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Hydroxymethylfurfural, A Versatile Platform Chemical Made from Renewable Resources
Robert‐Jan van Putten, Jan C. van der Waal, E. de Jong, Carolus B. Rasrendra +2 more
2013· Chemical Reviews2.8Kdoi:10.1021/cr300182k

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVReviewNEXTHydroxymethylfurfural, A Versatile Platform Chemical Made from Renewable ResourcesRobert-Jan van Putten†‡, Jan C. van der Waal†, Ed de Jong*†, Carolus B. Rasrendra‡⊥, Hero J. Heeres*‡, and Johannes G. de Vries*§∥View Author Information† Avantium Chemicals, Zekeringstraat 29, 1014 BV Amsterdam, the Netherlands‡ Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, the Netherlands§ Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, the Netherlands∥ DSM Innovative Synthesis BV, P.O. Box 18, 6160 MD Geleen, the Netherlands⊥ Department of Chemical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Ganesha 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia*E-mail: [email protected] (E.d.J.); [email protected] (H.J.H.); [email protected] (J.G.d.V.).Cite this: Chem. Rev. 2013, 113, 3, 1499–1597Publication Date (Web):February 11, 2013Publication History Received3 May 2012Published online11 February 2013Published inissue 13 March 2013https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/cr300182khttps://doi.org/10.1021/cr300182kreview-articleACS PublicationsCopyright © 2013 American Chemical SocietyRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views33087Altmetric-Citations2357LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access optionsGet e-Alertsclose SUBJECTS:Aldehydes,Carbohydrates,Catalysts,Dehydration,Solvents Get e-Alerts

<i><b>GeoDa</b></i>: An Introduction to Spatial Data Analysis
Luc Anselin, Ibnu Syabri, Youngihn Kho
2005· Geographical Analysis2.5Kdoi:10.1111/j.0016-7363.2005.00671.x

This article presents an overview of GeoDa™, a free software program intended to serve as a user‐friendly and graphical introduction to spatial analysis for non‐geographic information systems (GIS) specialists. It includes functionality ranging from simple mapping to exploratory data analysis, the visualization of global and local spatial autocorrelation, and spatial regression. A key feature of GeoDa is an interactive environment that combines maps with statistical graphics, using the technology of dynamically linked windows. A brief review of the software design is given, as well as some illustrative examples that highlight distinctive features of the program in applications dealing with public health, economic development, real estate analysis, and criminology.

The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates
Michael Hoffmann, Craig Hilton‐Taylor, Ariadne Angulo, Monika Böhm +4 more
2010· Science1.5Kdoi:10.1126/science.1194442

Assessing Biodiversity Declines Understanding human impact on biodiversity depends on sound quantitative projection. Pereira et al. (p. 1496 , published online 26 October) review quantitative scenarios that have been developed for four main areas of concern: species extinctions, species abundances and community structure, habitat loss and degradation, and shifts in the distribution of species and biomes. Declines in biodiversity are projected for the whole of the 21st century in all scenarios, but with a wide range of variation. Hoffmann et al. (p. 1503 , published online 26 October) draw on the results of five decades' worth of data collection, managed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission. A comprehensive synthesis of the conservation status of the world's vertebrates, based on an analysis of 25,780 species (approximately half of total vertebrate diversity), is presented: Approximately 20% of all vertebrate species are at risk of extinction in the wild, and 11% of threatened birds and 17% of threatened mammals have moved closer to extinction over time. Despite these trends, overall declines would have been significantly worse in the absence of conservation actions.

Customer loyalty in the hotel industry: the role of customer satisfaction and image
Jay Kandampully, Dwi Suhartanto
2000· International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management1.2Kdoi:10.1108/09596110010342559

Loyalty of a firm’s customer has been recognised as the dominant factor in a business organization’s success. This study helps us extend our understanding of the relationship between customer loyalty, customer satisfaction, and image. This is of considerable interest to both practitioners and academics in the field of hospitality management. The objective of this research is to identify the factors of image and customer satisfaction that are positively related to customer loyalty in the hotel industry. Using data collected from chain hotels in New Zealand, the findings indicate that hotel image and customer satisfaction with the performance of housekeeping, reception, food and beverage, and price are positively correlated to customer loyalty.

