Understanding Drivers of Deforestation using Games on Spatial Networks by Seby, Jean-Baptiste

“…We consider the general case where network effects are heterogeneous, i.e. network effects influencing palm oil tree cultivation and time logging are described by different graphs. …”
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Assessing the origin of and potential for international spread of Chikungunya virus from the Caribbean by Khan, Kamran, Bogoch, Isaac, Brownstein, John S., Miniota, Jennifer, Nicolucci, Adrian, Hu, Wei, Nsoesie, Elaine O., Cetron, Martin, Creatore, Maria Isabella, German, Matthew, Wilder-Smith, Annelies

“…Methods: We analyzed historical data on airline travelers departing areas of the Caribbean and South America, where locally acquired cases of chikungunya have been confirmed as of May 12th, 2014. …”
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Multi-objective optimization design and performance evaluation of a novel multi-stream intermediate fluid vaporizer with cold energy recovery by Wang, Zhe, Cai, Wenjian, Hong, Wei, Shen, Suping, Yang, Huizhu, Han, Fenghui

“…Finally, two experimental cases based on the liquid nitrogen regasification process are conducted to evaluate the practical performance of the novel MPFHE-IFVs using the design and optimization method proposed in this paper. …”
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Structure-activity relationships of photo-activated soft tissue Adhesive by Wicaksono, Gautama

“…FTIR and NMR analysis of arlydiazirine precursor reveals the decay kinetics of diazoalkane, and in some cases diazoalkane groups are stable for at least 30 minutes. …”
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High performance thin nonwovens for thermal insulation by Lou, Bi Ying

“…Nonwovens are potential candidate for insulation applications because of their unique fibre orientations with interconnected voids and porous in nature which restrict heat loss from body. In most cases, high dense lofty or fluffy nonwovens are required to achieve maximum insulative performance. …”
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Video summarization of person of interest (POI) by Lit, Laura Pei Lin

“…An overall evaluation of the model and its use cases conclude the report, with possible further expansions such as real-time video detection and optimisation of descriptors. …”
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Mechanistic insights into the membrane fouling mechanism during ultrafiltration of high-concentration proteins via in-situ electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) by Tanudjaja, Henry Jonathan, Ng, Angie Qi Qi, Chew, Jia Wei

“…Results indicate that fouling was predominantly external for all cases, except for the PES100 membrane (i.e., most porous) at 10,000 ppm of BSA, whereby fouling was internal which led to the greatest flux decline. …”
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First nosocomial cluster of COVID-19 due to the Delta variant in a major acute care hospital in Singapore: investigations and outbreak response by Lim, Wei Yen, Tan, Glorijoy Shi En, Htun, Htet Lin, Phua, Hwee Pin, Kyaw, Win Mar, Guo, Huiling, Cui, Lin, Mak, Tze Minn, Poh, Bee Fong, Wong, Judith Chui Ching, Setoh, Yin Xiang, Ang, Brenda Sze Peng, Chow, Angela Li Ping

“…Results: In total, there were 47 cases, comprising 29 patients, nine staff, six visitors and three household contacts. …”
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Implementation of industry-standard functional coverage in UVM testbench for SoC level verification by Zhang, Shaoyan

“… (3) Completed the functional testing of the APB-SPI controller module and analysis of the test results. After all the test cases were run and passed, regression tests were conducted. …”
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2023 roadmap for materials for quantum technologies by Becher, Christoph, Gao, Weibo, Kar, Swastik, Marciniak, Christian D., Monz, Thomas, Bartholomew, John G., Goldner, Philippe, Loh, Huanqian, Marcellina, Elizabeth, Goh, Johnson Kuan Eng, Koh, Teck Seng, Weber, Bent, Mu, Zhao, Tsai, Jeng-Yuan, Yan, Qimin, Huber-Loyola, Tobias, Höfling, Sven, Gyger, Samuel, Steinhauer, Stephan, Zwiller, Val

