Re-imagining the global humanitarian system : emerging dynamics in the Asia-Pacific by Caballero-Anthony, Mely, Cook, Alistair David Blair, Chen, Christopher Zhiming

“…Globally, the humanitarian system has been dominated by large International Non-Government Organisations (INGOs), the United Nations and the Red Cross/Red Crescent movement focused on conflict response which makes up an estimated 80% of humanitarian work. …”
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Super-hydrophilic zwitterionic polymer surface modification facilitates liquid transportation of microfluidic sweat sensors by Fu, Fanfan, Wang, Jilei, Tan, Yurong, Yu, Jing

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Contribution of Mach number to the evolution of the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability induced by a shock-accelerated square light bubble by Singh, Satyvir

“…The Richtmyer-Meshkov (RM) instability has long been an interesting subject due to its fundamental significance in scientific research, as well as its crucial role in engineering applications. …”
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Domain wall pinning through nanoscale interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction by Kumar, Durgesh, Chan, Jianpeng, Piramanayagam, S. N.

“…Neuromorphic computing (NC) has been gaining attention as a potential candidate for artificial intelligence. …”
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Air-tolerant reversible complexation mediated polymerization (RCMP) using aldehyde by Mao, Weijia, Tay, Xiu Ting, Sarkar, Jit, Wang, Chen-Gang, Goto, Atsushi

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COVID-19 and global governance: waking up to a safe new world by Caballero-Anthony, Mely

“…Yet, as the collateral damage unfolds, the response has been astounding for at least two reasons. First, the difference in national responses to COVID-19, even among developed countries, could not be more stark. …”
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Higher-order Dirac semimetal in a photonic crystal by Wang, Zihao, Liu, Dongjue, Teo, Hau Tian, Wang, Qiang, Xue, Haoran, Zhang, Baile

“…More recently, higher-order topology has been introduced to topological semimetals. Thus far, realistic models and experimental verifications on higher-order topological semimetals are still very limited. …”
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Machine translation of English relative clauses to Chinese in commercial contracts -- a contrastive evaluation of the outputs by SYSTRAN translate, Baidu translate and Google trans... by Li, Yidi

“…Online machine translation (MT) systems are used by millions of people for communication across language barriers, and their performance has been optimized with the state-of-art neural network technology. …”
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Prediction of mean axial velocity of a free turbulent propeller jet by Hong, Jian-Hao, Yeh, Po-Hung, Chiew, Yee-Meng

“…Different formulas have been derived for velocity in both the zone of flow establishment and in the zone of established flow. …”
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Thermochromic smart windows with highly regulated radiative cooling and solar transmission by Wang, Shancheng, Zhou, Yang, Jiang, Tengyao, Yang, Ronggui, Tan, Gang, Long, Yi

“…Radiative cooling (RC) is a technique that spontaneously radiates long-wave infrared (LWIR) to the cold outer space, which provides cooling power to buildings, however only preferred in hot seasons. RC has been widely researched on walls and roofs but rarely on windows while windows are the least energy-efficient part of buildings. …”
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Experimental and numerical investigations of hot-rolled stainless steel channel section columns susceptible to flexural buckling by Li, Shuai, Zhang, Lulu, Liang, Yating, Zhao, Ou

“…A thorough testing and numerical modelling programme has been conducted to investigate the minor-axis flexural buckling behaviour and resistances of pin-ended hot-rolled stainless steel channel section columns. …”
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Integrated forward osmosis-adsorption process for strontium-containing water treatment: pre-concentration and solidification by Zhang, Xiaoyuan, Liu, Yu

“…The volume reduction and subsequent solidification of soluble radionuclides have been known as the major challenges in global radioactive water management, with the urgent needs for new technology development. …”
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Triclosan transformation and impact on an elemental sulfur-driven sulfidogenic process by Zhang, Liang, Wu, Dan, Liang, Jialin, Wang, Li, Zhou, Yan

“…Elemental sulfur reduction has recently been demonstrated to be a promising sulfidogenic process for cost-effective treatment of various wastewaters. …”
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A breathable and environmentally friendly superhydrophobic coating for anti-condensation applications by Wu, Xinghua, Yang, Fan, Lu, Guo-Ping, Zhao, Xin, Chen, Zhong, Qian, Shunzhi

“…In this study, a breathable anti-condensation coating has been developed on cementitious substrates based on bio-based epoxy resins. …”
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On the commute travel pattern with compressed work schedule by Su, Qida, Wang, David Zhi Wei

“…In the literature, it has been clearly demonstrated that CW can significantly reduce commuting trips per pay period and thereby relieve peak hour congestion. …”
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Trimetallic oxide-hydroxide porous nanosheets for efficient water oxidation by Devi, Hemam Rachna, Chikkegowda, Ramachandra, Rangappa, Dinesh, Yadav, Ashok Kumar, Chen, Zhong, Nanda, Karuna Kar

“…Multimetallic systems have been the subject of intensive research for their promising electrocatalytic activities. …”
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Synthesis of chiral sulfinate esters by asymmetric condensation by Zhang, Xin, Ang, Esther Cai Xia, Yang, Ziqi, Kee, Choon Wee, Tan, Choon-Hong

“…By contrast, chiral sulfur functional groups are often neglected as pharmacophores1-3, although sulfoximine, with its unique physicochemical and pharmacokinetic properties4,5, has been recently incorporated into several clinical candidates. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of a novel azido fluoroalkyl oligoether energetic plasticizer by Ong, Yew Jin, Pisharath, Sreekumar, See, Anders Yang Feng, Tay, Chor Yong, Hng, Huey Hoon

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Wet-air co-electrolysis in high-temperature solid oxide electrolysis cell for production of ammonia feedstock by Liu, Qinglin, Su, Pei-Chen, Chan, Siew Hwa

“…Gas chromatography (GC) analysis of the exit gas from the cathode chamber proved that high purity H2/N2 mixture had been produced successfully through the novel wet air co-electrolysis process. …”
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On the investigation of ash deposition effect on flow-induced vibration energy harvesting by Wang, Junlei, Gu, Shanghao, Yurchenko, Daniil, Hu, Guobiao, Wei, Ronghan

“…The flow-induced vibration of the harvester using the horn-like bluff body transforms from VIV to galloping. Therefore, it has been preliminarily demonstrated that the unfavorable ash deposition phenomenon in flue systems has the potential for promoting flow-induced vibration energy harvesting.…”
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