3D multi-scale characterization and modelling of damage in ceramic matrix composites by Zhao, S

“…<p>The SiC/SiC composite has been proposed as a candidate material for the fuel cladding component in advanced nuclear reactors. …”

Dependency, privilege, and counter-insurgency: a case study of the industrial elite of Hebron in the occupied West Bank by Arafeh, N

“…<p>A central but understudied aspect of the period following the Oslo peace process in 1993 is the rise of a native Palestinian business elite, which have been playing an important role in the political, economic, and social spheres in the West Bank. …”

Developing a digital phenotype to subdivide adult immunosuppressed COVID-19 outcomes within the English Primary Care Sentinel Network by Leston, M, Kar, D, Forbes, A, Jamie, G, Wimalaratna, R, Jiwani, G, Ordóñez-Mena, JM, Stewart, DE, Whitaker, H, Joy, M, Lee, LYW, Hobbs, FDR, de Lusignan, S

“…Background: Adults classified as immunosuppressed have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. …”

A Sustainable Higher Education Ecosystem: A Development of Malaysian Transport Demand Management Framework (S/O 14195) by Abdul Hanan, Suhaila, Zainuddin, Nizamuddin, A. Jalil, Emy Ezura, Ahmad Mahyadin @ Mahidin, Fariza, Zakaria, Izatul Husna

“…Finally, the research's limitations have been outlined, and recommendations for strategies have been described further in this report.…”
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Computational modeling of selective laser melting process by Le, Kim Quy

“…Discrete element method (DEM), which is a finite-difference method widely used for simulating granular systems, has been applied to describe the Newtonian interactions of the particles (or powders) in SLM, while computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has been adopted to model the thermodynamics of the melting process. …”
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Novel frequency selective structures based on a two-dimensional periodic array of vertical microstrip lines by Amir Khurrum Rashid

“…A novel frequency selective structure (FSS) consisting of a two-dimensional (2-D) periodic array of vertical microstrip lines has been proposed. Under plane wave incidence whose polarization is perpendicular to the strips, this array supports two quasi-TEM modes. …”
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Fragmented and fitful: India’s energy diplomacy by Chaudhuri, PP

“…<p>Since the 1991 introduction of economic reforms that signalled the end of a highly regulated, socialist economic system, India has struggled to inject market reforms into its energy sector. This has not been an easy process and the recently elected Narendra Modi government is just the latest regime to announce ambitious plans for reform. …”

Development of diamond-like carbon films for large area microelectronic applications using ECR-CVD by Yoon, Soon Fatt.

“…In this project, the ECR-CVD technique has been used to deposit amorphous and diamond-like carbon films from a mixture of hydrogen and methane, and for the characterisation of optical, structural and mechanical properties of the films, the following analytical techniques has been employed.…”
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Algorithm design for data communications in duty-cycled wireless sensor networks : a survey by Liu, Yang, Han, Kai., Luo, Jun., Vasilakos, Athanasios V.

“…Although duty-cycling has long been a critical mechanism for energy conservation in wireless sensor networks, it is only recently that research efforts have been put to design data communication protocols that perform efficiently in duty-cycled wireless sensor networks (DC-WSNs). …”
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Expediting treatments in the 21st century: orphan drugs and accelerated approvals by Domike, Reuben, Raju, G. K., Sullivan, Jamie, Kennedy, Annie

“…Background In response to activated patient communities’ catalyzation, two significant efforts by the FDA to expedite treatments have now been in place for multiple decades. In 1983, the United States Congress passed the Orphan Drug Act to provide financial incentives for development of drugs for rare diseases. …”
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Structural analysis of the novel influenza A (H7N9) viral Neuraminidase interactions with current approved neuraminidase inhibitors Oseltamivir, Zanamivir, and Peramivir in the pre... by Tran-To Su, Chinh, Ouyang, Xuchang, Zheng, Jie, Kwoh, Chee Keong

“…To-date, there have been more than 100 infections with 23 deaths. It is more worrying as this viral strain has never been detected in humans and only been found to be of low-pathogenicity. …”
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Milk and mothercraft : infant feeding trends in Singapore from 1900 to the 1970s by Lum, Jasmine Syn Mun

“…The most prominent discourse in infant feeding has been the conflict between breastfeeding and bottle-feeding. …”
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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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Understanding college students’ motivation to gamble and to continue gambling. by Lin, Dao Rong., Tan, Khia Hwee., Tan, Seok Hui.

“…The prevalence of the adult gambling has been given much attention. However, little has been done to examine youth gambling. …”
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Design of an end-to-end taxi transport claims system – part 3 by Fu, Joel Zhicheng.

“…The submission of claims has been identified as a laborious undertaking and since the necessary infrastructure which captures the data for claim submission is already in place, a project has been proposed to look into the feasibility of automation. …”
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On efficient solution of large-size wire-grid structures in a complex environment by Lee, Yee Hui.

“…In this study, four numerical techniques (1) wavelet transform method (WTM) (2) modified fast multipole method (MFMM) (3) adaptive segmentation method (ASM) (4) weak coupling suppression method (WCSM) for the efficient solution of large-size electromagnetic (EM) problems have been studied. These techniques have been implemented onto a popular simulation software - Numerical Electro-magnetic Code (NEC), which uses the method of moment (MoM) for the solution of EM problems in a complex environment. …”
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Modulation classification for CPM signals by Goh, Mao Jun.

“…However, CPM signals have not been widely used so far because of receiver complexity and synchronization problems. …”
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Adaptive motion video coding for low bit rate video conferencing by Das Sanjib Kumar

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The application of prospect theory in travel choice behavioral analysis by Hariharan Subramaniam.

“…This could be clearly shown from browsing through the various research articles and journals which have been published. Several principles and models, based on theories have been used to understand the travel choice behaviour in complex contexts. …”
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Image processing algorithms for medical applications by Naseef Abdul Kareem

“…Among them, resting state fMRI has been gaining more momentum. Several observation and default mode network in the ‘task absent’ has caught the attention of scientists. …”
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