The Science of Plants : Inside their Secret World / by Fewster, Helen, editor 655692, Ambrose, Jamie, contributor 655693, Bayton, Ross, contributor 655694, Candeias, Matt, contributor 655695, Jose, Sarah, contributor 655696, Mikolajski, Andrew, contributor 382928, Ripley, Esther, contributor 655697, Summers, David, contributor 260394, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, contributor 10725, DK Publishing, Inc 584081

“…DK's elegant introduction to botany is packed with sumptuous photos and crystal-clear artworks that explain the mechanics of photosynthesis, why leaves change colour, how cacti store water, and how seeds know when to grow. Filled with fascinating stories of how plants protect themselves from predators, and how flowers use colour and scent to interact with - and manipulate - the creatures around them, The Science of Plants is a fresh and engaging introduction to the mysterious inner workings of the plant world.…”

Chris Ryan Extreme : Night Strike / by Ryan, Chris, author 329350

“…But then he is reluctantly thrust back into battle...In the race to develop ever more powerful weapons, technology has become the new frontline in global terrorism. And when one of America's most cutting-edge defence contractors suspects a sleeper cell operating in its midst, the Firm reaches out to its most cold-blooded son. …”

Evaluating the performance of agricultural tractor engine using cottonseed oil biodiesel by Adnan, Fattah Khalid, Muhamad, Mat Noor, Abdulrahman, Ribwar Kermanj, Badruddin, Irfan Anjum, Kamangar, Sarfaraz

“…The performance results showed that the power and Break Thermal Efficiency (BTE) fell, while the BSFC improved, when the tractor was fueled with neat CSOME and its mixes.…”
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Externally Tunable, Low Power Electrostatic Control of Cell Adhesion with Nanometric High‐k Dielectric Films by Leon, Victor J., Blanc, Baptiste, Sonnert, Sophia D., Varanasi, Kripa K.

“…Cell adhesion is observed to be inhibited when both surface and cell ζ are negative and enhanced when surface ζ is positive and cell ζ are negative using microfluidic experiments. …”
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Reconciling the Accuracy-Diversity Trade-off in Recommendations by Peng, Kenny, Raghavan, Manish, Pierson, Emma, Kleinberg, Jon, Garg, Nikhil

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A Self-adaptive Coevolutionary Algorithm by Hevia Fajardo, Mario, Hemberg, Erik, Toutouh, Jamal, O'Reilly, Una-May, Lehre, Per Kristian

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Effect of curvature variations on the hydrodynamic performance of heaving and pitching foils by van Rees, Wim M.

“…Maximum efficiency is achieved when camber is applied during the first half of the stroke, tilting the force vector to create thrust earlier in the cycle than a comparable rigid fin. …”
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Nipah: The history, and future, of one of the world’s most lethal viruses by Viveros, Alex Gabriel

“…The virus first emerged in 1998, when hundreds of pig farmers in Malaysia fell ill with fevers and encephalitis, or brain inflammation. …”
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The flexible urban grid: adaptation, expansion and evolution in Philadelphia's city block morphology by Ryan, Brent D., Wang, Elaine

“…his study examines the evolution of Philadelphia’s city block morphology between 1683, when the city was planned by William Penn, and 1900, when urban expansion abandoned the grid. …”
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Analytical determination of permeability of porous fibrous media with consideration of electrokinetic phenomena by Yang, J., Liao, K., Zhu, Q. Y., Xie, M. H., Chen, Y. Q.

“…The analytical results show that when the dimensionless electric resistance number is small and the porosity is large, the dimensionless total flow rate shows a nearly uniform distribution. …”
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Effect of Madden Julian oscillation on convectively coupled equatorial waves by Dobriyal, Ritvik

“…Key finding for both seasons is that when MJO enhances precipitation, wave activity becomes stronger, while when MJO suppresses convection wave activity is weakened. …”
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Biomimetic nanocomposites to control osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells by Liao, Susan, Nguyen, Luong T. H., Ngiam, Michelle, Wang, Charlene, Cheng, Ziyuan, Chan, Casey K., Ramakrishna, Seeram

“…Furthermore, when the nanocomposite is enriched with human mesenchymal stem cells before implantation, development of the bone matrix is accelerated to within one week. …”
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Cross feedforward cascode compensation for low-power three-stage amplifier with large capacitive load by Chong, Sau Siong, Chan, Pak Kwong

“…The amplifier can be stabilized with a cascode compensation capacitor of only 1.15 pF when driving a 500-pF capacitive load, greatly reducing the overall area of the amplifier. …”
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Crack nucleation from a wedge disclination dipole with shift of rotation axes by Wu, Mao See

“…A uniaxial dipole is stable against crack nucleation when the axis is located away from the positive disclination. …”
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Novel fiber bragg grating sensing method based on the sidelobe modulation for ultrasound detection by Liang, Sheng, Tjin, Swee Chuan, Lin, Bo, Sheng, Xinzhi, Lou, Shuqin, Zhang, Yongxin, Wang, Xin

“…This contribution demonstrates the interaction between the fiber Bragg grating (FBG) and the ultrasound. When the grating length is much longer than the ultrasonic wavelength, the conventional wavelength-modulation method is invalid. …”
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Interfacial fracture behavior of double-ceramic-layer thermal barrier coating system with segmented structure by Li, Biao, Fan, Xueling, Wang, Tiejun, Zhou, Kun

“…However, the driving forces become insensitive to the top coat properties when the vertical crack density is sufficiently high. …”
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Improving visual quality of synthetic terrains using weathering simulation on graphics processing unit by Nguyen, Hoang Anh

“…This situation will restrict the number of terrains to be stored when we have limited storage capacity. Recently, graphics hardware has become a new mechanism to improve the speed of computation. …”
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Thermofluid patterns at liquid surface with non-uniform heating by Lim, Kenneth Zhi Hui

“…Hydrothermal wave patterns are a natural occurrence when sessile liquid droplets evaporate. These patterns are affected by many different variables and they are widely studied as the results and observations can be used to improve technologies that are used in many different industries. …”
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Fast prototyping of neural network application by Liu, Yingmin

“…We choose the voltage mode because it is faster and stabler when the circuit is small. To solve the problem of fast training and classification, hardware accelerator is proposed. …”
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Let's choose one of each: using the partition dependence effect to increase diversity in organizations by Feng, Zhiyu, Liu, Yukun, Wang, Zhen, Savani, Krishna

“…When employers make hiring decisions, they often pass over highly qualified candidates belonging to minority groups. …”
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