Residual strength of blast damaged reinforced concrete columns by Nair, Anand

“…Columns are key load-bearing elements that hold up framed structures. Exterior columns are probably the most vulnerable structural components to attacks from rebel forces. …”
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Soil-water characteristic curves of compacted soils by Ng, Keith Rui Kang

“…The process increases the soils’ strength characteristics, which in turn increases the bearing capacity of the foundations over the soil. …”
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Fabrication and application of novel highly ordered nano-heterostructure arrays in optoelectronics by Yadian, Boluo

“…The nucleation sites were then defined by patterning the surface with gallium ion beam. After that the hydrothermal process was used to grow ZnO nanorods from the nucleation sites. …”
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Machine health monitoring using local feature-based gated recurrent unit networks by Zhao, Rui, Wang, Dongzhe, Yan, Ruqiang, Mao, Kezhi, Shen, Fei, Wang, Jinjiang

“…Experiments on three machine health monitoring tasks: tool wear prediction, gearbox fault diagnosis, and incipient bearing fault detection verify the effectiveness and generalization of the proposed LFGRU.…”
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A secret of high-rate mass transfer in anammox granular sludge : "lung-like breathing" by Xu, Dongdong, Kang, Da, Yu, Tao, Ding, Aqiang, Lin, Qiujian, Zhang, Meng, Hu, Qianyi, Zheng, Ping

“…The AnGS cultivated in a bioreactor with higher nitrogen removal rate (NRR) was found to have the higher ExCA and ExCF when determinated at the same BLR, and the “lung-like breathing” behavior of one type of AnGS was revealed to bear a significantly (p < 0.05) positive correlation with the specific anammox activity (SAA). …”
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Electrochemical oxidation of C3 saturated alcohols on Co3O4 in alkaline by Sun, Shengnan, Sun, Libo, Xi, Shibo, Du, Yonghua, Anu Prathap, M.U., Wang, Zilong, Zhang, Qichun, Fisher, Adrian, Xu, Zhichuan Jason

“…It was also found that the KOH concentration influenced electro-oxidation of those alcohols bearing secondary hydroxyl group (GLY, 1,2-P, and 2-P) more dramatically than that of those primary alcohols (1.3-P and 1-P).…”
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Transport of intensity equation: a new approach to phase and light field by Zuo, Chao, Chen, Qian, Asundi, Anand

“…Phase is an important component of an optical wavefield bearing the information of the refractive index, optical thickness, or the topology of the specimen. …”
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Settlement behavior of shallow foundations in unsaturated soils under rainfall by Kim, Yongmin, Park, Hyundo, Jeong, Sangseom

“…The changes in the settlement during rainfall were also affected by the groundwater table position near the ground surface due to changes in matric suction. In addition, higher bearing capacity in response to rainfall infiltration was observed in the soil with smaller permeability function as compared to larger permeability function.…”
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New 3D supramolecular Zn(ii)-coordinated self-assembled organic networks by Lim, Zheng Bang, Li, Hairong, Sun, Shuangyong, Lek, Jun Yan, Trewin, Abbie, Lam, Yeng Ming, Grimsdale, Andrew C.

“…New 3D supramolecular networks S1 and S2 were prepared by Zn(II) coordination of the tetraphenylmethane-based p-type and n-type molecules bearing four terpyridine ligands. XRD and BET results indicate they are relatively amorphous and non-porous with a high degree of interpenetration within the networks. …”
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Ship detection using optical satellite imagery by Hu, Jing

“…There are two filtering conditions involved in this Matlab program, which are length-beam ratio and roundness. By using these two constrains, the program can successfully detect sea-going ships among all those false alarms like small island, wakes and cloud. …”
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Study of advanced in-space propulsion technologies by Tan, De Jun

“…They are solar sails, beamed laser propulsion and electric propulsion. The discussion includes an introduction to the theory behind these systems, their properties, potential applications, limitations and advantages as well as the possibility of implementing them in the near future. …”
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Nitrogen-decorated carbon dots (NCDs) for thermally conductive smart windows by Tan, Frankie Ting Feng

“…This approach is able to provide energy efficient solutions to modern skyscrapers by maintaining a cool temperature without bearing the cost and weight of double or triple glazed glass paned windows. …”
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Recycling of thermoplastics composites by Lee, Ian Zi Feng

“…Carbon Fibers (CFs) are commonly used to reinforce polymer matrix composites (PMCs) due to their exceptional properties, including high specific tensile strength, lightweight design, and superior load-bearing capacity at elevated temperatures. This report focuses on Carbon Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic (CFRTP) because of its recyclability properties. …”
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Solder joint testing and failure analysis by Kang, Eng Tat.

“…The SAC387 solder alloy is being chosen as it is a suitable candidate for the replacement of lead-bearing solder alloy used in the present electrical and electronics industry. …”
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Heck reaction of alkyl halides and α-selective heck reaction of styrenes by Zou, Yinjun

“…Both primary and secondary alkyl halides bearing functional groups such as esters, amides and nitriles were tolerated in the catalytic system. …”
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Wholesale central bank digital currencies: approaches, implementation strategies and use cases by Bear, K, Vertex, P, Zhang, B, Hussain, H, Coelho, H

Stereoselective cyclisation cascades mediated by carbon electrophiles to access novel polycyclic scaffolds by Aynetdinova, DA

“…The results from this part are then used to achieve the formation of multiple carbocyclic rings in a single step bearing a new exocyclic C-C bond. Finally, the developed methodology is applied for the synthesis of steroid-like compounds, including the formal synthesis of (±)-nor-estradiol.…”

Thermorefringent noise in crystalline optical materials by Kryhin, Serhii, Hall, Evan D., Sudhir, Vivishek

“…In passing, our general formalism also predicts the existence of thermal beam-pointing noise.…”
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Narrow band wavelength selective filter using grating assisted single ring resonator by Prabhathan, P., Murukeshan, V. M.

“…The proof-of-concept device has been demonstrated on a Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) platform through electron beam lithography and Reactive Ion Etching (RIE) process. …”
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Post-buckling transition of compressed pipe strings in horizontal wellbores by Zhang, Qiang, Wang, Jiacheng, Cui, Wei, Xiao, Zhongmin, Yue, Qianbei

“…In the current study, the compressed pipe strings initially located at the bottom of horizontal wellbores were discretized into beam elements, and a gap element was introduced to detect the contact between the horizontal strings and the wellbores. …”
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