Macroscopic models of superconductivity by Chapman, SJ

“…We then describe the Ginzburg-Landau theory of superconductivity, in which the sharp interface is `smoothed out' by the introduction of an order parameter, representing the number density of superconducting electrons. …”

Instrumented indentation studies on metallic and SMART materials by Vedala Narasimha Kumar

“…The objective is to conduct instrumented indention experiments with both spherical and sharp indenters on commonly available ductile metals.…”
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SnO2 nanorod arrays : low temperature growth, surface modification and field emission properties by Huang, Hui, Lim, Chiew Keat, Tse, Man Siu, Guo, Jun, Tan, Ooi Kiang

“…The Ni nanocrystal with sharp tips and edges act as additional field emission sites to SnO2 nanorods and thus the Ni/SnO2/SiO2/Si outperforms other samples due to the synergistic effects of good conductivity and hierarchical sharp apexes. …”
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CPF and retirement income in 2030. by Chan, Ka Yan., Foo, Chu Fang., Ng, Danny Siang Hock.

“…Singapore is facing the problem of an ageing population due to the sharp decline in fertility rate and increase in life expectancy. …”
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Shapes and recession cones in mixed-integer convex representability by Zadik, Ilias, Lubin, Miles, Vielma, Juan Pablo

“…First, we provide an example of an MICP-R set which is the countably infinite union of convex sets with countably infinitely many different recession cones. This is in sharp contrast with MILP-R sets which are (countable) unions of polyhedra that share the same recession cone. …”
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An image processing approach to feature-preserving B-spline surface fairing by Kawasaki, Taro, Jayaraman, Pradeep Kumar, Shida, Kentaro, Zheng, Jianmin, Maekawa, Takashi

“…Reverse engineering of 3D industrial objects such as automobiles and electric appliances is typically performed by fitting B-spline surfaces to scanned point cloud data with a fairing term to ensure smoothness, which often smooths out sharp features. This paper proposes a radically different approach to constructing fair B-spline surfaces, which consists of fitting a surface without a fairing term to capture sharp edges, smoothing the normal field of the constructed surface with feature preservation, and reconstructing the B-spline surface from the smoothed normal field. …”
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What are the intensities and line-shapes of the twenty four polarization terms in coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy? by Niu, Kai, Lee, Soo-Ying

“…The conventional CARS term with sharp vibrational lines is the dominant term, with intensity at least one order of magnitude larger than the other terms.…”
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Terahertz topological photonics for on-chip communication by Yang, Yihao, Yamagami, Yuichiro, Yu, Xiongbin, Pitchappa, Prakash, Webber, Julian, Zhang, Baile, Fujita, Masayuki, Nagatsuma, Tadao, Singh, Ranjan

“…However, conventional approaches to terahertz waveguiding suffer from sensitivity to defects and sharp bends. Here, building on the topological phase of light, we experimentally demonstrate robust terahertz topological valley transport through several sharp bends on the all-silicon chip. …”
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Overdamped Brownian dynamics in piecewise-defined energy landscapes by Gray, Thomas H., Yong, Ee Hou

“…A general expression for ⟨Deff⟩ in terms of U(x) and p(Q) is derived and then applied to three types of energy landscape: flat sections, smooth maxima, and sharp maxima. All three cases display a transition between subdiffusive and diffusive behavior at a=1, and a reduction to free diffusion as a→∞. …”
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Numerical modelling of detonation reaction zone of nitromethane by EXPLO5 code and wood and kirkwood theory by Štimac, Barbara, Chan, Serene Hay Yee, Kunzel, Martin, Muhamed Suceska

“…The measured particle velocity profile of NM shows the existence of a sharp spike followed by a rapid drop over the first 5-10 ns (fast reaction). …”
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South China Sea : reducing the China-Vietnam tension by Zhen, Sun

“…The disputed South China Sea is a source of long-running tension and instability in Asia, worsened by controversial actions and sharp reactions by the various territorial claimants. …”
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Monotonicity formula and stratification of the singular set of perimeter minimizers in RCD spaces by Fiorani, F, Mondino, A, Semola, D

“…The applications include sharp Hausdorff dimension estimates for the singular strata of perimeter minimizing sets in non-collapsed RCD spaces and the existence of blow-down cones for global perimeter minimizers in Riemannian manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature and Euclidean volume growth.…”

Vacancy duration and wages by Bassier, I, Manning, A, Petrongolo, B

“…Wage policies are defined based on external information on pay settlements, or on sharp, internally-defined, firm-level changes. In our preferred specifications, we estimate duration elasticities in the range −3 to −5, which are substantially larger than the few existing estimates.…”

Develop AI based image restoration algorithm for deep tissue imaging in photoacoustic system by Hao, Zeliang

“…The initial model, GAN-Blur, is trained to induce blurring in sharp images through an unpaired dataset containing both sharp and blurred images, guiding the second model (GAN-Deblur) in learning the proper deblurring of such images. …”
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Elite capture of foreign aid: evidence from offshore bank accounts by Andersen, JJ, Johannesen, N, Rijkers, B

“…This paper documents that aid disbursements to highly aid-dependent countries coincide with sharp increases in bank deposits in offshore financial centers known for bank secrecy and private wealth management but not in other financial centers. …”

Expectations of undergraduates upon graduation and their means of financing it by Chen, Michele, Kam, Gladys Huey Li, Lee, Sharon Ai Leen

“…The MAS restrictions on unsecured personal loans and car loans, introduced in February 1995, is designed to check the sharp increases in personal loans and car loans over the years.…”
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Assessing the role of internal phosphorus recycling on eutrophication in four lakes in China and Malaysia by Tay, Chai Jian, Koh, Hock Lye, Mohd Hafiz, Mohd, Teh, Su Yean

“…Overall, high IPR can trigger unexpected sharp increases in algal concentration and can reduce the resilience of an oligotrophic lake. …”
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Structural inequality and the protectorate of discrimination law by Laborde, C

“…It cannot be claimed by those – men, or white persons – who are not at the sharp end of structural inequality. Furthermore, even dominated groups cannot claim to be indirectly discriminated against by just any law that has a disparate impact on them. …”

Harmonic Spinors in the Ricci Flow by Baldauf, Julius

“…The proof relies on a weighted version of the monopole equations, introduced here. Further, a sharp parabolic Hitchin–Thorpe inequality for simply-connected, spin 4-manifolds is proven. …”
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Miniaturized planar filters for UWB application by Lau, Yizhang.

“…The filter has a passband covering 3.3- 10.0GHz, and exhibits sharp attenuations near its passband. This project will be using Sonnet version 13.55 for full wave simulation. …”
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