An object category specific mrf for segmentation by Kumar, MP, Torr, PHS, Zisserman, A

“…The resulting combination, which we call the object category specific mrf, suggests a solution to the problem that has long dogged mrfs namely that they provide a poor prior for specific shapes. …”

Beyond symbolism: the roles of action planning and case-making in immigrant integration policymaking by Allen, WL, Broadhead, J

“…In response, we examine how municipal actors in 12 cities and regions across the UK have devised and communicated policies on immigrant integration—an area that lacks national policy inputs yet is locally consequential—through the mechanism of “action planning.” Drawing on 6 years’ worth of documentary evidence generated through a university-initiated collaboration with these municipalities, we show how action plans gather attention for objectives and propagate examples of practice to other cities—what we call “case-making.” …”

Assessing surface seals of soils on slopes by Liu, Chenying

“…This phenomenon is attributed to the formation of a thin dense layer called surface seal on the surface soil. The surface seal is created by interaction forces between water and soil particles such as compaction, attachment, dispersion and so on. …”
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Structural and mechanistic insights into the Rel protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Singal, Bharti

“…The MtRel is the only regulator of (p)ppGpp and can serve as a potential target for therapeutic interventions against drug tolerant tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection. …”
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A History of Transparency Regulations: Interdisciplinary Strategies for Shaping Social Media Regulation and Self-Governance by Vergara, Caitlyn, Jain, Raghav, Mehta, Swapneel

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Distributed classification with variable distributions by Quach, Vinh Thanh

“…The promise of distributed classification is to improve the classification accuracy of a learning agent (called party) on its respective local data, using the knowledge of other parties in the distributed network. …”
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Understanding micro costing a genomics-based diagnostic in a resource-limited setting: experiences and challenges from a Burkitt lymphoma study in sub-Saharan Africa by Ruhago, GM, Tungu, M, Morrell, L

“…This initiative is the Aggressive Infection-Related East Africa Lymphoma (AIREAL) study, which is validating a genomic sequencing of circulating tumour deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) isolated from a simple blood draw called “liquid biopsy” for diagnosis in children with suspected Burkitt lymphoma in Uganda and Tanzania. …”

Moments that matter: childhood pain treatment shapes pain for life—we can do better every time in every child by Slater, R, Walker, S, Eccleston, C, Bellieni, C, Hirekodi, T, Carbajal, R, Smart, L, Laughey, W, Cobo, MM, Friedrichsdorf, S

“…Background: Needle procedures, such as vaccinations, blood draws, and intravenous cannulation, are the most frequent source of childhood pain, causing fear and reducing the uptake of medical procedures. …”

Press ECCS to Doubt (Your Causal Graph) by Markakis, Markos, Zhang, Ziyu, Shahout, Rana, Gao, Trinity, Liu, Chunwei, Sabek, Ibrahim, Cafarella, Michael

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Gender systems in the Putin autocracy by Wood, Elizabeth A.

“…And have there been earlier signals that should have warned observers that this regime might undertake such a war of aggression? Drawing on public, mass media data, this article analyzes the gendered structures of power in Russia that have contributed to the degeneration of democracy in three main areas: (1) male-on-male domination in discourse and practice that supports Putin’s personal rule and emasculates his enemies; (2) the elevation of male power clans, including the President’s personal praetorian guard and the Russian private military companies; and (3) the overall taming and emasculation of the Russian Parliament combined with the elevation of tough women deputies, whom I call the Baba Commissars. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Feigin, VL, Abate, MD, Abate, YH, Bandyopadhyay, S, Bennett, DA, Lacey, B, Newton, CRJ

“…<p><b>Funding</b></p> Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.…”

Le christianisme laïc de Pierre Bayle by Hooks, JM

“…In his Pensées Diverses (1682), Bayle draws upon original sin, and in his Commentaire Philosophique (1686), Bayle uses the doctrine of the Imago Dei. …”

Development of red/near-infrared fluorescent molecules and macromolecules for biomedical applications by Yang, Cangjie

“…The hydrophobic layer of side chain was used to physically entrap drugs for chemotherapy. To address the potential problem of drug leakage, we utilized amphiphilic random copolymers containing drug-modified units as side chain of conjugated polymers instead in Chapter 7. …”
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That mysterious man by Lin, Enyi

“…Xu An is a rookie policeman who is working undercover in the Tang Nightclub as a waiter called Ann. The police suspect that the nightclub is implicated in the drug trade and Zhang Xu, a medicine dealer who is a regular, is involved. …”
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Anti-leukaemic and chemotherapy supportive effects of berberis vulgaris l. Fruit crude extract on in vitro and in vivo models by Saedi, Tayebeh Azam

“…The disease is characterized by increasing of immature white blood cells called "blasts", and is estimated to account for about 3% of incident cases for all kind of cancer worldwide. …”
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A finer-grain analysis of the leakage (non) resilience of OCB by Berti, Francesco, Bhasin, Shivam, Breier, Jakub, Hou, Xiaolu, Poussier, Romain, Standaert, François-Xavier, Udvarhelyi, Balasz

“…We next show that if these block cipher calls of the mode are protected, practical attacks on the remaining block cipher calls remain possible. …”
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Activated Metals to Generate Heat for Biomedical Applications by Remlova, Eva, Feig, Vivian Rachel, Kang, Ziliang, Patel, Ashka, Ballinger, Ian, Ginzburg, Anna, Kuosmanen, Johannes, Fabian, Niora, Ishida, Keiko, Jenkins, Joshua, Hayward, Alison, Traverso, Giovanni

“…Delivering heat in vivo could enhance a wide range of biomedical therapeutic and diagnostic technologies, including long-term drug delivery devices and cancer treatments. To date, providing thermal energy is highly power-intensive, rendering it oftentimes inaccessible outside of clinical settings. …”
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Dissonances in care: childhood, well-being, and the politics of welfare in Japan by Chapman, CR

“…I used visual and material methods as a modular platform for participation, an approach I call narrative storywork. Through photography and drawing, among other mediums, children narrated poignant stories about their care experiences.…”

Narrowing the gap between machine learning scoring functions and free energy perturbation using augmented data by Valsson, Í, Warren, MT, Deane, CM, Magarkar, A, Morris, GM, Biggin, PC

“…However, current models lack robust evaluation and fail on tasks encountered in (hit-to-) lead optimisation, such as ranking the binding affinity of a congeneric series of ligands, thereby limiting their application in drug discovery. Here, we address these issues by first introducing a novel attention-based graph neural network model called AEV-PLIG (atomic environment vector–protein ligand interaction graph). …”

Integrate Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) into cognitive behavioural therapy to treat postpartum depression in Chinese culture contexts. by Han, Shuyu.

“…Furthermore, women are expected to provide breastfeed after delivery. Taking drugs such as antidepressants will be strongly believed it’s harmful to child. …”
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