C&EN

Solvent Tunable Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Rod–Coil Block Copolymers with Chiral, Helical Polycarbodiimide Segments: Polymeric Nanostructures with Variable Shapes and Sizes

† Department of Chemistry and Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75080, United States ‡ Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, ...
IEEE

Meta-Regulation: Adaptive Adjustment to Block Size and Creation Interval for Blockchain Systems

Abstract: Once deployed, a decentralized blockchain system ensures that it will operate faithfully so that no one can interfere with or manipulate its predefined regulations, such as block size and ...
Investopedia

Understanding Block Grants: Definition, History, and Key Examples

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...
Microsoft

Adaptive coding using finite state hierarchical table lookup vector quantization with variable block sizes

In this paper we present an algorithm for performing adaptive vector quantization with memory. By using memory between adjacent blocks which are encoded, we can take advantage of the correlation ...
IEEE

Block Sizes Control For an Efficient Real Time Record Linkage

Abstract: Record Linkage (RL) is the process of detecting duplicates in one or several datasets. The main important phase during the RL process is blocking, it reduces the quadratic complexity of the ...