Multi-stage generative adversarial networks for generating pavement crack images by Han, Chengjia, Ma, Tao, Huyan, Ju, Tong, Zheng, Yang, Handuo, Yang, Yaowen

“…Moreover, the results from ablation experiments, involving the training of nine state-of-the-art crack semantic segmentation and object detection networks using both generated images and real images, demonstrate the effective utility of these generated images for training pavement distress detection networks.…”
Get full text

Synthesis, structure, and magnetic properties of extended 2-D triangular lattices by Bartlett, Bart M

Get full text

Experimental study on cache-performance optimization for graph storage by Foo, Wei Ling

“…In a replication work, Fabrice Lecuyer et al. implemented ten different graph ordering algorithms and nine graph traversal algorithms and measured the execution time on nine graph datasets. …”
Get full text

Study on several novel topological phases in classical wave systems by Xue, Haoran

“…In classical wave systems like photonics and acoustics, the discoveries of topological states offer exciting playgrounds for both new theoretical studies and novel applications. …”
Get full text

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. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Decarbonizing the US Power Sector by Farnsworth, Amanda

“…At deep decarbonization levels, the need for long-duration energy storage (like pumped hydropower storage) increases. The role of embodied emissions is explored, showing that as fossil-fuel consumption decreases and VRE penetration increases, they become nonnegligible. …”
Get full text

High performance control of a permanent magnet synchronous machine with flux weakening operation by Yu, Yi.

“…Some important control techniques like 𝑖?����𝑑?���� = 0 control, 𝑐?����𝑜?����𝑠?…”
Get full text

Maximizing airport runway throughput via sequencing arrival schedule by Lin, Chuanwen

“…Through an understanding of how the different factors can have an impact on the throughput capacity of the airport runway, this report will outline some ways which the SAS method can be further improved and subsequently be applied to other areas like surface management.…”
Get full text

Biochemical characterisation of NS2B-NS3 protease from flaviviruses by Nah, Jojo Qian Hui

“…Among the viral proteins, non-structural protein 3 (NS3) is a multi-functional protein, which the N-terminal domain comprised of a chymotrysin- like serine protease (NS3pro), responsible for viral polyprotein cleavage. …”
Get full text

the other child / by Atkins, Lucy, 192824 author

“…Their relationship quickly deepens, but then Tess, single mother to nine-year-old Joe, falls pregnant, and Greg is offered the job ofa lifetime back in his hometown of Boston. …”

Dynamical and statistical properties of anyons in fractional quantum hall effect by Ha, Quang Trung

“…Another important aspect of anyons is their intrinsic spin and the corresponding spin-statistics relation, which must account for the fact that FQH anyons are not point particles, but objects with finite sizes and intricate internal structures. …”
Get full text

Longitudinal associations of clinical and biochemical head injury biomarkers with head impact exposure in adolescent football players by Zuidema, Taylor R., Bazarian, Jeffrey J., Kercher, Kyle A., Mannix, Rebekah, Kraft, Reuben H., Newman, Sharlene D., Ejima, Keisuke, Rettke, Devin J., Macy, Jonathan T., Steinfeldt, Jesse A., Kawata, Keisuke

Get full text

Evolutionary origin of the chordate nervous system revealed by amphioxus developmental trajectories by Dai, Y, Zhong, Y, Liu, H, Pan, R, Yuan, L, Du, J, Li, M, Wang, X, Shi, C, Liu, G, Zhu, P, Shimeld, S, Zhou, X, Li, G

“…Our results show three developmental origins for the vertebrate nervous system: an anterior FoxQ2-dependent mechanism that is deeply conserved in invertebrates, a less-conserved route leading to more posterior neurons in the vertebrate spinal cord and a mechanism for specifying neuromesoderm progenitors that is restricted to chordates. …”

Songs of The Runaway Heart / by Marisa Fendi, author 655832

“…Kamelia had disappeared, gone overnight. Nine years pass. Haikal’s life revolves around his daughter rather than his motorcycle. …”

The effects of ALA accreditation standards on library education programs accredited by the American Library Association by Mounce, Michael E.

“…In order to conduct the survey, a questionnaire was developed and e-mailed to the deans or chairs of the forty-nine ALA accredited library education programs in the United States. …”
Get full text

Patients’ experience of medication brand changes during hormone therapy for breast cancer: an interpretative phenomenological analysis by Eraso, Yolanda, Moon, Zoe, Steinberga, Ieva

“…The findings identified three superordinate themes and nine subordinate themes that influenced the lived experience of medication brand changes for these patients: (i) experiencing brand changes, (ii) responsiveness of health care providers and (iii) future expectations. …”
Get full text

Responses of herbaceous mimosa (Mimosa strigillosa), a new reclamation species, to soil pH by Nuruddin, Ahmad Ainuddin, Chang, Mingteh

“…Twenty seeds were planted in each of 40 (nine scales plus one control in four replicates) 20.3-cm pots filled with Tonkawa sandy soil. …”
Get full text

Tracking oxidation-induced alterations in fibrin clot formation by NMR-based methods by Lau, Wai-Hoe, White, Nathan J., Yeo, Tsin Wen, Gruen, Russell L., Pervushin, Konstantin

Get full text

Controlling the magnetic properties of LaMnO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures by stoichiometry and electronic reconstruction : atomic-scale evidence by Li, Mengsha, Tang, Chunhua, Paudel, Tula R., Song, Dongsheng, Lü, Weiming, Han, Kun, Huang, Zhen, Zeng, Shengwei, Wang, Renshaw Xiao, Yang, Ping, Ariando, Chen, Jingsheng, Venkatesan, Thirumalai, Tsymbal, Evgeny Y., Li, Changjian, Pennycook, Stephen John

“…Interface‐driven magnetic effects and phenomena associated with spin–orbit coupling and intrinsic symmetry breaking are of importance for fundamental physics and device applications. …”
Get full text

Mastery / by Greene, Robert, author 376350, Penguin Random House (Online service) 655978

“…Study the behaviors of Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, Leonardo da Vinci and the nine contemporary Masters interviewed for this book. …”
Get full text