PESI: paratope-epitope set interaction for SARS-CoV-2 neutralization prediction by Wan, Zhang, Lin, Zhuoyi, Rashid, Shamima, Ng, Shaun Yue Hao, Yin, Rui, Senthilnath, J., Kwoh, Chee Keong

“…In this paper, we propose a novel approach that incorporates only the paratope and epitope for antibody-antigen neutralization prediction while adopting a novel set modeling that regards the paratope and epitope as bags of residues. Specifically, we hand-crafted a dataset containing neutralizing paratope-epitope pairs where epitopes are potentially generalizable to future unseen variants of SARS-CoV-2. …”
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A novel quasi-cubic CuFe2O4–Fe2O3 catalyst prepared at low temperature for enhanced oxidation of bisphenol A via peroxymonosulfate activation by Oh, Wen-Da, Dong, Zhili, Hu, Zhong-Ting, Lim, Teik-Thye

“…The FESEM and BET characterization studies revealed that the CuFe2O4–Fe2O3 catalyst has a quasi-cubic morphology and specific surface area of 63 m2 g−1. The performance of CuFe2O4–Fe2O3 as a PMS activator was compared with those of other catalysts and the results indicated that the performance was in the following order: CuFe2O4–Fe2O3 > CuFe2O4 > CoFe2O4 > CuBi2O4 > CuAl2O4 > Fe2O3 > MnFe2O4. …”
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Organizational Architecture Design and Assessment of Statistical Feasibility for NPM Implementation in an Airplane Subassembly by Daigle, Lea (Lea A.)

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Vaccines: The Health of Nations - A Paradigm Shift by Datta, Shoumen

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Non-linear Log-Sobolev Inequalities for the Potts Semigroup and Applications to Reconstruction Problems by Gu, Yuzhou, Polyanskiy, Yury

“…This recovers previous results (of Sly in Commun Math Phys 288(3):943–961, 2009 and Bhatnagar et al. in SIAM J Discrete Math 25(2):809–826, 2011) in (slightly) more generality, but more importantly avoids the need for any coloring-specific arguments. Similarly, we improve the state-of-the-art on the weak recovery threshold for the stochastic block model with q balanced groups, for all $$q\ge 3$$ q ≥ 3 . …”
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Cosystolic Expansion of Sheaves on Posets with Applications to Good 2-Query Locally Testable Codes and Lifted Codes by First, Uriya A., Kaufman, Tali

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Exploring connections between seagrass ecosystem services and meadow hydrodynamics by Schaefer, Rachel

“…One vegetated patch showed substantially higher sediment carbon than the rest of the meadow, which was attributed to the recent persistence of the specific patch. In addition, preliminary results for a field study comparing different methods of estimating net ecosystem carbon exchange in a seagrass meadow are also presented.…”
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Modeling and Implementation of the U.S. Hydrogen Production Tax Credit by Giovanniello, Michael A.

“…Applying a macro-energy systems model to case studies of Texas and Florida, we show that divergent results in the literature, which presented a conundrum for regulators trying to pick between policy options, are explained by different interpretations of the proposed “additionality” requirement. Specifically, the emissions associated with H2 production under different “time-matching” requirements are conditional on how additionality is modeled. …”
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Understanding Chromatin Organization and Dynamics with Coarse-Grained Modeling by Liu, Shuming

“…In the future, we will focus on benchmarking our models and existing CG models with condensate simulations, which enables more appropriate selections of CG models based on specific conditions. In Chapter 3, we introduce OpenABC, a versatile toolkit designed to streamline the setup of CG simulations, especially condensate simulations. …”
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UROPOT: study protocol for a randomized, double-blind phase I/II trial for metabolism-based potentiation of antimicrobial prophylaxis in the urological tract by Stritt, Kevin, Roth, Beat, Masnada, Audrey, Hammann, Felix, Jacot, Damien, Domingos-Pereira, Sonia, Crettenand, François, Bohner, Perrine, Sommer, Isabelle, Bréat, Emilien, Sauser, Julien, Derré, Laurent, Haschke, Manuel, Collins, James J., McKinney, John

