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View article: Automated Attendance System Based on Face Recognition Using Deep Learning Techniques
Automated Attendance System Based on Face Recognition Using Deep Learning Techniques Open
Effective attendance is essential to the education process. Teachers and school administrators need to know how much time each student spends in the classroom. Because of this, many schools use automated attendance systems (AASs). These sy…
View article: A Systematic Approach For Data Cleansing Process of Geospatial Data to Perform Application Specific Data Analytics
A Systematic Approach For Data Cleansing Process of Geospatial Data to Perform Application Specific Data Analytics Open
Data Analytics is the key word of today's era. Huge data is getting generated day by day from various resources starting from social networking sites to sensors then machines. How this can be handled in effective manner to get some value o…
View article: Small firms dominated 2020 drug approvals
Small firms dominated 2020 drug approvals Open
The US Food and Drug Administration had approved 47 new molecular entities by early December, on pace to match or best the 48 drugs that got the green light in 2019. The agency also approved a handful of novel biologics and vaccines. Those…
View article: Anthony Fauci inspired and infuriated
Anthony Fauci inspired and infuriated Open
Few doctors can inspire both a sitting president to spit nails and a bakery owner to put their face on doughnuts . But such is the reach of Anthony Fauci, the longtime director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease…
View article: The UK RECOVERY trial: An ambitious test of COVID-19 treatments
The UK RECOVERY trial: An ambitious test of COVID-19 treatments Open
In March, with a plethora of treatment choices but little data to show whether they actually worked against COVID-19, researchers in the UK began a massive clinical trial. Called RECOVERY (Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy), the tr…
View article: Aducanumab: A fate undecided
Aducanumab: A fate undecided Open
Few drug development tales have had the twists and turns of aducanumab , Biogen's antibody treatment for Alzheimer's disease. And as 2020 comes to a close, Biogen's highly anticipated drug sits under a dangling sword. In a November hearing…
View article: Cygnal Therapeutics
Cygnal Therapeutics Open
A neuroscientist and a cancer biologist walk into a room. It sounds like the start of a nerdy joke, but it was the scene at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory when a group of scientists gathered to discuss how conversation between nerves and tu…
View article: Food for thought: Milk prints and veggie options
Food for thought: Milk prints and veggie options Open
Printed milky munchies For people who have trouble swallowing, doctors will often suggest soft foods as a way to get enough nutrients and calories. And Michinao Hashimoto, a biomedical engineer at the Singapore University of Technology and…
View article: Citizen science for sourdough and synchrotrons
Citizen science for sourdough and synchrotrons Open
Citizen science for sourdough and synchrotrons A sour start During this coronavirus pandemic, many people have turned to baking to soothe frayed nerves or to pass a few hours while the kids Zoom their way through school work. A favorite of…
View article: COVID-19 antibody tests raise as many questions as they answer
COVID-19 antibody tests raise as many questions as they answer Open
Antibody testing can determine whether someone has had COVID-19 by detecting the presence of antibodies that react to SARS-CoV-2. Some people are hoping the tests will help them re-enter society safely, and some businesses and public entit…
View article: Parodies and party beverages, all in support of science
Parodies and party beverages, all in support of science Open
A scientist and a good sport Ciaran Fairman does some really serious research—he studies how exercise can help people with cancer withstand grueling treatments mentally and physically. But this soccer player also sees the humor in being a …
View article: Historic launches: A chemstronaut celebrated and Geoffrey Chaucer app-reciated
Historic launches: A chemstronaut celebrated and Geoffrey Chaucer app-reciated Open
A major honor for Major Lawrence At Newscripts, we pride ourselves on sharing the quirkiest science news with you, but sometimes, we get the honor of sharing the most timely, reverent science news. On Feb. 14, a cargo ship named after Maj.…
View article: The Food and Drug Administration’s revolving door
The Food and Drug Administration’s revolving door Open
Vaping deaths. Drug shortages. Contaminated medicines. Opioids. These are some of the biggest issues that the US Food and Drug Administration has dealt with in 2019, a year that saw one commissioner resign, one acting commissioner reassign…
View article: Handy science
Handy science Open
Need a hand? An extra finger might do It's a famous scene in the 1987 film The Princess Bride: Inigo Montoya finds the six-fingered Count Rugen after a lifetime of searching. As he chants, "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. P…
View article: With several long-acting treatments in the works, the newest HIV drugs emphasize convenience
With several long-acting treatments in the works, the newest HIV drugs emphasize convenience Open
Lionel Hillard's boss asked him to come into his office. It was the late 1980s in Dallas. The then 29-year-old was a medical assistant at a busy clinic with a room full of patients. But the doctor who ran it said he needed to talk with him…
View article: Flying pink objects and an autoclave in your kitchen
Flying pink objects and an autoclave in your kitchen Open
Disco squirrel glows pink It's the stuff of folk legends—a hot-pink flying squirrel, soaring around the forests of northern Wisconsin. Except that it's real, says Jonathan Martin, a forestry professor at Northland College. When he saw one …
View article: Implementation of machine learning techniques to control the speed of the vehicles
Implementation of machine learning techniques to control the speed of the vehicles Open
Accidents have become major issue in Developing countries like India now a day. As per the Surveys 60% of the accidents are happening due to over speed. Though the government has taken so many initiatives like Traffic Awareness & Driving A…
View article: Avoidance of Over Speed Through Intelligent Speed Breaking System
Avoidance of Over Speed Through Intelligent Speed Breaking System Open
Accidents have become major issue in Developing countries like India now a day. As per the Surveys 60% of the accidents are happening due to over speed. Though the government has taken so many initiatives like Traffic Awareness & Drivi…
View article: Improving the Performance of Single Core Processor using FPGA’s
Improving the Performance of Single Core Processor using FPGA’s Open
Multicore Architecture is a Buzz Word in IT Industry. Multicore made revolutionary changes in the Field of Hardware. Though there is no much usage of newly introduced architectures as we are still using sequential programs for developing s…
View article: Expression of glycoprotein gene of Rabies virus and evaluation of recombinant protein for seromonitoring of vaccinal antibodies in dogs
Expression of glycoprotein gene of Rabies virus and evaluation of recombinant protein for seromonitoring of vaccinal antibodies in dogs Open
Background: In India, control of rabies in dogs by massvaccination is the practical approach. Currently, viable infectious Rabies virus (RABV) dependent and laborious Rapid Fluorescent Focus Inhibition Test (RFFIT) is employed in selected …