• A Meta-Regression Analysis of the Effectiveness of Mosquito Nets for Malaria Control: The Value of Long-Lasting Insecticide Nets 

  Yang, Gi-geun; Kim, Dohyeong; Anh Pham; Paul, Christopher John

  Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) have been widely used as an effective alternative to conventional insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) for over a decade. Due to the growing number of field trials and interventions reporting ...

• Understanding Needs and Barriers to Using Geospatial Tools for Public Health Policymaking in China 

  Kim, Dohyeong; Zhang, Yingyuan; Lee, Chang Kil

  Despite growing popularity of using geographical information systems and geospatial tools in public health fields, these tools are only rarely implemented in health policy management in China. This study examines the ...

• Sparse Equalizers for OFDM Signals with Insufficient Cyclic Prefix 

  Samara, Lutfi; Alabassi, Abubakr O.; Hamila, Ridha; Al-Dhahir, Naofal

  The cyclic prefix (CP) is appended in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signals to combat inter-symbol interference (ISI) and inter-carrier interference (ICI) induced by the communication channel, which ...

• Cyclostationary Noise Mitigation for SIMO Powerline Communications 

  Elgenedy, Mahmoud; Sayed, Mostafa; Al-Dhahir, Naofal; Chabaan, Rakan C.

  The cyclostationary noise in low-voltage narrowband powerline communications (NB-PLC) severely degrades the communication reliability. In this paper, we adopt single-input multi-output (SIMO) transmission to enhance the ...

• Genotypic and Phenotypic Factors Influencing Drug Response in Mexican Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus 

  Sanchez-Ibarra, Hector E.; Reyes-Cortes, Luisa M.; Jiang, Xian-Li; Luna-Aguirre, Claudia M.; Aguirre-Trevino, Dionicio; Morales-Alvarado, Ivan A.; Leon-Cachon, Rafael B.; Lavalle-Gonzalez, Fernando; Morcos, Faruck; Barrera-Saldana, Hugo A.

  The treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) consists primarily of oral antidiabetic drugs (OADs) that stimulate insulin secretion, such as sulfonylureas (SUs) and reduce hepatic glucose production (e.g., biguanides), ...

• Characterization of C-Ring Component Assembly in Flagellar Motors from Amino Acid Coevolution 

  dos Santos, Ricardo Nascimento; Khan, Shahid; Morcos, Faruck

  Bacterial flagellar motility, an important virulence factor, is energized by a rotary motor localized within the flagellar basal body. The rotor module consists of a large framework (the C-ring), composed of the FliG, FliM ...

• Valley Topological Phases In Bilayer Sonic Crystals 

  Lu, Jiuyang; Qiu, Chunyin; Deng, Weiyin; Huang, Xueqin; Li, Feng; Zhang, Fan; Chen, Shuqi; Liu, Zhengyou

  Recently, the topological physics in artificial crystals for classical waves has become an emerging research area. In this Letter, we propose a unique bilayer design of sonic crystals that are constructed by two layers of ...

• π and 4π Josephson Effects Mediated by a Dirac Semimetal 

  Yu, W.; Pan, W.; Medlin, D. L.; Rodriguez, M. A.; Lee, S. R.; Bao, Zhi-qiang; Zhang, Fan

  Cd₃As₂ is a three-dimensional topological Dirac semimetal with connected Fermi-arc surface states. It has been suggested that topological superconductivity can be achieved in the nontrivial surface states of topological ...

• A Convolutional Neural Network Smartphone App for Real-Time Voice Activity Detection 

  Sehgal, Abhishek; Kehtarnavaz, Nasser

  This paper presents a smartphone app that performs real-time voice activity detection based on convolutional neural network. Real-time implementation issues are discussed showing how the slow inference time associated with ...

• Multi-Temporal Depth Motion Maps-Based Local Binary Patterns for 3-D Human Action Recognition 

  Chen, Chen; Liu, Mengyuan; Liu, Hong; Zhang, Baochang; Han, Jungong; Kehtarnavaz, Nasser

  This paper presents a local spatio-temporal descriptor for action recognistion from depth video sequences, which is capable of distinguishing similar actions as well as coping with different speeds of actions. This descriptor ...

• Thalamocortical Dysrhythmia Detected by Machine Learning 

  Vanneste, Sven; Song, Jae-Jin; De Ridder, Dirk

  Thalamocortical dysrhythmia (TCD) is a model proposed to explain divergent neurological disorders. It is characterized by a common oscillatory pattern in which resting-state alpha activity is replaced by cross-frequency ...

