The new "rare metal age" : new challenges and implications of critical raw materials supply security in the 21st century by Umbach, Frank

“…When Beijing threatened to restrict China’s export of rare earths (widely used in numerous important civilian and military technologies) to the United States at the end of May 2019, the world was reminded of China’s rare earths export disruption in the autumn of 2010 amid a maritime territorial conflict between China and Japan. …”
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Role of the pore-size distribution function on water flow in unsaturated soil by Zhai, Qian, Rahardjo, Harianto, Satyanaga, Alfrendo, Priono, Dai, Guo-liang

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Generating new cross‐relaxation pathways by coating prussian blue on NaNdF4 to fabricate enhanced photothermal agents by Yu, Zhongzheng, Hu, Wenbo, Zhao, Hui, Miao, Xiaofei, Guan, Yan, Cai, Weizheng, Zeng, Zhiping, Fan, Quli, Tan, Timothy Thatt Yang

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Experimental tests of steel frames with different beam-column connections under falling debris impact by Wang, Hao, Tan, Kang Hai, Yang, Bo

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Preparation of superhydrophobic nanoplate iron oxide surface on a carbon steel for anti-wetting applications by Cao, Xiaofei, Zhang, Yaozhong, Hu, Wei, Zheng, Huaan, Dan, Yong, Hu, Jun, Chen, Zhong

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Evaluation of unsaturated soil slope stability by incorporating soil-water characteristic curve by Zhai, Qian, Tian, Gang, Ye, Weimin, Rahardjo, Harianto, Dai, Guoliang, Wang, Shijun

“…Loess soils are unsaturated and widely distributed in the northwest zone in China. Many steep slope of unsaturated are observed are observed to be naturally stable. …”
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A novel CCHP system based on a closed PEMEC-PEMFC loop with water self-supply by Zhao, Junjie, Luo, Xiaobing, Tu, Zhengkai, Chan, Siew Hwa

“…For the application scenario of a household in Shanghai, China, the performance of the CCHP system in summer and winter is investigated. …”
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翻译与意识形态的操控 ：以 Northanger Abbey 的两个中译本为例 = Ideological manipulation on translation : a study on two translated versions of Northanger Abbey by 尚晓萌 Shang, Xiaomeng

“…One was translated by Ma Qiaozhi in 1958,which was the beginning of a new Chinese nation and the other by Sun zhili in 1986,when “thought liberation” happened and China stepped up to the reform and opening up period. …”
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The (un)intended consequences of oil sanctions through the dark shipping of sanctioned oil by Bai, X, Fernández-Villaverde, J, Li, Y, Xu, L, Zanetti, F

“…Our findings expose dark shipping’s central role in reshaping oil markets and macroeconomic dynamics.…”

“双城” 新加坡与香港 ： “一带一路”的策略及其反应 = “Twin Cities” Singapore and Hong Kong : belt road initiative strategies and responses by Tham, Kok Yung

“…Due to geographic location and development constraints, they had made different economic and trade investments approaches to China. Likewise, both cities had separately launched a flagship project with China which shows that they are well aware of the economic potential they can play in the initiative, such as financial services sector. …”
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Multiscale topological indices for the quantitative prediction of SARS CoV-2 binding affinity change upon mutations by Bi, Jialin, Wee, JunJie, Liu, Xiang, Qu, Cunquan, Wang, Guanghui, Xia, Kelin

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Non-invasive diagnosis of lung cancer based on CFD modeling and fractal analysis by Chen, Rou, Zhou, Ying, Yan, Weiwei, Li, Hua

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Deception POINT / by Brown, Dan, 1964- 274722 author

“…When a new NASA satellite detects evidence of an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory...a victory that has profound implications for U.S. space policy and the impending presidential election.With the Oval Office in the balance, the President dispatches White House Intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton to the Arctic to verify the authenticity of the find. Accompanied by a team of experts, including the charismatic academic Michael Tolland, Rachel uncovers the unthinkable - evidence of scientific trickery - a bold deception that threatens to plunge the world into controversy...…”

Exploratory study of school social work and counselling practices in Singapore secondary schools - implications for schools and practitioners by Lim, Adrian Peng Ann.

“…This exploratory study on School Social Work(SSW) and School Counselling(SC) Practices seeks to find out the various types and forms of services provided by social workers and counsellors in the Singapore's secondary schools. …”
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Effects of quarantine in imperfect disease control by Yang, Jiongcheng

“…After that we do some analysis to the model and find the optimal control. In the first part, when considering the control strategies, we use SIR type model to understand the dynamics. …”
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Teaching and learning enabled by technology : design and development of active learning for small classes by Khor, Le Yi

“…This motivated the researcher to find ways to improve the video watching experience to better supplement the learning for students. …”
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Effects of peer pressure on endogenous goal setting and performance by Lim, Wee Meng, Chua, Shannen Qi Shan, Tan, Li Xuan

“…We have 2 main results. Firstly, we find that the effects of peer pressure on endogenous goals are significant in males. …”
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Statistical predictions of trading strategies in electronic markets by Cartea, Á, Cohen, SN, Graumans, R, Labyad, S, Sanchez Betancourt, L, van Veldhuijzen, L

“…The coefficients from the fitted models are used to cluster trading behaviour and we find that algorithms registered as Liquidity Providers exhibit the widest range of trading behaviour among dealing capacities. …”

Mimicking localized surface plasmons with structural dispersion by Li, Zhuo, Liu, Liangliang, Fernández-Domínguez, Antonio I., Shi, Jianfeng, Gu, Changqing, García-Vidal, Francisco J., Luo, Yu

“…The results reveal that structured-dispersion-induced localized surface plasmons are quite sensitive to the background refractive index but relatively robust to the size and shape of the resonator. These findings open up a new avenue for designer localized surface waves at low frequencies and may find applications in miniaturization of microwave resonators, filters, and terahertz biosensors.…”
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新加坡华语中的双宾结构 = Double object constructions in Singapore Mandarin by 蔡宝仪 Choi, Bao Yi

“…All along, there has been a difference between Singapore Mandarin and Mainland China Mandarin, and the reason behind is very much due to Singapore‟s history and its linguistics situation. …”
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