Effect of chain length on low temperature gold-gold bonding by self assembled monolayers by Ang, X. F., Chen, Z., Wong, Chee C., Wei, J.

“…These contrasting behaviors can be interpreted as a consequence of two dominant roles of alkanethiols that govern the bonding phenomenon, namely, the passivation of gold surfaces and the ease of mechanical and/or thermal displacement.…”
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Enhanced visualization of fine needles under sonographic guidance using a MEMS actuator by Shen, Zhiyuan, Zhou, Yufeng, Miao, Jianmin, Vu, Kien Fong

“…Interference between the radiated and diagnostic ultrasound pulses was observed as bright lines in the B-mode ultrasound image, from which the mini actuator could be recognized with ease. Because the distance between the mini actuator and the needle tip is fixed, the needle tip can be determined despite its inconsistent appearance in the sonography. …”
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A novel low-waveguide-crossing floorplan for fat tree based optical networks-on-chip by Wang, Zhehui, Xu, Jiang, Wu, Xiaowen, Ye, Yaoyao, Zhang, Wei, Liu, Weichen, Nikdast, Mahdi, Wang, Xuan, Wang, Zhe

“…These work could help to ease the physical implementation of fat tree based ONoC for CMP.…”
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Fiscal deficit and inflation: an empirical measure in view of Pakistan by Khan, Aurangzeb, Siddiqi, Masood Mashkoor, Khan, Ameerzeib, Khan, Shahbano

“…Presently Pakistan also faces the period of high inflation and trying to ease the negative impact by implementing different social security programs. …”
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Tripodal triazatruxene derivative as a face-on oriented hole-collecting monolayer for efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells by Truong, MA, Funasaki, T, Ueberricke, L, Nojo, W, Murdey, R, Yamada, T, Hu, S, Akatsuka, A, Sekiguchi, N, Hira, S, Xie, L, Nakamura, T, Shioya, N, Kan, D, Tsuji, Y, Iikubo, S, Yoshida, H, Shimakawa, Y, Hasegawa, T, Kanemitsu, Y, Suzuki, T, Wakamiya, A

“…Hole-collecting monolayers have drawn attention in perovskite solar cell research due to their ease of processing, high performance, and good durability. …”

GIS-based scheduling and monitoring irrigation delivery for rice irrigation system: Part II. Monitoring by Rowshon, M.K., Kwok, C.Y., Lee, T.S.

“…The results are displayed allowing the manager to view maps, tables and graphs in a comprehensible form to ease decision-making on water management as the season progresses. © 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. …”
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From screen to scene: exploring factors influencing flow state and actual destination visitation tendencies in short travel videos by Chong, Sin-Er, Lim, Xin-Jean, Cheah, Jun-Hwa, Tee, Keng Kok

“…The study found that perceived ease of use, destination brand authenticity, destination trust, present hedonism, and price reasonableness positively influence audience flow states while watching STVs. …”

Carbon dot based carbon nanoparticles as potent antimicrobial, antiviral, and anticancer agents by Hussen, Narmin Hamaamin, Hasan, Aso Hameed, Khedr, Yar Muhammed Faqi, Bogoyavlenskiy, Andrey, R. Bhat, Ajmal, Jamalis, Joazaizulfazli

“…Carbon-based materials, particularly carbon dots (C-dots), are potential candidates for antibacterial and anticancer nanomaterials due to their low toxicity, ease of synthesis and functionalization, high dispersibility in aqueous conditions, and promising biocompatibility. …”
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Optimal control strategies for efficient energy harvesting from ambient vibration by Hosseinloo, Ashkan Haji, Vu, Thanh Long, Turitsyn, Konstantin

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“Customization is Key”: Reconfigurable Textual Tokens for Accessible Data Visualizations by Jones, Shuli, Pedraza Pineros, Isabella, Hajas, Daniel, Zong, Jonathan, Satyanarayan, Arvind

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A self‐propagating, barcoded transposon system for the dynamic rewiring of genomic networks by English, Max A., Alcantar, Miguel A., Collins, James J.

“…We compare parallel evolutions across alternating carbon sources and demonstrate the emergence of inducible, multigenic phenotypes and the ease with which barcoded transposons can be tracked longitudinally to identify the causative rewiring of gene networks. …”
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A 27–41 GHz frequency doubler with conversion gain of 12 dB and PAE of 16.9% by Li, Jiankang, Xiong, Yong-Zhong, Goh, Wang Ling, Wu, Wen

“…The CB topology is used to increase the bandwidth and for the ease of matching with the balun. The proposed frequency doubler attained a measured gain of 16.8-19.8 dB, an output power of 1.3-4.3 dBm, and a fundamental rejection of better than 25.7 dB (from 27 to 41 GHz) at an input power of 15 5 dBm. …”
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Flag, you're it : don't prey where we play by Soh, Esther Hui Min, Tan, Vanessa Shi Ying, Wong, Stephanie Si Qi, Yeo, Vinice Si An

“…Prominent activations included a six-week-long immersive exhibition to allow the public to understand the complexities of OCG, as well as a card game to ease the act of flagging out amongst adolescents. …”
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Polynomial approach to optimal one-wafer cyclic scheduling of treelike hybrid multi-cluster tools via Petri nets by Yang, Fajun, Wu, Naiqi, Qiao, Yan, Su, Rong

“…Based on the model, this work proves the existence of its onewafer cyclic schedule that features with the ease of industrial implementation. Then, computationally efficient algorithms are proposed to find the minimal cycle time and optimal onewafer cyclic schedule. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured Cr doped TiO2 materials for photocatalytic applications by Tan, Dunlin

“…The powders were then fabricated into composite films, using the modified sol-gel technique, for ease of application testing. In this method, the synthesized powders are distributed and incorporated into a film, whose conditions is symbolic to a coating on a wall. …”
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Mu (em-power-you) : a jewelry brand inspired by the stories of different communities by Cho, Cecilia Hyunjae

“…The pieces in the TCK collection seek to ease the friction between clashing ideologies, values, and identities through a visual manifestation of coexisting elements of culture. …”
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Upscaling of aligned silver nanowires for large scale transparent electrode by Yeo, Yu Chen

“…Among the many nanomaterials available, silver nanowires (AgNWs) are investigated due to their excellent thermal, electrical and optical properties, as well as the ease of synthesis. Currently, methods of deposition of AgNWs onto substrate surfaces such as drop coating and filtration have resulted in the random orientation of AgNWs. …”
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Multiple criteria decision making comparison between electre II method and deviation method by Choong, Hon Yoong.

“…With the development of information technology and internet services, suppliers’ information can be gathered with ease and accuracy. By analyzing these data, the requestors are able to compare all the suppliers and rank them according to their performances in the desired criterion of the requestors. …”
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Tangible figurine story composer and narrator by Choo, Jin He

“…Furthermore, the findings underline a strong preference for Version 2, which involves camera-based composition, in terms of ease of use, engagement levels, and intuitiveness when compared to Version 1, which relies on user interfaces. …”
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Enterprise content management solutions in the context of information lifecycle management (ILM). by Parameswari G. M.

“…Thus, implementers and users of ECM solutions from various industries such as the government, banking and healthcare, were invited to complete a web-based survey questionnaire that was designed with close ended questions to meet the research objectives and to enable ease of statistical tabulation and analysis. This study has investigated whether ECM adopters have a tactical or strategic roadmap for the management of their information, whether their organisations have established new information management policies to cater to information stored in their ECM systems, whether various stakeholders from their organisations participate in decisions pertaining to management of the information in their ECM system, whether information is classified according to its financial value and the roles and responsibilities of those who manage information. …”
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