CORPUS LINGUISTICS: METHOD, THEORY, AND PRACTICE
Dana Waskita
2017· Jurnal Sosioteknologi963doi:10.5614/sostek.itbj.2017.16.1.12

Buku ini merupakan versi pertama yang memaparkan bagaimana linguistik korpus berkembang dan digunakan sebagai metodologi, teori utama, dan penggunaan korpus dalam bidang linguistik dan lintas disiplin. Buku ini terdiri dari 9 Bab, yang diawali dengan Bab I, What is Corpus Linguistics? Penulis mendefinisikan linguistik korpus sebagai sebuah bidang yang memfokuskan pada prosedur, atau metode mempelajari atau meneliti bahasa. McEnery dan Hardie juga menyinggung mengenai pendekatan yang digunakan dalam linguistik korpus yang juga dikemukakan oleh Tognini-Bonelli (2001) yang menyatakan adanya dua pendekatan linguistik korpus, yaitu: berbasis korpus (corpus-based) dan yang dikendalikan korpus (corpus-driven). Keduanya memiliki perbedaan dalam melihat korpus sebagai bukti yang mendukung teori. Yang pertama menggunakan pendekatan yang bersifat deduktif. Sementara itu corpus-driven approach menganggap korpus sebagai bukti yang harus menjadi acuan teori, sehingga bersifat induktif.

Effect of Wettability on Waterflood Recovery for Crude-Oil/Brine/Rock Systems
P. P. Jadhunandan, Norman R. Morrow
1995· SPE Reservoir Engineering793doi:10.2118/22597-pa

Summary This paper presents a definitive account of the effect of wettability on oil recovery from Berea sandstone based on the results of more than 50 slow-rate laboratory waterfloods. Closely reproducible wettability conditions and waterflood recoveries were obtained with wettability, depending on the crude oil, brine composition, aging temperature, and initial water saturation. Maximum oil recovery by waterflooding was obtained at very weakly water-wet conditions from shortly after breakthrough up to discontinuation of the test at 20 PV of water injected. In most of the tests, coproduction of oil and water continued long after breakthrough.

Electrochemical Methods for Water Purification, Ion Separations, and Energy Conversion
Mohammad A. Alkhadra, Xiao Su, Matthew E. Suss, Huanhuan Tian +4 more
2022· Chemical Reviews571doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00396

Agricultural development, extensive industrialization, and rapid growth of the global population have inadvertently been accompanied by environmental pollution. Water pollution is exacerbated by the decreasing ability of traditional treatment methods to comply with tightening environmental standards. This review provides a comprehensive description of the principles and applications of electrochemical methods for water purification, ion separations, and energy conversion. Electrochemical methods have attractive features such as compact size, chemical selectivity, broad applicability, and reduced generation of secondary waste. Perhaps the greatest advantage of electrochemical methods, however, is that they remove contaminants directly from the water, while other technologies extract the water from the contaminants, which enables efficient removal of trace pollutants. The review begins with an overview of conventional electrochemical methods, which drive chemical or physical transformations via Faradaic reactions at electrodes, and proceeds to a detailed examination of the two primary mechanisms by which contaminants are separated in nondestructive electrochemical processes, namely electrokinetics and electrosorption. In these sections, special attention is given to emerging methods, such as shock electrodialysis and Faradaic electrosorption. Given the importance of generating clean, renewable energy, which may sometimes be combined with water purification, the review also discusses inverse methods of electrochemical energy conversion based on reverse electrosorption, electrowetting, and electrokinetic phenomena. The review concludes with a discussion of technology comparisons, remaining challenges, and potential innovations for the field such as process intensification and technoeconomic optimization.

