Article
Immunology
Le Khanh Ngan Nguyen, Itamar Megiddo, Susan Howick
Summary: This report discusses the benefits and challenges of using hybrid simulation models for modeling HAIs, highlighting the complementary views and deeper insights this approach can provide, while also addressing some issues that may arise during the modeling process.
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Daniel Chertok, Chad Konchak, Nirav Shah, Kamaljit Singh, Loretta Au, Jared Hammernik, Brian Murray, Anthony Solomonides, Ernest Wang, Lakshmi Halasyamani
Summary: This paper describes an operationally implementable predictive model developed to forecast the number of COVID-19 infections, applicable to comprehensive healthcare systems. The model can assist decision makers in making decisions based on epidemiological situations to avoid supply chain shortages.
Article
Materials Science, Coatings & Films
K. Bobzin, C. Kalscheuer, M. Carlet, S. Schmauder, V. Guski, W. Verestek, M. Tayyab
Summary: In this study, a machine learning algorithm was used to characterize the microstructure of a hard coating, and material model parameters for the coating, interlayer, and substrate were determined by fitting simulated force-displacement curves to experimental ones. The developed model can effectively simulate and validate the deformation behavior of a CrAlN coating during nanoindentation at different indentation loads.
SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Young Shin Kwon, Hyoung Sul La, Hyoun-Woo Kang, Jisoo Park
Summary: This study conducted mechanistic investigations on the ecosystem of the Southern Ocean and found that dissolved iron plays a crucial role in determining the summer net primary production (NPP) and phytoplankton community structure in this region. The research also identified the seasonal impacts of silicate and temperature on NPP in different regions of the Southern Ocean.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
You-Xuan Lin, Chi-Hao Lin, Chih-Hao Lin
Summary: A surge in medical demand after a large-scale earthquake can disrupt access to emergency healthcare. This study uses discrete event simulations to experiment with different patient diversion strategies and considers various aspects of hospital performance. The results show that focusing on overall hospital performance is effective in reducing waiting time, while monitoring specific medical stages may lead to bottlenecks.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Dengyue Zhao, Mingzhu Xiao, Chunbo Huang, Yuan Liang, Zitao Yang
Summary: Land use change is an important factor affecting ecosystems, and simulating future land use changes under different scenarios can test the rationality of such changes. The study found significant spatial heterogeneity in land use changes in the Beibu Gulf area, and the ecotourism development scenario was considered a more reasonable model for development.
Review
Chemistry, Physical
Juan C. Reinoso-Burrows, Norman Toro, Marcelo Cortes-Carmona, Fabiola Pineda, Mauro Henriquez, Felipe M. Galleguillos Madrid
Summary: Cellular automata models are valuable tools for corrosion management, providing insight into the complex nature of corrosion processes and offering a predictive maintenance vision. By simulating corrosion behavior at the microscale and considering interactions between electrochemical reactions, material properties, and environmental factors, these models enhance our understanding of corrosion and assist in the development of prevention and control strategies.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Jiamin Guo, Junjie Liu, Daixin Tu, Jinxian Zhang, Jing Xu, Peng Xue
Summary: In this study, models based on a real infectious disease hospital were constructed and verified by the multizone model on Modelica. An appropriate active pressure difference control strategy for VAVs in NPIW was explored and applied in a hospital floor model to analyze the impact of pressure differences among multiple rooms by VAV operation. The results showed that pressure difference deviations could be reduced by 9.98%-25.73% for different leakage paths of the isolation room with this control strategy. The study emphasizes the importance of reducing airtightness at zone junctions and external windows to enhance their ability to resist pressure difference interference.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Nikolai Knapp, Sabine Attinger, Andreas Huth
Summary: Describing the heterogeneous structure of forests is challenging, and this study provides insights on how to transfer frequency distributions between different scales. Understanding the effects of scale on biomass distributions is important for comparing information from different sources and developing reliable methods for model-data comparisons. By investigating a tropical forest in Panama, the authors found scaling relationships for biomass and variables related to forest biomass. They compared parametric distribution functions and tested forest models, demonstrating a way to approach the scaling problem in model-data comparisons.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Ruiqing Du, Jiyun Song, Xinjie Huang, Qun Wang, Cheng Zhang, Oscar Brousse, Pak Wai Chen
Summary: The study in subtropical coastal city of Hong Kong revealed that the urban moisture island (UMI) phenomenon tends to occur in coastal areas, possibly due to moisture sources from sea breeze and inhibited moisture penetration due to mountains. Specifically, an all-day UMI effect was found in low-density low-rise areas, while a nocturnal UMI effect and a daytime urban dry island (UDI) effect were found in high-density high-rise areas.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Xinyuan Wei, Xugang Feng, Enming Miao, Muyun Qian, Qiaosheng Pan
Summary: This paper proposes a sub-regional (SR) method to compensate for the thermal error of a worktable, which divides the worktable into different regions and establishes a compensation model for each region to improve the overall compensation effect. Theoretical analysis and experimental validation show that this method has high prediction accuracy and stability, and is suitable for practical application on the worktable.
