Visual event recognition in videos by learning from web data by Duan, Lixin, Xu, Dong, Tsang, Ivor Wai-Hung, Luo, Jiebo

“…Moreover, we show that A-MKL using the prelearned classifiers from all the event classes leads to better performance when compared with A-MK- using the prelearned classifiers only from each individual event class.…”
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Anaerobic co digestion of biologically pretreated oil palm mesocarp fibre with cattle manure for biogas production by Mohammed Saidu

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Task oriented feature extraction for complex human activity recognition by Mohammed Mobark Salem Wahdeen

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Broadband 3-D shared aperture high isolation nine-element antenna array for on-demand millimeter-wave 5G applications by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Vadalà, Valeria, Dalarsson, Mariana, Gómez, María Elena de Cos, Alharbi, Abdullah G., Burokur, Shah Nawaz, Aïssa, Sonia, Dayoub, Iyad, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The subwavelength length slots in the patches essentially transform the radiating elements to exhibit metasurface characteristics when the array is illuminated by EM-waves. The proposed array structure has an average gain and radiation efficiency of 20 dBi and 93%, respectively, across 24.0-28.4 GHz. …”
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Effect of dopant solubility and excess doping on the superconducting properties of doped Nb3Sn prepared by field assisted sintering technique by Srivastava, N, Matthews, GAB, Liu, J, Speller, SC, Grovenor, CRM, Santra, S

“…Analysis by X-ray diffraction demonstrates a significant decrement in crystallite size up to 0.5 wt% for the Ru-doped Nb₃Sn followed by a significant increment when doping level reaches 1 wt% Ru. This could be the combined effect of structural disorderliness and Ru dissolution within the Nb₃Sn matrix. …”

The role of calcium dependent neurotransmission in axon path finding, myelination and maintenance of specified cortical projection neuron populations by Korrell, K

“…Examining this model at various stages did not reveal differences in targeting of projections or myelin in the corpus callosum when assessed by MBP immunohistochemistry at P14.…”

Alkaline earth complexes supported by chelating diamido ligands by Haynes, M

“…</p> <p>A THF-free synthetic route enabled the isolation and characterisation of a new family of dimeric calcium, strontium and barium complexes bearing phenyl-substituted 1,8-bis(silylamido)naphthalene ligands, which display two distinct dimerisation modes and form unstable monomeric adducts when dissolved in THF.</p> <p>The alternative use of highly basic alkyl-substituted 1,8-<em>bis</em>(silylamido)naphthalene ligands resulted in the isolation of new bimetallic alkaline earth complexes displaying a diverse range of structural motifs, as well as a solvent-separated ion pair.…”

BOR2G: Building Optimal Regularised Reconstructions with GPUs (in cubes) by Tanner, M

“…We propose a method to overcome this challenge by informing the regulariser of the specific subsets of 3D surfaces upon which to operate. When combined with a compressed voxel grid data structure, we demonstrate our system fusing data from both laser and camera sensors to reconstruct 7.3 km of urban environments. …”

Prognostic significance of pleural fluid microbiological positivity in pleural infection: a bicentric 10-year retrospective observational study by Wong, C, Fan, HC, Rahman, NM, Wong, JCC, Cheng, HS, Chiu, PH, Tong, CW, Miu, FPL, Yam, LYC

“…In the MPPI group, presence of Staphylococcus aureus (aHR 2.26, 95% CI 1.43–3.57) and Gram-negative organisms other than Enterobacteriaceae (aHR 2.00, 95% CI 1.10–3.61) were associated with worse survival, while presence of Streptococcus anginosus group was associated better survival (aHR 0.50, 95% CI 0.32–0.78), when compared to their absence. Conclusions: Pleural fluid microbiological positivity is independently associated with increased mortality in patients with pleural infections. …”

Reverse translational approaches to population neuroimaging: using rodent models to interpret genetic associations with MRI by Tisca, C

