Evaporation of a sessile droplet on flat surfaces: an axisymmetric lattice Boltzmann model with consideration of contact angle hysteresis by Zhang, Chaoyang, Zhang, Hui, Zhang, Xuan, Yang, Chun, Cheng, Ping

“…Here, we propose an axisymmetric lattice Boltzmann (LB) model to simulate the dynamics of contact line motion during sessile droplet evaporation on a flat heated surface, taking contact angle hysteresis into consideration. …”
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Reliable environmental trace heavy metal analysis with potentiometric ion sensor - reality or a distant dreams by Lisak, Grzegorz

“…In the future, targeted on-site and on-line environmental sensors should be developed, addressing specific environmental conditions. …”
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Narrowband Searches for Continuous and Long-duration Transient Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars in the LIGO-Virgo Third Observing Run by Sudhir, Vivishek

“…In an additional search, we look in O3 data for long-duration (hours–months) transient gravitational waves in the aftermath of pulsar glitches for six targets with a total of nine glitches. We report two marginal outliers from this search, but find no clear evidence for such emission either. …”
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Investigation of pulsed electric field operation as a chemical-free anti-scaling approach for electrodialysis desalination of brackish water by Honarparvar, Soraya, Al-Rashed, Rashed, Winter V., Amos G.

“…To evaluate the effects of the pulsed operation on the extent and kinetics of salt formation, a series of nine-day batch experiments were performed for pulsed and conventional ED (PED and CED, respectively). …”
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A Learning Probabilistic Boolean Network Model of a Smart Grid with Applications in System Maintenance by Rivera Torres, Pedro Juan, Chen, Chen, Macías-Aguayo, Jaime, Rodríguez González, Sara, Prieto Tejedor, Javier, Llanes Santiago, Orestes, García, Carlos Gershenson, Kanaan Izquierdo, Samir

“…This idea was tested in a Probabilistic Boolean Network model of the WSCC nine-bus system that incorporates Intelligent Power Routers on every bus. …”
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Crystallographic details of the nucleotide-binding pocket of subunit A and B of A-ATP synthases and insight into the nucleotide-binding subunit α of the Escherichia coli F-ATP synt... by Vikeramjeet Singh Tadwal

“…An A-ATP synthase is composed of a total of nine types of subunits in the stoichiometry of A3:B3:C:D:E:F:H2:a:cx. …”
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Monitoring resident and relocated sunda colugos (Galeopterus variegatus) at the Singapore zoo. by Leroy Rocky Alphonso.

“…We found that the colugos fed on nine different species of trees within the zoo, seven of which were new records. …”
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State of the nation: class, Labour politics and the contemporary relevance of Our Friends in the North (1996) by Collins, Jeremy

“…In January 1996 the BBC began broadcasting Our Friends in the North, a ‘state of the nation’ drama (Eaton 2005), over nine episodes. The series followed four working-class friends from Tyneside, and explored how their lives unfolded during the social and political upheavals of the 1960s through to the 1990s. …”
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Molecular genetics of Dupuytren’s contracture by Aissvarya, Shankar, Ling, King-Hwa, Arumugam, Manohar, Thilakavathy, Karuppiah

“…The report is followed by a discussion on the molecular pathways suggested to be associated with DC and a summary of the genetic variants in the exonic regions found in DC and their connections with the molecular pathways. • A total of nine variants were reported originating from six genes comprising three pathways. …”
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Application of scoby bacterial cellulose as hydrocolloids on physicochemical, textural and sensory characteristics of mango jam by Chong, Ann Qi, Chin, Nyuk Ling, A. Talib, Rosnita, Kadir Basha, Roseliza

“…Overall acceptability in sensory test scoring was above 70% on a nine-point hedonic scale with the 40 g kg−1 green tea kombucha scoby jam chosen as the most preferred. …”

Fear of childbirth among pregnant mothers at Hospital USM, Kelantan by Yi, Ong Yi

“…The mean age of the participants was 31.23 years (SD = 4.980), and the mean gestational age at enrolment was 33.51 weeks (SD = 5.967). Forty-nine (20.2%) participants reported low to mild FOC. …”
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Influence of psychological and personal factors on predicting individual's thermal comfort in an office building using linear estimation and machine learning model by Muhammad Nafiz, Muhammad Nafiz, Shaikh Salim, Sheikh Ahmad Zaki, Nadarajah, Pravin Diliban, Singh, Manoj Kumar

“…Fanger’s six parameters and nine other parameters are considered for linear estimation and ML input parameters. …”

Fostering Online Learning Engagement Via Gamification: A Comparison Between Media and Non-Media Students in Universiti Utara Malaysia (S/O: 14764) by Mohmad Yazam, Siti Syamsul Nurin, Ibrahim, Marhaiza

“…Data collected among ninety-nine media and accounting students in Universiti Utara Malaysia…”
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The International Affiliation Network of YouTube Trends by Platt, Edward, Bhargava, Rahul, Zuckerman, Ethan

“…Trending videos in particular, by virtue of reaching a large number of viewers in a short span of time, are powerful as both influencers and indicators of international communication flows. …”
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Dynamical Pose Estimation by Yang, Heng, Doran, Chris, Slotine, Jean-Jacques

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Nonparametric Adaptive Control and Prediction: Theory and Randomized Algorithms by Boffi, Nicholas M., Tu, Stephen, Slotine, Jean-Jacques

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Quantifying the internal and external drivers of Southeast Asian rainfall extremes on decadal timescales by Wang, Shouyi, Ummenhofer, Caroline C., Murty, Sujata A., Nguyen, Hung T. T., Buckley, Brendan M.

“…Historical records and paleoclimate archives that span the last millennium reveal extreme multi-year rainfall variations that significantly affected the societies of mainland Southeast Asia. …”
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The Influence of Root Geometry on Soil Cohesion and Anchoring Ability through Geologic Time by Colicci, Vittorio

“…This analysis revealed a strong dependence on the span, surface area, and volume of the root system, which were used to normalize values across different geometries. …”
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Attractiveness of container shipping as an investment asset class - perspective from an equity investor with investment horizon of 5 years by Tan, Ryan Kye Han

“…Comparison of historical returns to market average was used to determine the relative performance of container shipping stocks to market average across a span of 12 years from 2010 to 2021. Correlation analysis was then conducted to identify potential indicators of future share price performance that could be used to guide investor decisions. …”
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Stability of laminated composites with delaminations by Yap, Chun Wee

“…Various parametric studies are then conducted and they include boundary condition, type of composite materials, number of layers, ply orientation, stacking sequence, through-the-thickness location of the delamination, delamination length and along-the-span position of the delamination. For all the single-delaminated and multi-delaminated thin composite beams cases that are examined, the CLT methods 2 and 3 are able to form the desired upper and lower bounds, respectively, for the actual buckling loads. …”
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