Development of engineering tools and design guidelines for FRP strengthened RC walls subject to near field blast loading by Fung, Tat Ching, Tan, Kang Hai, Werner Riedel, Yu, Qingjun, Del Linz, Paolo, Li, Gen, Tu, Huan

“…Nevertheless, in report D5, mass runs are mainly devoted to GFRP strengthened RC walls subject to near-field blast effects and fragment loading. …”
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Carbon–metal compound composite electrodes for capacitive deionization : synthesis, development and applications by Tang, Kexin, Hong, Terence Zhi Xiang, You, Liming, Zhou, Kun

“…This study comprehensively reviews the use of carbon–metal composites as electrodes for efficient CDI desalination, mainly with respect to their design strategies, synthesis, structural and electrochemical properties and desalination performance, and the roles that the metal compounds play in altering the structure and properties of their carbon composites. …”
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Breakup of ultra-thin liquid films on vertical fiber enhanced by Marangoni effect by Ding, Zijing, Liu, Zhou, Liu, Rong, Yang, Chun

“…Nonlinear simulation also shows that the thin heated or non-heated film mainly breaks up in the absolutely unstable regime.…”
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Construction of hole-transported MoO₃₋ₓ coupled with CdS nanospheres for boosting photocatalytic performance via oxygen-defects-mediated Z-scheme charge transfer by Wu, Yan, Wang, Hou, Tu, Wenguang, Wu, Shuyang, Chew, Jia Wei

“…The improved performance of the CdS/MoO₃₋ₓ composite was found to be mainly attributable to the remarkable charge carrier separation and transfer between CdS and MoO₃₋ₓ based on the favorable hole-transporting nature and oxygen deficiencies of MoO₃₋ₓ. …”
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Flexible and deployable colon support structure for endoluminal interventions by Miyasaka, Muneaki, Liu, Jiajun, Cao, Lin, Lai, Wenjie, Li, Xiaoguo, Tiong, Anthony Meng Huat, Lim, Gerald Cheng Le, Quek, Banjamin Wei Jian, Kaan, Huang Leng, Dolgunov, Dmitrii, Ho, Khek Yu, Phee, Soo Jay

“…When performing endoluminal surgery inside the colon using a flexible endoscopic robot, there is a problem of losing visualization and task space due to the collapsing of the surrounding wall. This happens mainly because of the intra-abdominal pressure and peristalsis of the colon. …”
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Do we need ramsey taxation? Our existing taxes are largely corrective by Yan, Eric, Feng, Qu, Ng, Yew-Kwang

“…Due to the importance of environmental disruption (both in production and consumption), relative competition between individuals (including conspicuous consumption and keeping up with the Joneses), the diamond effect, excessive consumerism or the materialist bias, most taxes in most countries, though mainly designed for revenue collection, are largely corrective than distortive. …”
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Self-consistent learning of neural dynamical systems from noisy time series by Wang, Zhe, Guet, Claude

“…On a chaotic time series masked by additive Gaussian noise, we demonstrate that the denoising ability and the predictive power of the proposed method are mainly due to the self-consistency, insensitive to methods used for the state space reconstruction.…”
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4D printing of butterfly scale-inspired structures for wide-angle directional liquid transport by Liu, Xiaojiang, Li, Boyuan, Gu, Zhongze, Zhou, Kun

“…However, current research mainly focuses on linear liquid transport (transport angle α = 0°), which exhibits hindered lateral liquid spreading and low unidirectional transport efficiency. …”
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The role of rhetoric in crowdfunding success: effects of logos, ethos, pathos and kairos appeals by Yew, David

“…The essays build on rhetorical appeals theory and complement the signaling lens that has been mainly adopted in the crowdfunding field. Implications of these findings for research and practice are discussed.…”
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Electronic reconstruction and surface two-dimensional electron gas in a polarized heterostructure with a hole-doped single copper-oxygen plane by Yang, Xiaoping, Su, Haibin

“…The stable antiferromagnetic insulating bulk state up to 8% doping in this disorder-free structure is remarkable; moreover, this antiferromagnetic state coexists with two-dimensional electron gas on the top surface of LaAlO3, which originates from out-of-plane charge transfer mainly between the La-d3z2−1 state at the surface and Cu-eg states in the CuO2 plane. …”
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Loss of NnT increases expression of oxidative phosphorylation complexes in C57BL/6J hearts by Williams, Jack L., Hall, Charlotte L., Meimaridou, Eirini, Metherell, Louise A.

