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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Study of advanced in-space propulsion technologies by Tan, De Jun

“…They are solar sails, beamed laser propulsion and electric propulsion. The discussion includes an introduction to the theory behind these systems, their properties, potential applications, limitations and advantages as well as the possibility of implementing them in the near future. …”
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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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Characterising human disparity tuning properties using population receptive field mapping by Alvarez, I, Mancari, A, Ip, IB, Parker, AJ, Bridge, H

“…Second, with binocularly correlated stimuli, we show a polynomial relationship between preferred disparity and tuning curve width, with sharply tuned disparity responses at near-zero disparities, and broader disparity tuning profiles at near or far disparities. …”

An Efficient Computational Algorithm for Solving Arbitrary Sylvester Matrix Equations in Fuzzy Control Theory (S/O 14179) by Ahmad, Nazihah, Ibrahim, Haslinda

“…By modifying the existing fuzzy arithmetic operators, the constructed algorithm exceeds the positive restriction to allow the negative and near-zero LR-TFN as the coefficients of the equations. …”
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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.…”

Effect of oblique retroreflection from a vibrating mirror on laser Doppler shift by Agusanto, Kusuma, Lau, Gih-Keong, Liu, Ting, Zhu, Chuangui

“…A laser Doppler vibrometer (LDV) fails to measure a large out-of-plane vibration of a rotating mirror when the mirror obliquely reflects the laser beam away, causing a signal loss from being detected. …”
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Discrete homogenization of fused deposition modeling parts using the finite element method by Ravindrababu, Suraj, Makam, Raama

“…Finally, three-point bend test is conducted, on an FDM printed beam and the physical tests are validated with simulations using the formed orthotropic material model through simulations.…”
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