Dynamic prediction of the incident duration using adaptive feature set by Ghosh, Banishree, Muhammad Tayyab Asif, Dauwels, Justin, Fastenrath, Ulrich, Guo, Hongliang

“…In this paper, we propose an adaptive ensemble model that can provide reasonable forecasts even when a limited amount of information is available and further improves the prediction accuracy as more information becomes available during the course of the incidents. …”
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Three essays on corporate finance and research methodology by Li, Wei

“…In addition, firms in gambling-prone regions hold more cash only when they are financially constrained, and they invest cash in risky projects such as research & development, which leads to more volatile cash flows. …”
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Enhanced energy dissipated foams for bicycle helmets by Zheng, John Yizhe

“…For Experiment set 1, it can be concluded that CF samples of group C density range exhibit the best results in energy absorption when compared to PF samples while being approximately 30g/L less dense. …”
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Immediate test or delayed test : evidence of primary Mathematics learning by Arunachalam Thannimalai

“…Overall, usage of worked examples facilitated novice primary 2 students’ learning and this benefit became much less significant when learner expertise level grew as seen in the case of primary 4 student participants. …”
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A zero-dimensional mixed-anion hybrid halogenobismuthate(III) semiconductor : structural, optical, and photovoltaic properties by Hoefler, Sebastian Franz, Rath, Thomas, Fischer, Roland, Latal, Christine, Hippler, Dorothee, Koliogiorgos, Athanasios, Galanakis, Iosif, Bruno, Annalisa, Fian, Alexander, Dimopoulos, Theodoros, Trimmel, Gregor

“…Despite the zero-dimensional structure of MBIC, a maximum power conversion efficiency of 0.18% and a high fill factor of almost 60% were obtained with this material as absorber layer. When stored under inert conditions, these solar cells show an excellent long-term stability over the investigated period of more than 700 days.…”
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Design and in vitro release study of siRNA loaded Layer by Layer nanoparticles with sustained gene silencing effect by Tan, Yang Fei, Lee, Ying Shi, Seet, Li-Fong, Ng, Kee Woei, Wong, Tina T., Venkatraman, Subbu

“…Objectives: Clinical translation of siRNA therapeutics has been severely limited due to the lack of stable and sustained siRNA delivery systems. Furthermore, when nanocarrier systems with siRNA are administered systemically to treat diseases, insufficient doses reach the target tissue. …”
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Spatter transport by inert gas flow in selective laser melting : a simulation study by Ahmad Bin Anwar, Ibrahim, Imran Halimi, Pham, Quang-Cuong

“…It was also shown that the trajectories of the spatter particles were governed mainly by their initial momentum when the inert gas flow velocity was increased. While complete removal of the spatter particles from the powder bed was not achieved, the presence of the inert gas flow aided in the transport of a majority of the particles further downstream giving a more even mass distribution. …”
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A constrained instantaneous learning approach for aerial package delivery robots : onboard implementation and experimental results by Mehndiratta, Mohit, Kayacan, Erdal

“…Three case scenarios are considered: payload mass variations on an aerial robot for a package delivery problem, ground effect when the aerial robot is hovering/flying close to the ground, and wind-gust disturbances encountered in the outdoor environment. …”
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Gaussian message passing for overloaded massive MIMO-NOMA by Liu, Lei, Yuen, Chau, Guan, Yong Liang, Li, Ying, Huang, Chongwen

“…Second, the means of the traditional GMP will fail to converge when Nu/Ns (2-1-25.83. Therefore, we propose and derive a new convergent GMP called scale-and-add GMP (SA-GMP), which always converges to the LMMSE multi-user detection performance for any Nu/Ns>1, and show that it has a faster convergence speed than the traditional GMP with the same complexity. …”
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Flame-made calcium phosphate nanoparticles with high drug loading for delivery of biologics by Tsikourkitoudi, Vasiliki, Karlsson, Jens, Merkl, Padryk, Loh, Edmund, Henriques-Normark, Birgitta, Sotiriou, Georgios A.

