The New York Times

As Shutdown Slows Air Traffic Training, These Schools Are Stepping In

New programs cannot turn out the numbers needed to make up for the controller shortfall. But they hope to have a higher success rate than the Federal Aviation Agency’s official academy. New programs ...
IEEE

CT-SDM: A Sampling Diffusion Model for Sparse-View CT Reconstruction Across Various Sampling Rates

Abstract: Sparse views X-ray computed tomography has emerged as a contemporary technique to mitigate radiation dose. Because of the reduced number of projection views, traditional reconstruction ...
IEEE

An Improved Model-Free Predictive Current Control for SPMSM Drives Based on Adaptive Extended State Observer With Robust Sliding Mode Speed Controller

Abstract: Conventional ultralocal model-based model-free predictive current control using an extended state observer (ESO) based on an ultralocal model significantly promotes the robustness against ...
The New York Times

Air Traffic Controllers Could Soon Be Getting No Pay

Controllers have already received one reduced check, because the shutdown began in the middle of a pay period. The next pay date, Oct. 28, will be the first fully missed paycheck. By Karoun Demirjian ...
The Boston Globe

Two former McLean clinicians are tackling childhood OCD with a new model

When I was a teenager, my mind would stick to troubling thoughts like gum. My boyfriend had to call at exactly 7 p.m., and if the phone didn’t ring, he was either dead or furious at me. The lump ...