Signs of criticality in social explosions by Beiró, Mariano G., Chung, Ning Ning, Chew, Lock Yue, Gandica, Yérali

“…It is natural to think that these kinds of macro social actions, as a consequence of the spontaneous and massive interactions, will attain the growth and divergence of those clusters, like the correlation length of statistical physics, giving rise to important simplifications on several statistics. …”
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Turning the virtual into reality: China's role in the metaverse by Gong, Xue

“…In particular, after Chinese think tanks and regulatory agencies raised alarms regarding national security, the state has taken serious suppressive actions against some metaverse sectors like cryptocurrency.5 China banned all domestic cryptocurrency transactions and mining in 2021. …”
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Analyzing the impact of bicycle geometry and cargo loading on the rideability and safety of cargo bikes: an investigative study by Paudel, Milan, Yap, Fook Fah

“…Results: Long-john cargo bikes are unstable for lightweight cargo loads, more sensitive to cargo loads, and therefore may not be suitable for riding in narrow, crowded spaces like footpaths. Moreover, retrofitted cargo bikes should only be used to carry lightweight cargo as a combination of heavy cargo load and a powerful rear wheel motor poses a potential risk of accidents. …”
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Effects of accelerated carbonation on fine incineration bottom ash: CO2 uptake, strength improvement, densification, and heavy metal immobilization by Sun, Xinlei, Xu, Bo, Yi, Yaolin

“…However, this process generates incineration bottom ash (IBA), which is an aggregate-like waste containing heavy metals. Due to the higher heavy metal contents, fine IBA can be removed from total IBA and treated separately to promote the use of IBA. …”
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Enhancing X-ray generation from twisted multilayer van der Waals materials by shaping electron wavepackets by Wong, Wesley Lee Wei, Wong, Liang Jie

“…Our findings pave the way for the use of twisted multilayer van der Waals materials in the generation of tailored X-ray spectra for applications like X-ray imaging, X-ray fluorescence, and X-ray treatment.…”
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Upcycling waste plastic into 2D-carbon nanomaterials for high-performance supercapacitors by incorporating NiCo2O4: a sustainable approach to renewable energy by Bhatt, Diksha, Pathak, Mayank, Thakur, Nishtha, Tatrari, Gaurav, Rath, Tanmoy, Judeh, Zaher, Sahoo, Nanda Gopal

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USRP-based wireless communication demonstrations for capacity improvement: from coding and waveform design perspectives by Liu, Yile

“…Today's society is increasingly reliant on mobile communications, especially driven by emerging technologies like the Internet of Things, autonomous driving, and smart cities. …”
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On the privacy protection of fingerprint templates by Li, Sheng.

“…Once the template is stolen, it is difficult to be replaced like passwords and the private personal information associated with the stolen template would also be exposed. …”
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Development of interpenetrating network (IPN) hybrid composite for thin film protection by Seah, Geok Leng.

“…Anti-biofouling aims to prevent the acculumulation of biological organisms like proteins and micro-organisms on surfaces. …”
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Developing of applications on the Googles Android powered devices and Arduino-powered platforms 1 by Muhammad Syafiq Ma'arof

“…As such, smartphone are now capable of replacing many devices with similar features like directional bank ATMs, iPods and roadmaps. [28] Raspberry Pi is a mini-sized computer capable of beings used for many different things that a desktop is capable of. …”
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Coating deposition in cold spray process by Koh, Pak Keng

“…The deposition phenomenon of the coating, during build-up on a stationary substrate, at different dwell times was also experimentally investigated. The mound-like built up was cross sectioned and viewed with microscopy and showed delamination from the substrate. …”
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Oxygen suffocation for firefighting in underground cavern by Yeo, Wei Liang

“…Inhalation of soot and CO would result in health impact like headache or nausea within 1 hour of exposure, and life threatening or death within 2-3 hours of exposure. …”
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An integer optimization framework for future air traffic flow management by Diao, Xudong

“…Then, we propose a new ATFM model based on the new airspace structure and in the model, operations like rerouting, ground-holding and cancellations are all considered on a flight-by-flight basis. …”
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Engineering memristor : control over the fourth fundamental element for memory application and beyond by Ge, Ning

“…The eventual goal is that computer chips can think like human brains too. Since the announcement of HP’s groundbreaking news, numerous papers aimed to analyze the special attributes of the memristor have been published. …”
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Metal sulfides for electrochemical energy storage and conversion by Wang, Jin

“…The relevant studies in the thesis are divided into five parts, including Ni3S2@MoS2 core/shell nanorod arrays on Ni foam as the supercapacitor electrode (Chapter 4), honeycomb-like MoS2 nanoarchitectures anchored into graphene foam (GF) for enhanced lithium storage (Chapter 5), MoS2 architectures supported on graphene foam/carbon nanotube (GF/CNT) hybrid films: highly integrated frameworks with ideal contact for superior lithium storage (Chapter 6), MoS2 nanosheets decorated Ni3S2@MoS2 coaxial nanofibers for enhanced Na-ion storage (Chapter 7) and active sites–enriched hierarchical MoS2 nanotubes: highly active and stable architecture for boosting hydrogen evolution and lithium storage (Chapter 8). …”
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The role of fibroblasts in cancer progression, therapy resistance and field cancerization by Chan, Jeremy Soon Kiat

“…Fibroblasts exposed to H2O2 also adopted a CAF-like state and became a source of H2O2 due to impaired TGFβ signaling that resulted in a defect in ROS detoxification. …”
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On strong semismoothness and superlinear convergence of complementarity problems over homogeneous cones by Nguyen, Hai Ha

“…Especially, for the class of symmetric cones, beside defi ning the symmetric cone via using the concept of homogeneous cone, we also introduce the closely related concepts like Euclidean Jordan algebra, Jordan frame, Pierce decomposition, etc. …”
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Use of Dual Capillary Barrier as Cover System for a Sanitary Landfill in Singapore by Rahardjo, Harianto, Satyanag, Alfrendo, Harnas, F. R., Leong, Eng Choon

“…These wastes create problems related to cost and space for disposal, especially for countries with limited land area like Singapore. Therefore, it is important to choose suitable landfill management system (i.e. cover system) for optimization of landfill area in Singapore. …”
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Rapid defect detections of bonded wafer using near infrared polariscope by Asundi, Anand Krishna, Ng, Chi Seng

“…The stress field generated at the wafers bonded interface will looks like a 'butterfly' pattern. Wafer pairs Pyrex-Si and Si-Si bonded interface will be examined.…”
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Decellularization of human stromal refractive lenticules for corneal tissue engineering by Yam, Gary Hin-Fai, Yusoff, Nur Zahirah Binte M., Goh, Tze-Wei, Setiawan, Melina, Lee, Xiao-Wen, Liu, Yu-Chi, Mehta, Jodhbir Singh

“…Our results concluded that femtosecond laser-derived human stromal lenticules decellularized by 0.1% SDS could generate a transplantable bioscaffold with native-like stromal architecture and chemistry.…”
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