Lead-free PCB assembly and effect of solder joint profile on the reliability of PCB assembly by Periannan Arulvanan.

“…Lead-free Printed Circuit Board (PCB) assembly evaluation was undertaken to determine the effect of solder joint profile on the reliability of PCB assembly, by varying the foot print design on the PCB, solder paste deposition volume and solder reflow profile. …”
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PlomBOX: a low cost bioassay for the sensitive detection of lead in drinking water by Dias, A, Alvarez, M, Gándola, Y, Deisting, A, Alba Posse, E, Arnaldi, H, Asorey, H, Bertou, X, Colque, A, Favela-Pérez, F, Gasulla, J, Gómez Berisso, M, Guerra-Pulido, JO, Lipovetzky, J, Lobera, J, Lovino, MB, Marpegan, L, Martín, D, Mejía Muñoz, S, Monroe, J, Nadra, AD, Pregliasco, R, Rumi, G, Rossen, A

“…This paper reports the design of a biosensor for sensitive, low-cost measurement of lead in drinking water. The biosensor uses a genetically-modified strain of Escherichia coli, which serves as both signal amplifier and reporter of lead in water, measured via colour change. …”

Anchoring charge selective self-assembled monolayers for tin-lead perovskite solar cells by Zhang, Z, Zhu, R, Tang, Y, Su, Z, Hu, S, Zhang, X, Zhang, J, Zhao, J, Xue, Y, Gao, X, Li, G, Pascual, J, Abate, A, Li, M

“…In addition, the short chain length leads to an improved energy level alignment of SAMs with perovskite, improving hole extraction. …”

Catenary action of reinforced concrete beams subjected to missing column scenario by Lim, You Gen.

“…Catenary action is the last alternate load path the beam takes to prevent progressive collapse and has been observed in the event of large deformations. …”
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Behaviour of reinforced concrete beam-column joint subjected to in-plane loading by Azzalina Zainuddin

“…Based on a previous softened strut-and –tie model developed by them to determine the shear strengths of exterior beam-column joints, this model has been modified to predict that of an interior beam-column joint. …”
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Long electron-hole diffusion length in high-quality lead-free double perovskite films by Ning, Weihua, Wang, Feng, Wu, Bo, Lu, Jun, Yan, Zhibo, Liu, Xianjie, Tao, Youtian, Liu, Jun-Ming, Huang, Wei, Fahlman, Mats, Hultman, Lars, Sum, Tze Chien, Gao, Feng

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Broadcasting in Asia : twenty-five years from now by Bhatia, Brajesh

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15 years of Adjoint Algorithmic Differentiation (AAD) in finance by Capriotti, L, Giles, M

“…In this paper, we provide a tutorial of this technique, illustrate how it is immediately applicable for Monte Carlo and Partial Differential Equations applications, the two main numerical techniques used for option pricing, and review the most significant literature in quantitative finance of the past fifteen years.…”

When mobile phone use becomes problematic : the influence of self, parents and peers on adolescents' mobile phone behavior in Singapore and Malaysia by Chuah, Soo Fei

“…As mobile phones become prevalent in our daily lives, studies have been conducted to investigate the reasons behind the popularity of mobile phones. …”
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Micro-array beam forming and testing for speech recognition in industrial settings by Dogruoglu, Melis Feriha

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Finite element analysis bending of composite sandwich beams with metal facesheets by Rhuban S/O Jeva

“…This study investigates the structural bending behaviour of the sandwich composite beams with the use of face sheet metals. Three-Point bending was used to analyse the bending behaviour. …”
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Does the peer review mode make a difference? An exploratory look at undergraduates' performances and preferences in a writing course by Hsieh, Yi-Chin, Leong, Alvin Ping, Lin, Yu-Ju, Aryadoust, Vahid

“…The importance of peer review practice in writing courses has been strongly supported by pedagogical research. …”
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Variation of stiffness of two magnetically coupled beams for broadband energy harvesting by Xiao, Jincheng

“…The non-linearity was introduced through the interaction of the tip magnets on the cantilever beams. The open circuit voltage outputs were first determined for both linear and non-linear PEH systems and compared to find the suitable material for the cantilever beams. …”
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Single aspherical lens for de-astigmatization, collimation and circularization of laser beam by Koh, Soon Seong.

“…In this report, a single aspherical lens has been designed to transform an astigmatic and elliptically diverging laser diode beam into a non-astigmatic and circularly collimated beam with a pre-determined output beam radius. …”
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Experimental and analytical study of exterior beam-column joint for progressive collapse by Yap, Sim Lim.

“…In general, a terrorist attack may lead to failure to a small part of building. …”
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Photoluminescence studies of compound semiconductor structures grown by molecular beam epitaxy by Li, He Ming.

“…An empirical relationship between the PL linewidth and hole concentration at 4 K has been obtained, from which some estimate of the hole concentration in the samples could be obtained.…”
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Buckling analysis of two-and three-layer delaminated beams with and without bridging by Parlapalli Madhusudhana Rao

“…Delamination has been a subject of concern in engineering applications of layer structures. …”
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The Use of Co-Worker Peer-Review as an Alternative Assessment in Leadership Courses to Evaluate Student’s Leadership Qualities (S/O 14756) by Abd Rahim, Nazahah, Ab Rahman, Faizahani

“…The objective of the assignment was to expose students to planning, organizing, managing and leading a project. Two peer-assessment methods were performed. …”
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Mechanical design and performance evaluation of active thermosiphon beam terminal units by Ji, Ke, Cai, Wenjian, Wu, Bingjie, Ou, Xianhua

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Study on process parameter optimization for electron beam melting additive manufacturing by Wang, Chengcheng

“…Electron beam melting additive manufacturing (EBM-AM), also known as selective electron beam melting (SEBM), is a mainstream metal additive manufacturing (AM) technique that employs an electron beam to process metallic powder feedstocks in vacuum environment (~ 10-4 - 10-5 mbar) at elevated temperatures (~ 500 - 1100 °C). …”
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