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A Declarative Approach for Change Impact Analysis of Business Processes
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Observation of Discharge Phenomenon on Surface of Semi-conductive PET Films with Lightning Impulse Voltage
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Observation of Propagation Phenomenon of Air Discharge Penetrating Through Insulator Barrier in Discharge Path
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Manufacturing Software Units: ISO 16300-3 Main Guidelines for Interoperability Verification and Validation
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Determination of magnetic structure is an important analytical procedure utilized in various fields ranging from fundamental condensed-matter physics and chemistry to advanced manufacturing. It is typically pe...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: The nature of spin excitations in the one-third magnetization plateau phase of Ba3CoSb2O9
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