“…In particular, male homozygous <em>Bcan</em> mice showed consistent MRI phenotypes across multiple metrics when compared to male wild-types. These findings confirmed that changes in the <em>Vcan</em> and <em>Bcan</em> genes lead to changes in brain imaging phenotypes. …”

Optimising the surveillance and control of communicable diseases: the effects of population heterogeneity on early outbreak transmission dynamics by Lovell-Read, F

“…In this thesis, we focus on modelling transmission dynamics in the very early stages of an infectious disease outbreak, using mathematical and computational techniques to design control mechanisms that facilitate early case detection and local containment.</p> <p>When an infectious pathogen first arrives in a susceptible population, the initial imported case(s) may lead to a major disease outbreak, or may instead fade out with only a few infections ever observed. …”

Characterisation of collagen type I/ type II composite scaffolds for osteochondral tissue engineering by Tamaddon, M

“…Chondroitin sulphates attached to collagen mainly by electrostatic forces, which were weakened when the collagen was made fibrillar. This interaction caused the loss of chondroitin sulphate in the cell culture media and thus a negative or no contribution to cell proliferation, but significantly increased chondrogenic differentiation. …”

Translated and culturally adapted internet-delivered cognitive therapy for social anxiety disorder in Japanese clinical settings: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Yoshinaga, N, Thew, G, Hayashi, Y, Tanoue, H, Nakai, M, Clark, DM

“…Therefore, this trial aims to evaluate the clinical efficacy of Japanese iCT-SAD when combined with treatment as usual (TAU) in clients with SAD. …”

Increased interleukin-6 correlates with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibodies in pediatric monophasic demyelinating diseases and multiple sclerosis by Horellou, P, Wang, M, Keo, V, Chrétien, P, Serguera, C, Waters, P, Deiva, K

“…CSF C5a and IL-6 levels are increased in monophasic ADS but not in MS when compared to OND, suggesting that these markers may help to predict monophasic or relapsing fate of ADS at onset. …”

Numerical investigation of a first-stage stator turbine blade subjected to NH3–H2/air combustion flue gases by Alrebei, OF, Le Page, LM, Hewlett, S, Bicer, Y, Amhamed, A

“…The formation of the second shockwave was found to be increasingly significant for the NH3–H2/air mixture on the downstream flow when compared to a CH4/air flue gas. Furthermore, increasing the NH3–H2/air equivalence ratio improved the blade's ability to increase the average overall outlet Mach number compared to the inlet flow. …”

Impact of turbine- and farm-scale flow effects on wind farm performance by Kirby, A

“…<p>When wind turbines are placed together in a farm, they produce less power than in isolation. …”

Repurposing nitroxoline to address antibiotic resistance in the production of poultry for consumption by Zhou, Y

“…NTX-resistant mutants, when obtained, were unstable and posed a significant fitness cost. …”

Multipsychiatric comorbidity in people with epilepsy compared with people without epilepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Kwon, C-S, Rafati, A, Gandy, M, Scott, A, Newton, CR, Jette, N

“…Descriptive statistics and, when feasible, meta-analyses are presented. The risk of bias of the studies was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale and the International League Against Epilepsy tool. …”

Enhancement of lentiviral vector production through alteration of virus-cell interactions by Gelinas, J

“…Application of the screen to 89 candidate inhibitory factors identified nine genes which, when knocked-down, resulted in increased lentiviral vector production by more than 40%. …”

Monitoring and analysis of antenatal and postnatal changes in maternal vital signs by Pullon, R

“…After processing, frequency-based techniques, such as Fourier analysis and auto-regressive modelling, and time-domain peak detection were fused to estimate respiratory rate. When compared with the reference respiratory rate obtained from midwife measurement, the lowest mean absolute error of 1.16 breaths per minute was obtained from respiratory rate estimates from the <em>y</em>-axis of the gyroscope.…”