Pumice cone eruptions at Aluto volcano, Ethiopia by Clarke, Ben, Calder, Eliza S., Fontijn, Karen, Desalegn, Firawalin, Tierz, Pablo, Yirgu, Gezahegn

“…We investigate nine such pumice cones, and find that they are the product of moderate-intensity explosive eruptions that develop a sustained but unsteady eruption column, deposit lapilli- to block-sized tephra close to the vent forming pumice cones, can deposit distal tephra from an umbrella cloud, produce pyroclastic density currents by repeated partial column-collapse, and end with the emplacement of silicic lava. …”
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Catastrophic risk analysis and management for Public-Private Partnership (PPP) infrastructure systems by Qian, Qiyu

“…A scenario case study based on several given scenarios simplifies the impact of temporal uncertainty of occurrence. It is carried out to find the optimal mitigation strategy for concessionaire. …”
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Study of 3PL selection and development in Singapore by Liu, Zelai

“…This finding is partly consistent with FMCG and CC sectors but there are unique distinctions as well, particularly in terms of how 3PL users evaluate the importance of service quality. …”
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Localization using LEO satellites by Xia, Yingyu

“…Indeed, it is important to find an efficient method and this formulates the problem for the project. …”
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Three essays on corporate finance by Fu, Kangkang

“…Essay Three provides evidence that options trading affects firms’ financing decisions. We find that firms with exchange-listed options are more likely to issue equity as opposed to debt. …”
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Investigation of electric field driven crystallization of phase change materials by Yeow, Susan Su Yi

“…Hence, it would be useful to find out the influence of electric field on the enhanced crystallization behaviour and the mechanism for electric field driven crystallization. …”
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Indefinite metamaterials for optical applications by Bisht, Ankit

“…Hence, it becomes imperative to find means of performing near-field (Superlensing) and label-free real time far-field super-resolution imaging (hyperlensing) at the nanoscale. …”
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The effect of mixed carbon source on enhanced biological phosphorus removal in tropical climate by Cai, Xueyun

“…Moreover, occasional process upset is crucial and thus became significant to find strategies to favor PAOs population and suppress GAOs population. …”
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Blockchain opportunities in the maritime industry liner industry by Muhammad Imran Md Zin

“…Hence, this paper aims to consolidate and analyse the developments of blockchain technology in the liner industry. It also aims to find out whether the industry is ready to use digital currency in their business processes. …”
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The central element of the synaptonemal complex in mice is organized as a bilayered junction structure by Hernández-Hernández, Abrahan, Masich, Sergej, Fukuda, Tomoyuki, Kouznetsova, Anna, Sandin, Sara, Daneholt, Bertil, Höög, Christer

“…Distribution of immuno-gold particles in a lateral view of the synaptonemal complex, supported by protein interaction data, suggest that the N-terminal region of SYCP1 and SYCE3 form a joint bilayered central structure, and that SYCE1 and SYCE2 localize in between the two layers. We find that disruption of SYCE2 and TEX12 (a fourth central element protein) localization to the central element abolishes central alignment of the N-terminal region of SYCP1. …”
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Constructing intrinsic delaunay triangulations from the dual of geodesic voronoi diagrams by Liu, Yong-Jin, Fan, Dian, Xu, Chun-Xu, He, Ying

“…We first compute a geodesic Voronoi diagram (GVD) by taking all mesh vertices as generators and then find its dual graph. The sufficient condition for the dual graph to be a proper triangulation is that all Voronoi cells satisfy the so-called closed ball property. …”
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Exciton dynamics in colloidal quantum-dot leds under active device operations by Shendre, Sushant, Sharma, Vijay Kumar, Dang, Cuong, Demir, Hilmi Volkan

“…This allows us to reveal the statistically significant changes in the behavior of QD emission in the device at different levels of applied voltages and injection currents. We find that the QD emission efficiency first drops in device fabrication with Al electrode deposition and that the QD exciton lifetime is then statistically reduced further under the QLED’s working conditions. …”
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Investigation of nonlinear ultrasonic guided waves in open waveguides based on perfectly matched layers by Zuo, Peng, Liu, Yang, Zhou, Yu, Fan, Zheng

“…Two examples, an aluminum plate attached to an elastomer and an aluminum plate with water loaded on one side, are studied to demonstrate the proposed methods and reveal some interesting phenomena that only exist in open waveguides. It is interesting to find out that the amplitude of the attenuated second harmonic wave in immersed waveguides can keep constant with propagation distance, only if the primary wave is non-leaky, which may bring potential non-destructive test applications for underwater inspections. …”
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Cultured and popular literary circuits on Facebook: a case study of Singaporean print culture in social media by Sagun, Karryl Kim, Luyt, Brendan

“…Such findings suggest the possibility that booksellers can reach out to both circuits. …”
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Wetting transition of sessile and condensate droplets on copper-based superhydrophobic surfaces by Zhao, Yugang, Zhang, Hui, Wang, Wei, Yang, Chun

“…The apparent contact angle on the surfaces of coarsely packed nano-asperities reduces from over 150° to around 110°, and the sliding angle increases from less than 5° to over 60° within 200 s, whereas the changes of both angles on the surfaces of densely packed nano-asperities are not noticeable. We also find that in dropwise condensation, condensed droplets on the surfaces of densely packed nano-asperities maintain a stable Cassie’s mode, while condensate droplets on the surfaces of coarsely packed nano-asperities are in Wenzel’s mode. …”
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A multidisciplinary survey of computational techniques for the modelling, simulation and analysis of biochemical networks by Decraene, James, Hinze, Thomas

“…From a theoretical point of view it allows the exploration of network structures and dynamics, to find emergent properties or to explain the organisation and evolution of networks. …”
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Osmotic gradients induce bio-reminiscent morphological transformations in giant unilamellar vesicles by Oglęcka, Kamila, Sanborn, Jeremy, Parikh, Atul N., Kraut, Rachel S.

“…In the presence of net osmotic gradients, we find that the in-plane phase separation potential of these mixtures is non-trivially altered and a variety of out-of-plane morphological remodeling events occur. …”
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The GCSE attainment gap: assessing the influence of permanent school exclusion by Hills, Stephen, Walker, Matthew, Guinn, James, Kent, Aubrey

“…Using capped GCSE points as the academic attainment variable, we find that permanently excluded pupil scores were nearly 25 points lower than their non-permanently excluded peers. …”
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Modelling cross-docking in a three-level supply chain with stochastic service and queuing system: MOWFA algorithm by Rostami, Parinaz, Avakh Darestani, Soroush, Movassaghi, Mitra

“…Therefore, three metaheuristics, including multi‐objective water flow, non‐dominated sorting genetic, and a multi‐objective simulated annealing algorithm have been used to find near‐optimal solutions to the problem. After adjusting the parameters of the algorithms using the Taguchi method, the results obtained from the algorithms were analyzed with a statistical test and the performance of the algorithms was evaluated. …”
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Neural and psychological correlates of stuttering by Demirel, B

“…My research examines the stuttering phenomenon in two stages: first, using functional MRI (fMRI) to find differences in brain activity associated with stuttering, and second, developing innovative techniques to provide options for people who want to work on their fluency.…”