Highlights from Faraday Discussion 172: Carbon in electrochemistry, Sheffield, UK, July 2014 by Dyatkin, B, Ash, PA, Sharma, S

“…Traditionally, Faraday Discussions have been very true to their name, focussing genuinely on healthy, in-depth, and fruitful discussions rather than just serving as a platform for one to one researcher interaction and collaboration. …”

Development of liquid crystalline polymer blends for the electronic industry by Hu, Xiao, Tam, Kam Chiu, Yue, Chee Yoon

“…The main objectives of the research project have been achieved. A proper understanding of the factors that have a significant influence on the capacity for the LCP phase in LCP-based polymer blends to form strong in situ fibres during processing have been established. …”
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Our Tethered Skates / by Naadhira Zahari, author 655828, Naadhira Zahari, editor 655828

“…Layla has been living in the shadow of her sister who mysteriously disappeared ten years ago. …”

Distributed execution of workflow by Khademi Hedayat, Maryam

“…The main reasons which led us to this selection are: (i) there is few existing work on partitioning workflow, specially as a means of accelerating workflow execution; (ii) several systems have been developed using three main enactment models (i.e., centralized, hierarchical, and distributed models), but most of them focus on centralized execution control while the existing hierarchical and distributed models still have problems such as high overhead in communication amongst the distributed parties; and (iii) data movement mechanisms are divided into: centralized, mediated, and peer-to-peer models. …”
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Initiation, marketing and branding of smart city projects: a study of decision processes by Vijaygopal, Rohini, Bennett, Roger, Savani, Sharmila

“…Today, smart city areas and initiatives are found throughout the world, yet little research has been completed into the processes whereby decisions concerning the initiation, marketing, and branding of smart city projects have been taken. …”
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Design and simulation of silicon optoelectronic integrated circuits by Win, Khine Thandar.

“…Advances in optical data storage technology have been so rapid over the past several decades for a wide range of PC and consumers electronics applications. …”
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Study and design of a resonant inductive coupling based magnetic stimulator by Ma, Qiang

“…With the growing trend of using stimulation therapy to relieve diseases or ease pain, various methods or technologies has been created and put into clinical use. Among these stimulation modalities which are capable for non-invasive or minimally invasive treatment, magnetic stimulation has been proved to be both an effective and promising treating method by using time varying magnetic flux to drive currents and generate electric field in the human body tissue. …”
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Innocent Until Proven Guilty: Addressing Problem of Criminal Investigation in Pakistan by Ghani, Abdul, Ayub, Zainal Amin, Mat Rus, Mukhriz

“…Some of the filed cases out of ninety-five (95) have been analyzed in detail, while the rest of the murder cases filed in district Multan, have been generalized to support qualitative findings quantitatively. …”
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Nodal reliability and nodal price in deregulated power markets by Yi, Ding

“…The reliability and pricing issues in the restructured electric power systems have been investigated in the research work. The existing techniques for the reliability evaluation of the conventional power system have been studied. …”
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Land reclamation - from conventional vertical drain methods to a combined vacuum preloading and electro-osmosis with horizontal drainage enhanced geotextile sheets by Wong, Lung Anthony

“…Slurry of soft marine deposits dredged from the seabed has increasingly been used in various land reclamation projects in recent years. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of reduced graphene oxide-based composites by Wu, Shixin

“…In order to obtain graphene-based composites with well control of the composite morphology and properties, several methods have been designed and conducted. First, graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) have been prepared by a modified Hummers method and the hydrazine reduction process, respectively. …”
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Dubai’s energy efficiency drive by Rashid, FA, Hasbani, KU

“…The Gulf region has been known traditionally as the centre of the global oil and gas industry, and indeed its production has been supplying international markets reliably for decades. …”

Noise suppression using active noise control and masking by Rajora, Amit

“…A version of the psychoacoustic model-I, suitably modified for operational simplicity, has been deployed by the Integrated ANC-Masking (IANCM) system. …”
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Green Roof Guidelines : Guidelines for the Planning, Construction and Maintenance of Green Roofs / by Landscape Development and Landscaping Research Society e.V. (FLL) 656198, Landscape Development and Landscaping Research Society e.V. (Online service) 656197

“…The FLL "Green Roof Guidelines - Guidelines for the Planning, Construction and Maintenance of Green Roofs" were developed from the "Principles for Green Roofing" published in 1982 and have been revised several times since 1990. They are recognized as a benchmark set of guidelines for green roofs in Germany. …”
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Tooling cost estimation model for injection molding by Tran, Duc Vi, Wang, Lan, Zhu, ZhiQiang, Padmanaban Ranganathan

“…A set of formula used to model the relationships between the mould features and cost estimation outputs has also been introduced. Furthermore, an Excel application of this cost estimation model has been elaborated. …”
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Fabrication and characterisation of rutile based hybrid thin films by Dangeti, Siva Rama Krishna

“…In the present work, efforts have been made to produce protective rutile-TiO2 films. …”
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The potential impact of the Singapore-Malaysia high speed rail operation on the passenger demand for the low-cost carriers by Ong, Tuan Hock

“…MNLM 2 has been calibrated as per the gathered data from the survey. …”
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Study on sediment management using wall jet by Muhammad Ashiq Mohd Rosley.

“…The effects of scouring of cohesionless sediment by wall jet have been presented in this study. As reported in previous studies, the densimetric Froude number (F0) has been found to be the governing factor in the scouring mechanism. …”
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Effect of aging on the ionic conductivity of polyvinylidenefluoride–hexafluoropropylene (PVdF–HFP) membrane impregnated with different lithium salts by Aravindan, Vanchiappan, Vickraman, Palanisamy

“…The aging towards the ionic conductivity have been studied using of different lithium salts namely, lithium bis(oxalate)borate (LiBOB), lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate (LiDFOB), lithium fluoroalkylphosphate (LiFAP) and LiPF6 in polyvinylidenefluoride–hexafluoropropylene (PVdF–HFP) matrix. …”
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Prospects of a multipolar international monetary order by Alam Md Whaheed

“…The US dollar has been the dominant international currency ever since the introduction of Bretton Woods system. …”
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