On shear adhesion of adhesive fibrils by Linghu, Changhong, Du, Zihao, Sun, Yi, Chen, Weiqiu, Hsia, K. Jimmy

“…Our model reveals that, depending on the fibrillar aspect ratio, the adhesive fibril exhibits three distinct deformation regimes: thin film shearing, thick block shearing, and slender beam bending. The important parameters governing the shear adhesion of the lap shear system are the aspect ratio of fibrils, elastic moduli of the fibrils and substrates, while the Poisson's ratio of fibrils has no noticeable effect. …”
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High flux strontium atom source by Feng, C. H., Robert, P., Bouyer, P., Canuel, B., Li, Jianing, Das, Swarup, Kwong, Chang Chi, Wilkowski, David, Prevedelli, M., Bertoldi, A.

“…To enhance the atomic flux, we employ tailored magnetic fields that minimize radial beam expansion and incorporate a cascaded Zeeman-slowing configuration utilizing two optical frequencies. …”
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Data Murals: Using the Arts to Build Data Literacy by Bhargava, Rahul, Kadouaki, Ricardo, Bhargava, Emily, Castro, Guilherme, D'Ignazio, Catherine

“…Current efforts to build data literacy focus on technology-centered approaches, overlooking creative non-digital opportunities. This case study is an example of how to implement a Popular Education-inspired approach to building participatory and impactful data literacy using a set of visual arts activities with students at an alternative school in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. …”
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Design and development of domestic health enhancement device for high heel wearers by Chee, Pei Fen

“…Throughout the design and development process, the framework provides disciplined guidelines to achieve its three design objectives – safety, effectiveness, and user receptiveness. A case study is performed to demonstrate the application of the proposed framework in the context of high heel wearers. …”
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Mathematical modelling of seepage through dam by Ting, Huong Yun.

“…The seepage free surface is obtained iteratively by a corrector-predictor approach based on the boundary element method. Several specific cases of the problem are studied in detail. The result for each case study is plotted by using MATLAB program. …”
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The impact of foreign direct investment on the economy of the people's republic of China : a macroeconomic model by Lim, Harold Chee Kian, See Toh, Wai Meng, Hu, Koon Phei

“…The econometric study is purely empirical in nature and thus throws new light on the various channels through which FDI influences five macroeconomic variables: economic growth, exports, imports, national saving and domestic investment. For the case of China, FDI appears to have a positive effect on economic growth, exports and imports, negative effect on national savings and no significant effect on domestic investment. …”
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Who Will be Next Fed Chair: Bigger Worry Is Era of Loose Policy by Djiwandono, Joseph Soedradjad

“…Who will be heading the US Federal Reserve if Chairperson Janet Yellen leaves the office early next year? In any case the concern will be on the possibility of a new era of loose policy, rules and regulations in finance and banking with all the adverse implications.…”
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Reintegrating Former Terrorist Inmates : Role of Local Government by Anindya, Chaula Rininta

“…There are lessons to be learned from the case of Purwakarta Regency, West Java.…”
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Missing Iridium : Enhancing Regional Nuclear Security by Caballero-Anthony, Mely, Trajano, Julius Cesar Imperial

“…The recent case of a missing radioactive device in Malaysia highlights the significance of nuclear security in Southeast Asia. …”
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New restrictions on possible orders of circulant Hadamard matrices by Leung, Ka Hin, Schmidt, Bernhard

“…We use these results to rule out many of the known open cases of the circulant Hadamard matrix conjecture. …”
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Currency and conflict in colonial Nigeria by Pratten, D

“…This chapter examines a central theme in Jane Guyer’s analysis of monetary transactions in Atlantic Africa – the implications of money valuation in relation to social order and disorder in Nigeria. It revisits the case of manilla currency exchange that she has discussed extensively in relation to calculation, ranking and political legitimacy (Guyer 2004, 2009). …”

Anti-suit injunctions – beyond comity by Dickinson, A

“…It examines, in particular, recent case law extending the reach of the European Union’s prohibition on anti-suit injunctions within the Brussels I regime, and the place of anti-suit injunctions within the framework of the Hague Choice of Court Convention.…”

