Composite Bayesian Optimization in function spaces using NEON—Neural Epistemic Operator Networks by Leonardo Ferreira Guilhoto, Paris Perdikaris

“…We showcase the utility of this method for sequential decision-making by examining the problem of composite Bayesian Optimization (BO), where we aim to optimize a function $$f=g\circ h$$ f = g ∘ h , where $$h:X\rightarrow C(\mathscr {Y},{\mathbb {R}}^{d_s})$$ h : X → C ( Y , R d s ) is an unknown map which outputs elements of a function space, and $$g: C(\mathscr {Y},{\mathbb {R}}^{d_s})\rightarrow {\mathbb {R}}$$ g : C ( Y , R d s ) → R is a known and cheap-to-compute functional. By comparing our approach to other state-of-the-art methods on toy and real world scenarios, we demonstrate that Neon achieves state-of-the-art performance while requiring orders of magnitude less trainable parameters.…”
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Data augmentation with occluded facial features for age and gender estimation by Lu En Lin, Chang Hong Lin

“…The proposed method adopted three simple occlusion techniques, blackout, random brightness, and blur, and each simulates a different kind of challenge that would be encountered in real‐world applications. …”
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Falls Risk and Simulated Driving Performance in Older Adults by John G. Gaspar, Mark B. Neider, Arthur F. Kramer

“…Declines in executive function and dual-task performance have been related to falls in older adults, and recent research suggests that older adults at risk for falls also show impairments on real-world tasks, such as crossing a street. The present study examined whether falls risk was associated with driving performance in a high-fidelity simulator. …”
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Improving Airport Flight Prediction System Based on Optimized Regression Vector Machine Algorithm by Baraa Yousif Salman, Jaber Parchami

“… Nowadays, the safest and most extensive type of transportation is air flights, and tens of thousands of flights are carried out from different airports every day around the world. …”
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L’enterrement d’une triade divine féminine à Lugdunum : étude du dépôt de la place d’Albon à Lyon (Métropole de Lyon) by Lucas Guillaud, Emmanuel Bernot, Aline Colombier-Gougouzian, Amaury Gilles, Nicolas Garnier

“…No group of three of this type is recorded in the scientific literature, although some isolated statuettes have similar characteristics to our objects. Finally, only the stelae provide us with convincing comparative examples.The worship of mother goddesses was prevalent in the Western Roman world, particularly in the Bonn or Köln region where it was of significant importance. …”
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BREAKING GENDER STEREOTYPES: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION by Joy Amarachi Ofordi, Babatunde Joseph Ayodele

“… The distributional structure of the world's languages is heavily influenced by gender stereotypes (lewis and Lupyan, 2020) and have been demonstrated to be stable over time, with relatively few changes to the fundamental gender roles (Haines 2016). …”
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Analytical techniques and software for the study of intragroup metric variation using principal component analysis by Andrej Alexeevich Evteev, Nikolai Evgenievich Staroverov, Nikolai Nikolaevich Potrakhov

“…Fourteen mid-facial dimensions were chosen for the analysis. "WorldPCA" software was employed for most of the analyses. …”
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Biotechnology towards energy crops by Gudeta Dida

“…Abstract Our world is experiencing an unprecedented surge in energy demand due to rapid economic growth and population expansion. …”
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Poetics by S. N. Nyeck

“…The  exploration  of poetry as a spiritual practice of the queered self in this essay blurs the boun- daries between religion and politics in order to offer an integral account of gender diversity within the Africana household. …”
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L’Arbre des rues de Mexico : une ressource au-delà de son exploitabilité by Nora Itri

“…Our relationship to nature has been dominated in western thought by an idea of human superiority, and regulated by market mechanisms throughout the world. …”
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Morphological changes in the offshore islands of Meghna estuary: Analysis of the erosion and accretion dynamics by Fariha Khatun, Ovi Ranjan Saha, Naila Matin

“…It offers foundational knowledge for informed coastal management and sustainable development planning in one of the world's most dynamically evolving coastal environments.…”
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Associative learning and recollection of olfactory memory during the respiratory cycle in mammals: how is the self cognized in consciousness? by Kensaku Mori, Hitoshi Sakano

“…When we are awake and relaxed, various memory-scenes come up in our mind by spontaneous activation of memory engrams. …”
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Prioritization of Negative Carbon Strategies in the Cargo Industry with the SWARA/WASPAS Method by Onur Derse, Emel Yontar

“…“Use of carbon capture, exploitation and storage technologies”, “Balancing greenhouse gas emissions”, “Existence of carbon tax to reduce carbon emissions” strategies have also been identified as other top priority strategies. It is thought that the strategies listed as a result of the study can help reduce our carbon footprint and help reach negative carbon by reducing CO2 levels in the atmosphere.…”
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Reinforcement learning for deep portfolio optimization by Ruyu Yan, Jiafei Jin, Kun Han

“…Experiments conducted on two real-world datasets validated that DPO achieved the highest accumulative portfolio value compared to other strategies, demonstrating strong profitability. …”
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We need a global language rights movement: confronting the global language crisis with insights from social movement studies by Gerald Roche

“…In this provocation, I argue that only a global mass movement has the capacity to change the course of this crisis. I furthermore argue that a rights-based approach, centred on language rights, is our best bet for organising such a movement. …”
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Energy Management in the Microgrid and Its Optimal Planning for Supplying Wireless Charging Electric Vehicle by Salma Sraidi, Mohamed Maaroufi

“…The ongoing research work on electric vehicles (EVs) as well as the growing concern around the world to ensure a pollution-free environment is sure to lead to a significant increase in the number of EVs in the near future. …”
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The city as context: culture and scale in new immigrant destinations by Wendy Cadge, Sara Curran, B.Nadya Jaworsky, Peggy Levitt

“…In contrast, migration scholars around the world, but in the United States in particular, have produced a large body of work on new destinations and contexts of reception. …”
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The Perspective of Peace or Fear for the Future? An Attempt to Evaluate Christian-Muslim Dialogue by Piotr Kaczmarek

“…These behaviors can give rise to fear and questions about the possibility of coexistence in this world. These events build up the circumstances of our time, which theology must to explain. …”
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Home admission assessment in a Popular Council. by Silvia L. Pérez Groupierre, Irene E. Delgado Pérez, Alina Moreno Soca, Rubén Darío García Núñez

“…Our health system incorporated the General Comprehensive doctor and nurse system in 1984 to the primary health assistance facilitating home admission. …”
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Leptospirosis in Vellore: A Clinical and Serological Study by G. Vimala, A. Mary Josephine Rani, V. Raja Gopal

“…Leptospirosis is a severe spirochetal zoonosis in the world. It is considered an occupational disease of persons engaged in agriculture, sewage works, forestry, and animal slaughtering. …”
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