Ecosystem productivity has a stronger influence than soil age on surface soil carbon storage across global biomes by Plaza, César, García-Palacios, Pablo, Berhe, Asmeret Asefaw, Barquero, Jesús, Bastida, Felipe, Png, Kenny Guochen, Rey, Ana, Bardgett, Richard D., Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel

“…Conversely, soil carbon in low productivity, drier and colder ecosystems was dominated by mineral-protected carbon, and was less responsive to warming. Our findings emphasize the importance of conserving ecosystem productivity to protect carbon stored in surface soils.…”
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Gender, gaming motives, and genre: comparing Singaporean, German, and American players by Ratan, Rabindra, Chen, Vivian Hsueh Hua, De Grove, Frederik, Breuer, Johannes, Quandt, Thorsten, Williams, James Patrick

“…Surveys were conducted with 634 university students from Singapore, Germany, and the United States. Overall, the findings suggest that many game motivations and genre choices differed by player gender, country, and the interaction between gender and country in some cases. …”
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Machine-learning applications to authoritarian selections: the case of China by Lee, Jonghyuk

“…Methodologically, this study finds that the machine-learning predictions yielded approximately 20% higher accuracy compared to the classical model, which employed the generalized linear model with theoretically identified variables. …”
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Effect of microplatelet orientation in 3D printed microplatelet reinforced composites with bioinspired microstructures by Peng, Weixiang, Chan, Xin Ying, Lee, Seo Heyong, Le Ferrand, Hortense

“…Moreover, complex microstructural designs were introduced by strategically combining microplatelet orientations to optimize mechanical properties. These findings emphasize the vital role of microplatelet orientation in composite materials, offering potential for tailored materials with superior performance.…”
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Annihilation mechanisms for interacting skyrmions in magnetic nanowire by Al Saidi, W., Bhatti, Sabpreet, Piramanayagam, S. N., Sbiaa, R.

“…We explore the impact of these interactions on skyrmion trajectories, size evolution, and annihilation phenomena. Our findings reveal the interplay of skyrmion-skyrmion repulsive forces, edge effects, and the influence of STT, shedding light on the rich dynamics of these topological magnetic textures. …”
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Gavin Jones’ scholarship on divorce in Asia: understanding trends, patterns, and implications by Dommaraju, Premchand, Hu, Shu

“…With careful compilation and analysis of aggregate data, paired with firsthand surveys and ethnographic studies, he set a foundation for examining shifting divorce trends in Southeast Asia. His findings challenged prevailing ethnocentric perspectives and questioned the notion that modernisation invariably leads to rising divorce rates. …”
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The model of norm-regulated responsibility for proenvironmental behavior in the context of littering prevention by Ai, Pengya, Rosenthal, Sonny

“…It also showed that strong injunctive norms can reduce the inhibitory effect of descriptive norms on ascription of responsibility. These findings were consistent with several hypotheses constituting the model of norm-regulated responsibility, a novel explanatory framework offering new insights and a more nuanced and comprehensive understanding of social norms' influence on proenvironmental behavior.…”
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Undergraduates' use of social media as information sources by Kim, Kyung-Sun, Sin, Sei-Ching Joanna, Yoo-Lee, Eun Young

“…It also sheds lights on the actions that the undergraduate students took to evaluate information from social media, including social networking and video sharing sites that have rarely been studied previously. Based on the findings, suggestions are made for information literacy programs and roles of librarians and educators.…”
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The effects of fear appeal message repetition on perceived threat, perceived efficacy, and behavioral intention in the extended parallel process model by Shi, Jingyuan (Jolie), Smith, Sandi W.

“…However, after the second exposure the proportions of both systematic and all message-related thoughts (relative to total thoughts) significantly decreased while the proportion of heuristic thoughts significantly increased, and this pattern held after the third exposure. The findings demonstrated that the predictions in the EPPM are likely to be operative after three exposures to a persuasive message.…”
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High-efficiency and high-luminance three-color white organic light-emitting diodes with low efficiency roll-off by Zhou, Junhong, Zou, Jianhua, Dai, Caihong, Zhang, Yong, Luo, Xudong, Liu, Baiquan

“…Moreover, by manipulating the excitons distribution, a WOLED can achieve a high color rendering index of 80. The findings may provide a new opportunity to achieve high-efficiency, high-luminance and low efficiency roll-off WOLEDs.…”
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Population transcriptomics of human malaria parasites reveals the mechanism of artemisinin resistance by Mok, S., Ashley, E. A., Ferreira, P. E., Zhu, L., Lin, Z., Yeo, T., Chotivanich, K., Imwong, M., Pukrittayakamee, S., Dhorda, M., Nguon, C., Lim, P., Amaratunga, C., Suon, S., Hien, T. T., Htut, Y., Faiz, M. A., Onyamboko, M. A., Mayxay, M., Newton, P. N., Tripura, R., Woodrow, C. J., Miotto, O., Kwiatkowski, D. P., Nosten, F., Day, N. P. J., Preiser, P. R., White, N. J., Dondorp, A. M., Fairhurst, R. M., Bozdech, Z.

