Post-buckling transition of compressed pipe strings in horizontal wellbores by Zhang, Qiang, Wang, Jiacheng, Cui, Wei, Xiao, Zhongmin, Yue, Qianbei

“…In the current study, the compressed pipe strings initially located at the bottom of horizontal wellbores were discretized into beam elements, and a gap element was introduced to detect the contact between the horizontal strings and the wellbores. …”
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Micro-RBS study of nickel silicide formation by Lee, Pooi See, Sum, Tze Chien, Seng, H. L., Osipowicz, T., Mangelinck, D., Watt, F.

“…The beam was focused to submicron dimensions for the scans over the narrow lines. μ-RBS results for the different silicide structures are presented and correlated with micro-Raman data.…”
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Inferring electrospray emission characteristics from molecular dynamics and simulated retarding potential analysis by Schroeder, Madeleine, Gallud, Ximo, Petro, Elaine, Jia-Richards, Oliver, Lozano, Paulo C

“…The percentage of monomers, dimers, and trimers in the beam is approximately 45%, 30%–43%, and 13%–25%, respectively. …”
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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. …”

Ethical governance of artificial intelligence for defence: normative tradeoffs for principle to practice guidance by Blanchard, A, Thomas, C, Taddeo, M

“…A recent shift from the what to the how of AI ethics sees a nascent body of literature published by defence organisations focussed on guidance to implement AI ethics principles. …”

Energy efficiency: the first renewable by Khan, S

“…However, Saudi Arabia sees the situation differently, and has done so historically. …”

The behaviour of steel and composite structures under a middle-column-removal scenario by Yang, Bo

“…Firstly, the behaviour of different types of steel bolted beam-column joints under a middle-column-removal scenario has been studied by experimental tests. …”
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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. …”

How resource revenues can halve global poverty by Segal, P

“…The bitter struggles for oil nationalisation through the twentieth century bear witness to the sensitivity of this question. …”

Influence of no-core fiber on the focusing performance of an ultra-small gradient-index fiber probe by Bi, Shubo, Wang, Chi, Zhu, Jun, Yuan, Zhiwen, Yu, Yingjie, Valyukh, Sergiy, Asundi, Anand

“…The light-beam expansion effect of a no-core fiber on the focusing performance of an ultra-small gradient-index fiber probe is investigated with a view to optimizing the optical performance of such probes. …”
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Interpretation of an anomalous peak in low-temperature photoluminescence measurements of bulk GaAs[sub 1−x]N[sub x] on GaAs by Cheah, Weng Kwong, Fan, Weijun, Yoon, Soon Fatt, Loke, Wan Khai, Liu, R., Wee, A. T. S.

“…The peak is due to the accumulation of N content near the GaAs/GaAsN interface. Hence, this abnormal annealing behavior occurs in layers with nonuniform N concentration at the GaAsN/GaAs interface.…”
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Novel Millimetre Wave Antennas for MIMO and 5G Applications / by Koul, Shiban K., author 448980, Wani, Zamir, author 643132

“…In addition, various new antenna systems such as wide-scan antenna arrays, dual-polarized antennas, and dual-beam/multibeam antennas are covered in this book. …”

Multilateral security cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region : prospects and possibilities by Ball, Desmond

“…It acknowledges the extraordinary progress of the institutionalisation of multilateral security cooperation between 1992-97 but also sees this process and institutionalising a region-wide confidence-building process were fundamentally important achievements of the first five-year period, but they were relatively easy undertakings when compared to mroe substantive activites such as preventive diplomacy, conflict resolution or arms control.…”
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Crazy pole dancing tattooed metalhead biking crossplaying Asians by Devi, Uma, Kang, Hillary Yu Ping

“…Singapore is known for its glitz, glamour and billion dollar skyline, but there are great things to be found in Singapore beyond what the world sees on glossy magazines and CGI-ed screens. Not everyone in Singapore may be rich, but they are certainly crazy - if you know where to look. …”
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Biconcave micro-optofluidic lens with low-refractive-index liquids by Song, Chaolong, Nguyen, Nam-Trung, Asundi, Anand Krishna, Low, Cassandra Lee-Ngo

“…For the characterization of the lens, a telescope system was constructed from polydimethylsiloxane lenses to collimate and expand a light beam emitted from an optical fiber. The tunable optofluidic biconcave lens focuses the parallel beam. …”
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Study on mechanism and influential factors of progressive collapse resistance of base-isolated structure by Bao, Chao, Zhang, Yuhang, Lv, Dahai, Wang, Huxiang, Ma, Xiaotong, Cao, Jixing, Lim, Kar Sing

“…In order to study the progressive collapse mechanism of base-isolated structures, the test study and numerical simulation of the base-isolated structures were carried out based on the vertical Pushover method and analysis of the variation rule of the capacity of the remaining structure and influence mechanism. The isolation bearing failure position, the size of the beam of the seismic isolation layer, the type of the isolation bearing, and the horizontal stiffness of the seismic isolation layer on the capacity of the remaining structure were compared and analyzed. …”
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Studies on laser design and laser micro-machining by Chen, Yihong.

“…With its increasing use in material processing, the need for further study and improvement of the laser beam performance becomes necessary to achieve optimal processing quality. …”
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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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