Rethinking the role that the “step” in the load–displacement curves can play in measurement of fracture toughness for hard coatings by Zhang, Xiaomin, Zhang, Sam

“…This paper scrutinizes the “step” and finds that the “step” is a gap artificially bridged up with a straight line and that the “step” size corresponds with the thickness of the coating in testing. …”
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Self-supervised machine learning to characterise step counts from wrist-worn accelerometers in the UK Biobank by Small, SR, Chan, S, Walmsley, R, von Fritsch, L, Acquah, A, Mertes, G, Feakins, BG, Creagh, A, Strange, A, Matthews, CE, Clifton, DA, Price, AJ, Khalid, S, Bennett, D, Doherty, A

“…<p><strong>Purpose:</strong> Step count is an intuitive measure of physical activity frequently quantified in health-related studies; however, accurate step counting is difficult in the free-living environment, with error routinely above 20% in wrist-worn devices against camera-annotated ground truth. …”

Investigation of core compositions for efficient 976 nm lasing from step index large-mode-area fiber by Li, Huizi, Chen, Shaoxiang, Sidharthan, Raghuraman, Ma, Jie, Xia, Nan, Chang, Chen Jian, Kim, Jaesun, Yoo, Seongwoo

“…We present an efficient 976 nm fiber laser achieved in a step index large-mode-area (LMA) fiber by 915 nm diode pumping. …”
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Suppressing motion-induced phase error by using equal-step phase-shifting algorithms in fringe projection profilometry by Wu, Gaoxu, Yang, Tian, Liu, Fei, Qian, Kemao

“…Phase-shifting fringe projection profilometry is a widely used and important technique for three-dimensional surface measurement, where N-step fixed-step phase-shifting algorithms are commonly used. …”
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Supporting insulin initiation in type 2 diabetes in primary care: results of the Stepping Up pragmatic cluster randomised controlled clinical trial by Furler, John, O’Neal, David, Speight, Jane, Manski-Nankervis, Jo-Anne, Gorelik, Alexandra, Holmes-Truscott, Elizabeth, Ginnivan, Louise, Young, Doris, Best, James, Patterson, Elizabeth, Liew, Danny, Segal, Leonie, May, Carl, Blackberry, Irene

“…Objective: To compare the effectiveness of a novel model of care (“Stepping Up”) with usual primary care in normalising insulin initiation for type 2 diabetes, leading to improved glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels. …”
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On second-order s-sub-step explicit algorithms with controllable dissipation and adjustable bifurcation point for second-order hyperbolic problems by Li, Jinze, Li, Hua, Zhao, Rui, Yu, Kaiping

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Microencapsulation of virgin coconut oil with varied hydrophile-lipophile values of surfactants and wall material by 2-step emulsification method / by Nor Farahiyah Aman Nor, , 1982-, author 593285, Harisun Ya'akob, supervisor 579290, Nor Hasmaliana Abdul Manas, 1988-, supervisor 599232, Fakulti Kejuruteraan Kimia dan Kejuruteraan Tenaga 599090

Microencapsulation of virgin coconut oil with varied hydrophile-lipophile values of surfactants and wall material by 2-step emulsification method / by Nor Farahiyah Aman Nor, , 1982-, author 593285

Carbon dioxide capture from biomass pyrolysis gas as an enabling step of biogenic carbon nanotube synthesis and hydrogen recovery by Veksha, Andrei, Lu, Jintao, Tsakadze, Zviad, Lisak, Grzegorz

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Development of superhydrophobic ceramic membrane decorated with flake-like structure by two-step synthesis for seawater desalination by membrane distillation by Omar, Najib Meftah Almukhtar, Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan, Tai, Zhong Sheng, Puteh, Mohd. Hafiz, Wong, Keng Yinn, Tan, Huiyi, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Ooi, Boon Seng, Nomura, Mikihiro, Iwamoto, Yuji

“…The surface roughening step was attained through the hydrothermal treatment of copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO) at different reaction times (2- 5 h) on the MK-SS HFM surface. …”

Variable-Inverter-Rectifier-Transformer: A Hybrid Electronic and Magnetic Structure Enabling Adjustable High Step-Down Conversion Ratios by Moon, Intae, Ranjram, Mike Kavian, Perreault, David J

“…This functionality is valuable in converters with wide operating voltage ranges and high step-up/down, as it offers a means to reduce copper loss within the transformer while also facilitating voltage doubling and quadrupling. …”
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Optimisation of syngas production from a novel two-step chemical looping reforming process using Fe-dolomite as oxygen carriers by Xu, Tingting, Wang, Xun, Xiao, Bo, Zhao, Haibo, Liu, Wen

“…In this study, we demonstrate that a two-step chemical looping reforming (TS-CLR) process is capable of alleviating the equilibrium limit to produce syngas of higher CO and H2 contents. …”
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Novel single-step hydrophobic modification of polymeric hollow fiber membranes containing imide groups : its potential for membrane contactor application by Zhang, Yuan, Wang, Rong, Zhang, Lizhi, Fane, Anthony Gordon

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Graphene synthesis from palm oild fuel ash via single-step chemical process and its incorporation in adsorptive membrane for zinc removal / by Muhammad Ayub, 1977-, author 655833, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan Othman, supervisor 603545, Mohd. Zamri Mohd. Yusop, supervisor 560146, Imran Ullah Khan, 1983-, supervisor 626207, Fakulti Kejuruteraan Kimia dan Kejuruteraan Tenaga 599090

Graphene synthesis from palm oild fuel ash via single-step chemical process and its incorporation in adsorptive membrane for zinc removal / by Muhammad Ayub, 1977-, author 655833

A 9-bit, 1.08ps resolution two-step time-to-digital converter in 65 nm CMOS for time-mode ADC by Kong, Junjie, Henzler, Stephan, Schmitt-Landsiedel, Doris, Siek, Liter

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Graphitic carbon derived from one-step carbonization of pre-pelleted oil palm frond biomass for supercapacitor applications: Energy density enhancement in redox additive electrolytes by Ullah, Mohammad, Rasidi, Roslan, Jose, Rajan, Izan Izwan, Misnon

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A 0.4 V, 12.2 pW leakage, 36.5 fJ/step switching efficiency data retention flip-flop in 22 nm FDSOI by Ji, Yuxin, Zhang, Yuhang, Chen, Changyan, Zhao, Jian, Rokhani, Fakhrul Zaman, Ismail, Yehea, Li, Yongfu

“…Our proposed DR-FFs consume the lowest active mode switching efficiency of 36.5 fJ/step, 1.2 × -4 × less than the prior works, and a comparable transition efficiency of 1.9 fJ/step. …”

The protocol of a clinical effectiveness trial comparing standard step-up care, early combination DMARD therapy and early use of TNF inhibitors for the treatment of moderate to severe psoriatic arthritis: the 3-arm parallel group SPEED randomized controlled trial by Watson, M, Tillett, W, Jadon, D, Massa, MS, Francis, A, Gullick, N, Rombach, I, Sinomati, Y, Tucker, L, Coates, LC

“…<p><strong>Objectives:</strong> The aim of the Severe Psoriatic arthritis – Early intervEntion to control Disease trial is to compare outcomes in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients with poor prognostic factors treated with standard step-up conventional synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (csDMARDs), combination csDMARDs or a course of early biologics.…”

J-Park simulator : an ontology-based platform for cross-domain scenarios in process industry by Eibeck, Andreas, Lim, Mei Qi, Kraft, Markus

“…For this, we utilize a knowledge graph to store and link semantically described data and models and create agents wrapping the applications and updating the data in the knowledge graph dynamically. …”
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