An activity-based integrated land-use transport model for urban spatial distribution simulation by Niu, Fangqu, Li, Jun

“…However, there is also significant population density increase along the 6th ring road, indicating the relocation trend of the residents and businesses to the outskirts. …”
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De Novo nucleic acids: a review of synthetic alternatives to DNA and RNA that could act as bio-information storage molecules by Devine, Kevin G., Jheeta, Sohan

“…But just what is it about their structures; an aromatic heterocyclic base appended to a (five-atom ring) sugar-phosphate backbone that enables them to carry out these functions with such high fidelity? …”
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A microstrip quasi-elliptic bandpass filter implemented using stub loaded resonators by Riaz, Muhammad, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…A highly selective microstrip bandpass filter consists of electromagnetically coupled U-shaped open ring resonators is presented in this paper. The resonators are directly loaded with open-circuited inductive stubs and the feed-lines are interdigital coupled to the resonators. …”
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Antibacterial polysulfone membranes: the effect of eugenol and zinc oxide as additives by Harun, Zawati, Yusof, Khairul Nazri, Yunos, Muhamad Zaini, Shohur, Muhamad Fikri, Jamalludin, Mohd Riduan

“…Besides that, the inhibition ring of membrane was improved 200% when both zinc oxide and eugenol were added in polysulfone membrane, Based on the findings, we can conclude that membrane with a combination of zinc oxide and eugenol has a huge potential membrane for bacterial removal.…”
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Linerboard made from Soda-Anthraquinone (Soda-AQ) treated coconut coir fiber and effect of pulp beating by Main, Nor Mazlana, A. Talib, Rosnita, Ibrahim, Rushdan, Abdul Rahman, Russly, Mohamed, Ainun Zuriyati

“…Based on its burst strength of 4.57 kPa.m2/g and ring crush test of 1.76 Nm2/g, which complies with the minimum requirement of the industry standard, coir fiber can be considered an alternative fiber source for linerboard production.…”
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Chitosan-zinc oxide composite for active food packaging Applications by Abdul Razak, S.R., Basri, Hatijah

“…From the tensile test, C-ZnO0.5 and C-ZnO1.0 films were found to be much superior by 1.5 times and 2.5 times respectively compared to bare chitosan film. Larger inhibition ring (by 47%) was exhibited by C-ZnO1.0 as compared to C-ZnO0.5 when tested against S.aureus. …”
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Investigation and development of a novel metrology standard for the measurement of relative intensity noise and frequency chirp of DFB lasers in optical networks by Cox, Michael Christopher

“…This is enforced further by the nonplanar ring oscillator (NPRO) technology providing superior line width stability. …”
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Semi fractal three leaf clover-shaped CPW antenna for triple band operation by Naser-Moghadasi, Mohammad, Sadeghzadeh, Ramazan Ali, Khajeh Mohammad Lou, Reza, Virdee, Bal Singh, Aribi, Tohid

“…The realization of the triband antenna was achieved by using two semi fractal ring patches resembling the shape of a three leaf clover, and by introducing a pair of symmetrical L-shaped slits in its ground plane. …”
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Study on Acoustic Emission Characteristics and Damage Evolution Law of Shale under Uniaxial Compression by Wu, Wenjie, Chan, Chee-Ming, Gu, Yilei, Su, Xiaopeng

“…Considering the initial damage to the rock, the damage factor D initially decreases and then increases with increasing cumulative ring-down counts rather than exhibiting a monotonic increase. …”
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Development of ultrasonic tomographic instrumentation system for monitoring flaws on pipeline by Nordin, Norsuhadat

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In search of a new class of stable nitroxide: synthesis and reactivity of a peri-substituted N,N-bissulfonylhydroxylamine by Patel, Bhaven, Carlisle, Julie, Bottle, Steven E., Hanson, Graeme R., Kariuki, Benson M., Male, Louise, McMurtrie, John C., Spencer, Neil, Grainger, Richard S.

