Modeling and analysis of thermal storage for a district cooling system (DCS) by Ong, Zhiguan.

“…The use of thermal energy storage tanks further improves the energy savings over building specific from 16.62% to 18.80%. Studies have been done primarily on the water distribution system and the chiller systems, with feasible energy saving methods highlighted through the use of a DCS. …”
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A domain decomposition technique for acoustic wave interactions and scattering by Lim, Wei Xian, Chan, Wai Lee, Elhadidi, Basman

“…The nonlinear domain accounts for complex physics in the near field, such as acoustic wave interaction with shock waves and acoustic wave scattering from solid bodies. …”
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Deformation and slip along the Sunda megathrust in the Great 2005 Nias-Simeulue earthquake by Sieh, Kerry, Galetzka, John, Simons, Mark, Hananto, Nugroho, Suprihanto, Imam, Prayudi, Dudi, Avouac, Jean-Philippe, Prawirodirdjo, Linette, Bock, Yehuda, Hsu, Ya-Ju, Briggs, Richard W., Meltzner, Aron J., Natawidjaja, Danny H., Suwargadi, Bambang W.

“…The southeastern edge abuts a predominantly aseismic section of the megathrust near the equator.…”
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Semiconducting Polymer Nanobioconjugates for Targeted Photothermal Activation of Neurons by Lyu, Yan, Xie, Chen, Chechetka, Svetlana A., Miyako, Eijiro, Pu, Kanyi

“…Optogenetics provides powerful means for precise control of neuronal activity; however, the requirement of transgenesis and the incapability to extend the neuron excitation window into the deep-tissue-penetrating near-infrared (NIR) region partially limit its application. …”
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Performance Analysis of Fountain Codes in Multihop Relay Networks by James, Ashish, Madhukumar, A. S., Kurniawan, Ernest, Adachi, Fumiyuki

“…Fountain codes have been extensively employed in delay-tolerant networks (DTNs) due to their near-capacity performance with very low encoding/decoding complexity. …”
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Achromatic super-oscillatory lenses with sub-wavelength focusing by Yuan, Guang Hui, Rogers, Edward T. F., Zheludev, Nikolay I.

“…Conventional lenses have been perfected to achieve near-diffraction-limited resolution and minimal chromatic aberrations. …”
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The maritime security management system : perceptions of the international shipping community by Thai, Vinh Van, Grewal, Devinder

“…The main objectives of this study are to identify key shore-based and near shore activities associated with maritime operations that are currently not covered by the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code and players involved in these activities; to explore and analyse important relationships among them, which can affect the management of security; to investigate the key criteria of a good/effective security management system; to explore the perceived effectiveness of some major aspects of security activities in a MSMS; and to identify the perceived importance of essential elements in a MSMS. …”
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Cadmium isotope fractionation during adsorption onto calcite by Peng, H, Liu, P, Zheng, H, Belshaw, NS, Hu, S, Zhu, Z

“…This work looked at the fractionation of Cd isotopes during Cd adsorption onto calcite, which is an important sink of Cd but isotopic behaviour has only previously been investigated in co-precipitation experiments. …”

In situ nanoscopy of single-grain nanomorphology and ultrafast carrier dynamics in metal halide perovskites by Zizlsperger, M, Nerreter, S, Yuan, Q, Lohmann, KB, Sandner, F, Schiegl, F, Meineke, C, Gerasimenko, YA, Herz, LM, Siday, T, Huber, MA, Johnston, MB, Huber, R

“…The record-breaking efficiencies of metal halide perovskite solar cells have been linked to effective charge-carrier diffusion, yet the exact nature of charge-carrier out-of-plane transport remains notoriously difficult to explain. …”

Metasomatism of the continental crust and its impact on surface uplift: insights from reactive‐transport modelling by Worthington, JR, Chin, EJ, Palin, RM

“…Although orogenic surface-uplift mechanisms for modern continental plateaus near known plate margins like Tibet are well-characterized, they cannot account for examples in intracontinental settings like the Colorado Plateau. …”

Estimating global demand for land-based transportation services using the shared socioeconomic pathways scenario framework by Nkiriki, J, Jaramillo, P, Williams, N, Davis, A, Armanios, DE

“…Because existing country-specific transport demand models focus on countries with robust historical datasets, it has been difficult to estimate the service demand for developing countries. …”

Densification of LaGaO3 at low sintering temperatures via Fe3+ substitution at Ga3+ site by Chandrasekaran, A., Azad, A.-M.

“…Attempts to achieve near theoretical density in polycrystalline LaGaO3 compacts using Fe2O3 as a dopant have been made. …”
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Rapid design exploration framework for realizing custom computing systems on FPGAs by Aung, Yan Lin

“…A hybrid technique based on 0-1 Knapsack and modified Simulated Annealing has been proposed. The KnapSim algorithm can achieve near optimal solution at significantly lower run-time compared to an existing state-of-the-art genetic algorithm based approach. …”
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Achieving High Performance and Low Cost: Development of a High-Performing Passive Prosthetic Knee for Emerging Markets by Reddie, Madison, Bedi, Saloni, Vaidya, Manasi, Griffin, Amari, Petelina, Nina T, Winter, Amos G

“…The load paths and functional componentry were critically analyzed to identify opportunities to streamline the design while maintaining strength and the near-able-bodied kinematics offered by the original design. …”
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Centering Indigenous Voices and Resisting Colonialism In Space Exploration: An Overview Of The Ongoing Webinar Series By Space Enabled by Tavares, Frank, Harvey, Alvin Donel, Lombardo, Seamus, Reynolds-Cuéllar, Pedro, Newman, Dava, Wood, Danielle

“…Centering these issues highlights both near-term policy questions around lunar exploration as well as longer term questions about how to envision interactions with potential extraterrestrial life and sustained human communities on other worlds. …”
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Radiation and energy budget dynamics associated with a floating photovoltaic system by Yang, Peipei, Chua, Lloyd H. C., Irvine, K. N., Imberger, Jorg

“…Shortwave radiation, longwave radiation, photovoltaic (PV) panel, air and near-surface water temperature data were measured for a floating PV system installed in a shallow tropical reservoir. …”
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The Rayleigh prolongation factor at small bubble to wall stand-off distances by Reuter, Fabian, Zeng, Qingyun, Ohl, Claus-Dieter

“…As a result, a polynomial fit of versus stand-off distance is given for the near-wall bubble collapse in water. Then the influence of the viscosity on is studied numerically in the near-wall regime.…”
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Ultra-fast all-optical switching based on nanoantenna coupled to monolayer TMDs by Song, Qige

“…The surface plasmon polaritons of metal nanostructures have subwavelength properties, and their resonant wavelength, spectral width, near-field enhancement multiplier and far-field radiation properties can be flexibly controlled through rational structural design. …”
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Screening for interaction domain in vault nanocapsules. by Loo, Jonathan Yun Haw.

“…MVP interacts with C-terminus of vault poly(ADP-ribose)-polymerase (VPARP), namely MVP-minimal interaction domain (mINT) at a domain near the waist of the vault complex in the inner cavity. …”
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Modeling solution X-ray scattering of biomacromolecules using an explicit solvent model and the fast Fourier transform by Tong, Dudu, Yang, Jianbin, Lu, Lanyuan

“…Furthermore, the computational cost remains nearly constant for a wide range of system sizes. …”
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