Improving a circular reverse logistics to handle product return: Insights from a global electronics services provider by Nur Atiqah Batrisyia, ., Fernando, Yudi

“…The storing of returned goods can result in insufficient arrangement of the existing storage space and capacity. …”
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Synthesis of ultrathin face-centered-cubic Au@Pt and Au@Pd core-shell nanoplates from hexagonal-close-packed Au square sheets by Fan, Zhanxi, Zhu, Yihan, Huang, Xiao, Han, Yu, Wang, Qingxiao, Liu, Qing, Huang, Ying, Gan, Chee Lip, Zhang, Hua

“…Interestingly, the obtained fcc Au@Pt rhombic nanoplates demonstrate a unique (101)f orientation with the same atomic arrangement extending from the Au core to the Pt shell. …”
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Planar integrated metasurfaces for highly-collimated terahertz quantum cascade lasers by Liang, Guozhen, Dupont, Emmanuel, Fathololoumi, Saeed, Wasilewski, Zbigniew R., Ban, Dayan, Liang, Hou Kun, Zhang, Ying, Yu, Siu Fung, Li, Lianhe H., Davies, Alexander Giles, Linfield, Edmund H., Liu, Hui Chun, Wang, Qi Jie

“…We report planar integration of tapered terahertz (THz) frequency quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) with metasurface waveguides that are designed to be spoof surface plasmon (SSP) out-couplers by introducing periodically arranged SSP scatterers. The resulting surface-emitting THz beam profile is highly collimated with a divergence as narrow as ~4° × 10°, which indicates a good waveguiding property of the metasurface waveguide. …”
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Ribosome protection by antibiotic resistance ATP-binding cassette protein by Su, Weixin, Kumar, Veerendra, Ding, Yichen, Ero, Rya, Serra, Aida, Lee, Benjamin Sian Teck, Wong, Andrew See Weng, Shi, Jian, Sze, Siu Kwan, Yang, Liang, Gao, Yong-Gui

“…Our structure reveals that the domain linker forms a unique needle-like arrangement with two crossed helices connected by an extended loop projecting into the peptidyl-transferase center and the nascent peptide exit tunnel, where numerous antibiotics bind. …”
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Key-nodes selection problem for minimum cost control of directed networks by Li, Guoqi, Tang, Pei, Wen, Changyun, Huang, Jiangshuai, Ma, Cheng

“…We present a method, called normalized projected gradient method (NPGM), to address this critical issue. An index notation arrangement-based chain rule is proposed to obtain the gradient of a defined cost function where matrix-by-matrix derivatives are involved. …”
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Institutional differences and local government performance : evidence from property tax assessment quality by Kim, Soojin, Chung, Il Hwan, Eom, Tae Ho

“…Based on panel data of cities and towns in New York State between 1993 and 2010, our analysis indicates that, among other institutional arrangements, municipalities employing the council–manager form with appointed assessors are most likely to achieve higher levels of assessment quality (uniformity) of the residential property. …”
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The urban beautician : a practice of transferring ephemeral interventions in the public space via media into a work of art by Reinhuber, Elke

“…An assiduous assessment of her artistic ancestry is given and a catalogue of her endeavours, categorised by diverse subjects, arranged to isolate the themes and to connect the topics.…”
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Surface lattice resonances in THz metamaterials by Tan, Thomas CaiWei, Plum, Eric, Singh, Ranjan

“…In metamaterials, lattice diffraction appears across microwave to optical frequencies due to collective Rayleigh scattering of periodically arranged structures. Light waves diffracted by these periodic structures can be trapped along the metamaterial surface resulting in the excitation of surface lattice resonances, which are mediated by the structural eigenmodes of the metamaterial cavity. …”
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What causes changes in international governance details? : an economic security perspective by Pitakdumrongkit, Kaewkamol

“…by establishing the causal pathways linking countries’ economic security with their institutional responses and decisions to rejig particular arrangement terms. I argue that different types of major powers’ behavior – rivalry among themselves, their economic statecraft, and their gaining advantage in existing negotiation frameworks – undermine small states’ economic security differently, causing them to select dissimilar institutional responses and adjust dissimilar institutional rules. …”
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Plane-strain consolidation theory with distributed drainage boundary by Chen, Z., Ni, Pengpeng, Chen, Y., Mei, G.

