Current affairs: a security measurement study of CCS EV charging deployments by Szakály, M, Köhler, S, Martinovic, I

“…In our evaluation, we examine 325 chargers manufactured between April 2013 and June 2023, and installed as late as May 2024 by 26 manufacturers across 4 European countries. We find that only 12% of the charging stations we analyzed implement TLS at all, leaving all others vulnerable to attacks that have already been demonstrated many years ago. …”

Advancing nature-based solutions through enhanced soil health monitoring in the United Kingdom by Giuliani, LM, Warner, E, Campbell, GA, Lynch, J, Smith, AC, Smith, P

“…This paper examines challenges and opportunities in selecting suitable soil health metrics. We find that standardisation can facilitate widespread monitoring of soil health, with benefits for stakeholders and user groups. …”

Quantum oscillations probe the Fermi surface topology of the nodal-line semimetal CaAgAs by Kwan, Y, Reiss, P, Han, Y, Bristow, M, Prabhakaran, D, Graf, D, McCollam, A, Ashok Parameswaran, S, Coldea, A

“…Our results are compared with calculations for a toroidal Fermi surface originating from the nodal ring. We find evidence of a nontrivial π phase shift only in one of the oscillatory frequencies. …”

Variation in the social composition of the uk academic elite: the underlay of the two – or three – cultures? by Bukodi, E, Goldthorpe, J

“…Snow’s discussion of the social underlay of the cultural disjunction that he saw between the natural sciences and the humanities, while also considering how the social sciences fit in. We find that there is support for Snow’s position at the time of his writing. …”

Emergent constraints indicate slower increases in future global evapotranspiration by Chai, Y, Yue, Y, Slater, L, Miao, C

“…Combining multiple observational datasets into a Hierarchical Emergent Constraint framework, we find the raw CMIP6 models overestimate future annual ET growth rates. …”

Turner‚ Bird‚ Eratosthenes: the eternal burning thread by Gibbons, J

“…He observed that most programs are already structurally recursive or corecursive, therefore guaranteed respectively terminating or productive; he conjectured that “with more practice we will find this is always true”. We explore Bird’s circular Sieve of Eratosthenes as a challenge problem for Turner’s Total Functional Programming.…”

The effect of inter-municipal cooperation on social assistance programs: evidence from housing allowances in England by Elston, T, Bel, G, Wang, H

“…Using coarsened exact matching and stacked difference-in-differences estimators, we find no evidence of short-term savings after cooperation, and only weak indications thereafter. …”

Can solar water kiosks generate sustainable revenue streams for rural water services? by Wagner, J, Merner, S, Innocenti, S, Geling, A, Hope, R

“…Average revenues increase four-fold indicating stronger financial performance with solar kiosks. In contrast, we find no significant increase in the volume of water people use when a handpump is upgraded to a solar kiosk. …”

Unveiling the importance of longer paths in quantum networks by Hu, X, Dong, G, Lambiotte, R, Christensen, K, Fan, J, Tian, Z, Havlin, S, Meng, X

“…Here, we apply statistical physics to identify the origin of this stronger connectivity—known as concurrence percolation. Our finding is demonstrated on hierarchical scale-free networks, the (U,V) flowers, which allow full analytical control over path connectivity by adjusting the two distinct path length scales, U ≤ V. …”

Can large language model agents simulate human trust behaviors? by Xie, C, Chen, C, Jia, F, Ye, Z, Shu, K, Bibi, A, Hu, Z, Torr, P, Ghanem, B, Li, G

“…In this paper, we focus on one of the most critical behaviors in human interactions, trust, and aim to investigate whether or not LLM agents can simulate human trust behaviors. We first find that LLM agents generally exhibit trust behaviors, referred to as agent trust, under the framework of Trust Games, which are widely recognized in behavioral economics. …”

Optimal mobility and communication strategy to maximize the value of information in IoT networks by Wang, Z, Badiu, M-A, Coon, JP

“…We formulate this optimisation problem as a Markov decision process, and propose a reinforcement learning-based algorithm to find the VoIaware mobility and communication strategy efficiently. …”

Problems of the public good in higher education: building the common amid sovereign individualism, capital and the state by Marginson, S

“…Anglophone societies in which the sovereign individual is primary vis and vis social relations, and policy focuses on economic competition and consumption in education, find it hard to grasp non-pecuniary outcomes in higher education. …”

Quantifying the Evolutionary Dynamics of Structure and Content in Closely Related E. coli Genomes by Molari, M, Shaw, LP, Neher, RA

“…Within this diversity, we find 22 modifications to core genome synteny and estimate around 2,000 structural changes within the accessory genome, i.e. one structural change for every three core genome substitutions. …”

Forecasting green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) landing in Sarawak using grey model by Abang Mohammad Hudzaifah Abang Shakawi, Ani Shabri, Ruhana Hassan

“…The model also suggested that the current conditions will likely increase turtle landings. This approach will find useful applications in evaluating the conservation status of the species.…”
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Mitigation measures for delay in dam’s project - A case study in Pakistan by Sohoo, Shujauddin, Syed Mohamad, Syed Burhanuddin Hilmi, Yunus, Riduan, Ahmed Memon, Mansoor

“…The main purpose of this research is to find out the significant factors which contribute construction delay in dam projects of Pakistan. …”
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Exploring the interaction between learning styles and mathematics anxiety among secondary school students: a correlational study in southern Malaysia by Ahmad Fuad Khoo, Nur Aini Khoo, Jamaluddin, Nurdiana Yasmin, Osman, Sharifah, Achmad Buchori, Achmad Buchori

“…Hence, this study helps the students to embrace and improve their learning styles to minimize the level of anxiety towards mathematics, while the teachers may find it useful in guiding the students to control their mathematics anxiety.…”
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团派与中共派系政治 = “Tuan Pai” and factionalism in Chinese politics by 卢凌之 Lu, Lingzhi

“…The conclusion of the thesis suggests that TuanPai is a loosely structured group of politicians with many sub-factions such as Ling Jihua Clique. TuanPai and its sub clique serves to consolidate Hu’s power base in CPC political system where authority is yet sufficiently institutionalized. …”
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Efficient algorithms for embedded optimisation-based control by Dang, Van Thuy

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Pattern of the strings of the n -th order limit language by Siti Hajar, Mohd Khairuddin, Muhammad Azrin, Ahmad, Noraziah, Adzhar

“…Therefore, the study is aimed to find out the pattern of the string when finite initial strings is considered and its relation to the n-th order limit language.…”
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An analytical analysis of mixed convective MHD casson flow with ramped wall temperature by Husna Izzati, Osman, Zulkhibri, Ismail, Nur Fatihah, Mod Omar, Vieru, Dumitru, Mahadzir, S, Sibaroni, Y., Riauan, M. A. I

“…In practical applications, non-Newtonian fluids find use in lubrication such as grease, engine oil, etc. …”
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