Design and investigation of block copolymers for dispersion of carbon nanotubes in polymer matrices by Liu, Chengyin

“…To further improve the tensile properties of the SWNTs/epoxy nanocomposites, we fabricated another series of PI-derived block copolymers via ring-opening polymerization initiated from hydroxyl-terminated polyimide of lactide and allyl-bearing 2-methyl-2-(allyloxycarbonyl)propylene carbonate) (MAC) to produce PLA-b-PI-b-PLA (TB1) and PMAC-b-PI-b-PMAC (TB2) which are polyester and poly(ester-carbonate)-derived, respectively. …”
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Multicarrier communications for underwater wireless channels by Leong, Chen Ming.

“…Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) is a multicarrier transmission technology which was first described by R. W. Chang in 1966 at Bell Labs. The first patent was granted in 1970. …”
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Lead-free PCB assembly and effect of solder joint profile on the reliability of PCB assembly by Periannan Arulvanan.

“…PCBs were designed and fabricated with daisy chain loops connected to land pads of daisy chained Ball Grid Array (BGA) components with pad dimensions of 0.56 and 0.66mm NiAu finish. …”
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Process development for flip chip BGA packages by Camenforte, Raymundo M.

“…As the trend towards high performance electronic packaging continues, the introduction of a flip chip ball grid array (FC-BGA) package becomes more attractive to the electronic industry, due to its high packaging density, thermal and electrical performance. …”
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Uncovering wear mechanism of a Fe2Ni2CrAl multi-principal elements alloy by Qiao, Ling, Ramanujan, Raju V., Zhu, Jingchuan

“…By performing reciprocating ball-on-flat friction tests, the Fe2Ni2CrAl MPEA shows good wear resistance, with a wear rate of 8.72 × 10−5 mm3/(Nm) and average friction coefficient of ~ 0.54. …”
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Effects of problem-based learning on EFL learning: a systematic review by Guo, Qian, Jamil, Halimah, Ismail, Lilliati, Luo, Shujie, Sun, Zhubin

“…It was conducted according to the systematic review and meta-analysis Preferred Reporting Items for Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) review methodology. …”
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Synthesis of epoxidized poly(ester carbonate)-b-polyimide-b-poly(ester carbonate) : reactive single-walled carbon nanotube dispersants enable synergistic reinforcement around multi... by Liu, Bo, Liu, Chengyin, De Luca, Hugo G., Raman Pillai, Suresh Kumar, Anthony, David B., Li, Jianghua, Bismarck, Alexander, Shaffer, Milo S. P., Chan-Park, Mary Bee Eng

“…Herein, PI-derived block copolymers are synthesized via ring-opening copolymerization of lactide (LA) (a control monomer) and allyl-bearing 2-methyl-2-(allyloxycarbonyl)-propylene carbonate (MAC) from the OH-terminal ends of the PI block to produce PLA-PI-PLA (TB1, a control) and PMAC-PI-PMAC (TB2). …”
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Missing links in The China Model by Li, Chenyang

“…Daniel A. Bell's recent book The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy makes a significant contribution to political theory, political philosophy, and China studies. …”
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Time-frequency analysis of simulated binary pulsar signals by Nandhini Ganesan

“…With its discovery by Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish, who received Nobel Prize in 1974, it got the attention of many astrophysicists. …”
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Design and development of stabilized control systems for space application by Chia, Jie Xiang

“…Also, since it is a quick and inexpensive means of fabrication, and weight is a factor of consideration in a HAB, thus the material used for the structure and mounts will be Polylactic Acid (PLA), a commonly used plastic filament in 3D printing. …”
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3D printing of morphing composites by Lim, Shi En

“…Fused Deposition Method (FDM) printing was used in this report. Polylactic Acid (PLA) was the filament used for printing of all the samples. …”
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11 September and China : opportunities, challenges, and warfighting by Li, Nan.

“…All these lessons have been integrated in the two major PLA warfighting scenarios: "superior fighting inferior," and "inferior fight superior."…”
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Tribological properties of Cr- and Ti-doped MoS2 composite coatings under different humidity atmosphere by Ding, Xing-zhao., Zeng, X. T., He, X. Y., Chen, Z.

“…The tribological properties of the coatings were evaluated against an alumina ball under different relative humidity atmosphere using a ball-on-disc tribometer. …”
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Graph representation learning by Zhang, Xinyi

“…A set of criteria is also proposed for selecting initial meta-paths for mSHINE which is helpful to reduce the meta-path selection cost. …”
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Calibrating DFT Formation Enthalpy Calculations by Multifidelity Machine Learning by Gong, Sheng, Wang, Shuo, Xie, Tian, Chae, Woo Hyun, Liu, Runze, Shao-Horn, Yang, Grossman, Jeffrey C.

“…In this work, we use a multifidelity random forest model to learn the experimental formation enthalpy of materials with prediction accuracy higher than the Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof (PBE) functional with linear correction, PBEsol, and meta-generalized gradient approximation (meta-GGA) functionals (SCAN and r2SCAN), and it outperforms the hotly studied deep neural network-based representation learning and transfer learning. …”
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Immunotherapy in autoimmune encephalitis by Trewin, BP, Freeman, I, Ramanathan, S, Irani, SR

“…In this review of a rapidly emerging field, we evaluate recent studies on larger cohorts, registries, and meta-analyses to highlight existing evidence for contemporary therapeutic approaches in AE. …”

Asymptotic improvement of GV bound by Yip, Jose Zheng Ho

“…We also show that for the RLL(0,1) constrained system, we can achieve rates $2\log \phi - \log \tau$, where $\tau$ is the asymptotic of the total ball size for the RLL(0,1) constrained system…”
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The Singapore brand by Ju, Xinhang, Loh, Elicia Qi Yu, Goh, Mavis Pei Jie, Xin, Karen Qian Hui

“…Now, as Singapore moves towards the new era, it realises that it is has entered a different ball game. The fight now is for global creative talent who are believed to be able to give the economy an edge over others. …”
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Processing-properties relationship of nanostructured Ni-Fe-Mo magnetic materials by Shen, Yanping

“…The results showed that even after 100 h of high energy ball milling, the only detected phase was FeNi3. …”
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Nontrivial quantum oscillation geometric phase shift in a trivial band by Datta, Biswajit, Adak, Pratap Chandra, Shi, Li-kun, Watanabe, Kenji, Taniguchi, Takashi, Song, Justin Chien Wen, Deshmukh, Mandar M.

“…In particular, we study the ABA-trilayer graphene, the band structure of which is composed of a weakly gapped linear Dirac band, nested within a quadratic band. …”
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