The future of nuclear security in the Asia-Pacific : expanding the role of Southeast Asia by Trajano, Julius Cesar, Caballero-Anthony, Mely

“…The paper recommends three practical mechanisms to expand cooperation frameworks in Southeast Asia to the broader Asia-Pacific region: (1) strengthening regional capacity building in nuclear security; (2) establishing an ASEAN-Northeast Asia network of nuclear security centers of excellence (COEs) and knowledge centers; and (3) enhancing regional nuclear emergency preparedness and response. …”
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Index insurance design by Zhang, Jinggong, Tan, Ken Seng, Weng, Chengguo

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Dynamic traction of lattice-confined platinum atoms into mesoporous carbon matrix for hydrogen evolution reaction by Lou, David Xiong Wen, Zhang, Huabin, An, Pengfei, Zhou, Wei, Guan, Bu Yuan, Zhang, Peng, Dong, Juncai

“…Results of extended x-ray absorption fine structure investigation and density functional theory calculation suggest that the active sites are associated with the lattice-confined Pt centers and the activated carbon (C)/nitrogen (N) atoms at the adjacency of the isolated Pt centers. …”
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Adaptive resource optimization of three-tier web applications running on the cloud by Borhani, Amir Hossein

“…Furthermore, this may result in substantial amount of energy consumption in data centers, which consequently leads to a high operational cost. …”
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Rheological characteristics of gelation by Lim, Lin Luan.

“…Many past works have been done on the surface tension and shear rheological behaviour of the hydrogel but few of them analysed the extensional rheological behaviour of the hydrogel. …”
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Non-slipping adhesive contact between dissimilar elastic solids under normal and tangential loads by Ma, L, Chen, Y, Hills, DA

“…Specifically, (i) the shear-off force of adhesive contact is proposed; (ii) the effect of tangential load on the puff-off force is presented; (iii) the influence of the normal load on the shear-off force is obtained; (iv) in the context of these results, the nominal static friction coefficient is defined and analyzed, and it is shown that the static friction coefficient is a function of external normal load, which can well explain some experimental results in the literature. …”

Report to the President for year ended June 30, 2024, McGovern Institute for Brain Research by Desimone, Robert

“…This report contains the following sections: Faculty; Resource Development; MIBR Diversity (DEI); Outreach; Yang Post-Baccaulaureate Program; Addiction Initiative; Centers; McGovern Institute Board; The McGovern Institute Leadership Board; Major Events; Core Facilities; Awards and Honors; and Summary of Research Advances.…”
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Stabilization of soft clay soil by the reinforcement of single bottom ash silica fume (BASF) column by Ng, Jun Shen, Muzamir, Hasan, Tan, Kah Yee

“…The important parameter, shear strength was accessed by conducting the Unconfined Compression Test (UCT). …”
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Impact of structural eurocodes on steel and composite structures by Jin, Y. F., Cai, Y. Q., Chiew, Sing Ping, Lee, Chi King

“…It is found that the flexural buckling resistance, web bearing and buckling resistance and lateral-torsional buckling resistance determined from Eurocodes 3 and 4 are much larger than those from BS5950. However, for shear buckling resistance of plated structures, Eurocode 3 produced a lower value compared to BS5950, and for shear resistance of headed stud, Eurocode 4 produced a lower value compared to BS5950-3.1.…”
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Durability of woven composite structures by Satrio Wicaksono

“…There are evidences showing that accelerated testing methodology cannot be used to predict the shear fatigue strength at arbitrary load ratio but can be used to predict the shear fatigue strength at arbitrary temperature and zero load ratio. …”
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Governing failure mode of unsaturated soil slopes under rainwater infiltration by Huang, Wengui, Leong, Eng-Choon, Rahardjo, Harianto

“…The governing failure mode is likely to be affected by soil properties, slope geometry, depth of wetting front and contribution of matric suction to shear strength, which were investigated in this study. …”
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2007 revised competitveness ranking of Indian States and Union territories with relative competitiveness indices of 66 economies of China and India by Lee, Szu Yung, Pham, Ai Minh Ha, Vu, Minh Huong

“…This report centers on the study of competitiveness of the 35 States and Union Territories of India by applying the methodology used in the World Competitiveness Yearbook. …”
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McAdvertising and children: fast food television advertisement strategies and reception by preschoolers by Afshan Asad Junaid

“…The research was conducted with 36 children at two care centers in Singapore. The reception of television fast food advertisements by these children was studied using ethnographic in-depth interviews.…”
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Arenavirus diversity and phylogeography of Mastomys natalensis rodents, Nigeria by Olayemi, A, Obadare, A, Oyeyiola, A, Igbokwe, J, Fasogbon, A, Igbahenah, F, Ortsega, D, Asogun, D, Umeh, P, Vakkai, I, Abejegah, C, Pahlman, M, Becker-Ziaja, B, Günther, S, Fichet-Calvet, E

Numerical study on contact zone in an interfacial crack by Shen, Hongnian.

“…In the elastic range, the study shows that the contact zone occurs when shear loading is dominant along certain directions. …”
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Evaluation of process requirements for room temperature direct copper bonding by Chen, Qiang.

“…In this thesis, by coating the copper surface with a self assembled monolayer of alkanethiol prior to bonding, Cu joints can be successfully formed at room temperature in ambient environment, yielding joint shear strength up to 60MPa. Copper bond shear strength of 15 MPa is achieved even at 50MPa at 25°C with copper coated with C18. …”
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Case Volume Justification of 3D-Navigated Spinal Procedures: A Cost-Benefit Analysis by Suri, Ikaasa, Suri, Mehr, Hu, James, Dedhia, Siddarth K., Yaeger, Kurt

“…Values reported in literature and by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services databases were plugged into the model to calculate variables. …”
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NetBlocks: Staging Layouts for High-Performance Custom Host Network Stacks by Brahmakshatriya, Ajay, Rinard, Chris, Ghobadi, Manya, Amarasinghe, Saman

“…Modern network applications and environments, ranging from data centers and IoT devices to AR/VR headsets and underwater robotics, present diverse requirements that cannot be satisfied by the all or-nothing approach of TCP and UDP protocols. …”
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The impact of Ming and Qing dynasty maritime bans on trade ceramics recovered from coastal settlements in northern Sumatra, Indonesia by Tai, Yew Seng, Daly, Patrick, Mckinnon, E. Edwards, Parnell, Andrew, Feener, R. Michael, Majewski, Jedrzej, Nazli Ismail, Sieh, Kerry

“…Within several decades of the start of Ming Ban 1, people in Aceh began importing ceramics from production centers in Burma and Thailand as a substitute for Chinese ceramics. …”
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Energy-efficient crypto acceleration with HW/SW co-design for HTTPS by Xiao, Chunhua, Zhang, Lei, Liu, Weichen, Bergmann, Neil, Xie, Yuhua

“…Entering the Big Data era leads to the rapid development of web applications which provide high-performance sensitive access on large cloud data centers. HTTPS has been widely deployed as an extension of HTTP by adding an encryption layer of SSL/TLS protocol for secure communication over the Internet. …”
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