Streamers and celebrities are increasingly using virtual avatars as a form of online entertainment; moreover, SAW VTubers and virtual concerts are reporting increasing viewership.Therefore, understanding the unique characteristics, phenomena, and challenges of virtual avatars is an active topic in the HCI community.We extensively investigated a VTu
Learning to predict expression efficacy of vectors in recombinant protein production
Abstract Background Recombinant protein production is a useful biotechnology to produce a large quantity of highly soluble proteins.Currently, the most widely used production system is to fuse a target protein into different vectors in Escherichia coli (E.coli).However, the production efficacy of different vectors varies for different target protei
Maximum Likelihood Blind Channel Estimation for Space-Time Coding Systems
Sophisticated signal processing techniques have to be developed for capacity enhancement of future wireless communication systems.In recent years, space-time coding is proposed to provide significant capacity gains over the traditional communication systems in fading wireless channels.Space-time codes are obtained by combining channel coding, modul
False or Fake Qualifications in an Employment Context: A South African Perspective
The pressure for employment opportunities has led to many dishonest practices by employees and job seekers.The evil of Ball - Elastic Goods - Socks employees misrepresenting their academic qualifications has become endemic, and the South African government has been compelled to act.Misrepresentation of academic qualifications mainly manifests itsel