Effects of groundwater flow on the stability of an underground rock cavern by Natarajan Saravanan

“…The study incorporated the effects of joint geometry and their degree of interconnectivity, fault zones under static and fluctuating groundwater tables.…”
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A Slip Gap of the 2016 Mw 6.6 Muji, Xinjiang, China, Earthquake Inferred from Sentinel‐1 TOPS Interferometry by Feng, Wanpeng, Tian, Yunfeng, Zhang, Yong, Samsonov, Sergey, Almeida, Rafael, Liu, Peng

“…The inverted best‐fitting coseismic slip model in this study shows that the mainshock was a right‐lateral strike‐slip rupture on the western segment of the Muji fault, with an optimal dip angle of 80°±4°. Two separated slip zones exist in the coseismic slip model, with the maximum slip of 1.6 m located in the western slip zone. …”
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Analysis of underground excavation in rocks by Tang, Zhu Min

“…Another deterministic approach by Duncan Fama is used to find out the radius of the yielded zone (plastic zone) and the tunnel wall displacements for a circular tunnel subject to internal pressure and far field stresses. …”
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RES.21W-01 Angles, Spring 2010 by Boiko, Karen, Faery, Rebecca Blevins, Lin, Jessica, Max, Lucy, Walsh, Andrea

“…Students in these courses write a great deal; they prewrite, write, revise, and edit their work for content, clarity, tone, and grammar and receive detailed feedback from instructors and classmates. …”
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The Age of Phillis and Collage — The Age of Phillis (Roundtable) by Mazella, David

“…Students sometimes expressed frustration, too, at the disconnect between the tragedies, losses, and dis-placements summarized in the biographies and the formal constructions and tone of the po-etry. My attempts to provide context also fell flat. …”
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A novel approach to designing a guitar distortion effects pedal by Zheng, Luka

“…The final product should be able to be used over a wide range of music genres, giving the user the ability to control the amount of distortion to taste and the frequency response of the pedal, also known as tone control.…”
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Flow structures in evolving scour holes caused by a plunging jet downstream of a weir by Si, Jin-Hua, Lim, Siow-Yong, Wang, Xi-Kun

“…As the scour hole developed, the regions of significant TKE moved successively away from the bed with a reduction in scour rate. The plunging jet zone had negative Reynolds shear stress (RSS), and absolute values there were larger than in other zones in the scour hole. …”
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Diffusion of polyethylene oxide in montmorillonite : single molecule study of polymer nanocomposite by Jefri Sanusi Teguh

“…Slower diffusion was expected due to the presence of depletion zone near the crystal which was confirmed by AFM measurement. …”
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Trajectories of interferon-gamma release assay results over two years in independent cohorts from China, South Africa, Tanzania, and the United States by Chen, C, Xue, H, Horsburgh, CR, Amour, M, Hatherill, M, Tameris, M, von Reyn, CF, Rees, C, Shen, Y, McShane, H, García-Basteiro, AL, Liu, D, Wang, Y, Nathavitharana, RR, Graviss, EA, Shao, Y, Liu, Q, Lu, W, Zhu, L, Martinez, L

“…Recent studies quantifying ‘uncertainty zones’ of interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA) provide a more stringent estimate of reversion, potentially indicating clearance.…”

The art of an emotional past; memory and lament in the Singaporean novel. by Ng, Apple Keng Ee.

“…More importantly, we are tired of celebrating the “happy”, clean and “desirable” elements of our society. The celebratory tone when approaching our memory has taken an aggressive forefront of the tourism board brochures and official social mantra. …”
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MULTIVARIATE DATA ANALYSIS / by Hair, Joseph F., Jr., 1944-, author 644188, Black, William C., 1951-, author 656112, Babin, Barry J., author 191657, Anderson, Rolph E., author 185591

“…The eighth edition incorporates pivotal advances in technology that will assist students in gaining a firm understanding of statistical and managerial principles so as to develop a "comfort zone" not only for the statistical, but also the practical issues involved.…”
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An Investigation of the Reliability of the Taiwan Earthquake Model PSHA2015 by Wang, Yu‐Ju, Lee, Ya‐Ting, Chan, Chung‐Han, Ma, Kuo‐Fong

“…The source category disaggregation also suggested a seismic hazard over long periods in northern Taiwan due to subduction zone sources.…”
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First-principles study of the lattice dynamics of Sb2S3 by Liu, Yun, Eddie Chua, Kun Ting, Sum, Tze Chien, Gan, Chee Kwan

“…The effect of Born effective charges is taken into account using a mixed-space approach, resulting in the splitting of longitudinal and transverse optical (LO-TO) phonon branches near the zone center. Zone-center frequencies agree well with Raman scattering experiments. …”
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Aeration slab study volume 2 by Rahardjo, Harianto, Indrawan, I Gde Budi, Fakhrur, Rozy Harnas

“…Volume II of this project report contains an evaluation of the performance of aeration slabs in promoting water and oxygen flows into the root zone and in reducing temperature of the root zone. …”
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China’s ADIZ : South China Sea next? by Bitzinger, Richard A.

“…China’s establishment of an air-defence identification zone (ADIZ) in the East China Sea has been criticised as destabilising to the regional status quo and a threat to freedom of navigation. …”
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Using podcasts to cultivate learner-teacher rapport in Higher Education settings by Conroy, Dom, Kidd, Warren

“…Podcasts may help establish teacher credibility, may help teachers feel more familiar/approachable to learners and may provide an outlet to communicate in a kind, informal tone to attenuate learning-related anxiety. We draw on findings from our small-scale exploratory study to present practical guidance for developing podcasts designed (in part) to cultivate teacher-student rapport.…”
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Thermal energy storage enhancement of latent heat thermal energy storage systems by Low, Zheng Hua

“…To mitigate the adverse effects of dead zones, metallic fins are employed to achieve thermal penetration into said zones at an early stage to promote more uniform melting and temperature profile. …”
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Optimizing frontal polymerization of different epoxy resins for magnetocuring by Tay, Jerry Rong Yao

“…Some of the shortcomings of the classical curing method have been overcome by a recently developed strategy known as frontal polymerization by which, the curing of the epoxy resin is achieved through the activation of a localized reaction zone. The curing reaction at the localized zone can be triggered through UV-light or heat activation. …”
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Epi-microRNA mediated metabolic reprogramming counteracts hypoxia to preserve affinity maturation by Nakagawa, R, Llorian, M, Varsani-Brown, S, Chakravarty, P, Camarillo, JM, Barry, D, George, R, Blackledge, NP, Duddy, G, Kelleher, NL, Klose, RJ, Turner, M, Calado, DP

“…To increase antibody affinity against pathogens, positively selected GC-B cells initiate cell division in the light zone (LZ) of germinal centers (GCs). Among these, higher-affinity clones migrate to the dark zone (DZ) and vigorously proliferate by utilizing energy provided by oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). …”

Knowledge transfer and entrepreneurship in industrial hubs in Nigeria by Ogbonna, NC

“…To address this issue, extensive qualitative research was conducted on the Lekki Free Trade Zone, a Chinese SEZ, and the Yaba tech cluster, one of Africa's most dynamic tech clusters. …”