Wetting transition of sessile and condensate droplets on copper-based superhydrophobic surfaces by Zhao, Yugang, Zhang, Hui, Wang, Wei, Yang, Chun

“…We show both theoretically and experimentally that sessile droplets on the surfaces of densely packed nano-asperities (pitch ∼120 nm) can remain in stable Cassie’s mode, while the wetting transition from Cassie’s mode to Wenzel’s mode occurs spontaneously on the surfaces of coarsely packed nano-asperities (pitch ∼300 nm). …”
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Modeling, validation, and performance of low-frequency piezoelectric energy harvesters by Abdelkefi, A., Barsallo, Nilma, Tang, Lihua, Yang, Yaowen, Hajj, Muhammad R

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Development of indexing clamper mechanism for wire bonder by Zhang, Yue.

“…For wire bonding integrated circuits, the state-of-art is 30 u.m fine pitch, and the position accuracy of material transmission for wire bonder is required to be 3.5 urn or less. …”
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A high-performance linear motor drive for robotics by Ng, Jeremy Yi Long

“…The design decisions, problems, and observations will be made in this part. …”
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Exploring connections between seagrass ecosystem services and meadow hydrodynamics by Schaefer, Rachel

“…Lastly, in a patchy current-dominated meadow the spatial variability in sediment carbon stocks did not correlate with the spatial distribution of patches. One vegetated patch showed substantially higher sediment carbon than the rest of the meadow, which was attributed to the recent persistence of the specific patch. …”
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The HOME Core outcome set for clinical trials of atopic dermatitis by Williams, Hywel C., Schmitt, Jochen, Thomas, Kim S., Spuls, Phyllis I., Simpson, Eric L., Apfelbacher, Christian, Chalmers, Joanne R., Furue, Masutaka, Katoh, Norito, Gerbens, Louise A. A., Leshem, Yael A., Howells, Laura, Singh, Jasvinder A., Boers, Maarten

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“What kind of Indian are you?” Frictions and fractures between Singaporean Indians and foreign-born NRIs by Kathiravelu, Laavanya

“…In April 2016, a news blog post titled, “Singaporeans take back Mandarin Gardens from Indian expats”,1 was met with much more interest than is usually garnered by happenings in the community. …”
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Mechanics of fracture and flexure in Antarctic ice sheets and ice shelves by Zhang, H

Optimization of aerosol jet printed strain sensor design via computational simulation by Wong, Chee Khong

“…Aerosol Jet printing technique is used for printing the strain sensor for this project. It is a contact-less and mask-less type of printing process. Thus, this allows aerosol jet to create 3D-contact. …”
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Crustal deformation at the Sumatran subduction zone revealed by coral rings by Ward, Steven N., Natawidjaja, Danny H., Suwargadi, Bambang W., Sieh, Kerry

“…Analyses of coral rings grown in the interval 1970–1997 reveal a geographically distinct pattern of interseismic uplift off Sumatra's western coast. At distances less than 110 km from the Sumatran trench, coral reefs are submerging as fast as 5 mm/y. …”
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The role of rhetoric in crowdfunding success: effects of logos, ethos, pathos and kairos appeals by Yew, David

“…The third essay tests the effects of rhetorical appeals in crowdfunding pitches on backer decisions to support crowdfunding campaigns. …”
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Autotuning PID Controllers for Quadplane Hybrid UAV using Differential Evolution Algorithm by Pairan, Mohammad Fahmi, Shamsudin, Syariful Syafiq, Yaakub, Mohd Fauzi

“…Comparing DE tuning to manual tuning, the results demonstrate a considerable improvement in quadplane roll and pitch performance of about 58.5%, 65.0%, and 74.0% in the overshoot, peak time, and rising time, respectively.…”
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Transition optimization for a VTOL tail-sitter UAV by Li, Boyang, Sun, Jingxuan, Zhou, Weifeng, Wen, Chih-Yung, Low, Kin Huat, Chen, Chih-Keng

“…The simulation and experimental results show that the optimized transition strategy enables the vehicle to finish transition with less time and change of altitude compared with that by using traditional linear transition methods.…”
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Studies on plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxial growth of GaN-based multilayer heterostructures on Si for photodetector application by Zheng, Yi

“…Si doping studies of AlGaN with Al-composition of 30% are conducted on both 4-inch Si (111) substrate and MOCVD grown AlN/Si template. …”
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Constraint optimisation method for the heat transfer in a wavy microchannel by Xu, Yan

“…Resulting populations from algorithms gave best-pareto-front solutions, which allowed further decision-making based on the values of objectives and feasibility of microchannel setups. …”
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Automatic adaptive FE analysis of thin-walled structures using 3D solid elements by Lee, Chi King, Xu, Q. X.

“…This procedure employs a specially designed superconvergent patch recovery (SPR) procedure for stress recovery, the Zienkiewicz and Zhu (Z-Z) error estimator for the a posteriori error estimation, a new refinement strategy for new element size prediction and a special mesh generator for adaptive mesh generation. …”
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Modeling, optimization and thermal characterization of micropillar evaporator based high performance silicon vapor chamber by Wei, Mengyao

“…We defined the micropillar patterns with deep-reactive-ion-etching (DRIE) and measured the temperature with embedded resistance-temperature-detectors (RTDs). …”
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An omics-based machine learning approach to predict diabetes progression: a RHAPSODY study by Slieker, Roderick C., Münch, Magnus, Donnelly, Louise A., Bouland, Gerard A., Dragan, Iulian, Kuznetsov, Dmitry, Elders, Petra J. M., Rutter, Guy A., Ibberson, Mark, Pearson, Ewan R., Hart, Leen M. 't, van de Wiel, Mark A., Beulens, Joline W. J.

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Comparative effects of domain-specific human monoclonal antibodies against LGI1 on neuronal excitability by Sell, J, Rahmati, V, Kempfer, M, Irani, SR, Ritzau-Jost, A, Hallermann, S, Geis, C

“…LRR- and EPTP-specific effects were evaluated by patch-clamp recordings in cultured hippocampal neurons and compared with biophysical neuron modeling. …”

Three essays on behavioral and experimental economics by Li, Yupeng

“…In a laboratory setting, subjects made a set of binary decisions on whether to participate in a mixed gamble. …”
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