Land reclamation - from conventional vertical drain methods to a combined vacuum preloading and electro-osmosis with horizontal drainage enhanced geotextile sheets by Wong, Lung Anthony

“…The major challenges include the extra time required for consolidating the clay slurry and the formation of a working platform for construction, which are not necessary if sandy fill material is adopted. Consolidation analysis of drained reclamation work is a key aspect in assessing the performance of the ground improvement work conducted. …”
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Going on from Picasso? Late modernism and the dynamics of history by Nelson, S

“…The artists I analyse have seemed to fall between the horns of this divide: neither moving modernism forward, nor departing from it. …”

The Science of Plants : Inside their Secret World / by Fewster, Helen, editor 655692, Ambrose, Jamie, contributor 655693, Bayton, Ross, contributor 655694, Candeias, Matt, contributor 655695, Jose, Sarah, contributor 655696, Mikolajski, Andrew, contributor 382928, Ripley, Esther, contributor 655697, Summers, David, contributor 260394, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, contributor 10725, DK Publishing, Inc 584081

“…Filled with fascinating stories of how plants protect themselves from predators, and how flowers use colour and scent to interact with - and manipulate - the creatures around them, The Science of Plants is a fresh and engaging introduction to the mysterious inner workings of the plant world.…”

Visual tracking of drones in harsh environments by Song, Chaoyang

“…We will be using of a stationary camera mounted on the ground to perform detecting and localizing of UAV in GPS-denied area, which will be a room filled with disturbance. …”
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Commentary: stumbling upon indirect self-enhancement in free will beliefs by Ross, Wendy, Firestein, Stuart

“…A clear and well thought-out hypothesis which is grounded in the empirical literature – in this case that the better-than-average effect which has been robustly demonstrated across several domains would replicate in the domain of free will – falls at the first empirical hurdle. …”
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Chiral spin textures in a frustrated kondo lattice model by Munir Shahzad

“…Using unbiased Monte Carlo method we show that this complex ground state can be generated dynamically starting from random spin configurations even at non-zero but a finite value of temperature at half filling of itinerant electrons. …”
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Rojak state by Veera, Sherilyn Shaan

“…Different parts united in a harmonious whole. In a world filled with polarised views, Rojak State focuses on exploring the positive side of hybridity and being mixed in Singapore, a melting pot of multiculturalism. …”
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End-fire surface wave antenna with metasurface coating by Wang, Ping, Shen, Zhongxiang

“…In addition, a blind-filled cylinder hole is used to further improve the radiation pattern at certain high frequencies. …”
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Systematically Working with Multimodal Data : Research Methods in Multimodal Discourse Analysis / by Norris, Sigrid, 1961-, author 654980, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…This full-color introductory textbook is filled with helpful definitions, notes, discussion points and tasks. …”
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Effect of the shapes of foundation soil on the seismic response of dikes by Loo, Zhi Yung

“…Much focus is given to the comparison of Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) and ground settlement readings at the dike crest when the dike sits above different subsoil shapes. …”
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Tree radar image acquisition and processing by Lim, Linson Ze En

“…Tree falling accidents are common and could bring danger to properties and human lives in urban areas. …”
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Reframing reflexivity: collaborative ethics, collective responsibility, and learnings from researching Russia’s war on Ukraine by Howlett, M, Kurylo, B

“…The conventional, individualized understanding of reflexivity falls short in dismantling the epistemic hierarchies and broader structures of power that neglect the agency of our research stakeholders and subordinate the knowledge of already marginalized communities in academia and global politics. …”

How did ancient human activities influence the properties and development of soil?—a case study of the Yangshao Village cultural relic site, Henan Province by Zha, Lisi, Wang, Wenjing, Zhong, Junhong, Su, Yiqi, Chang, Dandan

“…Results: We found that the paleoanthropogenic activities started in the relatively low-lying area, in which the slash-and-burn activities resulted in the soil being filled with intrusions such as charcoal debris and ceramic shards. …”
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涂涂写写 = Alchemy of color and brushwork by Ng, Woon Lam

“…A happy painter’s life philosophy is to paint happy paintings filled with joyful colors. Just the grays and browns cannot fully express my inner voice. …”
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Hofstadter Physics and Composite Fermionic Phase in Moiré Systems by Ding, Shuhan

“…These systems, with their unique superlattice structures and strong electron correlations, provide fertile ground for investigating novel quantum states. A key focus is on understanding Hofstadter physics and the emergence of composite fermion phases in these materials. …”
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Crack healing in reactive MgO-slag system via bacteria induced carbonate precipitation by Zheng, Yanying

“…It was found that bacteria had the ability to precipitate carbonates, which filled small cracks, stiffened the concrete, and reduced the permeability of damaged concrete.…”
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The role of translation in Singapore's economy : a study on Singapore's language policy by Wui, Swee Qin

“…Based on all the findings, analysis is done and the results proved that the importance and economic value of translation are indeed abundant. Whilst my paper fills up this research gap, more in-depth researches are expected to be done in the future. …”
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The effectiveness of bio-anchorage system in reinforcing tropical residual slope by Kuraisha, Kambali, Duraisamy, Youventharan, Rokiah, Othman, Mohd Arif, Sulaiman, Putra Jaya, Ramadhansyah, Siti Noor Linda, Taib

“…Geotechnical phenomena known as “land sliding” encompasses a broad spectrum of ground movements, including rock falls, deep slope failures, and shallow debris flows, particularly in tropical regions. …”
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末世狂欢 ：论晚清科学小说中的乌托邦想象 = Fin-de-siècle carnivalization : the Utopian imagination of late Qing scientific romance, 1840-1911 by 林雨峰 Lim, Yu Feng

“…An atmosphere of fin-de-siècle filled the late Qing Dynasty when the country was hit by a lot of troubles. …”
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Operator-based truncation scheme based on the many-body fermion density matrix by Henley, Christopher L., Cheong, Siew Ann

“…Each density-matrix eigenstate corresponds to a particular set of occupation of single-particle pseudo-energy levels, and the density-matrix eigenstate with the largest weight, having the structure of a Fermi sea ground state, unambiguously defines a pseudo-Fermi level. …”
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