Advancing nature-based solutions through enhanced soil health monitoring in the United Kingdom by Giuliani, LM, Warner, E, Campbell, GA, Lynch, J, Smith, AC, Smith, P

“…This paper examines challenges and opportunities in selecting suitable soil health metrics. We find that standardisation can facilitate widespread monitoring of soil health, with benefits for stakeholders and user groups. …”

Quantum oscillations probe the Fermi surface topology of the nodal-line semimetal CaAgAs by Kwan, Y, Reiss, P, Han, Y, Bristow, M, Prabhakaran, D, Graf, D, McCollam, A, Ashok Parameswaran, S, Coldea, A

“…Our results are compared with calculations for a toroidal Fermi surface originating from the nodal ring. We find evidence of a nontrivial π phase shift only in one of the oscillatory frequencies. …”

Variation in the social composition of the uk academic elite: the underlay of the two – or three – cultures? by Bukodi, E, Goldthorpe, J

“…Snow’s discussion of the social underlay of the cultural disjunction that he saw between the natural sciences and the humanities, while also considering how the social sciences fit in. We find that there is support for Snow’s position at the time of his writing. …”

Emergent constraints indicate slower increases in future global evapotranspiration by Chai, Y, Yue, Y, Slater, L, Miao, C

“…Combining multiple observational datasets into a Hierarchical Emergent Constraint framework, we find the raw CMIP6 models overestimate future annual ET growth rates. …”

Can solar water kiosks generate sustainable revenue streams for rural water services? by Wagner, J, Merner, S, Innocenti, S, Geling, A, Hope, R

“…Average revenues increase four-fold indicating stronger financial performance with solar kiosks. In contrast, we find no significant increase in the volume of water people use when a handpump is upgraded to a solar kiosk. …”

Unveiling the importance of longer paths in quantum networks by Hu, X, Dong, G, Lambiotte, R, Christensen, K, Fan, J, Tian, Z, Havlin, S, Meng, X

“…Here, we apply statistical physics to identify the origin of this stronger connectivity—known as concurrence percolation. Our finding is demonstrated on hierarchical scale-free networks, the (U,V) flowers, which allow full analytical control over path connectivity by adjusting the two distinct path length scales, U ≤ V. …”

Can large language model agents simulate human trust behaviors? by Xie, C, Chen, C, Jia, F, Ye, Z, Shu, K, Bibi, A, Hu, Z, Torr, P, Ghanem, B, Li, G

“…In this paper, we focus on one of the most critical behaviors in human interactions, trust, and aim to investigate whether or not LLM agents can simulate human trust behaviors. We first find that LLM agents generally exhibit trust behaviors, referred to as agent trust, under the framework of Trust Games, which are widely recognized in behavioral economics. …”

Optimal mobility and communication strategy to maximize the value of information in IoT networks by Wang, Z, Badiu, M-A, Coon, JP

“…We formulate this optimisation problem as a Markov decision process, and propose a reinforcement learning-based algorithm to find the VoIaware mobility and communication strategy efficiently. …”

Mitigation measures for delay in dam’s project - A case study in Pakistan by Sohoo, Shujauddin, Syed Mohamad, Syed Burhanuddin Hilmi, Yunus, Riduan, Ahmed Memon, Mansoor

“…The main purpose of this research is to find out the significant factors which contribute construction delay in dam projects of Pakistan. …”
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Exploring the interaction between learning styles and mathematics anxiety among secondary school students: a correlational study in southern Malaysia by Ahmad Fuad Khoo, Nur Aini Khoo, Jamaluddin, Nurdiana Yasmin, Osman, Sharifah, Achmad Buchori, Achmad Buchori

“…Hence, this study helps the students to embrace and improve their learning styles to minimize the level of anxiety towards mathematics, while the teachers may find it useful in guiding the students to control their mathematics anxiety.…”
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Sound event recognition in unstructured environments using spectrogram image processing by Dennis, Jonathan William

“…Although this field is traditionally overshadowed by the popular field of automatic speech recognition (ASR), an SER system that can achieve human-like sound recognition performance opens up a range of novel application areas. …”
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Inferring electrospray emission characteristics from molecular dynamics and simulated retarding potential analysis by Schroeder, Madeleine, Gallud, Ximo, Petro, Elaine, Jia-Richards, Oliver, Lozano, Paulo C

“…Fragmentation rates and beam composition are inferred for experimental data based on the molecular dynamics and cluster acceleration simulations. We find that for these experimental data, temperatures of EMI-BF4 dimers likely range between 590 and 687 K while trimer temperatures are larger between 989 and 1092 K. …”
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Market Adoption of Healthy Buildings in the Office Sector: A Global Study from the Owner’s Perspective by Tan, Zhengzhen, Zheng, Siqi, Palacios, Juan, Hooks, Carl

“…We then synthesize the existing academic and industry literature. We find some early evidence of a real estate price premium for specific indoor environment quality (IEQ) and design features. …”
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Characterizing Cortex-Hippocampus Interactions During Language Processing by Lee, Jiachen Elizabeth

“…In patients with hippocampal damage, language is left largely intact [Vargha-Khadem et al., 1997], suggesting that the hippocampus is likely not necessary for language processing. Recent evidence, however, has shown that the hippocampus may serve functions outside its traditional roles in episodic memory and spatial navigation, and may generally aid in the encoding of relationships across time and space [Cohen and Eichenbaum, 1993]. …”
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Effects of automation transparency on trust and diagnostic decision making with an automated decision aid during medical emergencies by Mohamed Syahid Hassan

“…The study did not find any significant evidence that the different transparency configurations improved appropriate trust in the aid’s recommendations. …”
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Characterizing the spectrum of slip behavior at the Sumatran subduction zone with long-term geodetic records by Tsang, Louisa Lok Hang

“…I examine a range of oceanographic and tectonic processes that can potentially explain these observations, and find that the most likely explanation is a 15-year-long slow slip event on the Banyak Islands section of the Sunda megathrust. …”
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Edge color constrained influence maximization in social networks by Chandra, Bhavya

“…In this Final Year Project, we analyze the novel problem for jointly finding the top-k seed nodes and top-r most relevant topics that maximize the influence within a given target set in a social network. …”
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Assessing narrative competence in preschool children: Key measures and ensuring reliability and validity by Wu, Bo, Jamal Rizal, Razali

“…This study employed a content analysis approach to review the literature on the assessment of narrative competence in preschool children, focusing on evaluation dimensions, reliability, and validity. The findings reveal that narrative competence assessment primarily revolves around macrostructure and microstructure analyses. …”
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The interrnational market in vessel classification : competitive dynamics and marketing strategies by Chu, Kwai Leong., Kuang, Yumei., Ong, Amanda.

“…This report understands and presents the findings on the way recent trends have caused changes to these competitive dynamics between classification societies.…”
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Mathematical modelling of PLGA degradation using deterministic population balance model by Yip, Jason Kong Wai.

“…In order to quantify and describe the various findings mathematically, a model is needed to be able to predict polymer degradation on a macro scale. …”
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