Industrial policy refraction: how corporate strategy shapes development outcomes in Brazil by Zylberberg, E

“…For states seeking to catch up, the acquisition and assimilation of frontier technology has always been paramount (Abramovitz, 1986).</p> <p>Multinational firms based in industrialized countries have long been seen as sources of technology (Evans, 1979). …”

Modelling damage in concrete structures by Lee, Sai Cheng., Cheong, Hee Kiat.

“…An investigation was carried out on the behaviour of concrete beams damaged to varying extends in the high moment zone.…”
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What is to reproduce? On the overlap, development, and persistence account of reproduction by Palacios-González, C

“…Her account seems able to answer the question of whether reproduction takes place, and who reproduces, when we employ biotechnologies that bear little to no resemblance to naturally occurring human sexual reproduction. …”

Battery plug - in electric car : Vehicle chassis components design and modification by Tow, Edward

“…Electric powered vehicles have been in existence for nearly 100 years. The rise in popularity today for many are perhaps of the same reasons when they were first popular. …”
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Phenomenological observations of quinone-mediated zinc oxidation in an alkaline environment by Mallia, Christopher T, Brushett, Fikile R

“…The development of such systems requires knowledge of underlying reaction mechanisms, which bear similarities to the processes that underpin corrosion and semiconductor electrochemistry. …”
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Prosopanche: a remarkable genus of parasitic plants by Hatt, SA, Cameron, DD, Grace, OM, Rocamundi, N, Cocucci, AA, Martel, C, Thorogood, CJ

“…Growing almost entirely underground with a complete lack of leaves, plants of Prosopanche bear more resemblance to fungi than plants and have many remarkable aspects to their life history and ecology that require further investigation. …”

Why Brussels? Neruda’s ‘título absolutamente enigmático’ by Moran, D

“…<p>The primary purpose of this article is to propose a solution to longstanding literary mystery, namely, why Neruda&rsquo;s disconcertingly enigmatic poem &lsquo;Bruselas&rsquo; (from&nbsp;<em>Tercera residencia</em>&nbsp;[1947]) has a title which seems to bear little if any relation either to the city of Brussels itself or to its sometimes bewilderingly obscure content and imagery. …”

Protein delivery options: how well have we succeeded? by Ng, Xu Wen, Subbu, Venkatraman

“…Another antibody, Avastin®, indicated for bowel cancer, accounted for $6.7 billion among these top-selling drugs, while Herceptin®, used to treat breast cancer, had sales of $6.6 billion. These numbers bear eloquent testimony to the increasing demand for protein therapeutics. …”
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Land reclamation without using soil-fills by Yeo, Eng Swee

“…Singapore has been developing rapidly over the past decades. In order to sustain the fast-paced economic development and urbanisation, an increasing emphasis has been placed on land reclamation projects. …”
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Seismic behavior of interior concretebeam-column joints with non-seismic and limited seismic detailing by Li, Qingyuan.

“…Implications of the experimental and analytical evidence were discussed and design recommendations of beam-column joints were made.…”
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Abui stories : seven children by Chew, Grace Min Hui

“…Thriving on an oral tradition, these stories, like the traditional Abui language, bear no written form and are at risk of extinction. …”
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Detection of simultaneous structural problems using multiple structural health monitoring techniques by Yang, Lu

“…After the construction, cracks, wear and tear, fatigue, creep, etc., will appear anytime during their life span, which significantly affects the capacity of the structure to bear loads. Hence structure health monitoring (SHM) technique came into existence to detect the structural problems and increase its life span. …”
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Effects of infilled wall opening on load resisting capacity of RC frames to mitigate progressive collapse risk by Qian, Kai, Lan, Dong-Qiu, Fu, Feng, Li, Bing

“…Moreover, the infilled walls with or without openings may change the position of rebar fracture of the beams. Thus, it was incorrect to simplify multi-story infilled frames into single-story substructures.…”
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Stability of laminated composites with delaminations by Yap, Chun Wee

“…In this thesis, investigation on buckling problem of composite beam is carried out. A new formula which is denoted as CLT method 3 is derived to calculate the effective flexural stiffness of the thin composite beam. …”
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Damage identification by using a self-synchronizing multipoint laser doppler vibrometer by Miao, Hong, Zhu, Changchun, Yang, Chong, Fu, Yu, Yuan, Jianmin, Guo, Min, Yan, Keyu, Liu, Huan

“…In this paper, a damage detection technique is proposed using a self-synchronizing multipoint LDV. Multiple laser beams with various frequency shifts are projected on different points of the object, reflected and interfered with a common reference beam. …”
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A novel two-degrees-of-freedom piezoelectric energy harvester by Wu, Hao, Tang, Lihua, Yang, Yaowen, Soh, Chee Kiong

“…In this article, a novel compact piezoelectric energy harvester using two vibration modes has been developed. The harvester comprises one main cantilever beam and an inner secondary cantilever beam, each of which is bonded with piezoelectric transducers. …”
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Biomedical cellular imaging using digital holographic photothermal microscope by Hendry Renaldo.

“…Since the past few years, a breakthrough attempt in incorporating DHM into PTI has been conducted and till recently, our PTI-DHM setup has been established. …”
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Target Design and Optimizations for Spent Fuel Transmutation by Tukharyan, Grigor

“…This thesis examines the feasibility of using proton beams to transmute LLFPs into shorterlived or stable isotopes. …”
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Just Doing My Job: Normative Dimensions of Social Roles by Wells, Eliza

“…It also means that role-occupants are not off the moral hook. Ultimately, we each bear responsibility to create a more just social world.…”
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Object individuation and physical reasoning in infancy : an integrative account by Baillargeon, Renée, Stavans, Maayan, Wu, Di, Gertner, Yael, Setoh, Peipei, Kittredge, Audrey K., Bernard, Amélie

“…In this article, we argue that this confusing picture can be better understood by bringing to bear insights from a related subfield of infancy research, physical reasoning. …”
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