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Visual Search for Features and Conjunctions
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2023
Source: Laboratory of Jonathan Flombaum—Johns Hopkins University How do people find objects in cluttered visual scenes? Think, for example, of looking for keys on a messy desk, finding the ripest-looking fruit at the grocery store, locating your car when you can’t quite remember where you parked it, or finding an old friend at an airport exit gate. Clearly, an understanding of visual perception is going to play a role in any answers, and more specifically, an understanding of visual attention...
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Experimental Approaches to Tissue Engineering
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2007
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ECM Protein Nanofibers and Nanostructures Engineered Using Surface-initiated Assembly
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2014
A method to obtain nanofibers and complex nanostructures from single or multiple extracellular matrix proteins is described. This method uses protein-surface interactions to create free-standing protein-based materials with tunable composition and architecture for use in a variety of tissue engineering and biotechnology applications.
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Engineering Three-dimensional Epithelial Tissues Embedded within Extracellular Matrix
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2016
This manuscript describes a soft lithography-based technique to engineer uniform arrays of three-dimensional (3D) epithelial tissues of defined geometry surrounded by extracellular matrix. This method is amenable to a wide variety of cell types and experimental contexts and allows for high-throughput screening of identical replicates.
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Features of a Corporation
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2024
A notable feature of corporations is the transferability of shares, enabling shareholders to sell or transfer their ownership stakes without impacting the corporation's operations. This ease makes investment and liquidity simpler, as demonstrated by the dynamic trading of Apple Inc. shares on the stock market. Corporations benefit from centralized management, typically overseen by a board of directors and executive officers. This structure allows for specialized decision-making, enhancing the...
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Data leakage occurs when engineered features introduce information that should not be available for the prediction being made. This can make a model appear more accurate during evaluation than it will be in practice. Preventing leakage is therefore essential for producing reliable predictions, especially when engineering systems from operational or sensor data.
These transformations alter variables so models can use their information more effectively. Encoding changes how a variable is represented, scaling adjusts numerical representation, and interaction terms combine measurements to express relationships between them. Together, such operations can reveal patterns that are difficult to detect when raw variables remain in their original form.
Domain knowledge helps determine which transformations represent meaningful behavior in the data. For example, a timestamp can be converted into weekday and hour, while measurements can be combined through interaction terms. This guidance can produce features that improve interpretability and relevance, whereas poorly chosen transformations may add noise instead of useful information.
A practical workflow begins with raw variables and applies appropriate transformations, such as cleaning, encoding, scaling, or combining measurements. Timestamps may be represented through components such as weekday and hour, and interaction terms may capture relationships between variables. The resulting features are then used as model inputs for pattern identification and prediction.
Its effects extend to interpretability, computational efficiency, and robustness. A suitable representation can make model inputs easier to understand, reduce the difficulty of processing complex data, and support more stable behavior. Conversely, noisy features or features affected by leakage can weaken the reliability of results even when an evaluation initially appears favorable.
Engineering applications include predictive maintenance, process optimization, quality control, and analysis of complex sensor and operational data. In these settings, transformations can organize measurements into representations that support pattern detection and prediction. The approach is particularly relevant when raw timestamps, sensor readings, and operational variables do not directly express the behavior under study.