Improving the speed of variational quantum algorithms for quantum error correction by Zoratti, Fabio, De Palma, Giacomo, Kiani, Bobak, Nguyen, Quynh T., Marvian, Milad, Lloyd, Seth, Giovannetti, Vittorio

“…At variance with other quantum distances typically adopted in quantum information processing, QW1 lacks the unitary invariance property which makes it a suitable tool to avoid getting trapped in local minima. Focusing on a simple noise model for which an exact QEC solution is known and can be used as a theoretical benchmark, we run a series of numerical tests that show how, guiding the VQA search through the QW1, can indeed significantly increase both the probability of a successful training and the fidelity of the recovered state, with respect to the results one obtains when using conventional approaches.…”
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Assistance of inertial microfluidics in membrane-based microfiltration by Zhang, Boran, Zhao, Wenhan, Wang, Ziyu, Zhao, Qianbin, Wu, Wenshuai

“…The secondary vortex can help to trap microparticles suspended, and also help to flush the settled ones. …”
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Effect of post-deposition annealing on the interface electronic structures of Al2O3-Capped GaN and GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterostructure by Duan, Tian Li, Pan, Ji Sheng, Ang, Diing Shenp

“…XPS study shows a decrease in the Ga 3d and N 1s core level binding energy after a high-temperature PDA, implying a decrease of the interface defect density and the associated positive trapped-charge. From Hall-effect measurement, the density and mobility of the two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) are found to decrease and increase, respectively, after PDA, supporting the XPS results. …”
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Origin of Photocarrier Losses in Iron Pyrite (FeS2) Nanocubes by Shukla, Sudhanshu, Xing, Guichuan, Ge, Hu, Prabhakar, Rajiv Ramanujam, Mathew, Sinu, Su, Zhenghua, Nalla, Venkatram, Venkatesan, Thirumalai, Mathews, Nripan, Sritharan, Thirumany, Sum, Tze Chien, Xiong, Qihua

“…We found that fast carrier localization of photoexcited carriers to indirect band edge and shallow trap states is responsible for major carrier loss. …”
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AI chatbots for education by Oak, Soe Khant

“…However, the reliance on individual AI tools have caused a decline in collaborative learning and increase in knowledge silos during group projects. This project presents GroupGPT, an AI-powered learning assistant designed to facilitate collaborative group work among students. …”
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Reproductive performance and physiological responses in Awassi ewes under intravaginal sponges application and fed Selenium and Vitamin E by Saeed, O.A., Ahmed, N.K., Taha, M.M., Abedal-Majed, M.A., Ali, F.M., Samsudin, A.A.

“…The experimental ewes were assigned into three groups; the control group (SE0) received 2 mL of sterile saline per head, the second group (SE1) received 1.5 mL/head Se and vitamin E (150 mg α-Tocopherol acetate + 0.15 mg Sodium selenite), while the third group (SE2) received 3 mL/head (150 mg α-Tocopherol acetate + 0.15 mg Sodium selenite). …”
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Efficacy of inactivated pasteurella multocida against the bacterial infections in broiler chickens by Koh, Sien Ling

“…Eighty-four, day-old boiler chicken were separated equally into seven groups. On Day 1, chickens from groups 1 and 4 were inoculated with serogroup A, groups 2 and 5 with serogroup D while groups 3 and 6 with combination serogroup A and D. …”
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The problem-solving processes in physics of junior college students in Singapore by Tan, Bak Seng.

“…They were divided into two equal groups, a high performers group and a low performers group. …”
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Aging with a smile : how the elderly cope with negative emotions in their old age. by Nur Hafizah Rahman.

“…This paper highlights the potential role that leisure-based groups play in an elderly's life by depicting how their involvement in such groups interplays with their emotions. …”
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Cultural construction of success and epistemic motives moderate American-Chinese differences in reward allocation biases by Leung, Angela K.-Y., Kim, Young-Hoon, Tam, Kim-Pong, Chiu, Chi-yue, Zhang, Zhixue

“…When the relative contribution of the self and the group to a group success is unclear, Americans tend to exhibit a self-serving bias (rewarding the self more than what the self deserves), whereas the Chinese tend to exhibit an other-serving bias (rewarding the group more than the group deserves). …”
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Effects of auditory training in older adults by Lai, Yvonne C. Y., Ng, P. S., Chan, Alice Hiu Dan, Wong, Francis C. K.

