Soft clay stabilisation with expansive agent by Thiyagarajan, Shruthi

“…The results showed that soils with water content lower than 14g can produce a compressive strength greater than 100kPa within 28 days of curing. …”
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3-D analysis of one-strut failure in braced excavation by Tan, Pei Qi.

“…For the 3D analysis, the length of excavation was slightly more than four times the excavation width. Walls with various bending stiffness were considered. …”
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Influence of different chemicals on the accuracy of the protein quantification assays by Tan, Hui Ying.

“…In addition, both assays results were compared with the manufacturer’s protocol and P660nm assay showed a higher consistency than the BCA, hence P660nm might serve to be a more suitable assay than the latter.…”
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Co-operation and competition : the role of identity and social preferences by Chen, Hongyu, Zhang, Ruike, Zhang, Shaoyu

“…In terms of subjects’ choices of contribution, the sense of rivalry induced by holding different identities has a much stronger impact than the sense of belonging caused by sharing the same identity. …”
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Simulating resource allocation for protecting public events by Wong, See Lai

“…With the rise in global terrorism, the need to ensure the safety of the public is greater than ever. Public events are very susceptible to terrorist attacks, although there are security resources that protect these event, there is the problem of allocating the resources effectively and efficiently. …”
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Bisguanidiums catalyzed enantioselective oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides by Ye, Xinyi

“…However, it has been serving us for more than three decades, and it is no longer a sufficient method to satisfy the environmental problem. …”
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Numerical analysis of compression strength in network structures based on trusses, and periodic surfaces aimed for additive manufacturing by Jansson, Anton, Ekengren, Jens, Pejryd, Lars

“…The results show that surface networks are, in general, more efficient structures than truss-lattices in compression. The results also show that surface networks are significantly more resilient to fabrication errors than their truss-lattice counterparts.…”
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3D sound effects with transaural audio beam projection by Gan, Woon-Seng, Johannes, Reuben.

“…It is shown that audio beam projection is capable of retaining cues more closely than conventional loudspeakers. This suggests that transaural audio beam projection gives a better 3D perception performance than conventional loudspeaker and it is a viable means to reproduce 3D sound effects.…”
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A molecular dynamics study of the thermal conductivity of graphene nanoribbons containing dispersed Stone–Thrower–Wales defects by Ng, Teng Yong, Yeo, Jing Jie, Liu, Zishun

“…Our results indicate that the presence of the defects can decrease thermal conductivity by more than 50%. The larger the defect density, the lower the conductivity, with the decrease significantly higher in zigzag than in armchair nanoribbons for all defect densities. …”
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Exogenous shocks and exchange rate regimes by Chia, Wai-Mun, Cheng, Tianyin, Li, Mengling

“…From both the theoretical model and empirical evidence, we find that (i) output responses to terms-of-trade and foreign interest rate shocks are smoother in floats, (ii) price responses to terms-of-trade shocks are smoother in floats than in pegs, while its responses to foreign interest shocks are more volatile in floats than in pegs, and (iii) the effects of terms-of-trade and foreign interest shocks are more prolonged under floats.…”
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Hermitian symmetric DFT codes : a new class of complex DFT codes by Kumar, A. Anil, Makur, Anamitra

“…For a Gauss-Markov source, on a binary symmetric channel at lower to moderate bit error rates (BERs), HSDFT codes show better performance than RBDFT codes, and on a Gilbert-Elliot channel HSDFT codes consistently perform better than RBDFT codes.…”
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The elusiveness of 'interdependent obligations' and the invocation of responsibility for their breach by Urs, P

“…The Commission, for its part, addressed the invocation of responsibility for breaches of such obligations by distinguishing between the respective entitlements of ‘an injured State’, under article 42, and ‘a State other than injured State’, under article 48. In line with this distinction, the existing debate has focused largely on clarifying the entitlement of ‘a State other than an injured State’ to invoke responsibility for breaches of obligations owed erga omnes partes or erga omnes, in accordance with article 48. …”

Truthful allocation in graphs and hypergraphs by Christodoulou, G, Koutsoupias, E, Kovacs, A

“…This class of problems belongs to multidimensional mechanism design, for which there are no known general mechanisms other than the VCG and its generalization to affine minimizers. …”

Gross anatomical features of the insular cortex in affective disorders by Takahashi, T, Sasabayashi, D, Yücel, M, Whittle, S, Suzuki, M, Pantelis, C, Malhi, GS, Allen, NB

“…Results: The number of short insular gyri was higher in BD patients than in matched controls bilaterally with well-developed accessory and middle short gyri. …”

Elephant trunk wrinkles: a mathematical model of function and form by Liu, Y, Goriely, A, Mihai, AL

“…In particular, our model predicts that, in the proximal region close to the skull, where the curvature is lower, fewer wrinkles form and will form sooner than in the distal narrower region, where more wrinkles develop. …”

Efficient micromirror confinement of sub-teraelectronvolt cosmic rays in galaxy clusters by Reichherzer, P, Bott, AFA, Ewart, RJ, Gregori, G, Philipp, K, Kunz, MW, Schekochihin, AA

“…Recent observations suggest a stronger confinement of CRs in certain astrophysical systems than predicted by current CR-transport theories. …”

The geopolitical crisis may trigger changes in energy strategies by Weafer, C

“…Projects to rectify perceived supply and customer risk are likely to proceed at a faster pace than was expected only six months ago.…”

Asymmetric projection of introspection reveals a behavioural and neural mechanism for interindividual social coordination by Miyamoto, K, Harbison, C, Tanaka, S, Saito, M, Luo, S, Matsui, S, Sankhe, P, Mahmoodi, A, Lin, M, Trudel, N, Shea, N, Rushworth, MFS

“…This account predicts that our metacognitive model should make accurate predictions when projected onto people as good as, or worse than, us but not on those whose abilities exceed our own. …”

A comparison of methods for forecasting value at risk and expected shortfall of cryptocurrencies by Trucíos, C, Taylor, JW

“…Among them, long-memory processes, procedures taking into account the presence of extreme observations, procedures that include more than a single regime, and quantile regression-based models have performed substantially better than standard methods in terms of forecasting risk measures. …”

Quantitative comparisons of lung structure of adult domestic fowl and red jungle fowl, with reference to broiler ascites by Vidyadaran, M.K., King, A.S., Kassim, H.

“…The volume of the lung per unit body weight of the domestic bird is between 20 and 33% smaller than that of the wild bird. The domestic fowl has partly compensated for this by increasing the surface area for gas exchange per unit volume of exchange tissue. …”
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