Seismic loss dynamics in three Asian megacities using a macro-level approach based on socioeconomic exposure indicators by Sarica, Gizem Mestav, Pan, Tso-Chien

“…Our framework can be used to trigger discussions between scientific community and decision-makers for better long-term risk reduction and risk awareness strategies.…”
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Flexible single-mode delivery of a high-power 2  μm pulsed laser using an antiresonant hollow-core fiber by Lee, Elizabeth, Luo, Jiaqi, Sun, Biao, Ramalingam, Vincent, Zhang, Ying, Wang, Qijie, Yu, Fei, Yu, Xia

“…The effect of bending on the fiber output power and beam profile is also investigated. The Gaussian-like output beam profile is maintained up to a 7.5 cm bending radius. …”
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Develop and test a micropump based on acoustic impedance mismatch by Muhammad Syafiq Sedek

“…The concept of impedance pumping and the reasonings behind its mechanism have long been studied over the years and many findings have emerged from the extensive research. …”
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The growing pains of e-commerce business in Africa by Gopaldas, Ronak

“…E-Commerce has long been touted as Africa’s next high-growth market. …”
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A war in all but name: expanding the timeline of conflict in the Malayan emergency by Ho, Benjamin

“…Some narratives favour the influence of external factors like global and regional political movements, while others prefer to give precedence to local players in the Emergency. …”
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The influence of nutrition on obesity by Ee, Xing Min

“…Hydrogenated vegetable oils, just like sugars, can wreak havoc on the body and health. …”
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Web-based GUI for embedded applications by Poeu, Vannarath

“…Meanwhile, robotic equipment like cars and drones, have microprocessor embedded inside so they can be manipulated with minimum change. …”
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3-way tug-of-war configurable arena by Kang, Leland Hoe Jae

“…The student is given full flexibility on his approach in the design of the Tug-of-war design as long as the originality and concept of the sport is still preserved. …”
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R software for traffic crash by Hartatik, Nurani, Prasetijo, Joewono, Dwi Prasetyo, Yudi, Theresia, Theresia, Khilda Nistrina, Khilda Nistrina, Atqiya Muslihati, Atqiya Muslihati

“…These studies frequently require long and varied time series data, as well as models and complex programming languages, necessitating the use of computer software to create information rapidly, precisely, and accurately. …”
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Deep learning-based microcirculation performance classification using multispectral photoacoustic technology by Chua, Hui Ling, Huong, Audrey

“…We used pretrained Alexnet, Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), and a hybrid Alexnet-LSTM network for the prediction task. …”
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Development of serum alternative with fermented soybean residue (okara): towards cultured meat production application by Teng, Ting Shien

“…GC-MS analysis illustrated the changes in the metabolite profile from spent media taken from C2C12 and IPM cultures. The result pointed towards putrescine as a possible compound that regulates cell growth in the myoblast cultures. …”
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Principles : Life and Work / by Dalio, Ray, author 656003, Simon & Schuster (Online service) 656004

“…It is these principles, and not anything special about Dalio—who grew up an ordinary kid in a middle-class Long Island neighborhood—that he believes are the reason behind his success. …”
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Geometry-mediated bridging drives nonadhesive stripe wound healing by Xu, Hongmei, Huo, Yucheng, Zhou, Quan, Wang, Abraham Lianghao, Cai, Pingqiang, Doss, Bryant, Huang, Changjin, Hsia, K. Jimmy

“…Here, we fabricate micropatterned hydrogel substrates with long, straight, and wavy non-cell-adhesive stripes of different gap widths to investigate the stripe edge curvature and stripe width effects on the reepithelialization of Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells. …”
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Spin-ice physics and phase transitions in cadmium cyanide by Coates, CS

“…Having confirmed the importance of spin-ice physics, chapter 6 explores the pressure and temperature dependence of the ice-like correlations. At least two phase transitions are identied at low pressure, kinetic trapping is observed and the extreme compressibility shown to be a function of cyanide reorientation and ice-like coordination. …”

An immune-competent human gut microphysiological system enables inflammation-modulation by Faecalibacterium prausnitzii by Zhang, Jianbo, Huang, Yu-Ja, Trapecar, Martin, Wright, Charles, Schneider, Kirsten, Kemmitt, John, Hernandez-Gordillo, Victor, Yoon, Jun Young, Poyet, Mathilde, Alm, Eric J., Breault, David T., Trumper, David L., Griffith, Linda G.

“…However, there is no existing system for a long-term co-culture of human innate immune cells with epithelium and oxygen-intolerant commensal microbes, hindering the understanding of microbe-immune interactions in a controlled manner. …”
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Feature extraction from EEG signals and regularization for brain-computer interface by Mishuhina, Vasilisa

“…The main motivation behind MI-BCI is to improve life of people with different neuromuscular disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, cerebral palsy, stroke, or spinal cord injury, as well as to help them with rehabilitation. …”
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Scaffold-mediated sustained, non-viral delivery of miR-219/miR-338 promotes CNS remyelination by Milbreta, Ulla, Lin, Junquan, Pinese, Coline, Ong, William, Chin, Jiah Shin, Shirahama, Hitomi, Mi, Ruifa, Williams, Anna, Bechler, Marie E., Wang, Jun, ffrench-Constant, Charles, Hoke, Ahmet, Chew, Sing Yian

“…We show that miR-219/miR-338 promoted primary rat OL differentiation and myelination in vitro. Using spinal cord injury as a proof-of-concept, we further demonstrate that miR-219/miR-338 could also be delivered non-virally in vivo using an aligned fiber-hydrogel scaffold to enhance remyelination after a hemi-incision injury at C5 level of Sprague-Dawley rats. …”
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Road pothole detection from smartphone sensor data using improved LSTM by Singh, Prabhat, Kamal, Ahmed E., Bansal, Abhay, Kumar, Sunil

“…Therefore, several automatic road monitoring approaches have been proposed to monitor the road surface and detect road abnormalities like potholes. However, low accuracy in detecting the pothole in low-light conditions is taken as the main problem in this work. …”
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Looking deep at people: towards understanding and generating humans in images with deep learning by de Bem, RA

“…<p>Understanding and generating people in images and videos is a long-standing goal in computer vision. A significant effort has been devoted to these tasks by the research community along the last decades, greatly motivated by a large number of potential applications, like surveillance, human-machine interaction, action and behaviour recognition, motion capture, video reenactment, and computer graphics animation. …”

The role of ESG in enhancing firm resilience to geopolitical risks: an Eastern European perspective by Mohammad Reyad, Hossain, Ayesha, Momtaj, Iqbal, Mohammed Masum, Zariyawati, Mohd Ashhari

“…In Eastern Europe, where conflicts like the Russia–Ukraine war heighten uncertainty, firms face immediate financial threats and long-term strategic vulnerabilities. …”