Accuracy and reproducibility of ambient topographies at the nanoscale by AFM: Several months of metrological monitoring [PDF]
EPJ Web of ConferencesWith the high integration of microelectronic devices, nanoscale surface characterization is critical to process development. The widely used atomic force microscopy provides 2D characterization of the surface at the nanoscale.
Gharibeh Ziad +3 more
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Basics of evaluating the role of the judge in proving civil litigation [PDF]
پژوهشنامه حقوق اسلامی, 2021 In Islamic jurisprudence, jurists have provided criteria and cited various legal rules and principles in order to determine the applicant. The reason for the jurists for this distinction is that they can determine the burden of proving the dispute to the
shole hashemi +2 more
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Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations, 2021 The granular flow is one of the principal issues for the design of pebble bed reactors. Particularly, the clogging phenomenon raises an important issue for pebble bed reactors. In this paper, we conduct experiments and discrete particle simulation of two-
Muhammad Hammad Khalid, Yixian Zhou
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Towards inkjet-printed low cost passive UHF RFID skin mounted tattoo paper tags based on silver nanoparticle inks [PDF]
, 2013 The present work describes the inkjet printing and low temperature sintering of silver nanoparticle inks onto transfer tattoo paper. Our approach results in silver features of excellent resolution and conductivity and, subsequently the first passive UHF ...
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Statistical Analysis of Bistatic Radar Ground Clutter for Different German Rural Environments
Sensors, 2020 This article presents the statistical analysis of bistatic radar rural ground clutter for different terrain types under low grazing angles. Compared to most state-of-the-art analysis, we present country-specific clutter analysis for subgroups of rural ...
Michael Kohler +5 more
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SARS-CoV-2 Inactivation Simulation Using 14 MeV Neutron Irradiation
Life, 2021 The SARS-CoV-2 virus is deadly, contagious, can cause COVID-19 disease, and endangers public health and safety. The development of SARS-CoV-2 inactivation technology is crucial and imminent in current pandemic period. Neutron radiation is usually used to
Fang Liu +9 more
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Compressed Passive Macromodeling [PDF]
, 2012 This paper presents an approach for the extraction of passive macromodels of large-scale interconnects from their frequency-domain scattering responses. Here, large scale is intended both in terms of number of electrical ports and required dynamic model ...
Grivet-Talocia, S. +1 more
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Passive investors, not passive owners
Journal of Financial Economics, 2014 Passive institutional investors are an increasingly important component of U.S. stock ownership. To examine whether and by which mechanisms passive investors influence firms' governance, we exploit variation in ownership by passive mutual funds associated with stock assignments to the Russell 1000 and 2000 indexes.
Appel, Ian R +2 more
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Crushing Analysis of Empty and Foam-Filled Cylindrical and Conical Corrugated Composite Tubes [PDF]
Mechanics of Advanced Composite Structures, 2019 In the present article, a numerical study is performed to investigate the crushing behavior of cylindrical and conical corrugated composite tubes. Different aluminum foams are applied to the proposed structures in order to offer an excellent energy ...
Mahshid Mahbod, Masoud Asgari
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Technical and economic analysis of full and empty crossing methods in the sequence of station and tunnel construction in Tehran metro line seven [PDF]
مهندسی و مدیریت ساخت, 2020 Due to the expansion of urban spaces and as well as the lack of necessary spaces for intra-city transportation, the need for subway construction in urban areas is more acute than ever.
Seyed Amirhossein Ghoreishian +3 more
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