Experimental and numerical evaluation of composite floor systems under fire conditions by Tan, K.-H., Nguyen, T.-T.

“…The commencement of tensile membrane stage was marked by one of three indicators: (a) concrete cracks which formed a peripheral compressive ring in the slab; (b) horizontal in-plane displacements along the slab edges; and (c) horizontal and vertical displacements of four corner protected steel columns. …”
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Wireless measurement of elastic and plastic deformation by a metamaterial-based sensor by Ozbey, Burak, Demir, Hilmi Volkan, Kurc, Ozgur, Erturk, Vakur, Altintas, Ayhan

“…The sensor is made of a comb-like nested split ring resonator (NSRR) probe operating in the near-field of an antenna, which functions as both the transmitter and the receiver. …”
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INSPIRESAT-4/ARCADE : a VLEO mission for atmospheric temperature measurements and ionospheric plasma characterization by Srivastava, Sarthak, Anant Kumar Telikicherla Kandala, Gacal, Glenn Franco

“…INSPIRESat-4 (IS4) Atmospheric Coupling and Dynamics Explorer (ARCADE) is a ring-deployed 27U spacecraft that aims to bridge this gap by achieving a sustained flight in the VLEO (Very Low Earth Orbit) region to make in-situ Ionospheric plasma measurements. …”
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Investigating circular dorsal ruffles through varying substrate stiffness and mathematical modeling by LeDuc, Philip R., Zeng, Yukai, Lai, Tanny, Koh, Cheng Gee, Chiam, Keng-Hwee

“…Circular dorsal ruffles (CDRs) are transient actin-rich ring-like structures which form on the dorsal surface of growth-factor stimulated cells. …”
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Tricyclononenes and tricyclononadienes as efficient monomers for controlled ROMP: understanding structure–propagation rate relationships and enabling facile post-polymerization mod... by Kilgallon, Landon J., McFadden, Timothy P., Sigman, Matthew S., Johnson, Jeremiah A.

“…Grubbs 3rd-generation (G3) pre-catalyst-initiated ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) remains an indispensable tool in the polymer chemist's toolbox. …”
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On Lie Theory in the Verlinde Category by Kannan, Arun S.

“…Finally, we classify bilinear forms in the Verlinde category Ver₄⁺ and discuss the associated Witt semi-ring, which is a new algebraic structure. The second perspective is that these categories actually contain the category of supervector spaces, so they must generalize what is already known. …”
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Electrodeposition of metal nanostructures for plasmonic sensing by Mueller, Aaron David

“…As this process can produce tall nanostructures, plasmonic modal evolution with height is investigated, along with effects on refractive index sensitivity. Tall v¬-shaped split ring resonator structures were found to have a sensitivity of close to 400 nm/RIU in the optical spectrum, much higher than the theoretical maximum predicted for simple localized resonance.…”
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To what extent is in-group affiliation motive and group-based positive emotions associated with the level of extremism? by Chua, Karie Sing Ying

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The post-modern Japanese identity of Haruki Murakami's literature. by Ling, Shannon.

“…Regarded as the literati ahead of his contemporaries, his words would come to ring true in the following century, as the concept of identity (and national identity) would rise to the forefront of most literature coming out of East Asia, with the traditions and cultures of these nations challenged by the onset of modernization (or Westernization) into the region. …”
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Design of a low-profile wideband spiral antenna by Deng, Wenting

“…The first part of this final year project involves designing a wideband Single-Arm Spiral (SAS) antenna with a small disc backed by a cavityanda ring-shaped AbsorbingMaterial (ABS). By placing a conducting cavity behind an SAS with a disc, the circularly polarized bidirectional beam isconvertedinto unidirectional beam. …”
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Design of a compact microstrip patch antenna with a CSRR loaded substrate by Rajakumar Manoj Kumar

“…By the inclusion of a complementary split ring resonating (CSRR) structure to the antenna, the length of the resonating patch can be adjusted independent to the λ/2 constraint, which can lead to decrease in patch size. …”
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A signal through the noise: accurate determination of hydrogen atom positions in crystal structures and optimisation of Laue neutron diffraction methods by Sackman, GA

