The evolution and fate of waste plastics in landfills subject to physical and biochemical processes — implications for microplastics by Lu, Xuhong

“…In addition to mechanical factors, the chemical process and biodegradation in landfills, may cause release of MPs as well, yet the generation and impacts of MPs within landfills remain unclear. …”
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Study of planning and operational aspects of tidal in-stream power generation by Mahda J. Jahromi

“…In other words since the same astronomical generating forces that form tidal currents, shape tidal waves as well, the resulting captured power profiles are similar and so are many of the other electrical challenges. …”
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Reduced semiconductor energy conversion systems. by Zhang, Lei.

“…The proposed converter has been tried as an online UPS and an interline DVR, which so far have been proven to function well with no or minimized limitations. Together, the four presented energy systems form an enriching guide for designer's reference. …”
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Electrochemical electrodes based on graphene materials for sensing and energy applications by Wang, Xuewan

“…The yielded porous carbon composite exhibited superior performance in oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and lithium ion battery (LIB). Enriched and well- exposed active sites and synergistic effects of multi-dopants resulted in the carbonaceous graphene/bacteria composite an onset ORR potential of ~ -0.09 V versus saturated Ag/AgCl and a superior four-electron behavior along with remarkable durability and methanol tolerance. …”
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Thermal effects on particle deposition in microchannels by Yan, Zhibin

“…This microfluidic chip provides a well-controlled bulk temperature with a good uniformity for the particle suspension (diameter: 930 nm), and allows a direct visualisation of the dynamic process of particle deposition at elevated temperatures with aid of a microscope. …”
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Unsupervised bayesian generative methods by Li, Shaohua

“…This likelihood ratio, as a novel similarity measure, is mathematically principled and verified to perform well even when the two compared sets are small. In a conventional hierarchical agglomerative clustering framework, this likelihood ratio is used to decide whether to treat the two sets of papers as being authored by the same person and merge them. …”
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Studies on the assessment of abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture risk by Canchi, Tejas

“…This thesis has investigated a biomechanical as well as machine learning/statistical approach to developing an accurate patient specific predictive tool for rupture assessment in Asian AAA patients. …”
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Mechanical performance and microstructural development of MgO-SiO2-H2O systems by Sonat, Cem

“…Initial investigations focused on the effect of mix design as well as different curing conditions on the strength development of MgO-SiO2 mixes. …”
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Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) by Tudor, Katarina Ivana, Tudor, Mario, McCleery, Jenny, Car, Josip

“…However, a substantial number of patients do not respond well to surgical treatment, complication rates are high and there is often a need for further surgery. …”
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Improved 3-D frequency-selective structures and their applications by Ahmed Abdelmottaleb Abdelfattah Attia Omar

“…The structure employing double-sided parallel-strip line resonator may be suitable for transmit/reflect arrays as well.…”
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Efficient circuit-designs using spintronic devices by Deb, Suman

“…Whereas domain wall motion-based threshold activation unit has previously been demonstrated for neuromorphic circuits, it remains well-known that neurons with threshold activation cannot completely learn non-linearly separable functions. …”
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Amino-functionalised β-diketiminate ligands (N-nacnacs): Synthesis and coordination chemistry with Main Group elements by Huan, D

“…Notably, this substitution chemistry – while well known in carbonyl chemistry – is demonstrated for the first time to be compatible with heavier Group 14 carbonyl analogues. …”

Immunogenicity and safety of beta variant COVID-19 vaccine AZD2816 and AZD1222 (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) as primary-series vaccination for previously unvaccinated adults in Brazil, South A... by Costa Clemens, SA, Jepson, B, Bhorat, QE, Ahmad, A, Akhund, T, Aley, PK, Bansal, H, Bibi, S, Kelly, EJ, Khan, M, Lambe, T, Lombaard, JJ, Matthews, S, Pipolo Milan, E, Olsson, U, Ramasamy, MN, Moura de Oliveira Paiva, MS, Seegobin, S, Shoemaker, K, Szylak, A, Villafana, T, Pollard, AJ, Green, JA

“…<p><b>Interpretation</b></p> Primary series of AZD1222 and AZD2816 were well tolerated, with no emergent safety concerns. …”

Molecular and immunological profiling of Bartonella spp. in shelter cat population in Peninsular Malaysia by Alias, Nurul Najwa Ainaa

“…Therefore, this study was aim to determine the molecular, serological prevalence of Bartonella spp. in shelter cats, immunophenotyping of CD4 and CD8 as well as the association between each assay and also association with physical examination findings. …”
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Therapeutic effects of Cosmos caudatus kunth leaf extract in the prevention and treament of obesity in sprague dawley rats by Abdul Rahman, Hafeedza

“…Results of the preliminary study revealed that C. caudatus exhibited good anti-obesity activity as well as excellent antioxidant activity. Therefore, C.caudatus was selected for further study by extraction with different concentrations of ethanol (100%, 80%, 60%, 50% and 40%). …”
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Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing : 15th CCF Conference, ChineseCSCW 2020, Shenzhen, China, November 7-9, 2020, Revised Selected Papers / by CCF Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (15th : 2020 : Shenzhen, China), organiser 642953, Sun, Yuqing, editor 642954, Liu, Dongning, editor 642955, Liao, Hao, 1986-, editor 642956, Fan, Hongfei, editor 642957, Gao, Liping, editor 642958

