To study the commercial and operational advantages and disadvantages of mega-container ships (>14,000TEU) by Lai, Marie Jinbao

“…In order to bring down the per-unit cost of transporting the containers, many shipping lines have began to order container vessels with increased container carrying capacity. …”
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Steps Toward Development of a Comprehensive Set-Based Design Process Model: A Case Study by Page, Jonathan, Seering, Warren

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Stepped solar stills: A comprehensive review of design, performance, and optimization strategies for sustainable water desalination by El-Sebaey, Mahmoud S., Alrashidi, Abdullah, Suraparaju, Subbarama Kousik, Sathyamurthy, R., Essa, Fadl A., Arjun Singh K., ., Rajamony, Reji Kumar

“…This research intends to scrutinize stepped solar stills’ effectiveness, examining their design, operation, and applications. …”
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One-step synthesis of cyclodextrin-capped gold nanoparticles for ultra-sensitive and highly-integrated plasmonic biosensors by Zhang, Nancy Meng Ying, Qi, Miao, Wang, Zhixun, Wang, Zhe, Chen, Mengxiao, Li, Kaiwei, Shum, Ping, Wei, Lei

“…In this work, we synthesize high-quality and monodisperse β-cyclodextrin-capped gold nanoparticles (β-CD-capped AuNPs) in one-step facile and eco-friendly process, where β-CD functions as both reducing and capping agent. …”
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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. …”

Biofuels as alternative energy sources for shipping industry : assessment of straight vegetable oil as marine fuel by Low, Chun Feng

“…The purpose of this strategy is to reduce GHG emission in the shipping industry. Though guidelines have yet rolled out by IMO, steps are taken to review on the emission from shipping activities. …”
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Robust linear output feedback controller for autonomous landing of a quadrotor on a ship deck by Tan, Chun Kiat, Wang, Jian Liang, Paw, Yew Chai, Liao, Fang

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Cyber attacks and their impacts on the shipping industry. Identify the risks and suggest ways to mitigate. (maritime services) by Poh, Sze Ping

“…Today, the traditional shipping industry has been slowly adopting and integrating technologically – enabled solutions into their system of work, such as the use of Blockchain, Automation and Information Technology within the various sectors. …”
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Ship emissions accounting in the port of Singapore – a preliminary analysis on the crude oil tanker segment by Tan, Lovine Nin

“…It is a preliminary analysis to understand some of the emission patterns generated by this shipping segment. This is completed by using a bottom-up approach using Automatic Identification System data collected in the port. …”
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Feasibility of bulk shipping investments - investment into the handysize segment with time horizon between 2023 and 2027 by Ang, Chia Chee

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A human-centred review on maritime autonomous surfaces ships: impacts, responses, and future directions by Li, Xue, Yuen, Kum Fai

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Buffer time allocation in liner shipping schedule design with sea time and port time uncertainty by Liu, Yuhan

“…This model is applicable to new shipping routes planning as well as existing shipping routes modification in terms of optimal buffer time amount.…”
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Entrepreneurship in shipping industry : study of overseas Chinese entrepreneurship, and the influence of social network and family control. by Chen, Tian.

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Is the shipping industry ready for the 0.5% global sulphur emission cap by 2020? - Refiners’ perspective by Wang, Li Fang

“…IMO directives 2020 is constructed with an interest in protecting the environment from shipping sulphur pollution. However, this brings disruption to the players in the shipping industry, as they need to adhere to the regulation through their own means. …”
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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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Supporting data - first cycle voltage hysteresis in Li-rich 3d cathodes associated with molecular O2 trapped in the bulk by Bruce, P