“…This focuses on:</p> <p>Recommendations for the efficient collection of Laue neutron data, in order to optimise the data set completeness and awarded beam-time; strategic considerations for how to best answer the scientific question(s) at hand in a Laue neutron experiment, whilst planning against future contingencies; improving methods for crystal packing and shipping, particularly for air and moisture sensitive materials; discussing issues arising from ice forming on the crystal during a Laue neutron diffraction experiment, and methods for minimising this problem; more effectively modelling disorder using ring shapes, in the crystallographic refinement package CRYSTALS; providing rationale for Laue neutron specific checkCIF comments.…”

Developing small molecule ligands for the study of bromodomain-histone interactions by Brand, M

“…The stability of the dihydroquinaxolinone headgroup was optimised by ring size expansion, which maintained CREBBP affinity and binding mode – the latter of which was confirmed by X-Ray crystallography. …”

Resolution of proteotoxic stress in the endoplasmic reticulum by ubiquitin ligase complexes by Lari, F

“…ER-associated degradation (ERAD) oversees protein folding and delivers misfolded proteins for degradation by the proteasome via ubiquitin conjugation mediated by RING-type E3 ubiquitin ligases. An intact ERAD is crucial to cellular homeostasis, as unresolved protein imbalances cause ER stress that ultimately lead to apoptosis. …”

Synthesis and properties of porphyrin nanotubes by Haver, R

“…An unprecedented method of ring-stacking of pre-formed 6-porphyrin nanorings is discussed as well as a template-directed procedure. …”

Amino-functionalised β-diketiminate ligands (N-nacnacs): Synthesis and coordination chemistry with Main Group elements by Huan, D

“…On the other hand, metathesis reactions of (<b>1-Dipp</b>)SiCl with sources of H- or tBuO- are found to result in a ring contraction process, generating five-membered aza-butadienyl SiIV-complexes of the form (<b>5-Dipp</b>)Si(NDipp)R (R = H, ^tBuO). …”

End-to-end simulation of high-contrast imaging systems: methods and results for the PICTURE mission family by Douglas, Ewan S., Hewawasam, Kuravi, Mendillo, Christopher B., Cahoy, Kerri L, Cook, Timothy A., Finn, Susanna C. Finn, Howe, Glenn A., Kuchner, Marc, J., Lewis, Nikole K., Marinan, Anne D., Mawet, Dimitri, Chakrabarti, Supriya

“…Simulated science observations of the predicted warm ring around Epsilon Eridani illustrate the performance of both missions.…”
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Comparative analysis of changes in retinal layer thickness following femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery and conventional cataract surgery by Surl, Dongheon, Kim, Seungmin, Kim, Sangyeop, Kim, Tae-Im, Seo, Kyoung Yul, Jun, Ikhyun

“…The average retinal thickness of the four inner macular ring quadrants was used for comparative analysis. …”
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Transient prediction of nanoparticle-laden droplet drying patterns through dynamic mode decomposition by Tanis-Kanbur, Melike Begum, Kumtepeli, Volkan, Kanbur, Baris Burak, Ren, Junheng, Duan, Fei

“…The developed data-driven approach has also achieved the acceptable prediction for the droplet diameter with less than 0.13% error and a coffee-ring thickness over a range of 2.0 to 6.7 μm. Moreover, the proposed machine learning algorithm can recognize the volume of the droplet liquid and the transition of the drying regime from one to another according to the predicted contact line and the droplet height.…”
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Characterization of the biosynthetic gene cluster and shunt products yields insights into the biosynthesis of balmoralmycin by Ma, Guang-Lei, Xin, Lingyi, Liao, Yanghui, Chong, Zhi-Soon, Candra, Hartono, Pang, Li Mei, Lee, Sean Qiu En, Gakuubi, Martin Muthee, Ng, Siew Bee, Liang, Zhao-Xun

“…Four of the coproducts (compounds 528) are novel compounds that feature a highly oxygenated or fragmented lactone ring, and three of them (compounds 325) exhibited cytotoxicity against the human pancreatic cancer cell line MIA PaCa-2 with IC50 values ranging from 0.9 to 1.2 mg/mL. …”
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