Noise matters in image restoration: from synthetic degradation to real-world challenges by Guo, Lanqing

“…In the third work, we exploit the non-shadow regions as contextual information, aiding in the restoration of shadow regions through a customized transformer network tailored to handle partial and non-uniform degradation. …”
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What do you want to make? What to make of public library makerspaces: a look into the power of makerspaces in Singapore public libraries by Tan, Yi Lin

“…An interview with NLB was conducted to obtain a deeper understanding of the day-to-day task of running the makerspaces at Jurong, Woodlands, Tampines, and Punggol Regional Libraries. This study has found that understanding the relations between people and making, beyond the popular rhetoric of providing access to makerspaces and technologies, is key to helping librarians, teachers, and curators of art and science museums make informed decisions about why and how to engage with the maker movement in our communities. …”
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Young people's understanding of European values: enhancing abilities, supporting participation and voice by Ross, Alistair, Loughran, Tom, Brunold, Andreas, Hartsmar, Nanny, Liljefors Persson, Bodil, Chistolini, Sandra, Dotta, Leanete Thomas, Freires, Thiago, Kõiv, Kristi, Lopes, Juliana Crespo, Pembecioğlu, Nilüfer, Pereira, Fátima, Spinthourakis, Julia Athena

“…D An analysis of regional and other factors. E Teaching issues. We draw together the implications of the analysis for educating young people about understanding these values F Conclusions and recommendations. …”
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Surface water sensitivity to climate variability by Paltan-Lopez, H

“…This includes explaining the snowpack characteristics that determine timing and magnitude of river flow peaks in snow-dominated regions. Also, by quantifying the inter-annual variability driven by Atmospheric Rivers, this thesis found that this form of moisture transport contributes to 22% of total global annual runoff and their variability importantly drives hydrological extremes in various global locations. …”

Lithological controls of the Mg isotope composition of the Lena River across seasons and its impact on the annual isotope flux to the Arctic Ocean by Mavromatis, V, Porcelli, D, Andersson, PS, Korets, MA, Pokrovsky, OS

“…Given the importance of permafrost regions in providing the major elements to the Arctic Ocean, and the vulnerability of these regions to ongoing climate change due to permafrost thaw and landscape modifications, assessing the magnitude and characterizing the factors governing isotope compositions in river waters across seasons and space is of high priority. …”

The relationship between leisure time physical activity patterns, Alzheimer’s disease markers and cognition by James, S, Sudre, CH, Barnes, J, Cash, DM, Chiou, Y, Coath, W, Keshavan, A, Lu, K, Malone, I, Murray-Smith, H, Nicholas, JM, Orini, M, Parker, T, Almeida-Meza, P, Fox, NC, Richards, M, Schott, JM

“…Regression analyses were conducted to assess the direct and the moderating relationship between leisure time physical activity metrics, Alzheimer’s disease-related neurodegeneration markers (including Aβ status, hippocampal and whole-brain volume, and cortical thickness in Alzheimer’s disease signature regions) and cognition. All models were adjusted for childhood cognition, education and childhood socioeconomic position, and examined by sex. …”

Mechanics of fracture and flexure in Antarctic ice sheets and ice shelves by Zhang, H

“…In Chapter 2, I consider basal fracturing in grounded glaciers and ice sheets. Sticky patches are regions with higher basal shear stress than their surroundings. …”

Analysis of residual soil properties on slope: A study in Dusun, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor by Norhidayah, Mohamed, Muhammad Farhan, Zolkepli, Ahmad Safuan, A. Rashid, Azman, Kassim, Muhammad Syamsul Imran, Zaini, Muhammad Irfan, Shahrin, Mohd Fakhrurrazi, Ishak, Zaihasra, Abu Talib

“…Slope failure is a widespread and devastating disaster that can occur in various regions, including Malaysia. Given the numerous incidents caused by slope failure, it is vital to conduct a thorough scientific study to determine the specific soil characteristics at Dusun UTM, Johor. …”
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Objective quality assessment and perceptual compression of screen content images by Wang, Shiqi, Gu, Ke, Zeng, Kai, Wang, Zhou, Lin, Weisi

