The use of renewable energy sources (RES) has increased exponentially worldwide, as an alternative to the indiscriminate use of fossil fuels and to mitigate their effects on the environment. Cuba is not lagging behind in this development since the go...
As Cuba advances toward ambitious renewable energy targets, large-scale energy storage is essential to ensure grid stability and operational flexibility. Pumped Hydro Energy Storage (PHES) is the most mature technology for providing long-duration sto...
It is well known that the microbiome data are ridden with outliers and have heavy distribution tails, but the impact of outliers and heavy-tailedness has yet to be examined systematically. This paper investigates the impact of outliers and heavy-tail...
There are several regions characterized by exceptional longevity and lifestyle that promote health and well-being. Loma Linda, California, in the United States, provides a unique context to examine how lifestyle behaviors relate to oral health-relate...
A common use case for blockchain smart contracts (SC) is that of governing interaction amongst mutually untrusted parties, by automatically enforcing rules for interaction. However, while many contributions in the literature assess SC computational e...
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has highlighted inequities in mortalities and associated illnesses among non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic/Latino individuals. Immunization against COVID-19 is critical to ending the pandemic, especially within racia...
We present a finite element model updating technique for soil–structure system identification of the Millikan Library building using the seismic data recorded during the 2002 Yorba Linda earthquake. A detailed finite element (FE) model of the M...
Among the numerous groups that have negotiated their fragmented identities through various literary practices in the last few decades, the Jewish collective has come to symbolize the epitome of diaspora and homelessness. In particular, British-Jewish...
We constrained sedimentary basin structure using a nodal seismic array consisting of ten dense lines that overlie multiple basins in the northern Los Angeles area. The dense array consists of 758 seismic nodes, spaced ~250–300 m apart along lin...
Background/Objectives: Premature neonates are at risk for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and routinely undergo screening exams that involve substantial physical manipulation, often causing significant signs of pain, despite pain-relieving intervent...
Filipino Americans show higher thyroid cancer recurrence rates compared to European Americans. Although they are likely to die of this malignancy, the molecular mechanism has not yet been determined. Recent studies demonstrated that small non-coding...