Thermal conductivity variations with composition of gelatin-silica aerogel-sodium dodecyl sulfate with functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotube doping in their composites by Mahesh, Sachithanadam, Joshi, Sunil Chandrakant

“…Silica aerogels are very light, highly porous nanomaterial with large internal surface area possessing excellent thermal insulation that may get affected when the binders and additives used in aggregation. …”
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From cellular automata to agent-based models : addressing urban issues by Quek, Wei Liang

“…Using various forms of microscopic modelling, we seek to address two issues in urban systems: congestion when processing a large number of vehicles, and the persistence of bus bunching. …”
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Numerical investigations on an improved counterflow double-channel micro combustor fueled with hydrogen for enhancing thermal performance by Zuo, Wei, E, Jiaqiang, Lin, Rongming

“…(b) The improved combustor achieves the largest thermal enhancement at the hydrogen/air equivalence ratio of 0.6, when the hydrogen/air equivalence ratio is ranged from 0.9 to 0.5. …”
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Beat the beam: an applied research study on sunscreen usage habits amongst young adults in Singapore by Yeo, Cassandra Jia Xi, Ow Yong, Gladys Xin Yi, Ho, Wen San, Galistan, Tessa Yu-Ting

“…Some notable key findings were that the influencer who utilised the photoaging AR filter had a higher credibility compared to when she did not, while organisations have a lower credibility when they utilised the filter compared to when they do not. …”
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Transient amplification of broken symmetry in elastic snap-through by Wang, Qiong, Giudici, Andrea, Huang, Weicheng, Wang, Yuzhe, Liu, Mingchao, Tawfick, Sameh, Vella, Dominic

“…A snap-through bifurcation occurs when a bistable structure loses one of its stable states and moves rapidly to the remaining state. …”
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Design and implementation of a human tracking and following capability for a robotic avatar by Yao, Xiling.

“…However, these methods were not able to re-identify the targeted person among a crowd when he/she came back to the scene after being occluded or being out of the sensor’s field of view. …”
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Efficient architectures for computation of binary logarithm by Low, Joshua Yung Lih

“…As a result, it enhances the effectiveness of the piecewise linear approximation for improving the accuracy. When a newly proposed 4-region piecewise linear approximation is developed for the compressed range, the maximum absolute error and maximum absolute error percentage are reduced by 15.0% and 25.0% respectively when compared to the best existing results. …”
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Numerical study of trapped vortex combustors characteristics in small ramjets by Chen, Song

“…Under some circumstances, the TVC may operate in a high-spinning motion. For example when it is installed in a spin-stabilized ramjet projectile, in which the spinning rate can be as high as 30,000 rpm. …”
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‘On-demand’ soft tissue adhesives by Mogal, Vishal Tukaram

“…The functionalized alkyl and aryl diazirine polyester films when tested for shear adhesion to ex-vivo swine aorta tissues, showed 450±50 mN/cm2 and 476±50 mN/cm2 adhesion strength when activated for 10 min and 2 min respectively using 0.5±0.1 mW/cm2 UV light of 365 nm. …”
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Greener refrigerants by Hui, Harrison Jun Jie

“…When the evaporator temperature is reduced to -32°C, the COP reduces by 43-66% as compared to when the evaporator’s temperature is 0°C. …”
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Streamlining electronic reporting of serious adverse events (SAEs) using the REDCap data collection system: the eSAE Project by Black, J, Julier, P, Eldridge, L, Barber, V

“…Additionally, recognising what has changed from an initial SAE report when an investigator responds to queries raised can cause errors.…”

The effectiveness of individualized morphosyntactic target identification and explicit intervention using the SHAPE CPDING System for children with developmental language disorder... by Ebbels, SH, Gadd, M, Nicoll, H, Hughes, L, Burke, C, Dawson, N, Calder, SD, Frizelle, P

“…However, when cumulative teaching episodes were used as the predictor, all three within-session dosages showed very similar rates of progress, with the odds of a correct response increasing by 3.9% for each teaching episode. …”

Card-flipping decision-making technique for handover skipping and access point assignment: a novel approach for hybrid lifi networks by Murad, Sallar S., Yussof, Salman, Hashim, Wahidah, Badeel, Rozin

“…These elements can be regarded as criteria, and it is crucial to only evaluate many criteria when making decisions in order to attain more precise results, despite the complexity involved. …”
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Tsewang Norbu NGB by Cantwell, C, Mayer, R

“…Tucci was given it as a gift by the then very young Dalai Lama, when visiting Lhasa before the Chinese invasion. …”

Ultrastable shear jammed granular material by Zhao, Yiqiu, Zhao, Yuchen, Wang, Dong, Zheng, Hu, Chakraborty, Bulbul, Socolar, Joshua E. S.

“…Dry granular materials such as sand, gravel, pills, or agricultural grains, can become rigid when compressed or sheared. At low density, one can distort the shape of a container of granular material without encountering any resistance. …”
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Test Automation Engineering Handbook : Learn and Implement Techniques for Building Robust Test Automation Frameworks / by Sambamurthy, Manikandan, author 656269

“…The third section will help you understand how test automation works with CI/CD, and explore the common issues and pitfalls when executing test automation. By the end of this book, you'll have a better understanding of automation, addressing the common pain points and best practices around test automation. …”
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Dynamics of current-driven magnetic domain walls and skyrmions by Indra Purnama

“…The phenomenon is made possible due to the magnetostatic coupling between the domain walls. When materials with in-plane anisotropy are considered, the coupling is realized when the nanowires are placed parallel to each other, and the technique can be further utilized to drive several domain walls in the current-free nanowire. …”
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Removal of ciprofloxacin by anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) and post-treatment of AnMBR effluent by Mai, Do Thi

“…However, the overall performance of the AnMBR was still reasonable with an average of 78 ± 13% COD removal, and 50-76% of the CIP was removed when the CIP was fed at a concentration <1.5 mg/L. …”
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Our weapons, our problem: arms exports, democracy and civil society in Brazil and the UK by de Moraes, RF

“…<p>When governments make decisions regarding exports of military equipment, they often look at humanitarian conditions in potential importers, considering the state of human rights or whether arms sales could multiply violence. …”

Fast Broadcast in Highly Connected Networks by Chandra, Shashwat, Chang, Yi-Jun, Dory, Michal, Ghaffari, Mohsen, Leitersdorf, Dean

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