Rojak state by Veera, Sherilyn Shaan

“…Mixed with various ingredients. Different parts united in a harmonious whole. In a world filled with polarised views, Rojak State focuses on exploring the positive side of hybridity and being mixed in Singapore, a melting pot of multiculturalism. …”
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Object class recognition by unsupervised scale-invariant learning by Fergus, R, Perona, P, Zisserman, A

“…Objects are modeled as flexible constellations of parts. A probabilistic representation is used for all aspects of the object: shape, appearance, occlusion and relative scale. …”

Observations on baboons, Papio anubis, in an arid region in Ethiopia by Aldrich-Blake, FP, Bunn, TK, Dunbar, RI, Headley, PM

“…The daily pattern of activity is outlined, and differential use of various parts of the habitat described. During movement and foraging the troop became scattered into small parties which might be spatially and temporally independent for several hours. …”

The uniqueness trap by Flyvbjerg, B, Budzier, A, Christodoulou, MD, Zottoli, M

“…Project managers and planners are highly prone to believing that their projects are one of a kind—partly because those that seem new and distinctive are more likely to win support. …”

Engineering Redox Flow Battery Electrodes with Spatially Varying Porosity Using Non‐Solvent‐Induced Phase Separation by Wan, Charles Tai-Chieh, Jacquemond, Rémy Richard, Chiang, Yet-Ming, Forner-Cuenca, Antoni, Brushett, Fikile R

“…Then, the electrochemical and fluid dynamic performance of the porosity‐gradient electrodes is evaluated, exploring the effect of changing the direction of the porosity gradient and benchmarking against the macrovoid‐containing electrode. Lastly, the performance is examined in a vanadium RFB, finding that the porosity‐gradient electrode outperforms the macrovoid electrode, is independent of gradient direction, and performs favorably compared to advanced electrodes in the contemporary literature. …”
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Machine learning in additive manufacturing : state-of-the-art and perspectives by Wang, Chengcheng, Tan, Xipeng, Tor, Shu Beng, Lim, C.S.

“…Moreover, there has been an increasing concern about data security in AM as data breaches could occur with the aid of ML techniques. Lastly, it concludes with a section summarizing the main findings from the literature and providing perspectives on some selected interesting applications of ML in research and development of AM.…”
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Microfabrication and Nanofabrication : Precision Manufacturing / by Kalita, Kanak, 1988-, editor 644744, Ghadai, Ranjan Kumar, 1990-, editor 656005, Davim, J. Paulo, editor 207699

“…It covers micro and nano fabrication, which revolutionizes conventional manufacturing by creating minuscule yet highly functional parts, some even smaller than the width of a human hair. …”
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Aligning Security Operations with the MITRE ATT&CK Framework : Level up your security operations center for better security / by Blair, Rebecca, author 656360, Packt Publishing (Online service) 656336

“…This book will help you gain an understanding of the current state of your SOC, identify areas for improvement, and then fill the security gaps with appropriate parts of the ATT&CK framework. You’ll learn new techniques to tackle modern security threats and gain tools and knowledge to advance in your career. …”
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Research on lithium ion battery applications in vehicles by Huang, Ke

“…There are mainly four parts included in the intelligent battery cooling system, battery pack, temperature measurement circuit, DC-DC boost converter and a cooling device. …”
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Development of conductive cnts-filled polymeric nanocomposites produced via selective laser sintering by Ng, Yao Guang

“…This phase helps to ensure that the produced laser sintered parts will be able to satisfy the desired property requirements. …”
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Relationship between selected biopsychosocial factors on cognitive functions among Malaysian community-dwelling older adults by Foong, Hui Foh

“…Predictors of poorer cognitive function were being women, being older, being divorced or separated, lower year of education, lower household income, higher fasting blood sugar, higher cholesterol ratio, higher depressive symptoms, and lower intrinsic religiosity. …”
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Association between COVID-19 outcomes and mask mandates, adherence, and attitudes by Adjodah, Dhaval, Dinakar, Karthik, Chinazzi, Matteo, Fraiberger, Samuel P., Pentland, Alex, Bates, Samantha, Staller, Kyle, Vespignani, Alessandro, Bhatt, Deepak L.