The collaboration index: a measure for supply chain collaboration
Togar M. Simatupang, Ramaswami Sridharan
2005· International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management563doi:10.1108/09600030510577421

Purpose This paper proposes an instrument to measure the extent of collaboration in a supply chain consisting of two members, suppliers and retailers. Design/methodology/approach The proposed model for collaboration incorporates collaborative practices in information sharing, decision synchronisation and incentive alignment. A collaboration index is introduced to measure the level of collaborative practices. A survey of companies in New Zealand was conducted to obtain data to test and evaluate the collaboration index. Findings The survey results confirmed the reliability and validity of the proposed collaboration index measure for measuring collaboration. The findings also showed that the collaboration index was positively associated with operational performance. Research limitations/implications Future research could consider larger sample sizes and cover other industry types. Practical implications Supply chain participants will be able to measure the extent of their collaboration and seek improvement in their performance. Originality/value This paper contributes to the literature by introducing a new index for measuring the extent of supply chain collaboration. This measure can be used by any participant (member) in a supply chain to identify the level of collaboration and seek improvement.

A decade of GPS in Southeast Asia: Resolving Sundaland motion and boundaries
Wim Simons, Anne Socquet, C. Vigny, B. A. C. Ambrosius +4 more
2007· Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres554doi:10.1029/2005jb003868

A unique GPS velocity field that spans the entire Southeast Asia region is presented. It is based on 10 years (1994–2004) of GPS data at more than 100 sites in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Vietnam. The majority of the horizontal velocity vectors have a demonstrated global accuracy of ∼1 mm/yr (at 95% confidence level). The results have been used to (better) characterize the Sundaland block boundaries and to derive a new geokinematic model for the region. The rotation pole of the undeformed core of the Sundaland block is located at 49.0°N–94.2°E, with a clockwise rotation rate of 0.34°/Myr. With respect to both geodetically and geophysically defined Eurasia plate models, Sundaland moves eastward at a velocity of 6 ± 1 to 10 ± 1 mm/yr from south to north, respectively. Contrary to previous studies, Sundaland is shown to move independently with respect to South China, the eastern part of Java, the island of Sulawesi, and the northern tip of Borneo. The Red River fault in South China and Vietnam is still active and accommodates a strike‐slip motion of ∼2 mm/yr. Although Sundaland internal deformation is general very small (less than 7 nanostrain/yr), important accumulation of elastic deformation occurs along its boundaries with fast‐moving neighboring plates. In particular in northern Sumatra and Malaysia, inland‐pointing trench‐perpendicular residual velocities were detected prior to the megathrust earthquake of 26 December 2004. Earlier studies in Sumatra already showed this but underestimated the extent of the deformation zone, which reaches more than 600 km away from the trench. This study shows that only a regional Southeast Asia network spanning thousands of kilometers can provide a reference frame solid enough to analyze intraplate and interplate deformation in detail.

An integrative framework for supply chain collaboration
Togar M. Simatupang, Ramaswami Sridharan
2005· The International Journal of Logistics Management478doi:10.1108/09574090510634548

Purpose This paper proposes an integrative framework for supply chain collaboration which is based on the reciprocal approach. Design/methodology/approach A reciprocal approach is adopted to capture the interaction phenomenon of different features of collaboration in attaining overall supply chain performance. Findings A collaborative supply chain framework is composed of five connecting features of collaboration, namely collaborative performance system, information sharing, decision synchronization, incentive alignment, and integrated supply chain processes. Research limitations/implications Further research could be carried out to capitalize the framework for diagnosing and improving supply chain collaboration. Practical implications The proposed framework enables the chain members to scrutinize key features of supply chain collaboration before and during collaborative initiatives. Originality/value Previous research on supply chain collaboration mainly assume the unilateral phenomenon of collaboration that focuses on a single feature such as information sharing or co‐managed inventory. The proposed framework for the first time explicitly addresses the interaction of different connecting features of collaboration.

