in 2013. Using Seemingly Unrelated Regressions (SUR) Framework, the key driver of savings is income, which, is found to have a positive and significant influence on savings. …”
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Health economic aspects of childhood excess weight by Onyimadu, O

“…My analyses of CPRD-HES data revealed that children living with overweight and obesity incurred significantly higher direct healthcare costs than their peers with a healthy weight. In comparison to children with healthy weight, those living with overweight generated additional costs of £133.93 and £66.32, on average, in the year preceding and following a BMI measurement, respectively, while children with obesity incurred additional costs of £115.47 and £154.51, on average, during the same periods. …”

Lean Six Sigma in healthcare: a systematic literature review on motivations and benefits by McDermott, Olivia, Antony, Jiju, Bhat, Shreeranga, Jayaraman, Raja, Rosa, Angelo, Marolla, Giuliano, Parida, Ratri

“…While Lean Six Sigma (LSS) has been applied extensively in healthcare organisations, there has been limited research on the trends of LSS application in healthcare in recent years. …”
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Interactive mapping for public transit planning: Comparing accessibility and travel-time framings by Stewart, Anson, Zegras, P Christopher

“…In particular, the accessibility version seems to mitigate skepticism and car users’ predispositions against upgrading bus service. …”
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Microstructure tailoring in hot-pressed silicon carbide by Lee, Yan Xi.

“…The contribution of elongation grains may very likely be a result of the 3C4H transformation as the maximum elongation seems to coincide with the maximum transformation. …”
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Effects of kinesio taping on Hamstring-to-quadriceps ratio on non-injured female amateur competitive team sports athletes by Tan, Priscilla Hui Yee

“…It also helps with recovery after eccentric workload, reducing the effects of delayed onset muscle soreness. KT seems to be able stimulate the muscles and increase activity, resulting in slight increase in performance. …”
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The physics of oil outflow from crude oil tankers during ship-ship collisions by Qu, Guan Lin

“…Ship sizes do not have significant effect on the percentage of oil outflow. However, VLCC seems to leak the largest amount due to its largest capacity.…”
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