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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Detailed turbulent structures investigation around piers group induced flow by Ikani, Nima, H. Pu, Jaan, Zang, Shuyan, Hussein Al-Qadami, Ebrahim Hamid, Razi, Adib

“…To investigate the flow turbulence, critical locations have been observed from high vortex-influenced regions. …”
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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. …”

Interval elimination method for stochastic spanning tree problem by Mohd, Ismail

“…The optimum spanning tree problem has been well considered and until now several powerful algorithms have been proposed. …”
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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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Adaptative grasp planning for manipulation of micro-objects by Li, Jiuyun

“…While typical optical tweezers use laser beams to directly trap and manipulate cells, various technologies have been proposed to facilitate grasping and manipulation of micro-objects. …”
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SPP/LSP coupled hybrid mode directed multi-functional surface-enhanced Raman system by Du, Luping

“…In the experiment, SPPs are excited by a tightly-focused radially polarized beam and interact with the nanospheres to generate the plasmon-hybrid-mode, exactly according to the second configuration aforementioned. …”
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Hybrid lasers and modulator on silicon in the near- and mid-infrared region by Hu, Xiaonan

“…The lateral grating can be fabricated by CMOS-compatible inline lithography, which avoids the use of expensive and time-consuming electron beam lithography. The device works at room temperature with the single-side-suppression-ratio (SMSR) of 20 dB and the threshold current density is 1.54 kA/cm2. …”
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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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Design of ultra low power 1-bit full adder cell for logic devices by Kumar, Abhishek

“…Technology has been continuously changing and semiconductors industry has been constantly evolving for past few decades [2]. …”
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Ultra-thin oxide films by Hu, X

“…Linear DBs with long-range repeating units have been observed; density functional theory (DFT) modelling has been used to simulate their atomic structures and calculate their formation energies. …”

3D model reconstruction of damaged parts in an automated remanufacturing process using additive manufacturing technology by Aprilia

“…The scanning boundary of the partial scan data has been successfully detected and the edge damage type has been correctly identified. …”
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