Communication satellite power amplifiers: current and future SSPA and TWTA technologies by Aniceto, Raichelle, Cahoy, Kerri, Lohmeyer, Whitney

“…This study captures the state of current satellite transponder technology, specifically, solid-state power amplifiers (SSPAs) and traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs), and describes expected future advances, including GaN SSPAs. The findings of five previous SSPA and TWTA studies, including the 1991 European Space and Technology Center study, the 1993 National Aeronautics and Space Administration study, and three Boeing studies conducted in 2005, 2008, and 2013, are tabulated and summarized. …”
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Bayesian learning of coupled biogeochemical–physical models by Gupta, Abhinav, Lermusiaux, Pierre F.J.

“…We perform a series of twin experiments based on flows past a ridge coupled with three-to-five component ecosystem models, including flows with chaotic advection. …”
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#let’s-discuss: Analyzing Students’ Use of Emoji when Interacting with Course Readings by Blobstein, Ariel, Facciotti, Marc T., Igo, Michele, Karger, David, Ravi, Prerna, Sripathi, Kamali, Gal, Kobi

“…To evaluate the heat map, we conducted a user study with five instructors/TAs. We found that instructors/TAs use the heat map as a tool for identifying textbook sections that students find difficult and/or interesting and plan to use it to help them design the online content for future classes. …”
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Generation of Rhesus Macaque Embryos with Expanded CAG Trinucleotide Repeats in the Huntingtin Gene by Ryu, Junghyun, Statz, John P., Chan, William, Oyama, Kiana, Custer, Maggie, Wienisch, Martin, Chen, Richard, Hanna, Carol B., Hennebold, Jon D.

“…The integration of an expanded CAG repeat region was successfully identified in five blastocysts, which were cryopreserved for NHP HD animal production. …”
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A Design Space for Intelligent and Interactive Writing Assistants by Lee, Mina, Gero, Katy Ilonka, Chung, John Joon Young, Shum, Simon Buckingham, Raheja, Vipul, Shen, Hua, Venugopalan, Subhashini, Wambsganss, Thiemo, Zhou, David, Alghamdi, Emad A., August, Tal, Bhat, Avinash, Choksi, Madiha Zahrah, Dutta, Senjuti, Guo, Jin L.C., Hoque, Md Naimul, Kim, Yewon, Knight, Simon, Neshaei, Seyed Parsa, Shibani, Antonette, Shrivastava, Disha, Shroff, Lila, Sergeyuk, Agnia, Stark, Jessi, Sterman, Sarah, Wang, Sitong, Bosselut, Antoine, Buschek, Daniel, Chang, Joseph Chee, Chen, Sherol, Kreminski, Max, Park, Joonsuk, Pea, Roy, Rho, Eugenia Ha Rim, Shen, Zejiang, Siangliulue, Pao

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“The Past We Step Into and How We Repair It” by Williams, Rashad, Steil, Justin

“…For this third, transformative dimension, we identify five principles for reparative planning: creating spaces for Black joy, advancing material redistribution, attending to intersectionality, building new democratic institutions grounded in and with the participation of non-elites, and constructing environmentally just futures. …”
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The Semantic Reader Project: Augmenting Scholarly Documents through AI-Powered Interactive Reading Interfaces by Lo, Kyle, Chang, Joseph, Head, Andrew, Bragg, Jonathan, Zhang, Amy, Trier, Cassidy, Anastasiades, Chloe, August, Tal, Authur, Russell, Bragg, Danielle, Bransom, Erin, Cachola, Isabel, Candra, Stefan, Chandrasekhar, Yoganand, Chen, Yen-Sung, Cheng, Evie, Chou, Yvonne, Downey, Doug, Evans, Rob, Fok, Raymond

“…We structure this paper around five key opportunities for AI assistance in scholarly reading---discovery, efficiency, comprehension, synthesis, and accessibility---and present an overview of our progress and discuss remaining open challenges.…”
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Urban street clusters: unraveling the associations of street characteristics on urban vibrancy dynamics in age, time, and day by Jang, Kee M., Suh, Hanew, Haddad, Fadi G., Sun, Maoran, Duarte, Fábio, Kim, Youngchul

“…Using these features, we employ a machine learning clustering technique to classify them into five distinct typologies. Then, with street-level aggregated mobile phone tracking data, we investigate whether street typology characteristics are associated with urban vibrancy with respect to age groups, time of day, and day types (weekends/weekdays). …”
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Exploring Potential Application Areas of Artificial Intelligence-Infused System for Engagement Recognition: Insights from Special Education Experts by Kim, Won, Seong, Minwoo, DelPreto, Joseph, Matusik, Wojciech, Rus, Daniela, Kim, SeungJun

