Non-invasive estimation of the powder size distribution from a single speckle image by Zhang, Qihang, Pandit, Ajinkya, Liu, Zhiguang, Guo, Zhen, Muddu, Shashank, Wei, Yi, Pereg, Deborah, Nazemifard, Neda, Papageorgiou, Charles, Yang, Yihui, Tang, Wenlong, Braatz, Richard D, Myerson, Allan S, Barbastathis, George

“…The latter approach requires an inverse map from the speckle autocorrelation to the particle sizes. …”
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EpiMix: a novel method to estimate effective reproduction number by Jin, Shihui, Dickens, Borame Lee, Lim, Jue Tao, Cook, Alex R.

“…Transmission potential of a pathogen, often quantified by the time-varying reproduction number Rt, provides the current pace of infection for a disease and indicates whether an emerging epidemic is under control. In this study, we proposed a novel method, EpiMix, for Rt estimation, wherein we incorporated the impacts of exogenous factors and random effects under a Bayesian regression framework. …”
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Bio-aerosol dynamics in buildings by Lee, Benedict

“…The importance of having clean air is severely underrated. In recent years, studies have shown the severe negative impact of poor quality air on the human body. …”
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Optimal gain sensing of quantum-limited phase-insensitive amplifiers by Nair, Ranjith, Tham, Guo Yao, Gu, Mile

“…All pure-state probes whose reduced state on the input modes to the amplifier is diagonal in the multimode number basis are proven to be quantum optimal under the same gain-independent measurement. We compare the best precision achievable using classical probes to the performance of an explicit photon-counting-based estimator on quantum probes and show that an advantage exists even for single-photon probes and inefficient photodetection. …”
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An analytical formulation for the fatigue damage skewness relating to a narrowband process by Low, Ying Min.

“…The uncertainty of the damage induced by the underlying stochastic process is typically disregarded in both theory and practice. …”
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Self-powered action in metal-semiconductor-metal ultraviolet photodetectors based on AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor structures on different substrates by Razeen, Ahmed S., Tang, Eric X., Yuan, Gao, Ong, Jesper, Radhakrishnan, K., Tripathy, Sudhiranjan

“…The devices also showed dark current as low as 16 pA and photo-to-dark current ratio of ∼ 103 under self-powered operation, with fast and stable response speed. …”
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Dynamic properties of structures integrated with tuned liquid sloshing dampers analyses by Gospel, Jessica Vania

“…The literature review explores the dynamic behaviour of Single Degree of Freedom (SDOF) systems under free vibration. SDOF systems are crucial in mechanical and structural engineering for understanding dynamic behaviour. …”
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Techniques for analysis and integration of histology data and agent-based modelling of T cell-tumour interactions by Stephens, R

“…In the final part of the thesis we develop a new on-lattice ABM which builds on the findings of our first model, and use it to identify conditions under which spatial statistics enable us to make earlier and more accurate predictions of tumour responses to immunotherapy.…”

Surface Friction and Spectroscopic Probes of New Physics with Trapped Ions by Counts, Ian T.

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An assimilation of experience. by Mehraj Nisha.

“…She turned around suddenly and counted her luggage. ‘Three,’ she confirmed and walked in further under the shelter, dragging her red Elle bag with her. …”
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Antifungal efficacy of kenaf seed peptides mixture in cheese, safety assessment and unravelling its action mechanism against food spoilage fungi by Arulrajah, Brisha, Qoms, Mohammed S., Muhialdin, Belal J., Zarei, Mohammad, Hussin, Anis Shobirin Meor, Hasan, Hanan, Chau, De-Ming, Ramasamy, Rajesh, Saari, Nazamid

“…Also, the safety of KSPM towards mammalian cells and the underlying fungicidal mode of action in-vitro and in-silico were assessed. …”
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Novel nitric oxide donors for the dispersal and control of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms by Poh, Wee Han

“…NO, as a free radical, is highly reactive and its production and metabolism is tightly regulated under physiological conditions. In addition, due to the involvement of NO in various pathological processes, several classes of NO donors with varying pharmacological properties have been developed for different treatments. …”
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Diagrammatic Representation and Inference : 12th International Conference, Diagrams 2021, Virtual, September 28-30, 2021, Proceedings / by Diagrams (Conference) (12th : 2021 : Online) 643173, Basu, Amrita, 1953-, editor 643175, Stapleton, Gem, editor 643176, Linker, Sven, editor 643177, Legg, Catherine, editor 643178, Manalo, Emmanuel, editor 643179, Viana, Petrucio, editor 643180

Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022-2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Vollset, SE, Ababneh, HS, Abate, YH, Lacey, BWH, GBD 2021 Forecasting Collaborators

“…The total DALY burden measured in counts, however, will increase in every super-region, largely a function of population ageing and growth. …”

Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Glob... by Naghavi, M, Ong, KL, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Basnyat, B, Maude, R, Dolecek, C, Lacey, BWH

“…Findings are reported in counts and age-standardised rates. Methodological improvements for cause-of-death estimates in GBD 2021 include the expansion of under-5-years age group to include four new age groups, enhanced methods to account for stochastic variation of sparse data, and the inclusion of COVID-19 and other pandemic-related mortality—which includes excess mortality associated with the pandemic, excluding COVID-19, lower respiratory infections, measles, malaria, and pertussis. …”

“British English is much more prestigious, everybody knows that!”: reproducing and resisting hegemonic language ideologies in Chilean English teacher education by Pérez Andrade, Gonzalo

“…Findings from this study revealed the existence and promotion of opposing language ideologies that coexist within and across the teacher education programmes under scrutiny. On the one hand, a considerable number of teachers associated an idealised notion of “British English” with deeply-rooted ideas of tradition and prestige in ELT, and therefore, perceived it as a desirable way of speaking to acquire for prospective English teachers. …”
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Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 co... by Ferrari, AJ, Santomauro, DF, Aali, A, Lacey, BWH, Rodriguez, JAB

“…<p><b>Background</b></p> Detailed, comprehensive, and timely reporting on population health by underlying causes of disability and premature death is crucial to understanding and responding to complex patterns of disease and injury burden over time and across age groups, sexes, and locations. …”

Towards robust sensing and recognition : from statistical learning to transfer learning by Yang, Jianfei

“…AADA also contributes to explaining the underlying mechanism behind MDAT. Fourthly, Imbalanced Domain Adaptation (IDA) is proposed for the real-world imbalanced data since label shift commonly occurs to realistic data distribution. …”
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Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2... by Brauer, M, Roth, GA, Aravkin, AY, Bandyopadhyay, S, Bennett, DA, Browne, AJ, Graham, SM, Rodriguez, JAB, Runghien, T, Sartorius, B

“…Attributable burden estimates were stratified by Socio-demographic Index (SDI) quintile and presented as counts, age-standardised rates, and rankings. To complement estimates of RR and attributable burden, newly developed burden of proof risk function (BPRF) methods were applied to yield supplementary, conservative interpretations of risk–outcome associations based on the consistency of underlying evidence, accounting for unexplained heterogeneity between input data from different studies. …”