SPADs employ an avalanche process to generate significant current from a single photon. That results in higher power ...

Abstract: In this paper, we analyze the effects of random sampling on adaptive diffusion networks. These networks consist in a collection of nodes that can measure and process data, and that can ...

While the nation was rightly celebrating the raw emotion of this narrative, I found myself observing it through a distinct, ...

The original definition of the word “bias,” when it entered the English language in the 16th century, was a diagonal line, and specifically one that cut across the warp or weft of a woven fabric. It ...

UK – More than two-thirds of the UK believe the nation is divided by ‘culture wars’ while perceptions of division in the country have hit their highest point since 2020, according to research from the ...

Nearly 1,650 cases of measles in 42 states have been confirmed this year in the United States by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the largest annual number in 34 years. This ...

Non-probability sampling design can be used in ethnobotanical surveys of medicinal plants. However, this method does not allow statistical inferences to be made from the data generated. The aim of ...

Traditionally, individuals asked health questions of their primary health care provider. Confidence in that provider as a source of trustworthy health information has been consistently high in recent ...

The APPC health survey, conducted in April with a nationally representative sample of more than 1,600 U.S. adults, finds that two-thirds (65%) know that ordinarily, a baby should be put to sleep on ...

Public awareness of the link between drinking alcohol and an elevated risk of cancer has grown since last fall, with more than half of Americans now saying that regularly consuming alcohol increases ...

To account for attrition, small replenishment samples have been added over time using a random probability sampling design. The most recent replenishment, in September 2024, added 360 respondents to ...

PHILADELPHIA – Since 2017, firearm-related injuries in the United States have been the most common cause of death from injury among children through young adults, ages 1 to 24, surpassing motor ...