Compact Sphere-Shaped Airflow Vector Sensor Based on MEMS Differential Pressure Sensors by Kotaro Haneda, Kenei Matsudaira, Ryusuke Noda, Toshiyuki Nakata, Satoshi Suzuki, Hao Liu, Hidetoshi Takahashi

“…The fabricated airflow sensor was attached to a small toy drone. It was demonstrated that the sensor provided an output corresponding to the wind velocity and direction when horizontal wind was applied via a fan while the drone was flying. …”
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U(1) quasi-hydrodynamics: Schwinger-Keldysh effective field theory and holography by Matteo Baggioli, Yanyan Bu, Vaios Ziogas

“…The setup considered is expected to serve as a toy model for more realistic situations where quasi-hydrodynamics is at work, such as axial charge relaxation in QCD, spin relaxation in relativistic systems, electric field relaxation in magneto-hydrodynamics, or momentum relaxation in condensed matter systems.…”
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Reflecting upon the humanitarian use of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) by Evanthia Tatsidou, Costas Tsiamis, Evika Karamagioli, Georgios Boudouris, Andreas Pikoulis, Eleni Kakalou, Emmanuel Pikoulis

“…In conclusion, it is questionable whether the benefits of using drones outnumber the moral obstacles they raise, and whether they will eventually be considered an inseparable part of humanitarian aid as well as a cutting-edge technological toy. …”
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Quantum error correction in the black hole interior by Vijay Balasubramanian, Arjun Kar, Cathy Li, Onkar Parrikar

“…Abstract We study the quantum error correction properties of the black hole interior in a toy model for an evaporating black hole: Jackiw-Teitelboim gravity entangled with a non-gravitational bath. …”
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Environmental Determinism vs. Social Dynamics: Prehistorical and Historical Examples by G.-Fivos Sargentis, Demetris Koutsoyiannis, Andreas Angelakis, John Christy, Anastasios A. Tsonis

“…We assess the availability of natural resources and the resulting carrying capacity (a basic concept of environmental determinism) through a toy model based on Hurst–Kolmogorov dynamics. We also highlight the role of social cohesion, and we evaluate it from an entropic viewpoint. …”
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Effectiveness of pop-it therapeutic play on children’s anxiety during inhalation therapy in children’s wards by Olivia Bawaeda, Dessie Wanda, Zesi Aprillia

“…Therefore, playing pop-it is the right solution for children who receive inhalation therapy and is recommended as an alternative toy in hospitals. This finding can be applied in children who receive inhalation therapy because it is easy to do, efficient and effective controlling the children’s anxiety. …”
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Significado do uso da prótese peniana de silicone no seguimento da braquiterapia pélvica by Luciana Martins da Rosa, Maria Eduarda Hames, Mirella Dias, Ana Izabel Jatobá de Souza, Maristela Jeci dos Santos, Juliana de Souza Martinovsk

“…Coleta de dados por entrevistas semiestruturadas, incluindo dados sociodemográficos, clínicos e o significado do uso da prótese peniana na dilatação vaginal, submetidas à análise de conteúdo e discutidas à luz do estudo From 'sex toy' to intrusive imposition. Resultados: o significado perpassa o exercício de dilatação vaginal; as dificuldades relacionadas às condições vaginais, doença, tratamento, dor, sexo, constrangimentos, preconceitos, falhas na educação em saúde; as motivações relacionam-se à busca por qualidade de vida, apoio dos companheiros e profissionais. …”
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Energy efficiency optimisation in massive multiple‐input, multiple‐output network for 5G applications using new quantum genetic algorithm by Abdulbasit M. A. Sabaawi, Mohammed R. Almasaoodi, Sara ElGaily, Sándor Imre

“…The quantum genetic strategy is exploited to maximise energy efficiency at full spectral efficiency of massive multiple‐input, multiple‐output (M‐MIMO) technology as a toy example for pointing out the efficiency of the presented quantum strategy. …”
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Fast state-space methods for inferring dendritic synaptic connectivity by Pakman, Ari, Smith, Carl, Paninski, Liam, Huggins, Jonathan H.

