Adaptive routing for layer-2 load balancing in data center networks by Kanagavelu, Renuga, Lee, Francis Bu-Sung, Ragavendran, Vasanth, Aung, Khin Mi Mi

“…With the Internet boom over the last decade, large scale Data Centers are rapidly increasing in capacity and numbers to meet the ever increasing demand for bandwidth. …”
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Impact of bioconvection and chemical reaction on MHD nanofluid flow due to exponential stretching sheet by Asjad, Muhammad Imran, Sarwar, Noman, Ali, Bagh, Hussain, Sajjad, Sitthiwirattham, Thanin, Reunsumrit, Jiraporn

“…This communication presents the momentum and thermal transportation of nanofluid flow over a sheet that stretches exponentially. The fluid moves through a porous matrix in the presence of a magnetic field that is perpendicular to the flow direction. …”
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Effect of accelerated weathering on fire performance and general composition of photovoltaic (PV) back sheets by Mohamed Muhsin Mohamed Baseer Ahamed

“…However, the more commonly used configuration in the industry are PV systems with a polymer based back sheet layer. This PV back sheet layer is moreover exposed to outside environments under UV exposure. …”
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Practical forming die design and manufacture for sheet metal stainless steel precision parts by Cheung, Thomas Wing Lau.

“…This project deals with precision stainless steel sheet metal forming which produces parts in the regime of near net shape. …”
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Brand- and price-based usage pattern analysis on peer-to-peer car-sharing platform by Tan, Xuan Yi

“…The Sharing Economy has greatly improved people’s lives by bringing convenience of sharing daily necessities from portable chargers to vehicles such as bicycles and cars with lower cost. With the prevalence of Sharing Economy and the increasing support on car- sharing from the Chinese government, the NTU-BMW Future Mobility Research Lab wants to find out more on consumers’ usage patterns, based on car brand and price of the Chinese peer-to-peer car-sharing users. …”
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Tensile loading characteristics of free-form and water submerged single layer graphene sheet by Vijayaraghavan, V., Wong, C. H.

“…The effect of sheet size on the mechanical performance is investigated by subjecting the graphene sheet to tensile loading at various temperatures. …”
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The impact of musical fit and sound design on consumers’ perception of a luxury car ad by Sze Yeoh, JP, Han, MG, Spence, C

“…A study is reported that was designed to investigate the influence of various kinds of sonic accompaniment on consumers’ perception of a high-end luxury sports car. Using a between-participants experimental design, groups of 40 participants viewed a short car ad. …”

Tipping point in ice-sheet grounding-zone melting due to ocean water intrusion by Bradley, AT, Hewitt, IJ

“…Marine ice sheets are highly sensitive to submarine melting in their grounding zones, where they transition between grounded and floating ice. …”

Atomically dispersed reactive centers for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction and water splitting by Zhang, Huabin, Cheng, Weiren, Luan, Deyan, Lou, David Xiong Wen

“…In the current Review, some recent developments of atomically dispersed reactive centers for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction and water splitting are well summarized. …”
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Resilient power systems operation with offshore wind farms and cloud data centers by Liu, Shengwei, Li, Yuanzheng, Liu, Xuan, Zhao, Tianyang, Wang, Peng

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Understanding customer retrials in call centers: preferences for service quality and service speed by Hu, K, Allon, G, Bassamboo, A

“…According to industry reports, retrials are listed as a top annoying issue for customers and hurt call centers’ profits. Though recognizing this problem, call centers find it challenging to reduce retrials without overshooting their operating expenses. …”

Medical management pathways for Cushing’s disease in pituitary tumors centers of excellence (PTCOEs) by Giustina, A, Uygur, MM, Frara, S, Barkan, A, Biermasz, NR, Chanson, P, Freda, P, Gadelha, M, Haberbosch, L, Kaiser, UB, Lamberts, S, Laws, E, Nachtigall, LB, Popovic, V, Schilbach, K, Lely, AJVD, Wass, JAH, Melmed, S, Casanueva, FF

“…This study aimed to evaluate current medical therapy approaches by expert pituitary centers through an audit conducted to validate the criteria of Pituitary Tumors Centers of Excellence (PTCOEs) and provide an initial standard of medical care for CD. …”

Anomalous crystalline ordering of particles in a viscoelastic fluid under high shear by Sun, Sijie, Xue, Nan, Aime, Stefano, Kim, Hyoungsoo, Tang, Jizhou, McKinley, Gareth H., Stone, Howard A., Weitz, David A.

“…We find an unexpected separation of the particles within the suspension resulting in the formation of a layer of particles in the center of the cell. Remarkably, monodisperse particles form a crystalline layer which dramatically alters the shear instability. …”
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Tuning the shear thickening of suspensions through surface roughness and physico-chemical interactions by Bourrianne, Philippe, Niggel, Vincent, Polly, Gatien, Divoux, Thibaut, McKinley, Gareth H.

“…Shear thickening denotes the reversible increase in viscosity of a suspension of rigid particles under external shear. …”
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Active Vorticity Control in a Shear Flow Using a Flapping Foil by Gopalkrishnan, R., Triantafyllou, M.S., Triantafyllou, G.S., Barrett, D.S.

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Effects of coarse-grained material on hydraulic properties and shear strength of top soil by Rahardjo, Harianto, Indrawan, I. Gde Budi, Leong, Eng Choon, Yong, W. K.

“…Sidewalk failures associated with top soil of low shear strength are a common problem in urban areas. …”
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Shear behaviour of steel members and beam-to-column joints under elevated temperatures by Qian, Zhenhai

“…In this study, the beam web shear component of a joint has first been simplified into an equivalent girder web panel subjected to shear force. …”
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The effects of shear deformation in non-rectangular steel reinforced concrete structural walls by Luo, Da, Zhang, Zhongwen, Li, Bing

“…Steel reinforced concrete composite (SRC) structural walls with embedded steel profiles have superb flexural strength and stiffness, which may lead to a more distinct influence on the shear deformation in these walls. If the walls have flanged sections, substantial influences of the shear lag effect could be expected. …”
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Influence of spatial variability on slope failure analysis by the shear strength reduction technique by Zhang, Wengang, Goh, Anthony Teck Chee

“…In this paper, two-dimensional (2D) slope stability failure using random field analysis is considered using the shear strength reduction technique for several cases. …”
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Enhancing stable grasping of containers with dynamic center of mass using reinforcement learning by Gao, Yuan

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