Visible light based occupancy inference using ensemble learning by Hao, Jie, Yuan, Xiaoming, Yang, Yanbing, Wang, Ran, Zhuang, Yi, Luo, Jun

“…As a key component of building management and security, occupancy inference through smart sensing has attracted a lot of research attention for nearly two decades. Recently, a cutting edge technique visible light sensing (VLS) that utilizes the LED luminaires as light sensors has shown its promising application potentials in occupancy inference as it piggybacks on pervasive lighting infrastructure without extra equipment deployment. …”
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The role of the reticulocyte-binding-like protein homologues of Plasmodium in erythrocyte sensing and invasion by Gunalan, Karthigayan, Gao, Xiaohong, Yap, Sally Shu Lin, Huang, Ximei, Preiser, Peter Rainer

“…Malaria remains a serious public health problem with significant morbidity and mortality accounting for nearly 20% of all childhood deaths in Africa. The cyclical invasion, cytoadherence and destruction of the host's erythrocyte by the parasite are responsible for the observed disease pathology. …”
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Intelligent database design for microgrids in low voltage distribution systems-I GUI and database design by Ng, Pei Fen

“…Climatic change can lead to consequences such as increasing cases of heat-related illness, endangering wildlife like polar bears and rising of sea level that would trigger natural disasters leading to individual losing their homes. [51] Due to extensively use of electricity in this contemporary society, there arises a need to seek for alternative energy sources, if at all possible renewable resources such as wind and solar. …”
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Biological characterization of RNA polymerase proteins from human 2009 pandemic H1N1 and low pathogenic avian H5N2 and H9N2 influenza viruses by Myaing, Myint Zu

“…In our gene reassortment study, a single reassortant bearing a human-origin PA or PB2 subunit against an avian polymerase background could overcome the host range barrier of avian polymerase in human 293T cells, indicating the PA or PB2 as a major determinant of species tropism and pathogenicity. …”
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In2Se3-based two-dimensional photocatalysts for water-splitting by Wong, CCY

“…Photocatalytic testing proved its water splitting activity nearly doubled after the exfoliation. In-depth characterisations were conducted to investigate its structure-activity relationship. …”

Nanostructured materials for electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction and biosensing by Ge, Junyu

“…Third, Ag nanorods with build-in nanogaps are fabricated by using our ultrasonic nanoimprinting after depositing alumina sacrificial layer and Ag layer on the substrate by e-beam evaporation. As a biosensing platform, this substrate shows strong Raman signals for quorum sensing. …”
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Robot programming using augmented reality by Chong, Jonathan Wun Shiung

“…Collision-free paths for userdefined start and goal configurations are then generated using a beam search strategy. The second part of this work is the development of a new RPAR methodology aimed at applications such as arc welding and laser cutting, where the end-effector of the robot is constrained to follow a user-defined 3D path at a certain orientation, consistently with respect to that path. …”
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Combined electron imaging and diffraction methods for understanding disordered rocksalt cathodes by Hedley, E

“…Prior to the structural investigation of these materials a digression is taken into optimising the workflow for 4-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy (4D-STEM) data, specifically, in the case of low-dose imaging of beam-sensitive materials, including potential cathode candidates.…”

A deterministic mechanism for efficient removal of arsenic and lead from wastewater using rapidly synthesized TiO2-(α-Fe2O3) nanoshells by Alshammari, Teflah K., Ghoshal, Sib Krishna, Bakhtiar, Hazri, Alhajj, Mahmood, Salim, Ali Aqeel, Alias, Siti Salwa

“…The produced nanocomposites were customized by targeting Ti that was submerged in deionized water as growth medium and then irradiate using the laser pulses with an optimum laser energy 10.6 J/cm2, spot focused size of 1.2 ± 0.2 mm, frequency of 6 Hz, and laser beam with a pulse duration of 8 ns for 15 minutes. …”

On the Complexity of Neural Computation in Superposition by Adler, Micah, Shavit, Nir

“…Conversely, we show a nearly tight upper bound: logical operations like pair- wise AND can be computed using O(√(m′) log m′) neurons and O(m′ log^2 m′) parameters. …”
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Diauxic lags explain unexpected coexistence in multi‐resource environments by Bloxham, Blox, Lee, Hyunseok, Gore, Jeff

“…We extend our work by surveying a large set of competitions and observe coexistence nearly four times as frequently when the slow‐grower is the fast‐switcher. …”
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Development of a portable prototype of energy-saving LED lighting system by Lum, Rui Qian

“…In Singapore, where corporations and households contribute nearly half of the total energy consumption, there's a pressing need for technologies promoting energy efficiency. …”
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Shortest paths without a map, but with an entropic regularizer by Bubeck, S, Coester, C, Rabani, Y

“…The deterministic competitive ratio for this problem was soon discovered to be exponential in 𝑘, and it is now nearly resolved: it lies between Ω(2 𝑘 ) and 𝑂(𝑘2 𝑘). …”

New use of global warming potentials to compare cumulative and short-lived climate pollutants by Allen, MR, Fuglestvedt, JS, Shine, KP, Reisinger, A, Pierrehumbert, R, Forster, PM

“…If the overall goal of climate policy is to limit peak warming, GWP100 therefore overstates the importance of current SLCP emissions unless stringent and immediate reductions of all climate pollutants result in temperatures nearing their peak soon after mid-century7, 8, 9, 10, which may be necessary to limit warming to “well below 2 °C” (ref. 1). …”

Introduction - Oxford Energy Forum – Issue, 96

“…Oil has defined the modern-day development of the Gulf region in a way seen in no other place in the world; together, the six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), are home to around a third of known global reserves of oil, and nearly a quarter of its natural gas. Saudi Arabia remains the world’s most important producer of conventional oil, and continues to hold the majority of the world’s spare capacity, while Qatar has become the world’s largest producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG). …”

Higher education and public good in England by Marginson, S, Yang, L

“…There were 24 semi-structured interviews, with middle and senior manager-leaders in two universities and policy professionals. Nearly all advocated a broad public good role, in contrast to policy in England, and provided examples of public outcomes in higher education. …”

Search for CP violation in D0 → K0 SK0 S decays in proton–proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV by CMS Collaboration

“…The analysis uses a dedicated data set that corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 41.6 fb - 1 , which consists of about 10 billion events containing a pair of b hadrons, nearly all of which decay to charm hadrons. The flavor of the neutral D meson is determined by the pion charge in the reconstructed decays D ∗ + → D 0 π + and D ∗ - → D ¯ 0 π - . …”
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Comparative study of composite scarf and strap joints for equivalent repair signature under uniaxial tension by Srinivasan, Dharun Vadugappatty, Padma, S. Ravisankar, Idapalapati, Sridhar

“…Scarf joints are preferred in aerospace composite repairs that offer better strength, flushed surface and nearly uniform shear and peel stress distribution along the bond length. …”
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Femtosecond laser-induced nano-joining of volatile tellurium nanotube memristor by Yu, Yongchao, Joshi, Pooran, Bridges, Denzel, Fieser, David, Hu, Anming

“…Compared to previous metal oxide nanowire-based memristors, the reported Te nanotube memristor system displayed a nearly two-order stronger current response. The research displays that the multileveled resistance state is rewritable with a negative bias.…”
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Gaps In Primary Care And Health System Performance In Six Latin American And Caribbean Countries by Macinko, James, Guanais, Frederico C., Mullachery, Pricila, Jimenez, Geronimo

“…Respondents reported considerable gaps in the ways in which primary care is organized, financed, and delivered. Nearly half reported using the emergency department for a condition they considered treatable in a primary care setting. …”
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