The (metabolic) 'cost of life': New method quantifies hidden energy costs of maintaining metabolic pathways

There are "costs of life" that mechanical physics cannot calculate. A clear example is the energy required to keep specific ...
IEEE

Iterative Learning-Based Predictive Control Method for Electronic Grade Silicon Single Crystal Batch Process

Abstract: The growth process of silicon single crystal (SSC) is a typical batch production process, which has the characteristics of batch size, variety, complex process, and intensive technology. In ...
BMJ

Parent and practitioner experiences of opt-out consent in neonatal intensive care: a mixed methods study within a trial

Background In neonatal trials, verbal opt-out consent has been used to reduce burden on families and make recruitment more efficient and representative. It involves information provision through ...
IEEE

Average Consensus of Whole-Process Privacy Preservation

Abstract: Dear Editor, This letter introduces a novel algorithm for privacy preservation designed to safeguard both the initial and real-time states of agents under complete distributed average ...