Sound event recognition in unstructured environments using spectrogram image processing by Dennis, Jonathan William

“…Although this field is traditionally overshadowed by the popular field of automatic speech recognition (ASR), an SER system that can achieve human-like sound recognition performance opens up a range of novel application areas. …”
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A cost-aware utility-maximizing bidding strategy for auction-based federated learning by Tang, Xiaoli, Yu, Han

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End-to-end simulation of high-contrast imaging systems: methods and results for the PICTURE mission family by Douglas, Ewan S., Hewawasam, Kuravi, Mendillo, Christopher B., Cahoy, Kerri L, Cook, Timothy A., Finn, Susanna C. Finn, Howe, Glenn A., Kuchner, Marc, J., Lewis, Nikole K., Marinan, Anne D., Mawet, Dimitri, Chakrabarti, Supriya

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Temporal evolution of mechanical properties in PDMS: A comparative study of elastic modulus and relaxation time for storage in air and aqueous environment by Zhang, Y, Adam, C, Rehnstrom, H, Contera, S

“…While many studies have assessed the mechanical properties of PDMS utilizing macroscopic and microscopic methods, these analyses are often limited to freshly prepared samples. However, the mechanical properties of PDMS can be expected to change during prolonged exposure to water or air, such as interface polymer chain loosening or surface hardening, which are critical considerations in applications like cell culture platforms or microfluidic devices. …”

Stereo object detection with the applications to mobile robot by Koh, Quan Wei

“…Stereo vision is one of the options that can be implemented in order to provide more data and parameters besides visuals provided by a single camera. …”
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Ultrahigh green and red optical gain cross sections from solutions of colloidal quantum well heterostructures by Delikanli, Savas, Erdem, Onur, Isik, Furkan, Dehghanpour Baruj, Hamed, Shabani, Farzan, Yagci, Huseyin Bilge, Durmusoglu, Emek Goksu, Demir, Hilmi Volkan

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Round-Trip Time Ranging to Wi-Fi Access Points Beats GNSS Localization by Horn, Berthold K. P.

“…Determining these positions from floor plans can be time-consuming, particularly when the APs may not be accessible (as is often the case in order to prevent unauthorized access to the network). …”
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Android tablet game development for dementia patient - Games by Tong, Chee Tian

“…By 2030, the nation will join 33 others as a “super-aged” country, where one out of five people are aged 65 and older. Given this rise, we can also expect an increase in the prevalence rate of mental disease like dementia. …”
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The medium is the message: toxicity declines in structured vs unstructured online deliberations by Klein, Mark, Majdoubi, Nouhayla

“…The key underlying insight is that unstructured conversations create, especially at scale, an “attention wars” dynamic wherein people are often incented to resort to extremified language in order to get visibility for their postings. …”
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A comparison between the nmm and the xfem in discontinuity modeling by An, Xinmei, Fu, Guoyang, Ma, Guowei

“…The numerical manifold method (NMM) can also be viewed as an extension or generalization to the conventional FEM. …”
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Political market imperfections and the political incentives for the provision of social services : a case study of two states in India by Taisha Grace Antony

“…Delivery of social services of health and education often see significant cross-national variations within a country. …”
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Exploiting LoRaWAN for efficient and resilient IoT networks by Gu, Chaojie

“…Recently, multi-radio platforms (e.g., TI CC1350 and OpenMote B) are increasingly available, which make the physical SCDP possible. …”
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Essays on blood supply management by Senga, Juan Ramon Liboro

“…This effectively restricts the ability of willing donors to donate more often than they want to. From a blood bank's perspective, this also reduces the number of times they can ask a donor to donate. …”
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Development of android apps for matrix operations by Tea, Mi Wen

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Language games and Southeast Asia-United States relations, 1954-2006 by Misalucha, Charmaine Galos

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Doctor, Will You Pray for Me? : Medicine, Chaplains, and Healing the Whole Person / by Klitzman, Robert, author 655971

“…This book argues that religion and spirituality play critical roles in medicine but are often misunderstood; that chaplains are unsung heroes and deserve far more recognition and appreciation; and that by working together, doctors and chaplains can better address these realms. …”
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Negotiating crisis in the social media environment : evolution of crises online, gaining credibility offline by Pang, Augustine, Hassan, Nasrath Begam Binte Abul, Chong, Aaron Chee Yang

“…Purpose – The aim of this paper is to examine how crises can be triggered online, how different social media tools escalate crises, and how issues gain credibility when they transit to mainstream media. …”
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On child agency and moral responsibility: do children possess sufficient capacities for moral agency? by Ting, Jermaine Shi Jie

“…It is often postulated across prominent texts and philosophers that children do not have sufficient capacities that are central in grounding moral agency. …”
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Understanding the viral protein structures of clinically relevant arboviruses and fragment-based screening for antivirals by Farhana Abu Bakar

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Smart contract development and blockchain technology application by Goh, Sean Chen Kang

“…But it can also refer to credentials, such as certifications, student cards and employee cards, which, arguably, can also be considered a part of this identity which we use, rely on and interact with very often in our daily lives. …”
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