Simulation expectation by Thomas, T

“…I also consider to what extent the argument depends upon an internalist conception of evidence, and I refute the common line of thought that finding many simulations being run—or running them ourselves—must increase the odds that we are in a simulation.…”

On defining the incomplete gamma function by Fisher, Brian, Jolevsaka-Tuneska, Biljana, KiliÇman, Adem

“…The incomplete Gamma function γ(α, x+) is defined as locally summable function on the real line for α > 0 by γ(α,x+)= ∫0x+ uα-1e-udu, the integral diverging for α ≤ 0. …”

Control and operation of DC microgrids by Adhikari, Sujan

“…The interconnection of identical DC buses through tie-line and formation of microgrid clusters improves reliability of the system. …”
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Survival of an emerging foodborne pathogen : Group B Streptococcus (GBS) serotype III sequence type (ST) 283—under simulated partial cooking and gastric fluid conditions by Zwe, Ye Htut, Goh, Esther Zhu Hui, Chau, Man Ling, Aung, Kyaw Thu, Yuk, Hyun-Gyun

“…The mean D-values of four GBS strains ranging from 0.72 to 0.88 min in neutral pH tryptone soy broth at 56.4 °C and 0.44–1.43 min at pH 2.35 at 37 °C in simulated gastric fluid, were significantly lower (p < 0.05) than those of E. coli O157:H7 and L. monocytogenes. …”
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Infection risk of SARS-CoV-2 in a dining setting : deposited droplets and aerosols by Ding, Shirun, Lee, Jia Shing, Mohamed Arif Mohamed, Ng, Bing Feng

“…The AER from speaking was 24698 #/min in the size range of 0.3-5.5 μm, while the DDR was 365 #/min in the size range of 43-2847 μm. …”
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Layered oxides supported Co-Fe bimetal catalyst for carbamazepine degradation via the catalytic activation of peroxymonosulfate by Sun, Qing-Ting, Xu, Bu-De, Yang, Jing, Qian, Tingting, Jiang, Hong

“…Results show that Co2FeAl-LDO/PMS exhibited high removal of CBZ (>99%) in 30 min with the reaction rate constant (kobs) of 0.2103 min−1. …”
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Chromium removal from aqueous solution using natural clinoptilolite by Kurniawan, Tonni Agustiono, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman, Mohd Ridhwan Adam, Liang, Xue, Goh, Huihwang, Anouzla, Abdelkader, Sillanpää, Mika, Mohyuddin, Ayesha, Chew, Kit Wayne

“…Pretreatment of the clinoptilolite with NaCl enabled it to treat more bed volume (BV) (64 BV) at a breakthrough point of 0.5 mg/L of Cr concentration and achieve a longer breakthrough time (1500 min) for the first run, as compared to as-received clinoptilolite (32 BV; 250 min). …”
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Machine-learning-assisted optimization of a single-atom coordination environment for accelerated fenton catalysis by Fu, Haoyang, Li, Ke, Zhang, Chenfei, Zhang, Jianghong, Liu, Jiyuan, Chen, Xi, Chen, Guoliang, Sun, Yongyang, Li, Shuzhou, Ling, Lan

“…Through ML-guided optimization, a highly efficient SAC dominated by Fe-N5 sites with exceptional Fenton activity (k = 0.158 min-1) is identified. Our work provides an example for ML-assisted optimization of single-atom coordination environments and illuminates the feasibility of ML in accelerating the development of high-performance catalysts.…”
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Novel drug-eluting stent to reduce fibrosis-induced ureteral stricture by Fong, Timothy Ren Zhong

“…High performance liquid chromatography and scanning electron microscopy were used to monitor the amount of drug released at various time points (10min, 30min, 6hr, 1,3,7,14,21 and 28 days) and to observe surface morphology of the coated stents respectively. …”
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Accelerometer-based sedentary time, light physical activity, and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity from childhood with arterial stiffness and carotid IMT progression: a 13-yea... by Agbaje, AO, Barker, AR, Lewandowski, AJ, Leeson, P, Tuomainen, T-P

“…Persistent exposure to ≥60 min/day of MVPA was inversely associated with cIMT progression in females −0.017 mm; [(−0.026 to −0.009); p < 0.001]. …”

Home by Pei, Qianru

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Reliability assessment of the collision between marine risers by He, Jianwen

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Design of a voltage collapse monitoring device using local information by Myo Oo, Myint Thein.

“…The result will show as line graph on the display window of MATLAB developed program in real-time. …”
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Political economy of Malaysia's vision 2020. by Chin, Kiang Mun.

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Proteomics and metabolomics analysis of cellular responses to β-blocker carvedilol by Wang, Mingxuan

“…Consequently, developing robust cell line-based proteomics and metabolomics platforms will greatly facilitate understanding of drug-cell interactions.…”
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The Central Provident Fund investment schemes by Choo Wei Kiat, Chua Meng Chee, Toh Hai Joo

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Data visualization and analysis for WiFi-based occupancy detection in smart homes by Pan, Xingmeng

“…The final output is a web page containing multi-line charts that contain visualized real-time data coming from the WiFi system and the analysis result which shows the occupancy status of the room. …”
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Discriminative learned dictionaries for local image analysis by Mairal, J, Bach, F, Ponce, J, Sapiro, G, Zisserman, A

“…This article extends this line of research into a novel framework for local image discrimination tasks, proposing an energy formulation with both sparse reconstruction and class discrimination components, jointly optimized during dictionary learning. …”

Inequality and the 1% by Dorling, D

“…Inequality in the UK is increasing; more and more people are driven towards the poverty line. Even before birth, being born outside the 1% will have dramatic impact on the rest of your life: it will reduce your life expectancy, educational and work prospects, as well as your mental health. …”

The Future of Service-Learning : New Solutions for Sustaining and Improving Practice / by Strait, Jean R., 1965-, editor 656157, Lima, Marybeth, 1965-, editor 656195, Furco, Andrew, editor 656196, Taylor & Francis Group (Online service) 645650

“…Further chapters offer a new blueprint for funding to achieve sustainability; examples of international service learning from a European perspective; a case study and framework for using on-line formats to extend the reach of a program; raise the urgent issue of the experiences and contributions of underrepresented students; and present the rationale and processes for developing effective student-led evaluation of programs.…”
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