“…In practice, the full arrangement of sand blankets overlying soft clays could result in an uneconomic design for soft soil treatment using the surcharge preloading method. …”
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Why quasi-alliances will persist in the Indo-Pacific? The fall and rise of the quad by Kliem, Frederick

“…This article analyses both form and function of Quad and argues that both the diplomatic and military arrangements between Quad members are a direct response to ever-increasing Chinese assertiveness. …”
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Energy dissipation in composites with hybrid nacre-like helicoidal microstructures by Chan, Xin Ying, Chua, Clarence, Tan, Sharlene, Le Ferrand, Hortense

“…Among all possible microstructures, a hybrid design between nacre-like and helicoidal arrangements was selected due to its ability to tilt and twist the crack path. …”
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Direct growth of single-metal-atom chains by Guo, Shasha, Fu, Jiecai, Zhang, Peikun, Zhu, Chao, Yao, Heming, Xu, Manzhang, An, Boxing, Wang, Xingli, Tang, Bijun, Deng, Ya, Salim, Teddy, Du, Hongchu, Dunin-Borkowski, Rafal E., Xu, Mingquan, Zhou, Wu, Tay, Beng Kang, Zhu, Chao, He, Yanchao, Hofmann, Mario, Hsieh, Ya-Ping, Guo, Wanlin, Ng, Michael, Jia, Chunlin, Zhang, Zhuhua, He, Yongmin, Liu, Zheng

“…Although several SMACs have been realized so far, their controllable fabrication remains challenging due to the need to arrange single atoms in an atomically precise manner. …”
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A simulation-based reinforcement learning solution for a dynamic mixed-model assembly line sequencing problem by Yu, Dongsheng

“…To implement Assembly-to-order, a corresponding production arrangement known as the Mixed-Model Assembly Line is utilized. …”
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3D printing shape memory polymer of laminated multi-component metamaterial towards optimization of auxetic and shape recovery behaviors by Liu, Yuheng, Shu, Dong Wei, Lu, Haibao

“…A synergistic effect of laminated structure arrangement and cell radius has been identified as the driving force to achieve the auxetic behavior (for metamaterial), high storage strain energy (for yielding strength) and release rate (for shape recovery behavior). …”
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Programmable nonreciprocal Poynting effect enabled by lattice metamaterials by Dong, Le, Zhou, Kun, Wang, Dong

“…Shear nonreciprocity, implying unequal shear forces in opposite shear directions, can be achieved by arranging structures asymmetrically. However, the nonreciprocal Poynting effect, i.e., unequal normal stresses induced by the same shear displacements to the left and right, has not been fully explored. …”
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Electric and magnetic circuit design for electric vehicle wireless charging by Yang, Jin Dian

“…In addition, this thesis also involves reducing the weight of the wireless charging system through advanced magnetic design without sacrificing the system performance, exploring the advantages of the anisotropic material arrangement over the traditional ferrite, and proposing a new magnetic circuit modelling method. …”
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Chiral stacks of a curved nanographene by Zhang, Zhongbo, Csókás, Daniel, Fernández, Israel, Stuparu, Mihaiela Corina

“…Here, we show the synthesis of a curved C60S5 nanographene comprising quintuple [5]thiahelicenes arranged in a C5-symmetric fashion on the zigzag edge (L-region) of a bowl-shaped corannulene core. …”
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Bioinspired processing for the sustainable fabrication of high-performance bioinspired ceramic-reinforced polymer composites by Sapasakulvanit, Slocha, Teoh, Jia Heng, Le Ferrand, Hortense

“…Based on highly mineralized biological ceramic composites, five key structural elements were identified: (1) anisotropic inorganic building blocks, (2) tight packing of the organic phase, (3) weak inorganic-inorganic interfaces but strong inorganic-organic bonding, (4) complex microstructural arrangements, and (5) presence of water. While there is a bioinspired strategy for each established element, some 3D printing methods appear promising in combining all into a single process. …”
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Project cargoes - a good fit for shipping companies or logistics companies? by Yeo, Ghim Hui

“…Such transport may be arranged by logistics companies, or by shipping companies aboard their own specialised vessels. …”
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