Ultrasonic, shearography and thermography testing of heat damaged composite materials by Ang, Ying Mei

“…Composites are being utilised extensively in many industries today, ranging from aerospace and manufacturing to sports. Like all materials in an aircraft, composites can experience heat damage in-service resulting in delaminations and debonding. …”
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Setup and implementation of hierarchical scan insertion using the core wrapping technique by Saurabh, Maru

“…A hierarchical DFT methodology is employed, which helps in mitigating these problems by performing DFT activities like insertion of DFT logic, test pattern generation and simulation on a module (or IPs/Cores) rather than on the entire chip. …”
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Safety assessment of autonomous vehicles using simulations by Ketki, Chaudhary

“…Regardless of all these safety precautions, there have been instances of crashes involving big autonomous vehicles developers like Tesla, Uber etc. Undoubtedly, this raises a question of how safe autonomous vehicles are and what are the available methods to assess their safety. …”
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Study on effects of surface albedo on outdoor environment using actual scale models by Lim, Zheng Wei

“…The application of cool paint to the roof, much like the façade, reduced both the outer and inner surfaces by approximately 3°C. …”
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Cryptographically Secure Shield for Security IPs Protection by Ngo, Xuan Thuy, Danger, Jean-Luc, Guilley, Sylvain, Graba, Tarik, Mathieu, Yves, Najm, Zakaria, Bhasin, Shivam

“…Security products often include a protective layer called shield that acts like a digital fence. In this article, we demonstrate a new shield structure that is cryptographically secure. …”
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A grid-based HIV expert system by Sloot, Peter M. A., Boukhanovsky, Alexander V., Boucher, Charles A. B., Keulen, Wilco.

“…Access to and integration of data is done through existing Internet servers and emerging grid-based frameworks like Globus. Data presentation is done by standalone PC based software, Web-access and PDA roaming WAP access. …”
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The effects of dub-off angle on chip evacuation in single-lip deep hole gun drilling by Wan, S., Tnay, Guan Leong, Woon, Keng Soon, Yeo, Swee Hock

“…Without proper chip evacuation, gun drills will fail under intense thermal and mechanical loading during deep hole drilling of high temperature superalloys like Inconel 718. In gundrilling, the efficiency in evacuating chips is governed by the geometry of gun drills that defines the hydraulic boundary conditions for coolant and chip flow. …”
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Field survey of Typhoon Hato (2017) and a comparison with storm surge modeling in Macau by Switzer, Adam Douglas, Mok, Kai Meng, Wang, Peitao, Peng, Dongju, Li, Linlin, Yang, Jie, Lin, Chuan-Yao, Chua, Constance Ting, Wang, Yu, Zhao, Kuifeng, Wu, Yun-Ta, Liu, Philip Li-Fan

“…We further investigate the effects of tidal level and sea level rise on coastal inundations in Macau during the landfall of a “Hato-like” event.…”
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Immersion nickel deposition on blank silicon in aqueous solution containing ammonium fluoride by Tu, K. N., Zhang, Xi, Chen, Zhong

“…By adding fluoride, it was observed that metallic Ni was deposited constantly at the expense of Si and the deposition was not self-limited. Sponge-like Ni deposits were observed and it might explain the non-limiting feature of such immersion Ni deposition over Si. …”
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Influence of land-surface and turbulent parameterization schemes on regional-scale boundary layer characteristics over northern India by Panda, Jagabandhu, Sharan, Maithili

“…However, the flow trajectories travel in the opposite direction during the winter case because of the contrasting nature of the flow patterns and consequently, the formation of haze-like conditions over Delhi due to Thar dusts is not expected.…”
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Applying artificial intelligence in healthcare: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic by Balasubramanian, Sreejith, Shukla, Vinaya, Islam, Nazrul, Upadhyay, Arvind, Duong, Linh

