Effects of membrane chlorination on performance of reverse osmosis and nano-filtration membranes by Ho, Yung Lin.

“…Biological fouling is a perennial problem associated with membrane technology and disinfection is used to reduce the phenomenon to prolong the life span of membranes. However, chlorine has been known to be chemically aggressive towards high performance aromatic polyamide membrane. …”
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Isentropic diagnostics of mean circulation and water vapour budget for the Asian monsoon by Lee, Shao Yi

“…Although expressions of the circulation and water vapour budget were complicated by the combination of sectoral means and isentropic ground intersections, all boundary terms were found to have good physical meaning. …”
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Fault localization of a long power cable by Guo, Guoqiang

“…The main fault that was examined is an open circuit fault. All measurements were corroborated via counterchecking of passive components and a simulation tool. …”
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Thermomechanical coupling during large strain deformation of polycarbonate: experimental study by Song, P, Chapman, D, Graham, A, Trivedi, A, Siviour, C

“…Compression experiments are performed using a screwdriven machine, a hydraulic machine, and a long split Hopkinson bar, all instrumented with a high-speed infrared camera to measure temperature rises at strain rates between 0.01 and 2600 s-1 at a starting temperature around 20 °C. …”

Dynamic spectrum allocation for heterogeneous cognitive radio networks with multiple channels by Zhang, Wenjie, Sun, Yingjuan, Deng, Lei, Yeo, Chai Kiat, Yang, Liwei

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A tri-level typhoon-DAD robust optimization framework to enhance distribution network resilience by Hou, Hui, Wu, Wenjie, Zhang, Zhiwei, Wei, Ruizeng, Wang, Lei, He, Huan, Dong, Zhao Yang

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A simplified weak coupling dynamic analysis method for running safety evaluation of train on bridges under earthquake excitation by Zhu, Zhihui, Gong, Wei, Zhou, Gaoyang, Yang, Yaowen, Jiang, Lizhong

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Impedance controlled human–robot collaborative tooling for edge chamfering and polishing applications by Kana, Sreekanth, Lakshminarayanan, Srinivasan, Mohan, Dhanya Menoth, Campolo, Domenico

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Semantic matching in machine reading comprehension: an empirical study by Liu, Qian, Mao, Rui, Geng, Xiubo, Cambria, Erik

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Experimental and numerical investigation on precast CECFST column-to-column connections subjected to axial and eccentric compression by Zhu, Gaoming, Tan, Kang Hai

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Proactive monitoring in process control using predictive trend displays by Yin, Shanqing

“…Any anomaly or upset has to be resolved quickly before the severity of the problem escalates. All these tasks are performed using a control console called the Distributed Control System (DCS). …”
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Fixtured vibratory finishing of Ti-6Al-4V by Houmayune, Haja Abdul Jaafer.

“…The Ti 6AL-4V alloy accounts for almost 50% of all alloys used in aircraft applications due to its favourable properties. …”
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Electronic band structure and optical gain of GaNxBiyAs1−x−y/GaAs pyramidal quantum dots by Song, Zhi-Gang, Bose, Sumanta, Fan, Wei-Jun, Li, Shu-Shen

“…The strain profile has a profound impact on the electronic structure, specially the valence band of QDs, which can be determined using the composition distribution of wave functions. All these factors eventually affect the optical gain spectrum. …”
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Kazhdan-Laumon Categories and Representations by Morton-Ferguson, Calder

“…We prove Polishchuk’s conjecture for all types and prove that Kazhdan and Laumon’s construction is indeed well-defined, giving a new geometric construction of discrete series representations of G(F subscript q).…”
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In Tension: Computational exploration of the design space of tensile network structures by Burke, Adam T.

“…Instead a process of form-finding must be used to establish a geometry where all edges of the network carry only tensile forces. …”
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Bioinformatics analysis and spatiotemporal distribution of the f lic gene and its protein isolated from Escherichia coli-infected patients in Eastern Algeria by Harrar, Abdenassar, Awang Hamat, Rukman, Hamidechi, Mohamed Abdelhafid

“…Our analysis revealed that all the samples exhibited characteristics of wild-type virulent bacteria without mutations. …”
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Anti-ageing properties of edible bird's nest ascertained by in vitro and in vivo studies in animal model by Hou, Zhiping

“…Most women spend approximately one-third of their life span in the postmenopausal phase. Hormonal imbalance during menopausal stage has been linked to increased risks of the fatal diseases including Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, stroke, diabetes mellitus, and breast cancer. …”
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Punching shear strength analysis of corroded reinforcement concrete slab by Fu, Yibin

“…Reinforcement bars corrosion is not the only root cause to all structural defects, it has also become a safety risk of great concern, as structural integrity deteriorates as a result. …”
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Investigating the inner controls on explosive eruptions using textural analyses and petrology by Bernard, Olivier

“…It highlights the need for multidisciplinary approaches combining petrology, geochemistry and monitoring to build solid knowledge on volatile budgets, crystal-bubble interactions, and viscosity evolution during magma ascent, degassing processes, and decompression rates that are all fundamental factors influencing eruption dynamics.…”
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Scheduling and resource optimization in rail operations : models and algorithms by Birhade, Mahendra Pandharinath

“…However, the problems studied and contributions made are fundamental and can be applied across all railway systems. We present these selected problems as three independent essays in this thesis. …”
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