No Surprises by Wells, Ian

“…A closer look at the logic of the paradox shows the argument breaking down immediately. So why do the beginning stages of the argument appear sound in the first place? …”
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Perception of a phoneme contrast in Singaporean English-Mandarin bilingual adults: a preregistered study of individual differences by Goh, Hannah Letitia, Styles, Suzy J.

“…We created a 2-alternative-forced-choice (2AFC) lexical identity task with a novel set of stimuli consisting of an 8-step alveolar-retroflex [tsʰuə́n]-[ʈʂʰuə́n] continuum, synthesized from speech of a Singapore Mandarin speaker. The preregistered study will recruit between 34 and 111 participants, with a Bayesian optimal stopping rule. …”
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Distributed model predictive control for active air suspension systems of autonomous vehicles by Wang, Muyun

“…To get comprehensive performance enhancement, this study adopts a DMPC technique that breaks down the vehicle suspension system into many subsystems and optimizes each subsystem's control strategy collaboratively. …”
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Structural integrity assessment of rail steel failure modes and mechanism by Liu, Yang

“…Rail steels are susceptible to fatigue failures resulting in rail breaks that can lead to unplanned downtime and safety concerns in railway operations. …”
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Reverse by Wang, Sijia

“…This fantasy novella tells the story of Harper, a girl from an East Asian family, who travels alone to a small town in Northern Europe to find solace before Christmas after breaking up with her girlfriend, because of her family’s objections. …”
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The coalescence and etching of metal nanostructures via solution approach by Tan, Rachel Lee Siew

“…In addition, we also studied how breaking of symmetry during etching of silver nanowires can yield unique nanowire structures (Chapter 5).…”
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Empowerment or Reinforcement of Gender Regime: Rethinking Social Enterprises’ Intentions and Impact through Gender Lens by Tymosiewicz, Natalia Elizabeth

“…This study will be useful in supporting current and aspiring social entrepreneurs to take steps towards breaking traditional gendered stereotypes and labels in the sector.…”
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KnowleNet: knowledge fusion network for multimodal sarcasm detection by Yue, Tan, Mao, Rui, Wang, Heng, Hu, Zonghai, Cambria, Erik

“…Sarcasm is a form of communication often used to express contempt or ridicule, where the speaker conveys a message opposite to their true meaning, typically intending to mock or belittle a specific target. …”
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Advanced thermally drawn multimaterial fibers: structure-enabled functionalities by Wang, Zhe, Chen, Mengxiao, Zheng, Yu, Zhang, Jing, Wang, Zhixun, Yang, Jiao, Zhang, Qichong, He, Bing, Qi, Miao, Zhang, Haozhe, Li, Kaiwei, Wei, Lei

“…Next, we present the early attempts in breaking the axial symmetric structures of thermally drawn fibers for extended functionalities. …”
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Nodal Brillouin-zone boundary from folding a Chern insulator by Lang, Li-Jun, Zhang, Shao-Liang, Zhou, Qi

“…Here, we discuss a nonsymmorphic Chern insulator, which preserves the nonsymmorphic symmetry and breaks the time-reversal symmetry. It consists of two half-filled Chern insulators, and the bulk energy spectrum is obtained from folding that of either Chern insulator. …”
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Predicting Individual Well-Being in Teamwork Contexts Based on Speech Features by Zeulner, Tobias, Hagerer, Gerhard Johann, Müller, Moritz, Vazquez, Ignacio, Gloor, Peter A.

“…We applied the toolchain to a case study, where we collected videos of 20 teams with 56 participants collaborating over a four-day period in a team project in an educational environment. Our audiovisual speaker diarization extracted individual speech features from a noisy environment. …”
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Robust voice activity detection using DNN approaches by Parashar Kshitij

“…Voice activity detection (VAD) is a pivotal component in various speech processing applications, playing a crucial role in tasks such as speech recognition, speaker diarization, and noise suppression. Recognizing its significance, this thesis delves into the exploration of advancements in single-channel VAD systems, leveraging the power of deep learning techniques. …”
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Feasibility of healthcare providers' autonomic activation recognition in real-life cardiac surgery using noninvasive sensors by Kennedy-Metz, Lauren R., Bizzego, Andrea, Dias, Roger D., Furlanello, Cesare, Esposito, Gianluca, Zenati, Marco A.

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Caveat emptor, computational social science: Large-scale missing data in a widely-published Reddit corpus by Gaffney, Devin, Matias, J. Nathan

“…This data quickly became the basis of many academic papers on topics including machine learning, social behavior, politics, breaking news, and hate speech. We have discovered substantial gaps and limitations in this dataset which may contribute to bias in the findings of that research. …”
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Vortex dynamics in a 2-dimensional starting jet by Chan, Kenneth Jun Pin.

“…The results show the pinch off process starts at t= 9 and subsequent pinch offs coming at a faster rate as its breaks off from its trailing jet. The total and local circulation is also computed and compared to its theoretical results to ascertain the accuracy of assumptions made by other papers. …”
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Interactive simulation of flocking algorithms and game artificial intelligence by Ng, Jack Pei Sheng.

“…However, it is lacking in having a navigation system that is able to have a formation react to dynamic obstacles as a group instead of breaking up to overcome the obstacle. For example, in a military simulation, it might be desired to have the entire group stay in formation while manoeuvring from one point to another even when faced with an obstacle. …”
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Condition monitoring of a train door system by Tan, Alvin Chong Wei

“…Condition Monitoring of Train Door is one of the two corresponding research tracks in the development of ground-breaking urban rail solutions. This research track focuses on developing better detection methods and monitoring system to address potential issues quickly and accurately, even before they happen. …”
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The political-economic risks of AI by Carvalho, J-P

“…In this essay, however, I will explore a tail risk in which human-level artificial general intelligence (AGI) radically concentrates the global economy, breaks democratic and egalitarian institutions, and tears the social fabric, collapsing human productivity. …”

Opportunities for decarbonization in Russia by Sharmina, M

“…On the other hand, the government continues to support the hydrocarbon industry. Most recently, tax breaks for shale oil have led to a series of new exploration contracts with international investors. …”

Two millennia of tropical cyclone-induced mud layers in a northern Yucatán stalagmite : multiple overlapping climatic hazards during the Maya Terminal Classic “megadroughts” by Frappier, Amy Benoit, Pyburn, James, Pinkey-Drobnis, Aurora D., Wang, Xianfeng, Corbett, D. Reide, Dahlin, Bruce H.

“…Without a high-resolution radiometric geochronology of individual local TC events, speleothem isotope records cannot resolve whether the Terminal Classic Period in the northern Maya Lowlands was punctuated by several brief drought breaks with normal TCs, or whether the region was very dry and peppered by unusually severe and frequent hurricane seasons.…”
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