Single Co Atoms Anchored in Porous N-Doped Carbon for Efficient Zinc−Air Battery Cathodes
Wenjie Zang, Afriyanti Sumboja, Yuanyuan Ma, Hong Zhang +4 more
2018· ACS Catalysis436doi:10.1021/acscatal.8b02556

Exploration of cheap, efficient, and highly durable transition-metal-based electrocatalysts is critically important for the renewable energy chain, including both energy storage and energy conversion. Herein, we have developed cobalt (Co) single atoms anchored in porous nitrogen-doped carbon nanoflake arrays, synthesized from Co-MOF precursor and followed by removal of the unwanted Co clusters. The well-dispersed Co single atoms are attached to the carbon network through N–Co bonding, where there is extra porosity and active surface area created by the removal of the Co metal clusters. Interestingly, compared with those electrocatalysts containing excess Co nanoparticles, a single Co atom alone demonstrates a lower oxygen evolution reaction (OER) overpotential and much higher oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) saturation current, showing that the Co metal clusters are redundant in driving both OER and ORR. Given the bifunctional electrocatalytic activity and mechanical flexibility, the electrocatalyst assembled on carbon cloth is employed as the air cathode in a solid-state Zn–air battery, which presents good cycling stabilities (2500 min, 125 cycles) as well as a high open circuit potential (1.411 V).

Characterization of Alkanes and Paraffin Waxes for Application as Phase Change Energy Storage Medium
Syukri Himran, Aryadi Suwono, G. Ali Mansoori
1994· Energy Sources428doi:10.1080/00908319408909065

Abstract Latent thermal energy storage is one of the favorable kinds of thermal energy storage methods considered for renewable energy source utilization, as in solar photothermal systems. Heat is stored mostly by means of the latent heat of phase change of the medium. The temperature of the medium remains more or less constant during the phase transition. A large number of materials have been identified for low, intermediate, and high operating temperatures for application as latent thermal energy storage media. In the present paper a method for characterization of alkanes (C1,-C100) and paraffin waxes for application as the low-temperature (298-323 K) phase change energy storage medium is introduced. A computational technique is introduced by which the alkanes and paraffin waxes could be evaluated, and possibly upgraded, as the phase change energy storage media. It is demonstrated that the family of n-alkanes has a large spectrum of latent heats, melting points, densities, and specific heats so that the heat storage designer has a good choice of n-alkanes as storage materials for any particular low-temperature thermal energy storage application. As an example of the proposed method, a particular paraffin wax for which appropriate experimental data are available is analyzed and the results of the analysis are presented.

Loyalty toward online food delivery service: the role of e-service quality and food quality
Dwi Suhartanto, Mohd Helmi Ali, Kim Hua Tan, Fauziyah Sjahroeddin +1 more
2018· Journal of Foodservice Business Research428doi:10.1080/15378020.2018.1546076

This study assesses the direct influence of food quality and e-service quality on customer loyalty toward online food delivery (OFD) service and its indirect influence through the mediation of customer satisfaction and perceived value. This study uses a survey of 405 OFD service customers from Bandung, Indonesia. By applying variance-based partial least squares to evaluate the proposed model, this study confirms the direct effect of food quality on online loyalty, but not e-service quality. Further, this study discloses the partial mediation role of customer satisfaction and perceived value on the relationship between both food quality and e-service quality on online loyalty toward OFD services.

Polymers for Enhanced Oil Recovery Technology
Akhmad Zainal Abidin, Tiara Puspasari, Wisnu Nugroho
2012· Procedia Chemistry426doi:10.1016/j.proche.2012.06.002

Recently enhance oil recovery (EOR) technology is getting more attention by many countries since energy crises are getting worse and frightened. One of the reasons for this is due to the shortage of current oil resources and difficulties in finding a new oil field. Indonesia is one of the examples, before 2004 Indonesia is a net oil exporting country but after that Indonesia is a net oil importing country. The oil demand in the country is increasing while the oil production capacity is decreasing. In fact, when a new oil reservoir is drilled, the oil amount obtained from it is about 20-40% of the potential and hence there is still 60-80% oil left in the reservoir. Application of EOR technology gives an additional chance to get out more oil from the reservoir, possibly about another 20%. Polymer is the material that plays an important role in the application of EOR technology, especially surfactant and hydrogel polymers. In the technology, surfactant polymer is injected to the reservoir to reduce an interfacial tension between oil and water and is able to wipe out the trapped oil from the reservoir rock and hence increase the oil production. While an injection of hydrogel polymer to the reservoir is to increase a viscosity of fluid containing water so that the fluid is more difficult to flow than the oil, and as a result, the oil production increases. The most common polymer used for this application is polyacrylamide group.

