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A Highly Customizable and Efficient Hardware Implementation for Parallel Matrix Inversion (2022)
Conference Proceeding

This paper introduces an efficient and customizable FPGA-based architecture for parallel matrix inversion. The capability of the proposed customizable architecture to adapt to different matrix sizes with low latency and effective resource utilization... Read More about A Highly Customizable and Efficient Hardware Implementation for Parallel Matrix Inversion.

‘Ahhh it was like paradise, but inside’: children’s experiences and perceptions of a free physical activity program (2022)
Journal Article

As most Canadian children are not attaining the recommended 60 minutes of daily physical activity, it is imperative that affordable and accessible programs are implemented to help children become more physically active. Specifically, community-based... Read More about ‘Ahhh it was like paradise, but inside’: children’s experiences and perceptions of a free physical activity program.

Anemia in children aged 6–59 months was significantly associated with maternal anemia status in rural Zimbabwe (2022)
Journal Article

Globally, anemia is a public health problem affecting mostly women of reproductive age (WRA, n=452) and children aged 6–59 months (n=452) from low- and lower-middle-income countries. This cross-sectional study assessed the prevalence and determinants... Read More about Anemia in children aged 6–59 months was significantly associated with maternal anemia status in rural Zimbabwe.

Genomic diversity of Helicobacter pylori populations from different regions of the human stomach (2022)
Journal Article

Individuals infected with Helicobacter pylori harbor unique and diverse populations of quasispecies, but diversity between and within different regions of the human stomach and the process of bacterial adaptation to each location are not yet well und... Read More about Genomic diversity of Helicobacter pylori populations from different regions of the human stomach.

Nascent to novel methods to evaluate malnutrition and frailty in the surgical patient (2022)
Journal Article

Preoperative nutrition status is an important determinant of surgical outcomes, yet malnutrition assessment is not integrated into all surgical pathways. Given its importance and the high prevalence of malnutrition in patients undergoing surgical pro... Read More about Nascent to novel methods to evaluate malnutrition and frailty in the surgical patient.

The Estimation of Taylor-Quinney Coefficients Using Small Ring Specimens (2022)
Journal Article

Background: The use of the Taylor-Quinney coefficient for introducing a thermal dissipation term into material models relies on understanding its dependencies. These are usually determined through extensive experimentation, wherein temperature variat... Read More about The Estimation of Taylor-Quinney Coefficients Using Small Ring Specimens.

Shock transmissions and business linkages among US sectors (2022)
Journal Article

This paper examines the shock spillovers between US sectors and their dependence on the intersectoral business linkages. Our forecast error variance decompositions reveal significant shock transmissions among trading sectors, especially in turbulent... Read More about Shock transmissions and business linkages among US sectors.

A realist evaluation of a multifactorial falls prevention programme in care homes (2022)
Journal Article

BACKGROUND: falls in care homes are common, costly and hard to prevent.Multifactorial falls programmes demonstrate clinical and cost-effectiveness, but the heterogeneity of the care home sector is a barrier to their implementation. A fuller appreciat... Read More about A realist evaluation of a multifactorial falls prevention programme in care homes.

Functional relationships reveal differences in the water cycle representation of global water models (2022)
Report

Global water models are widely used for policy-making and in scientific studies, but substantial inter-model differences highlight the need for additional evaluation. Here we evaluate global water models by assessing so-called functional relationship... Read More about Functional relationships reveal differences in the water cycle representation of global water models.

Realism, reckless states, and natural selection (2022)
Journal Article

Why is daredevil aggression like Russia’s war on Ukraine such an important factor in world politics? Neither offensive nor defensive realists give a fully satisfactory answer. This paper maintains that the problem lies in their shared assumption that... Read More about Realism, reckless states, and natural selection.

Impact of charged ionic species (NaCl and KCl) on the generation of color and volatile aroma compounds during caramelization (2022)
Journal Article

During the process of caramelization, volatile and non-volatile flavor and color are generated via the degradation of carbohydrates. This research investigated the effect of the types and concentrations of salts including NaCl and KCl on the generati... Read More about Impact of charged ionic species (NaCl and KCl) on the generation of color and volatile aroma compounds during caramelization.

Role and response of primary healthcare services in community end-of-life care during COVID-19: Qualitative study and recommendations for primary palliative care delivery (2022)
Journal Article

Background: The need for end-of-life care in the community increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Primary care services, including general practitioners and community nurses, had a critical role in providing such care, rapidly changing... Read More about Role and response of primary healthcare services in community end-of-life care during COVID-19: Qualitative study and recommendations for primary palliative care delivery.

Who’s watching? Classifying sports viewers on social live streaming services (2022)
Journal Article

The newly emergent social live streaming services (SLSSs) provide the sport consumers with a synchronised and more interactive viewing experience. In order to help the sport SLSSs firms understanding and engaging with the viewers effectively, this re... Read More about Who’s watching? Classifying sports viewers on social live streaming services.

Digital Informed Consent: Modernising Information Sharing in Surgery to Empower Patients (2022)
Journal Article

Background Despite the 2015 Montgomery Ruling highlighting key requisites for informed consent, little has changed to modernise data-sharing and documentation of the consent process. It can be difficult to gauge patient understanding and address all... Read More about Digital Informed Consent: Modernising Information Sharing in Surgery to Empower Patients.

The Value and Significance of Ill-Being (2022)
Journal Article

Since Shelly Kagan pointed out the relative neglect of ill-being in philosophical discussions, several philosophers have contributed to an emerging literature on its constituents. In doing so, they have explored possible asymmetries between the const... Read More about The Value and Significance of Ill-Being.

Play and learn: Children's agency through the COVID‐19 pandemic in Mozambique (2022)
Journal Article

Social distancing, one of the measures adopted in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, profoundly impacted on the lives of children. The consequences were, however, not homogenous. By focusing on the daily practices of 41 Mozambican children aged 3–... Read More about Play and learn: Children's agency through the COVID‐19 pandemic in Mozambique.

Improved Multi-layer Analysis of Pavement Response Using Neural Networks to Optimize Numerical Integration (2022)
Journal Article

This paper presents a new accurate method to compute the mechanical response of pavement structures using an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model coupled with Multi-Layer Elastic Analysis (MLEA). The ANN model is used to improve the numerical integr... Read More about Improved Multi-layer Analysis of Pavement Response Using Neural Networks to Optimize Numerical Integration.

A Wideband Circularly Polarized Antenna Based on Anisotropic Metamaterial (2022)
Journal Article

This article presents a novel circularly polarized (CP) antenna based on an anisotropic metamaterial. The antenna is capable of performing linear-to-circular polarization conversion over a wideband of frequencies in the X-band (8-12 GHz). The propose... Read More about A Wideband Circularly Polarized Antenna Based on Anisotropic Metamaterial.

A virological view of tenascin-C in infection (2022)
Journal Article

Tenascin-C is a large extracellular matrix glycoprotein with complex, not yet fully unveiled roles. Its context- and structure-dependent modus operandi renders tenascin-C a puzzling protein. Since its discovery ∼40 years ago, research into tenascin-C... Read More about A virological view of tenascin-C in infection.

Evaluating parametric uncertainty using non-linear regression in fringe projection (2022)
Journal Article

Optical coordinate measurement systems, such as fringe projection systems, offer fast, high-density measurements of arbitrary surface topographies. The versatility, speed and information density of fringe projection measurements make them attractive... Read More about Evaluating parametric uncertainty using non-linear regression in fringe projection.