An innovative stiffened I-shaped damper to improve the behavior of the concentrically braced frames by Hasan Nayel, Israa, Khaleel Nayel, Waleed, Ghamari, Ali, Putra Jaya, Ramadhansyah

“…By increasing the stiffener’s thickness from 2.5 mm to 20 mm, the ultimate strength is enhanced by 1.47 to 4.5, 1.48 to 4.33, 1.43 to 3.81, 1.39 to 338, and 1.33 to 2.65 times respectively for models with ρ = 0.25, 0.18, 0.13, 0.11 and 0.09. …”
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Atmospheric characterization of cold exoplanets with a 1.5-m space coronagraph by Maire, A. -L., Galicher, R., Boccaletti, A., Baudoz, P., Schneider, J., Cahoy, K., Stam, D., Traub, W.

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Proof of Travel for Trust-Based Data Validation in V2I Communication by Suo, Dajiang, Mo, Baichuan, Zhao, Jinhua, Sarma, Sanjay E.

“…Our goal is to transform the power of cryptography techniques embedded within Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) protocols into game-theoretic mechanisms to incentivize connected-vehicle data sharing and validate data trustworthiness simultaneously. …”
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Association of PHACTR1 with Coronary Artery Calcium Differs by Sex and Cigarette Smoking by Voorhies, Kirsten, Young, Kendra, Hsu, Fang-Chi, Palmer, Nicholette D., McDonald, Merry-Lynn N., Lee, Sanghun, Hahn, Georg, Hecker, Julian, Prokopenko, Dmitry, Wu, Ann Chen, Regan, Elizabeth A., DeMeo, Dawn, Kinney, Greg L., Crapo, James D., Cho, Michael H., Silverman, Edwin K., Lange, Christoph, Budoff, Matthew J., Hokanson, John E., Lutz, Sharon M.

“…Results: We identified genome-wide significant associations for CAC in the chromosome 9p21 region [CDKN2B-AS1] among all COPDGene participants (p = 7.1 × 10−14) and among males (p = 1.0 × 10−9), but the signal was not genome-wide significant among females (p = 6.4 × 10−6). …”
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CRISPR-enabled point-of-care genotyping for APOL1 genetic risk assessment by Greensmith, Robert, Lape, Isadora T., Riella, Cristian V., Schubert, Alexander J., Metzger, Jakob J., Dighe, Anand S., Tan, Xiao, Hemmer, Bernhard, Rau, Josefine, Wendlinger, Sarah, Diederich, Nora, Schütz, Anja, Riella, Leonardo V.

“…We applied this assay to identify genetic variants in the APOL1 gene prevalent among African Americans, which are associated with an 8–30-fold increase in the risk of developing kidney disease. …”
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Materials beyond monolayers: The magnetic quasi-1D semiconductor CrSBr by Klein, Julian, Ross, Frances M.

“…Here, we summarize our interest in one of these emergent materials, the magnetic semiconductor CrSBr. …”
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NEWTS1.0: Numerical model of coastal Erosion by Waves and Transgressive Scarps by Palermo, Rose V, Perron, J Taylor, Soderblom, Jason M, Birch, Samuel PD, Hayes, Alexander G, Ashton, Andrew D

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Probing the nature of the χc1(3872) state using radiative decays by Aaij, R., Abdelmotteleb, A. S. W., Abellan Beteta, C., Abudinén, F., Ackernley, T., Adefisoye, A. A., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Adlarson, P., Agapopoulou, C., Aidala, C. A., Ajaltouni, Z., Akar, S., Akiba, K., Albicocco, P., Albrecht, J.

“…The radiative decays χc1(3872) → ψ(2S) γ and χc1(3872) → J/ψγ are used to probe the nature of the χc1(3872) state using proton-proton collision data collected with the LHCb detector, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb−1. …”
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MAS.622 / 1.126J Pattern Recognition & Analysis, Fall 2000 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory.

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Historical analogies in policy-making : Crimea, World War I and East Asia by Fook, Bernard Weng Loo

“…From portraying the on-going Sino Japanese as a parallel to the lead-up to World War I, to the Crimean situation as a prelude to German annexation of the Sudetenland, policymakers have always used historical analogies. …”
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p53-sensitive epileptic behavior and inflammation in Ft1 hypomorphic mice by Vernì, Fiammetta, Saggio, Isabella, Burla, Romina, La Torre, Mattia, Zanetti, Giorgia, Bastianelli, Alex, Merigliano, Chiara, Del Giudice, Simona, Vercelli, Alessandro, Di Cunto, Ferdinando, Boido, Marina

“…Mutant mice were produced by reducing the expression of the gene Ft1 (AKTIP in humans). In vitro, AKTIP/Ft1 depletion causes telomere aberrations, DNA damage, and cell senescence. …”
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The ends of occidentalist desire in Conrad's 'Malay' novels : 'every name in history is I by Wagner, Tamara Silvia

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Leveraging nanocrystal HKUST-1 in mixed-matrix membranes for ethylene/ethane separation by Chuah, Chong Yang, Samarasinghe, Samarasinghe Arachchige Sulashi Chathushka, Li, Wen, Goh, Kunli, Bae, Tae-Hyun

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Machine-learning-assisted design of high strength steel I-section columns by Cheng, Jinpeng, Li, Xuelai, Jiang, Ke, Li, Shuai, Su, Andi, Zhao, Ou

“…In this paper, an accurate and unified design approach for high strength steel I-section columns with different material grades, boundary conditions, geometric dimensions (including cross-section sizes and member lengths) and failure modes is proposed based on machine learning. …”
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Caspase-mediated degradation of condensin I CAP-H during mitotic catastrophe. by Lee, Kelvin Kai Wei.

“…Depletion of CAP-H resulted in the loss of condensin I from mitotic chromosomes, weakening chromosome integrity. …”
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Molecular and biochemical characterisation of human casein kinase I alpha splice variants by Yong, Thomas Joon Kin.

“…Casein kinase I (CKI), one of the first protein kinases identified biochemically, is a serine/ threonine protein kinase known to exist in multiple isoforms in mammals. …”
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Organocatalytic asymmetric mannich, formal [4+1] and [4+2] annulation reactions by Shi, Zugui

“…In chapter 4, a new [4+2] annulation reaction of vinyl ketones with N-sulfonyl-1-aza-1, 3-dienes, using PPh3 as catalyst, will be presented. …”
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Trust management for large-scale heterogeneous wireless sensor and actuator networks (I) by Ummeaiman Najmuddin Shakir

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Transcriptional regulation of type I interferon responses of myeloid antigen presenting cells by Sin, Wei Xiang

“…Accordingly, Irf7–/– mice exhibited substantially reduced serum levels of type I IFN and IL-1β, and were resistant to lethal endotoxin shock. …”
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A programmable voltage reference for sub-1.2V power supplies by Meng, Yuan

“…In this project, a programmable bandgap voltage reference is built by current mode approach on CSM018IC process with supply voltage 1.2V. An additional op amp is added to improve the current mirror accuracy and hence reduce the output temperature coefficient. …”
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