Review on tannins: Extraction processes, applications and possibilities
Atanu Kumar Das, Nazrul Islam, Md Omar Faruk, Md Ashaduzzaman +1 more
2020· South African Journal of Botany415doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2020.08.008

Tannins are found in most of the species throughout the plant kingdom, where their functions are to protect the plant against predation and might help in regulating the plant growth. There are two major groups of tannins, i.e., hydrolyzable and condensed tannins. The tannins are being used as important and effective chemicals for the tanning of animal hides in the leather processing industry since the beginning of the industry. Additionally, the tannins have been using as mineral absorption and protein precipitation purposes since 1960s. These are also used for iron gall ink production, adhesive production in wood-based industry, anti-corrosive chemical production, uranium recovering chemical from seawater, and removal of mercury and methylmercury from solution. Presently, tannins are considering as bioactive compound in nutrition science. It has also been considered for advanced applications, i.e., 3D printing and biomedical devices. The application of tannins as medicine is another new dimension in medical science. This paper outlines the general information about tannins followed by their extraction process. The utilization of tannins has also been presented in a broader scale. Depending on all these information, the article also describes the impending utilization of tannins for ensuring high-sustainability and better environmental performance.

ZnO nanostructured materials for emerging solar cell applications
Arie Wibowo, Maradhana Agung Marsudi, M I Amal, Muhammad Bagas Ananda +3 more
2020· RSC Advances406doi:10.1039/d0ra07689a

Zinc oxide (ZnO) has been considered as one of the potential materials in solar cell applications, owing to its relatively high conductivity, electron mobility, stability against photo-corrosion and availability at low-cost. Different structures of ZnO materials have been engineered at the nanoscale, and then applied on the conducting substrate as a photoanode. On the other hand, the ZnO nanomaterials directly grown on the substrate have been attractive due to their unique electron pathways, which suppress the influence of surface states typically found in the former case. Herein, we review the recent progress of ZnO nanostructured materials in emerging solar cell applications, such as sensitized and heterojunction architectures, including those embedded with promising perovskite materials. The remarkable advancement in each solar cell architecture is highlighted towards achieving high power conversion efficiency and operational stability. We also discuss the foremost bottleneck for further improvements and the future outlook for large-scale practical applications.

A global reptile assessment highlights shared conservation needs of tetrapods
Neil A. Cox, Bruce E. Young, Philip Bowles, Miguel Fernández +4 more
2022· Nature404doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04664-7

Abstract Comprehensive assessments of species’ extinction risks have documented the extinction crisis 1 and underpinned strategies for reducing those risks 2 . Global assessments reveal that, among tetrapods, 40.7% of amphibians, 25.4% of mammals and 13.6% of birds are threatened with extinction 3 . Because global assessments have been lacking, reptiles have been omitted from conservation-prioritization analyses that encompass other tetrapods 4–7 . Reptiles are unusually diverse in arid regions, suggesting that they may have different conservation needs 6 . Here we provide a comprehensive extinction-risk assessment of reptiles and show that at least 1,829 out of 10,196 species (21.1%) are threatened—confirming a previous extrapolation 8 and representing 15.6 billion years of phylogenetic diversity. Reptiles are threatened by the same major factors that threaten other tetrapods—agriculture, logging, urban development and invasive species—although the threat posed by climate change remains uncertain. Reptiles inhabiting forests, where these threats are strongest, are more threatened than those in arid habitats, contrary to our prediction. Birds, mammals and amphibians are unexpectedly good surrogates for the conservation of reptiles, although threatened reptiles with the smallest ranges tend to be isolated from other threatened tetrapods. Although some reptiles—including most species of crocodiles and turtles—require urgent, targeted action to prevent extinctions, efforts to protect other tetrapods, such as habitat preservation and control of trade and invasive species, will probably also benefit many reptiles.

