Pre-failure strain localization in siliclastic rocks: a comparative study of laboratory and numerical approaches by Bianchi, Patrick, Selvadurai, Paul Antony, Zilio, Dal Luca, Vásquez, Antonio Salazar, Madonna, Claudio, Gerya, Taras, Wiemer, Stefan

“…These simulations revealed three distinct stages of preparatory processes: (i) highly dissipative fronts propagated towards the middle of the sample correlating with the observed acoustic emission locations; (ii) dissipative regions were individuated in the middle of the sample and could be linked to a discernible decrease of the P-wave velocities; (iii) a system of conjugate bands formed, coalesced into a single band that grew from the center towards the sample surface and was interpreted to be representative for the preparation of a weak plane. …”
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Electrochemical kinetic energy harvesting mediated by ion solvation switching in two-immiscible liquid electrolyte by Lee, Donghoon, Song, You-Yeob, Wu, Angyin, Li, Jia, Yun, Jeonghun, Seo, Dong-Hwa, Lee, Seok Woo

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Metasurface-enabled broadband multidimensional photodetectors by Jiang, Hao, Chen, Yinzhu, Guo, Wenyu, Zhang, Yan, Zhou, Rigui, Gu, Mile, Zhong, Fan, Ni, Zhenhua, Lu, Junpeng, Qiu, Cheng-Wei, Gao, Weibo

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Citizenship and the politics of poverty definition during the segregation, apartheid and democratic eras in South Africa: 1910-2010 by Magasela, W

“…The Household Subsistence Level (HSL) and the Minimum Living Level (MLL) were derivatives of the PDL (the HSL was exactly the PDL, the MLL was lower in value) and were conceptually similar were used as poverty definitions and poverty lines to fix the wages of black workers, thus showing the link between the denial of citizenship and the politics of poverty definition.…”

Design an electronic controller for a remote transmission system by Tong, Seng Yip.

“…Communication between the two parts was made possible by an optical link.…”
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Achieving seamless and scalable ethernet networks using ethernet over SONET by Jape, Milind

“…This dissertation focuses on a new layer 2 mapping technology "Ethernet Over SONET", in which virtual concatenation and link capacity adjustment scheme have given the SONET a new lease of life around the world by extending Ethernet over Metropolitan area Network (MAN) and Wide Area Network (WAN).…”
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A balanced scorecard approach for wafer fab start-up. by Lye, Irene., Manas Banjan Mati., Yeo, Sock Khim.

“…This study on a Singapore based start-up wafer fab offers an insight on how the BSC measurement and management system approach is being introduced and implemented to link the different business performance drivers and metrics with business vision at a start-up environment.…”
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Exploratory research on tour packages : comparison of service quality of tour packages by regional and budget airlines by Cai, Jialing, Huang, Junyan, Koh, Pei Jia

“…An exploratory research to establish a link between the SERVQUAL model and the different components of a tour package. …”
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Structural edge detection of photographic images of rooms with machine learning by Yao, Xin Meng

“…Future works include further enhancing the current model’s accuracy and creating an algorithm to construct a wireframe model from the line equations.…”
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The design of a CMOS only low-power low-voltage low-dropout voltage regulator (LDO) with an embedded voltage reference by Xie, Xinzhe

“…A recycling folded cascode (RFC) amplifier achieves higher loop gain, improving load and line regulation. A recovery time enhancement circuit reduces overshoot recovery. …”
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Mimo: multipath signals and location aware by Luo, Yong Bin.

“…In this report, experimental study was conducted to investigate the multipath effect and the improvement to the signal quality by measuring the QoS parameters between MIMO (802.11n) and SISO (802.11a/b/g) under line of sight (LOS) and non-line of sight (NLOS) environment. …”
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A low-cost dual output switch mode power supply (SMPS) for laptop by Palaniappan Balathandayutham

“…It switches at a much-higher frequency 40 kHz than that of the AC line, which means that the transformer that it feeds can be much smaller than one connected directly to the line/mains. …”
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Thermodynamics of hairy black holes in Lovelock gravity by Hennigar, Robie A., Tjoa, Erickson, Mann, Robert B.

“…We also report on a number of novel results, including ‘virtual triple points’ and the first example of a ‘λ-line’ — a line of second order phase transitions — in black hole thermodynamics.…”
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Specific inhibition of PI3K p110δ inhibits CSF‐1‐induced macrophage spreading and invasive capacity by Mouchemore, KA, Sampaio, N, Murrey, MW, Stanley, ER, Lannutti, BJ, Pixley, FJ

“…While primary bone marrow‐derived macrophages and the immortalized bone marrow‐derived macrophage cell line M−/−.WT express all three class IA PI3K isoforms, p110δ predominates in the cell line. …”

Particle self-assembly in sessile droplet on patterned substrate by Lim, Si Xian

“…All the droplets evaporated in CCR mode and exhibit an octagonal wetting area except 0.1(wt%) for both the 3μm and 10μm particles with depinning of contact line take placed. This indicates that the particle is the pinning force that prevents contact line withdrawal. …”
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Convergence issues in online marketing models : case study of catalog retailers. by Gupta, Ajay., Ghante, Anantha P. V.

“…The primary objective of this dissertation is to study the on-line retail business models to develop an understanding of the convergence of the catalog retailers in integrating online marketing into their business models.…”
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Substation reliability and its impacts on composite system adequacy by Ren, Shuhua

“…Substation and switching station, which forms a link between the bulk transmission system and the generation system, is the pivotal portion of an electric power system. …”
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South Asia's trade policy : adopt East Asian approach by Rana, Pradumna Bickram

“…South Asian countries must adopt the East Asian approach of signing Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) to enhance market access and to link their economies to regional and global supply chains. …”
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Identities and inclusiveness: rethinking social cohesion by Wong, Yasmine

“…Identity politics has made salient the link between identities and social cohesion. Real solutions can emerge when a multi-pronged approach is taken to provide diverse communities with equal access, due recognition, and the opportunity to participate in creating a shared vision of inclusiveness and justice.…”
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A portable medical monitoring device by Ang, Zhiwei

“…In this project, student is expected to implement a mobile device (such as mobile phone or PDA) that monitors real time medical information via wireless link. The medical information includes electrocardiogram (ECG) signals, blood pressure, temperature, etc. …”
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