Injection-driven fracture instability in granite : mechanism and implications by Ji, Yinlin, Wu, Wei

“…An unprecedented increase in earthquakes associated with hydraulic stimulation has been recognized as a major barrier to the development of enhanced geothermal systems. …”
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Electricity load forecasting for smart home by Lin, James Rizhong

“…The dataset collected was of the average daily power consumption of a single residential home near France, Paris. Exogenous variables that affect energy usage, such as air temperature and humidity have also been added to the dataset. …”
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Theoretical and experimental study of semiconducting iron disilicide and its applications to thin film solar cells by Tan, Khing Hong

“…Transition metal silicides have been studied extensively for many years due to their potential technological importance and applications. …”
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Transformation-invariant metamaterials by Zhang, Youming, Luo, Yu, Pendry, J. B., Zhang, Baile

“…The fundamental semiconductor concept of doping has recently been transplanted to photonics in the platform of epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) media. …”
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The maritime safety management system (MSMS) : a survey of the international shipping community by Thai, Vinh Van, Grewal, Devinder

“…The main objectives of this study are to identify key shorebased and near shore activities associated with maritime operations that are currently not covered by the ISM Code and players involved in these activities; to explore and analyse important relationships among them which can affect the management of safety; and to investigate the key safety issues within these relationships and the risks related to these safety issues. …”
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Are Europeans ready for a more democratic European Union? New evidence on preference heterogeneity, polarisation and crosscuttingness by Hale, T, Koenig-Archibugi, M

“…According to the consociational interpretation of the EU, the near absence of competitive and majoritarian elements has been a necessary condition for the stability of the EU political system given its highly diverse population. …”

Recent advances of optical imaging in the drying process of grains – a review by Jimoh, Kabiru Ayobami, Hashim, Norhashila, Shamsudin, Rosnah, Che Man, Hasfalina, Jahari, Mahirah

“…Meanwhile, the application of optical spectroscopy such as ultraviolet–visible (UV–Vis), near-infrared (NIR), and shortwave infrared (SWIR) spectral in grain drying were less evaluated in recent years. …”

A review on fall detection systems in bathrooms: challenges and opportunities by Ramanujam, E., Perumal, Thinagaran, Shankar, K.

“…Various research works have been proposed to monitor people from falls (fall detection systems -FADE) inside the home environment. …”

Corrosion damage detection in reinforced concrete using Rayleigh wave-based method by Cheng, Weixia, Sun, Hai-Han, Wan, Li Soon, Fan, Zheng, Tan, Kang Hai

“…Ultrasonic Rayleigh waves have been employed to detect near-surface cracks in concrete based on their transmission coefficient in frequency domain or their time-of-flight information. …”
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Influence of banded ε-martensite and deformation twin on cryogenic toughness of Fe–Mn–xAl–C steel by Li, Leilei, Niu, Gang, Gong, Na, Liu, Hongfei, Wang, Xuelin, Shang, Chengjia, Wang, Yong, Wu, Huibin

“…Fe–Mn–xAl–C steel ingots have been fabricated by vacuum melting with Al compositions varied from x = 0 to 3 and 5 wt.%, respectively. …”
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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

“…However, the dynamics and mechanism of formation of CDRs are still unknown. It has been observed that CDR formation leads to stress fibers disappearing near the CDRs. …”
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Holocene rate of slip and tentative recurrence interval for large earthquakes on the San Andreas fault, Cajon Pass, southern California by Sieh, Kerry, Weldon, Ray J.

“…Combined with the historic record, this investigation indicates that the last major earthquake at Cajon Creek was probably near the beginning of the 18th century. …”
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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. …”
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新加坡华人对中国的贡献 ：新加坡城市规划之父刘太格个案研究 = Contributions of Singaporean Chinese to China : a case study on Singapore’s father of city planning Liu Thai Ker... by 冯时辉 Phang, Shi Hwee

“…However, in the fields of urban planning and development which bears the origins to the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries was left unexplored by the academic circles. …”
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Multiuser detection and code timing estimation for CDMA systems by Li, Zhengyu.

“…It covers two different research areas: near-far resistant multiuser detection and robust code timing estimation.…”
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Patient-Centered Clinical Trial Design for Heart Failure Devices via Bayesian Decision Analysis by Chaudhuri, Shomesh E., Adamson, Phillip, Bruhn-Ding, Dean, Ben Chaouch, Zied, Gebben, David, Rincon-Gonzalez, Liliana, Liden, Barry, Reed, Shelby D., Saha, Anindita, Schaber, Daniel, Stein, Kenneth, Tarver, Michelle E., Lo, Andrew W.

“…This result reflects the willingness of heart failure patients to bear additional risks of the investigational device in exchange for its probable benefits. …”
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Towards Synergistic Understanding of Language Processing in Biological and Artificial Systems by Hosseini Asl, Eghbal

“…Over the past five years, artificial neural networks (ANNs) have achieved capabilities in the comprehension and production of language that are indistinguishable from those of humans, and their internal representations bear similarity to activity within the language network. …”
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Observation of Frenkel and charge transfer excitons in pentacene single crystals using spectroscopic generalized ellipsometry by Qi, Dongchen, Su, Haibin, Bastjan, M., Jurchescu, O. D., Palstra, T. M., Wee, Andrew T. S., Rübhausen, M., Rusydi, A.

“…We report on the emerging and admixture of Frenkel and charge transfer (CT) excitons near the absorption onset in pentacene single crystals. …”
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A numerical simulation study on vortex-ring collisions upon arbitrary solid boundary by Leong, Sheng Yuan

“…In this study, vortex behaviour near to complex geometry was investigated experimentally and numerically by studying the collision of a Re 2000 vortex ring upon V-shaped plates with 30, 60, 90 degrees vertices. …”
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Structure of mushy layers grown from perfectly and imperfectly conducting boundaries. Part 1. Diffusive solidification by Hitchen, JR, Wells, AJ

“…Low concentration ratio leads to low porosity throughout most of the mushy layer, except for a high-porosity boundary layer localised near the mush–liquid interface. We identify scalings for the boundary-layer thickness and mush growth rate. …”