Study on the wear characteristics of aluminium metal matrix composite with 15% Al2O3 and 20% Al2O3 by Chua, Swu Chun.

“…The objective of this dissertation was to study the wear characteristics and behaviour of aluminium metal matrix composite materials (MMCs), namely Duralcan 286 and Duralcan 284 as a pin material when mated against three types of dics materials.…”
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Experimental and numerical investigations of hot-rolled stainless steel channel section columns susceptible to flexural buckling by Li, Shuai, Zhang, Lulu, Liang, Yating, Zhao, Ou

“…A thorough testing and numerical modelling programme has been conducted to investigate the minor-axis flexural buckling behaviour and resistances of pin-ended hot-rolled stainless steel channel section columns. …”
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The Cognitive Underpinnings of Legal Complexity by Martínez, Eric

“…We further find that people tasked with writing official laws write in a more convoluted manner than when tasked with writing unofficial legal texts of equivalent conceptual complexity, whereas people editing a legal document do not write in a more convoluted manner than when writing from scratch. …”
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Development of a counter-UAV system by Tang, Wen Yue

“…Upon testing, the firing pin mechanism was found to be unable to reliably puncture the CO2 canister, even after improvements. …”
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Measuring membrane capacitance during a depolarizing stimulus by Chen, Peng., Gillis, Kevin., Xue, Renhao., Pui, Tze Sian.

“…It is critical to resolve the highly dynamic kinetic steps along the molecular cascade of exocytosis in order to pin down the specific actions of regulatory molecules and eventually decipher this complex and fundamental process.…”
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Three essays on corporate finance by Koh, Jee Youn

“…In Chapter 2, we examine how private placements of equity (PPoEs) affect debtholder wealth. We find that banks charge higher loan spreads, require more collateral, and impose stricter covenants for PPoE firms than for propensity-score matched non-PPoE firms. …”
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Rethinking China's engagement in Africa. by Liu, Xue.

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Numerical Methods for Engineers / by Chapra, Steven C., author 289854, Canale, Raymond P., author 234599

“…Users will find use of software packages, specifically MATLAB and Excel with VBA. …”

THE DREAMS WE HARVEST / by Aidil Azizul, author 655919

“…But little does she know that their lives intertwine more deeply than she could have guessed. Elyas’ presence blossoms as he shares with her his sentiments of desire and dreams, which find their way to nurture a seedling of hope within Hanan’s heart. …”

Songs of The Runaway Heart / by Marisa Fendi, author 655832

“…Memories come flooding back, and Haikal is determined to find out what led to Kamelia’s mysterious disappearance.…”

EXPRESS: beyond the pair: media archetypes and complex channel synergies in advertising by Bell, JJ, Thomaz, F, Stephen, AT

“…We find that traditional channels (TV, outdoor) are commonly paired with digital channels (Facebook, YouTube) in high-performing campaigns. …”

Busyness and its impact on speed of work. by Soon, Yi Zhen.

“…Therefore, this study seeks to find if a busy person will complete a task faster than someone who does not feel busy. …”
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Structure-activity relationships of photo-activated soft tissue Adhesive by Wicaksono, Gautama

“…Soft tissue fixation relies on mechanical means such as sutures, pins, and screws, with potential complications such as concentrated tissue damage, perforation, and the need for secondary surgeries. …”
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Lessons from a retrospective look at India’s upstream sector by Elango, P

Who polarises? Who targets? Parties’ educational speech over the long run by Gingrich, J, Giudici, A

“…Where education policies are universal but offer specific benefits to a partisan base, we find patterns of differential salience: some parties devote more rhetorical attention to the issue than others, but parties adopt common stances. …”

Design a 16-bit Low power multiplier by Gu, Bin

“…By the comparison of the result from these two design. We can find that the Sequential Multiplier has a better performance in power consumption and it is also much easier to design and more programmable than the Braun Multiplier. …”
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Discussion on the bearing estimation of seismic signals by Jiao, Yipeng

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Tablets, Pens, and Pencils: The Influence of Tools on Sketching in Early Stage Design by Das, Madhurima, Huang, May, Yang, Maria C

“…Based on prior literature, we posit that women and gender minorities will produce fewer sketches and use the feathering style of sketching more than men.</jats:p> <jats:p>We find that sketch quality is highest for pencil drawings and lower for tablet and pen drawings. …”
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The Relationship between Linguistic Representations in Biological and Artificial Neural Networks by Kauf, Carina

“…Finally, I systematically investigate what aspects of language inputs are critical for LM-to-brain alignment. I find that LMs represent linguistic information similarly enough to humans to enable relatively accurate brain encoding and that this alignment is mainly driven by representations of word meanings rather than sentence structure. …”
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Tournament induced incentives and analysts' boldness. by Yin, Huifang.

“…Using data from 1991 to 2007, I find that interim losers are more likely to increase the boldness of their forecasts in the remainder of the tournament period than interim winners. …”
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