Liu, Tai-Wa
Ng, Gabriel Y. F.
Ng, Shamay S. M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Departmental Research Grant of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (1-ZVF9)
Article History
Received: 24 April 2017
Accepted: 15 February 2018
First Online: 7 March 2018
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