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Stability, bifurcation and phase-locking of time-delayed excitatory-inhibitory neural networks
(AIMS Press, 2020-11)We study a model for a network of synaptically coupled, excitable neurons to identify the role of coupling delays in generating different network behaviors. The network consists of two distinct populations, each of which ... -
Stability-based fire resistance duration of unbraced steel frames
(Journal of Structural Fire Engineering, 2020)Purpose The collapse of a structure resulting from the instability of steel frames due to fire is the worst failure mode to consider in fire-structural engineering, and should be avoided. The purpose of this paper is to ... -
A Stable Lipid/TiO2 Interface with Headgroup Inversed Phosphocholine and a Comparison with SiO2
(American Chemical Society, 2015-09-16)Zwitterionic phosphocholine (PC) lipids are highly biocompatible, representing a major component of the cell membrane. A simple mixing of PC liposomes and silica (SiO2) surface results in liposome fusion with the surface ... -
Standalone Tensile Testing of Thin Film Materials for MEMS/NEMS Applications
(In Tech, 2012-03-28)The microelectronics industry has been consistently driven by the scaling roadmap, colloquially referred to as the Moore’s law. Consequently, during the past decades, integrated circuits have scaled down further. This ... -
State of research in automatic as-built modelling
(Elsevier, 2015-04-01)Building Information Models (BIMs) are becoming the official standard in the construction industry for encoding, reusing, and exchanging information about structural assets. Automatically generating such representations ... -
Static Profiling of Alloy Models
(IEEE, 2023-02)Modeling of software-intensive systems using formal declarative modeling languages offers a means of managing software complexity through the use of abstraction and early identification of correctness issues by formal ... -
Statistical Issues in Modeling Chronic Disease in Cohort Studies
(Springer, 2014)Observational cohort studies of individuals with chronic disease provide information on rates of disease progression, the effect of fixed and time-varying risk factors, and the extent of heterogeneity in the course of ... -
Statistical methods for incomplete data: Some results on model misspecification
(Sage Publishing, 2017-02-01)Inverse probability weighted estimating equations and multiple imputation are two of the most studied frameworks for dealing with incomplete data in clinical and epidemiological research. We examine the limiting behaviour ... -
Statistical Physics Of Vaccination
(Elsevier, 2016-12-09)Historically, infectious diseases caused considerable damage to human societies, and they continue to do so today. To help reduce their impact, mathematical models of disease transmission have been studied to help understand ... -
Steering disturbance rejection using a physics-based neuromusculoskeletal driver model
(Taylor and Francis+NEJM, 2015-06-17)The aim of this work is to develop a comprehensive yet practical driver model to be used in studying driver–vehicle interactions. Drivers interact with their vehicle and the road through the steering wheel. This interaction ... -
Stereoscopic image quality assessment by deep convolutional neural network
(Elsevier, 2019-01)In this paper, we propose a no-reference (NR) quality assessment method for stereoscopic images by deep convolutional neural network (DCNN). Inspired by the internal generative mechanism (IGM) in the human brain, which ... -
Stimuli-responsive releasing of gold nanoparticles and liposomes from aptamer-functionalized hydrogels
(Institute of Physics, 2011-11-21)Controlled release of therapeutic agents is important for improving drug efficacy and reducing toxicity. Recently, hydrogels have been used for controlled release applications. While the majority of the previous work focused ... -
Stitch Bond Process of Pd-Coated Cu Wire: Experimental and Numerical Studies of Process Parameters and Materials
(IMAPS, 2013)Cost reduction is the main driver in the recent transition to Cu wire bonding from predominate Au wire bonding. Other cost reduction in packaging comes from new developments in substrates and lead frames, for example, ... -
Stochastic decomposition for ℓp-norm symmetric survival functions on the positive orthant
(Elsevier, 2021-07)We derive a stochastic representation for the probability distribution on the positive orthant (0,∞)ᵈ whose association between components is minimal among all probability laws with ℓp-norm symmetric survival functions. ... -
Stochastic synchronization of semi-Markovian jump chaotic Lur’e systems with packet dropouts subject to multiple sampling periods
(Elsevier, 2019-09)This paper is concerned with the problem of stochastic synchronization for semi-Markovian jump chaotic Lur’e systems. Firstly, packet dropouts and multiple sampling periods are both considered. By input-delay approach and ... -
Stop clicking on “update later”: Persuading users they need up-to-date antivirus protection
(Springer, 2014-05)Online security advice aims to persuade users to behave se- curely, but appears to have limited effects at changing behaviour. We pro- pose security advice targeted at end-users should employ visual rhetoric to form an ... -
Storey-based stability of multi-storey steel semi-braced and unbraced frames with semi-rigid connections
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2021-01)A simplified method is proposed for evaluating the stability of multi-storey, steel semi-braced and unbraced frames with semi-rigid connections. The proposed method decomposes a frame into individual storeys and evaluates ... -
Storey-based stability of steel frames subjected to post-earthquake fire
(Fire Technology, 2020-02)Post-earthquake fires occur after earthquakes and have commonly been encountered throughout history. The fires are particularly deadly and threaten the stability of buildings as possible structural damages caused by seismic ... -
Storey-based stability of unbraced steel frames under piece-linear temperature distributions
(Elsevier, 2019-05-21)There are many cases where the elastic modulus of a structural member will vary longitudinally, such as when a steel column is heated by fire. In such a case, the fire can compromise the integrity of the structural frame. ... -
Storey-based stability of unbraced structural steel frames subjected to variable fire loading
(Elsevier, 2018-08-01)Structural steel has poor fire resistance properties and often requires thermal protection. Passive thermal protection systems such as insulation for steel members by application of spray-applied fire-resistance materials ...