Compressed sensing: a discrete optimization approach by Bertsimas, Dimitris, Johnson, Nicholas A. G.

“…When compared only against the experiment-wise best performing benchmark method on synthetic data, our approach produces solutions that are on average 3.10% more sparse. …”
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Correlating physicochemical properties of commercial membranes with CO₂ absorption performance in gas-liquid membrane contactor by Xu, Yilin, Malde, Chandresh, Wang, Rong

“…When using MEA as absorbent, both PP and PVDF membranes suffered dramatic flux decline. …”
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An optimized CFD-DEM method for fluid-particle coupling dynamics analysis by Yao, L. M., Xiao, Zhongmin, Liu, J. B., Zhang, Q., Wang, M.

“…When the diameter ratio increases from 0.3 to 0.7, the particle accumulation is weakened and the particle collision force chain is evenly distributed. …”
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IOT integration of a mobile application with a controller-based system: A by Pang, Bryan Seng Keong

“…This problem becomes further exacerbated during peak usage periods when even more students queue and compete for the same facilities. …”
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Parenting by lying and children’s lying to parents: the moderating role of children’s beliefs by Low, Petrina Hui Xian, Kyeong, Yena, Broekman, Birit, Eriksson, Johan Gunnar, Chen, Helen Yu, Setoh, Peipei

“…Introduction: How are children socialized about lying? One way is when parents lie to their children for parenting purposes, known as parenting by lying. …”
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Switching-based transmit antenna / aperture selection for MISO hybrid FSO / RF system by Tan, Jerome Kwee Ann

“…Lastly, we present the simulations of average SER for a Hybrid system when the RF links are subject to outdated channel state information (CSI). …”
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On strong semismoothness and superlinear convergence of complementarity problems over homogeneous cones by Nguyen, Hai Ha

“…Finally, we consider the possible way of generalize the lemma in Chapter 3 to the case of homogeneous cones, when we cannot get the implicit formula for the smoothing approximation, by using the graphical convergence of monotone mappings.…”
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Unveiling the dual role of chemically synthesized copper doped zinc oxide for resistive switching applications by Gollu, Sankara Rao, Roy, Sounak, Banerjee, Souri, Kundu, Souvik, Boppidi, Pavan Kumar Reddy, Raj, P. Michael Preetam, Challagulla, Swapna

“…However, ferroelectric properties have been observed when the same Cu:ZnO was annealed at a higher temperature of 800 °C and integrated onto Nb doped SrTiO3. …”
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Is clicking mechanism good for flapping wing micro aerial vehicle? by Chin, Yao Wei, Lau, Gih Keong

“…Hence, the clicking prototype showed a sudden high increase in wing flap speed when it is moved beyond midpoint towards the other end. …”
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Inter-organizational competition in humanitarian governance by Corsini, C

“…</p> <p>In the humanitarian sector, the threat of resource reallocation occurs when donors prioritize one sector’s humanitarian needs over another. …”

The mediating role of health literacy between the presence of chronic disease and psychological distress among older persons in Xian City of China by Guo, Kun, Ouyang, Jing, Minhat, Halimatus Sakdiah

“…Background: The increased number of older persons in China, and the prevalence of most chronic diseases raised with age significantly increased the total disease burden. When a person ages, psychological distress happens when they are faced with stressors that they cannot cope with. …”
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Supply chain resilience for global operations (2) : a re-evaluation of performance benchmarking (information sharing) by Tan, Tricia Zann Yinn

“…The reality is not about supply chains facing a problem but rather the issue of when a problematic event will occur and the severity of it (Skipper & Hanna, 2009). …”
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An experimental investigation of the elastic stress investigation on crack branching in fiber-reinforced composites by Ng, Chee Yong

“…The crack will propagate when the stress factor exceed the stress intensity factor result to the failure of the part. …”
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Grid compliance for the land based electrical power generators by Yang, Shicong

“…Under a grid disturbance, when the LVRT capability requirement is implemented, an OOS may occurs in the event of LVRT solution failure. …”
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Embedded computing techniques for remote mobile video surveillance systems by Nirmala Ramakrishnan

“…Evaluations on a Nios-II platform, without floating point unit (FPU) show a speedup in execution time of 48-82% in Shi-Tomasi and 45-81% in Harris corner detection when detecting 300 corners, at the same time achieving comparable accuracy as the conventional Shi-Tomasi/Harris detectors, when applied to the Oxford repeatability dataset. …”
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Stress investigation on crack tip plastic zone - part II: sub-interface crack and crack in layered materials by Poh, Xuan You.

“…The value of J Integral is obtained by finding the average value when the loading is fully applied. Lastly, the effect of loading, crack depth (distance to interface), crack length and the thickness of the top layer are being discussed.…”
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Numerical analysis of thermophoresis of charged colloidal particles in non-Newtonian concentrated electrolyte solutions by Zhou, Yi, Deng, Xin, Liang, Sheng, Zhao, Cunlu, Yang, Chun

“…Both the shear-thinning and shear-thickening effects of non-Newtonian fluids on a thermodiffusion coefficient are pronounced for the case when the thickness of electric double layer (EDL) surrounding a particle is moderate or thin. …”
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Synthesis of epoxidized poly(ester carbonate)-b-polyimide-b-poly(ester carbonate) : reactive single-walled carbon nanotube dispersants enable synergistic reinforcement around multi... by Liu, Bo, Liu, Chengyin, De Luca, Hugo G., Raman Pillai, Suresh Kumar, Anthony, David B., Li, Jianghua, Bismarck, Alexander, Shaffer, Milo S. P., Chan-Park, Mary Bee Eng

“…PMACEP-block-PI-block-PMACEP (TB3). TB3 copolymer when mixed with a conventional structural epoxy resin forms blends that do not show inferior tensile properties compared with the epoxy, which is unusual. …”
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Study the Meaning of the English Translation of THE NOBLE QUR'AN : Word-for-Word from Arabic to English by DARUSSALAM

“…Therefore, the readers and reciters simply proceed forward without knowledge of the Arabic vocabulary used in the Verses. But when one knows the meanings of each Arabic word of the Verse, then whether he himself recites the Qu' rân, or listens to some other s recitation, he gets the pleasure of understanding it.…”

Cracking Common Notions Relating Egg Strength to Impact Orientation by Sutanto, Antony

“…The chicken egg possesses a shell structure that is conventionally thought to be strongest when loaded on its vertical poles, particularly the sharp end, which resembles a structural arch. …”
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