Examining the moderating role of financial literacy between determinants of individual behaviour and investment decision-making for Iraqi investors by Abdulridha, Fatehiya, Hussin, Nazimah

“…In the same context, it's argued that financial literacy has a substantial part in predicting investments. However, past studies neglect to examine the moderation effect of financial literacy on an individual's investment decision in the stock market. …”
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Promoting Islamic Social Finance: Experience From Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia by Zainol, Zairy, Abd. Wahab, Norazlina, Md. Tahir, Raziah, Osman, Amirul Faiz, Abdul Majid, Nurul Huda, Hanafi, Norshafizah

“…The absence of a comprehensive study limits the understanding of the factors that can catalyze the success of the AIM microcredit scheme to help the poor. The results of the past study have shown the effectiveness of micro credit schemes in terms of increasing the income of Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM) Sahabat. …”
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A New Framework on Success Factors of Social Media Applications Usage (S/O 14449) by Mohd Sappri, Mazlan, Abdul Hamid, Mohamad Shukri, Sulaiman, Nor Intan Saniah, Omar, Mohd Faizal

“…To assess this situation, this study aims to identify the success factors of SMA usage and develop a set of metrics based on the success factors using research model that have been developed in the past. Information System Success Model (ISSM) were studied and chosen as the reference model for this study because the model is suitable and have been used by other researchers in studies regarding social media and SMA. …”
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Mastering Voice Interfaces : Creating Great Voice Apps for Real Users / by Thymé-Gobbel, Ann, author 642940, Jankowski, Charles, author 642941

“…What the best practices for the various components of the voice-first creation process What are the consequences of design and implementation choices How to create truly great voice apps that users will love Who this book is for We expect readers to have had some exposure to voice apps, at least as users. The book is written for anyone who wants a deeper understanding of the how and why of voice interface design and development. …”

Dual chamber solar dryers: Maximizing thermal performance for diverse product drying by Prabhu, C. Naveen, Dhanushkodi, S., Sudhakar, K.

“…Notably, the hybrid forced mode proved twice as fast as open sun drying, presenting versatile drying solutions for small-scale farmers. …”
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Analog Quantum Variational Embedding Classifier by Yang, Rui, Bosch, Samuel, Kiani, Bobak, Lloyd, Seth, Lupascu, Adrian

“…The increase of the number of training parameters when the size of our model increases is therefore not as fast as that of a neural network. Our algorithm presents the possibility of using current quantum annealers for solving practical machine-learning problems, and it could also be useful to explore quantum advantage in quantum machine learning.…”
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Scalable mesenchymal stem cell enrichment from bone marrow aspirate using deterministic lateral displacement (DLD) microfluidic sorting by Tan Kwan Zen, Nicholas, Zeming, Kerwin Kwek, Teo, Kim Leng, Loberas, Mavis, Lee, Jialing, Goh, Chin Ren, Yang, Da Hou, Oh, Steve, Hui Hoi Po, James, Cool, Simon M., Hou, Han Wei, Han, Jongyoon

“…Taken together, we envision that the developed DLD platform will enable fast and efficient isolation of MSCs from BMA for effective downstream cell therapy in clinical settings.…”
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Active learning for optimal intervention design in causal models by Zhang, Jiaqi, Cammarata, Louis, Squires, Chandler, Sapsis, Themistoklis P., Uhler, Caroline

“…This acquisition function is evaluated in closed form, allowing for fast optimization. The resulting algorithms are theoretically grounded with information-theoretic bounds and provable consistency results for linear causal models with known causal graph. …”
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A cloud platform for sharing and automated analysis of raw data from high throughput polymer MD simulations by Xie, Tian, Kwon, Ha-Kyung, Schweigert, Daniel, Gong, Sheng, France-Lanord, Arthur, Khajeh, Arash, Crabb, Emily, Puzon, Michael, Fajardo, Chris, Powelson, Will, Shao-Horn, Yang, Grossman, Jeffrey C.

