Soft actuators and their fabrication for bio-inspired mobile robots by Lau, Gih-Keong, Low, Sze-Shien, Chin, Yao-Wei, Heng, Kim-Rui

“…Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEA), which are capable of muscle-like actuation, have potential to drive insect-inspired flapping-wing robotfly. They have not been successfully used to drive flapping wings due to various limitations. …”
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Butterfly-like micro air vehicle by Yang, Xiaobin

“…Butterfly cannot hover, but it has unique aerodynamic characteristics such as undulating body motion and low wing loading. Development of flapping wing micro air vehicle is mainly focus on the hovering birds and inserts. …”
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Preliminary Investigation of 4D Printing Technology for Deployable UAV Development by Chua, Chee Kai, Teoh, J. E. M., Liu, Yong, An, J., Li, Y.

“…Additionally, the folding sequence of different parts of the wing is programmable as well by using multiple materials. …”
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Design of a pneumatic launcher and glider by Pang, Shiuh Woon.

“…The size of this glider is about 150mm for the wing span and 200mm for the fuselage. The whole system of this design was based on the pneumatic power and the aerodynamics of a fixed wing. …”
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To determine the effect of peening on residual stresses by Chan, Yiu Wing., Fok, Wing Chau.

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PAS : balancing inclusion and tradition by Afif Pasuni

“…The Islamic Party of Malaysia is reaching out to non-Muslim voters by forming a new wing of non- Muslim supporters, promoting good governance and playing down the Islamic state. …”
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Fluid to composite structure interaction by Tan, Melvyn Han Xiang.

“…Fabrication of the mount and the wing was done and initial designs were drawn out using the Solidworks program. …”
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Deciphering the Role of a Coleopteran Steering Muscle via Free Flight Stimulation by Sato, Hirotaka, Vo Doan, Tat Thang, Kolev, Svetoslav, Huynh, Ngoc Anh, Zhang, Chao, Massey, Travis L., van Kleef, Joshua, Ikeda, Kazuo, Abbeel, Pieter, Maharbiz, Michel M.

“…We investigated the role of a muscle involved in wing articulation during flight in a coleopteran. …”
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When Islamists play by the rules yet change the game by Chan, Wen Ling

“…The recent upgrading of the PAS Supporters Club to a legal entity, complete with party constitution amendments that recognize the new wing, not only makes the PAS promise of “PAS for all” selffulfilling, it provides the party an opportunity to lead the change away from race-based politicking.…”
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Nonlinear modelling and control of a quadplane by Sheikh Moheed Muzaffar

“…Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) capabilities of fixed-wing UAV is currently being researched because of its ability to takeoff/land like rotor-craft, yet transition to forward flight like a fixed-wing. …”
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Morphing structures by Tan, Sharon Si Ying.

“…This report will focus on application of smart materials, namely Smart Memory Polymer (SMP) and Smart Memory Alloy (SMA) in the area of morphing wings. In this report, there will be four distinct designs that make use of smart materials in different ways to create geometric changes to a wing. …”
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Design and development of composite structure for a micro-UAV by Loke, Jun Jie.

“…This report describes the design process and fabrication of a composite fuselage for a 2kg class micro-UAV which is propelled by flapping wings. It begins with the comparison and selection of fabrication process. …”
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Design and test of synthetic jet actuator for small UAVS by Du, Jiaxing.

“…Besides flow visualization demonstrates actuators’ capability to suppress flow separation on LS (1)-0421 wing model. This lays the foundation for its potential application on unmanned aerial vehicle.…”
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Labour pains: mothers and motherhood on the British left in the twentieth century by Riley, CL, Jenkins, L, Baughan, E

“…British left-wing politics does not know what to think about mothers. …”

Cross-sectional analysis of university students’ health using a digitised health survey by Spinazze, Pier A., Kasteleyn, Marise J., Aardoom, Jiska J., Car, Josip, Chavannes, Niels H.

“…Areas of concern were highlighted in student’s body weight, visual acuity, and binge drinking. A large proportion of students were underweight (body mass index (BMI) < 18.5)—18.9% of females and 10.6% of males—and 7% of males were obese (BMI > 30). …”
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Defending, contesting and rejecting formal drinker categories: how UK university students identify as ‘light-drinkers’ or ‘non-drinkers’ by Conroy, Dom, Griffin, Christine, Morton, Charlotte

“…To explore this, we presented self-identified ‘non’ or ‘light’ drinkers with official formal definitions of ‘light’ and ‘binge’ drinking as found in public health and academic research. …”
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Design and develop an ornithopter by Wahyu Benardo Fanthony

“…Animal in other hand has unique style; bird for example is able to flying by flapping the wings. It is very interesting way to perform flight. …”
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Cross-modal size-contrast illusion : acoustic increases in intensity and bandwidth modulate haptic representation of object size by Uesaki, Maiko, Ashida, Hiroshi, Kitaoka, Akiyoshi, Pasqualotto, Achille

“…In this study, a series of images each comprising a pair of pine-tree figures were translated into auditory modality using sensory substitution software. …”
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Komet by Lim, Guo Jun

“…Snow falls, star falls One step, one beginning Two worlds meet one A trail to ever last Butterfly city, never night city Red light, green light Ghosts of thousand faces Beckoning from the wall Good, bad, and ugly Stone ocean, iron sky Omens of million wings The lady fortune frowns So ends the pendulum Farewell goodbye An empty longing For things long gone -In memory of all good things-…”
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Global borders : power, fragility, and ‘a kind of fiction’ (Editorial introduction) by Cahill, Samara

“…With the gentlest wafting of pollen from a summer breeze or a bee’s wing, the fixed categories borders inscribe can blossom into hybridities.…”
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