How in-person conversations shape political polarization: quasi-experimental evidence from a nationwide initiative by Fang, X, Heuser, S, Stötzer, LS

“…We find asymmetric effects: conversations with like-minded individuals caused political views to become more extreme (ideological polarization); by contrast, conversations with contrary-minded individuals did not lead to a convergence of political views, but significantly reduced negative beliefs and attitudes toward ideological out-group members (affective polarization), while also improving perceived social cohesion more generally. …”

Rage against the authority machines: how to design artificial moral advisors for moral enhancement by Landes, E, Voinea, C, Uszkai, R

“…We then shift focus to the epistemology of moral advice and show when and under what conditions moral advice can lead to enhancement. We argue that people’s motivational dispositions are enhanced by inspiring people to act morally, instead of merely telling them how to act. …”

Hazlitt and the critique of idolatry by Carver, D

“…The example of Hazlitt suggests that unflinching criticism of idols need not lead to intellectual or political sterility.…”

Analyzing Malaysian Manufacturing Firm’s Flexibility and New Product Performance by Teoh, Bak Aun, Abu, Noor Hidayah

“…This paper provides some insight into the definitions of manufacturing flexibility and its importance and impact of integrating flexibility in Malaysia manufacturing industries context that lead to successful new product performance…”
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Creation of a sensor to measure strain of highly deformable solids by Serjouei, Ahmad

“…On most helicopters and fixed wing airplanes, there are other flight critical components that are not made of metal and composites, but made of rubber such as rubber bearings, rubber lead-lag dampers and rubber engine mounts which also require stress monitoring. …”
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Lithium-doped two-dimensional perovskite scintillator for wide-range radiation detection by Xie, Aozhen, Hettiarachchi, Chathuranga, Maddalena, Francesco, Witkowski, Marcin E., Makowski, Michal, Drozdowski, Winicjusz, Arramel, Arramel, Wee, Andrew T. S., Springham, Stuart Victor, Vuong, Phan Quoc, Kim, Hong Joo, Dujardin, Christophe, Coquet, Philippe, Birowosuto, Muhammad Danang, Dang, Cuong

“…Two-dimensional lead halide perovskites have demonstrated their potential as high-performance scintillators for X- and gamma-ray detection, while also being low-cost. …”
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Improved mobility and photovoltaic performance of two-dimensional Ruddlesden−Popper (ThMA)₂(MA)₂M₃I₁₀ perovskites applied in perovskite solar cells by Sun, Ping-Ping, Kripalani, Devesh Raju, Chi, Weijie

“…Notably, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 2DRP (ThMA)2(MA)2Pb3I10 perovskite is up to19%. However, lead pollution is still a problem that may hinder the development and widespread use of (ThMA)2(MA)2Pb3I10 perovskites. …”
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Luteolin escape mutants of dengue virus map to prM and NS2B and reveal viral plasticity during maturation by Vasudevan, Subhash G., Peng, Minhua, Swarbrick, Crystall Marie Dawn, Chan, Kitti Wing-Ki, Luo, Dahai, Zhang, Wei, Lai, Xiaoping, Li, Geng

“…Nucleotide sequence analysis of the luteolin-resistant escape mutants revealed nucleotide changes that lead to amino acid substitutions in the prM (T79R) and NS2B (I114M) genes. …”
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Are You Your Friends’ Friend? Poor Perception of Friendship Ties Limits the Ability to Promote Behavioral Change by Almaatouq, Abdullah, Radaelli, Laura, Pentland, Alex, Shmueli, Erez

“…Moreover, we find that people are typically poor at perceiving the directionality of their friendship ties and that this can significantly limit their ability to engage in cooperative arrangements. This could lead to failures in establishing compatible norms, acting together, finding compromise solutions, and persuading others to act. …”
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Speed-flow models for Singapore downtown ring roads by Leo, Joseph Hee Chiang

“…Overall, having a greater number of lanes and does lead to a better development of steady state flow conditions. …”
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Autonomous vehicle testbed (part 2) by Ang, Zhan Phung

“…However, there are limited study on the attacks on sensor data, where small changes to the system’s environment would lead to safety and security implications. This project will construct a testbed to capture the simulated environment LGSVL sensor data and perform adversarial perturbation to allow the autonomous vehicle platform Apollo to misclassify traffic lights. …”
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Christianity’s role in colonial and revolutionary Haiti 1 (Article Commentary) by Edwards, Erica Johnson

“…On October 26, 2020, the US Senate confirmed Amy Coney-Barrett’s nomination to the US Supreme Court. In the lead up to her confirmation, while senators and the media focused heavily on her Catholic faith, some on social media drew attention to the two Haitian children she and her husband adopted following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.2 The connections between Coney-Barret’s Christianity and the Haitian earthquake recalled Pat Robertson’s controversial claim that the earthquake was caused by a Haitian “pact with the devil” during the Haitian Revolution.3 Whatever else one might say about Robertson’s comments, they show his ignorance of the important but little-known role Christianity and the Catholic clergy played in eighteenth-century colonial Haiti.…”
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Design of transport services as mobility as a service with hyperledger blockchain (A) by Wong, Weng Soon

“…This prevents any single company to become the dominant market leader which may lead to a lack of competition in the market. The use of blockchain technology which offers decentralised and transparency solutions will help to resolve issues pertaining to it. …”
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Process optimization and microstructure study of laser powder bed fusion processed Custom 465 steel by K. Selvakumar

“…This is an ongoing project, and the author hopes the information and suggestions provided here would eventually, lead this project to completion.…”
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Removal of calcium and magnesium ions by biochar adsorption by Yaw, Hwee Sin

“…The rapid growth of the economy leads to problems caused by urbanisation, industrialization, and agricultural practices. …”
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Use of forecasting techniques in automobile sales by Cheong, Wei Chin.

“…This yields accuracy and dependability for forecasting engineering product demands as most engineering products have their own development cycles and patterns that lead to design improvement and innovation.…”
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Understanding the toxicological effects of nanoparticles extracted from sunscreens on human keratinocytes and skin explants by Kwek, Darien Yu De

“…While convenient, this approach is not realistic as the complex sunscreen formulation environment could transform the physicochemical properties of the nanoparticles and lead to vastly different toxicological outcomes. …”
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Modelling and control of isolated wind turbines by Sampath Kumar Praveen.

“…Here the pulse width modulation-voltage source inverter( PWM-VSI) configuration was made to act as a capacitor by forcing the output current of the inverter to lead by ninty degrees (phase) to its output voltage. …”
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Fear and attraction : two sides of the same coin? by Muhammad Hidayat Isnin.

“…Fear and attraction are functional behaviours selected by evolution due to their contributions in the survival of an animal species. Fear leads to avoidance from aversions such as predators whereas attraction results in close proximity to food and mates. …”
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An experimental investigation of vibration testing of aircraft wing structure by Chew, Chor Loon.

“…The importance of obtaining its vibration characteristics such as the natural frequencies and mode shapes of the aircraft wing structure to prevent flutter phenomena that can eventually lead to structural failure is also reviewed. After reviewing the vibration-related theories, experimental studies were carried out on the wing structure of the A4 Sky Hawk aircraft. …”
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