Development of high thermal conductive silicone pads with mechanical softness as well as low cost have long been a challenge for effective thermal management in electronics. Here in this paper, we turn widely used commercial graphite sheet into small vertically aligned thermal conductive channel...

This paper investigates characteristics of patents involved in infringement lawsuits in weak intellectual property rights (IPR) regimes. Weak IPR regimes usually feature weak patent enforcement, such as relatively low level of compensation to infringement loss or damage awards being capped by an...

The COVID-19 outbreak continues to have a significant negative influence on the maritime supply chain even in the post-epidemic age. By incorporating the transportation resources into the maritime supply chain, the detrimental effects of the COVID-19 epidemic's introduction can be mitigated to...

Genetic association studies are a powerful tool to detect genetic variants that predispose to human disease. Once an associated variant is identified, investigators are also interested in estimating the effect of the identified variant on disease risk. Estimates of the genetic effect based on...

We develop a probabilistic consumer choice framework based on information asymmetry between consumers and firms. This framework makes it possible to study market competition of several firms by both quality and price of their products. We find Nash market equilibria and other optimal strategies...

This study investigates the moisture damage mechanism and material selection of hot-mix asphalt (HMA) with amine-based liquid antistripping agent (ASA). The surface free energy (SFE) of virgin and ASA modified asphalts and five aggregates with different acidities were measured, yielding the...

Egypt, a country with harsh natural environment and rapid population growth, has being plagued by the problem of food security. Application of remote sensing techniques, the original model for assessing the food security in Egypt is presented. By extracting the gray-level co-occurrence matrix...