Learning from nature : experimental observation of mimosa pudica by Zhang, Yi

“…However, a steadily decreasing trend was demonstrated between the reopening time and pulvinus diameter, indicating that the greater pulvinus size tended to have a shorter reopening time. Besides, the fatigue effect was only exhibited with respect to the reopening time, by means of increasing the reopening time and refusing to open with greater stimulation cycles. …”
Get full text

Natural robustness of machine learning in the open world by Wei, Hongxin

“…Training with the proposed loss, the network tends to give conservative predictions and results in strong separability of softmax confidence scores between in- and out-of-distribution inputs. …”
Get full text

Low-power high-performance SAR ADC with redundancy and digital error-correction by Sharma, Sunny

“…The current trend among Nyquist-rate data converters, for example successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converters (ADC), tends towards high speeds and medium-to-high resolution. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Effects of energy and protein supplementation on microbial-N synthesis and allantoin excretion in sheep fed guinea grass by Jetana, T, Abdullah, N, Halim, R.A, Jalaludin, S, Ho, Y.W

“…The flow of nitrogenous compounds to the duodenum, i.e., total-N, non-ammonia-N and rumen-undegradable-N were not significantly affected by either protein or energy supplements. Microbial-N flow tended (p<0.08) to be higher in sheep fed CF supplement (average of 10.2 g per day) than in those fed PP supplement (average of 8.1 g per day). …”
Get full text

Fabrication and characterization of graphene and carbon nanotube reinforced bioceramic nanocomposites by Hu, Huanlong

“…Bioceramics play an important role in the replacement and regeneration of human tissues, but their intrinsic brittleness and low wear resistance make the monolithic bioceramics still problematic for load-bearing applications. The two dimensional (2D) graphene and one dimensional (1D) carbon nanotube (CNT), as the secondary strong and tough biocompatible nanofillers, are popular nanocarbons to reinforce bioceramics. …”
Get full text

Engineered terahertz emission from spintronic heterostructures: amplitude, phase and chirality by Agarwal, Piyush

“…To summarize, the thesis aims to contribute to the synergies of spintronics and photonics for advanced applications in developing scalable devices bearing low-cost fabrication with on-chip compatibility.…”
Get full text

Critical events detection and management in complex networks by Yu, Yi

“…The results demonstrate that the existence of community structures tends to slow down the infection spreading and whether they help reduce the overall infection size when no control method is adopted however depends on the network topology. …”
Get full text

“British English is much more prestigious, everybody knows that!”: reproducing and resisting hegemonic language ideologies in Chilean English teacher education by Pérez Andrade, Gonzalo

“…Consequently, forms of speaking English that are evidently influenced by (Chilean) Spanish tended to be perceived as undesirable and unprofessional (iconisation), supporting the idea that the efficacy of a teacher lies on how close to an idealised model their English is. …”
Get full text

Computational modeling of light processing in the habenula and dorsal raphe based on laser ablation of functionally-defined cells by Cheng, Ruey-Kuang, Jagannathan, N. Suhas, Kathrada, Ahmad Ismat, Jesuthasan, Suresh, Tucker-Kellogg, Lisa

Get full text

Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation by Lindson, N, Butler, AR, McRobbie, H, Bullen, C, Hajek, P, Wu, AD, Begh, R, Theodoulou, A, Notley, C, Rigotti, NA, Turner, T, Livingstone-Banks, J, Morris, T, Hartmann-Boyce, J

“…The most commonly reported AEs were throat/mouth irritation, headache, cough, and nausea, which tended to dissipate with continued EC use. Very few studies reported data on other outcomes or comparisons; hence, evidence for these is limited, with CIs often encompassing both clinically significant harm and benefit. …”

Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation by Lindson, N, Butler, AR, McRobbie, H, Bullen, C, Hajek, P, Begh, R, Theodoulou, A, Notley, C, Rigotti, NA, Turner, T, Livingstone-Banks, J, Morris, T, Hartmann-Boyce, J

“…The most commonly reported AEs were throat/mouth irritation, headache, cough, and nausea, which tended to dissipate with continued EC use. Very few studies reported data on other outcomes or comparisons, hence, evidence for these is limited, with CIs often encompassing both clinically significant harm and benefit.…”