“…Method: Sixty-four older adults were recruited and assigned into three groups: the experimental group (n = 20), the active control group (n = 21), and the no-training control group (n = 23). …”
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A 12-week Taijiquan practice improves balance control and functional fitness in fall-prone postmenopausal women by Bai, Xiaorong, Xiao, Wensheng, Soh, Kim Geok, Zhang, Yang

“…Methods: Chinese women who self-reported a tendency to fall and had a baseline one-leg stand test time (4.1 s in the Taijiquan group) below the national average for their age group (60–64 years: 10.9 s, 65–69 years: 9.9 s) were assigned to either a control group (n = 26, mean age = 63.9 years) or a Taijiquan group (n = 24, mean age = 63.9 years). …”
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Radiofrequency waves increase the brain levels of inflammatory biomarkers, neurotrophin and serotonin by Azimzadeh, Mansour, Radmard, Fatemeh, Jelodar, Gholamali

“…IL-1α, TNF-α, and nerve growth factor levels in brain tissue increased significantly in both exposed groups compared to the control group (P<0.0001). The control group had significantly lower levels of IL-1β compared to exposed groups I (P=0.0289) and II (P=0.0004). …”
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Responses of female reproductive hormones and histopathology in the reproductive organs and associated lymph nodes of Boer does challenged with Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis a... by Jesse, Faez Firdaus Abdullah, Odhah, Mohammed Naji, Abba, Yusuf, Garba, Bashiru

“…Group A was intradermally inoculated with 2 mL of sterile phosphate buffered saline (PBS) pH 7 (negative control group); group B was intradermally inoculated with 2 mL of corynomycolic acid extract (CMAs), while group C was intradermally inoculated with 2 mL of 10⁹ colony-forming unit (cfu) of live C. pseudotuberculosis. …”
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Distributed formation for large swarm of agents by Reza Haghighi

“…This problem is overcome by introducing a multi-group coordination methodology. The multi-group coordination problem is formulated into two parts: inter-group formation where groups form a desired formation and intra-group formation such that members of each group form a specified shape. …”
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Lamaholot of East Flores: a study of a boundary community by Modh, SV

“…The population is village-based and divided into patrilineal descent groups. Marriage is coupled with bridewealth and follows a pattern of asymmetric marriage alliance between descent groups. …”

Comparison of text messaging data collection vs face-to-face interviews for public health surveys : a cluster randomized crossover study of care-seeking for childhood pneumonia and... by van Velthoven, Michelle Helena, Wang, Wei, Wu, Qiong, Li, Ye, Scherpbier, Robert W, Du, Xiaozhen, Chen, Li, Zhang, Yanfeng, Car, Josip, Rudan, Igor

“…Villages (clusters) were randomized into two groups using the ratio 1:1.6 to account for an expected higher drop-out in group 2. …”
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Parental speech to typical and atypical populations: a study on linguistic partial repetition by Onnis, Luca, Esposito, Gianluca, Venuti, Paola, Edelman, Shimon

“…Because partial repetitions decrease with chronological age of the child in typical groups, and the atypical children were older than the TD group, our findings suggest compensating modes of communication in parental speech to atypical populations, especially the ASD group. …”
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Acquisition of Thai as a foreign language through watching subtitled drama series by Hing, Ting Fang

“…Six English-Chinese bilingual university students aged 21-25 with no prior knowledge of Thai language were recruited and assigned into Group 1 and Group 2. Participants in Group 1 were required to attend interactive Thai lessons in Nanyang Technological University while participants in Group 2 were assigned to watch three provided Thai drama series with English subtitles. …”
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PMOSFET PBTI (positive-bias temperature instability) measurement using ultra-fast switching method by Huang, Baoqiang.

“…The topics included PBTI and NBTI phenomena, interface traps and oxide charges, reaction and diffusion(R-D) model, hydrogen effect and nitrogen effect. …”
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