Solidarity as a transformative practice by Cipollitti, PE

“…By studying existing theories and reflecting on real-world cases, I present a normative account of solidarity suited to confront the globalized, overlapping injustices we face in our world today. I argue in Chapter 1 that we should conceptualize solidarity as a political bond, realized through action, that unites members of social groups on the basis of a shared understanding of reality and a shared commitment to justice; and as a socially, interpersonally, and personally transformative practice. …”

“可爱” 又 “可恶” 的女人 ：中国广场舞大妈 = Adorable or abominable? : Chinese square dancing dama by 徐昕 Xin, Xu

“…Which further propels the community go achieve greater unity through the bonds that is created within Square dancing. However, conflicts still arises with neighbors in the community due to China's increasing demand in the standard of living, couple with closely packed city developments aimed at multi function space. …”
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Study of a dry fixed-vane revolving compressor by Toh, Shaun Jia Hui

“…The changes are made in areas where there is high metal-to-metal contact such as the vane-side, rotor end faces and journal bearings. Major changes to equations were made in the rotor end-face expressions, where the rubbing at the upper end-face is not considered as non-contact occurs as a result of gravity. …”
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Modifying the Molecular Structure of Carbon Nanotubes through Gas-Phase Reactants by Giannetto, Michael J., Johnson, Eric P., Watson, Adam, Dimitrov, Edgar, Kurth, Andrew, Shi, Wenbo, Fornasiero, Francesco, Meshot, Eric R., Plata, Desiree L.

“…Using acetylene, methyl acetylene, and vinyl acetylene as feedstock gases, unique morphological differences were observed. Interwall spacing, a highly conserved value in natural graphitic materials, varied to accommodate side groups, increasing systematically from acetylene to methyl acetylene to vinyl acetylene. …”
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Development of indexing clamper mechanism for wire bonder by Zhang, Yue.

“…For wire bonding integrated circuits, the state-of-art is 30 u.m fine pitch, and the position accuracy of material transmission for wire bonder is required to be 3.5 urn or less. …”
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Accelerated discovery of new catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction by Mahmoud G. Ahmed

“…The high spin of Mn3+ ions (t2g3 eg1) can easily bond with OH– ions leading to high OER activity. …”
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Wannier-function software ecosystem for materials simulations by Marrazzo, A, Beck, S, Margine, ER, Marzari, N, Mostofi, AA, Qiao, J, Souza, I, Tsirkin, SS, Yates, JR, Pizzi, G

“…Wannier functions can be obtained for isolated or extended systems (both crystalline and disordered) and can be used to understand chemical bonding; to characterize electric polarization, magnetization, and topology; and as an optimal basis set, providing accurate interpolations in reciprocal space or large-scale Hamiltonians in real space. …”

The dead room by Kwok, Zong Han

“…Living rooms are traditionally spaces where humans form social connections, seek comfort in the refuge of personal territories, and share common bond with one another. …”
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Study of gas-liquid flow in microchannels by Tan, Siang Fu.

“…The power setting and the beam speed of laser machine must be taken care as it affects the dimensions of channel and surface roughness. …”
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Mobile app to play team building games by Phua, Wen Yao

“…As we advance into the digital age, physical team bonding games need to be updated to function well if not better as a digital media, lest they become left behind and forgotten. …”
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The influence of intrinsic motivational forces on consumers’ product purchase intentions by Syed, Sumera, Shah, Syed Rashid Hussain, Sh. Ahmad, Fauziah

“…Whereas, relatedness precisely talks about the social bonding of individuals through having better feelings and care for others in any environmental setting. …”
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Topochemical cation exchange reactions of Ruddlesden-Popper oxides by Conway, R

“…In contrast, ZnCaTa2O7 adopts a polar a^- b^- c^+ 〖/-(a^- b^- )c〗^+ distorted structure described in the P2cm space group, where the Zn2+ cations order in a striped pattern within the interlayer tetrahedral coordination sites to optimise the bonding of the Ca2+ A-cations.…”

Synthesis of borate-based epoxy molding compound for radiation hardened electronics packaging by Muhammad Ridhwan Md Yusoff

“…This material exhibits better shielding performance than existing materials thus making it suitable for use in radiation machineries and space applications. In this project, the effect of boron oxide on the thermal properties of epoxy was investigated. …”
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Cryogelation of human hair keratins by Chua, Huei Min, Zhao, Zhitong, Ng, Kee Woei

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Understanding lived experiences of bereaved parents of children with chronic life-threatening Illness : towards a culture-specific and meaning-oriented narrative E-writing interven... by Dutta, Oindrila

“…Finally, the model denotes that the lived experiences and well-being of participants were embedded within the health-and-social-care ecosystems in which they reside, and in turn impacted by it. …”
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Evaluation of high-strength concrete interior beam-column joints under simulated seismic loading by Leong, Chee Lai

“…Based on the test results, some relaxation of the bond requirements in beam-column joints is possible as improvement of bond strength was noticed where the bond strength increases with the increase in concrete compressive strength. …”
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Why do Chinese firms go public abroad and how do they perform? by Yuan, Mengying

“…The magnitude of the impact is more pronounced for firms that face higher hurdles in bypassing capital control.…”
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Self-healing cementitious composites by encapsulation techniques by Feng, Jianhang

“…To address this issue, cementitious composites with novel components for self-healing have been developed, but current self-healing agents for cementitious composites face challenges due to high cost, low compatibility with cementitious composites and limited autonomous healing capacity. …”
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Mechanical properties of additively manufactured kraft paper lattices and paper-epoxy interpenetrating phase composites for polymer foam replacement by Lim, Guo Yao, Kuek, Ryan Jian Xing, Teo, Javen, Seetoh, Ian Peiyuan, Lai, Chang Quan

“…Other than acting as supports to reduce bending of the diagonal struts, epoxy was found to infiltrate into the space between kraft paper fibers, forming a fiber-reinforced composite that conferred an excellent bond to the paper lattice and epoxy. …”
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Hybrid lasers and modulator on silicon in the near- and mid-infrared region by Hu, Xiaonan

“…QCL is chosen as the MIR gain material which is already proven as a powerful tool for the spectroscopy, sensing and free-space communications, etc. The entire route to develop the hybrid QCL on SOI is presented, including the fabrication procedures, the Au-Au bonded device with designed wafer, plasma assisted wafer bonding technique and finally the hybrid QCL device. …”
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