Minimum variance benchmark for performance assessment of decentralized controllers by Sendjaja, Antonius Yudi, Kariwala, Vinay

“…In this paper, we present a method for computing a lower bound on the least output variance achievable using decentralized controllers, where the nonconvexity of the optimization problem is handled using sums of squares programming. …”
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Assessing racism in Singapore : replacing Singapore's customary focus on intentionality with a focus on impacts by Lee, Lavelle Wen Ning

“…As such, instances of covert racism (racism that does not initially appear to be racist) often escape detection—or at the very least, face much smaller consequences. Even as Singapore continues to promote racial harmony and regard multiculturalism as a major characteristic of its national identity, the reality is that racism continues to thrive in Singapore, mainly because of its inability to acknowledge more subtle instances of racism. …”
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The language preservation problem is undecidable for parametric event-recording automata by André, Étienne, Lin, Shang-Wei

“…The (untimed) language preservation problem ("given a parameter valuation, can we find at least one other valuation with the same untimed language?") …”
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Biofuel : impact on global economy. by Ho, Sarah Shu Ching., Seah, Patricia Kai Ling.

“…The key determinants of biofuel production used in our analysis are Gross National Income (GNI), agricultural land, share of renewable energy (SRE) out of total primary energy supply, CO2 emissions, and poverty rate. By using ordinary least squares (OLS) regression to examine these factors, we have found that all but SRE contribute significantly to production of biofuel.…”
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Library cafes : next logical step by Pierce, William

“…And the bottom line, at least as far as public libraries are concerned, is getting more people to use the library.…”
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Topological data analysis for fake news detection by Deng, Ran

“…For this task, three individual models have been used: least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) using 0th Dimensional Persistent Image (PI) vectors, Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory (BiLSTM), and Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT). …”
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'Raji': language of a vanishing Himalayan tribe by Rastogi, Kavita

“…It confers a sense of identity upon its native speakers. Today there are at least 6000 living languages across the world. Of them, 330 languages have more than one million speakers each and there are 51 languages that have only one speaker each. …”
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State estimator for microgrids by Peng, Xiao Yang.

“…In this project, PMUs were used in the Weighted Least Square (WLS) state estimation, and bad data detection and identification were discussed and enhanced. …”
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The effect of human activity on activity and movement pattern of long-tailed macaques on Big Sister’s island (Pulau Subar Laut) by Gooi, Wen Nee.

“…They spent most of their time in the forest, with at least one macaque out in the park more than 70% of the time. …”
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Optimization of SMART-based PCR for amplification from picogram amounts of RNA. by Lin, Zhaoting.

“…The number of genes which expressed at least three-fold change generally decreased with the amount of total RNA input used for amplification, suggesting that the relative abundance of differentially expressed genes is not as well maintained and becomes more variable when total RNA input approaches minute amounts.…”
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Protein interactions design. by Tay, Connie Gui Ching.

“…The suggested candidates were observed to retain at least half of the native hydrogen bonds. Therefore, we believe that, with further in-depth analysis, this computational design strategy would be a useful tool in designing protein interfaces.…”
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A simple design tool for the calculation of effective section area for class 4 closed section using ms-excel by Deng, Liang

“…Quantitatively, this program could provide extremely accurate results with precision more than 15 decimal places, and the efficiency is increased at least 700 times as compared to manual calculation.…”
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Impact of host gut microbiome on pathogen colonization by Low, Wai Leong

“…The human gastrointestinal tract is colonized by at least 400 different microbial species, known as the gut microbiota, which play vital roles in our health. …”
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Built heritage conservation, urban development and tourism : Singapore in the 21st Century by Henderson, Joan C.

“…Government policies are examined and reveal that heritage is seen by officials to serve multiple purposes, not least as a tourist resource. Its economic role is appreciated, but awareness of sociocultural and political value is also apparent. …”
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Labour pains: mothers and motherhood on the British left in the twentieth century by Riley, CL, Jenkins, L, Baughan, E

“…In left-wing women’s movements, motherhood has been recognised as essential and difficult; necessary for future revolutions, not least in raising future revolutionaries. In less radical circles, it has been understood as a crucial contribution to the functioning of society, often forming the basis of women’s claims to citizenship and maternalist forms of politics. …”

Symmetry and generalisation in machine learning by Elesedy, B

“…</p> <br> <p>We apply these ideas to equivariance and invariance in random design least squares and kernel ridge regression respectively. …”

Disciplining the state: virtue, violence, and state-making in modern China by Thornton, P

“…This study finds that in China, the challenges of governing produced a trajectory of state-building in which the processes of moral regulation and social control were at least as central to state-making as the exercise of coercive power. …”

Life is uncertain: inherent variability exhibited by organisms, and at higher levels of biological organization by Bull, JW

“…Important practical implications arise if organisms can indeed be defined by an association with specific classes of inherent uncertainty: not least that isolating those signatures then provides a potential means for detecting life, for considering the forms that life could theoretically take, and for exploring the wider limits to how life might become distributed. …”

Capacity, autonomy, and risk: reflecting on asymmetries in capacity to consent and capacity to refuse by Pugh, J

“…I then explain how two competing theories of risk-relative standards are incompatible with at least one of these claims. Drawing on Douglas’ distinction between standards of ‘true capacity’ and standards invoked in the ‘test’ for capacity, I then outline my ‘quality of evidence’ view. …”

A surface transporter family conveys the trypanosome differentiation signal by Dean, S, Marchetti, R, Kirk, K, Matthews, KR

“…Consistent with predictions for the response of trypanosomes to CCA, PAD proteins are expressed on the surface of the transmission-competent ‘stumpy-form’ parasites in the bloodstream, and at least one member is thermoregulated, showing elevated expression and surface access at low temperature. …”