“…In an approach to stabilising a bissulfonylnitroxide radical, the cyclic, peri-substituted N,N-bissulfonylhydroxylamine, 2-hydroxynaphtho[1,8-de][1,3,2]dithiazine 1,1,3,3-tetraoxide (1), has been prepared by formal nitrogen insertion into the sulfur–sulfur bond of a sulfinylsulfone, naphtho[1,8-cd][1,2]dithiole 1,1,2-trioxide. The heterocyclic ring of 1 is shown to adopt a sofa conformation by X-ray crystallography, with a pseudo-axial hydroxyl group. …”
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Wideband printed monopole antenna for application in wireless communication systems by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Ali, Abdul, Limiti, Ernesto, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Falcone, Francisco

“…The impedance bandwidth of the antenna is enhanced with the inclusion of meander-line slots in the patch and four double split-ring resonators on the underside of the radiating patches. …”
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Interaction suppression technique for high-density antenna arrays for mm-wave 5G MIMO systems by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Althuwayb, Ayman Abdulhadi, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…High isolation between adjacent radiation elements was achieved by embedding a crisscrossed decoupling structure comprising slotted microstrip-lines and locating in the ground-plane under each slot a dielectric ring. The proposed periodic array behaves as artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) surfaces as incident waves in the substrate are fully reflected with a near zero degrees reflection phase. …”
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Novel concentric hexagonal-shaped RFID tag antenna with T-shaped stub matching by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Althuwayb, Ayman Abdulhadi, Xu, Kai-Du, See, Chan, Khan, Salahuddin, Park, Ikmo, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…This paper presents a unique concentric hexagonal-shaped ring antenna for radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. …”
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High-gain end-fire bow-tie antenna using artificial dielectric layers by Dadgarpour, Abdolmehdi, Zarghooni, Behnam, Denidni, Tayeb A., Virdee, Bal Singh

“…By loading the antenna with a 2 × 5 array of enhanced end-coupled split-ring (EECSR) unit-cells results in significant enhancement in the antenna gain performance. …”
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Super-wideband antenna with multiple notched-band functionality through L-X bands by Mashal, Abdur Rehman, Ullah, Shakir, Hafiz, Farrukh, Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…The proposed antenna comprises a standard circular patch which is loaded with various slot artifacts that include multiple split-ring resonators (SRR), a rotated Gamma-shaped slot, and embedded in the feedline is a rotated S-shaped slot. …”
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Nanoparticle-coated Vivaldi antenna array for gain enhancement by Faeghi, Pouya, Ghobadi, Changiz, Nourinia, Javad, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…This is achieved by loading the antenna with Complementary Split Ring Resonators (CSRR) and periodic array of open loop meander-line unit cells. …”
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A multi-beam circularly polarised Fabry-Perot resonator antenna array using SIW for X-Band applications by Khajeh Mohammad Lou, Reza, Aribi, Tohid, Sedghi, Tohid, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…This paper presents a novel multi-layer beamforming antenna array based on Fabry-Perot resonator that is excited by a high performance compact 4 × 4 Butler matrix using substrate integrated waveguide SIW) technology for X-band application. The adapted ring patch antenna is fed through the aperture on a rectangular SIW cavity and forms the radiating element in the antenna array. …”
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Influence of thickness on tunability performance of plasma sputtered indium tin oxide as Q-switcher by Zalkepali, N U H H, Mahmud, N N H E N, Awang, N A, Muhammad, N A M, Zamri, A Z M

“…Employing the tunable bandpass filter in the laser ring cavity gives the wide-tuning of the wavelength range of 19.69 nm, 31.86 nm, and 36.59 nm for the thickness of 17.80 nm, 30.70 nm, and 38.90 nm, respectively. …”
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Study on Acoustic Emission Characteristics and Damage Evolution Law of Shale under Uniaxial Compression by Wenjie Wu, Wenjie Wu, Chee-Ming Chan, Chee-Ming Chan, Yilei Gu, Yilei Gu, Xiaopeng Su, Xiaopeng Su

“…Considering the initial damage to the rock, the damage factor D initially decreases and then increases with increasing cumulative ring-down counts rather than exhibiting a monotonic increase. …”
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