Mean square consensus of multi-agent systems over fading networks with directed graphs by Xu, Liang, Zheng, Jianying, Xiao, Niao, Xie, Lihua

“…It is then shown that the mean square consensusability is solely determined by the edge state dynamics on a directed spanning tree. As a result, sufficient conditions are provided for mean square consensus over fading networks with directed graphs in terms of fading parameters, the network topology and the agent dynamics. …”
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Development and characterization of a microneedle-based sensor by Chan, Kenzo Zheng Long

“…With the improved functionality, this study represents a significant step forward in wearable sensor technology for personalized healthcare monitoring, with potential applications spanning medical diagnostics, drug monitoring, and public health surveillance.…”
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Emotikon : audio production of the interpretation of human emotion through soundscape and music by De Cotta, Timothy Alexander, Long, Lyndsey Liting

“…We wanted to appeal to the various feelings of the listener in five songs that spanned a range of musical genres, and more ambitiously, try to manipulate how the listener was feeling in a short period of time.…”
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The Viking Great Army north of the Tyne: A Viking camp in Northumberland? by Kershaw, J, Jarman, C, Weber, H, Horton, M

“…We argue that the site was strategically situated and long-lived, with evidence for occupation spanning the Roman to later medieval periods. We note, in particular, indications of high-status early medieval activity, which stand out in a Northumbrian context. …”

Coda. by Zurianah Hashim.

“…The marriage between text and image has been used often in artworks spanning across different media platforms, channelled through various techniques for a multitude of purposes. …”
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No culture left behind: ArtELingo-28, a benchmark of WikiArt with captions in 28 languages by Mohamed, Y, Li, R, Ahmad, IS, Haydarov, K, Torr, P, Church, KW, Elhoseiny, M

“…Hence, we present ArtELingo-28, a vision-language benchmark that spans 28 languages and encompasses approximately 200,000 annotations (140 annotations per image). …”

Statistical predictions of trading strategies in electronic markets by Cartea, Á, Cohen, SN, Graumans, R, Labyad, S, Sanchez Betancourt, L, van Veldhuijzen, L

“…We build statistical models to describe how market participants choose the direction, price, and volume of orders. Our dataset, which spans sixteen weeks for four shares traded in Euronext Amsterdam, contains all messages sent to the exchange and includes algorithm identification and member identification. …”

Neurobiology of culturally common maternal responses to infant cry by Rigo, Paola, Bornstein, Marc H., Putnick, Diane L., Esposito, Gianluca, Swain, James E., Suwalsky, Joan T. D., Su, Xueyun, Du, Xiaoxia, Zhang, Kaihua, Cote, Linda R., De Pisapia, Nicola, Venuti, Paola

“…We found that 684 new primipara mothers in 11 countries (Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Cameroon, France, Kenya, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, and the United States) preferentially responded to their infants’ vocalizing distress by picking up and holding and by talking to their infants, as opposed to displaying affection, distracting, or nurturing. …”
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Investigation and implementation of image processing algorithms for medical application by Mya Thandar Maung.

“…In practice, it identifies the brain activity by picking up minute changes in blood flow in response to stimuli that the subject or patient experiencing associated with alternative non-stimulated instance or pause while the scanning is in progress. …”
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求关注 ：中国网络主播与观众互动模式探析 = China online : a study of live streaming practices in China by 伍健勇 Ng, Glen Jianyong

“…With a massive base of 422 million users as of 2017 and a projected market value of 100 billion yuan in 2020, China’s live streaming industry has grown significantly since it picked up traction in 2016. I set out to investigate how live streaming users interact and its intricacies, uncovering how the industry cashes in on the users’ affection and attention. …”
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A Fifty Million Dollar Piece of Dirt: Somerville as a Case Study in Development by Aizman, Asya

“…This is a case study of twenty years in Somerville real estate development, spanning 2004 to 2024. Through interviews with residents, activists, and senior city officials, I present a story of a city attempting to rectify its progressive values with the forces of neoliberalism, which it seems unable—and unwilling—to stop.…”
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Do higher politician salaries reduce corruption and improve governance? by Chin, Hong Xiang, Low, Guo Quan, Wang, Yiwei

“…Our paper addresses this gap by gathering a novel primary dataset of 963 top politician and cabinet minister salaries through official and non-official sources, which spans across 144 countries from the period of 1873 to 2015. …”
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Understanding liver transplantation outcomes through the lens of its tissue-resident immunobiome by Prosser, AC, Klenerman, P, Lucas, M

“…The heterogeneous TRL population spans the innate to adaptive immune continuum, with roles during normal physiology in homeostatic maintenance, tissue repair, pathogen detection, and rapid mounting of immune responses. …”

A function-based mapping of sensory integration along the cortical hierarchy by Wei, W, Benn, RA, Scholz, R, Shevchenko, V, Klatzmann, U, Alberti, F, Chiou, R, Wassermann, D, Vanderwal, T, Smallwood, J, Margulies, DS

“…Sensory information mainly travels along a hierarchy spanning unimodal to transmodal regions, forming multisensory integrative representations crucial for higher-order cognitive functions. …”

Developing a lightscape application (using a raspberry PI) by Ong, Wenchuan

“…The project aims to develop a web application, which will be hosted within the Raspberry Pi, for controlling the brightness of constant light source from the high power LED via the Raspberry Pi’s General Purpose Input Output (GPIO) pins and gather optimal settings for projecting images with the Light Blaster. …”
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Additive friction stir processing by Lin, Longyi

“…The continuous dynamic recrystalisation during FSP also gave finer grains, which was further enhanced with the addition of CNTs through Zener pinning effect. The improvement in tensile strengths due to finer grains through the Hall-Petch mechanism was insufficient to compensate for the drop in Orowan strengthening. …”
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SP.776 / SP.786 Design for Demining, Spring 2005 by Heafitz, Andrew, Linder, Benjamin M.

“…MIT Design for Demining is a design course that spans the entire product design and development process from identification of needs and idea generation to prototyping and blast testing to manufacture and deployment. …”
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Large deflection of composite beams in bending by Teo, Chin Yao

“…Three-point bending tests will be conducted at spans of 150mm, 175mm, and 200mm. Load and displacement data are extracted from the Instron-5569 and plots are to be made in excel using the extracted data. …”
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The use of mobile phones among trishaw operators in Myanmar by Ling, Rich, Aricat, Rajiv George, Oreglia, Elisa, Panchapakesan, Chitra, Lwin, May Oo

“…Trishaw operators transport people and goods in a physically demanding job that often earns them as little as US$2 per day. Spanning the period before and after the widespread commercialization of mobile phones in the country, this research draws from interviews with trishaw operators in several locations. …”
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Corporate governance as a catalyst for sustainability: insights from Malaysian Public listed companies by Normarliana Laili, Romlah Jaffar, Mohamat Sabri Hassan, Ahmad Monir Abdullah

“…The study sample comprised 762 listed companies in Malaysia, spanning 2020 to 2022. Using content analysis on company annual reports, the results established the positive and significant influence of CG on CSP as consistent with the stakeholder theory. …”
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