PRECISION ENGINEERING-JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETIES FOR PRECISION ENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Ceramics
Roman Svoboda
Summary: This article extensively analyzes the performance of the Fraser-Suzuki function in the mathematical deconvolution of crystal growth kinetic processes. It is found that the function is suitable for describing processes with moderate negative asymmetry and performs well in separating processes following single-exponent kinetic models. Furthermore, combining the Fraser-Suzuki deconvolution with the kinetic analysis using the nth order autocatalytic model yields reliable results.
JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yefu Kong, Bin Kang, Xiaotao Shi
Summary: China's marine fisheries have contributed significantly to global food supply, but at the cost of overfishing and depletion of wild resources. To achieve sustainable fisheries, the government has implemented measures such as seasonal fishing moratorium. A study on the impact of the seasonal fishing moratorium in the Minjiang Estuary ecosystem showed that it was effective in improving certain parameters, such as total ecosystem flow and fishing trophic level. Scenario analysis suggested that extending the fishing moratorium and reducing fishing pressure could result in even better outcomes.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Allison R. Moreno, Clarissa Anderson, Raphael M. Kudela, Martha Sutula, Christopher Edwards, Daniele Bianchi
Summary: Pseudo-nitzschia species are a major cause of harmful algal blooms along the western coast of the United States, and they can produce the neurotoxin domoic acid. The production of domoic acid is influenced by environmental factors such as nutrient limitation and light.
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Francisco Estrada, Oscar Calderon-Bustamante, Wouter Botzen, Julian A. Velasco, Richard S. J. Tol
Summary: This study presents a simple climate model emulator called AIRCC-Clim, which can produce regional probabilistic climate change projections and risk measures with low computational and technical requirements for the user. It is designed for various applications including impact assessments, climate policy evaluation, and integrated assessment modeling.
ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE
(2022)
Article
Immunology
Patrick T. Wedlock, Elizabeth A. Mitgang, Fayad Elsheikh, Jim Leonard, Jenn Bakal, Joel Welling, Jessica Crawford, Emmanuelle Assy, Bvudzai P. Magadzire, Ruth Bechtel, Jay DePasse, Sheryl S. Siegmund, Shawn T. Brown, Bruce Y. Lee
Article
Immunology
Patrick T. Wedlock, Elizabeth A. Mitgang, Leila A. Haidari, Wendy Prosser, Shawn T. Brown, Kirstin Krudwig, Sheryl S. Siegmund, Jay DePasse, Ejennifer Bakal, Jim Leonard, Joel Welling, Robert Steinglass, Frances Dien Mwansa, Guissimon Phiri, Bruce Y. Lee
Article
Immunology
Bruce Y. Lee, Shawn T. Brown, Leila A. Haidari, Samantha Clark, Taiwo Abimbola, Sarah E. Pallas, Aaron S. Wallace, Elizabeth A. Mitgang, Jim Leonard, Sarah M. Bartsch, Tatenda T. Yemeke, Eli Zenkov, Sachiko Ozawa
Article
Immunology
Patrick T. Wedlock, Elizabeth A. Mitgang, Assaf P. Oron, Brittany L. Hagedorn, Jim Leonard, Shawn T. Brown, Jennifer Bakal, Sheryl S. Siegmund, Bruce Y. Lee
Article
Mathematical & Computational Biology
Gregory Kiar, Shawn T. Brown, Tristan Glatard, Alan C. Evans
FRONTIERS IN NEUROINFORMATICS
(2019)
Article
Immunology
Bruce Y. Lee, Sarah M. Bartsch, Mary K. Hayden, Joel Welling, Jay V. DePasse, Sarah K. Kemble, Jim Leonard, Robert A. Weinstein, Leslie E. Mueller, Kruti Doshi, Shawn T. Brown, William E. Trick, Michael Y. Lin
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2020)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Jay DePasse, Mary Patricia Nowalk, Kenneth J. Smith, Jonathan M. Raviotta, Eunha Shim, Richard K. Zimmerman, Shawn T. Brown
HUMAN VACCINES & IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS
(2019)
Article
Immunology
Bruce Y. Lee, Sarah M. Bartsch, Mary K. Hayden, Joel Welling, Leslie E. Mueller, Shawn T. Brown, Kruti Doshi, Jim Leonard, Sarah K. Kemble, Robert A. Weinstein, William E. Trick, Michael Y. Lin
Summary: When trying to control the regional spread of antibiotic-resistant pathogens, decision makers must strategically choose facilities for interventions. Random selection did not significantly impact prevalence, while selecting facilities by type or connections to other facilities yielded better results. Considering multiple metrics and interactions between factors led to the greatest reduction in prevalence.
