Simulation of Organic Rankine Cycle - quasi-steady state vs dynamic approach for optimal economic performance by Pili, Roberto, Romagnoli, Alessandro, Jiménez-Arreola, Manuel, Spliethoff, Hartmut, Wieland, Christoph

“…The results highlight the validity of the quasi-steady state approach for techno-economic optimization of ORC for industrial waste heat and provide a valuable guideline for developers, companies and researchers when choosing the most suitable tool for their analysis, helping them save time and costs to find the most appropriate approach.…”
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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

“…When the grating length is much longer than the ultrasonic wavelength, the conventional wavelength-modulation method is invalid. In order to find out an effective sensing method, in this case, a novel sidelobe modulation has been proposed and investigated. …”
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An experimental study into the effect of micro-textures on the performance of cutting tool by Durairaj, Shanmugasundaram, Guo, Jiang, Aramcharoen, Ampara, Castagne, Sylvie

“…Signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to find the optimal levels of the selected parameters and to study the effect of the micro-textures on cutting forces, shear angle, contact area as well as adhesion of aluminium. …”
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Non-traditional security concept, issues, and implications on security governance by Caballero-Anthony, Mely

“…As a consequence, the security concerns of states have changed, compelling them to find new and innovative ways to address these new challenges. …”
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Controlling directed networks with evolving topologies by Li, Guoqi, Ding, Jie, Wen, Changyun, Wang, Lei, Guo, Fanghong

“…Our finding enables us to model and explain how real-world complex networks adaptively self-organize themselves to many similar subnetworks during a relatively long evolution process.…”
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A cup of coffee by Yong, Kai Ting

“…While coffee is well-known for its artistic and experiential qualities, I find its scientific and mathematical qualities fascinating and sadly, often unnoticed. …”
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Data driven modeling and simulation for TBM reliability analysis in tunnels by Yeong, She Chan

“…There are 16 identified concept nodes and 2 key objectives, building tilt rate and accumulative settlement, are used for optimization and to find the optimal solutions among them. To assess the applicability and efficacy of the suggested strategy, in this study, TBM parameters are extensively explored. …”
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In search of preference shock risks : evidence from longevity risks and momentum profits by Chen, Zhanhui, Yang, Bowen

“…Empirically, this model explains many well-known cross-sectional portfolios. Notably, we find that longevity risk and the momentum factor share a common business cycle component, i.e., short-run consumption risks. …”
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Prototypical career paths in urban, suburban, and rural locations in the United States by Setor, Tenace, Joseph, Damien

“…We close by discussing our findings’ implications for career research and practice.…”
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Injection-driven fracture instability in granite : mechanism and implications by Ji, Yinlin, Wu, Wei

“…We shed light on fluid pressure heterogeneity, injection-induced fracture instability, acoustic emission characteristics and fracture surface evolution. We find that injection-induced fracture instability is strongly dependent on fluid pressure heterogeneity and fracture surface heterogeneity. …”
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Makeup transfer using generative adversarial network by Feng, Qiyuan

“…Its main function is to transfer the makeup of the reference makeup portrait to the non-makeup portrait, so that users can try different makeup at will to find the makeup that suits them. Existing research uses model structures such as feedforward neural networks and generative adversarial networks to generate high-quality and high-fidelity portraits. …”
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Experimental evidence for multiple controls on fault stability and rupture dynamics by Mei, Cheng, Barbot, Sylvain, Jia, Yunzhong, Wu, Wei

“…In addition to the stiffness ratio, we find that the ratio of the parameters that describe the dependence on velocity and state constitutes another control on the stability of faulting and rupture dynamics. …”
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Bending of composite sandwich beams with metal facesheets by Toh, Yi Kang

“…Different finite element models were explored to find the optimal model to be used. Four Specimens of different layout and dimensions were modelled and subjected to finite element analysis. …”
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Active optimization adjustment for the surface accuracy of spaceborne SAR antennas by Yu, Dewen, Hu, Guobiao, Cai, Saijie, Yang, Yaowen, Hong, Jun

“…A mixed-variable optimization algorithm is further put forward to find the optimal strategy of dimensional adjustment. …”
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LNG bunkering infrastructure planning at port by Guo, Yu, Yan, Ran, Qi, Jingwen, Liu, Yannick, Wang, S., Zhen, Lu

“…The objective of this study is to determine the optimal bunkering method at a port using an integer linear programming (ILP) model considering three kinds of costs: fixed, variable, and extra. To find the optimal bunkering method, the three methods and their related constraints are modeled into the ILP model. …”
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Efficient inference offloading for mixture-of-experts large language models in internet of medical things by Yuan, Xiaoming, Kong, Weixuan, Luo, Zhenyu, Xu, Minrui

“…To address these challenges, we propose MedMixtral 8x7B, a new medical LLM based on the mixture-of-experts (MoE) architecture with an offloading strategy, enabling deployment on the IoMT, improving the privacy protection for users. Additionally, we find that the significant factors affecting latency include the method of device interconnection, the location of offloading servers, and the speed of the disk.…”
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Green and gamified! An investigation of consumer participation in green last-mile from a gamification affordance perspective by Liu, Xiaodi, Zhou, Zengze, Yuen, Kum Fai, Wang, Xueqin

“…This influence is mediated through perceived enjoyment, ease of use, and perceived usefulness. Furthermore, we find that consumers may prioritise social factors such as interactivity affordance over competition and achievement affordances in the gamified green logistics behaviour. …”
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An ISA-95-based production scheduling system for high-mix,low-volume manufacturing by Phua, Tiong Lee.

“…In addition the author has created an interface to allow developer and end users to make use of it to make their own system ISA has made it simple and easy for users to understand and implement ISA FYP: An ISA-95-Based Production Scheduling System for High-Mix, Low Abstract to find methods to lower manufacturing cost market demand so as to remain competitive and to . anufacturing organizations attempt to integrate their systems are success due to the involvement of different planning, scheduling and to base their ISA-95 standard to integrate their systems. …”
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Prejudice against foreign students in university : does priming articles reduce implicit prejudice? by Sor, Hong Yuen.

“…Study 1 of the present research investigates whether Singaporean students display a greater degree of prejudice against foreign students from China, compared to foreign students from other nationalities. It also aims to find out whether psychological and social factors, such as perceptions of realistic threats, symbolic threats and the need of dependence as well as the social interactions contribute to the prejudice. …”
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Socially responsible investing : the analysis of SRI in South Korea. by Ng, Kai Xin., Lee, Wan Ning., Ng, Bao Xian.

“…This research can be extended to other countries in Asia to find out any statistical difference in SRI fund performance across various Asian markets.…”
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