Rule Britannia: Brexit and the end of empire by Dorling, D, Tomlinson, S

“…<br> At a time when close relationships with our near neighbours are more crucial than ever before, Britain has opted to surrender its remaining influence and squander international goodwill. …”

Flow and deformation due to periodic loading in a soft porous material by Fiori, M, Pramanik, S, Macminn, CW

“…We use these analytical solutions and a full numerical solution to explore the localisation of the deformation near the permeable boundary as the period decreases and the emergence of nonlinear effects as the amplitude increases. …”

Unequal health: the scandal of our times by Dorling, D

“…As a whole the book shows conclusively that inequalities in health are the scandal of our times in the most unequal of rich nations and calls for immediate action to reduce these inequalities in the near future.…”

Influence of active subsystems on electric vehicle behavior and energy characteristics by Shyrokau, Barys, Savitski, Dzmitry, Wang, Danwei

“…The vehicle configuration includes (i) friction brake system, (ii) individual-wheel drive electric motors, (iii) wheel steer actuators, (iv) camber angle actuators, (v) dynamic tire pressure system and (vi) actuators generating additional normal forces through external spring, damping and stabilizer forces. A passenger car is investigated using commercial software. The actuator models are defined using experimental test results and technical literature information. …”
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Eliciting and honouring end-of-life care preferences : a multiple methods study on place of death by Tan, Woan Shin

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BOR2G: Building Optimal Regularised Reconstructions with GPUs (in cubes) by Tanner, M

“…We evaluate the quantitative performance of our proposed method through the use of synthetic and real-world datasets—including datasets from Stanford's Burghers of Calais, University of Oxford's RobotCar, University of Oxford’s Dense Reconstruction, and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology’s KITTI—compared to ground-truth laser data. …”

new urban giants : the ultimate skyscrapers / by Spirito, Gianpaola, author 496164, Terranova, Antonino, 1942-, author editor 656235

“…Dubai is the current record holder, but is likely to lose the title in the near future. In teh meantime, the world's metropolises accumulate impressive arrays of tall buildings, while the old western cities are dotted with new smaller but bizarre towers. …”

Fluid-fluid displacement in porous-media microfluidics by Qiu, Yu

“…This fluid-solid interaction—exacerbated by the roughness inherent to all natural and engineered surfaces—introduces a large energy dissipation near the solid boundary that challenges our ability to interpret laboratory experiments and develop mathematical models. …”
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3-D Topology Optimization of Spatially Averaged Surface-Enhanced Raman Devices by Hammond, Ian M.

“…This function tends to diverge near sharp tips and other singular geometries in three-dimensional spaces for relevent materials. …”
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Improved Temporal Stability of Polymethine Laser Dyes in Aqueous Solutions by Hackett, C.E., Dewey, C.F. Jr

“…Polymethine laser dyes which fluoresce in the near infrared in organic solvents generally exhibit poor temporal stability at room temperature. …”
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Design and analysis of a slider-level piezoelectric sensor array for head-disk contact detection by Yuan, Yanhui, Du, Hejun, Chow, Kun Shyong, Zhang, Mingsheng, Yu, Shengkai, Liu, Bo

“…To realize higher areal densities towards 10 Tbit/in2, the ever decreasing flying height of the slider approaches the near-contact regime. It is essential to monitor head-disk interactions to prevent instability and damage to the head-disk interface. …”
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Mesoscopic model for the electromagnetic properties of arrays of nanotubes and nanowires : a bulk equivalent approach by Franck, Pierre, Baillargeat, Dominique, Tay, Beng Kang

“…Through simulation of single and bundled carbon nanotube (CNT) structures, we demonstrate the near equivalence of both models in transmission as well as in radiation. …”
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Numerical simulation and topology optimization of slider air bearing by Li, Qiang

“…The objective of this dissertation is to develop an efficient computational modeling technique for simulating the air bearing slider (ABS) in hard disk drives and ultimately develop an effective topology optimization methodology to systematically and automatically design the air bearing slider with a target of achieving a near-constant flying attitude when the slider moves over the surface of the hard disk drive. …”
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Study on supply chain challenges in container shipping : the port operator's perspectice by Muhammad Zulkarnain Mess.

“…The discussion in the report were made without much consideration for current economic woes, as it is deemed that the recession is only temporary, and that world trade, global container trade and ultimately global port throughput will continue to grow vigorously in the near future. Main challenges faced by port operators highlighted in the report include the ever increasing size of vessels, the chronic problem of port congestions and mergers and acquisitions of shipping lines. …”
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Electro-optical simulation of an organic solar cell by Xu, Baohua.

“…Moreover these solar cells have better optical absorption in the visible light range (which the bulk of the solar spectrum resides) as opposed to silicon solar cell which only absorbs in the near infra-red. This allows organic solar cells to absorb light much more effectively. …”
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The return of the Diaspora : recognizing the non-resident Indian (NRI) in contemporary Bollywood cinema. by Low, Shaun Chong Ying.

“…I conclude by briefly observing that post-1990 Bollywood films might have reflected the shift in attitude towards the NRIs or influenced national interests and politics concerning the diaspora, and predict what Bollywood cinema might focus on in the near future.…”
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Implementation of multiple band gaps of quantum wells/dots based on inductively-coupled argon plasma technique by Dong, Nie

“…In this techinque, the mobile point defects are generated at the near surface region of a structure dut to exposure to ICP Ar plasma and enhance intermixing in the subsequent rapid thermal annealing (RTA) process, whereas band-gap halftones can be achieved in several approaches.…”
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K-means clustering for feature extraction from wavelet-based flute signals by Ang, Yew Yee

“…High Speed Machines (HSM) are machines that operate at cutting speeds significantly higher than those typically utilized for a particular material and are very important near-end-line manufacturing devices. The quality of cutting highly depends on cutter specifications, type of work piece and cutting conditions. …”
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Poetry as postmodern by Zhang, Jieqiang

“…The paper will then make a case for how the poetic form is intimately concerned with silence, and thus, is inherently geared toward an exploration of the limits of language: how the poem’s visual shape can be seen as a metaphor for silence, how the poem is actually made of ruins—of the “ruined” poetic verse—and finally, how poetry’s near-condition of music is its desire to detach itself from the real world, into an imaginative textual reality.…”
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Visible wavelength FBG sensors by Ching, Wei Wen

“…By operating FBG sensors in/near the visible light spectrum, it allows the modular FBG sensor to utilize small and cheap super luminescent diode or light-emitting diode and charge-coupled detector as the light source and detector. …”
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