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture
Gregory Kiar, Pablo de Oliveira Castro, Pierre Rioux, Eric Petit, Shawn T. Brown, Alan C. Evans, Tristan Glatard
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING APPLICATIONS
(2020)
Article
Mathematical & Computational Biology
Jorge Bosch-Bayard, Eduardo Aubert-Vazquez, Shawn T. Brown, Christine Rogers, Gregory Kiar, Tristan Glatard, Lalet Scaria, Lidice Galan-Garcia, Maria L. Bringas-Vega, Trinidad Virues-Alba, Armin Taheri, Samir Das, Cecile Madjar, Zia Mohaddes, Leigh MacIntyre, Alan C. Evans, Pedro A. Valdes-Sosa
FRONTIERS IN NEUROINFORMATICS
(2020)
Article
Biology
Nikhil Bhagwat, Amadou Barry, Erin W. Dickie, Shawn T. Brown, Gabriel A. Devenyi, Koji Hatano, Elizabeth DuPre, Alain Dagher, Mallar Chakravarty, Celia M. T. Greenwood, Bratislav Misic, David N. Kennedy, Jean-Baptiste Poline
Summary: The study highlighted the impact of pipeline selection on cortical thickness measures using an open structural MRI dataset (ABIDE). Results showed that software, parcellation, and quality control significantly affect task-driven neurobiological inference.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Pedro A. Valdes-Sosa, Lidice Galan-Garcia, Jorge Bosch-Bayard, Maria L. Bringas-Vega, Eduardo Aubert-Vazquez, Iris Rodriguez-Gil, Samir Das, Cecile Madjar, Trinidad Virues-Alba, Zia Mohades, Leigh C. MacIntyre, Christine Rogers, Shawn Brown, Lourdes Valdes-Urrutia, Alan C. Evans, Mitchell J. Valdes-Sosa
Summary: The CHBMP repository is an open multimodal neuroimaging and cognitive dataset from 282 healthy participants in Cuba, including EEG, MRI, psychological tests, and demographic information. This dataset is hosted by Synapse.org and available for access.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Bruce Y. Lee, Sarah M. Bartsch, Michael Y. Lin, Lindsey Asti, Joel Welling, Leslie E. Mueller, Jim Leonard, Shawn T. Brown, Kruti Doshi, Sarah K. Kemble, Elizabeth A. Mitgang, Robert A. Weinstein, William E. Trick, Mary K. Hayden
Summary: Implementation of control measures in long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs) may be more effective in reducing the spread of drug-resistant organisms like carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) compared to acute care hospitals. Such measures can significantly decrease CRE prevalence, infections, deaths, and healthcare costs.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2021)
Proceedings Paper
Computer Science, Information Systems
Valerie Hayot-Sasson, Shawn T. Brown, Tristan Glatard
2020 20TH IEEE/ACM INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CLUSTER, CLOUD AND INTERNET COMPUTING (CCGRID 2020)
(2020)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Bruce Y. Lee, Patrick T. Wedlock, Elizabeth A. Mitgang, Sarah N. Cox, Leila A. Haidari, Manoja K. Das, Srihari Dutta, Bhrigu Kapuria, Shawn T. Brown