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Seismic stereometry: an alternative two-station algorithm to seismic interferometry for analysing car-generated seismic signals by Sheng, Y

“…SUMMARY Human activities generate seismic waves, which have been traditionally analysed by seismic interferometry. However, this processing technique often…”
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A sensitivity study of rising compound coastal inundation over large flood plains in a changing climate by Peter Sheng, Y., Paramygin, Vladimir A., Yang, Kun, Rivera-Nieves, Adail A.

“…Coastal flood hazards and damage to coastal communities are increasing steeply and nonlinearly due to the compound impact of intensifying tropical cyclones…”
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Coastal marshes provide valuable protection for coastal communities from storm-induced wave, flood, and structural loss in a changing climate by Peter Sheng, Y., Paramygin, Vladimir A., Rivera-Nieves, Adail A., Zou, Ruizhi, Fernald, Sarah, Hall, Timothy, Jacob, Klaus

“…Wetlands such as tidal marshes and mangroves are known to buffer coastal communities from wave, flood, and structural loss during storms. Coastal communities…”
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Identification of material parameters for low bond strength masonry by Sarhosis, V., Sheng, Y.

“…•The conventional method of obtaining material parameters found to be problematic.•An alternative method of material parameter identification for masonry…”
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Role of wetlands in reducing structural loss is highly dependent on characteristics of storms and local wetland and structure conditions by Sheng, Y. Peter, Rivera-Nieves, Adail A., Zou, Ruizhi, Paramygin, Vladimir A.

“…Coastal communities in New Jersey (NJ), New York (NY), and Connecticut (CT) sustained huge structural loss during Sandy in 2012. We present a comprehensive…”
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Assessing the role of mangrove forest in reducing coastal inundation during major hurricanes by Sheng, Y. Peter, Zou, Ruizhi

“…A vegetation-resolving CH3D-SWAN surge–wave modeling system is used to examine the role of mangroves and salt marshes along the shore of Biscayne Bay in…”
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Selectivity and robustness of sparse coding networks by Paiton, Dylan M, Frye, Charles G, Lundquist, Sheng Y, Bowen, Joel D, Zarcone, Ryan, Olshausen, Bruno A

“…We investigate how the population nonlinearities resulting from lateral inhibition and thresholding in sparse coding networks influence neural response…”
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The reduction of storm surge by vegetation canopies: Three-dimensional simulations by Sheng, Y. Peter, Lapetina, Andrew, Ma, Gangfeng

“…Significant buffering of storm surges by vegetation canopies has been suggested by limited observations and simple numerical studies, particularly following…”
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Landsat-8: Science and product vision for terrestrial global change research by Roy, D. P, Wulder, M. A, Loveland, T. R, Woodcock, C. E, Allen, R. G, Anderson, M. C, Helder, D, Irons, J. R, Johnson, D. M, Kennedy, R, Scambos, T. A, Schaaf, C. B, Schott, J. R, Sheng, Y, Vermote, E. F, Belward, A. S, Bindschadler, R, Cohen, W. B, Gao, F, Hipple, J. D, Hostert, P, Huntington, J, Justice, C. O, Kilic, A, Kovalskyy, V, Lee, Z. P, Lymburner, L, Masek, J. G, McCorkel, J, Shuai, Y, Trezza, R, Vogelmann, J, Wynne, R. H, Zhu, Z

“…Landsat 8, a NASA and USGS collaboration, acquires global moderate-resolution measurements of the Earth's terrestrial and polar regions in the visible,…”
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An objective and efficient method for estimating probabilistic coastal inundation hazards by Yang, Kun, Paramygin, Vladimir, Sheng, Y. Peter

“…The joint probability method (JPM) is the traditional way to determine the base flood elevation due to storm surge, and it usually requires simulation of storm…”
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Disappearing Arctic Lakes by Smith, L. C, Sheng, Y, MacDonald, G. M, Hinzman, L. D

“…Historical archived satellite images were compared with contemporary satellite data to track ongoing changes in more than 10,000 large lakes in rapidly warming…”
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Current-induced four-state magnetization switching by spin-orbit torques in perpendicular ferromagnetic trilayers by Sheng, Y., Li, Y. C., Ma, X. Q., Wang, K. Y.

“…We demonstrated current-induced four-state magnetization switching in a trilayer system using spin-orbit torques. The memory device contains two Co layers with…”
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Simulation of storm surge, wave, currents, and inundation in the Outer Banks and Chesapeake Bay during Hurricane Isabel in 2003: The importance of waves by Sheng, Y. Peter, Alymov, Vadim, Paramygin, Vladimir A.

“…This paper investigates the effects of waves on storm surge, currents, and inundation in the Outer Banks and Chesapeake Bay during Hurricane Isabel in 2003…”
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Evaluation of different computational modelling strategies for the analysis of low strength masonry structures by Giamundo, V., Sarhosis, V., Lignola, G.P., Sheng, Y., Manfredi, G.

“…•Historical masonry structures are usually characterized by low strength, difficult to model.•Low bond strength masonries have been modelled using FEM and…”
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Revealing High-z Fermi-LAT BL Lacs Using Swift and SARA Data with Photometric Analysis by Sheng, Y., Rajagopal, M., Kaur, A., Ajello, M., Domínguez, A., Rau, A., Cenko, S. B., Greiner, J., Hartmann, D. H., Cox, I., Joffre, S., Karwin, C., McDaniel, A., Silver, R., Torres-Albà, N.

“…Abstract BL Lacertae (BL Lac) objects are a subclass of blazar, distinguished by their featureless optical spectrum. The featureless spectrum presents a…”
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Three-Dimensional Modeling of Storm Surge and Inundation Including the Effects of Coastal Vegetation by Lapetina, Andrew, Sheng, Y. Peter

“…Two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) hydrodynamic models are used to simulate the hurricane-induced storm surge and coastal inundation in regions…”
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Three dimensional simulation of transport and fate of oil spill under wave induced circulation by Liu, Tianyi, Peter Sheng, Y.

“…•Slight discrepancies in flow pattern lead to differences in oil spill feature.•Effects of Langmuir circulation on oil spill are incorporated in the…”
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Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic study of intranasal and intravenous dexmedetomidine by Li, A, Yuen, V M, Goulay-Dufaÿ, S, Sheng, Y, Standing, J F, Kwok, P C L, Leung, M K M, Leung, A S, Wong, I C K, Irwin, M G

“…Intranasal dexmedetomidine produces safe, effective sedation in children and adults. It may be administered by drops from a syringe or by nasal mucosal…”
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Differentially expressed proteins identified by TMT proteomics analysis in children with verrucous epidermal naevi by Yuan, T., Cai, M.‐l., Sheng, Y.‐m., Ding, X., Shen, T.‐t., Li, W.‐r., Huang, H., Liang, B., Zhang, X.‐j., Zhu, Q.‐x.

“…Background Verrucous epidermal naevi (VEN) are benign skin tumours, considered keratinocytic epidermal naevi, that appear at birth or early childhood. VEN may…”
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Metabolic phospholipid labeling of intact bacteria enables a fluorescence assay that detects compromised outer membranes[S] by Nilsson, Inga, Lee, Sheng Y., Sawyer, William S., Baxter Rath, Christopher M., Lapointe, Guillaume, Six, David A.

“…Gram-negative bacteria possess an asymmetric outer membrane (OM) composed primarily of lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) on the outer leaflet and phospholipids (PLs)…”
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