Partially collaborative storage codes for distributed storage systems by Liu, Shiqiu

“…Finally, the degree of collaboration is studied as a function of the confidentiality one would like to obtain in the presence of eavesdroppers.…”
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Piezoelectric single crystal based one-dimensional phased array for breast tissue imaging by Du, Wenya

“…In this thesis, I propose a conformable ultrasound breast patch (cUSBr-Patch) consisting of a one-dimensional (1D) phased array and a nature-inspired patch design, which offers large-area, deep tissue scanning and multi-angle, repeatable breast imaging while avoiding the drawbacks of conventional ultrasound imaging technologies. I used a Yb/Bi-doped PIN-PMN-PT single crystal as the active element due to its superior piezoelectric properties (d33 = 2,800 pC/N, εr = 7,000, k33 = 0.93). …”
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Coevolving Cybersecurity Adversaries for Industrial Control Systems in Failure-Prone Environments by Wicks, Kathryn

“…In the sub-area that this thesis focuses on, power microgrids, such disturbances can come in the form of line-line faults, line-ground faults, lack of generation capacity to meet demand, and unintentional islanding, among many others. …”
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Conditional conservatism and debt versus equity financing by Goh, Beng Wee, Lim, Chee Yeow, Lobo, Gerald J., Tong, Yen Hee

“…We also find that the reduction in cost of equity associated with conservatism is greater for equity issuers than for debt issuers, but find no such difference when we examine cost of debt. …”
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The Battle for ‘Trayvon Martin’: Mapping a Media Controversy Online and Offline by Graeff, Erhardt

“…Our findings have implications for social change organizations that seek to harness advocacy campaigns to news stories, and for scholars studying media ecology and the networked public sphere.…”
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A Singapore perspective : impact of disclosure and board independence on firm performance. by Chua, Zi Qin., Low, Jason Wei Jie., Yee, Derrick Hock Huat.

“…Using a difference-in-differences approach, we find that firms are rewarded with an increase in Tobin’s Q upon greater disclosure of board independence as recommended by the Code. …”
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Gamson going global? Cabinet proportionality in comparative perspective by Chaisty, P, Power, T

“…Among the constitutional predictors of cabinet proportionality, we find that pure presidentialism is a major outlier, with an exaggerated form of formateur advantage. …”

Racial Steering by Large Language Models: A Prospective Audit of GPT-4 on Housing Recommendations by Liu, Eric, So, Wonyoung, Hosoi, Peko, D'Ignazio, Catherine

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Highly stretchable, elastic, and ionic conductive hydrogel for artificial soft electronics by Zhou, Yang, Wan, Changjin, Yang, Yongsheng, Yang, Hui, Wang, Shancheng, Dai, Zhendong, Ji, Keju, Jiang, Hui, Chen, Xiaodong, Long, Yi

“…However, it is difficult to find a material with balanced electronic and mechanical performance. …”
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Cognitive versatility and adaptation to fluid participation in hospital emergency department teams by Aggarwal, Ishani, Mayo, Anna T., Murase, Toshio, Zhang, Evelyn Y., Aven, Brandy, Woolley, Anita Williams

“…Importantly, the presence of a cognitively versatile attending physician mitigates these negative outcomes, enhancing overall team effectiveness. Our findings remain robust even after accounting for other variables like team expertise and familiarity. …”
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Unconventional exhibitions of desire. by Ng, Hwei Yun.

“…In contrast, physicality may seem like a burden to the imagination, when we see Jordan and city dwellers fantasizing about the lack of gravity and being able to leave your body behind to pursue other desires. …”
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In silico assessment of a compliant vascular prosthesis by Wong, Yi Jean

“…Specifically, non-linear static analysis was carried out to find out how the design of the fiber and elastic modulus of the material used can affect the mechanical properties. …”
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Investigation of Ni as Zn substitute in CZTS thin film solar cell by Quek, Ka Jun

“…In addition, two spray methods (dynamic and static mode) were also investigated based on scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and current-voltage characteristics to find the best method to synthesize CNZTS. The highest efficiency achieved was around 5.45% for pure Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) device using static mode, meanwhile the nickel-substituted samples behave like a metal instead of semiconductor when the Ni is substituted. …”
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Universal machine learning classifier using extreme learning machines by Chen, Jinnan

“…Through tuning the hyperparameters of the proposed model, we plotted the figures to find the correlation between the performance and the optimum hyperparameters. …”
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Influence of machining parameters and tool geometry on tool wear during cobalt chromium-molybdenum micro drilling by Abdul Patar, Mohd. Affifudin, Suhaimi, Mohd. Azlan, Sharif, Safian, Amrifan S. Mohruni, Amrifan S. Mohruni, Hisam, Muhammad Juzaili, Shaharum, Mohd. Sallehuddin

“…Cobalt chromium (CoCr) alloys find extensive use in medical applications due to their unique mechanical properties, such as high strength and low thermal conductivity. …”
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Enhancing X-ray generation from twisted multilayer van der Waals materials by shaping electron wavepackets by Wong, Wesley Lee Wei, Wong, Liang Jie

“…We also investigate the dependence of our X-ray emission mechanism on physical parameters, including the interlayer spacing and number of layers. Our findings pave the way for the use of twisted multilayer van der Waals materials in the generation of tailored X-ray spectra for applications like X-ray imaging, X-ray fluorescence, and X-ray treatment.…”
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Cavitation-induced microjets tuned by channels with alternating wettability patterns by Schoppink, Jelle J., Mohan, Keerthana, Quetzeri-Santiago, Miguel A., McKinley, Gareth, Rivas, David Fernandez, Dickerson, Andrew K.

“…The hydrophobic strips also influence the advancing contact line and receding contact line as the vapor bubble expands and collapses. …”
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Machine-Learning-Assisted Analysis of Visible Spectroscopy in Pulsed-Power-Driven Plasmas by Datta, Rishabh, Ahmed, Faez, Hare, Jack D.

“…Radiation transport simulations, which use spectral emissivity and opacity values generated using the collisional-radiative code PrismSPECT, are used to determine the spectral intensity generated by the plasma along the spectrometer’s line of sight (LOS). The spectra exhibit Al-II and Al-III lines, whose line ratios and line widths vary with the density and temperature of the plasma. …”
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Explicit Two-Sided Unique-Neighbor Expanders by Hsieh, Jun-Ting, McKenzie, Theo, Mohanty, Sidhanth, Paredes, Pedro

“…Our constructions are obtained from instantiations of the tripartite line product of a large tripartite spectral expander and a sufficiently good constant-sized unique-neighbor expander, a new graph product we defined that generalizes the line product and the routed product of previous well-known works. …”
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Control of parallel inverters in microgrid by Liu, Jiazhe

“…However, its feasibility can be seriously influenced by some additional factors, such as line impedance mismatch, different types of line impedance and sensor error. …”
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