“…We also demonstrate that LL-37 retains its antimicrobial activity against Escherichia coli and Streptococcus pneumoniae when loaded on nanoparticles in vitro. Therefore, we highlight the potential of nanocarriers for optimization of the therapeutic profile of existing and emerging biological drugs.…”
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An ultrastable lithium metal anode enabled by designed metal fluoride spansules by Yuan, Huadong, Nai, Jianwei, Tian, He, Ju, Zhijin, Zhang, Wenkui, Liu, Yujing, Tao, Xinyong, Lou, David Xiong Wen

“…As a result, the spansule-modified anode affords a high Coulombic efficiency of 98% for over 1000 cycles at a current density of 2 mA cm−2, which is the most stable LMA reported so far. When coupling this anode with the Li[Ni0.8Co0.1Mn0.1]O2 cathode, the practical full cell further exhibits highly improved capacity retention after 500 cycles.…”
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Pedestrian heading estimation based on spatial transformer networks and hierarchical LSTM by Wang, Qu, Luo, Haiyong, Ye, Langlang, Men, Aidong, Zhao, Fang, Huang, Yan, Ou, Changhai

“…The experimental results on real-world demonstrated that deepheading outperformed the compared heading estimation algorithms and achieved promising estimation accuracy with a median heading error of 4.52°, mean heading error of 6.07° and heading error of 9.18° at the confidence of 80% when a pedestrian is walking in indoor environments with magnetic field disturbances. …”
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Flow network models for online scheduling real-time tasks on multiprocessors by Cho, Hyeonjoong, Easwaran, Arvind

“…The optimal scheduling is here defined to ensure that all real-time tasks meet their deadlines when the total utilization demand of the given tasks does not exceed the total processing capacity. …”
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Correlating the performance of a fire-retardant coating across different scales of testing by Ng, Yan Hao, Zope, Indraneel Suhas, Dasari, Aravind, Tan, Kang Hai

“…In this regard, the pathway is not established when designing and formulating fire-retardant coatings for structural steel sections or members. …”
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Evaluation of GPM IMERG rainfall estimates in Singapore and assessing spatial sampling errors in ground reference by Mandapaka, Pradeep V., Lo, Edmond Yat-Man

“…For the gauge networks studied here, the contribution of SSE variance to IMERG daily error variance ranges from 4-24% depending on gauge spatial configuration, and is as large as 36% during inter-monsoon months when rainfall is highly convective in nature.…”
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The role of Holocene relative sea-level change in preserving records of subduction zone earthquakes by Dura, Tina, Engelhart, Simon E., Vacchi, Matteo, Horton, Benjamin Peter, Kopp, Robert E., Peltier, William Richard, Bradley, Sarah

“…In far-field regions (e.g., Sumatra, Chile, and Japan), fragmentary stratigraphic evidence of prehistoric earthquakes has been preserved only during periods of gradual RSL rise prior to a mid-Holocene highstand, or during the last 1–3 ka, when RSL was within 2 m of modern sea level, and thus within the tidal frame.…”
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Differential graphical games for H∞ control of linear heterogeneous multiagent systems by Farnaz Adib Yaghmaie, Hengster-Movric, Kristian, Lewis, Frank L., Su, Rong

“…Differential graphical games have been introduced in the literature to solve state synchronization problem for linear homogeneous agents. When the agents are heterogeneous, the previous notion of graphical games cannot be used anymore and a new definition is required. …”
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Smart building with intelligent indoor lighting control system using reinforcement learning simulations by Chan, Keno Jia Nuo

“…Although the presence of wireless controls allows users to manually adjust the lighting intensity based on their preferences, this becomes a problem when there is more than one occupant in the environment due differences in lighting preferences. …”
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Performance enhancement of ultrafiltration membrane via simple deposition of polymer-based modifiers by Tian, Miao, Wang, Rong, Goto, Atsushi, Mao, Weijia, Miyoshi, Yasuyuki, Mizoguchi, Hirotaka

“…The results show that the random copolymer modified membrane exhibited average 26 % rises in water permeability compared with the virgin PES UF membrane when 0.5 wt% BSA solution was used as feed. The stable permeability and flux recovery rate during the cyclic study with chemical cleaning suggest good affinity of the newly synthesized random copolymer with the PES membrane and water. …”
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Impact of molecular linker size on physicochemical properties of assembled gold nanoparticle mono-/multi-layers and their applicability for functional binding of biomolecules by Krikstolaityte, Vida, Hamit-Eminovski, Jildiz, Abariute, Laura, Niaura, Gediminas, Meskys, Rolandas, Arnebrant, Thomas, Lisak, Grzegorz, Ruzgas, Tautgirdas

“…The validity of the commercial Voigt model, specifically developed for quantitative QCM-D data analysis of homogeneous viscoelastic films, was evaluated by a model independent analysis when comparing the assembled AuNP films with a homogeneous layer of a mucin from bovine submaxillary glands. …”
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