Mediation effects of language anxiety and prior learning experience on academic speaking challenges and strategies among Libyan students in Malaysian universities by Halali, Ahlam Ali Salim, Ismail, Lilliati, Abd Samad, Arshad, Razali, Abu Bakar, Noordin, Nooreen

“…Field notes and member checks were used for validation. Correlational procedures, structural equation modeling (SEM), and bootstrapping resampling analyses were conducted to examine the relationships between variables, validate study models, and test research hypotheses. …”
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Full threshold change range of threshold changeable secret sharing by Ding, Jian, Lin, Changlu, Lin, Fuchun, Wang, Huaxiong

“…Moreover, we construct some near optimal TCSS schemes to show that the full threshold change range of TCSS schemes (without requiring optimality) is completely covered by the threshold change regimes of our near optimal TCSS schemes together with the full threshold change range of optimal TCSS schemes.…”
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Developing of innovative and cool mobile applications on the Googles Android powered devices 5 by Arun Mohan

“…Sports Info is tailored to meet the expectations of smart phone users who regularly checks sports updates like match schedules, score card and important sports news.…”
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Investigating fine-tuning of large language models for text summarisation by Khaliq, Usama, Patel, Preeti

“…In contrast, bigger models, like GPT-4, with its 1.7 trillion parameters, generated near-perfect summaries without having been trained on a specific dataset. …”
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A lead(II) ion selective electrode via a metal complex of poly(hydroxamic acid) by Anuar, K., Hamdan, S.

“…A new lead(II) electrode has been constructed with poly(hydroxamic acid) (PHXA) as the active material and silicone rubber as the supporting material. …”
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Evaluation and fabrication of damaged composite material using non-destructive testing by Lai, Abigail Jang Wai

“…Since composites are extensively employed in many areas, it is important to determine the existence of surface and sub-surface defects before production and during regular maintenance checks. As time goes on, wear and tear occur to a material. …”
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Three essays on frictions of trade by Li, W

“…Neighbours of both countries would have been impacted due to the spillover effects.</p>…”

Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology by Gould, E, Fraser, HS, Parker, TH, Nakagawa, S, Griffith, SC, Vesk, PA, Fidler, F, Hamilton, DG, Abbey-Lee, RN, Abbott, JK, Aguirre, LA, Alcaraz, C, Aloni, I, Altschul, D, Arekar, K, Atkins, JW, Atkinson, J, Baker, CM, Barrett, M, Bell, K, Bello, SK, Beltrán, I, Berauer, BJ, Bertram, MG, Wood, A

“…Many of these studies have been in the social sciences, but one small “many analyst” study found similar variability in ecology. …”

Carbon-semiconductor hybrid nanostructures and their photoresponse behaviors by Zhan, Zhaoyao

“…Carbon nanomaterials are unique in terms of structure, carbon nanotube (CNT) bears a hollow one-dimensional structure; and graphene is an one-atom-thick sheet and has extremely high specific surface area; both of them are presenting excellent charge transport capability. …”
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Kinetic modelling of 70S ribosome and F1-ATPase by Le, Quang Luan

“…Theoretical models have been developed to understand kinetics of ribosomes and F1- ATPase which are important enzymes responsible for protein synthesis and ATP production in cells respectively. …”
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On solving singular interface problems using the enriched partition-of-unity finite element methods by Lee, Chi King, Liu, X., Fan, Sau Cheong

“…It has been well recognized that interface problems often contain strong singularities which make conventional numerical approaches such as uniform h- or p-version of finite element methods inefficient. …”
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Computational diagnostics and characterization of combustion recession in diesel sprays by Arguelles, FJ, Fagade, MD, Mehra, J, Xu, C, Sekularac, N, Fang, XH

“…While low-temperature combustion (LTC) strategies have been found to mitigate nitrogen oxides and particulate matter emissions in diesel engines, studies have also associated LTC with an increase in unburnt hydrocarbons. …”

Computational analysis and chemical mechanical polishing for manufacturing of optical components by Nguyen, Nhu Y

“…The results have indicated that the cutting path density and the contact time at positions near the pad center are more than that near the pad edge. …”
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OSPC: Multimodal Harmful Content Detection using Fine-tuned Language Models by Cai, Bill

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An evaluation of the RecycleNSave initiative in Singapore by Ho, Xin Rui

“…This paper also identifies flaws in the design and implementation of RecycleNSave, and proposes recommendations to improve its effectiveness through increasing publicity efforts, change in reward options, lowering of redemption criteria, change in location of RVMs and introducing data-based scheduled checks on RVMs.…”
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Visible Range Plasmonic Modes on Topological Insulator Nanostructures by Dubrovkin, Alexander M., Adamo, Giorgio, Yin, Jun, Wang, Lan, Soci, Cesare, Wang, Qi Jie, Zheludev, Nikolay I.

“…Phase-resolved real-space imaging of localized plasmons in Bi1.5Sb0.5Te1.8Se1.2 topological insulator nanostructures is performed by scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy. Dipolar and higher order surface plasmon modes with well-defined field amplitude and phase profiles are detected in the visible part of the spectrum.…”
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Fast photoacoustic imaging systems using pulsed laser diodes: a review by Upputuri, Paul Kumar, Pramanik, Manojit

“…In recent years, the semiconductor laser technology has advanced to generate high-repetitions rate near-infrared pulsed lasers diodes (PLDs) which are reliable, less-expensive, hand-held, and light-weight, about 200 g. …”
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Positive permanent charge in oxisols by Tessens, E., Zauyah, Siti

“…The existences of a positive permanent charge can be inferred from charge characteristics of highly weathered tropical soils; it was found to be related to isomorphous substitution of Ti(IV) for Fe(III) in iron oxides. Comparable near‐constant values were found from anion adsorption at pH 7.0 to 9.0. …”

1 × N (N = 2, 8) Silicon selector switch for prospective technologies at the 2 μm waveband by Sia, Brian Jia Xu, Li, Xiang, Qiao, Zhongliang, Guo, Xin, Zhou, Jin, Littlejohns, Callum G., Liu, Chongyang, Reed, Graham T., Wang, Wanjun, Wang, Hong

“…The 2 μm waveband, specifically near 1.9 μm, is an imperative resource that could possibly be exploited in future communications systems. …”
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Remarkable SERS Activity Observed from Amorphous ZnO Nanocages by Wang, Xiaotian, Shi, Wenxiong, Huang, Weifeng, Lin, Jie, Ma, Guanshui, Li, Shuzhou, Guo, Lin, Jin, Zhao

“…The efficient ICTP can even generate π bonding in Zn−S bonds peculiar to the mercapto molecule adsorbed a‐ZnO NCs, which has been verified through the X‐ray absorption near‐edge structure (XANES) characterization. …”
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