“…The COVID-19 pandemic exposed vulnerabilities in global healthcare systems and highlighted the need for innovative, technology-driven solutions like Artificial Intelligence (AI). However, previous research on the topic has been limited and fragmented, leading to an incomplete understanding of the ‘what’, ‘where’ and ‘how’ of its application, as well as its associated benefits and challenges. …”
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Environmental antimicrobial resistance: implications for food safety and public health by Ifedinezi, Onyinye Victoria, Nnaji, Nnabueze Darlington, Anumudu, Christian Kosisochukwu, Ekwueme, Chiemerie Theresa, Uhegwu, Chijioke Christopher, Ihenetu, Francis Chukwuebuka, Obioha, Promiselynda Ijeoma, Simon, Blessing Oteta, Ezechukwu, Precious Somtochukwu, Onyeaka, Helen

“…Some crucial strategies discussed include developing antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programs, encouraging targeted narrow-spectrum antibiotic use, and emphasizing the significance of strict regulatory frameworks and surveillance systems, like the Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS) and the Access, Watch, and Reserve (AWaRe) classification. …”
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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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Comparative evaluation of spatiotemporal methods for effective dengue cluster detection with a case study of national surveillance data in Thailand by Rotejanaprasert, C, Chinpong, K, Lawson, AB, Maude, RJ

“…Traditional methods such as Getis Ord and Moran’s I showed poorer performance, while other scanning-based approaches like spatial SaTScan exhibited limitations in positive predictive value and tended to identify large clusters due to the inflexibility of its scanning window shape. …”

Voice EHR: introducing multimodal audio data for health by Anibal, J, Huth, H, Li, M, Hazen, L, Daoud, V, Ebedes, D, Lam, YM, Nguyen, H, Hong, PV, Kleinman, M, Ost, S, Jackson, C, Sprabery, L, Elangovan, C, Krishnaiah, B, Akst, L, Lina, I, Elyazar, I, Ekawati, L, Jansen, S, Nduwayezu, R, Garcia, C, Plum, J, Brenner, J, Clifton, D

“…Large language models (LLMs) were used to compare transcribed Voice EHR data with data (from the same patients) collected through conventional techniques like multiple choice questions. Information contained in the Voice EHR samples was consistently rated as equally or more relevant to a health evaluation. …”

Order among chaos: High throughput MYCroplanters can distinguish interacting drivers of host infection in a highly stochastic system by Chen, MY, Fulton, LM, Huang, I, Liman, A, Hossain, SS, Hamilton, CD, Song, S, Geissmann, Q, King, KC, Haney, CH

“…Our results demonstrate that high-throughput tools like MYCroplanters can isolate interacting drivers of host susceptibility to disease. …”

The prevention and management of chronic kidney disease among patients with metabolic syndrome by Zhu, D, Judge, PK, Wanner, C, Haynes, R, Herrington, WG

“…For patients with type 2 diabetes and albuminuric CKD, the non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist finerenone and the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist semaglutide also confer cardiorenal benefits, with semaglutide additionally effective at reducing weight. …”

The impact of founder personalities on startup success by McCarthy, PX, Gong, X, Braesemann, F, Stephany, F, Rizoiu, M, Kern, ML

“…Startups are a vital source of innovation, yet the most innovative are also the least likely to survive. The probability of success of startups has been shown to relate to several firm-level factors such as industry, location and the economy of the day. …”

Numeric metrics for capturing variations in flow fields: an improvement towards a robust comparison of vector fields by Nowruzi, M, Baker, S, Leach, F, Fang, X

“…To address this, improved metrics like the Weighted Relevance Index (WRI), the Weighted Magnitude Index (WMI), and their amalgamated Combined Magnitude And Relevance Index (CMRI), have been introduced in the literature. …”

Laser scribed proton exchange membranes for enhanced fuel cell performance and stability by Chen, J, Lu, X, Wang, L, Du, W, Guo, H, Rimmer, M, Zhai, H, Liu, Y, Shearing, PR, Haigh, SJ, Holmes, SM, Miller, TS

“…This study presents an innovative approach to enhance HT-PEMFC performance through membrane modification using picosecond laser scribing, which optimises the three-phase interface by forming a graphene-like structure that mitigates PA leaching. Our results demonstrate that laser-induced modification of PA-doped membranes, particularly on the cathode side, significantly enhances the performance and durability of HT-PEMFCs, achieving a peak power density of 817.2 mW cm⁻² after accelerated stress testing, representing a notable 58.2% increase compared to untreated membranes. …”