An appraisal of existing seismic vulnerability assessment methodologies by Kathotia, Vaibhav

“…Various factors such as the Intensity Measure (IM), Damage Measure (DM), Damage States, Seismic Fragility Function Method, building specifications, etc. have to be specified in the risk assessment method to reach accurate conclusions of risk and damage probabilities. …”
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The greening of terminal concessions in seaports by Notteboom, Theo, Lam, Jasmine Siu Lee

“…Not all instruments have the same likeliness of being embraced or implemented by port authorities, in part because of a low perceived contribution, high associated regulation costs, or simply because the port authority is unlikely to have jurisdiction in that specific area. Measures related to information reporting and some types of harm-based standards, design standards, and technology specifications are relatively easy to implement in a concession setting. …”
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Three essays on frictions of trade by Li, W

“…The analysis is based on an adapted gravity model with several alternative specifications for robustness checks. The result suggests that improvements on the road network lead to trade expansion on both intensive and extensive margins, but the effects vary across the regions. …”

Fabrication and characterisation of kenaf fibre reinforced polyamide biocomposites for railway sleeper applications by ahmad, mukaddas, Abdul Aziz, Farah Nora Aznieta, Abdan, Khalina, Shafi, Ayu Rafiqah

“…Kenaf fibre-reinforced polyamide biocomposites have demonstrated their potential for railway sleeper applications as their load-bearing capacity exceeded the minimum recommended AREMA specifications. Despite the milestone achieved, water absorption of kenaf fibre remained high. …”
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End-to-end simulation of high-contrast imaging systems: methods and results for the PICTURE mission family by Douglas, Ewan S., Hewawasam, Kuravi, Mendillo, Christopher B., Cahoy, Kerri L, Cook, Timothy A., Finn, Susanna C. Finn, Howe, Glenn A., Kuchner, Marc, J., Lewis, Nikole K., Marinan, Anne D., Mawet, Dimitri, Chakrabarti, Supriya

“…Mission design for high-contrast imaging requires numerical wavefront error propagation to ensure accurate component specifications. For constructed instruments, wavelength and angle-dependent throughput and contrast models allow detailed simulations of science observations, allowing mission planners to select the most productive science targets. …”
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Particles in a box: Novel design and evaluation of an adaptable engineering control enclosure for a common split tube furnace to eliminate occupational exposure to refractory ceram... by Janković, Nina Z., Leong, Wei Lee, Ryan, Andrew I., Tantawi, Omar N., Smith, Brian S., Plat, Desiree L.

“…Technical drawings and specifications of the split tube furnace enclosure design are available for ready recreation and implementation, in light industry or laboratory settings, thereby providing low-cost modification to protect the health of workers and researchers.…”
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From Transparency to Accountability and Back by Cen, Sarah, Alur, Rohan

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Simulation of train induced forced wind draft for generating electrical power from Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) by Chilugodu, Nikhita, Yoon, Yong-Jin, Chua, Kah Soon, Datta, Dhruv, Baek, Jong Dae, Park, Taezoon, Park, Woo-Tae

“…The understanding of the vertical profile of wind speed specifications of wind turbines, has led to an invention of a unique idea of integrating a hydraulic lift in the main body of the wind turbine to maximize its potential of harvesting wind energy at greater altitudes due to increase in wind speed by 6%. …”
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Investigation of the fuel consumption of a ship considering the dynamic coupling effect among resistance, propeller torque and engine power under the control of a governor by Beh, Gerald Kah Hooi

“…Through developing the model, it was found that the engine speed would accelerate at an unrealistic rate, and a slope limiter was fitted in order to control the rate of change of engine speed in line with the manufacturer’s specifications. Thereafter, the effects of using the model to simulate real conditions were studied, with an emphasis on evaluating model performance given real inputs such as wind and wave resistance values. …”
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Competition in rig building by Toh, Jermaine Yahui.

“…In offshore rig-building, the fundamental interest of both rig-builders and rig owners lies in on-time deliveries that are completed within agreed costs and specifications. This is a critical attribute that has contributed to Singapore's success in the global offshore rig-building industry today. …”
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Wideband circularly polarized metasurface backed aperture antenna by Agarwal, Kush

“…These antennas have met design specifications suitable for wireless communication such as WLAN applications.…”
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Econometric analyses of liquefied petroleum gas and product tanker shipping markets by Bai, Xiwen

“…The study also reviews the specific literature on LPG and product tanker shipping market. …”
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CPU availability predictor and machine recommender for a desktop grid by Shafazand, Mohammad Yaser

“…Many have successfully researched on processes, techniques and methodologies for accurate resource availability predictions in grid computing, but only some have specifically considered the desktop grid. The overhead of the predictor systems in these environments are also less studied. …”
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Live Verification in an Interactive Proof Assistant by Gruetter, Samuel, Fukala, Viktor, Chlipala, Adam

“…We prototyped our technique in the interactive proof assistant Coq, so our framework creates machine-checked proofs that the developed functions satisfy their specifications when executed according to the formal semantics of the source language. …”
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Design and analysis of an Integrated Electric Mobility Flight Vehicle of the future by Wee, Marco Johann

“…Several vehicle patents were studied for design inspiration. A study on PAV specifications was done to observe design trends and a SWOT analysis was conducted on an amphibious PAV. …”
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One-pot microfluidic fabrication of micro ceramic particles by Zhou, Chenchen, Liang, Shuaishuai, Qi, Bin, Liu, Chenxu, Cho, Nam-Joon

“…This advancement marks a shift in microscale manufacturing, offering a scalable solution to meet the demanding specifications of miniaturized technology components.…”
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Low complexity and low power FIR filter design by Ye, Wenbin

“…Thus, for the first time, the designed filters are frequency aware, i.e., for the same filter specifications, the proposed algorithm may generate different designs for filters operating at different frequencies, and the designed filters consume the minimum power for the respective frequencies.…”
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Design of low power PLL synthesizer for 60 GHz applications by Mahalingam, Nagarajan

“…Based on the analysis, the system specifications are derived for the PLL synthesizer and the individual circuit blocks. …”
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Evaluation of hollow fiber-based direct contact and vacuum membrane distillation systems using aspen process simulation by Guan, Guoqiang, Yang, Xing, Wang, Rong, Field, Robert, Fane, Anthony Gordon

“…With the same module specifications and operating conditions at equivalent energy cost, the VMD system demonstrated a minimal 2.5-fold higher average vapor flux (e.g., water recovery capacity) when compared to DCMD. …”
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16.885J / ESD.35J Aircraft Systems Engineering, Fall 2003 by Hansman, Robert John, Liebeck, Robert H, Murman, Earll M., 1942-, Haggerty, Allen C

“…The overall goal of the semester is to produce a business plan and aircraft level system specifications document which can serve as an independent assessment of a current candidate aircraft system. …”
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