“…The primary outcome is the comparative incidence of postoperative urinary tract infections (assessed at 48 h) between the investigational amikacin/mannitol therapy and standard (ceftriaxone or amikacin) antibiotic prophylaxis, defined by specific systemic symptoms and/or positive blood and/or urine culture. …”
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From Sample to Answer: Innovations in sample processing and CRISPR-based diagnostics for enhanced clinical translation and field deployment by Arizti Sanz, Jon

“…CRISPR-Dx are easily programmable, robust, sensitive, isothermal, and highly specific, but further advances will be required to facilitate their use outside of centralized laboratories. …”
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Secure Computation in Decentralized Systems by Zyskind, Guy

“…The research employs Secure Multiparty Computation (MPC) techniques to address these issues, demonstrating how MPC, which already shares a similar distributed trust threat model, can enhance privacy in decentralized systems. More specifically, this thesis focuses on the following key areas in decentralized systems: Access Control Mechanisms and Confidential Smart Contracts: The thesis begins by exploring access control mechanisms on blockchains, and from that builds up to the concept of confidential smart contracts -- arbitrary programs that execute both correctly and privately. …”
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Using Principles from Cognitive Science to Analyze and Guide Language-Related Neural Networks by Tucker, Mycal

“…Utility represents a measure of task success and induces task-specific communication; informativeness is a task-agnostic measure of how well listeners understand speakers and leads to generalizable communication; complexity captures how many bits are allocated for communication and can lead to simpler communication systems. …”
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Nanoscale Origins of Thermal Transport Phenomena for Hybrid Layered Perovskites by Dahod, Nabeel S.

“…This experimental study reveals that even in terms of their thermal transport pathways, 2D LHPs can be treated as composite materials. Specifically, lead bromide 2D LHPs exhibit structure-property relationships characteristic of ballistic phonon transport within isolated subphases and diffuse scattering at the organic-inorganic interfaces between layers. …”
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A review of extended-range operations by transport aircraft by Simpson, R. W., Ausrotas, Raymond A.

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Synthesis of Au@Pd core/shell nanomaterials for high-performance ethanol oxidation reactions by Xu, Weichang

“…When the concentration of PdCl2 was reduced to 2.5 mM, the Au surface would be partially coated with Pd domains and the CV scan could facilitate the physical movement of Pd atoms to realize full coverage of the exposed Au surface. The mass-specific current of the Pd coated AuNW nickel foam electrode on ethanol oxidation can be enhanced to 6464 A/g, over two times higher than that of typical electrochemical deposited one. …”
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Bacterial cellulose : from culturing to the development of functional materials by Sundaravadanam Vishnu Vadanan

“…Upon identification of the highest cellulose producing bacteria, the process of formation and assembly of cellulose chains was investigated. The substrate specificity of cellulase synthase enzyme was explored for the process of exopolysaccharide production. …”
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Towards automated damage detection for in-situ remanufacturing by Nguyen, Keith Wei Liang

“…A laborious remanufacturing process that benefits from automation is the inspection process, specifically damage detection and classification. It is preferable to automate damage detection from 3D data over 2D images, as the 3D data of the detected damage region is required for the hybrid manufacturing process in the downstream repair procedure. …”
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Investigation of transition metal oxides as electrocatalysts for water oxidation by Li, Haiyan

“…Secondly, by a case study of ZnFe2–xCrxO4 (x = 0 - 2), the influential electronic parameter of the octahedrally-coordinated transition metals in spinel-type oxide catalysts is explored. The specific OER activity of ZnFe2–xCrxO4 is found to have a volcano-shaped dependence on the Cr content. …”
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A materials science framework for connecting protein stability with surface adsorption and coating applications by Ma, Gamaliel Junren

“…Although a protein’s conformational stability has been closely linked to its extent of unfolding in the adsorbed state, it remains to be understood how this relationship may be exploited in order to control a protein’s adsorption behavior and adlayer properties to suit specific application needs. The objective of this thesis is to systematically interrogate the relationship between protein conformational stability and protein adsorption behavior such as adsorption uptake, adsorption rate, and the degree of adsorption-related denaturation and spreading. …”
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