• Increased Parietal Circuit-Breaker Activity in Delta Frequency Band and Abnormal Delta/Theta Band Connectivity in Salience Network in Hyperacusis Subjects 

  Han, Jae Joon; Jang, Ji Hye; De Ridder, Dirk; Vanneste, Sven; Koo, Ja-Won; Song, Jae-Jin

  Recent studies have suggested that hyperacusis, an abnormal hypersensitivity to ordinary environmental sounds, may be characterized by certain resting-state cortical oscillatory patterns, even with no sound stimulus. ...

• Changing Brain Networks Through Non-Invasive Neuromodulation 

  To, Wing Ting; De Ridder, Dirk; Hart, John Jr.; Vanneste, Sven; Wang, Zijie; Perananthan, Sahila; Panangala, Samitha D.; Ferraris, John P.; Balkus, Kenneth J.

  Background/Objective: Non-invasive neuromodulation techniques, such as repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) and transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), have increasingly been investigated for their ...

• Magnetic Torsional Actuation of Carbon Nanotube Yarn Artificial Muscle 

  Lee, D. W.; Kim, S. H.; Kozlov, Mikhail E.; Lepró, Xavier; Baughman, Ray H.; Kim, S. J.

  Magnetically driven torsional actuation of a multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWNT) yarn was realized by first biscrolling NdFeB magnetic particles into helical yarn corridors to make a magnetic MWNT yarn. The actuating device ...

• Sequentially Bridged Graphene Sheets with High Strength, Toughness, and Electrical Conductivity 

  Wan, S.; Li, Y.; Mu, Jiuke; Aliev, Ali E.; Fang, Shaoli; Kotov, N. A.; Jiang, L.; Cheng, Q.; Baughman, Ray H.

  We here show that infiltrated bridging agents can convert inexpensively fabricated graphene platelet sheets into high-performance materials, thereby avoiding the need for a polymer matrix. Two types of bridging agents were ...

• Thermoacoustic Sound Projector: Exceeding the Fundamental Efficiency of Carbon Nanotubes 

  Aliev, Ali E.; Codoluto, Daniel; Baughman, Ray H.; Ovalle-Robles, Raquel; Inoue, Kanzan; Romanov, Stepan A.; Nasibulin, Albert; Kumar, Prashant; Priya, Shashank; Mayo, Nathanael K.; Blottman, John

  The combination of smooth, continuous sound spectra produced by a sound source having no vibrating parts, a nanoscale thickness of a flexible active layer and the feasibility of creating large, conformal projectors provoke ...

• Measurement of Individual H⁺ and O⁺ Ion Temperatures in the Topside Ionosphere 

  Hsu, Chih-Te; Heelis, Roderick A.

  Plasma temperatures in the ionosphere are associated with both the dynamics and spatial distribution of the neutral and charge particles. During the daytime, temperatures are determined by solar energy inputs and energy ...

• The Plasma Environment Associated with Equatorial Ionospheric Irregularities 

  Smith, Jonathon M.; Heelis, Roderick A.

  We examine the density structure of equatorial depletions referred to here as equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs). Data recorded by the Ion Velocity Meter as part of the Coupled Ion Neutral Dynamics Investigation (CINDI) ...

• Topologically Guided Tuning of Zr-MOF Pore Structures for Highly Selective Separation of C6 Alkane Isomers 

  Wang, Hao; Dong, Xinglong; Lin, Junzhong; Teat, Simon J.; Jensen, Stephanie; Cure, Jeremy; Alexandrov, Eugeny V.; Xia, Qibin; Tan, Kui; Wang, Qining; Olson, David H.; Proserpio, Davide M.; Chabal, Yves J.; Thonhauser, Timo; Sun, Junliang; Han, Yu; Li, Jing

  As an alternative technology to energy intensive distillations, adsorptive separation by porous solids offers lower energy cost and higher efficiency. Herein we report a topology-directed design and synthesis of a series ...

• Role of Excess Ligand and Effect of Thermal Treatment in Hybrid Inorganic-Organic EUV Resists 

  Mattson, Eric C.; Rupich, S. M.; Cabrera, Y.; Chabal, Yves J.

  The chemical structure and thermal reactivity of recently discovered inorganic-organic hybrid resist materials are characterized using a combination of in situ and ex situ infrared (IR) spectroscopy and X-ray photoemission ...

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