The uniqueness trap by Flyvbjerg, B, Budzier, A, Christodoulou, MD, Zottoli, M

“…Project managers and planners are highly prone to believing that their projects are one of a kind—partly because those that seem new and distinctive are more likely to win support. But research on 1,300-plus projects reveals that few, if any, actually are unique. …”

A contract negotiation scheme for safety verification of interconnected systems by Tan, X, Papachristodoulou, A, Dimarogonas, DV

“…In this paper, we show that compositional methods like AGC can mitigate this problem. We formulate the synthesis problem into a set of small-size problems, which constructs local contracts for subsystems, and propose a negotiation scheme among the subsystems at the contract level. …”

Control and integration of energy storage systems for electric and hybrid ships – part 1 by Lim, Joshua

“…The issue of low load management will be approached and the effects like wet stacking will be mentioned. Solutions such as using a portable load, making use of spinning reserve and peak shaving are suggested. …”
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Behaviorally informed digital campaigns and their association with social media engagement and COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Belize by Daga, Giuliana, Kossuth, Lajos, Boruchowicz, Cynthia, Lopez Boo, Florencia, Largaespada Beer, Natalia

“…However, lack of trust in the vaccine and fear of side effects in regions like the Caribbean resulted in a low uptake despite enough vaccine supply. …”
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Creative AI : a data-driven design approach for creative online ad optimisation using artificial intelligence and big data by Phay, Han

“…Through the integration of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data with current industry processes, a new kind of advertising agency will emerge that is run like a tech company. Using Big Data to inform creative design and Artificial Intelligence to identify patterns, predictive analysis can be applied to creative online banner ads for the purpose of increasing user engagement through higher click-through rates. …”
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Highly stable and efficient planar perovskite solar cells using ternary metal oxide electron transport layers by Thambidurai, Mariyappan, Shini, Foo, Harikesh, Padinhare Cholakkal, Mathews, Nripan, Dang, Cuong

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Two sides of the same coin : boons and banes of machine learning in hardware security by Liu, Wenye, Chang, Chip Hong, Wang, Xueyang, Liu, Chen, Fung, Jason M., Mohammad Ebrahimabadi, Karimi, Naghmeh, Meng, Xingyu, Basu, Kanad

“…ML schemes have been extensively used to enhance the security and trust of embedded systems like hardware Trojans and malware detection. On the other hand, ML-based approaches have also been adopted by adversaries to assist side-channel attacks, reverse engineer integrated circuits and break hardware security primitives like Physically Unclonable Functions (PUFs). …”
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Geometry-mediated bridging drives nonadhesive stripe wound healing by Xu, Hongmei, Huo, Yucheng, Zhou, Quan, Wang, Abraham Lianghao, Cai, Pingqiang, Doss, Bryant, Huang, Changjin, Hsia, K. Jimmy

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Holocene relative sea-level histories of tropical islands by Tan, Fangyi

“…I demonstrate the utility of coral microatolls to serve as precise indicators of Late Holocene RSL in places like Singapore, where the lack of accommodation space due to RSL fall from GIA has formerly limited the use of sedimentary indicators like mangrove peat. …”
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Referring expression segmentation: from conventional to generalized by Liu, Chang

“…Traditional RES methods usually either use an FCN-like network that directly generates the segmentation mask from the image or first extract all instances using a standalone network and then select the target from targets. …”
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Multi-stage generative adversarial networks for generating pavement crack images by Han, Chengjia, Ma, Tao, Huyan, Ju, Tong, Zheng, Yang, Handuo, Yang, Yaowen

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PrimeNet: a framework for commonsense knowledge representation and reasoning based on conceptual primitives by Liu, Qian, Han, Sooji, Cambria, Erik, Li, Yang, Kwok, Kenneth

“…Commonsense knowledge acquisition and representation is a core topic in artificial intelligence (AI), which is crucial for building more sophisticated and human-like AI systems. However, existing commonsense knowledge bases organize facts in an isolated manner like bag of facts, lacking the cognitive-level connections that humans commonly possess. …”
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The epidemiology of periportal fibrosis and relevance of current Schistosoma mansoni infection within the context of repeated mass drug administration: a population-based, cross-se... by Ajayi, S, Nabatte, B, Mpooya, S, Tinkitina, B, Opio, CK, Kabatereine, NB, Chami, G

“…History of HIV and underlying chronic hepatitis or early cirrhosis-like disease are risk factors that could be investigated for periportal fibrosis surveillance and management.…”

Structural, magnetic and dielectric properties of FeTe1-xMx (M = Se, S) superconductor prepared by solid state reaction at ambient pressure by Lim, Edmund Hua Hang

“…SEM images showed that the samples developed into plate-like grain structure gradually with the increase of Se and S concentration. …”
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Analyzing the contribution of WhatsApp in enhancing English writing skills among undergraduate English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners: A systematic review by Khurram, Shugufta, Palpanadan, Sarala Thulasi, Ali Chachar, Zulfiquar

“…The review procedure included a thorough search of electronic databases like Web of Science, Google Scholar, Science Direct, and Scopus. …”
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Investigation of charge transport in nanofiber based solar cells by Sabba Dharani

“…High surface area and mesoporous photoanodes are essential for greater adsorption of sensitizer monolayer leading to improved optical density especially for low absorption coefficient sensitizers like Ru based complexes (N719). In order to enhance light harvesting efficiency which is instrumental in boosting the device performance, either thicker photoanode materials or dyes with higher absorption coefficients need to be engaged. …”
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Electrochemical electrodes based on graphene materials for sensing and energy applications by Wang, Xuewan

“…Our results showed that uniform flower-like crystal structure of Co3O4 was formed on the pipette tip. …”
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Comparative analysis of Internet service providers' competition and Internet usage pattern. by Seow, Shin Horng., Ng, Chee Keong.

“…Our objective is to find out which of the three ISPs' Internet access options is the most attractive to most of the consumers.In our second study, we looked into the usage of the Internet by Nanyang Tachnological University's undergraduates. Questions like the reasons for selecting certain ISP and the ISP user churn: rate, direction and reasons are covered. …”
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合(Hé) Harmony : emblematic furniture informed by broken home and perseverant heart by Yang, Tongchen

“…Consequently, I would like to find out ways of incorporating both remedial utility and beauty of conventional revealed joints with my Chinese heritage such as fortunate motifs, auspicious ornamentations and venerated forms. …”
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Machine learning based retinal vessel detection by Li, Hongru

“…Retinal vessel segmentation is an important part of computer-aided diagnosis of retinal diseases, like arteriosclerosis, vein occlusions, and diabetic retinopathy. …”
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