Wear behaviour of NiTi shape memory alloys by Yan, Lina

“…NiTi shape memory alloys have been widely researched for tribology related applications such as biomedical devices and micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) devices. …”
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Consumer's perceptions of private labels by Acharigae, Shaminta, Chong, Lian Chiu, Quek, Ying Ying

“…Findings will help define the direction in which local retailers should take Private Labels in the near future and the manufacturers’ role in this initiative.…”
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Practical forming die design and manufacture for sheet metal stainless steel precision parts by Cheung, Thomas Wing Lau.

“…This project deals with precision stainless steel sheet metal forming which produces parts in the regime of near net shape. The stamping parts concerned are backs for watches which can be of various profiles and sizes.…”
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Development of Elastic Resistive Force Theory & Applications to Uprooting by Yilmaz, Lale

“…This makes it difficult to handle scenarios that are near-stagnant which occur frequently in uprooting of plants. …”
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Urban site characterization using DAS dark fibers on the MIT campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts by Chang, Hilary, Nakata, Nori

“…The depth to bedrock is 75–95 m on the west campus. The site near the waterfront has a lower VS and deeper bedrock. …”
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Hardness of Approximate Diameter: Now for Undirected Graphs by Dalirrooyfard, Mina, Li, Ray, Vassilevska Williams, Virginia

“…A simple folklore algorithm can output a 2-approximation to the diameter in linear time by running BFS from an arbitrary vertex. It has been open whether a better approximation is possible in near-linear time. …”
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Evolving optimal and diversified military operational plans for computational red teaming by Zeng, Fanchao, Decraene, James, Low, Malcolm Yoke Hean, Zhou, Suiping, Cai, Wentong

“…As a result, the near-optimal alternative strategies are omitted; this considerably limits the applicability of CRT when considering the decision makers point of view. …”
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First-principles study of the lattice dynamics of Sb2S3 by Liu, Yun, Eddie Chua, Kun Ting, Sum, Tze Chien, Gan, Chee Kwan

“…The effect of Born effective charges is taken into account using a mixed-space approach, resulting in the splitting of longitudinal and transverse optical (LO-TO) phonon branches near the zone center. Zone-center frequencies agree well with Raman scattering experiments. …”
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Transfer optimization in complex engineering design by Tan, Alan Wei Min

“…Consequently, traditional optimization algorithms that typically require up to several thousand exact function evaluations to obtain near-optimal solutions, are problematic to cost-effectively utilize. …”
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An experimental setup for physiological evaluation of face mask by Joseph, Frank Gerard

“…As a result the current testing process has not been changed or improved for many years. Although reliable and consistent, the current test method fails to test the mask under human physiological conditions and instead has become an assessment of the effectiveness based on the material used. …”
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Nanostructuring confinement for controllable interfacial charge transfer by Qiao, Wei, Tao, Hua Bing, Liu, Bin, Chen, Jiazang

“…Unfortunately, this critical issue has hardly been consciously considered. Here, ultrathin dopant-free tunneling interlayers coated on the surface of graphene and sandwiched between the carbon sheets and the semiconductor nanostructures are adopted as a model system to demonstrate energy saving for the interfacial charge transfer. …”
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Hydrological & hydrodynamic modelling of the Baliem River in Highland Papua, Indonesia by Wee, Khai Zher

“…The hydrology of the Baliem River in Highland Papua, Indonesia, has never been previously studied, despite its importance to the local populace. …”
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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. …”