Stability of unsaturated soil slopes under rainfall and seismic loading by Huang, Wengui

“…The effect of cyclic loading on the shear strength of unsaturated soils was investigated by conducting cyclic and monotonic simple shear tests. …”
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Universal resilience patterns in labor markets by Moro, Esteban, Frank, Morgan R., Pentland, Alex, Rutherford, Alex, Cebrian, Manuel, Rahwan, Iyad

“…Further, cities that increase their job connectivity see increasing wage bills, and workers of embedded occupations enjoy higher wages than their peers elsewhere. Finally, we show how job connectivity may clarify the augmenting and deleterious impact of automation in US cities. …”
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The epistemic significance of religious disagreements: cases of unconfirmed superiority disagreements by Choo, Frederick Wen Yeong

“…In this paper, I argue that many religious disagreements are cases of unconfirmed superiority disagreements, where parties have good reason to think they are not epistemic peers, yet they lack good reason to determine who is superior. …”
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Magical realism and representations of the cold war in Southeast Asia by Lye, Kit Ying

“…However, while there are acknowledgements by scholars that religious myths and pre-existing animistic beliefs continue to influence the way that the indigenous people understand their worlds, Southeast Asian authors (unlike many of their postcolonial peers), do not actively employ magical realism in their exploration of history and civil unrest in their writings, and when they do, are not employed to the same degree as postcolonial authors in other regions. …”
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Ideas of intelligence across development : a look into children's implicit attitudes of the male = brilliant stereotype by Ng, Sara Hui Xin

“…These results prompt for further exploration of other possible factors such as cultural influences and other socialising agents such as teachers and peers that could have a greater influence on children’s development of this gender stereotype.…”
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Spatiotemporal signatures of elastoinertial turbulence in viscoelastic planar jets by Yamani, Sami, Raj, Yashasvi, Zaki, Tamer A., McKinley, Gareth H., Bischofberger, Irmgard

“…Increasing the fluid elasticity merges the shear-layer instability into a bulk instability of the jet column. …”
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Structural and metamorphic architecture of the Zanskar Himalaya, Suru Valley region, NW India: Implications for the evolution of the Himalayan metamorphic core by Cawood, IP, St-Onge, MR, Weller, OM, Searle, MP, Waters, DJ, Ahmad, T

“…Thrust-sense D2 fabrics were reactivated during D3 as the Greater Himalayan Sequence was exhumed along the normal-sense Zanskar Shear Zone, which is part of the South Tibetan Detachment System. …”

Novel on-demand bioadhesion to soft tissue in wet environments by Steele, Terry W. J., Mogal, Vishal, Papper, Vladislav, Chaurasia, Alok, Feng, Gao, Marks, Robert

“…The present work is focused on the chemistry, grafting, and lap shear strength of the alkyl diazirine-modified PLGA bioadhesive films.…”
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The bending-stretching effect of a nonlinear elastic beam under finite deformation by Wu, Mao See

“…This effect is present as long as there is finite deformation, even if the material is linearly elastic. A small shear modulus μ and/or a large third-order elastic constant l, m or n will result in a large ξ. …”
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Database for dynamic properties of Singapore soils by Leong, Eng Choon.

“…The effects of void ratio, confining pressure and plasticity index on the stiffness-strain relationship of saturated undisturbed soil samples were investigated. It was found that shear modulus increases with increase in plasticity index and confining pressure but decreases with the increase in void ratio. …”
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Stress analysis on short flat bar with projection using boundary element method by Lim, Wei Sheng

“…Mechanical components such as short flat bars with projections are usually used to transmit axial, shear and bending loads. Geometrical discontinuities such as sharp edges or fillet are found in attaching the head and shank part within the components. …”
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A highly strained Al-Al σ-bond in dianionic aluminum analog of oxirane for molecule activation by Koshino, Kota, Kinjo, Rei

“…Since aluminum is the most electropositive element among the p-block elements, the construction of molecules bearing a dianionic Al-Al σ-bond is inherently highly challenging. …”
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Role of micro- and nano-cobalt ferrite as an additive in enhancing the viscous behaviour of magnetorheological grease by Ahmad Tarmizi, Siti Maisarah, Nordin, Nur Azmah, Mazlan, Saiful Amri, A. Aziz, S. A., Ubaidillah, Ubaidillah, Johari, Mohd. Aidy Faizal, Ahmad Khairi, Muntaz Hana

“…Therefore, cobalt-ferrite (CoFe2O4) in micro- (M) and nanosized (N) as an additive incorporated in this study to reduce the initial off-state viscosity and simultaneously maintain the resultant shear and yield stress of MRG during on-state conditions. …”
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Load transfer at the doubler ends of composite panels by Wong, Wei Yiew.

“…This project develops a winder understanding on the behavior of shear loads at the doubler ends of a composite sandwich panel. …”
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Flux boundary conditions for geotechnical problems by Rahardjo, Harianto

“…The effects of infiltration on shear strength, slope stability and soil deformation were studied through the use of laboratory tests, field instrumentation and numerical analyses.…”
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Stress singularity of a notch in a higher-order elastic solid under anti-plane deformation by Wu, Mao See

“…Specifically, for a given notch angle the stress exponent becomes more negative with decrease in the first Lamé constant λ and the third-order elastic constant n, and with the increase in the magnitude of the negative third-order constant m, while it varies non-monotonically with the second Lamé constant (shear modulus) µ.These results have significant implications for notch-like defects in soft solids, e.g., replacement tissues, industrial robots and devices in biomedical applications.…”
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Develop protein-fortified 3D-printable food inks by How, Qiao Xin

“…The analysis also suggests that the protein powder has a more significant impact on the shear thinning behavior of the food inks than the choice of fruit or vegetable ink. …”
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Seismic behavior of interior concretebeam-column joints with non-seismic and limited seismic detailing by Li, Qingyuan.

“…Recent post-earthquake investigations indicated that extensive damage occurred as a result of excessive shear deformation and severe strength degradation of the beamcolumn joints in non-seismically detailed frames, thus leading to full collapse of structures. …”
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Weighted average velocity forward modelling of Rayleigh surface waves by Leong, Eng Choon, Aung, Aung Myo Win

“…Forward modelling is an integral part of inversion analyses of surface wave tests to obtain ground stiffness or shear wave velocity profile. Current rigorous forward modelling methods are complex and can be computationally expensive. …”
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Promoting strategic internal communication in governance to enhance employee creativity in organization by Nur Hidayah, Shamsul Azhar, Fadzida, Ismail, Noor Akma, Abu Bakar

“…The results indicate that when internal communication and leadership communication in governance are symmetrical, individuals are more likely to receive feedback from a variety of interpersonal sources, including supervisors, colleagues, and peers from different departments. This enhances creativity. …”
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