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A Computational Approach to Explore the Interaction of Semisynthetic Nitrogenous Heterocyclic Compounds with the SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease
(12/27/2020)In the context of the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, numerous attempts have been made to discover new potential antiviral molecules against its causative agent, SARS-CoV-2, many of which focus on its ... -
A Genetic Algorithm Using Triplet Nucleotide Encoding and DNA Reproduction Operations for Unconstrained Optimization Problems
(6/30/2017)As one of the evolutionary heuristics methods, genetic algorithms (GAs) have shown a promising ability to solve complex optimization problems. However, existing GAs still have difficulties in finding the global optimum and ... -
A Kernel-Based Intuitionistic Fuzzy C-Means Clustering Using a DNA Genetic Algorithm for Magnetic Resonance Image Segmentation
(10/27/2017)MRI segmentation is critically important for clinical study and diagnosis. Existing methods based on soft clustering have several drawbacks, including low accuracy in the presence of image noise and artifacts, and high ... -
A Low Cost, Edge Computing, All-Sky Imager for Cloud Tracking and Intra-Hour Irradiance Forecasting
(3/23/2017)With increasing use of photovoltaic (PV) power generation by utilities and their residential customers, the need for accurate intra-hour and day-ahead solar irradiance forecasting has become critical. This paper details ... -
A New Digital Lake Bathymetry Model Using the Step-Wise Water Recession Method to Generate 3D Lake Bathymetric Maps Based on DEMs
(5/31/2019)The availability of lake bathymetry maps is imperative for estimating lake water volumes and their variability, which is a sensitive indicator of climate. It is difficult, if not impossible, to obtain bathymetric measurements ... -
A Review on Applications of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Water Resources and Flood Risk Management
(5/7/2018)Water is one of the most critical natural resources that maintain the ecosystem and support people's daily life. Pressures on water resources and disaster management are rising primarily due to the unequal spatial and ... -
A Review on Interpretable and Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Hydroclimatic Applications
(2022-04-11)This review focuses on the use of Interpretable Artificial Intelligence (IAI) and eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) models for data imputations and numerical or categorical hydroclimatic predictions from nonlinearly ... -
A Robust Personalized Classification Method for Breast Cancer Metastasis Prediction
(2022-10-29)Accurate prediction of breast cancer metastasis in the early stages of cancer diagnosis is crucial to reduce cancer-related deaths. With the availability of gene expression datasets, many machine-learning models have been ... -
An Attribute-Based Approach toward a Secured Smart-Home IoT Access Control and a Comparison with a Role-Based Approach
(2022-01-25)The area of smart homes is one of the most popular for deploying smart connected devices. One of the most vulnerable aspects of smart homes is access control. Recent advances in IoT have led to several access control models ... -
An Electromagnetic Sensor with a Metamaterial Lens for Nondestructive Evaluation of Composite Materials
(7/3/2015)This paper proposes the study and implementation of a sensor with a metamaterial (MM) lens in electromagnetic nondestructive evaluation (eNDE). Thus, the use of a new type of MM, named Conical Swiss Rolls (CSR) has been ... -
An Evaluation of Satellite Estimates of Solar Surface Irradiance Using Ground Observations in San Antonio, Texas, USA
(12/7/2017)Estimates of solar irradiance at the earth's surface from satellite observations are useful for planning both the deployment of distributed photovoltaic systems and their integration into electricity grids. In order to use ... -
An In Vitro Model for Candida albicans–Streptococcus gordonii Biofilms on Titanium Surfaces
(6/4/2018)The oral cavity serves as a nutrient-rich haven for over 600 species of microorganisms. Although many are essential to maintaining the oral microbiota, some can cause oral infections such as caries, periodontitis, mucositis, ... -
An On-Demand Service for Managing and Analyzing Arctic Sea Ice High Spatial Resolution Imagery
(4/17/2020)Sea ice acts as both an indicator and an amplifier of climate change. High spatial resolution (HSR) imagery is an important data source in Arctic sea ice research for extracting sea ice physical parameters, and ... -
Anomaly Negative Resistance Phenomena in Highly Epitaxial PrBa0.7Ca0.3Co2O5+δ Thin Films Induced from Superfast Redox Reactions
(2021-11-26)Thin films of Ca-doped double perovskite, PrBa0.7Ca0.3Co2O5+δ (PBCC), were epitaxially grown on (001) SrTiO3, and their redox reactions under a switching flow of H2 and O2 gases were examined at various temperatures by ... -
Antiviral Activity of Novel Quinoline Derivatives against Dengue Virus Serotype 2
(3/16/2018)Dengue virus causes dengue fever, a debilitating disease with an increasing incidence in many tropical and subtropical territories. So far, there are no effective antivirals licensed to treat this virus. Here we describe ... -
Assessing Scale Dependence on Local Sea Level Retrievals from Laser Altimetry Data over Sea Ice
(11/13/2020)The measurement of sea ice elevation above sea level or the "freeboard" depends upon an accurate retrieval of the local sea level. The local sea level has been previously retrieved from altimetry data alone by the lowest ... -
Assessment and Modeling of Plasmonic Photothermal Therapy Delivered via a Fiberoptic Microneedle Device Ex Vivo
(12/10/2021)Plasmonic photothermal therapy (PPTT) has potential as a superior treatment method for pancreatic cancer, a disease with high mortality partially attributable to the currently non-selective treatment options. PPTT utilizes ... -
Attempted Synthesis of Casbene by Intramolecular Cyclopropanation
(ARKIVOC;, 2002-11-14)The antifungal diterpene casbene has been prepared in low yield by intramolecular cyclopropanation of the vinyldiazomethane reactant formed from geranylgeraniol. Careful analysis of the reaction mixture revealed relatively ... -
Bekenstein's Entropy Bound-Particle Horizon Approach to Avoid the Cosmological Singularity
(7/21/2020)The cosmological singularity of infinite density, temperature, and spacetime curvature is the classical limit of Friedmann's general relativity solutions extrapolated to the origin of the standard model of cosmology. Jacob ... -
Biometric Pilot-Studies Reveal the Arrangement and Shape of Windows on a Traditional Façade to be Implicitly "Engaging", Whereas Contemporary Façades Are Not
(5/18/2020)The human brain evolved to implicitly approach or avoid objects in its surroundings. Requisite for survival, this behavior happens without conscious awareness or control, honed over 60 million years of primate evolution. ...