“…This has allowed for first proof-of-principle demonstrations of quantum supremacy, for example quantum computers surpassing their classical counterparts, quantum communication with reliable security guaranteed by laws of quantum mechanics, and quantum sensors uniting the advantages of high sensitivity, high spatial resolution, and small footprints. In all cases, however, advancing these technologies to the next level of applications in relevant environments requires further development and innovations in the underlying materials. …”
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Understanding single-protein fouling in micro- and ultrafiltration systems via machine-learning-based models by Tanudjaja, Henry Jonathan, Ng, Angie Qi Qi, Chew, Jia Wei

“…It was found that the dominant parameters for permeate flux are different, with membrane pore size and protein concentration being dominant for MF and UF, respectively, while TMP is dominant for protein rejection for both cases. For permeate flux, membrane material is the most dominant parameter for the non-BSA database, while membrane pore size remains the most dominant parameter for protein rejection regardless of the protein used. …”
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Strength and stiffness performance of geopolymer stabilized washed recycled sands derived from demolition wastes in pavement subgrades by Xue, Yunxin, Arulrajah, Arul, Horpibulsuk, Suksun, Chu, Jian

“…A strength drop was therefore noticed in S-related instances at longer curing period due consideration of the water consumption during the geopolymerization process. As such, under cases of when an excess amount of S was added to the sample, when a high curing temperature was used or when longer curing durations were implemented. …”
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Reinforcement learning for robot assembly by Vuong Quoc Nghia

“…Despite tremendous progress in robotics research, the classical assembly skill remains a challenge. In most cases, the difficult assembly skills still rely heavily on the engineer’s expertise [1]. …”
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Fast AES-based universal hash functions and MACs: featuring LeMac and Macs by Bariant, Augustin, Baudrin, Jules, Leurent, Gaëtan, Pernot, Clara, Perrin, Léo, Peyrin, Thomas

“…In particular, Universal Hash Functions (UHF) are crucial primitives used as core components in many popular modes of operation for various use-cases, such as Message Authentication Codes (MACs), authenticated encryption, wide block ciphers, etc. …”
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Laser lock-in thermography for residual stress characterization on metallic plate by Chong, Jun Jian

“…It can be either beneficious or detrimental in many cases. For example, residual stress can increase or decrease the mean stress applied over a cycle of fatigue. …”
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Ultra low-voltage low-power CMOS 4-2 and 5-2 compressors for fast arithmetic circuits by Chang, Chip Hong, Gu, Jiang Min, Zhang, Mingyan

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Seroepidemiology of COVID-19 in pregnant women and their infants in Uganda and Malawi across multiple waves 2020-2022 by Hookham, L, Cantrell, L, Cose, S, Freyne, B, Gadama, L, Imede, E, Kawaza, K, Lissauer, S, Musoke, P, Nankabirwa, V, Sekikubo, M, Sommerfelt, H, Voysey, M, PeriCOVID Consortium, Le Doare, K

“…Our study adds to existing evidence that suggests under-reporting of infection if based solely on cases with clinical disease, or a positive RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2, as most of the women in our study had asymptomatic infections and did not seek medical care. …”

Microbial communities: network reconstruction and control by Fu, A

“…Its efficacy is demonstrated in both acyclic and cyclic cases, including feedback loops, using algorithms such as Fast Causal Inference (FCI) and Greedy Fast Causal Inference (GFCI). …”

Towards formal verification of Bayesian inference in probabilistic programming via guaranteed bounds by Zaiser, F

“…</p> <p>All these methods enjoy desirable theoretical properties, such as soundness and, in many cases, convergence to the exact result as the computational budget increases. …”

Frailty trajectories preceding dementia in the US and UK by Ward, DD, Flint, JP, Littlejohns, TJ, Foote, IF, Canevelli, M, Wallace, LMK, Gordon, EH, Llewellyn, DJ, Ranson, JM, Hubbard, RE, Rockwood, K, Stolz, E

“…After exclusions, data from 29 849 participants (mean [SD] age, 71.6 [7.7] years; 18 369 female [62%]; 257 963 person-years of follow-up; 3154 cases of incident dementia) were analyzed. Bayesian generalized linear mixed regression models revealed accelerations in frailty trajectories 4 to 9 years before incident dementia. …”