Intelligent agent design for persuading the elderly to adopt a healthy lifestyle by Yu, Xinjia

“…To guide a persuasive agent design based on the findings of this study, a Role Model is proposed to persuade seniors to adopt a healthy lifestyle. …”
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Improving outcomes in panic disorder and carer support in psychosis: a triad of studies on theory, practice and innovations by Aslam, SY

“…<em>Conclusions:</em> Findings are consistent with the theory and its predictions. …”

Investigating the health and care needs of pregnant women with multiple long-term conditions by D'Arcy, R

“…Future work should concentrate on understanding individual, structural and healthcare factors that underlie these findings.</p>…”

Green logistics practices in Malaysian food-based manufacturing industry by Hussin, Hilda

“…This colour band indicated that the manufacturers have practiced green in their logistics activities and they are well on the way to operating “green logistics practices” but still need to adopt the remaining green practices. The ultimate finding of this study also showed overall Malaysian food-based manufacturers green practices logistics level by taking into account all three selected logistics activities. …”
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Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Glob... by Naghavi, M, Ong, KL, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Basnyat, B, Maude, R, Dolecek, C, Lacey, BWH

“…We also used the coefficient of variation and the fraction of population affected by 90% of deaths to highlight concentrations of mortality. Findings are reported in counts and age-standardised rates. …”

Social Bridges in Urban Purchase Behavior by Dong, Xiaowen, Suhara, Yoshihiko, Bozkaya, Burçin, Singh, Vivek K., Lepri, Bruno, Pentland, Alex

“…More specifically, we show that the number of social bridges between communities is a much stronger indicator of similarity in their purchase behavior than traditionally considered factors such as income and sociodemographic variables. Our findings also suggest that such an effect varies across different merchant categories, that the presence of female customers in social bridges is a stronger indicator compared to that of their male counterparts, and that there seems to be a geographical constraint for this effect, all of which may have implications in the studies of urban economy and data-driven urban planning.…”
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From ELIZA to ChatGPT: The Evolution of NLP and Financial Applications by Lo, Andrew W, Singh, Manish, ChatGPT

“…To illustrate the capability of current NLP models, we employ a state-of-the-art chatbot as a co-author of this article. KEY FINDINGS (1) The use of NLP in finance has evolved significantly over the past few decades with the growth of data, storage, and computational power. …”
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Mechanistic insights into the origin of the oxygen migration barrier by Vivona, Daniele, Gordiz, Kiarash, Meyer, Randall, Raman, Sumathy, Shao-Horn, Yang

“…By investigating the changes in the electronic structure during oxygen migration, the critical role of increasing the charge screening capability of the host lattice local environment in decreasing the migration barrier was further highlighted. Our findings provide new insights into lowering the migration barrier in oxygen ion conductors and trends towards accelerating their discovery.…”
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Cracking Common Notions Relating Egg Strength to Impact Orientation by Sutanto, Antony

“…Contrary to intuitive understanding, eggs dropped on their equators could undergo greater drop heights without rupturing compared to those dropped on their vertical poles. This unexpected finding challenges the prevailing notion of the egg's structure and suggests a new perspective on its impact behavior.…”
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Force Dynamics of the Rat Lateral Gastrocnemius Muscle after Undergoing Sensory Protection by Gutierrez Arango, Samantha

“…Despite limitations, such as the small sample size, the study lays the groundwork for future research investigating the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the observed changes. The findings highlight the potential of Sensory Protected muscles as biological actuators in prosthetic devices, and suggest that sensory reinnervation may be a promising strategy to maintain or restore muscle function in individuals with motor impairment.…”
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Techno-economic Analysis of Deuterium-Tritium Magnetic Confinement Fusion Power Plants by Araiinejad, Layla

“…The Levelized Cost of Electricity is estimated to be between $140/MWh and $550/MWh. The findings aim to deepen the understanding of absolute and relative cost drivers in fusion energy and suggest strategies to improve its economic feasibility. …”
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NBA Sleep Tracking Data Imputation by Licht, Joseph D.

“…Furthermore, this thesis utilizes the NBA Academy's shooting and jumping datasets in conjunction with the sleep dataset to explore a relationship between sleep and athletic performance, finding a generally weak correlation between sleep and athletic performance data, regardless of the time lag. …”
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Automated Social Science: Language Models as Scientist and Subjects by Manning, Benjamin S.

“…In each case, causal relationships are both proposed and tested by the system, finding evidence for some and not others. We provide evidence that the insights from these simulations of social interactions are not available to the LLM purely through direct elicitation. …”
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The Impact of Process Substitution on Manufacturing Costs: A Comparative Analysis of Sheet Metal Forming versus Extruded Steel Cutting by Talal, Omar

“…Specifically, it evaluates substituting conventional sheet metal components with extruded steel profiles and replacing manual press brake operations with automated tube laser cutting. The findings show that tube laser adoption across a broad range of channels can reduce costs by 49% to 79%, with a payback period of under two years, even in scenarios with fluctuating raw material prices. …”
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Tailoring the angular and spectral reflectance characteristics of color-dynamic films by modifying their photonic texture and topcoat roughness by Blair, Andrew D.

“…The model is verified with data obtained by imaging the angular scattering distribution and spectroscopic analysis of four representative combinations of photonic texture and surface coat roughness. The findings presented in this thesis validate the hypothesis that controlling texture of the photonic film and roughness of its topcoat allows for tailoring the visual appearance of structurally colored materials. …”
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Sensitivity Analysis of Self-Loosening Behavior forMesoscale Bolt Assemblies Under Cyclic Lateral Loading by Martinez, Alejandro

“…A set of hypotheses were proposed as a way to facilitate new learnings about the system’s sensitivities to four different parameters. The findings from the experimental study provide valuable insights into how different geometric configurations and types of loading conditions contribute to the performance of mesoscale multi-bolted systems. …”
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Characterizing the Impact of Oligomerization on Redox Flow Cell Performance by Weiss, Trent A, Fan, Gang, Neyhouse, Bertrand J, Moore, Evan B, Furst, Ariel, Brushett, Fikile R

“…Post‐mortem analyses reveal that oligomerization does not meaningfully alter decay processes as evinced by similar capacity fade across all species. Broadly, these findings corroborate and extend upon previously developed relationships between molecular size, electrochemical properties, and flow cell performance.…”
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Effects of predictability and controllability on task performance under time constraints. by Tan, Kenley Soon Chew., Ng, Zhichao., Low, Liang Neng.

“…The results of Study 1 support the hypothesis. Our findings also reveal that subjects provided with warning in high time pressure condition perform just as well as subjects (without warning) in the low time pressure condition. …”
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Facial attractiveness in male androgyny : having both male and female physical characteristics by Lim, Grace Zhuo Yah, Lim, Nichole Jie Qi

“…Specifically, this review focuses on the attraction of neoteny, the attraction of psychological androgyny, and the effect of the environment (social environment, cultural gender roles, and natural environmental challenges) on PA mate choices. Our findings show a mixed amount of support for these reasons. …”
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I remember your name : examining the effects of individuation training on racial bias in preschoolers by Ng, Xin Ying

“…We obtained three main findings that were consistent with our hypotheses: 1) preschoolers generally display a significant implicit and explicit biases favouring their own race, 2) training preschoolers to individuate other race resulted in significantly greater reductions in implicit racial bias than compared to a filler task, and 3) training preschoolers to individuate other race did not reduce their explicit racial bias to a greater extent than a filler task. …”
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