21A.265 Food and Culture, Spring 2011 by Paxson, Heather

“…Uses anthropological and literary classics as well as recent writing and films on the politics of food and agriculture.…”
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Autoencoder-Based Anomaly Detection System for Online Data Quality Monitoring of the CMS Electromagnetic Calorimeter by Abadjiev, D., Adams, T., Adzic, P., Ahmad, M., Amendola, C., Andrews, M. B., Arcidiacono, R., Argiro, S., Askew, A., Auffray, E., Azzolini, V., Bailleux, D., Band, R., Barney, D., Barria, P., Bartosik, N., Basile, C., Bastos, D., Bell, K. W., Besancon, M., Bianco, R., Biino, C., Blinov, V., Borca, C., Bornheim, A., Brown, R. M., Campana, M., Castells, S., Cavallari, F., Cetorelli, F., Chatterjee, R. M., Chatterjee, S., Chaudhary, G., Chen, J. A., Chernyavskaya, N., Chung, H., Cipriani, M., Cokic, L., Cooke, C., Cossio, F., Couderc, F., Cristoforetti, D., Cucciati, G., Cunqueiro Mendez, L., Da Silva Di Calafiori, D., Dafinei, I., Cockerill, D. J. A., Dejardin, M., Re, D. Del, Ricca, G. Della, Depasse, P., Dervan, J., Marco, E. Di, Diemoz, M., Dimova, T., Dissertori, G., Dittmar, M., Dolgopolov, A., Donegà, M., Dordevic, M., Mamouni, H. El, Errico, F., Espinosa, F., Faure, J. L., Fay, J., Menendez, J. Fernandez, Ferri, F., Finco, L., Fiori, F., Frahm, E., Funk, W., Gadek, T., Gajownik, J., Galli, M., Ganjour, S., Gascon, S., Ghezzi, A., Ghose, P., Gninenko, S., Goadhouse, S., Godinovic, N., Golubev, N., Govoni, P., Gras, P., Hakala, J., de Monchenault, G. Hamel, Harilal, A., Härringer, N., Hashmi, R., Heath, H. F., Hirosky, R., Ho, K. W., Hou, X., Ingram, Q., Jain, Sh., Javaid, T., Jessop, C., Jimènez, R., Joshi, B. M., Jourd‘hui, E., Kaadze, K., Kao, Y.-W., Kardapoltsev, L., Khurana, R., King, J., Kirilovas, A., Konstantinov, D., Kovac, M., Krishna, A., Kuo, C. M., Lambrecht, L., Lavizzari, G., Lecoq, P., Ledovskoy, A., Legger, F., Lelas, D., Li, Y. y., Liang, Z., Lin, W., Longo, E., Loukas, N., Lu, R. -S., Lustermann, W., Lutton, L., Lyon, A. -M., Maeshima, K., Malcles, J., Mandrik, P., Manzoni, R. A., Marchese, L., Marinelli, N., Marini, A. C., Martin, L., Marzocchi, B., Mascellani, A., Massironi, A., Matveev, V., Mazza, G., Meridiani, P., Mijic, M., Mijuskovic, J., Milenovic, P., Milosevic, J., Monteno, M., Monti, F., Moortgat, F., Mousa, J., Mudholkar, T., Nessi-Tedaldi, F., Nicolaou, C., Nigamova, A., Obertino, M. M., Organtini, G., Orimoto, T., Orlandi, F., Ovtin, I., Paganis, E., Papagiannis, D., Pandolfi, F., Paramatti, R., Park, K., Pastrone, N., Paulini, M., Pauss, F., Petkovic, , A., Petraityte, E., Pettinacci, V., Petyt, D., Pigazzini, S., Pinolini, B. S., Prova, P. R., Quaranta, C., Ragazzi, S., Rahatlou, S., Rasteiro Da Silva, J. C., Razis, P. A., Teles, P. Rebello, Reis, T., Riti, F., Rogan, C., Romanteau, T., Rosowsky, A., Rovelli, C., Rovere, M., Rusack, R., Salvi, G., Sancar, O., Sanchez, A., Sandever, C., Santanastasio, F., Saradhy, R., Sarkar, U., Schneider, M., Schroeder, N., Sculac, A., Sculac, T., Shahzad, M. A., Shepherd-Themistocleous, C. H., Simkina, P., Singla, A., Singovsky, A., Skovpen, Y., Smith, V. J., Soffi, L., Stachon, K., Steen, A., Steggemann, J., Succar, M., Tao, J., Tishelman-Charny, A., Tiwari, P. C., Tornago, M., Tramontano, R., Tsai, L. -S., Usai, E., Valsecchi, D., Vagnerini, A., Varela, J., Venditti, R., Verma, P., Vlassov, E., Wachirapusitanand, V., Wamorkar, T., Wang, C., Wang, J., Wadud, M. A., Yu, S. S., Zabi, A., Zghiche, A., Zhang, L., Zhu, R. Y., Zygal, L.

“…A novel method is introduced which maximizes the anomaly detection performance by exploiting the time-dependent evolution of anomalies as well as spatial variations in the detector response. …”
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Development of schlieren-image based flow diagnostics and analysis for supersonic jet flows by Lim, Desmond Haoxiang

“…The technique was applied to over-expanded baseline and 30° bevelled jets with the results agreeing well with earlier studies. When compared against PIV results, the much higher spatial and temporal resolution of SIVOF resulted in sharper and clearer vortical structures that can be tracked across several time-resolved frames. …”
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Stability improvement and control optimization of isolated two-stage AC-DC-DC converter systems by Feng, Fan

“…The research gap for the isolated two-stage AC-DC-DC converter has been identified as well. To analyze the stability of the DAB-based two-stage AC-DC-DC converter, the full-order impedance model of the DAB converter is derived for the first time in this thesis. …”
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