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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Computational and experimental study of a platinum thin-film based oil condition and contamination sensor by Sridhar, V, Chana, KS, Singh, D

“…Oil contamination occurs when metallic or non-metallic particles are produced due to wear of the machine components such as bearings, gears etc. and these particles may not be always captured by the filtering system that are already in the lubrication system. …”

Cobalt-Catalyzed Arylative Cyclization of Acetylenic Esters and Ketones with Arylzinc Reagents through 1,4-Cobalt Migration by Yan, Jianming, Yoshikai, Naohiko

“…1,4-Migrations of organopalladium and organorhodium species have been utilized for the development of various cascade reactions involving remote C–H bond activation. …”
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Mild and efficient C2-alkenylation of indoles with alkynes catalyzed by a cobalt complex by Ding, Zhenhua, Yoshikai, Naohiko

“…Direct alkenylation of the C2-position of indoles bearing an easily removable N-pyrimidyl group with alkynes has been achieved by using a cobalt catalyst complexed with a phosphine–pyridine bidentate ligand. …”
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Creation of a sensor to measure strain of highly deformable solids by Serjouei, Ahmad

“…In recent years, industrial application of rubber components has been increased. One of the important issues in industry is strain measurement of soft materials. …”
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A computer vision software to automatically measure dimensions of flat surfaces in a photograph by Wang, Qifeng

“…A previous project has been conducted and a substantial amount of work have been done on objects and contours detection. …”
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Azadihomocorannulene as a heptagon-embedded diradicaloid by Hamamoto, Yosuke, Wang, Weifan, Li, Yongxin, Ito, Shingo

“…While diradical(oid) molecules bearing five-membered rings have been extensively investigated, those bearing seven-membered rings are relatively fewer. …”
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Geometric primitive feature extraction : concepts, algorithms and applications by Prasad, Dilip Kumar.

“…For the problem of polygonal approximation, two fundamental problems have been addressed. First, the nature of the performance evaluation metrics in relation to the local and global fitting characteristics has been studied. …”
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Development of isolated type DC/DC converter for on-board power supply by Enrique Alejandro, Nunes Di Pierri

“…A 20 kW high frequency DC/DC converter composed of two identical 10 kW units has been constructed for a hybrid vehicle application. …”
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HYPERION: A HYdrogen PERmeatION Experiment to Quantify Hydrogen Transport in Fusion-Relevant Molten Salts by Cota, Jaron F.

“…The measurement of hydrogen transport properties of molten salts like FLiBe is crucial for the development of advanced nuclear technologies like lithium-bearing liquid immersion breeding blankets for fusion reactors. …”
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Punching shear strength analysis of corroded reinforcement concrete slab by Fu, Yibin

“…Therefore, corroded reinforcement will adversely affect the durability, bearing capacity and functionality of the structure. …”
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Cigarette smoking : a case study of deviance among upper class men in the Singapore society. by Sar, Canice Wei Lin.

“…However, in recent studies, it has been found that the upper class contribute equally, if not more, to deviance in many societies. …”
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Target interception by mobile robots in a wireless sensor network by Liu, Yan.

“…In addition, serial port has been expanded, and the battery has been replaced as well. …”
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A Biography of the Prophet of Islam : In the Light of the Original Sources An Analytical Study / by Mahdi Rizqullah Ahmad, Dr. author 598741

“…First, every detail mentioned has been traced back to original sources, whose authenticity has been discussed extensively in the footnotes. …”

Carbene-catalyzed N,N-nucleophilic activation of thioureas for access to pyrimidinthione derivatives by Cao, Liya, Li, Tingting, Chi, Robin Yonggui, Jin, Zhichao

“…Pyrimidinthione derivatives bearing various substituents and substitution patterns are afforded as the products in moderate to good yields.…”
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Carbon based materials for MEMS applications by Tan, Chong Wei

“…CNTs have been a subject of interest by many researchers since its discovery by Ijima in 1991. …”
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RFID and cloud computing in supply chain tracking system by Saha, Ishita.

“…Different techniques for doing this have been studied and the most effective solution has been provided using Service-Oriented Architecture. …”
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Study on mechanism and influential factors of progressive collapse resistance of base-isolated structure by Bao, Chao, Zhang, Yuhang, Lv, Dahai, Wang, Huxiang, Ma, Xiaotong, Cao, Jixing, Lim, Kar Sing

“…The isolation bearing failure position, the size of the beam of the seismic isolation layer, the type of the isolation bearing, and the horizontal stiffness of the seismic isolation layer on the capacity of the remaining structure were compared and analyzed. …”
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Optical and optoelectronic properties of Si nanocrystals embedded in dielectric matrix by Ding, Liang

“…Thermal annealing effect on optical properties of nc-Si embedded in SiO2 films has been studied also. The influence of nanocrystal size on the band gap and dielectric function has been investigated. …”
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Development of a fiber optic gradient hydrophone by Mei, Suo Hai.

“…Fiber optic hydrophones have been under development since 1970s, and have been proven to have many advantages over their traditional counterparts, such as PZT hydrophones. …”
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