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Chapter and Conference Paper
Dynamic Skip Fire (DSF®) to Simultaneously Improve Emissions and Fuel Economy of Diesel Engines
Improving fuel economy and reducing tailpipe emissions are persistent challenges for the diesel engine industry. Dynamic Skip Fire (DSF®) for diesel engines (dDSF) has the potential to reduce both fuel consump...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Evaluation Method of Shale Oil Reservoirs Fracability—A Case from Seventh Member of Triassic Yanchang Formation in Ordos Basin 2018 IFEDC
Fracability is the capability of the shale that can be fractured effectively during hydraulic fracturing. Now, the fracability evaluation mainly focuses on shale gas reservoirs, and there are few researches on...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Micro-notch Size Effect on Small Fatigue Crack Propagation of Nickel-Based Superalloy GH4169
Nickel based superalloys are used extensively in the hot sections of gas turbines in the aerospace and power generation industries. Some of them are submitted to fatigue circumstances, which may restrict their...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Conformable Derivative Modeling of Pressure Behavior for Transport in Porous Media
A mathematical model is developed for studying the pressure behavior in porous media which is a modification of the diffusivity equation in concept of conformable derivative. The solution of the new model is ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Board of Director’s Role in Preventing Corporate Misconduct in the Construction Industry
This paper examines the theoretical literature and conducts empirical analysis on the mechanisms of corporate governance. We focus on directors’ role in ameliorating various types of agency problems (e.g., cor...
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Reconnection Separatrix: Simulations and Spacecraft Measurements
In this chapter, we review the progress in understanding the processes near the separatrices during magnetic reconnection. The results are obtained from numerical simulation and spacecraft measurement. The rec...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Preparation, Characterization and Cellular Biological Impact of Water Soluble Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes
Biological effect and multiple application potentials of carbon nanotubes have been becoming important issues attracting intense research interests and concerns. In this work, water dispersible oxidized multiw...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Studying the first galaxies with ALMA
We discuss observations of the first galaxies, within cosmic reionization, at centimeter and millimeter wavelengths. We present a summary of current observations of the host galaxies of the most distant QSOs (z∼6...
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Learning a Statistical Model for Performance Prediction in Case-Based Reasoning
This chapter is concentrated with the performance characterization of a case-based reasoning (CBR) system. Based on the match score and nonmatch score computed from the cases in the case library, we develop a ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Bile acid transport in Spgp (Bsep) knockout mice
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Develo** a Sustainable Bioprocessing Strategy Based on a Generic Feedstock
Based on current average yields of wheat per hectare and the saccharide content of wheat grain, it is feasible to produce wheat-based alternatives to many petrochemicals. However, the requirements in terms of ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Theoretical and Experimental Investigation into Mechanical Properties of High Density Foam Plastics
This paper presents the experimental results of high-density PUR foam plastics for tensile and compressive loading at different strain-rates and temperatures. The elastic properties and yield stress of foam pl...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Modeling Traffic Flow at an Urban Unsignalized Intersection
This paper proposes a new way to study traffic flow at an urban unsignalised intersection, through detailed space considerations, using cellular automata (CA). Heterogeneity and inconsistency are simulated by ...
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Modularized Interoperability in Supply-Chains: A Co-adoption study of RosettaNet’s XML-based Interorganizational Systems
The factors that influence an organization’s decision to begin using a certain type of technology have come under much study. Several theoretical models, commonly referred to as technology diffusion models, ha...
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Cryomechanics and Short-Beam Interlaminar Shear Strength of G-10CR Glass-Cloth/Epoxy Laminates
The short-beam shear tests as specified ASTM D 2344-84 were carried out at room temperature, 77 K and 4 K to evaluate the interlaminar shear strength of G-10CR glass-cloth/epoxy laminates. The effects of tempe...
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Cryomechanics and Double-Notch Interlaminar Shear Strength of G-10Cr Glass-Cloth/Epoxy Laminates
We discuss the interlaminar shear behavior of G-10CR glass-cloth/epoxy laminates through experimental and analytical characterizations. The interlaminar shear tests were carried out with double-notch shear spe...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Growth characteristics of the diatoms Pseudonitzschia pungens and P. fraudulenta exposed to ultraviolet radiation
Interest in the biology of planktonic, chain-forming Pseudonitzschia species has grown recently after the discovery of toxin production in Pseudonitzschia pungens and related taxa, following the outbreak of shell...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Perspective on TCAD Integration at Berkeley
A perspective on TCAD integration is given along with highlights from work at Berkeley on applications and future systems which contain exploratory aspects of interest in TCAD development. The aspects of inter...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Cyclic Strain Localization and Fatigue Crack Initiation in Persistent Slip Bands in Face-Centred Cubic Metals and Single-Phase Alloys
The development of persistent slip bands (PSBs) exhibiting the ladder structure in fatigued metals and alloys is discussed in terms of the slip mode and the irreversibility of slip under conditions of cyclic s...
