Capillary filling in nanochannels : modeling, fabrication and experiments by Phan, Vinh-Nguyen, Joseph, Pierre, Djeghlaf, Lyes, Allouch, Alaa el dine, Bourrier, David, Abgrall, Patrick, Gue, Anne-Marie, Yang, Chun, Nguyen, Nam-Trung

“…While capillary filling in channels of micrometers scale is experimentally verified to obey Washburn's law well, the speed of capillary filling in nanochannels is noticeably lower than described by Washburn's formula. …”
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Rheological properties of calcium silicate‐filled isotactic polypropylene by Maiti, S. N., Singh, Gurunam, Ibrahim, Mohd. Nordin

“…The melt rheological behavior of calcium silicate‐filled isotactic polypropylene, with filler volume contents of 0–17.8%, was determined at 493 K. …”
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Simulations of melting in fluid-filled packed media due to forced convection with higher temperature by Soon, Genevieve, Zhang, Hui, Yang, Chun, Law, Adrian Wing-Keung

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Does bankruptcy law prevent internalization of environmental costs: evidence from China by Li, Xingwei

“…This paper concludes with recommendations for reform of Chinese Enterprises Bankruptcy Law.…”
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Control of ultrafast pulses in a hydrogen-filled hollow-core photonic-crystal fiber by Raman coherence by Belli, F., Travers, J. C., Russell, P. St. J., Abdolvand, Amin

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Words of liberty: the origins and evolution of constitutional ideas by Versteeg, M

Police institutions and police abuse: evidence from the US by Rad, AN

“…The study employs an originally constructed index of police protections comprised of police union contract and Law Enforcement Officer Bill of Rights (LEOBR) provisions. …”

Information structure of subordinate clauses in Miriwoong by Sim, Michelle Jia En

“…Finally, paratactic clauses were found to 1) express sequential events or 2) draw a relation between two observations.…”
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Oscillatory instabilities in three-dimensional frictional granular matter by Bonfanti, Silvia, Chattoraj, Joyjit, Guerra, Roberto, Procaccia, Itamar, Zapperi, Stefano

“…We study binary assemblies of spheres of two sizes interacting via classical Hertz and Mindlin force laws for the longitudinal and tangent interactions, respectively. …”
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Citizenship and the politics of poverty definition during the segregation, apartheid and democratic eras in South Africa: 1910-2010 by Magasela, W

“…This is evident in the adoption of policies and laws such as the civilized labour policy, discriminatory Wage Acts, Wage Boards to determine the level of wages of black workers and interventions such as the 1932 Carnegie Commission aimed at addressing the poor white problem. …”

Site characterization of reclaimed lands based on seismic cone penetration test by Wang, Hao, Wu, Shifan, Qi, Xiaohui, Chu, Jian

“…The existing CPTu- and SCPTu-based interpretation methods for the unit weight and the preconsolidation stress of both sand and clay are examined, and new interpretation methods for the cohesive fill are proposed. Using the SCPTu data, new correlations between Vs and routine CPT measurements for the sand fill, the cohesive fill and the marine clay are also proposed. …”
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Between City and Self: Reading Beirut in Mohamed Soueid’s Tango of Yearning by Anouti, Ghida

“…Accordingly, I ask how Soueid’s private image-making apparatus draws an image of Beirut through his own autobiographical narration.…”
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OLIVER TWIST / by Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870, author 457349

“…His foray into a life of crime soon lands him into the arms of the law, when Oliver's fortunes finally appear to turn as the robbery victim becomes his benefactor. …”

Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Bhattacharjee, NV, Schumacher, AE, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Graham, SM, Lacey, BWH, Maude, RJ, Runghien, T, Rodriguez, JAB

“…Uncertainty from past data inputs and model estimation was propagated throughout analyses by taking 1000 draws for past and present fertility estimates and 500 draws for future forecasts from the estimated distribution for each metric, with 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs) given as the 2·5 and 97·5 percentiles of the draws. …”

What the proposed United States' ban on TikTok really conceals by Tan, Sean

“…In consideration of perceived national security risks, a bill signed into law by US President Joe Biden in April 2024 would require TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell the social media service to an American parent company or face a potential ban. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Feigin, VL, Abate, MD, Abate, YH, Bandyopadhyay, S, Bennett, DA, Lacey, B, Newton, CRJ

“…<p><b>Funding</b></p> Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.…”

Le christianisme laïc de Pierre Bayle by Hooks, JM

“…In his Pensées Diverses (1682), Bayle draws upon original sin, and in his Commentaire Philosophique (1686), Bayle uses the doctrine of the Imago Dei. …”

Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2... by Brauer, M, Roth, GA, Aravkin, AY, Bandyopadhyay, S, Bennett, DA, Browne, AJ, Graham, SM, Rodriguez, JAB, Runghien, T, Sartorius, B

“…Estimates reported represent the mean value across 500 draws from the estimate's distribution, with 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs) calculated as the 2·5th and 97·5th percentile values across the draws. …”

An experimental and simulation study of chip transportation behaviour in gundrilling by Tnay, Guan Leong

“…From the experiments, terminal velocities of typical gun drill chips at different range of particle Reynolds number were determined to construct the unique drag curve. Based on the findings, a computational fluid dynamic (CFD) numerical model was developed to predict the lateral drag forces with respect to the particle Reynolds number. …”
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System optimization of an absorption refrigeration system by Chan, Ryan Yaowei

“…Hence, contributing to the high cost in electricity bills. The refrigerator cools the area in it effectively with reasonable power consumption. …”
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