The role of polarity in nonplanar semiconductor nanostructures by de la Mata, María, Zamani, Reza R., Martí-Sánchez, Sara, Eickhoff, Martin, Xiong, Qihua, Fontcuberta i Morral, Anna, Caroff, Philippe, Arbiol, Jordi

“…The lack of mirror symmetry in binary semiconductor compounds turns them into polar materials, where two opposite orientations of the same crystallographic direction are possible. …”
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Educated : a memoir / by Westover, Tara 1986- 656335, author

“…Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. …”

The design of liquid desiccant dehumidification control system by Wang, Gaige

“…To make a dehumidifier run in a more stable, controlled and energy-saving way has been a meaningful research direction and goal. …”
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As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow / by Katouh, Zoulfa, 1994-, author 656134, Hachette Books Group (Online service) 647103

“…But even with Khawf pressing her to leave, Salama is torn between her loyalty to her country and her conviction to survive. …”
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MORNING, NOON & NIGHT / by Sheldon, Sidney, author 498270

“…From the splendors of the Italian Riviera to the fashion salons of Paris and New York, from the elite parlors of Back Bay to the social register of Florida's Hobe Sound, Sidner Sheldon's latest story twists and turns its way through smoke and mirrors toward the explosive surprise ending.…”

Exploring multi-level motivations towards green design practices : a system dynamics approach by Li, Qing, Zhang, Lianying, Zhang, Limao, Jha, Sunil

“…Furthermore, a combination of policy considering hybrid effects turns out to be more effective to reinforce green design practices. …”
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The radial spreading of volcanic umbrella clouds deduced from satellite measurements by Prata, F, Prata, A, Tanner, R, Grainger, RG, Borgas, M, Aubry, TJ

“…A hyperbolic tangent model, A ⇠ tanh (C) is presented that matches the entire radial spreading time history and has a conserved torus-shaped volume in which the intrusion depth is 20 proportional to sech (C). …”

The Nightingale / by Hannah, Kristin, author 369246, Macmillan Books (Online service) 655983

“…The Nightingale tells the stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France–a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women. …”
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Sentinels of Afghan democracy : the Afghan national army by Chan, Samuel

“…Since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001, the international community has contributed much in terms of manpower, monetary aid, essential equipment and expertise in rehabilitaring this war-torn Central Asia country. The Afghan National Army (ANA) has arguably been one of the leading success stories. …”
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Study of organization structure and empowerment profile of construction companies in Singapore by Pham, Thanh Hai.

“…However, they might not have full authority to execute the jobs which in turn reduces the project efficiency and effectiveness, suggesting a possible causal-effect relationship of Organization Structures, Empowerment profiles with success of construction projects. …”
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System optimization of an absorption refrigeration system by Chan, Ryan Yaowei

“…With refrigerant in the gaseous state at a lower boiling point means that heat transfer can be much more efficient and ionic absorbent are necessary to convert the vapor refrigerant in the back to liquid state which in turn helps the refrigerant to circulate throughout the system. …”
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Optimizing Android smartphone’s user experience and power efficiency through governor and scheduler customization by Koh, Nicholas Ming Xuan

“…This concept enables processes to boost the CPU clock speeds, in turn possibly getting optimal user experience. These boosts are managed by CPU governors, which can be changed by users. …”
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Topological phases with parafermions: theory and blueprints by Alicea, J, Fendley, P

“…In particular, we highlight how parafermion chains host a topological phase featuring protected edge zero modes. We then tour several blueprints for the laboratory realization of parafermion zero modes—focusing on quantum Hall/superconductor hybrids, quantum Hall bilayers, and two-dimensional topological insulators—and describe striking experimental fingerprints that they provide. …”

Models and solutions for emergency logistics by Yi, Wei

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TechX challenge by Yuan, Shenghai.

“…The concept of this competition is making future unman combat robot to replace human soldier in the future war-torn urban landscape. Robot has to function effectively in hazards situation. …”
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Efficient digital traffic accident mapping by Koo, T. K.

“…This paper describes the design and development of one system born out of an attempt to produce a low cost, simple to use, photogrammetric-based three dimensional computer graphics visualization system for traffic accident mapping.…”
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The turntable tribe: a communications campaign to raise awareness about the effects of excessive fast furniture consumption and encourage environmentally sustainable shopping habit... by Tan, Gerald Zheng Jie, Low, Naomi Min Yee, Wee, Nicolette Shing Ying, Tan, Yuan En

“…Guided by the Theory of Planned Behaviour, these efforts were targeted to increase Perceived Behavioural Control and Social Norms, in turn increasing behavioural intention. The campaign met all impact objectives and behavioural intention had a significant increase by 24.5%. …”
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Powder reuse in laser metal deposition phase III - part 2 : feasibility and sustainability by Han, Wen Siew

“…However, there are concerns that the integrity of the fabricated build may be compromised due to possible contamination of the powder, which in turn affects its properties. Therefore, the primary objectives of this project were to study the reusability of Ti-6Al-4V Grade 23 powder in an LMD process and the environmental sustainability of powder reuse. …”
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Localised and bifurcating structures in planar shear flows by Wang, Zhe

“…With broken rotational symmetry, periodic orbits can experience a Neimark-Sacker bifurcation leading to a torus, a phase locking, a period-doubling cascade, a heteroclinic bifurcation, a coexistence between the quasiperiodic and chaotic behaviours. …”
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Caraval / by Garber, Stephanie, author 655982, Macmillan Books (Online service) 655983

“…Only, as soon as they arrive, Tella is kidnapped by Caraval’s mastermind organizer, Legend. It turns out that this season’s Caraval revolves around Tella, and whoever finds her first is the winner. …”
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