“…In this work, we describe a cloud-based platform to enable fast post-processing of the trajectories and to facilitate sharing of the raw data. …”
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Real-time identification and visualization of Egyptian blue using modified night vision goggles by Nicola, Marco, Gobetto, Roberto, Bazzacco, Alessandro, Anselmi, Chiara, Ferraris, Enrico, Russo, Alfonsina, Masic, Admir, Sgamellotti, Antonio

“…The device is based on night vision technology and allows an unprecedented fast, versatile, and user-friendly approach. It is employable by professionals including archeologists, conservators, and conservation scientists, as well as by untrained individuals such as students or tourists at museums and sites. …”
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Electrochemically driven optical and SERS immunosensor for the detection of a therapeutic cardiac drug by Chaudhry, Madeeha, Lim, Dong-Kwon, Kang, Jeon Woong, Yaqoob, Zahid, So, Peter, Bhopal, Muhammad Fahad, Wang, Minqiang, Qamar, Raheel, Bhatti, Arshad Saleem

“…The current study envisages replacement of conventional methodologies with small immunoassay chips using QDs and/or SERS-based tags with fast turnaround detection time as compared to conventional ELISA.…”
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Plasmoid Formation and Strong Radiative Cooling in a Driven Magnetic Reconnection Experiment by Datta, R., Chandler, K., Myers, C. E., Chittenden, J. P., Crilly, A. J., Aragon, C., Ampleford, D. J., Banasek, J. T., Edens, A., Fox, W. R., Hansen, S. B., Harding, E. C., Jennings, C. A., Ji, H., Kuranz, C. C., Lebedev, S. V., Looker, Q., Patel, S. G., Porwitzky, A., Shipley, G. A., Uzdensky, D. A., Yager-Elorriaga, D. A., Hare, J. D.

“…Time-gated x-ray images show fast-moving (up to 50  km s−1) hotspots in the layer, consistent with the presence of plasmoids in 3D resistive magnetohydrodynamic simulations. …”
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Faster Feedback with AI? A Test Prioritization Study by Mattis, Toni, B?hme, Lukas, Krebs, Eva, Rinard, Martin C., Hirschfeld, Robert

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Effects of the preheating temperature on flame-assisted spray pyrolysis of nickel-rich cathode materials by Zhang, Jianan, Muldoon, Valerie L, Deng, Sili

“…In contrast, flame-based spray methods have great potential in manufacturing LIB cathode materials due to their features such as continuous, fast, and scalable operation. Nevertheless, flame-based spray methods also need improvement in controlling the morphology and improving the electrochemical performance of LIBs. …”
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Avoiding electrochemical indentations: a CNT-cocooned LiCoO₂ electrode with ultra-stable high-voltage cycling by Zhu, Zhi, Xu, Shuanglong, Wang, Zhenjie, Yan, Xiaohui, Xu, Guiyin, Huang, Yimeng, Wu, Yuping, Zhang, Yin, Li, Ju

“…Here, we demonstrate that the limited electrochemical contact area between electronically conductive carbon and the LCO crystal causes “electrochemical indentations” (ECIs) during charging and discharging. Particularly in fast charging, the high local ΔcLi gradient in LCO would cause a local volume of the surficial lattice to shrink while the rest of the crystal is still under stretching, and hence, drive the ECI to cause cracking. …”
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Accelerating Urban Building Energy Modeling by Le Hong, Zoe, Wolk, Samuel

“…In order to address these challenges, we present a fast, flexible, and comprehensive UBEM methodology which can be used to reduce identified barriers to time-sensitive decision-making in building stock decarbonization spheres. …”
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ESRDC ship notional baseline Medium Voltage Direct Current (MVDC) architecture thermal simulation and visualization by Chryssostomidis, Chryssostomos, Chalfant, Julie, Vargas, J. V. C., Souza, J. A., Hovsapian, R., Ordonez, J. C., Chiocchio, T.

“…This work presents a fast visualization and thermal simulation tool developed as part of the Electric Ship Research and Development Consortium (ESRDC) funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) that is capable of providing quick responses during early stages of ship design. …”
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Arbitrary-shape object localization using adaptive image grids by Yuan, Junsong, Zhou, Chunluan

“…To make image grids better cover the object of arbitrary shape, we also propose a fast adaptive grid partition method which takes image content into account and can be efficiently implemented by dynamic programming. …”
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Formation of particle clouds by Zhao, B., Law, Adrian Wing-Keung, Adams, E. Eric, Er, J. W.

“…However, Wen & Nacamuli (Hydrodynamics: Theory and Applications, 1996, pp. 1275–1280) observed the formation of particle clumps characterized by a narrow, fast-moving core shedding particles into the wake. …”
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Temperature-dependent ultrafast carrier and phonon dynamics of topological insulator Bi1.5Sb0.5Te1.8Se1.2 by Cheng, Liang, La-o-vorakiat, Chan, Tang, Chi Sin, Nair, Saritha K., Xia, Bin, Wang, Lan, Zhu, Jian-Xin, Chia, Elbert E. M.

“…By using the two-temperature model, we are able to attribute the fast (∼ps) relaxation component to carrier-phonon coupling involving carriers in the conduction band. …”
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