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Modified Nafion membranes for hydrogen production in Cu-Cl thermochemical cycle
(2015-07-01)The decomposition of water by a thermochemical cycle is a promising green method of producing hydrogen on a large scale. A thermochemical cycle is a combination of thermal and chemical reactions that ultimately leads to ... -
A modular approach to image matting
(2022-11-01)Image matting is the art of creating an accurate alpha matte for the purpose of foreground separation in an image or video. Although there have been many methods which only require an input image, the best-performing image ... -
A modular interface framework for multimodal annotations and visualizations in Human-AI collaboration
(2021-07-01)Modular is a web-based annotation, visualization, and inference software plat-form for computational language and vision research. The platform enables researchers to set up an interface for efficiently annotating language ... -
A molecular characterization of agonists that bind to Hco-UNC-49, a GABA-gated chloride channel from Haemonchus contortus
(2012-11-01)Haemonchus contortus is a blood feeding parasitic nematode infecting ruminants causing anemia and poor health at great economic cost. The ability to pharmaceutically control infection has been challenged by the rapid ... -
Molecular characterization of GABA receptor subunits from the parasitic nematode Haemonchus contortus
(2009-08-01)Haemonchus contortus is a parasitic nematode that is controlled by several nematocides which target ion channels. We have identified two H. contortus ion channel genes, Hcounc- 49B and C that encode two GABA-gated chloride ... -
Molecular characterization of the binding site of nematode GABA-A receptors
(2010-08-01)Haemonchus contortus is a parasitic nematode that is controlled in large part by nematocidal drugs that target receptors of the parasitic nervous system. Hco-UNC-49 is a nematode GABA receptor that has a relatively low ... -
Molecular characterization of the interactions of the Resistance-Nodulation-Division Pump MexJK of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with outer membrane proteins OprM and OpmH.
(2013-08-01)Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen, which has become a significant threat due to wide-spread antimicrobial resistance. Resistance Nodulation Division efflux pumps are important ... -
Molecular dynamics simulations and neural network solutions for applications in biophysics
(2022-12-01)As computing resources evolved and became more accessible over time, much of scientific research shifted towards utilizing computational techniques. In particular, biophysics is a field of science that has continually ... -
Monolayer terpyridyl metal complexes for high-efficiency electrochromic materials
(2021-08-01)Electrochromic materials (ECMs) can change their color with changes of applied electrochemical potential. Currently, the use of ECMs in the industry is limited to mainly inorganic metal oxides, conjugated conducting polymers, ... -
Moving towards enhancing playtesting reports through data visualization
(2019-08-01)Playtesting is a key component in the game development process aimed at improving the quality of games through gameplay data collection and identification of design issues. Visualization techniques are currently being ... -
Multi-character prediction using attention
(2020-01-01)We propose a computational attention approach to localize and classify characters in a sequence in a given image. Our approach combines spatial soft-attention with attention regularization and learns “where-to-look” to ... -
Multi-readout logic gate for selective metal ions detection in parts per billion levels
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2016-07-18)Optical sensors utilizing visual responses for the identification of metal ions require reliable molecular systems able to operate selectively in multicomponent solutions. Herein, we report a water-soluble terpyridyl-based ... -
Multi-scale local explanation approach for image analysis using model-agnostic explainable artificial intelligence (XAI)
(2022-08-01)The recent success of deep neural networks has generated a remarkable growth in Artificial Intelligence (AI) research, and it received much interest over the past few years. However, one of the main challenges for the broad ... -
Muscle fatigue and other factors influencing forearm muscle activity
(2020-08-01)The wrist extensor muscles of the forearm exhibit relatively greater muscle activity than the wrist flexors during most hand/wrist tasks. Since the extensors operate at a greater percentage of maximum to balance wrist joint ... -
Nanostructured carbon-based materials for electrochemical applications
(2019-12-01)Mesoporous carbons have been widely studied due to the relevance of these materials for applications in energy storage and conversion devices (batteries, supercapacitors, and fuel cells), mainly due to their high surface ... -
Nanostructured materials for photovoltaics and microwave electronics: methods and applications
(2017-04-01)Nanoscale particles and thin layers are today used for a variety of applications to make industrial products lighter, stronger or more conductive. This study investigates synthesis, characterization and application of ... -
A negotiation protocol with conditional offers for camera handoffs.
(2014-10-01)This thesis explores the idea of conditional offers during camera handoff negotiations. In a departure from contract-net inspired negotiation models that have been proposed for camera handoffs, the current scheme assumes ... -
A new method of modelling tuneable lasers with functional composition
(2019-07-01)A new nonlinear model is proposed for tuneable lasers. Using the generalized nonlinear Schrodinger equation as a starting point, expressions for the transformations undergone by the pulse are derived for each of the five ... -
Non-precious metal catalysts prepared by chemical functionalization of carbon surfaces.
(2014-08-01)New sources of power are of great interest as attempts to make smaller, more convenient and environmentally friendly sources are being investigated. Hydrogen fuel cells are a way to combine both an effective method of power ... -
A nonlinear and nonlocal model for animal aggregation
(2022-09-01)An aggregation model is a kind of model used to show the dynamics of the distribution of the population of organisms. Mathematically, we can use a partial differential equation to model the density of an organism at different ...