Gaming and the hard use of performance measurement: a New Zealand study by Foo, Lionel

“…Using an empirical research method, which focus attention on the performance evaluation practices in the New Zealand government, this research finds that the hard use of performance measurement does indeed have a correlation with gaming. …”
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Detection and prevention of critical races in finite state machines driving glitch-sensitive receivers by Arunita Mukhopadhyay

“…Once detected, the report discusses an algorithm to prevent these critical transitions from occurring. This is done by finding a modified state encoding of the FSM so that its output logic is free from functional hazards. …”
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Town centre recovery report by Jamieson, Claire

“…A series of five case are then explored through interviews, exploring each local authority's approach to strategic planning, leadership and governance, funding, community engagement and delivery. The resulting findings, combined with the learnings from the literature review, have been synthesised into a series of eight recommendations, which can help local authorities to ensure better high street recovery and more resilient places.…”
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Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2024: Poverty amid conflict by United Nations Development Programme, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative

“…The report examines some of the ways in which poverty and conflict intersect and reflects on what this means for poverty reduction. Overall, the findings clearly point to the urgent need for peace.…”

Analyzing individual disadvantages alongside household poverty to illuminate gendered and intrahousehold disparities by Alkire, S, Ul Haq, R

“…The illustration analyses deprivations in child nutrition and school attendance, and achievements of first generation learners, alongside multidimensional poverty status in seven South Asian countries, and monetary poverty status in Pakistan, finding significant gender disparities in school attendance. …”

Spillovers across industries and regions in China’s regional economic diversification by Gao, Jian, Jun, Bogang, Pentland, Alex, Zhou, Tao, Hidalgo, César A.

“…We add to the literature by showing that these two channels behave as substitutes when explaining new entries and exits, and by using acceleration campaigns of high-speed rail to address some endogeneity concerns with regional spillovers. Our findings confirm the role of relatedness and geographical distance in the diffusion of economic capabilities and support the idea that improvements in transportation can facilitate the diffusion of productive capabilities.…”
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Low temperature photoresponse of monolayer tungsten disulphide by Cao, Bingchen, Shen, Xiaonan, Shang, Jingzhi, Cong, Chunxiao, Yang, Weihuang, Eginligil, Mustafa, Yu, Ting

“…In off state, the CVD device has four times larger ratio of photoresponse for laser on/off and photoresponse decay–rise times are 0.1 s (limited by our setup), while the exfoliated device has few seconds. These findings are discussed in terms of charge trapping and localization.…”
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Floquet stroboscopic divisibility in non-Markovian dynamics by Bastidas, Victor M., Kyaw, Thi Ha, Tangpanitanon, Jirawat, Romero, Guillermo, Kwek, Leong-Chuan, Angelakis, Dimitris G.

“…We illustrate the theory by considering a harmonic oscillator coupled to both non-Markovian and Markovian baths. Our findings provide us with a theory for the exact calculation of spectral properties of time-local non-Markovian Liouvillian operators, and might shed light on the nature and existence of the steady state in non-Markovian dynamics.…”
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Middle managers' upward roles in the public sector by Chen, Chung-An, Berman, Evan M., Wang, Chun-Yuan

“…We examine whether middle managers are more involved in synthesizing information than championing alternatives and test multiple levers that increase these roles at the individual, organization, and interorganizational levels. This study finds that job security, connections with stakeholders, and autonomous motivation are among the most important predictors. …”
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An experimental evaluation of point-of-interest recommendation in location-based social networks by Liu, Yiding, Pham, Tuan-Anh Nguyen, Cong, Gao, Yuan, Quan

“…From the evaluation, we obtain several important findings, based on which we can better understand and utilize POI recommendation models in various scenarios. …”
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Electrical oscillations of the UNU-ICTP plasma focus device in the early breakdown phase by Seng, Y. S.

“…A circuit simulation of the prebreakdown and postbreakdown phases, with the plasma inductance incorporated, reproduced with sufficiency accuracy the electromagnetic particle in cell generated waveforms and consequently confirmed our finding.…”
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Strangers, friends, and lovers show different physiological synchrony in different emotional states by Bizzego, Andrea, Azhari, Atiqah, Campostrini, Nicola, Truzzi, Anna, Ng, Li Ying, Gabrieli, Giulio, Bornstein, Marc H., Setoh, Peipei, Esposito, Gianluca

“…Maximal cross-correlation of heart rate variability (HRV) was used to quantify dyadic synchrony. The findings suggest that an existing social relationship might reduce the predisposition to conform one's autonomic responses to a friend or romantic partner during social situations that do not require direct interaction.…”
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Becoming Chetti Melaka : the intergenerational transmission of culture and gender role ideology between mothers and daughters of the Chetti Melaka community in Singapore. by Cheah, Emily Shi Hua.

“…Using qualitative interviews, the results of this study discuss several issues such as the relationship between culture and gender, food as a gendered experience of cultural identity and the use of alternative variables to claim legitimate association with the ethnic group. The findings also point to the types of coping mechanisms used by both mothers and daughters to construct and negotiate their ethnic and gender identities.…”
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The absurd, exile and the beginning of ethics by Yong, Ade Wernmei

“…This paper aims to read Fasting, Feasting as a novel about absurdity; the absurd human being who finds him/herself in an absurd world. The absurd human being, as understood by Camus, is the exile. …”
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Driving home by Ulfahzatul Tysha Sher Zaman

“…Driving Home is a short film about Salleh, a simple man who finds that his life does not seem so simple anymore. …”
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Socioeconomic status, frailty, and subjective well-being : a moderated mediation analysis in elderly Chinese by Yang, Fang, Pang, Joyce Shumin

“…Moreover, the moderated mediation model was significant only for women, not for men. Findings highlight the importance of addressing frailty of older adults and promoting social activities (especially for elderly women) in future interventions.…”
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Graphenes prepared by Hummers, Staudenmaier and Hofmann methods for analysis of TNT-based nitroaromatic explosives in seawater by Ong, Beng Khong, Poh, Hwee Ling, Chua, Chun Kiang, Pumera, Martin

“…Extended study on the detection of TNT in seawater using the graphene material provided significant improvements in the detection sensitivity. These findings will have profound impacts on the detection of nitroaromatic explosives in seawater.…”
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Better late than never: sleep still supports memory consolidation after prolonged periods of wakefulness by Petzka, M, Zika, O, Staresina, BP, Cairney, SA

“…Sleep relative to wakefulness improved retention of item and associative memories to similar extents irrespective of whether sleep occurred soon after learning or following a prolonged waking interval. Our findings highlight the far-reaching influences of sleep on memory that can arise even after substantial periods of wakefulness.…”

AXES at TRECVid 2011 by McGuinness, K, Aly, R, Chen, S, Frappier, M, Kleppe, M, Lee, H, Ordelman, R, Arandjelović, R, Juneja, M, Jawahar, CV, Vedaldi, A, Schwenninger, J, Tschöpel, S, Schneider, D, O'Conner, NE, Zisserman, A, Smeaton, A, Beunders, H

“…This paper describes the results and findings of our experiments.…”

Proposed Design for Electromechanical Telescoping Actuator to Replace Hydraulics in Extreme High Force and Long Stroke Applications by Sleight Crawford, Carmen, Smyk, Mariia, Cheung, Sophia, Coughran, Doug, Costello, Jeffrey, Liang, ZhiYi, Winter, Amos G

“…Our group was able to successfully develop and evaluate the design and build a scaled-down prototype that could likely serve as a direct replacement for currently used long-stroke high-force hydraulics. …”
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