Changes in the mechanical properties of human hair under various conditions by Boo, Khee Meng.

“…There was also a significance difference for strain at break when comparing normal to chlorine exposed hairs. …”
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Structural integrity assessment of rail steel failure modes and mechanism by Liu, Yang

“…Rail steels are susceptible to fatigue failures resulting in rail breaks that can lead to unplanned downtime and safety concerns in railway operations. …”
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Numerical modeling of explosion of a reinforced concrete magazine : secondary trajectory of debris due to roll-and-bound motion by Choo, Kay Wei.

“…Part II focuses on the stochastic dispersion break up pattern of the concrete debris when it strikes off soil medium. …”
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Secondary structure predictor by Kong, Benjamin Xupeng

“…The second part of the project is to characterize weak points in the secondary structures that will break under stress or when given higher kinetic energy. …”
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Global Bifurcations Organizing Weak Chimeras in Three Symmetrically Coupled Kuramoto Oscillators with Inertia by Ashwin, P, Bick, C

“…We further highlight a second organizing center associated with a codimension two symmetry-breaking heteroclinic connection.…”

Internet, participation, and protest potentials. by Yeo, Benjamin Jwee Kiat.

“…The evolution of the mass media, with the promotion of the commercial Internet in all levels of society, brings about heightened claims that the revolutionary medium will break down political controls and facilitate an egalitarian society with little or no barriers to communication.…”
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Mechanical properties and antioxidant activity of carrageenan-cellulose nanofiber incorporated butylated hydroxyanisole as active food packaging by Wan Amnin, Wan Yahaya, Syed Mohd Saufi, Tuan Chik, Nurul Aini, Mohd Azman, Adibi, M. Nor, Khadijah Husna, Abd Hamid, Azilah, Ajit

“…The results showed that the incorporation of BHA reduced the tensile strength and elongation at break of the active SGC-BHA films. However, the film's solubility, opacity, thickness, and moisture content improved with an increase in BHA concentration. …”
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Mechanical and electrical characteristics of screen printed stretchable circuits by Tang, Reuben Wei Liang

“…For the silver inks, it is found that the maximum strain at break is 47% and the best design for stretchability is at 0° meander angle. …”
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Distributed model predictive control for active air suspension systems of autonomous vehicles by Wang, Muyun

“…To get comprehensive performance enhancement, this study adopts a DMPC technique that breaks down the vehicle suspension system into many subsystems and optimizes each subsystem's control strategy collaboratively. …”
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Vortex dynamics in a 2-dimensional starting jet by Chan, Kenneth Jun Pin.

“…The results show the pinch off process starts at t= 9 and subsequent pinch offs coming at a faster rate as its breaks off from its trailing jet. The total and local circulation is also computed and compared to its theoretical results to ascertain the accuracy of assumptions made by other papers. …”
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The political-economic risks of AI by Carvalho, J-P

“…In this essay, however, I will explore a tail risk in which human-level artificial general intelligence (AGI) radically concentrates the global economy, breaks democratic and egalitarian institutions, and tears the social fabric, collapsing human productivity. …”

Opportunities for decarbonization in Russia by Sharmina, M

“…On the other hand, the government continues to support the hydrocarbon industry. Most recently, tax breaks for shale oil have led to a series of new exploration contracts with international investors. …”

Japan's quest for security by Satake, Tomohiko

“…Japan perceives that the security environment it operates in has continued to worsen and its existing defence arrangements need “fundamental reinforcement.” Japan has sought to break away from its previous low-profile security posture and to strengthen its defence capabilities through strategic use of military assets and supply lines, advanced technologies, economic security, and partnerships with like-minded countries.…”
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SMART MOBILITY : EXPLORING FOUNDATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES AND WIDER IMPACTS / by Khamis, Alaa, author 643152

“…The socioeconomic changes in our urban centers are vast, and Smart Mobility breaks down the core concepts with meaningful data and insights. …”

Biovalorisation of food waste in Singapore : synergistic effect of a mixed culture in solid-state fermentation by Ong, Adwin Reng Jun

“…Okara and brewer’s spent grain (BSG) are manufacturing side streams produced in massive amounts from the soy and beer industries, respectively, and contributes significantly to food waste. …”
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Unsupervised multi-texture image segmentation by Neena Mittal

“…Many common low level vision algorithms such as edge detection break down when applied to images that contain textured surfaces. …”
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Contribution of metabolic alterations to genome instability and its association with cancer development by Woo, Ren He

“…These nuclear abnormalities were found to be caused by DNA double stranded breaks (DSBs). It was discovered that phosphorylated ATR and total Chk1 were deregulated through the proteosomal degradation pathway, which could have caused cells to become susceptible to DSBs via replication stress. …”
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Review on interlamellar spacing and spheroidization rate for hypoeutectoid steel and hypereutectoid steel by Arjun Dev Pandey.

“…The pearlite structure breaks down into cementite globules or coalesces into spheroids in a ferrite matrix. …”
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Forecasting the UK top 1% income share in a shifting world by Castle, JL, Doornik, JA, Hendry, DF

“…Saturation estimation is used to model outliers and trend breaks, proxying underlying structural changes driving income inequality in the UK. …”

RAD50 deficiency and its effects on zebrafish embryonic development and DNA repair mechanisms by Nahid Khalili, Shazrul Fazry, Mahmood, Ibrahim, Ahmed Najm, Ahmad Azfaralariff

“…The MRE11-RAD50-NBS1 (MRN) complex is essential in detecting, signaling, and repairing DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), thus maintaining genomic integrity. …”
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