“…Given the recent lifting of mandates, we estimate that the ending of mask mandates in these states is associated with a decrease of -3.19 percentage points in mask adherence and 12 per 100K (13% of the highest recorded number) of daily new cases with no significant effect on hospitalizations and deaths. Lastly, using a large novel survey dataset of 847 thousand responses in 69 countries, we introduce the novel results that community mask adherence and community attitudes towards masks are associated with a reduction in COVID-19 cases and deaths. …”
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Drive-specific selection in multistable mechanical networks by Kedia, Hridesh, Pan, Deng, Slotine, Jean-Jacques, England, Jeremy L.

“…Additionally, we found that these drive-specific attractor states are further stabilized by precise matching between the multidimensional shape of their orbit and that of the potential energy well they inhabit. Lastly, we showed evidence of drive-specific selection in an experimental system and proposed a general method to estimate the range of drive amplitudes for drive-specific selection.…”
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Heat diffusion during thin-film composite membrane formation by Deshmukh, Akshay, Lienhard, John H., Elimelech, Menachem

“…In CIP, we show that the presence of a polymeric support adjacent to the reaction interface yields a 20% to 60% increase in interfacial temperature rise, lasting for ∼ 0.1 s. Furthermore, we demonstrate that inorganic or metallic interlayers, which have high thermal effusivities, can lead to short-lived orderof-magnitude reductions in interfacial temperature rise. …”
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Physics-informed deep learning for multi-species membrane separations by Rehman, Danyal, Lienhard, John H.

“…We study the neural framework’s performance relative to conventional PDE-based methods, and also compare the use of hard/soft inductive bias constraints on prediction accuracy. Lastly, we compare our approach to other competitive deep learning architectures and illustrate strong agreement with experimental measurements across all studied datasets.…”
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Characterizing Cortex-Hippocampus Interactions During Language Processing by Lee, Jiachen Elizabeth

“…Next, we examine the relationship between hippocampal and cortical language processing, starting with the neural correlates of word- and sentence- memorability in both the hippocampal and cortical language areas. Lastly, we leverage an encoding-model-guided procedure to search through a large set of sentences to identify those that are predicted to maximally differentiate responses in the cortical and hippocampal language areas. …”
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Hidden Influence in Dynamic Networks by Erhardt, Keeley Donovan

“…Next, I quantitatively analyze the shifting geopolitical relationships and digital diplomacy efforts between two nation-states, employing a node representation learning strategy. Lastly, I apply a geometric deep learning framework to uncover connections between cryptocurrency wallets, analyzing transaction patterns and temporal dynamics to identify underlying networks. …”
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Design of system for parking and repositioning of bikes in a public bike-sharing system by Siong, Jun Wei

“…Next, the concept of the Wagner-Whitin model is used to determine the bike reallocation plan that incurs the least cost. Lastly, the proposed model accounts for the returning bikes, which is important as it will affect the inventory and thus, inventory cost, from one period to another. …”
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Graph homomorphisms via vector colorings by Godsil, Chris, Roberson, David E., Rooney, Brendan, Šámal, Robert, Varvitsiotis, Antonios

“…Additionally, we give a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of homomorphisms H n,k →H n ′ ,k ′ when n∕k=n ′ ∕k ′ . Lastly, we show that if a 2-walk-regular graph (which is non-bipartite and not complete multipartite)has a unique optimal vector coloring, it is a core. …”
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A meta-analysis of the effect of virtual reality on reducing public speaking anxiety by Lim, Mei Hui

“…The three major findings of this meta-analysis are: (1) Overall, VR had a statistically significant effect on reducing public speaking anxiety, which suggests that VR is a useful and promising therapeutic tool for the treatment of public speaking anxiety; (2) Studies that found VR to be effective in the treatment of public speaking anxiety conducted an average of approximately six VR sessions, with each session lasting around 37 minutes; and (3) VR is statistically as effective as other treatment methods such as cognitive behavioral therapy. …”
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