The risk of dengue for non-immune foreign visitors to the 2016 summer olympic games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Burattini, Marcelo Nascimento, Greenhalgh, David, Wilder-Smith, Annelies, Amaku, Marcos, Lopez, Luis Fernandez, Coutinho, Francisco Antonio Bezerra, Ximenes, Raphael, Struchiner, Claudio José, Massad, Eduardo

“…Historical reported dengue time series in Rio de Janeiro for the years 2000-2015 is used to find out the time dependent force of infection, which is then used to estimate the potential risks to a large tourist cohort. …”
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Toward a neuroscientific understanding of play: a dimensional coding framework for analyzing infant–adult play patterns by Neale, Dave, Clackson, Kaili, Georgieva, Stanimira, Dedetas, Hatice, Scarpate, Melissa, Wass, Sam, Leong, Victoria

“…Here, we illustrate the sensitivity and utility of the proposed coding framework using two contrasting dyadic corpora (N = 5) of mother-infant object-oriented interactions during experimental conditions that were either non-conducive (Condition 1) or conducive (Condition 2) to the emergence of playful behavior. We find that the framework accurately identifies the modal form of social interaction as being either non-playful (Condition 1) or playful (Condition 2), and further provides useful insights about differences in the quality of social interaction and temporal synchronicity within the dyad. …”
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Quantum spin Hall effect and topological phase transition in InNxBiySb1−x−y/InSb quantum wells by Song, Zhigang, Bose, Sumanta, Fan, Weijun, Zhang, Dao Hua, Zhang, Yan Yang, Li, Shu Shen

“…Recently, the quest for new materials exhibiting non-trivial topological state of matter has been of great research interest, as TIs find applications in new electronics and spintronics and quantum-computing devices. …”
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Kinematics of Active Deformation Across the Western Kunlun Mountain Range (Xinjiang, China) and Potential Seismic Hazards Within the Southern Tarim Basin by Guilbaud, Christelle, Simoes, Martine, Barrier, Laurie, Laborde, Amandine, Van der Woerd, Jérôme, Li, Haibing, Tapponnier, Paul, Coudroy, Thomas, Murray, Andrew

“…Combining satellite images and DEMs, we achieve a detailed morphological analysis of the Yecheng–Pishan fold, where we find nine levels of incised fluvial terraces and alluvial fans. …”
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Performance analysis of IEEE 802.11p safety message broadcast with and without relaying at road intersection by Md. Noor-A-Rahim, G. G. Md. Nawaz Ali, Nguyen, Hieu, Guan, Yong Liang

“…The analytical results are verified by the NS-3 simulation. From the results, we find that the overall delivery ratio is very poor when the broadcasting vehicle is not close enough to the intersection-center. …”
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The role of p53 and ASPP2 in neurodegenerative disease by Turnquist, C

“…</p> <p>Here I examine the molecular basis for loss of cell polarity and accelerated cell death mediated by apoptosis stimulating protein of p53 2 (ASPP2) in neurodegeneration. In this study we find that ASPP2 mediates STAT1Linduced apoptosis. …”

An epigenetic analysis of planarian stem cells by Dattani, A

“…Bivalent histone modifications in mammalian embryonic and germline stem cells enable transcriptional poising of genes, and consistent with this we find that bivalent genes in planarian NBs are marked by paused RNA Pol II at the promoter-proximal region. …”

Development of an integrated scheduling model for handling equipment in automated port container terminals by Sadeghian, Syed Hamidreza

“…In addition, results proved that the modified meta-heuristic algorithm is able to find near optimal solutions and on average, the solutions found by the GA algorithm are only 0.2% worse than the optimal solutions and in the worst case in the test cases this difference is 2.3% which is acceptable. …”
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Adoption of ZakaTech in the Time of COVID-19: Cross-Country and Gender Differences by Nashwan, Saeed Awadh, Ismaiel, Abdelhamid Elsayed A., Muneeza, Aishath, Isa, Mohamad Yazid

“…To validate the research model and draw significant insights, SmartPLS structural equation modeling was used. Findings – By analyzing both Saudi and Egyptian samples, the authors found that all UTAUT constructs are statistically significant, except for effort expectancy in Egypt. …”
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Enhancing cost estimation performance through effective organizational control: the moderating role of project complexity in construction projects by Mohammad Waffy, Fazil, Puteri Fadzline, Muhamad Tamyez, Lee, Chia Kuang

“…Accurate cost estimation is important for the success of any project, particularly in complex industries like construction. However, many organizations fail to recognize the importance of good cost estimation performance. …”
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Filtration Analysis of Microparticles Using Paper‑Based Microfluidics by Bhuvaneshwari, K. S., Jeroish, Zachariah Ezhilnavaroji, Futane, Abhishek, Fahmi, Samsuri, Narayanamurthy, Vigneswaran

