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Assessing Computational Thinking: Development and Validation of the Algorithmic Thinking Test for Adults

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This study describes the development and validation process of a computational thinking (CT) test for adults. The team designed a set of items and explored a subset of those through two qualitative pilots. Then, in order to provide validity evidence based ...

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Towards Beam-Beam Simulations for FCC-ee

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Code Generation Approach Supporting Complex System Modeling based on Graph Pattern Matching

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Towards the Development of Orally Available Peptide Therapeutics

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Peptides have a number of attractive properties that make them an interesting modality for drug development, including their ability to bind challenging targets, their high target specificity, and their non-toxic metabolic products. However, a major limita ...

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Fabrication of micrometer-sized drops as templates for particles

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EPFL2021

Developing the Catalytic Applications of 1,3,2-Diazaphospholenes

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The development of new catalytic methods for organic synthesis is a critical endeavour in order to obviate the economic and ecological drawbacks of stoichiometric organic synthesis. While catalysis can offer significant advantages in terms of atom-economy, ...

EPFL2021

Gaussian Process Regression for Materials and Molecules

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We provide an introduction to Gaussian process regression (GPR) machinelearning methods in computational materials science and chemistry. The focus of the present review is on the regression of atomistic properties: in particular, on the construction of in ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

A Knowledge Management Approach Supporting Model-Based Systems Engineering

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Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE) is a noval approach to support complex system development by formalizing system artifacts and development using models. Though MBSE models provide a completely structural formalisms about system development for system ...

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A Drug Release Mechanism Controlled by Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Balance of the Matrix. Theoretical and Experimental Perspectives

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The biophysical modeling efforts in diffusion MRI have grown considerably over the past 25 years. In this review, we dwell on the various challenges along the journey of bringing a biophysical model from initial design to clinical implementation, identifyi ...

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Increasing the relevance of science for practice and practice for science: Quantitative empirical insights

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We present results of a survey conducted with researchers and practitioners involved in a Swiss National Research Programme on steering energy consumption. We analyse what motivates practitioners and researchers to engage in a collaborative research projec ...

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