COVID alert’s privacy promises and surveillance risks by Cofone, IN

“…With a focus on wide-ranging topics such as cybersecurity, racial justice, and worker surveillance, among others, this series offers a roadmap as policymakers confront the privacy and human rights impacts of crises like the novel coronavirus in the years to come.…”

Grounds of goodness by Fix, J

“…I argue that our value, no matter what it is like, cannot perform this task. We are animals among others. …”

Learning to detect cells using non-overlapping extremal regions by Arteta, C, Lempitsky, V, Noble, JA, Zisserman, A

“…The method consists of three steps: first, a set of candidate cell-like regions is identified. Then, each candidate region is evaluated using a statistical model of the cell appearance. …”

Learning-enabled decision-making for autonomous driving: framework and methodology by Huang, Zhiyu

“…Therefore, a critical challenge lies in developing safe, robust, and human-like decision-making systems for achieving higher levels of vehicle autonomy. …”
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Surface Compositions of Trojan Asteroids by Emery, Joshua P., Binzel, Richard P., Britt, Daniel T., Brown, Michael E., Howett, Carly J. A., Martin, Audrey C., Melita, Mario D., Souza-Feliciano, Ana Carolina, Wong, Ian

“…Mid-infrared emissivity spectra reveal the presence of fine-grained anhydrous silicates on the surfaces. …”
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An RF energy harvester by Wang, Chao

“…In recent years, use of wireless devices is growing in many applications like mobile phones and sensor networks. For those sensor networks, they are used in various scenarios such as intelligent monitoring systems for office, medical, or military applications. …”
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Design of a 40nm CMOS Internet-of-Things regulator with fast power on and off by Zhong, Si Yuan

“…Low Dropout (LDO) regulator is an important building block for Internet of Things (IoT) and System-on-Chip (SoC). The applications like mobile phones, wearable devices, sensor network and so forth. …”
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Biocompatible ionic liquids in high-performing organic electrochemical transistors for ion detection and electrophysiological monitoring by Li, Ting, Koh, Cheryl Jie Yan, Moudgil, Akshay, Cao, Huan, Wu, Xihu, Chen, Shuai, Hou, Kunqi, Surendran, Abhijith, Stephen, Meera, Tang, Cindy, Wang, Chongwu, Wang, Qi Jie, Tay, Chor Yong, Leong, Wei Lin

“…The PEDOT:PSS/[MTEOA][MeOSO3] based OECT exhibits high transconductance (22.3 ± 4.5 mS μm-1), high μC* (the product of mobility μ and volumetric capacitance C*) (283.80 ± 29.66 F cm-1 V-1 s-1), fast response time (~40.57 μs) and excellent switching cyclical stability. …”
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Composite hydrogels in three-dimensional in vitro models by Zhao, Zhitong, Vizetto-Duarte, Catarina, Moay, Zi Kuang, Setyawati, Magdiel Inggrid, Rakshit, Moumita, Kathawala, Mustafa Hussain, Ng, Kee Woei

“…Hydrogels are the most relevant tissue-like matrices to support the development of 3D in vitro models since they are in many ways akin to the native extracellular matrix (ECM). …”
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Curvature-regulated lipid membrane softening of nano-vesicles by Chng, Choon-Peng, Sadovsky, Yoel, Hsia, K. Jimmy, Huang, Changjin

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Design and fabrication of soft sensors with conductive thermoplastic polyurethane by Cui, Honglin

“…Flexible Sensors are soft electronic devices that can detect and perceive external signals from physical stimuli like force, strain, and heat to chemical stimuli like organic compounds and ions. …”
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Financial forecasting using meta-cognitive fuzzy neural networks by Singh Akhand Pratap

“…Other recommendations to target the problem of Financial Prediction in a more comprehensive manner could include addition of data from other sources like social media platforms, current affairs, global search queries, etc. to judge the public sentiment about a company. …”
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Enviro-toons : what do parents think about it? by Goh, Jeannette

“…Parents also stressed the importance of the use of the enviro-toon within a greater network of environmental educators outside the home, like the school and the government, that will help drive the environmental message home.…”
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Analysis of high power gallium nitride based high electron mobility transistors for next generation electronics applications by Vompolu, Ganesh Sampath

“…AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) are being widely investigated and increasingly considered as a promising device for the next generation of power electronics and microwave applications because of their key characteristics like high breakdown voltage, high power density and high temperature operability. …”
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Both modular and single-domain Type I polyketide synthases are expressed in the brevetoxin-producing dinoflagellate, Karenia brevis (Dinop... by Van Dolah, Frances M., Morey, Jeanine S., Murray, Shauna A., Kohli, Gurjeet Singh

“…Karenia brevis also expressed several hybrid nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS)/PKS sequences, including a burA‐like sequence previously reported in a wide variety of dinoflagellates. …”
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Comparative effects of domain-specific human monoclonal antibodies against LGI1 on neuronal excitability by Sell, J, Rahmati, V, Kempfer, M, Irani, SR, Ritzau-Jost, A, Hallermann, S, Geis, C

“…This also led to an effective reduction in the slope of ramp-like depolarization in the subthreshold response, suggesting Kv1 channel dysfunction. …”

Knowledge, beliefs, perceptions and barriers related to implementing smoke-free home practices in two rural settlement areas in Malaysia by Kamni, Siti Nurhasyimah Ayuni, Saiful Bahron, Nur Ain Nadhirah, Zulkifli, Aziemah, Uny, Isabelle, O’Donnell, Rachel, Prabandari, Yayi Suryo, Bintoro, Bagas Suryo, Zainal Abidin, Emilia, Semple, Sean

“…Men’s knowledge, beliefs and perceptions like associating SFH with quitting smoking may prevent SFH adoption. …”
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Market research on a portable snake venom detection kit. by Thong, Hui Min.

“…It is estimated that annually, there are around 5.5 million snake bite incidences globally, with South Asia and Southeast Asia making up more than 50% of these incidences. …”
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Molecular and biochemical characterisation of human casein kinase I alpha splice variants by Yong, Thomas Joon Kin.

“…Both splice variants are also likely to be encoded by the 2.4 kb mRNA transcripts, generated by employing an alternate polyadenylation signal identified in the longer transcripts. …”
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Evaluating the generalisability of region-naïve machine learning algorithms for the identification of epilepsy in low-resource settings by Duta, I, Kariuki, SM, Ngugi, AK, Mwesige, AK, Masanja, H, Mwanga, DM, Owusu-Agyei, S, Wagner, R, Cross, JH, Sander, JW, Newton, CR, Sen, A, Jones, GD

“…The relationship between predictors and model outcomes also varies across sites, suggesting the need to update specific model aspects with local data before broader implementation. Variations are likely to be particular to the cultural context of diagnosis. …”