Pre-stretching for performance improvement of soft polymeric thermal actuators by Rezaeyan, Hamid

“…With the reference initial displacement analysis (i.e. using the same simulated and experimental initial displacements before temperature changes), better agreements between numerical predictions and experimental observations were achieved, with the largest discrepancy of -18.8% for 41g weight at 100°C. To account for the existence of pre-stress due to pre-stretching, the pre-stress before any mechanical or temperature loading was assumed to be approximately equal to the stress caused by the difference between the simulated and experimentally measured displacements for the smallest applied load of 41g at 30°C. …”
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Directional hear-through techiques for acoustic transparency to deliver augmented/mixed reality audio experiences over hearables by Gupta, Rishabh

“…While digital or analog low-latency HT system implementations can reduce the processing delay, a digital implementation can be expensive to design, whereas an analog implementation is not programmable and, thus, cannot be easily modified to account for changes in the direction of sound sources. …”
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Design, optimization and simulation of trad­able mobility credits by Liu, Renming

“…Demand is modeled through an activity-based model and a within-day departure and route choice model sensitive to individual TCS, account budgets and heterogeneous preferences. The transportation supply is now represented by a mesoscopic network model and is extended with a TCS controller for handling all credit transactions within the simulation. …”
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The cult of the Horatian ode in the nineteenth century by Leedham-Green, E, Elisabeth Leedham-Green

“…They supply a much more comprehensive account of Gladstone's opinion of Horace, and of his principles of translation, than anything he published, and they also include attempted justifications of a number of the practices for which his critics took him to task.…”

The biological effects of gases at pressure by Barnard, E, Barnard, E.E.P.

“…Two possible mechanisms to account for the threshold were considered. The first of these depends upon the fact that the tissue oxygen consumption tends to keep the tissue oxygen tension within normal limits until the total quantity of oxygen supplied exceeds the quantity being consumed. …”

Geochemical aspects of the mesostasis of some fractionated igneous rocks by Henderson, P

“…</p> <p>The distribution of phosphorus in the Bushveld igneous intrusion (before the incoming of cumulus apatite) shows that many of the rock types are adcumulates as a large amount of the phosphorus in a rock can be accounted for by the amount in the minerals. …”

Oxidation of organic compounds with pentavalent vanadium by Jones, J

“…</em></p> <p>Acetoin was found to be oxidised to diacetyl initially. In order to account accurately for the observed oxidation kinetics it has been necessary to postulate a vanadium (V) complex containing acetoin as a tridentate ligand. …”

Experiments on ordered spin systems by Grant, M

“…</p> <p>A more detailed account follows of the particular technique used to obtain our results, namely that of static nuclear orientation. …”

Studies on nucleocytoplasmic relationships during differentiation in vertebrates (1961) by Gurdon, J

“…</p> <p>Each part of the technique has been analysed in order to find out whether it can account for any developmental abnormalities of trans- plant-embryos. …”

Chemical and microbiological studies of alicyclic systems by Clark, I

“…In the present work, use has been made of the now complete series of mono-oxygenated 5α-androstanes to devise a new set of C-methyl incremental values. Account has been taken of interacting functional groups, and many anomalies have been accommodated. …”

Studies on the granophyres and related rocks of the Slieve Gullion tertiary igneous complex, Ireland by Emeleus, C

“…It is suggested that the differences may be accounted for if the rocks be considered as representing different stages in differentiation from a more basic parent, or parents. …”

The chemistry of some west African plants by Toft, P

“…The functional groups so far described account for six of the seven oxygen atoms. …”

The benefits of early book-sharing interventions for parenting and child development: a meta-analysis and experimental evaluation by Nicholas Dowdall

“…Key child and family demographic variables were taken into account.</p> <p>Child language, caregiver education, family socio-economic deprivation, and caregiver references to emotions and causal talk were all associated with child performance on socio-cognitive tasks. …”

Studies on the metabolic changes accompanying bacteriophage infection by Haslam, E

“…The biosynthesis of hydroxymethyluracil is satisfactorily accounted for by the presence, in phage-infected cells, of an enzyme which hydroxymethylates enzyme which deamintes deoxycytidylic acid may augment the normal intracellular supply of dUMP and thus control the relative levels of phoshorylated derivatives of deoxycytidine and hydroxymethyldeoxyuridine.…”

Karl Pearson by Magnello, ME

“…</p> <p>The scope of the thesis does not involve a detailed account of every technical contribution that Pearson made to statistics. …”

Development problems in an export economy by Bertram, G, I. G. Bertram

“…</p> <p>Chapters 4 and 5 are devoted to a more detailed evaluation of the contribution to Peru's development made by the two leading foreign firms, which between them accounted for over half of the country's total export earnings by 1929. …”

Occurrence of multidrug resistant e.coli and campylobacter in chicken and chicken meat and their associated risk factors by Jalo, Muhammad Ibrahim

“…This study identified five risk factors for Campylobacter contamination that, if taken together, might account for most sporadic cases. The presence of high MDR Campylobacter and E.coli species could compromise treatment in humans and in particular, if the bacteria is resistant to the drugs of choice and alternative drugs for treatment and therefore poses a significant public health risk. …”
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The Bioethics-CSR Divide by Caio Caesar Dib

“…Afterall, the work of bioethicists is often unregulated and lacks the same kind of accountability that doctors and lawyers have. Then, is there a role to be played by the bioethicist? …”
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The Bioethics-CSR Divide by Caio Caesar Dib

“…Afterall, the work of bioethicists is often unregulated and lacks the same kind of accountability that doctors and lawyers have. Then, is there a role to be played by the bioethicist? …”
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Patient-reported outcome measures for monitoring primary care patients with depression: the PROMDEP cluster RCT and economic evaluation by Tony Kendrick, Christopher Dowrick, Glyn Lewis, Michael Moore, Geraldine M Leydon, Adam WA Geraghty, Gareth Griffiths, Shihua Zhu, Guiqing Lily Yao, Carl May, Mark Gabbay, Rachel Dewar-Haggart, Samantha Williams, Lien Bui, Natalie Thompson, Lauren Bridewell, Emilia Trapasso, Tasneem Patel, Molly McCarthy, Naila Khan, Helen Page, Emma Corcoran, Jane Sungmin Hahn, Molly Bird, Mekeda X Logan, Brian Chi Fung Ching, Riya Tiwari, Anna Hunt, Beth Stuart

“…Practitioners were trained in interpreting Patient Health Questionnaire-9 scores and taking them into account in treatment decisions. The primary outcome was depressive symptoms on the Beck Depression Inventory, 2nd edition, at 12 weeks. …”
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