“…UbiComp Companion ’24, October 5–9, 2024, Melbourne, VIC, Australia…”
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An integrated index for the identification of diabetic retinopathy stages using texture parameters by Acharya, U. Rajendra, Ng, Eddie Yin-Kwee, Tan, Jen Hong, Sree, Subbhuraam Vinitha, Ng, Kwan-Hoong

“…We used 238 retinal fundus images in our analysis. Five different texture features such as homogeneity, correlation, short run emphasis, long run emphasis, and run percentage were extracted from the digital fundus images. …”
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EasyPDP: an efficient parallel dynamic programming runtime system for computational biology by Tang, Shanjiang, Yu, Ce, Sun, Jizhou, Lee, Bu-Sung, Zhang, Tao, Xu, Zhen, Wu, Huabei

“…It automatically handles thread creation, dynamic data task allocation and scheduling, data partitioning, and fault tolerance. Five frequently used DAG patterns from biological dynamic programming algorithms have been put into the DAG pattern library of EasyPDP, so that the programmer can choose to use any of them according to his/her specific application. …”
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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

“…Design/methodology/approach – This exploratory study uses the multiple case study method to analyze five crises, generated online, throughout their life-cycles, in order to build analytic generalizations (Yin). …”
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Seismic performance of reinforced concrete columns with plain longitudinal reinforcing bars by Pham, Thanh Phuong, Li, Bing

“…The test results were compared with available experimental data of five RC columns reinforced with deformed reinforcing bars. …”
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Natural IgG antibodies provide innate protection against ficolin-opsonized bacteria by Panda, Saswati, Zhang, Jing, Tan, Nguan Soon, Ho, Bow, Ding, Jeak Ling

“…For nearly five decades since its discovery, the role of natural IgG, which pre‐exists in neonates and uninfected individuals, has remained unclear due to the general perception that natural antibodies lack affinity for pathogens. …”
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Examination of high strength steel design provisions : bond by Chua, Aye Neng

“…Furthermore, as yield strength of reinforcement steel embedded in concrete is equally important on the bond strength, a study is carried out using specimens data with normal strength steel and high strength steel to examine the provision of development length in each category of steel. Five international codes were used to predict the development length, and the codes provisions were compared against the experimental values. …”
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Review of the potential health effects of light and environmental exposures in underground workplaces by Khaing, Nang Ei Ei, Abuduxike, Gulifeiya, Posadzki, Pawel, Divakar, Ushashree, Visvalingam, Nanthini, Nazeha, Nuraini, Dunleavy, Gerard, Christopoulos, George I., Soh, Chee-Kiong, Jarbrink, Krister, Soljak, Michael, Car, Josip

“…There is a large but mainly observational research literature on likely underground exposures, including effects of artificial lighting, shift working and light at night on circadian disruptions and associated health effects. There are five studies comparing underground and aboveground environments. …”
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A flexible endoscopic robotic suturing system for gastrointestinal perforations : animal study by Cao, Lin, Li, Xiaoguo, Phan, Phuoc Thien, Tiong, Anthony Meng Huat, Kaan, Hung Leng, Ho, Khek Yu, Chiu, Philip Wai Yan, Phee, Soo Jay

“…Both arms are flexible, through-the-scope, and have five Degrees Of Freedom (DOFs). This paper presents an in-vivo test of this system suturing an incision on the rectum wall of a live pig.…”
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Autonomous ships : evolution or revolution? by Keh, Cassandra Xiao Ting

“…Lastly, as autonomous shipping is hindered by a set of challenges due to the lack of legal framework and cyber security issues within the international trade, a Porter Five Forces analysis is also carried out to assess the attractiveness of an autonomous ship market from a competitive standpoint. …”
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Combining stratigraphy and tectonics to understand intermittent deposition on the outer rise offshore Sumatra, Indonesia by Tan, Li Ching

“…We observed that 5 out of 6 sediment pulses were deposited during sea level middle to low stands, when majority of shelf was exposed. …”
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Flow-through colorimetric assay for detection of nucleic acids in plasma by Ammanath, Gopal, Yeasmin, Sanjida, Srinivasulu, Yuvasri, Vats, Mukti, Cheema, Jamal Ahmed, Fairuz Nabilah, Srivastava, Rohit, Yildiz, Umit Hakan, Alagappan, Palaniappan, Liedberg, Bo

“…Colorimetric responses for mir21 and HBV-DNA were obtained at nanomolar concentrations over five orders of magnitudes (from 1 nM to 10 μM), with a limit of detection of ∼0.6 nM and ∼2 nM in DI water and plasma, respectively. …”
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