“…However, differential gene expression was mainly driven by mouse background with some changes seen in all three tissues, perhaps reflecting underlying genetic differences between the C57BL/B6J and -6N substrains.…”
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Temporal and spatial characteristics of the Beaufort Sea ambient noise environment by Chen, R., Schmidt, H.

“…The observed events are grouped into three categories—short-time-broadband, long-time-narrowband, and long-time-broadband—each likely generated through a different mechanism by the ice cover. …”
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A Brief History of Blockchain Interoperability by Belchior, Rafael, S??enguth, Jan, Feng, Qi, Hardjono, Thomas, Vasconcelos, Andr?, Correia, Miguel

“…In this paper, we will dive into the rabbit hole of blockchain interoperability and explain why it is needed, what has work been done in the last decade (the past), how it is currently deployed and used in practice (the present), and likely paths of development (the future).…”
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Individual subject meta-analysis of parameters for Giardia duodenalis shedding in animal experimental models by Adell, A. D., Miller, W. A., Harvey, D. J., Van Wormer, E., Wuertz, S., Conrad, P. A.

“…This study suggests inoculation of the experimental host with cysts rather than trophozoites and administration of higher doses of Giardia will most likely result in cyst shedding. Based on the results of this meta-analysis, the infective stage (cyst versus trophozoite), parasite dose, and the interactions between dose and infective stage, as well as dose and species of experimental host, should be considered when designing experimental dose response studies that will assist in the study of zoonotic neglected tropical diseases globally.…”
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Nanoconfined β-sheets mechanically reinforce the supra-biomolecular network of robust squid sucker ring teeth by Guerette, Paul A., Hoon, Shawn, Ding, Dawei, Amini, Shahrouz, Masic, Admir, Ravi, Vydianathan, Venkatesh, Byrappa, Weaver, James C., Miserez, Ali

“…The suckerin gene family has likely played a key role in the evolutionary success of decapodiform cephalopods and provides a large molecular toolbox for biomimetic materials engineering.…”
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Accident severity levels and traffic signs interactions in state roads : a seemingly unrelated regression model in unbalanced panel data approach by Xu, Xuecai, Šarić, Željko, Zhu, Feng, Babić, Dario

“…Results revealed that (1) low visibility and the number of invalid traffic signs per km increased the accident rate of material damage, death or injured; (2) average speed limit exhibited a high accident rate of death or injured; (3) the number of mandatory signs was more likely to reduce the accident rate of material damage, while the number of warning signs was significant for accident rate of death or injured.…”
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Population-specific adaptation in malaria-endemic regions of Asia by Gusareva, Elena S., Lorenzini, Paolo Alberto, Nurul Adilah Ramli, Ghosh, Amit Gourav, Kim, Hie Lim

“…Interestingly, most of the identified genes (82%) were found to be under selection in a single population group, while adaptive genes shared across populations were rare. This is likely due to the independent adaptation history in different endemic populations. …”
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Artificial intelligence model for monitoring biomass growth in semi-batch Chlorella vulgaris cultivation by Peter, Angela Paul, Chew, Kit Wayne, Pandey, Ashok, Lau, Sie Yon, Rajendran, Saravanan, Ting, Huong Yong, Munawaroh, Heli Siti Halimatul, Phuong, Nguyen Van, Show, Pau Loke

“…Large-scale production of microalgae biomass for biofuel production is likely attributable to several challenges, including the high cost of photobioreactors, the need for a sustainable medium for optimum development, and time-consuming algal growth monitoring techniques. …”
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Get your facts right: preschoolers systematically extend both object names and category-relevant facts by Holland, Amanda, Mather, Emily, Simpson, Andrew, Riggs, Kevin J.

“…At test, children provided with the object name or category-relevant fact were significantly more likely to display systematic category extension than children who learnt the category-irrelevant fact. …”
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5G System Design : An End to End Perspective / by Lei, Wan, author 643203, Soong, Anthony C. K., author 631505, Jianghua, Liu, author 643205, Yong, Wu, author 643206, Classon, Brian, author 643207, Xiao, Weimin, author 643208, Mazzarese, David, author 643209, Yang, Zhao, author 643210, Saboorian, Tony, author 643211

“…Loosely speaking, 5G Release-15 can be characterized as being optimized for the cellular carrier eMBB service while 5G Release-16 is the beginning of the optimization of 5G for the vertical industries. It mainly focused on the support of the vehicular vertical and Industrial Internet of Things. …”