Nebular dominated galaxies: insights into the stellar initial mass function at high redshift by Cameron, AJ, Katz, H, Witten, C, Saxena, A, Laporte, N, Bunker, A

“…While Balmer jumps are sometimes observed in low-redshift star-forming galaxies, this galaxy also exhibits a steep turnover in the UV continuum. Such turnovers are typically attributed to absorption by a damped Ly𝛼 system (DLA); however, the shape of the turnover and the high observed Ly𝛼 escape fraction ( 𝑓esc,Ly𝛼 ∼ 27%) is also consistent with strong nebular two-photon continuum emission. …”

Robust assessment of railway vehicle safety risks in operation using a proposed data-driven wheel profile generation approach: Design of computer experiments and surrogate models by Braga, Joaquim A.P., Costa, João N., Ambrósio, Jorge, Frey, Daniel, Andrade, António R.

“…Wheel profiles are specifically designed to steer the vehicle and avoid derailment. Maintenance standards and train operating companies establish safe envelopes for wheel profile geometric parameters. …”
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Water treatment using one-dimensional manganese oxide based materials by Zhang, Tong

“…However, separation and recovery of these nanosized materials in heterogeneous systems continue to remain a steep challenge. To overcome the engineering issue, various separation techniques such as free settling, centrifugation, magnetic separation and membrane filtration, have been proposed over the years. …”
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Effects of electromagnetic field on proliferation, differentiation, and mineralization of MC3T3 cells by Teoh, Swee-Hin, Suryani, Luvita, Too, Jian Hui, Hassanbhai, Ammar Mansoor, Wen, Feng, Lin, Daryl Jimian, Yu, Na

“…The steep increasing incidence of bone diseases and fractures provides a commanding impetus and growing demands for bone tissue engineering research. …”
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Domain dynamics response to polarization switching in relaxor ferroelectrics by Li, Yang, Lin, Wei, Wang, Cong, Zhang, Shumin, He, Yunfei, Gao, Weibo, Zhao, Shifeng

“…Two fundamentally different domain switching pathways and dynamic characteristics are revealed: one steep, bipolar-like switching between two degenerate polarization states; and another flat, multi-step switching process with a thermodynamically stable non-polar mesophase mediating the degenerate polarization states. …”
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The great problems are in the street : a phenomenology of men's stranger intrusions on women in public spaces by Vera-Gray, Fiona

“…Secondly it explores reconnecting feminist research on VAWG to women’s ordinary experience of men’s intrusion, revealing how the necessary focus on policy has led to a steep rise in knowledge about some forms of VAWG to the detriment of investigating men’s violence and intrusion in women’s everyday lives. …”
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Evolution of volcanic rifted margins: origin of seaward dipping reflectors with insights from flexure and 'process-oriented’ gravity modelling by Morgan, RL

“…Results from a case study interpreting a set of seismic reflection surveys from the Orange Basin, offshore Namibia show good general agreement between observed Airy isostatic anomalies and calculated gravity anomalies with T_e in the range 1-3km. The steep gradient that is often observed in the Airy isostatic gravity anomaly at rifted margins is therefore a useful proxy for the seaward edge of the dykes that intrude the crust prior to seafloor spreading.…”

Chemical mediation of coral larval settlement by crustose coralline algae by Tebben, J., Motti, C. A, Siboni, Nachshon, Negri, A. P., Harder, T., Steinberg, Peter David, Hatta, Masayuki, Tapiolas, D. M., Schupp, P. J., Kitamura, Makoto

“…These algae-derived fractions induce settlement and metamorphosis at equivalent concentrations as present in CCA, both in small scale laboratory assays and under flow-through conditions, suggesting their ability to act in an ecologically relevant fashion to steer larval settlement of corals. Both compound classes were readily detected in natural samples.…”
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Policy design and professional service delivery performance of drinking water services in rural Mali by Wagner, J

“…</p> <br> <p>Three recommendations are proposed to steer rural water policy and practice towards more sustainable services. …”

