On the International Monetary System (IMS): A case of background injustice and parasitic exploitation by Guajardo Ortega, CC

“…<p>In this thesis I discuss three stylized scenarios of the International Monetary System (IMS): one with floating exchange rates, one with fixed exchange rates and one with closed capital markets. …”

Target Design and Optimizations for Spent Fuel Transmutation by Tukharyan, Grigor

“…This data is then post-processed using a 0-dimensional analysis in FISPACT to estimate the transmutation rate for each LLFP. PHITS is also used to find the depletion rate of the LLFPs for the 18-70 MeV beam case and for spallation-induced transmutations in the 1000 MeV case. …”
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Design, simulation and experimentation for the geometric of optofluidic prism by Leong, Amanda Si Min.

“…For instance, the prism shape is changed with the ratio of the flow rates between two flows, and the diffusion is increased with flow rates. …”
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Molluscum contagiosum and associations with atopic eczema in children: a retrospective longitudinal study in primary care by Olsen, JR, Piguet, V, Gallacher, J, Francis, NA

“…<p><strong>Background</strong> Molluscum contagiosum (MC) is a common skin condition in children. Consultation rates and current management in primary care, and how these have changed over time, are poorly described. …”

Enhancing quantum synchronization through homodyne measurement, noise, and squeezing by Shen, Yuan, Soh, Hong Yi, Fan, Weijun, Kwek, Leong Chuan

“…Interestingly, optimal two-photon damping rates exist when the oscillator and driving are at resonance and with a small single-photon damping rate. …”
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Solder joint testing and failure analysis by Kang, Eng Tat.

“…Both the solder bonded joint specimens with and without pre-crack were tested at 2 other different strain rates of 0.001/s and 0.1/s. Comparing all 3 strain rates, for solder bonded joint specimens without pre-crack, it was found that work hardening effect is present in between loading angles of 0o to 45o. …”
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Effect of TBHQ on quality characteristics of RBD olein during frying by Asap, Telingai, Augustin, M. A.

“…The addition of TBHQ reduced the level of polar components and polymers in the oil, decreased the rates of change in iodine value and dielectric constant and decreased the rate of oxidation of C18:2. …”

Audio based sensing of wheeze in respiratory signals by Seah, Meng Shi.

“…The results analyses are made mainly based on the four locations recorded for the wheeze signals, and judging from these locations; at different locations will obtained different detection rates are observed. The rate of success and the false alarm rate are calculated. …”
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Cooling of a heated surface in spray chamber by Ang, Samuel Qi Xiang

“…The present study investigates the individual effects of flow rate, power and liquid type, namely water and Novec 7100, on spray cooling in a closed loop. …”
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Halving premature death and improving quality of life at all ages by Norheim, OF, Chang, A, Bolongaita, S, Barraza-Lloréns, M, Jha, P, Lewington, S, Jamison, DT, Peto, R

“…To assess whether halving premature mortality by 2050 is feasible, we examined the large variation in premature death rates before age 70 years and trends over the past 50 years (1970–2019), covering ten world regions and the 30 most-populous nations. …”

Mobilizing bodies: unsettling sustainable mobility through cycling in Los Angeles by Davidson, AC

“…Much cycling advocacy and research is focused on improving the cycling experience and enhancing rates of cycling in cities, yet rests on dominant ontological presumptions around human bodies, their categories of identity and their normativity - both what is considered 'normal' as well as aspirations of 'good' in terms of health and sustainability. …”

The influence of additives on the delivery of paclitaxel from bioresorbable PLGA films by Huang, Charlotte Liwen.

“…The hydration of PLGA films played an important role in influencing the rate of hydrolytic degradation and drug release behavior. …”
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Market outlook of VLCCs in the next 5 years by Cheah, Peifang.

“…Discounted cashflow analysis would be applied to derive the Net Present Value (NPV) and the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of investing in newbuild, 5 year old, 10 year old and 15 year old VLCC based on the forecasted freight rates under the various scenarios (varying WACC from 0 to 20%). …”
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Simulations of radiatively cooled magnetic reconnection driven by pulsed power by Datta, Rishabh, Crilly, Aidan, Chittenden, Jeremy P., Chowdhry, Simran, Chandler, Katherine, Chaturvedi, Nikita, Myers, Clayton E., Fox, William R., Hansen, Stephanie B., Jennings, Chris A., Ji, Hantao, Kuranz, Carolyn C., Lebedev, Sergey V., Uzdensky, Dmitri A., Hare, Jack D.

“…The reconnection layer undergoes radiative collapse when the radiative losses exceed the rates of ohmic and compressional heating (cooling rate/hydrodynamic transit rate = 𝜏−1cool/𝜏−1𝐻≈100 ); this generates a cold strongly compressed current sheet, leading to an accelerated reconnection rate, consistent with theoretical predictions. …”
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Entrainment across a density interface in a two-dimensional flume compartment by Foo, Miaw Hui.

“…Extensive experiments of the entrainment rates were carried out in two-dimensional rectangular flume compartments; in which the different geometrical and flow parameters were varied to allow their influence on the entrainment rate to be evaluated. …”
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The devil is in the detail? Investors’ mispricing of proxy voting outcomes on M&A deals by Li, Lingwei, Zhang, Huai

“…Shareholders’ approval rates on M&A deals are informative because they are predictive of the acquirer's post-merger operating performance. …”
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Computationally efficient and adaptive scalable video coding by Li, He

“…Thus, delivering of digital video data compressed at specific spatial resolution, quality levels, frame rates and encoding those video data at specific bit rates according to the client resources and the available network is essential. …”
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Job scheduling for maximum revenue on uniform, parallel machines with major and minor setups and job splitting by Chua, Geoffrey A., Ravindran, Ashwin, Senga, Juan Ramon L., Viswanathan, Sivakumar

“…The Revenue Rate Heuristic schedules the job with the highest revenue rate first and updates all the revenue rates accordingly based on existing scheduled families and remaining capacity. …”
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Development of human-machine interface for mixed-swarm robot team by Nur Amirah Binte Rhymie

“…The system was evaluated through experiments which involved a circuit to navigate the JETANK with a gesture sensing control scheme using APDS9960 module and employing test objects to analyse detectability rates for the motion detection algorithm. State-of-the-art gesture sensing using computer vision framework has a success rate of 91% as researched by Anand et al, and the control scheme achieved standard success rates. …”
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International trends in shoulder replacement: a meta-analysis from 11 public joint registers by Rupani, N, Combescure, C, Silman, A, Lübbeke, A, Rees, J

“…Our aim was to evaluate trends in incidence rates of shoulder replacement and assess any recent changes in practice between countries by using registry data.…”