DCE-MRI driven 3-D simulations of solid tumour growth by Roque, T, Roque, T, Roque, T

“…It includes the script used to generate Figure 2 (along with the data needed for the figures), the simulated and true cell numbers for each time point, and the nifti files for simulated tumours (Cases 1-6 and 10) along with the niftis from true maps for Case 10 (used to generate Fig 3). …”

Simulation expectation by Thomas, T

“…(Similar arguments can be marshalled for the view that we are more likely to be Boltzmann brains than ordinary people, but I focus on the case of simulations.) I explain how this argument overcomes some objections to Bostrom’s classic argument for the same conclusion. …”

Interdigital Sensors : Progress over the Last Two Decades / by Mukhopadhyay, Subhas Chandra, editor 180903, George, Boby, editor 643117, Roy, Joyanta Kumar, editor 643118, Islam, Tarikul, editor 643119

Impact of dust deposition on PV performance and hotspot generation: I-V and thermal analysis with SEM and UV-VIS-NIR by Islam, Md. Imamul, Mohd Shawal, Jadin, Al Mansur, Ahmed

“…Spectroscopic analysis using UV-VIS-NIR techniques demonstrated that the dust exhibited strong ultraviolet light absorption, moderate absorption in the visible range around 450 nm wavelength, and relatively low absorption in the near-infrared region. Morphological examination through scanning electron microscopy (SEM) unveiled irregularly shaped dust particles with varying size distributions, while energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) identified carbon, oxygen, aluminum, and silicon as major elemental constituents contributing to light absorption and scattering effects. …”
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Observations of Double Diffusive Staircase Edges in the Arctic Ocean by Boury, S., Supekar, R., Fine, E. C., Musgrave, R., Mickett, J. B., Voet, G., Odier, P., Peacock, T., MacKinnon, J. A., Alford, M. H.

“…At large scale, the modular microstructure profiler data suggest a horizontal “ragged edge” of the layered water masses near the basin boundary. At smaller scales, the mooring data indicate that, in the 300–400 m depth interval, regions of layers abruptly appear. …”
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Iridium Oxide Coordinatively Unsaturated Active Sites Govern the Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Water by Velasco Vélez, Juan Jesús, Bernsmeier, Denis, Mom, Rik V., Zeller, Patrick, Shao‐Horn, Yang, Roldan Cuenya, Beatriz, Knop‐Gericke, Axel, Schlögl, Robert, Jones, Travis E.

“…By combining <jats:italic>operando</jats:italic> resonant photoemission measurements of different films with ab initio simulations these are able to unambiguously distinguish µ<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>‐O (bridging oxygen) and µ<jats:sub>1</jats:sub>‐O (terminal oxygen) in the near‐surface regions of the catalysts. The intrinsic activity of iridium oxide scales with the formation of µ<jats:sub>1</jats:sub>‐O (terminal oxygen) is found. …”
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Real-time identification and visualization of Egyptian blue using modified night vision goggles by Nicola, Marco, Gobetto, Roberto, Bazzacco, Alessandro, Anselmi, Chiara, Ferraris, Enrico, Russo, Alfonsina, Masic, Admir, Sgamellotti, Antonio

“…The possibility to use light in the visible spectrum to induce near-infrared luminescence in some materials, particularly Egyptian blue and related pigments, offers a significant advantage in terms of their detection. …”
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Science Overview of the Europa Clipper Mission by Pappalardo, Robert T., Buratti, Bonnie J., Korth, Haje, Senske, David A., Blaney, Diana L., Blankenship, Donald D., Burch, James L., Christensen, Philip R., Kempf, Sascha, Kivelson, Margaret G., Mazarico, Erwan, Retherford, Kurt D., Turtle, Elizabeth P., Westlake, Joseph H.

“…Remote sensing investigations cover the ultraviolet, visible, near infrared, and thermal infrared wavelength ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum, as well as an ice-penetrating radar. …”
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