Desalination : discharging brine into coastal waters by Cher, Leo Wei Kwang.

“…Both concentration and velocity profiles exhibit the Gaussian-like distribution at the upper layer but due to the buoyancy-induced instabilities, the lower layer tends to deviate away from the centerline trajectory. …”
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Non-equilibrium fluctuations for a spatial logistic branching process with weak competition by Tendron, T

“…We consider the weak competition regime where <em>c</em> tends to zero, corresponding to a local carrying capacity tending to infinity like 1/<em>c</em> as <em>c</em> vanishes.…”

The effect of China's weak institutional environment on the quality of Big 4 audits by Ke, Bin, Lennox, Clive S., Xin, Qingquan

“…The Big 4 are less likely to issue modified audit reports, and they charge lower audit fees for clients that are listed only in China. Finally, companies listed only in China have larger signed abnormal accruals than do companies cross-listed in Hong Kong. …”
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Experimental investigation on mode-I fracture properties of magnesium-based wood-like material using DIC technique by Li, C, Chen, H, Zhang, H, Marrow, TJ

“…To understand the fracture behaviors of a new environmentally friendly building material, namely magnesium-based wood-like material (MWM), three-point bending tests were carried out on single-edge notched beams to study its fracture properties. Full-field displacements and crack behaviours of the beams were measured using DIC technique and mode-I fracture properties of the MWM were studied. …”

Mitigating fading effects for mobile communications by Balaji, Srinivasan

“…Performance comparison parameters like signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), bit error rate (BER) etc. are calculated and analyzed. Mitigation using diversity combining techniques is then analyzed and implemented in these fading environments. …”
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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 results show that the non-uniformity of the beams and the concentrated loading at the nodes were easy to form a linear catenary mechanism, resulting in more severe beam end damage than mid-span damage. …”
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Cyberbullying: differentiating offenders criminal roles using a narrative‐based approach by Fumagalli, Anita, Trayford, Tori Jillings, Chrysikos, Alexandros

“…Introduction: The majority of research conducted into cyberbullying tends to focus on the victims, due to the serious consequences and effects that this crime has on them. …”
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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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P2P energy trading among isolated microgrids in the remote area by Huang, Rui

“…Based on these analyses, this dissertation tends to use the Nash Bargaining model to build the relationship among MGs during the P2P trading process. …”
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100 THz optical switching with plasmonic metamaterial by Venkatram, Nalla, Stefano, Vezzol, João, Valente, Sun, Handong, Nikolay, Zheludev

“…It has been demonstrated to work even with single photons and both with continuous and pulsed lasers. …”
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Performance evaluations of fast frequency-hopped spread-spectrum communication systems with partial-band noise jamming and multitone jamming by Teh, Kah Chan.

“…The effects of additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN)are also taken into consideration. The bit-error rate (BER)expressions presented in this thesis are applicable to higher diver-sity levels without much extra computational complexity. …”
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Elemental characteristics of particulate matter (Pm10 and Pm2.5) from peat swamp area in kuala pahang by Eng, Hwai Ern, Teoh, Chee Shan, Firdaus, Ismail, Abdul Syukor, Abd Razak, Suryati, Sulaiman

“…When the direction of monsoon season change, the graph tends drop because the wind tends to convey the PM away. …”
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Polarization holography using diarylethene dye (b1536) doped polymer by Tan, Wei Jie.

“…The effects of the different writing and reading beams were compared and contrasted. A maximum diffraction efficiency of 25.4% was achieved using orthogonal circularly polarized writing and reading beams on a 5%wt polycarbonate film doped with B1536. …”
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The effect of build orientation and testing temperature on mechanical properties of polyamide-12 printed by multi jet fusion by Muhammad Fithri Bin Sadar

“…Though the technology is new, extensive research has been conducted on how different parameters impact the qualities of the printed parts. …”
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Making the world a better place? English higher education and global public good by Marginson, S, Yang, L, Brotherhood, T

“…Two-thirds of science papers with UK authors involve international collaboration, one-quarter of higher education students are international, and their fees constitute more than a fifth of institutional income. …”

15.665B Power and Negotiation, Fall 2002 by Williams, Michele

“…You will learn and practice the technical skills and analytic frameworks that are necessary to negotiate successfully with peers from other top business schools, and you will learn methods for developing the powerful social capital you will need to rise in the executive ranks of any organization. …”
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Modelling damage in concrete structures by Lee, Sai Cheng., Cheong, Hee Kiat.

“…An investigation was carried out on the behaviour of concrete beams damaged to varying extends in the high moment zone.…”
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A novel approach to designing a guitar distortion effects pedal by Zheng, Luka

“…Guitar distortion has been an integral part of modern music since the 1960s. …”
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Effects of surface texture on wetting by Kee, Yong How

“…Wetting is a phenomena which occurs when a droplet tends to spread out on a surface. The extreme behaviour of wetting, also known as superhydrophilicity, is found to be useful in many real life applications and has been receiving considerable attention. …”
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Hybrid free space optics/radio frequency communication for next generation wireless networks by Sharma, Shubha

“…A unifi ed performance analysis is addressed and novel expressions for average bit error rate (BER) are obtained. The theoretical results presented in the above mentioned proposed schemes have been extensively validated by Monte-carlo simulations. …”
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