“…SCIs are often composed of pictorial regions and computer generated textual/graphical content, which exhibit different statistical properties that often lead to different viewer behaviors. …”
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Sustainability and interactivity between cities and ports : a two-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach by Chen, Chen, Lam, Jasmine Siu Lee

“…Constrained by different regional structures, port cities have developed various formulations over time. …”
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Buried in the mists of history : the comfort women of Singapore by Chee, Sylvia Sook Yan

“…This thesis asks the question why have these women’s tragedies been silenced from Singapore history, when victims from so many other regions have been, and are currently, volubly advocated for by their countries? …”
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Threads between communities : silk trade in Singapore, 1900-1941 by Leong, Yoke Yann

“…This thesis argues that different ethnic silk merchant communities used to be interdependent on each other to obtain silk goods from certain regions, but became more independent as firms established new routes for a more direct flow of goods due to the boycotts and quotas. …”
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Face/object recognition and tracking on IoT device with 3D camera by Lin, Yuxin

“…Compared with Depth-guided Attention, both quantitative and qualitative experiment results indicate that LBP-Depth-guided Attention has better focus on the important discriminative regions and achieved improved recognition accuracies under several challenging conditions, such as occlusion, pose variation and facial expression changes.…”
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Urgency of controlling black carbon emissions in shipping by Ong, Min Yee

“…Hence, this study seeks explores the impacts of BC on a regional and global scale and understand the challenges faced in BC reduction to establish the legitimacy of BC as a climate threat and determine the urgency in reducing BC emissions from ships.…”
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Biothermoplastic elastomer (BTPE), influence of architecture on mechanical properties by Tjin, Monica Suryana.

“…The mechanical properties of the star-shaped copolymers were determined by molar ratio of -CL and TMC. Microcrystalline regions present in the soft block as well as the amount of hard block have been found to play an important role in providing elastic properties to the star-shaped copolymers. …”
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The coalescence and etching of metal nanostructures via solution approach by Tan, Rachel Lee Siew

“…As this screening method involves the aggregation of nanoparticles to create bimetallic regions, we studied how to have controlled aggregation without additional reagents in Chapter 3. …”
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An emerging Asian model of governance and transnational knowledge transfer : an introduction by Liu, Hong, Wang, Tingyan

“…Based upon the existing literature and critical reflections, the authors propose a preliminary analytical framework for an emerging Asian model of governance by incorporating two interlinked phenomena: shared cultural, historical norms and trajectories, and intra-regional transnational knowledge transfer. Six articles constituting the special issue are also briefly introduced within this framework, with the aim of contributing to a better understanding of Asian governance experiences and theoretical debates on the evolving modes of public governance.…”
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Pleckstrin homology domains bind to phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate by Harlan, John E., Hajduk, Philip J., Fesik, Stephen W., Yoon, Ho Sup

“…Although its specific function has yet to be elucidated, the carboxy-terminal regions of many βγ domains bind to the py subunits of G proteins6,7. …”
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Circular economy startups and digital entrepreneurial ecosystems by Roshan, Ravi, Balodi, Krishna, Datta, Sagnika, Kumar, Anil, Upadhyay, Arvind

“…Circular economy (CE) is the way forward to protect an endangered environment, promote social justice, and advance sustainable and balanced regional economic development. The proliferation of the CE concept and the circular startup boom coincides with digital transformation, a socioeconomic change propelled by the widespread adoption of digital technologies. …”
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What do people want? Views on platforms and the digital public sphere in eight countries by Ejaz, W, Fletcher, R, Nielsen, RK, McGregor, S

“…The study highlights variations in platform use, trust, and societal impact across demographics and regions, revealing that younger, tech-savvy individuals generally express greater optimism towards different platforms. …”