“…Artemisinin-resistant parasites also exhibit decelerated progression through the first part of the asexual intraerythrocytic development cycle. These findings suggest that artemisinin-resistant parasites remain in a state of decelerated development at the young ring stage, whereas their up-regulated UPR pathways mitigate protein damage caused by artemisinin. …”
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Thermodynamics of hairy black holes in Lovelock gravity by Hennigar, Robie A., Tjoa, Erickson, Mann, Robert B.

“…We clarify the connection between isolated critical points and thermodynamic singularities, finding a one parameter family of these critical points which occur for well-defined thermodynamic parameters. …”
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An interdisciplinary perspective on social and physical determinants of seismic risk by Lin, K.-H. E., Chang, Y.-C., Liu, G.-Y., Lin, T.-H., Yeh, C.-H., Chan, Chung-Han

“…Research results indicate that although all of the determinants have an impact on seismic fatality, some indicators of vulnerability, such as gender ratio, percentages of young and aged population, income and its standard deviation, are the important determinants deteriorating seismic risk. These findings have strong social implications for policy interventions to mitigate such disasters.…”
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An investigation on the mechanism of droplet formation in a microfluidic T-junction by Sivasamy Jayaprakash, Wong, Teck Neng, Nguyen, Nam-Trung, Kao, Linus Tzu-Hsiang

“…This paper reports the findings of a numerical investigation on the droplet break-up in a microfluidic T-junction. …”
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Autonomous control of interlinking converter with energy storage in hybrid AC–DC microgrid by Loh, Poh Chiang, Li, Ding, Chai, Yi Kang, Blaabjerg, Frede

“…The proposed scheme can also be extended to include energy storage within the interlinking converter, as already proven in simulation and experiment. These findings have not been previously discussed in the literature, where existing schemes are mostly for an ac or a dc microgrid, but not both in coexistence.…”
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Young children retain fast mapped object labels better than shape, color, and texture words by Holland, Amanda, Simpson, Andrew, Riggs, Kevin J.

“…However, after one week only the mappings for object labels were retained above chance levels. Our findings suggest that fast mapped object labels are retained long-term better than color, shape and texture words. …”
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Circular economy startups and digital entrepreneurial ecosystems by Roshan, Ravi, Balodi, Krishna, Datta, Sagnika, Kumar, Anil, Upadhyay, Arvind

“…The results reveal that for a high CSU formation, DEE elements, such as digital protection and access, act as critical drivers, while other DEE elements take on a supportive role. The findings also show the complementarity effects, substitution effects, and neutral permutations of DEE elements among the configurations.…”
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The unexpected politics of ILGA-Europe’s rainbow maps: (de)constructing queer utopias/dystopias by Ammaturo, Francesca Romana, Slootmaeckers, Koen

“…The emphasis on legislative frameworks, thus, in part displaces lived experiences of LGBTQI+ people in Europe – projecting both Queer Utopias and Dystopias onto different geographical localities feeding into existing homonationalist discourses. With such findings, we argue against the fetishization of legislation within LGBTQI+ activism and academia.…”
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Extraction and characterization of cellulose nanoparticles from palm kernel meal for potential application in active food packaging by Chamathka, Warakagoda Widanalage Don Rumali, Chai, Tsun-Thai, Phuah, Eng Tong, Wong, Jun Xian, Chen, Sook Ngoh, Yassoralipour, Ali

“…The characterization of the CNPs was analysed using various techniques, including scanning electron microscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and UV–visible spectroscopy. The findings revealed that chemical processing effectively removed lignin and hemicellulose from PKM. …”
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Impact of population ageing on the application of industrial robots: Evidence from China by Zhao, Yantong, Said, Rusmawati, Ismail, Normaz Wana, Haris, Asmaddy, Hamzah, Hanny Zurina

“…Mechanism analysis indicates that population ageing promotes industrial robot adoption through the labour cost substitution effect. These findings offer insights for government policies to promote sustainable ageing and upgrading the manufacturing sector through artificial intelligence represented by the application of robotics. © 2024 Elsevier B.V.…”
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