When researchers set out to measure tiny plastic fragments in Arctic waters, they expected to find pollution that had drifted ...

Extracting and analyzing relevant medical information from large-scale databases such as biobanks poses considerable challenges. To exploit such "big data," attempts have focused on large sampling ...

RC drill rig mobilized to start inaugural bedrock sampling campaign at the Belmont Prospect near Khorixas in Namibia. 6,000m of RC drilling has been budgeted for bedrock target definition at the ...

India is digitizing its drug regulatory framework by replacing manual ledgers with a QR-code-based tracking system and mandatory videography to eliminate corruption in sample testing.

Abstract: Recently, a technique named improved integration approximation (IIA) has been introduced in [1], aiming to enhance the performance of the EDM [2] sampling procedure for small timesteps. The ...

Discover how to determine the ideal percentage of a population for a representative sample to ensure accurate data analysis with minimal sampling error.

Researchers have demonstrated, for the first time, that transfer learning can significantly enhance material Z-class identification in muon tomography, even in scenarios with limited or completely ...

Background Despite several intensive interventions, HIV remains a major public health challenge affecting many individuals worldwide and highlighting ongoing gaps in HIV testing. Objectives To assess ...

Abstract: We consider ranking and selection (R&S) problems where the performance of competing designs or alternatives can only be assessed by evaluating two alternatives simultaneously with a binary ...

Purpose: Different respiratory sampling methods exist to identify lower airway pathogens in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), of which bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), and expectorated sputum are ...