Archaia Phusis: the original nature of the soul in Plato’s Middle Dialogues by Körner, H

“…<em>Phronēsis</em> is the true way of having virtue of character because it purifies the soul from bodily beliefs, desires, and fears (<em>Phaedo</em>, <em>Republic</em>), a process which the <em>Phaedrus</em> depicts as a regrowing of the soul’s wings.</p> <p>Tracing the theme of the soul’s <em>archaia phusis</em> in these dialogues touches on central questions in the study of Plato: do the soul’s lower parts survive in our fully purified condition? …”

Effects of heat treatment parameters on the microstructure and mechanical properties of laser power bed fusion (LPBF) 316L stainless steel by Sun, Yuheng

“…No obvious recrystallization was observed when the annealing temperature is below 1300 °C; annealing at 1200 °C for 30 minutes to 2 hours only led to partially recrystallization; full recrystallization was obtained at 1300 °C for more than 30 mins, where similar microstructure and mechanical properties were obtained to CM 316L. …”
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Mechanics of fracture and flexure in Antarctic ice sheets and ice shelves by Zhang, H

“…In grounding zones and floating ice shelves, ice fracturing is often associated with flexure modulated by ocean tides and subglacial water flow, as well as stresses created by shearing, such as pinning points. Fracture and flexure significantly affect the vulnerability of Antarctic ice shelves to hydrofracturing and, by altering buttressing effects, the mass balance of the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet. …”

Analysis and design of curved steel beam member in elevation using Eurocode 3 by Yandarmadi, Kelvin

“…This paper specifically focuses on analysing simply supported boundary condition curved beam member which pinned on the one end and roller that can be moved horizontally on the other end. …”
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Challenges and applications to operando and in situ TEM imaging and spectroscopic capabilities in a cryogenic temperature range by Tyukalova, Elizaveta, Vas, Joseph Vimal, Ignatans, Reinis, Mueller, Aaron David, Medwal, Rohit, Imamura, Masaaki, Asada, Hironori, Fukuma, Yasuhiro, Rawat, Rajdeep Singh, Tileli, Vasiliki, Duchamp, Martial

“…Such studies are promising for studying the pinning of the ferroelectric and magnetic domains versus temperature, spin-polarized current, and externally applied magnetic field to better manipulate the domain walls. …”
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Health monitoring, lifetimes estimation, and thermal management of IGBT-based power converters by Mohamed Halick Mohamed Sathik

“…The developed control method developed in this work not only limits the over temperature, but also controls temperature swings (∆Tj) due to thermal cycling. The proposed thermal controller uses the temperature-related parameters to control the junction temperature online. …”
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Development of mechanically robust self-cleaning coatings for large structure protection by Kumar, Divya

“…The main objective of this project is to develop self-cleaning coatings for large outdoor structures like wind turbine blades and aircraft wings with enhanced mechanical properties. The project aims to achieve this through understanding the main factors affecting the key functionalities of abrasion and erosion resistant self-cleaning coatings. …”
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Strategies to modulate Amorphous Oxide Semiconductor properties for low temperature transparent transistors by Kulkarni, Mohit Rameshchandra

“…Such surface modifications can achieve a change in the carrier concentration by change in work function or shifting- pinning of the Fermi level, or additional field generated due to dipoles created at the surface. …”
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Fabrication and characterization of graphene and carbon nanotube reinforced bioceramic nanocomposites by Hu, Huanlong

“…The reinforcing mechanism was due to the lubrication and pinning effects of rGO, which resulted in high resistance to penetration, elastic recovery capability, low-cycle fatigue resistance, and microcrack propagation inhibition properties. …”
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Process-structure-property optimisation of basalt fibre reinforced thermoplastic composites by Hoo, Ming Shun

“…The results showed that the optimal MFI at 11.60 g/10mins at 260oC. The mechanical properties recorded showed ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of 708 ± 26 MPa, flexural strength of 1012 ± 43 MPa and elastic modulus of 33.1 ± 1.8GPa. …”
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Investigations into femtosecond laser hybrid manufacturing for 3D power sources by Tham, Nicholas Cheng Yang

“…First, in the design phase, acceleration and deceleration ‘wings’ are added to designs to reduce the impact of uneven fluence from mechanical movement of the galvano-scanner mirrors. …”
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