Transport phenomena of immiscible fluids in microchannels by Yin, Shuai

“…Due to the prevalence of miniaturization in the past two decades, microdroplets have been widely applied to the fields of chemistry, biology, and material science. …”
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The development of orogenic plateaus : Plateaus: case studies examining relationships between tectonics, crustal strength, surface deformation, and plateau morphology by Cook, Kristen Lee

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Microfiltration of oil emulsions stabilized by different surfactants by Trinh, Thien An, Han, Qi, Ma, Yunqiao, Chew, Jia Wei

“…Two key understanding on the correlation between the DLVO and XDLVO predictions with flux and fouling were obtained. Firstly, the steep flux enhancement vis-à-vis a DI water feed by the feed containing CTAB-stabilized oil emulsion was tied to the attractive interaction of the surfactant with the membrane, as evident from the DLVO model. …”
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Behaviors of floating droplet by Kan, Kah Hou

“…High amplitude oscillation is characterized by a gradual contraction of contact line and followed by a steep and sharp expansion. Closer inspection shows that the expansion of droplet contact line causes the strong expulsion of bulk fluid into the submersed section causing abrupt and unstable flow transition. …”
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Rainfall-induced slope failures and preventive measures in Singapore by Harianto, Rahardjo, Leong, Eng Choon, Alfrendo, Satyanaga, Ng, Yew Song, Tan, Hong Tuan, Hua, Chai Juay

“…Steep residual soil slopes are generally characterized by a deep ground water table and a significant thickness of unsaturated soil above the water table. …”
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Molecule confined isolated metal sites enable the electrocatalytic synthesis of hydrogen peroxide by Li, Xiaogang, Tang, Shasha, Dou, Shuo, Fan, Hong Jin, Choksi, Tej S., Wang, Xin

“…Herein, it is reported that aminoanthraquinone confined isolated metal sites on carbon supports selectively steer oxygen reduction to H2 O2 through the two-electron pathway. …”
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GPS imaging of vertical bedrock displacements : quantification of two-dimensional vertical crustal deformation in China by Pan, Yuanjin, Hammond, William C., Ding, Hao, Mallick, Rishav, Jiang, Weiping, Xu, Xinyu, Shum, C. K., Shen, Wenbin

“…We conclude that significant steep velocity gradients occur at tectonic block boundaries that are attributable to locking and elastic strain accumulation on active block boundary faults.…”
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Bacterial biofilm colonization and succession in tropical marine waters are similar across different types of stone materials used in seawall construction by Summers, Stephen, Pek, Y. Shona, Vinod, Deepthi P., McDougald, Diane, Todd, Peter A., Birch, William R., Rice, Scott A.

“…They are, however, associated with reduced biodiversity, due to their steep orientation, lack of microhabitats, and the materials used in their construction. …”
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Longitudinal patterns in smoking abstinence in trials of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation: secondary analysis of data from a systematic review, with meta-analyses by Hartmann-Boyce, J, Chan, J, Zhitnik, E, Pesola, F, Hajek, P, Lindson, N

“…For absolute point prevalence abstinence, three studies demonstrated a shallow decline over time, two a steep decline, and three the opposite—an increase in abstinence over time. …”

Quantum scale biomimicry of low dimensional growth : an unusual complex amorphous precursor route to TiO2 band confinement by shape adaptive biopolymer-like flexibility for energy... by Choi, Dahyun, Sonkaria, Sanjiv, Fox, Stephen John, Poudel, Shivraj, Kim, Sung-yong, Kang, Suhee, Kim, Seheon, Verma, Chandra, Ahn, Sung Hoon, Lee, Caroline Sunyong, Khare, Varsha

“…Here, we provide evidence for synthetic biomimicry akin to bio-polymerization mechanisms to steer disorder-to-order transitions via solvent plasticization-like behaviour. …”
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Large-scale capacitive touch panels : sensor pattern design, sampling and interpolation by Akhtar, Humza

“…We differentiate between touch panels and touch screens based on size, and steer the direction of this thesis towards touch panels after identifying three unanswered research questions that come up while designing large-scale capacitive touch panels. …”
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