“…We illustrate our results with simulations on toy and real neuronal geometries. We consider observation schemes that either scan the dendritic geometry uniformly or measure linear combinations of voltages across several locations with random coefficients. …”
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Probing atomic Higgs-like forces at the precision frontier by Delaunay, Cédric, Ozeri, Roee, Perez, Gilad, Soreq, Yotam

“…We propose a novel approach to probe new fundamental interactions using isotope shift spectroscopy in atomic clock transitions. As a concrete toy example we focus on the Higgs boson couplings to the building blocks of matter: the electron and the up and down quarks. …”
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Sculpting by numbers by Rivers, Alec, Adams, Andrew, Durand, Frédo

“…The user is free to make the reproduction at a different scale and out of different materials: we turn a toy car into cake. We extend the technique to support replicating a sequence of models to create stop-motion video. …”
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HERMITS: Dynamically reconfiguring the interactivity of self-propelled TUIs with mechanical shell add-ons by Nakagaki, K, Leong, J, Tappa, JL, Wilbert, J, Ishii, H

“…The paper also introduces the prototype implementation that is based on an off-the-shelf robotic toy with a modified docking mechanism. A range of applications is demonstrated with the prototype to motivate the collective and dynamically reconfigurable capability of the modular architecture, such as an interactive mobility simulation, an adaptive home/desk environment, and a story-telling narrative. …”
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The Double-edged Sword of Pedagogy: Instruction limits spontaneous exploration and discovery by Bonawitz, Elizabeth, Shafto, Patrick, Gweon, Hyowon, Schulz, Laura E., Goodman, Noah D., Spelke, Elizabeth

“…In Experiment 1, we investigated children’s exploratory play after an adult pedagogically demonstrated a function of a toy, after an interrupted pedagogical demonstration, after a naïve adult demonstrated the function, and at baseline. …”
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Nonequilibrium quantum fluctuations of a dispersive medium: Spontaneous emission, photon statistics, entropy generation, and stochastic motion by Maghrebi, Mohammad F., Jaffe, Robert L., Kardar, Mehran

“…Finally, we show in some detail that a rotating object drags nearby objects, making them spin parallel to its axis of rotation. A scalar toy model is introduced to simplify the technicalities and ease the conceptual complexities and then a detailed discussion of quantum electrodynamics is presented.…”
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Toddlers infer unobserved causes for spontaneous events by Muentener, Paul Jason, Schulz, Laura E.

“…Toddlers (24 months) saw a toy that appeared to light up either spontaneously or after an experimenter’s action. …”
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Beyond autonomy : the self and life of social agents by Subagdja, Budhitama, Tan, Ah-Hwee

“…Rather than just as a lifeless toy, it is supposed to be perceived as an individual with its own personality, experiences, and social life. …”
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Laplacian spectra of persistent structures in Taiwan, Singapore, and US stock markets by Yen, Peter Tsung-Wen, Xia, Kelin, Cheong, Siew Ann

“…In this paper, we explain why structures that are persistent with respect to changes in length and time scales are proper effective variables, and illustrate how persistent structures can be identified from the spectra and Fiedler vector of the graph Laplacian at different stages of the topological data analysis (TDA) filtration process for twelve toy models. We then investigated four market crashes, three of which were related to the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Oncogene proteins. by Murphy, Peter B., Clarke, Jason R.

Evolution of Brains and Computers: The Roads Not Taken by Ricard Solé, Luís F. Seoane

“…In this paper, we argue that important similarities have resulted both from convergent evolution (the inevitable outcome of architectural constraints) and inspiration of hardware and software principles guided by toy pictures of neurobiology. Moreover, dissimilarities and gaps originate from the lack of major innovations that have paved the way to biological computing (including brains) that are completely absent within the artificial domain. …”
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Management of traumatic displacement of LASIK flap by Sushmita G Shah, Riddhi Parmar, Gaurav Y Shah

“…Synopsis: A 42-year-old male presented to us with complaints of decreased vision in his left eye following trauma with a toy gun sustained a day earlier. His best-corrected visual acuity was Counting fingers @ 2 m, and a slit-lamp evaluation revealed a LASIK flap with its temporal edge folded inwards. …”
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