Modelling and analysis of lubricated piston skirt-cylinder sub-systems in internal combustion engines by Amirun Rasyid Abu Bakar

“…As such, a with a good knowledge of all three variables together, which are modal operating crank velocities of the vehicle, dynamic viscosities of the lubricant and the clearance specifications of the car engine, will allow car owners to maximise the efficiency and performance of their machine.…”
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Data preparation and visualization of heavy vehicular movement for traffic prediction by Chong, Ji Shen

“…Hence the road often taken by such buses can be determined to be similar to regular cars and vehicles. This meant that there are a wider range of alternate routes available for these private buses.…”
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Security challenges in automotive hardware/software architecture design by Sagstetter, Florian, Lukasiewycz, Martin, Steinhorst, Sebastian, Wolf, Marko, Bouard, Alexandre, Peyrin, Thomas, Poschmann, Axel, Chakraborty, Samarjit, Harris, William R., Jha, Somesh.

“…State-of-the-art automotive architectures are highly heterogeneous and complex systems that rely on distributed functions based on electronics and software. As cars are getting more connected with their environment, the vulnerability to attacks is rapidly growing. …”
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Exploratory Study on Customer Requirement in View of Electric Vehicle Development in Malaysia: Electric Vehicles in Malaysia (S/O: 12726) by Ibrahim, Jafni Azhan, Yusoff, Rushami Zien, Osman, Nor Hasni, Mohammed Udin, Zulkifli, Shariff, Kamal Imran, Ahmad, Azhar

“…The aim of this research is to analyze potential car buyers’ awareness towards electric vehicle (EV) and examine the factors that are most likely to affect their choice for EV in Malaysia. …”
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Kinetic modelling of 70S ribosome and F1-ATPase by Le, Quang Luan

“…This is attributed to more sluggish ribosomes occupied with near cognates, causing less ribosomes for cognates. …”
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Artificial Intelligence and the US-China Balance of Power by Chang, Benjamin Angel

“…Finally, the third essay exploits supply chain datasets to assess each side’s ability to bring AI-enabled autonomous weapons to bear in future conventional conflicts. I find that control over the production of advanced AI chips by the United States and allies almost certainly means the United States would better exploit such weapons, if they emerged as decisive in modern warfare, within at least the next ten years. …”
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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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Predicative adjectives in Thai: diachronic changes in the past century by Jaratjarungkiat, Sureenate, Park, Kyung-Eun, Tan, Samuel Yuan Han

“…Peripheral adjectives, on the other hand, bear resemblance to both nouns and verbs from a syntactic standpoint (e.g. they may co-occur with the negation marker, auxiliary verbs and even the copula /pen/). …”
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Electronic and optoelectronic devices using chemical vapour deposited 2D materials by Fan, Y

“…<p>Two dimensional (2D) materials bear a lot of expectations on playing important role in next generation electronics and optoelectronics. …”

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

“…My findings are brought to bear on three traditionally disparate bodies of research –industrial policy, corporate strategy and institutional theory – extending each and also bringing them into fruitful communion with one another.…”

Soft law, hard stakes? State commitment to non-binding international instruments and the case of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by Villeneuve, L

“…In this thesis, incorporating insights from public international law into rationalist IR approaches, I argue that soft law instruments can have important effects over time and bring substantial costs for states to bear. This is particularly the case for soft law instruments ‘hardening’ through domestic law, treaties or customary international law, increasing the sovereignty and implementation costs attached to commitment. …”

Unravelling giant molecular clouds by Liang, F

“…<p>Giant molecular clouds (GMCs) provide the fuel for star formation and bear various feedbacks. Thus, they are key to our understanding of galaxy evolution and the baryon cycle. …”

The effect of silver nitrate and silver thiosulphate on in vitro shoot regeneration of australian pink finger lime (Citrus australasica cv. Mia Rose) by Qiao, Stephanie Er Wong, Sreeramanan Subramaniam, Bee, Lynn Chew

“…Conventional propagation of C. australasica is challenged by incompatibility issues during grafting and budding, its monoembryonic nature, and the lengthy time required to flower and bear fruits. Micropropagation on the other hand is an efficient alternative to conventional propagation for various commercial crops including citruses. …”
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Large eddy simulations of turbulent circular wall jets by Zhang, Shuai, Law, Adrian Wing-Keung, Zhao, Bing

“…The advantages can be attributed directly to the better simulations of the anisotropic jet spreading near the wall.…”
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1 × N (N = 2, 8) Silicon selector switch for prospective technologies at the 2 μm waveband by Sia, Brian Jia Xu, Li, Xiang, Qiao, Zhongliang, Guo, Xin, Zhou, Jin, Littlejohns, Callum G., Liu, Chongyang, Reed, Graham T., Wang, Wanjun, Wang, Hong

“…The 2 μm waveband, specifically near 1.9 μm, is an imperative resource that could possibly be exploited in future communications systems. …”
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Numerical study on contact zone in an interfacial crack by Shen, Hongnian.

“…This thesis presents an analysis for contact zone near an interfacial crack tip by using the commercial FEM software ANSYS 5.0 and 5.3. …”
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Tunable optical and dielectric properties of metal phthalocyanine based coatings as passive camouflage materials by Poh, Jia Chin

“…With recent advancements in the surveillance technology, radar and surveillance equipment can detect in the ultraviolet and in the near infrared wavelengths, deeming the previous camouflage techniques useless. …”
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Zirconia spacer electrodes improve microstructural uniformity of flash sintered zirconia ceramics by Prajzler, V, Todd, R

“…A reference 3YSZ sample, which was sintered with stainless steel electrodes only, reached 98.2% of relative density with a notable grain size difference between the central (∼290 nm) and near-electrode parts (∼160 nm). The addition of 3YSZ spacer electrodes improved the final density to 98.9 % and reduced the grain size difference between the central (∼300 nm) and near-electrode parts (∼220 nm) almost by half compared to the reference sample.…”

Wear behaviour of martensitic NiTi shape memory alloy under ball-on-disk sliding tests by Yan, Lina, Liu, Yong, Liu, Erjia

“…Three stages of degradation were identified, namely, a near-zero wear stage, a transition wear stage and an abrasive wear stage. …”
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Modeling of microfluid droplet resonator based on whisper gallery mode by Dong, Bin

“…Since the droplet is formed by surface tension, the surface will be quite smooth, so that whisper gallery modes can be formed near the surface of the droplet, which means the light will be transmitted by total internal refraction near the surface and get accumulated. …”
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