Coseismic reverse- and oblique-slip surface faulting generated by the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake, China by Yu, Guihua., Chen, Guihua., Klinger, Yann., Xu, Xiwei., Wen, Xueze., Hubbard, Judith., Shaw, John H.

“…Large oblique thrusting observed during this earthquake indicates that crustal shortening is an important process responsible for the high topography in the region, as everywhere along the edge of Tibetan Plateau.…”
Get full text
Get full text

Focused strategy and advantage in the telecommunications equipment industry by Pek, Ruoh Han, Aw, Bee Huay, How, Janice Sui Yen

“…This paper examines aspects of a focused and non-focused strategy, both geographically and product-based, and seeks to address which strategy offers telecommunication equipment and network providers a competitive advantage in the industry. …”
Get full text

Effect of coupling agent on hollow carbon microsphere/phenolic resin syntactic foam by Chan, Sze Hua.

“…The FITR and SEM were used to scan for chemical bonds and topography of hollow carbon microsphere respectively. …”
Get full text

Design and development of a direction finding system by Li, Yuejun

“…In practice, a Direction Finding System has a wide range of applications such as navigation, positioning, distance measuring, geographical area mapping, monitoring by using various radar tracking and surveillance systems.…”
Get full text

Bacterial biofilm colonization and succession in tropical marine waters are similar across different types of stone materials used in seawall construction by Summers, Stephen, Pek, Y. Shona, Vinod, Deepthi P., McDougald, Diane, Todd, Peter A., Birch, William R., Rice, Scott A.

“…Metagenomic assessment of marine microbial communities indicated no significant impact of material on microbial diversity, irrespective of the diverse surface chemistry and topography. Based on KEGG pathway analysis, surface properties appeared to influence the community composition and function during the initial stages of biofilm development, but this effect disappeared by Day 31. …”
Get full text

Using brain functional connectivity pattern to examine the effectiveness of a reading intervention for children with dyslexia. by Naidu, Shanthini Chandra Sekaran, Al-Naimi, Taha Mahmoud, Samah, Narina A., Sha'Ameri, Ahmad Zuri

“…Partial Directed Coherence (PDC) technique was utilized and 2D EEG topography images were produced when the subjects were involved in live different rapid automatized naming (RAN) tasks. …”

Comparison of Spanish and Swedish journal indicators (impact factor and self-citation rate) in the Journal Citation Reports by Mohammad Hossein Biglu, Omid Askari

“…The geographical and social differences between Spain and Sweden, two non-English language European countries, led to our review of the impact factors (IF) and self-citation rates of scientific journals published in these two countries. …”
Get full text

Parameter optimization methods for calibrating tank model and neural network for rainfall-runoff modelling by Kuok, King Kuok

Get full text

Study on the regulation of focal adesions and cortical actin by matrix nanotopography in 3D environment by Han, Jingjing, Lin, Keng-Hui, Chew, Lock Yue

“…It has been proposed that nanoscale topography is possible to modulate the tensions which direct the formation of cytoskeleton and the organization of the membrane receptor within the cell, which in turn regulate intracellular mechanical and biochemical signaling. …”
Get full text

The influence of soil age on ecosystem structure and function across biomes by Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Reich, Peter B., Bardgett, Richard D., Eldridge, David J., Lambers, Hans, Wardle, David A., Reed, Sasha C., Plaza, César, Png, Kenny Guochen, Neuhauser, Sigrid, Berhe, Asmeret Asefaw, Hart, Stephen C., Hu, Hang-Wei, He, Ji-Zheng, Bastida, Felipe, Abades, Sebastián, Alfaro, Fernando D., Cutler, Nick A., Gallardo, Antonio, García-Velázquez, Laura, Hayes, Patrick E., Hseu, Zeng-Yei, Pérez, Cecilia A., Santos, Fernanda, Siebe, Christina, Trivedi, Pankaj, Sullivan, Benjamin W., Weber-Grullon, Luis, Williams, Mark A., Fierer, Noah

“…Parent material, climate, vegetation and topography predict, collectively, 24 times more variation in ecosystem properties than soil age alone. …”
Get full text

Urban Visual Intelligence: Studying Cities with Artificial Intelligence and Street-Level Imagery by Zhang, Fan, Salazar-Miranda, Arianna, Duarte, Fábio, Vale, Lawrence, Hack, Gary, Chen, Min, Liu, Yu, Batty, Michael, Ratti, Carlo

Get full text

Development of a capacitive deionization (CDI) device for water desalination by Chia, Desmond Zhi Yong

“…On matters closer to home, due to her geographical location, Singapore has long faced the challenge of obtaining fresh water for its needs. …”
Get full text

(Re)wilding London: fabric, politics, and aesthetics by Turnbull, J, Fry, T, Lorimer, J

“…Noting a dearth of research on urban rewilding, this paper proffers an agenda for future geographical research into this emerging mode of urban nature conservation. …”

Object-oriented database applications within an engineering environment by Goh, Angela., Hui, Siu Cheung.

Get full text

Effects of user behaviors on accumulation of social capital in an online social network by Rykov, Yuri, Koltsova, Olessia, Sinyavskaya, Yadviga

“…This contributes to the literature on the formation of online social capital, examined at the level of a large and geographically localized population.…”
Get full text

Platelet activation studies on polymeric surfaces by Suzliana Sulaimi

“…Platelet activation effects varies with the nature of topography, in this case, pillars are studied. A series of immunofluorescence staining of platelets was performed to get the optimized parameters; which are 1 wash before stain as shown by the higher intensity and minimal presence of debris as compared to 2 and 0 wash at dilution factors of 1:1 and 4:1 for CD 62P and PAC-1 respectively as the intensity shift between the negative and positive control samples were more significant. …”
Get full text

'Piracy'? Malaysian perspective : the Straits of Malacca and Malaysian territorial waters. by Nik Nor Suhaida Ali.

“…First, this dissertation attempts to clarify the definition of piracy and sea robbery according to international law perspectives, in the context of the geographical limitations of the Straits of Malacca and Malaysian waters. …”
Get full text

Towards better urban intelligence: representation learning techniques for geospatial data analytics by Chen, Yile

“…Specifically, geospatial entities refer to objects associated with geographical coordinates. They include points (e.g., points-of-interest), lines (e.g., road network), and polygons (e.g., geographical grids). …”
Get full text

‘You could start a new country, but you would need to discover new land’: exploring understandings of statehood with primary school pupils in England by Saddington, L, McConnell, FR

“…State-based imaginaries dominate how children are taught about the world in formal educational spaces. Geographical education in schools draws upon a range of representations from atlases to wall maps, which portray a highly ordered image of a world that is neatly divided up into bounded nation-states. …”

Direct reuse of electronic plastic scraps from computer monitor and keyboard to direct stem cell growth and differentiation by Shi, Pujiang, Tan, Chiew Kei, Wu, Zhuoran, Gabriel, Jean-Christophe P., Srinivasan, Madhavi, Lee, Jong-Min, Tay, Chor Yong

“…Herein, the distinctive surface and micro topographical features of computer electronic-plastic (E-plastic) scraps were unconventionally repurposed as a substrate material to guide the growth and differentiation of human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ADSCs). …”
Get full text