3D Printed frames to enable reuse and improve the fit of N95 and KN95 respirators by McAvoy, Malia, Bui, Ai-Tram N., Hansen, Christopher, Plana, Deborah, Said, Jordan T., Yu, Zizi, Yang, Helen, Freake, Jacob, Van, Christopher, Krikorian, David, Cramer, Avilash, Smith, Leanne, Jiang, Liwei, Lee, Karen J., Li, Sara J., Beller, Brandon, Huggins, Kimberley, Short, Michael Philip, Yu, Sherry H., Mostaghimi, Arash, Sorger, Peter K., LeBoeuf, Nicole R.

“…The purpose of this study was to develop an inexpensive frame for damaged and poorly fitting masks using readily available materials and 3D printing. Results:An iterative design process yielded a mask frame consisting of two 3D printed side pieces, malleable wire links that users press against their face, and cut lengths of elastic material that go around the head to hold the frame and mask in place. …”
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Interactive Robot Training for Complex Tasks by Shah, Ankit Jayesh

“…I adopt an online Bayesian approach, where the robot maintains a belief over the teacher’s intended task specification, and each input provided by the teacher iteratively updates the robot’s belief. Further, I enabled the robot to infer task specifications that require satisfaction of temporal properties by utilizing a well-defined fragment of linear temporal logic (LTL). …”
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Organometallic Palladium Reagents for Polypeptide Bioconjugation and Macrocyclization by Mallek, Aaron J.

“…Mono-Pd oxidative addition complexes (OACs) derived from 1,3,5-triiodobenzene enable iterative C–S arylation around the benzene scaffold through regeneration of the active palladium site. …”
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Early analysis shows that endoscopic flexor hallucis longus transfer has a promising cost-effectiveness profile in the treatment of acute Achilles tendon ruptures by Diniz, Pedro, Ferreira, André S., Figueiredo, Lígia, Batista, Jorge P., Abdelatif, Nasef, Pereira, Hélder, Kerkhoffs, Gino M. M. J., Finkelstein, Stan N., Ferreira, Frederico C.

“…In the probabilistic sensitivity analysis, at a willingness-to-pay threshold of $100,000, open surgery was cost-effective in 50.9%, minimally invasive surgery in 55.8%, and endoscopic FHL transfer in 72% of the iterations. The model was most sensitive to parameters related to treatment utilities, followed by the costs of primary treatments. …”
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Development of Materials for Extreme Environment Applications by Laser Powder Bed Fusion by O'Brien, Alexander D.

“…Promising conditions are then transferred to multi-layer printing, and further iteration is conducted to minimize surface agglomeration and allow continuous build-up. …”
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New Theory and Algorithms for Convex Optimization with Non-Standard Structures by Zhao, Renbo

“…We show that our generalized Frank-Wolfe method requires 𝑂((𝛿0 + 𝜃 + 𝑅ℎ) ln(𝛿0) + (𝜃 + 𝑅ℎ)2/𝜀) iterations to produce an 𝜀-approximate solution, where 𝛿0 denotes the initial optimality gap and 𝑅ℎ is the variation of ℎ on its domain. …”
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Positional Information in Adult Bilaterian Tissues by McMann, Conor L.

“…We identified nr4A as a gene required for the localization of pole cells to the extreme ends of the anterior-posterior (AP) axis. nr4A RNAi caused PCG expression to shift away from the extremes of the AP axis and the iterative duplication of anterior and posterior anatomy. …”
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Designing for Connection with Inner Processes by Mindel, Jessica Rachel

“…Through a series of design iterations, I weigh approaches to eliciting inner processes, choosing media to externally, evocatively represent them, and encouraging perspective-taking behavior by guiding users through each other's inner processes. …”
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Design and Validation of a High-Fidelity Left Atrial Cardiac Simulator for the Study and Advancement of Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion by Mendez, Keegan, Singh, Manisha, Willoughby, Patrick, Ncho, Beatrice, Liao, Aileen, Su, Susan, Lim, Megan, Lee, Elijah, Alkhouli, Mohamad, Alarouri, Hasan, Roche, Ellen T.

“…The simulator facilitated the evaluation of LAAO device performance, including metrics such as seal and PDL, and served as an effective training tool for iterative device deployment and recapture with visual and imaging-guided feedback. …”
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Design, analysis and optimization of the power conversion system for the Modular Pebble Bed Reactor System by Wang, Chunyun, 1968-

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Direct simulation and deterministic prediction of large-scale nonlinear ocean wave-field by Wu, Guangyu, 1972-

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Automotive component product development enhancement through multi-attribute system design optimization in an integrated concurrent engineering framework by Usan, Massimo, 1967-

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An error-controlled adaptive chemistry method for reacting flow simulations by Oluwole, Oluwayemisi

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Design of a thermal diffusion sensor for noninvasive assessment of skin surface perfusion and endothelial dysfunction by Li, Vivian V. (Vivian Victoria)

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The impacts of aviation emissions on human health through changes in air quality and UV irradiance by Brunelle-Yeung, Elza

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Application of the backward-smoothing extended Kalman filter to attitude estimation and prediction using radar observations by Volpe, Kyle Clarke

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Parameter and state model reduction for Bayesian statistical inverse problems by Lieberman, Chad Eric

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Learning at the boundary of the firm : learning-by-interaction between a manufacturer and its users by Bae, Sung Joo

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Semi-conditional planners for efficient planning under uncertainty with macro-actions by He, Ruijie

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Unreliable and resource-constrained decoding by Varshney, Lav R. (Lav Raj)

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