Patch repair technology with sacrificial zinc anodes in RC slabs with corroded steel bars by Christian, Alvin

“…Furthermore, the highest amount of macrocell corrosion can be encountered at steel segments near the patch repair area. Compared with each sample, it was discovered that zinc sacrificial anodes installed within areas with high level of chloride contamination provided the best protection for the steel reinforcement against corrosion damage.…”
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Cooperative collision avoidance in multirobot systems using fuzzy rules and velocity obstacles by Tang, Wenbing, Zhou, Yuan, Zhang, Tianwei, Liu, Yang, Liu, Jing, Ding, Zuohua

“…Moreover, they cannot deal with uncertain sensing data and linguistic requirements (e.g., the speed of a robot should not be large when it is near to other robots). Hence, to guarantee real-time collision avoidance and deal with linguistic requirements, a distributed and hybrid motion planning method, named Fuzzy-VO, is proposed for multirobot systems. …”
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Numerical modeling of motion and deformation of cells in microscale hydrodynamic and electric fields by Ye, Ting

“…The Morse potential model is employed to describe the interaction between the two cells, identified by the intercellular interaction force behaving as a weak attractive force at far distance but a strong repulsive force at near distance. As the first academic achievement made in this thesis, the two novel numerical methods are developed to efficiently treat the two-fluid model, namely the modified particle binary level set (MPBLS) method for tracking the cell membrane, and the modified semi-implicit method for pressure linked equations-revised (modified SIMPLER). • The MPBLS method employs the binary level set function to distinguish different materials, and further scatters a number of Lagrangian particles on the interface to correct the interface and provide the interface information. …”
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Rotator cuff tendons of the shoulder joint : anatomy and investigation of strain profile by Sheng, Jia-Min

“…High shear stresses were observed near the footprint within the supraspinatus. These stresses could initiate tears, propagate intratendinous defects and ultimately cause delamination of the tendon. …”
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X-ray and ultrasonic testing techniques for defect inspection in composite by Zhou, David Yutian.

“…This is crucial as the body of the aircraft must be able to withstand adverse conditions while in operation (e.g. overheating near the engine, lightning strikes). Such conditions could alter the integrity of the material in the long run. …”
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Studies on electrochemical reforming of aqueous ethanol using proton exchange membrane for pure hydrogen production by Vignesh Sundararaj

“…Though the results obtained were not commendable m reference to the other conventional sources of hydrogen production, we decided to set up a scaled up electrolyzer cell with an active area of nearly 56.25cm2 , in order to understand about the achievable outputs during size transition. …”
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Evaporation of sessile saline droplet with surfactant on silicon wafer substrate by Yap, Ming Sheng

“…For the crystallisation process, various number of NaCl crystals are formed near the edge of the droplet during the later stage of evaporation process and move towards the centre as it grow due to the increase in crystal size which becomes confined between the solid substrate and free surface. …”
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Two kinds of phase transition in photonic systems with application to optical isolation by Zhou, Xin

“…The behavior of the Dirac modes can be described by a gyromagnetic effective medium model with near-zero refractive index. When two domains are subjected to opposite magnetic biases, there exist unidirectional edge states along the domain wall. …”
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The contribution of color information to rapid face categorization in natural scenes by Or, Charles C.-F., Retter, Talia L., Rossion, Bruno

“…Behavioral analysis revealed longer response times when images contained color, despite nearly-all-correct performance in all conditions, suggesting that color change in the task might detract from color’s contribution to face categorization. …”
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Mesoporous Co3O4 and CoO@C topotactically transformed from chrysanthemum-like Co(CO3)0.5(OH)·0.11H2O and their lithium-storage properties by Xiong, Shenglin, Chen, Jun Song, Lou, David Xiong Wen, Zeng, Hua Chun

“…The carbon-decorated CoO nanowire arrays exhibit an excellent cyclic performance with nearly 100% capacity retention in a testing range of 70 cycles. …”
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Audio-based approaches in tuning retrieval of gamelan ensemble by Hamdan, Sinin

“…When listening to its tones in a musical environment, individual harmonics of a complex tone and partial identification may be nearly impossible to discern by the human ear. The method of temporal localization on the dominant frequency at its unique time for each tone allows for the detection of frequencies present in the signal. …”
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Risk analysis of sulfur dioxide (SO2) exposure to public health around Kolaka district nickel processing plant by Azis, Sheril Dribisce, Azizah, R., Jalaludin, Juliana