Nanocellulose prepared by acid hydrolysis of isolated cellulose from sugarcane bagasse
Winda Trisna Wulandari, Achmad Rochliadi, I Made Arcana
2016· IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering383doi:10.1088/1757-899x/107/1/012045

Cellulose in nanometer range or called by nano-cellulose has attracted much attention from researchers because of its unique properties. Nanocellulose can be obtained by acid hydrolysis of cellulose. The cellulose used in this study was isolated from sugarcane bagasse, and then it was hydrolyzed by 50% sulfuric acid at 40 °C for 10 minutes. Nanocellulose has been characterized by Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM), Particle Size Analyzer (PSA), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD). Analysis of FTIR showed that there were not a new bond which formed during the hydrolysis process. Based on the TEM analysis, nano-cellulose has a spherical morphology with an average diameter of 111 nm and a maximum distribution of 95.9 nm determined by PSA. The XRD analysis showed that the crystallinity degree of nano-cellulose was higher than cellulose in the amount of 76.01%.

Anti-infective Properties of the Golden Spice Curcumin
Dimas Praditya, Lisa Kirchhoff, Janina Brüning, Heni Rachmawati +2 more
2019· Frontiers in Microbiology367doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.00912

The search for novel anti-infectives is one of the most important challenges in natural product research, as diseases caused by bacteria, viruses and fungi are influencing the human society all over the world. Natural compounds are a continuing source of novel anti-infectives drugs. Accordingly, curcumin, has been used for centuries in Asian traditional medicine to treat various disorders. Numerous studies have shown that curcumin possesses a wide spectrum of biological and pharmacological properties, acting e.g. anti-inflammatory, anti-angiogenic and anti-neoplastic, while no toxicity is associated with the compound. Recently, curcumin´s antiviral and antibacterial activity was investigated, and it was shown to act against various important human pathogens like influenza virus, hepatitis C virus, HIV and strains of Staphylococcus, Streptococcus and Pseudomonas. Despite the potency, curcumin has not yet been approved as a therapeutic antiviral agent. This review summarizes the current knowledge and future perspectives of the antiviral, antibacterial and antifungal effects of curcumin.

Heterogeneous coupling of the Sumatran megathrust constrained by geodetic and paleogeodetic measurements
M. Chlieh, Jean‐Philippe Avouac, K. Sieh, D. H. Natawidjaja +1 more
2008· Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres341doi:10.1029/2007jb004981

Geodetic and paleogeodetic measurements of interseismic strain above the Sumatran portion of the Sunda subduction zone reveal a heterogeneous pattern of coupling. Annual banding in corals provides vertical rates of deformation spanning the last half of the 20th century, and repeated GPS surveys between 1991 and 2001 and continuous measurements at GPS stations operated since 2002 provide horizontal velocities. Near the equator, the megathrust is locked over a narrow width of only a few tens of kilometers. In contrast, the locked fault zone is up to about 175 km wide in areas where great interplate earthquakes have occurred in the past. Formal inversion of the data reveals that these strongly coupled patches are roughly coincident with asperities that ruptured during these events. The correlation is most spectacular for rupture of the M w 8.7 Nias‐Simeulue earthquake of 2005, which released half of the moment deficit that had accumulated since its previous rupture in 1861, suggesting that this earthquake was overdue. Beneath the Mentawai islands, strong coupling is observed within the overlapping rupture areas of the great earthquakes of 1797 and 1833. The accumulated slip deficit since these events is slowly reaching the amount of slip that occurred during the 1833 earthquake but already exceeds the slip that occurred during the 1797 earthquake. Thus, rerupture of part of the Mentawai patch in September 2007 was not a surprise. In contrast, coupling is low below the Batu islands near the equator and around Enggano island at about 5°S, where only moderate earthquakes (M w &lt; 8.0) have occurred in the past two centuries. The correlation of large seismic asperities with patches that are locked during the interseismic period suggests that they are persistent features. This interpretation is reinforced by the fact that the large locked patches and great ruptures occur beneath persistent geomorphologic features, the largest outer arc islands. Depth‐ and convergence‐rate‐dependent temperature might influence the pattern of coupling, through its effect on the rheology of the plate interface, but other influences are required to account for the observed along‐strike heterogeneity of coupling. In particular, subduction of the Investigator Fracture Zone could be the cause for the low coupling near the equator.