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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Humanity's dark side: coping with a failing world order by John, Lord Alderdice

“…Various crises have exposed fault-lines in the existing global order. It has spotlighted the existing differences in ideologies across the world. …”
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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 components of the regional Global Positioning System velocities parallel to the Muji fault have been inverted to obtain an interseismic slip rate of ∼10  mm/yr on this structure. …”
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Understanding megathrust behaviour over the earthquake cycle through inversion of geodetic data and dynamic modelling by Qiu, Qiang

“…First, I present a study on how the local morphology of a fault can control the extent of seismic rupture, and how these morphological bounds can modify the rupture dynamics within a seismic cycle. …”
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A Framework for Robust Assessment of Power Grid Stability and Resiliency by Vu, Thanh Long, Turitsyn, Konstantin

“…In particular, we formulate and solve two novel robust stability and resiliency assessment problems of power grids subject to the uncertainty in equilibrium points and uncertainty in fault-on dynamics. Furthermore, we bring in the quadratic Lyapunov functions approach to transient stability assessment, offering real-time construction of stability/resiliency certificates and real-time stability assessment. …”
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A Learning Probabilistic Boolean Network Model of a Smart Grid with Applications in System Maintenance by Rivera Torres, Pedro Juan, Chen, Chen, Macías-Aguayo, Jaime, Rodríguez González, Sara, Prieto Tejedor, Javier, Llanes Santiago, Orestes, García, Carlos Gershenson, Kanaan Izquierdo, Samir

“…This multi-layered PBN architecture provides a significant improvement in terms of performance for fault detection, within a positive-feedback network structure that is more tolerant of noise than other techniques.…”
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Probing the deformation mechanisms of AlCoCrFeNi alloy at various strain rates and grain sizes by Tan, Jaz Whee

“…Dislocation slippage due to the formation of stacking faults was observed. As strain increases, partial dislocation emitted from grain boundaries increases. …”
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Leveraging large language models and BERT for log parsing and anomaly detection by Zhou, Yihan, Chen, Yan, Rao, Xuanming, Zhou, Yukang, Li, Yuxin, Hu, Chao

“…Computer systems and applications generate large amounts of logs to measure and record information, which is vital to protect the systems from malicious attacks and useful for repairing faults, especially with the rapid development of distributed computing. …”
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Load management system for distributed simulation by Yuan, Zijing

“…The HLA lacks the capability of resource management for running simulation in the aspect of re-source discovery, federate deployment, dynamic load-balancing and fault-tolerance. Hence, this project is motivated to develop a programming framework to facilitate the HLA simulation development, with the consideration for possible integration with the Grid environment.…”
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In situ synthesis of silver nanoparticles in poly(vinyl) alcohol layer coated thin film membrane for seawater desalination by Jayavardhana D/o Balaji

“…The permeability of MPVA1-0.2 membrane reduced insignificantly by 8.4% compared to the control membrane without PVA coating layer, achieving PWP of 3.1 L/m2 .h.bar with excellent salt rejection of 99.28%. The observed improvement in the salt rejection of the PVA-coated membrane was owing to the additional selectivity and stability provided by the hydrophilic PVA layer. …”
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Engineering nano-nodular pattern on the substrate surface by tuning phase inversion to construct ultrapermselective ion-separation nanofiltration membrane by Zhao, Yali, Li, Can, Liao, Yuan, Yin, Yurong, Wang, Rong, Chen, Dongliang

“…Ion-selective permeable membranes show enormous potential in salt separation and resource recovery, but the permselectivity of current membranes restricts their broad application. …”
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The struggle for Syria : Iran-Qatar ties come under stress by James M. Dorsey

“…The struggle by Syrian opposition forces to topple the Assad regime is sharpening tensions between Iran and Qatar and threatens sectarian fault lines elsewhere in North Africa and Middle East. …”
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The reaction of Cp*Ir(CO)(CI)(p-C6F4CN) with nucleophiles. by Quek, Sylvia Shu Wei.

“…The reactions probably proceeded via a salt elimination of NaCl or a base hydrolysis of the nitrile functional group.…”
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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

“…For densely populated faults in southwestern Taiwan, the assessed hazard level is more sensitive to the maximum magnitude of earthquakes than it is to the slip rate of active faults, creating concern for the possibility of larger earthquakes due to multiple‐segment ruptures in this area, which has not yet been considered in the TEM PSHA2015. …”
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The Eoan Group and the politics of coloured opera in apartheid South Africa by Pistorius, JM

“…After the group’s operatic activities came to a permanent halt in 1980, their history sank into obscurity, despite their importance in the establishment of an operatic culture in the country. …”

Study of islet amyloid polypeptide aggregation and its inhibition mechanisms. by Wei, Lei.

“…These interactions are mediated by salt bridges between positively charged residues Arg11 or Arg18 of rat IAPP and Glu13 of insulin B chain as well as by hydrophobic interactions flanking the salt bridges. …”
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Mechanical performance of carbon fibre reinforced vinyl ester composite plate bonded concrete exposed to tropical climate by Abu Hassan, Shukur

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Enumeration, isolation, identification and probiotic characterisation of lactic acid bacteria from Nigerian human breast milk by Abdullahi, Binta Sambo

“…The ability of the eleven selected LAB to produce exopolysaccharide, deconjugate bile salt and reduce cholesterol was investigated. The entire eleven LAB produced exopolysaccharide, deconjugate bile salt and reduce cholesterol. …”
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Sol–gel transitions of comb-like polymethacrylate copolymers by mechano-thermal stimuli in water by Jonnalagadda, Umesh Sai, Nguyen, Tuan Minh, Li, Feifei, Lee, Jim H. C., Liu, Xu, Goto, Atsushi, Kwan, James J.

“…Upon addition of zinc perchlorate salt, this copolymer rapidly forms a hydrogel after exposure to either mechanical (i.e., ultrasound) or thermal stimuli. …”
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A newborn with ambiguous genitalia and persistent hypoglycemia by Salleh, Muhammad Farhan, Lai, Yin Ye, Mohamed Mokhtar, Normaizuwana, Thambiah, Subashini C., Samsudin, Intan Nureslyna

“…Infants with simple virilizing congenital adrenal hyperplasia do not produce cortisol efficiently; however, they can synthesize adequate aldosterone to maintain salt-water balance.…”