“…This study aims to assess the respiratory health risk for communities near the nickel processing plant in Pomalaa District. …”
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Co-simulation approach for computational aero-acoustic modeling: investigating wind-induced noise within two-way radio microphone ports cavity by Hairudin, Wan Masrurah, Mat, Mohamed Nur Hidayat, Ooi, Lu Ean, Ismail, Norilmi Amilia

“…A direct-hybrid co-simulation CAA method, utilizing the LES-WALE (Wall-Adapting Local Eddy-viscosity) and Ffowcs William-Hawking (FW-H) models, is employed to obtain the near-field noise source and far-field noise patterns inside a microphone port cavity. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of calcium carbonate obtained from green mussel and crab shells as a biomaterials candidate by Ismail, Rifky, Cionita, Tezara, Wong, Ling Shing, Fitriyana, Deni Fajar, Siregar, Januar Parlaungan, Bayuseno, Athanasius Priharyoto, Nugraha, Fariz Wisda, Muhamadin, Rilo Chandra, Ramli, Junid, Nor Azam, Endot

“…This study shows that the chemical composition of PMS is nearly identical to that of commercial CaCO3, where no contaminants were identified. …”
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Innovative Double-Finned absorber and Nanoparticle-Enhanced energy storage for enhanced Thermo-Economic performance of solar stills by Suraparaju, Subbarama Kousik, Samykano, Mahendran, Nandavarapu, Raveendra Reddy, Natarajan, Sendhil Kumar, Muthuvairavan, Guna, Yadav, Aman, Vasudevan, Gopi

“…Thermal efficiency improves to 51.38 %, nearly doubling the 29.88 % efficiency of conventional solar stills. …”
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A large-area lithium metal–carbon nanotube film for precise contact prelithiation in lithium-ion batteries by Wang, Chao, Yang, Fangzhou, Wan, Wang, Wang, Shihe, Zhang, Yongyi, Huang, Yunhui, Li, Ju

“…The Li-CNT films show high specific capacities and nearly 100% lithium utilization owing to their exceptional conductive network, porous structure, and electrolyte-philic nature, which facilitates the efficient transport of both electrons and lithium ions. …”
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Sequence- and structure-specific probing of RNAs by short nucleobase-modified dsRNA-binding PNAs incorporating a fluorescent light-up uracil analog by Krishna, Manchugondanahalli Shivakumar, Toh, Desiree-Faye Kaixin, Meng, Zhenyu, Ong, Alan Ann Lerk, Wang, Zhenzhang, Lu, Yunpeng, Xia, Kelin, Prabakaran, Mookkan, Chen, Gang

“…We have successfully developed nucleobase-modified dsRNA-binding PNAs (dbPNAs) to facilitate structure-specific and selective recognition of dsRNA over single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) and dsDNA regions at near-physiological conditions. The triplex formation strategy facilitates the targeting of not only the sequence but also the secondary structure of RNA. …”
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Great enhancement effect of 20-40 nm Ag NPs on solar-blind UV response of the mixed-phase MgZnO detector by Han, Shun, Xia, Hao, Lu, Youming, Hu, Sirong, Zhang, Dao Hua, Xu, Wangying, Fang, Ming, Liu, Wenjun, Cao, Peijiang, Zhu, Deliang

“…Ag NPs with different sizes could modulate the peak response position of the mixed-phase MgZnO detector from near UV range (350 nm) to deep UV range (235 nm), and the enhancement effect of the Ag NPs on the UV response differs much with the crystal structure and the basic UV response of the MgZnO thin film. …”
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High-performance deep red colloidal quantum well light-emitting diodes enabled by the understanding of charge dynamics by Hu, Sujuan, Shabani, Farzan, Liu, Baiquan, Zhang, Lingjiao, Guo, Min, Lu, Guanhua, Zhou, Zhisheng, Wang, Jing, Huang, Jacob C., Min, Yonggang, Xue, Qifan, Demir, Hilmi Volkan, Liu, Chuan

“…Colloidal quantum wells (CQWs) have emerged as a promising family of two-dimensional (2D) optoelectronic materials with outstanding properties, including ultranarrow luminescence emission, nearly unity quantum yield, and large extinction coefficient. …”
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Cationic carbon monoxide-releasing polymers as antimicrobial and antibiofilm agents by the synergetic activity by Wang, Liping, Zhong, Wenbin, Liu, Bo, Pranantyo, Dicky, Chan-Park, Mary B.

“…They also demonstrated potent dispersal efficacy on recalcitrant well-established biofilms through a synergetic activity with a biofilm log10 reduction of 2.5-3.2 ≥ 64 μg/mL and nearly 2.0 at the concentration of as low as 16 μg/mL. …”
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