“…The paper chip can pave the way for applications like lab-on-chip devices, POC assays, rapid nucleic acid amplification tests, cell cultures, and biomolecular research.…”
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Synthetic image data generation via rendering techniques for training AI-based instance segmentation by Kho, Dickson Yik Cheng, Norazlianie, Sazali, Ismayuzri, Ishak, Saiful Anwar, Che Ghani

“…The method can enhance the accuracy and robustness of machine-learning models by modifying simulation parameters like lighting, camera position, and object orientation to create a variety of images. …”
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Exploring disruptive adolescent behaviours on social media: A case study during the times of Crisis by Aliff, Nawi, Nor Yazi, Khamis, Zalmizy, Hussin, Muhammad Noor, Abdul Aziz

“…Social media usage has been observed to increase in times of crisis, like the COVID-19 pandemic, when it served as the primary means of communication with the outside world. …”
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A hybrid of ant colony optimization, genetic algorithm and flux balance analysis for optimization of succinic acid production in Escherichia coli by Tan, Jun Bin, Choon, Yee Wen, Moorthy, Kohbalan, Hasyiya Karimah, Adli, Muhammad Akmal, Remli, Mohd Arfian, Ismail, Zuwairie, Ibrahim, Mohd Saberi, Mohamad

“…Local search technique like genetic algorithm (GA) is applied to solve optimization and search problem by approximation. …”
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What We Should Do Before the Social Bots Take Over: Online Privacy Protection and the Political Economy of Our Near Future by Graeff, Erhardt

“…Direct interactions between humans and bots generally conjure up images from science fiction of Terminator robots or artificial intelligence gone rogue, like 2001's HAL or The Matrix. In reality, AI is still far from much of that sophistication, yet we are already faced with the ethical and legal ramifications of bots in our everyday lives. …”
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Search for resonant and nonresonant production of pairs of dijet resonances in proton-proton collisions at √𝑠 = 13 TeV by Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Andrejkovic, J. W., Bergauer, T., Chatterjee, S., Damanakis, K., Dragicevic, M., Escalante Del Valle, A., Hussain, P. S., Jeitler, M., Krammer, N., Lechner, L., Liko, D., Mikulec, I., Paulitsch, P., Pitters, F. M., Schieck, J.

“…These first LHC limits on resonant pair production of dijet resonances via high mass intermediate states are applied to a signal model of diquarks that decay into pairs of vector-like quarks, excluding diquark masses below 7.6 TeV for a particular model scenario. …”
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Integration of an Aptamer-Based Signal-On Probe and a Paper-Based Origami Preconcentrator for Small Molecule Biomarkers Detection by Lee, Na E., Hong, Ji H., Lee, Seungmin, Yoo, Yong K., Kim, Kang H., Park, Jeong S., Kim, Cheonjung, Yoon, Junghyo, Yoon, Dae S., Lee, Jeong H.

“…The successful detection of the wide range of cortisol samples using this approach highlights the potential of this platform as a point-of-care testing tool, particularly for lateral flow assay-based detection of small molecules like cortisol. Our approach offers a convenient and reliable method of cortisol level testing with a portable and accessible diagnosis device.…”
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Stabilized mixed material point method for incompressible fluid flow analysis by Chandra, Bodhinanda, Hashimoto, Ryota, Matsumi, Shinnosuke, Kamrin, Ken, Soga, Kenichi

“…Here, instead of solving the velocity and pressure fields as the unknown variables like the typical Eulerian computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solver, the proposed approach adopts a monolithic displacement–pressure formulation inspired by the mixed-form updated-Lagrangian Finite Element Method (FEM). …”
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Enhancing antibody responses by multivalent antigen display on thymus-independent DNA origami scaffolds by Wamhoff, Eike-Christian, Ronsard, Larance, Feldman, Jared, Knappe, Grant A., Hauser, Blake M., Romanov, Anna, Case, James Brett, Sanapala, Shilpa, Lam, Evan C., Denis, Kerri J. St., Boucau, Julie, Barczak, Amy K., Balazs, Alejandro B., Diamond, Michael S., Schmidt, Aaron G., Lingwood, Daniel, Bathe, Mark

“…Protein-based virus-like particles (P-VLPs) are commonly used to spatially organize antigens and enhance humoral immunity through multivalent antigen display. …”
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FabRobotics: Fusing 3D Printing with Mobile Robots to Advance Fabrication, Robotics, and Interaction by Bhattacharya, Ramarko, Lindstrom, Jonathan, Taka, Ahmad, Nisser, Martin, Mueller, Stefanie, Nakagaki, Ken

“…It is challenging for programmers to write down portable integer arithmetic in a C-like language that corresponds exactly to one of these instructions, and even more challenging for compilers to recognize when these instructions can be used. …”
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