Understanding the effect of ultrathin AuPd alloy shells of irregularly shaped...
In this study, irregularly shaped, concave cuboidal Au@AuPd nanoparticles (ISCC-Au@AuPd NPs) with high-index facets were synthesized via Pd overgrowth on pre-formed ISCC-Au NPs with a concentration of...
View ArticleProtease activated receptor-1 mediated dual kinase receptor transactivation...
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) are one of the most important targets for therapeutics due to their abundance and diversity. The G protein-coupled receptor for thrombin can transactivate protein...
View ArticleThe CEAC Hamburg arbitration rules: A European-Chinese trade-related...
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View ArticleClimate change adaptation in public policy: frames, fire management, and...
The influence of framing on approaches to climate change adaptation is receiving increased attention. Using case study data, this paper proposes that appreciating how a policy sector currently frames...
View ArticleReclaiming 'sense' from 'cents' in accounting education
This essay adopts an interpretive methodology of relevant literature to explore the limitations of accounting education when it is taught purely as a technical practice. The essay proceeds from the...
View ArticleAboriginal Rules: the black history of Australian football
This paper is interested in the significance of Australian football to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia. In particular, this paper is interested in the cultural power of...
View ArticleEffect of wall structure on pebble stagnation behavior in pebble bed reactor
Crystallization of pebbles in pebble bed is a crucial problem in high temperature gas-cooled pebble-bed reactors. This phenomenon usually happens along the internal surface and leads to a large number...
View ArticleComment on: Tarasov, A. & Titov, K., 2013, on the use of the Cole-Cole...
A recent paper by Tarasov and Titov suggested that the Cole-Cole conductivity models should be preferred to the Pelton resistivity model in fitting induced polarization responses. Each model has four...
View ArticleEffect of homogenization and ultrasonication on the physical properties of...
Wheat bran is rich in dietary fibre and its annual output is abundant, but underutilized. Insoluble dietary fibre often influences food quality negatively; therefore, how to improve the physical and...
View ArticleCo-deposition of band-gap tuned Zn1-xMgxO using high impulse power- and...
High impulse power- and direct current- magnetron sputtering have been used to reactively co-deposit Zn1-xMgxO onto a 100 mm diameter a-plane sapphire wafer at 200 C. The Zn1-xMgxO film exhibited low...
View ArticleUntargeted metabolic profiling of Vitis vinifera during fungal degradation
This paper illustrates the application of an untargeted metabolic profiling analysis of winery-derived biomass degraded using four filamentous fungi (Trichoderma harzianum, Aspergillus niger,...
View ArticleCivil liability immunity for the stock (futures) exchanges in China: A...
Traditionally, stock exchanges in the USA have absolute immunity when it performs regulatory functions. In the recent years, as many stock exchanges transferred to be companies both performing...
View ArticleThermodynamics of hydrogen adsorption and incorporation at the ZnO(101¯0)...
Hydrogen, as a surface adsorbate and a bulk impurity, plays an important role in determining the electronic and catalytic properties of zinc oxide, but the nature of the interaction between these two...
View ArticleThe use of laser in garment manufacturing: An overview
Laser is being used in apparel industry from nineteenth century for various garment manufacturing applications. There are several advantages of using laser over the conventional processes in cutting,...
View ArticleCentralised coordination of spontaneous emergency volunteers: The EV CREW model
This paper presents a case study of Emergency Volunteering - Community Response to Extreme Weather (EV CREW). EV CREW is a best-practice model for centrally coordinating spontaneous volunteers who...
View ArticleA temporal association between accumulated petrol (gasoline) lead emissions...
Background: The age standardised death rate from motor neuron disease (MND) has increased from 1.29 to 2.74 per 100,000, an increase of 112.4% between 1959 and 2013. It is clear that genetics could not...
View ArticleInvoluntary excess reserves, the reserve requirements and credit rationing in...
Using a sample of 95 banks that covers the period 2000-2011, this article examines Chinese banks' credit lending behaviour in response to the changes in the reserve requirement ratio in the presence of...
View ArticleGraphical aids to the estimation and discrimination of uncertain numerical data
This research investigates the performance of graphical dot arrays designed to make discrimination of relative numerosity as effortless as possible at the same time as making absolute (quantitative)...
View ArticleInfrastructure-Free Floor Localization Through Crowdsourcing
Mobile phone localization plays a key role in the fast-growing location-based applications domain. Most of the existing localization schemes rely on infrastructure support such as GSM, Wi-Fi or GPS. In...
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