Optimization of operational conditions for continuous membrane distillation crystallization process with zero discharge by Lim, Deric Weikang.

“…Results from the analysis were verified experimentally, and it was deduced that a feed flow rate and temperature of 0.64 L/min and 338 K respectively, together with a permeate flow rate of 0.35 L/min and permeate temperature of 303 K, gave the highest production rates of pure water and sodium chloride crystals. …”
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Social Structure and Social Stratification in Contemporary China / by Xueyi, Lu, author 654605, Wittrock, Yan Peng, translator 654606

“…Lu Xueyi, the former Head of the Institute of Sociology at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, has published since the 1980s. The author discusses the social structure, social stratification, social construction, and development of contemporary Chinese society. …”

Prospects of a multipolar international monetary order by Alam Md Whaheed

“…The US dollar has been the dominant international currency ever since the introduction of Bretton Woods system. It has experienced turmoil periods at different moments but survived. …”
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MANET test-bed implementation and performance analysis by Cai, Ruojun

“…Wireless mobile ad hoc network is a infrastructure less network where each node not only acts as a host but also acts as a router. Since the nodes are mobile, the environment is highly dynamic. …”
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Dynamic clustering for social networks based on evolutionary computation by Fariz Cheang Mohd Khairi

“…Dynamic network clustering requires more attention since social networks are dynamic and any minor changes to its network alters the structure entirely. …”
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‘Russian military censorship, like the Russian warship, can go f*** itself.’ An analysis of Russian independent media response to wartime media freedom restrictions by Raspopina, Aleksandra

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Meaning and speech acts by Rumfitt, I

“…We do better to follow the Peircean account recently developed by Richard Moran: to tell H something is to offer H one’s guarantee of the truth of what one says. Since truth-conditions now emerge as intrinsic to acts of telling, and since Strawson’s theorists of formal semantics assign truth-conditions to declarative sentences, what they provide is central to an account of telling. …”

Engineering memristor : control over the fourth fundamental element for memory application and beyond by Ge, Ning

“…This is especially shown in the recent neuromorphic computing since both neuron and memristor operate in ions. …”
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Simultaneous Measurements of Actin Filament Turnover, Filament Fraction, and Monomer Diffusion in Endothelial Cells by McGrath, J. L., Tardy, Y., Dewey, C. F. Jr, Meister, J. J., Hartwig, J. H.

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Performance improvements of microchannel heat sink using wavy channel and nanofluids by Sakanova, Assel, Keian, Chan Chun, Zhao, Jiyun

“…Three wave amplitudes of 25 μm, 50 μm and 75 μm with two wavelength of 250 μm and 500 μm at volumetric flow rate ranges from 0.152 L/min to 0.354 L/min are considered. Three different types of nanofluids with volume concentration ranges from 1% to 5% are applied. …”
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A composite electrode of TiO2 nanotubes and nanoparticles synthesised by hydrothermal treatment for use in dye-sensitized solar cells by Wang, Hairong, Zhao, Dongliang, Huo, Kaifu, Fu, Jijiang, Wang, Xiaoyan, Sun, Lidong, Zhang, Sam, Wang, Xiu

“…Under the same treatment duration (i.e., 45 min), but using different nanotube lengths, nanoparticle formation was found to be accelerated in the longer tubes. …”
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Thermal and mechanical assessments of the 3D-printed conformal cooling channels : computational analysis and multi-objective optimization by Shen, Suping, Kanbur, Baris Burak, Zhou, Yi, Duan, Fei

“…As for the circular channel, the coolant temperature, volume flow rate, and channel diameter are selected as the parameters within the ranges of 288.0-298.0 K, 1.0-10.0 L/min, and 2.1-2.5 mm, respectively. According to these parameters, the multi-objective optimization study is performed and the best trade-off point is found at the channel diameter of 2.5 mm, coolant temperature of 297 K, and the flow rate of 1 L/min when all the objectives have equal weights in the optimization problem.…”
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Electrospinning of low density PCL fibers on SLS scaffold by Leong, Yew Meng.

“…The parameters to produce low density PCL scaffold of 0.5-1um diameter fibers were established to be acceleration voltage= 25kV, feed rate= 0.5ml/h, rotational speed= 1500rpm and time= 1min. On the other hand, electrospinning with the same duration of 1min produces a higher density scaffold while varying acceleration voltage to 15kV and feed rate of 10ml/h; 8-10um fibers were obtained. …”
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Simulation and investigation of Gradient Refractive Index Profile (GRIP) and photonic effect in micro-fluidic waveguide of different geometries by Zhang, Ruiyang

“…With the aid of professional software COMSOL’s Microfuildic model and RSoft’s beamprop module by designing liquid core and liquid cladding waveguides of different shapes including rectangle ,up-trapezoid, down-trapezoid, para-saddle and para-rhombus and injecting deionized water with refractive index of 1.335 into liquid core and 5M CaCl2 solution into liquid core at from 1ul/ min to 15 ul / min , the GRIN profiles and optical effects like chirped focusing and interference vary accordingly .The purpose of the study is to find the pattern of how the GRIN profile and optical effects change with the composition ,flow rate and shape.…”
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Carbon aerogel for removal of oils and organic solvents spills by Chen, Geng

“…A slower heating rate of 10°C/min produces a better sorption capacity aerogel than at 15°C/min. …”
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Multi-valued logic synthesis for Resistive Random Access Memory (RERAM) based in-memory computing by Surhonne Anmol Prakash

“…The synthesis of multivalued functions consists of bi-decomposition or functional decomposition of the given target function to obtain a multilevel network comprising of MIN and MAX gates. Synthesis tools, such as YADE and those based on Multi-valued decision diagrams make the implicit assumption regarding the availability of literals or CASE operator, while focusing on the optimization of the logic network solely based on the MIN and MAX gates. …”
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Oxidation-etching preparation of MnO2 tubular nanostructures for high-performance supercapacitors by Zhu, Jixin, Shi, Wenhui, Xiao, Ni, Rui, Xianhong, Tan, Huiteng, Lu, Xuehong, Hng, Huey Hoon, Ma, Jan, Yan, Qingyu

“…Polycrystalline MnO2 nanotubes are formed with a short reaction time (e.g., 10 min) while hierarchical tubular MnO2 nanostructures composed of assembled nanosheets are obtained at longer reaction times (>45 min). …”
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Photocatalytic properties of nanostructured SrTi(1-x)Fe(x)O(3-δ) by Mohammad Ghaffari

“…Since 1972, titanium dioxide has been extensively investigated as a photocatalyst. …”
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ASEAN and EU in the political reform in Myanmar by Nguyen Thi Anh Thu

“…Myanmar, after almost fifty years being under the military rule, has started its political reform since 2010. One week after the victory of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) in Myanmar's first national election in November 2010, Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the opposite political party - the National League for Democracy (NLD) was released from the house detention. …”
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Development of a power meter for a bicycle by SYED FARUQ AL AIDID S AFANDI

“…Since its existence, people have been improving the bicycle to be more comfortable and efficient for the cyclist. …”
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