Perennial semantic data terms of use for decentralized web by Zhao, R, Zhao, J

“…This constitutes a “perennial” DToU language, where the policy authoring only occurs once, and we can conduct ongoing automated checks across users, applications and activity cycles. …”

A hand-targeted auxiliary personal protective equipment for intervention of fomite transmission of viruses by Tan, Justin Kok Soon, Song, Shang Wei, Zeng, Jialiu, Lo, Chih Hung

“…In COVID-19, fomite transmission has been shown to be a major route for the spreading of the SARS-CoV-2 virus due to its ability to remain on surfaces for extended durations. …”
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A multi-omics strategy to understand PASC through the RECOVER cohorts: a paradigm for a systems biology approach to the study of chronic conditions by Sun, J, Aikawa, M, Ashktorab, H, Beckmann, ND, Enger, ML, Espinosa, JM, Gai, X, Horne, BD, Keim, P, Lasky-Su, J, Letts, R, Maier, CL, Mandal, M, Nichols, L, Roan, NR, Russell, MW, Rutter, J, Saade, GR, Sharma, K, Shiau, S, Thibodeau, SN, Yang, S, Miele, L, NIH Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) Consortium

“…Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC or “Long COVID”), includes numerous chronic conditions associated with widespread morbidity and rising healthcare costs. …”

Practical and analytical considerations when performing interim analyses in diagnostic test accuracy studies by Fleming, S, Mwandigha, L, Fanshawe, T

“…The method is illustrated using two simulated data sets and data from a published diagnostic accuracy study for point-of-care testing for SARS-CoV-2. The considerations described in this paper can be used to guide decisions as to when an interim analysis in a diagnostic accuracy study is suitable and highlight areas for further methodological development.…”

Floquet Codes without Parent Subsystem Codes by Davydova, Margarita, Tantivasadakarn, Nathanan, Balasubramanian, Shankar

“…However, unlike the honeycomb code, it possesses an explicit CSS structure and its gauge checks do not form a subsystem code. Nevertheless, we show that our dynamic protocol conserves logical information and possesses a threshold for error correction. …”
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Mobile application for optical character recognition (OCR) of digits by Luah, Yee Teng

“…To further improve the recognition accuracy, an API is created for sanity checks based on the domain knowledge adopted from clinicians. …”
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Exploring and Exploiting Ribonuclease 1: from Protein Biochemistry to Protein Engineering by Wralstad, Evans Christian

“…Efforts to establish a zymogen directed toward the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 are described in two parts of this thesis. …”
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The neurological consequences of contracting COVID-19 by Aknin, LB, De Neve, JE, Dunn, EW, Fancourt, DE, Goldberg, E, Helliwell, JF, Jones, SP, Karam, E, Layard, R, Lyubomirsky, S, Rzepa, A, Saxena, S, Thornton, EM, VanderWeele, TJ, Whillans, AV, Zaki, J, Caman, O, Amor, YB

“…Since the first confirmed case in Wuhan, China on December 31, 2019, the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has spread quickly, infecting 165 million people as of May 2021. …”

An epigenetic locus associated with loss of smell in COVID-19 by Aslan, Elif Sibel, White, Kenneth, Meral, Gulsen, Akcay, Zeyneb Nur, Altundag, Aytug, Gur, Savas, Dokur, Mehmet, Baktir, Mehmet Akif, Batur, Lutfiye Karcioglu

“…Background/Aim: Loss of smell, also known as anosmia, is a prevalent and often prolonged symptom following infection with SARS-CoV-2. While many patients regain olfactory function within weeks, a significant portion experience persistent anosmia lasting over a year post-infection. …”
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Characterizing Direct Product Testing via Coboundary Expansion by Bafna, Mitali, Minzer, Dor

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Center potential by Tan, Hu Soon

“…To ensure the safety and trustworthiness of tutors, this application incorporates a rigorous verification process, which includes background checks, identity verification, and qualification validation. …”
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Application development on an Android smart-phone by Udit Batra

“…The application intercepts all incoming messages and checks them for a certain password which uniquely identifies the owner. …”
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Evaluation and fabrication of damaged composite material using non-destructive testing by Lai, Abigail Jang Wai

“…Since composites are extensively employed in many areas, it is important to determine the existence of surface and sub-surface defects before production and during regular maintenance checks. As time goes on, wear and tear occur to a material. …”
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Experiences, perceptions and ethical considerations of the malaria infection study in Thailand by Naemiratch, B, Kulpijit, N, Ruangkajorn, S, Day, NPJ, Prachumsri, J, Cheah, PY

“…We found that although compensation was a motivation for participation, this was secondary to it being beneficial to self (health checks; link to health networks; building merit) and others (medical research contribution; altruism). …”

Three essays on frictions of trade by Li, W

“…The analysis is based on an adapted gravity model with several alternative specifications for robustness checks. The result suggests that improvements on the road network lead to trade expansion on both intensive and extensive margins, but the effects vary across the regions. …”

A study of Singapore pandemic by Muhammad Hafiz Abdul Rahim

“…For example, the world was greatly shook by the terrorist attack on the USA in 11 September 2001, the Bali bombing on 12 October 2002 which then followed by the breakout of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003 (Prithcard, 2002). These events have caused a significant shift to the tourism industry in Singapore. …”
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Covid-19 antibody discovery with topology-enhanced learning models by Wang, Zihong

“…The recent global spread of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been fueled by the appearance of various new variants of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), including Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Omicron, etc. …”
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Generation of self-replicating airway organoids from the cave nectar bat Eonycteris spelaea as a model system for studying host-pathogen interactions in the bat airway epithelium by Chan, Louisa L. Y., Gamage, Akshamal M., Tan, Chee Wah, Tan, Kai Sen, Liu, Jing, Tay, Douglas Jie Wen, Foo, Randy Jee Hiang, Rénia, Laurent, Wang, De Yun, Wang, Lin-Fa

“…However, these ALI-AECs did not support SARS-CoV-2 infection, despite E. spelaea ACE2 receptor being capable of mediating SARS-CoV-2 spike pseudovirus entry. …”
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kboolnet: a toolkit for the verification, validation, and visualization of reaction-contingency (rxncon) models by Carretero Chavez, Willow, Krantz, Marcus, Klipp, Edda, Kufareva, Irina

“…The verification script VerifyModel.R checks for responsiveness to repeated stimulations as well as consistency of steady state behavior. …”
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15.571 Generating Business Value from Information Technology, Spring 2007 by Weill, Peter

“…The familiar components of the place: cash, checks, paper reports and documents, store fronts, and face to face meetings remain important, but less so. …”
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