Development of morphing UAV actuated with shape memory alloy by Zhang, Alwyn Jianzhong

“…SMAs are “smart” materials that remember its original shape and are able to return to the shape after deformation when heated to a certain temperature. …”
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Effect of the shapes of foundation soil on the seismic response of dikes by Loo, Zhi Yung

“…This report describes a simulation study of the dynamic response of a dike built on different types of geometrical shapes of the foundation subsoil using PLAXIS 2D Finite Element Program. …”
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Wear behaviour of NiTi shape memory alloys by Yan, Lina

“…NiTi shape memory alloys have been widely researched for tribology related applications such as biomedical devices and micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) devices. …”
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Biofilms: Microbial Cities Wherein Flow Shapes Competition by Chew, Su Chuen, Yang, Liang

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China's new aircraft carrier : shape of things to come? by Bitzinger, Richard A., Mitchell, Paul T

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Intrinsic permanent shape reconfigurable semicrystalline biopolyester thermoset by Chen, Xiangping, Wong, Jie-Wei, Low, Jia Tee, Lok, Tow-Jie, Xue, Yaoting, Zeng, Zehao, Zhang, Kaihang, Shen, Yifeng, Li, Siyang, Zhou, Haofei, Zhao, Qian, Wong, Tuck-Whye, Li, Tiefeng, Yang, Wei

“…We further extend this benefit of reconfigurability to enable flexible shape design in a smart shape-memory polymer (SMP), showing it as one of its potential applications. …”

Improved flux pinning properties of Mg exceed MgB2 ceramics with B4C and Dy2O3 additions by Pham, Ha H., Le, Tien, Pham, An T., Kang, Won Nam, Nam, Nguyen H., Anh, Do T.K., Anh, Nguyen Hoang, Peh, Hoo Keong, Chen, Soo Kien, Man, Nguyen K., Hong, Vuong Thi Anh, Lee, Hanoh, Park, Tuson, Cuong, Le Viet, Hai, Phan, Huy, Nguyen Quang, Tran, Duc H.

“…According to collective pinning theory, δl pinning was identified as the dominant pinning type in the fabricated samples. …”
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Finding transcription factor binding motifs for coregulated genes by combining sequence overrepresentation with cross-species conservation by Jia, Hui., Li, Jinming.

“…Novel computational methods for finding transcription factor binding motifs have long been sought due to tedious work of experimentally identifying them. …”
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Ten pressure points in primary care during COVID-19: findings from an international narrative review by Dykgraaf, SH, Parkinson, A, Wright, M, Wong, WCW, Desborough, J, Ball, L, Sturgiss, E, Dut, GM, Barnes, K, Butler, D, Davis, S, Douglas, K, Kendir, C, Martin, D, Marten, R, Rouleau, K, Barkley, S, de Toca, L, Kidd, M

R&D at UPM Part 2: research snapshots (new findings, research highlights and new achievements)

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A Lean Management Approach of Rice Subsidy Distribution: Some Findings from A Study in Selangor by Sarjiman, Yatimah, Mad Lazim, Halim, Lamsali, Hendrik

“…Methodology: For that purpose, a survey was conducted on 10 senior government officials who manage matters related to fertilizer subsidies in the Ministry, Farmers Organization Board, Area Farmers Organization, Department of Agriculture and Subsidy Product Suppliers and 20 farmers in the area studied. by using Lean Management as the main point in this study. Findings: The collected data were analyzed using ATLAS.ti and Microsoft Excel. …”
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A Lean Management Approach of Rice Subsidy Distribution: Some Findings from a Study in Selangor by Sarjiman, Yatimah, Mad Lazim, Halim, Lamsali, Hendrik

“…Methodology: For that purpose, a survey was conducted on 10 senior government officials who manage matters related to fertilizer subsidies in the Ministry, Farmers Organization Board, Area Farmers Organization, Department of Agriculture and Subsidy Product Suppliers and 20 farmers in the area studied. by using Lean Management as the main point in this study. Findings: The collected data were analyzed using ATLAS.ti and Microsoft Excel. …”
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Elastic shape memory polymeric materials for comfort fitting footwear by Wang, Taoxi

“…Since it is difficult to find an existing shape memory material that meets the requirements for comfort fitting footwear, both thermoset and thermoplastic shape memory hybrids (SMHs) programmable at around human body temperature with tailorable elasticity and stretchability are developed. …”
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Arbitrary-shape object localization using adaptive image grids by Yuan, Junsong, Zhou, Chunluan

“…However, for objects of non-rectangle shapes, noises in windows may mislead the localization, causing unsatisfactory results. …”
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Indentation and laser annealing of NiTi shape memory alloys by Su, Jun Feng

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The Shape of Kubler: George A. Kubler in Peru, 1948-49 by Schweig, Johann

“…Yale art history professor George Kubler’s seminal 1962 publication The Shape of Time is, according to his own words, representative of a “crossroads between the history and anthropology of art.” …”
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Two dimensional shape measurement via video signal processing by Chen, Chun-Chieh, 1948-

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Matching-constrained active contours with affine-invariant shape prior by Yeung, Sai-Kit, Wang, Junyan, Chan, Kap Luk

“…The key to our formulation is a mathematical model of the relationship between interior feature points and object shape, called the interior-points-to-shape relation. …”
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Micro "butterflyers" in stretching of shape memory polymers at different temperatures by Abdul Hanif Abdul Harris

“…Shape memory materials are materials that has the ability to return back to its original shape after deformation. …”
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Dumbbell-shaped block copolymers for the fabrication of anisotropic soft actuators by Pan, Houwen Matthew, Chan, Jonathan Kai Bin, Sarkar, Jit, Goto, Atsushi

“…Anisotropic swelling was programmed in single-layer actuators through shear-induced alignment (x-y axis) and phase separation (z-axis) of dumbbell-shaped BCPs without any additional patterning steps. …”
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