The sensitivity of tsunami models and tsunami energy to geologically constrained fault sources and shallow bathymetry by Felix, Raquel Picar

“…This work also highlights the need to provide in-depth details regarding the bathymetry used in the modeling (e.g., data source, data point distribution, interpolation method) as these are as important as detailing the tsunami source setup, and are critical for other researchers to assess the quality of the results of the numerical modeling. Finally, I applied what I learned from addressing the two previous topics to assess the tsunami hazard in Bali and Lombok due to the Flores back-arc thrust. …”
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Nature-inspired lightweight auxetic structures for enhanced stiffness and absorption capacity by Zhang, Ee Teng

“…The triangular sub-structure exhibits superior EA compared to the hexagonal sub-structure, resulting in an increased SEA of up to 32.2% compared to uniform hierarchical honeycombs. Finally, a new hybrid 3D auxetic structure along with its variant are investigated for both quasi-static and dynamic compression properties. …”
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Disorder–property relationships in magnetic and pseudospin framework materials by Bulled, J

“…Only at intermediate compositions—where atomic configurations are disordered (0.6 < <em>x</em> < 1.2)—are long-range magnetic order possible.</p> <br> <p>Finally, I investigate cadmium cyanide, which has the largest isotropic negative thermal expansion (NTE) of any material. …”

Analysis and modelling of urban sprawl process and its spatiotemporal patterns in tripoli metropolitan area, Libya by Abdulhadi, Abubakr Albashir

“…The validation demonstrated the following accuracy levels: Kappa standard index of 0.8584, Kappa location index of 0.886, and Kappa no index of 0.881 for the CA–Markov chain model, while the novel hybrid models had a Kappa standard index of 0.8941, Kappa location index of 0.9227, and Kappa no index of 0.9110. Finally, this research provided a comprehensive spatiotemporal analysis and simulation of urban sprawl from different aspects in Tripoli metropolitan area, Libya. …”
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Effects of noise exposure on occupational stress among palm oil mill workers in Malaysia by Roya, Latifi Naeini

“…Objectives 4, 5 and 6 were to determine the prevalence of stress (PSI), average of personal stress levels and compare the mean of personal stress level between high exposed and low exposed groups. 7th specific objective of the study was to determine the salivary α-amylase concentration level (U/ml) among highexposed and low-exposed groups and compare the α-amylase concentrations (U/ml) between the two groups in resting and stimulated condition. Finally last two specific objectives of the study were to determine the relationship between stress indicators (PSI (O’Donnell) and salivary α-amylase activity) with PNE and to determine the relationship between selected risk factors with stress levels. …”
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Development of human enterovirus 71 nano calcium phosphate adjuvanted candidate vaccine for parenteral and mucosal delivery by Saeed Ahmed, Mohamed Ibrahim

“…In addition, an elevated post vaccination humoral immune response of a highly specific IgG and neutralizing antibodies was as shown in the in vitro inhibition of HEV71 live virus infectivity to Vero cell at the highest sample dilutions. Finally, the study finding is a key indicator for the role of nano-size adjuvant and carriers in augmenting the postvaccination immunity. …”
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Application of in vitro erythropoiesis from bone marrow derived progenitors to detect and study genotoxicity by Shuga, Joseph F. (Joseph Francis)

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Application of magnetic field for reduction of sludge bulking in activated sludge system by Zaidi, Nur Syamimi

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Structured sparse representations for supervised and unsupervised learning by Zeng, Yijie

“…Convergence analysis is presented with theoretical justifications, and the computational complexity is among the lowest within the context of online CDL algorithms with least memory consumptions. Finally, this thesis proposes a novel masked version of SOCDL which can perform online learning on incomplete data for image inpainting.…”
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Control schemes of voltage source converters in more-electronics power systems by He, Jinsong

“…Simulation results demonstrate that RL significantly improves the load-voltage tracking accuracy without sacrificing dc-link voltage stabilization. Finally, Chapter 7 concludes this thesis and summarizes three recommended research directions, followed by the list of the author’s publications and the bibliography of this thesis.…”
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A combined numerical and experimental approach to investigations of body-freedom flutter on flying wings by Ang, Elijah Hao Wei

“…This observation is caused by an increase in stability in the elastic bending degree-of-freedom. Finally, the monolithic state-space formulation for the aeroelastic model allows for efficient control synthesis for active gust load alleviation strategies. …”
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Evaluation of diabetic wound healing properties of moringa oleifera lam using in vitro and in vivo wound models by Muhammad Amali, Abubakar

“…The most active aqueous fraction was finally obtained. HPLC, LC-MS/MS and UV spectroscopy were used for the identification and confirmation of bioactive compounds. …”
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A parallel fill estimation algorithm for sparse matrices and tensors in blocked formats by Ahrens, Willow

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From External to Swap Regret 2.0: An Efficient Reduction for Large Action Spaces by Dagan, Yuval, Daskalakis, Constantinos, Fishelson, Maxwell, Golowich, Noah

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Design and analysis of high torque density machines for aerospace applications by Shen, Fawen

“…The results imply that the SV-VPMM outperforms the PMSM regarding torque density, efficiency, and torque ripple. Finally, Chapter 8 summarizes the research work presented in this thesis. …”
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Reduced cell and stack modeling of planar solid oxide fuel cells by He, Zhongjie

“…This reduced model, called the 2D asymptotic spatially-smoothed isothermal (ASSI) P-SOFC model, is finally verified with the 3D counterpart in terms of global and local cell properties. …”
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