The flexible urban grid: adaptation, expansion and evolution in Philadelphia's city block morphology by Ryan, Brent D., Wang, Elaine

“…The city grid underwent evolution during this time that resolved deficiencies of the original Penn plan, improving circulation and maximizing block area for rowhouse development. The Penn grid had large rectilinear blocks with irregular dimensions: it experienced two types of evolution. …”
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A technique for measuring the density and complexity of understorey vegetation in tropical forests by Marsden, Stuart J., Fielding, Alan H., Mead, Claire, Hussin, M.Zakaria

“…Parameters included vegetation area, total vegetation edge, and mean fractal dimension of vegetation patches. …”
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Removal of arsenic from aqueous solution by various natural soil-based adsorbents by Fairuz, Farah Shahirah Mohd

“…For the physicochemical characterisation analysis, red soil has highest number of functional group, content of Fe based minerals, surface area and pore volume with the smallest particle size. …”
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Stock prediction using support vector regression by Manasa, Abburu.

“…The performance evaluators include Mean Absolute Error (MAE), Root Mean Square Error (RMSE), Relative Absolute Error (RAE), Root Relative Absolute Error (RRAE), Directional Symmetry (DS) and Weighted Directional Symmetry (WDS). …”
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Comparison of different deep learning object detection algorithms on fruit drying characterization by Umair, Mohammad Yamin, Norazlianie, Sazali, Kettner, Maurice, Mohd Azraai, Mohd Razman, Weiβ, Robert

“…Object detection is an essential task in the field of computer vision and a prominent area of research. In the past, the categorization of raw and dry Tamanu fruits was dependent on human perception. …”
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A low noise, 1.28µA quiescent regulator with broadband high PSR for micropower sensors by Chan, Pak Kwong, Ong, G. T.

“…Realized using GlobalFoundries 1.8V/3.3V CMOS 0.18μm process, the regulator gives a mean output 0.992V for 8 samples while occupying a silicon area of 0.095mm2. …”
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Fusion of cultures plays a part in writing styles & translation by Chen, Lijun

“…This does not necessarily mean contrasting strategy such as foreignisation should be ruled out. …”
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Identifying key factors towards highly reflective silver coatings by Zheng, Bo, Wong, Lai Peng, Wu, Linda Y. L., Chen, Zhong

“…It was observed that the development surface area ratio, 𝑆�𝑑�𝑟�, is a better roughness indicator in predicting the reflectance of polycrystalline silver films than the arithmetic average roughness, 𝑅�𝑎�.…”
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The effects of heating and tree configurations on pollutant dispersion and air temperature in Street Canyon by Muhammad Yazid, Muhammad Noor Afiq Witri

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Analysis of the effects of density profile on the bending properties of particleboard using finite element method (FEM) by Wong, E.-D., Yang, P., Zhang, M., Wang, Q., Nakao, T., Li, K.-F., Kawai, S.

“…Multiple regression analysis shows that the overall MOE of particleboard depends basically on the board mean density (MD), PD and Pdi.…”

Efficiency in real estate development: Is management or robotics the key? by Liu, Yuming, Hizami bin Alias, Aidi, Azam Haron, Nuzul, Abu Bakar, Nabilah, Wang, Hao

“…Operational efficiency varied regionally, with the eastern area (mean 0.3963) outperforming the central (0.3651) and western (0.3790) areas. …”
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Estimating consumptive water use of rice in lowland paddy fields of Tanjung Karang, Malaysia by Abdullahi, Abubakar Sadiq

“…The study covered eight compartments in the irrigation service areas (ISA) of the Tanjung Karang Rice Irrigation Scheme (TAKRIS). …”
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Survivorship and field growth characteristics of four selected bamboo species for the development of bamboo industry in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo by Perumal, Mugunthan, Mohd Hassan, Nurul Husna, Abdullah, Nizam, Omar, Latifah, Zainudin, Johari, Wasli, Mohd Effendi

“…However, the lowest mean culm diameter was observed in G. levis at 2.66 cm, and the highest was in B. vulgaris at 4.51 cm. …”
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A new hybrid algorithm for retinal vessels segmentation on fundus images by Dharmawan, Dhimas Arief, Li, Di, Ng, Boon Poh, Rahardja, Susanto

“…In the experiment, the proposed algorithm outperforms the state-of-the-art methods in four major measures, i.e., sensitivity, F1-score, G-mean, and Mathews correlation coefficient both on the low- and high-resolution images. …”
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Camera domain transfer for video-based person re-identification by Ding, Bangjie

“…Person re-identification (Re-ID), also known as pedestrian re-identification, is a new technology that has emerged in the area of intelligent video analysis in recent years, and belongs to the category of image and video processing and analysis in complex environments. …”
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Investigation of radiant panel cooling systems for sensible cooling in air conditioning by Teo, Nguan Teck.

“…With reference to the Predicted Mean Vote index recorded by TRNSYS, the occupants are comfortable in 80.5%, 89.3% and 90.1% of the simulated hours for the conventional and the active chilled beam systems (i.e. …”
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Blind carrier frequency offset estimation techniques for next-generation multicarrier communication systems: challenges, comparative analysis, and future prospects by Singh, Shivani, Kumar, Sushant, Majhi, Sudhan, Satija, Udit, Yuen, Chau

“…We also incorporate the CFO impact on next-generation wireless systems such as orthogonal time frequency space and reconfigurable intelligent surface-assisted communication systems and provide a broader and deeper knowledge of the area. We provide simulation results of some existing estimators and their performance comparison in terms of mean square error for better understanding. …”
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Combined effects of meal frequency and exercise on postprandial lipaemia by Mok, Alexander

“…(Data are mean ±SD). There were no significant differences in TAG response pattern among trials (trial × time interaction, p = .092). …”
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Making public transport the choice mode by Tan, Siew Fong

“…Today, 12% of Singapore’s land area has been used for transport. As our population and economy grows, there would be an increasing demand for transportation. …”
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Anatomically realistic aortic dissection simulator as a potential training tool for point-of-care ultrasound by Rahmah, Mutiah, Al-Ashwal, Rania Hussien, Mohamad Salim, Maheza Irna, Lam, Yan Tung, Hau, Yuan Wen

“…Conclusions: The simulators were able to replicate the surface morphology and echogenicity of the intimal flap, which is a linear hyperechoic area representing the separation of the aorta wall.…”
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