The cancellation heuristic in intertemporal choice shifts people's time preferences by Sengupta, Arjun, Savani, Krishna

“…Given diminishing marginal utility, we hypothesized that people would perceive an identical difference between the smaller earlier reward and the larger later reward as being subjectively greater when both amounts are smaller in magnitude, thereby increasing the relative attractiveness of the larger later reward in the partition condition. …”
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Evaluating the effect of n-butanol additive on particulate matter emission in diesel engine by Zhu, Qiren, Zong, Yichen, Tan, Yong Ren, Lyu, Jieyao, Yu, Wenbin, Yang, Wenming, Kraft, Markus

“…The result of FTIR spectra shows that the aromatic C[dbnd]C functional group has the highest signal intensity when the engine is fueled with D80B20 and is diffusion combustion dominated.…”
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Engineering pressure retarded osmosis membrane bioreactor (PRO-MBR) for simultaneous water and energy recovery from municipal wastewater by Liu, Shuyue, Song, Weilong, Meng, Manli, Xie, Ming, She, Qianhong, Zhao, Pin, Wang, Xinhua

“…However, PRO-MBR suffered more severe and complex membrane fouling when operated in AL-DS orientation, because the porous support layer was facing sludge mixed liquor. …”
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Cache refinement type for side-channel detection of cryptographic software by Jiang, Ke, Bao, Yuyan, Wang, Shuai, Liu, Zhibo, Zhang, Tianwei

“…In terms of performance, CaType is 16X faster than CacheD and 131X faster than CacheS when analyzing the same libraries. These evaluation results confirm the capability of CaType in identifying side channel defects with great precision, efficiency, and scalability.…”
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Water washing and acid washing of gasification fly ash from municipal solid waste: heavy metal behavior and characterization of residues by Qin, Junde, Zhang, Yunhui, Yi, Yaolin

“…Applying 1.2 M-HCl washing, a short washing period of 15 min could realize a Pb extraction ratio of 81.2%, much higher than 53.2% when extending the washing period to 24 h.…”
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Theory-guided machine learning to predict configurational energies of high distortion alloy systems by Huang, Xufa

“…However, since CE is a lattice-based model, its accuracy is often poor when applied to high-entropy alloys (HEAs) with significant structural distortion. …”
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Nanocomposite foams with balanced mechanical properties and energy return from EVA and CNT for the midsole of sports footwear application by Chang, Boon Peng, Kashcheev, Aleksandr, Veksha, Andrei, Lisak, Grzegorz, Goei, Ronn, Leong, Kah Fai, Tok, Alfred ling Yoong, Lipik, Vitali

“…Our results show that EVA foam incorporated with oxygenated CNT (O-CNT) demonstrated a more pronounced improvement of physical, mechanical, and dynamic impact response properties than acid-purified CNT (A-CNT). When CNT with weight percentage as low as 0.5 wt% was added to the nanocomposites, the physical properties, abrasion resistance, compressive strength, dynamic stiffness, and rebound performance of the EVA foams were improved significantly. …”
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A tight polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membrane fabricated via polyion complex assisted phase inversion for dye desalination by Zhao, Yali, Liao, Yuan, Lai, Gwo Sung, Yin, Yurong, Wang, Rong

“…This resultant membrane exhibited a high pure water permeance of 94 LMH/bar. When it was utilized to separate a dye/salt mixture of 100 ppm Congo red (CR) and 2 g/L Na2SO4 at 1 bar, the rejection of CR could reach 99.7%, alongside a very low Na2SO4 rejection of 8.4%, while the water permeance of dye solution maintained 61 LMH/bar. …”
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State-space-varied moving horizon estimation for real-time PPP in the challenging low-cost antenna and chipset by Liu, Peng, Ling, Keck Voon, Qin, Honglei, Lu, Jun

“…This indicates that the SSV-MHE algorithm can make positioning results of PPP accurate and stable when a low-cost receiver encounters a harsh environment.…”
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Metacognitive bias resulting from trade-off between local and global motion signals by Lee, Alan L. F., Yabuki, Hana, Lee, Isaac C. L., Or, Charles C.-F.

“…Our results suggest that the metacognitive system, when generating confidence for a perceptual task, puts more weights on local than global signals.…”
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Influence of Fe₂O₃ and bacterial biofilms on Cu(II) distribution in a simulated aqueous solution: a feasibility study to sediments in the Pearl River Estuary (PR China) by Kurniawan, Tonni Agustiono, Lo, Waihung, Othman, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan, Liang, Xue, Goh, Hui Hwang, Chew, Kit Wayne

“…A significant inhibition to the bacterial growth took place (p ≤ 0.05; t-test) when Cu(II) concentration was higher than 0.5 mg/L. …”
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Effects of auditory training in older adults by Lai, Yvonne C. Y., Ng, P. S., Chan, Alice Hiu Dan, Wong, Francis C. K.

“…Results: The results showed improvements in auditory and cognitive abilities during the training period. When assessing the training effects by comparing the pre- and the posttraining performances, a significant improvement on the QuickSIN task was found in the training group but not in the other two groups. …”
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Data-driven distributionally robust CVaR portfolio optimization under a regime-switching ambiguity set by Pun, Chi Seng, Wang, Tianyu, Yan, Zhenzhen

“…We prove that the approach can include the underlying distribution with a high probability when the sample size is larger than a quantitative bound, from which we further analyze the quality of the obtained portfolio. …”
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Design and fabrication of soft sensors with conductive thermoplastic polyurethane by Cui, Honglin

“…An optimized sensor design is achieved, which can generate a drastic 42% drop in resistance under an even force of 50N. When it is applied on the gripper’s surface, it is also observed that a similar 42% drop in resistance is present on the directly fabricated sensor. …”
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Organic solvent-assisted control of hydrogel structures and properties by Zhou, Quan

“…This became possible for the following two reasons: 1) the addition of ethanol makes SA solution exhibit the upper critical solution temperature (UCST) behavior in which gelation occurred when the temperature was reduced below the sol-to-gel transition temperature, and 2) the presence of ethanol significantly increased the viscosity of SA solution and enhanced its shear-thinning feature, thus making it ideal for 3D printing. …”
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Overcoming thermal quenching in X-ray scintillators through multi-excited state switching by Wang, Min, Zhang, Zhongbo, Lyu, Jing, Qiu, Jian, Gu, Chang, Zhao, He, Wang, Tao, Ren, Yiwen, Yang, Shuo-Wang, Xu, Guo Qin, Liu, Xiaogang

“…Despite their widespread utility, scintillator development faces a significant hurdle when exposed to elevated temperatures, as it usually results in reduced scintillation efficiency and diminished luminescence output. …”
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Numerical simulation of effective heat recapture ammonia pyrolysis system for hydrogen energy by Lim, Jian Tiong, Ng, Eddie Yin Kwee, Saeedipour, Hamid, Lee, Hiang Kwee

“…The conversion is maintained at 94% to 97% when lower activation energy is applied via a ruthenium-based catalyst. …”
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Exploring gunshot residue detection in fingerprints by functionalized particle-coupled matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry by Adav, Sunil S., Tan, Crystal Yan Wen, Low, Choon Teck, Loo, Song Wei, Ridhwan Yusoff, Gautam, Archana, Yong, Yuk Lin, Yang, Chiew Yung, Lim, Chin Chin, Ng, Kee Woei

“…This technique provides enhanced sensitivity, speed, and adaptability compared to conventional methods, making it a promising choice for initial detection of GSR in latent fingerprints. Moreover, when subjected to thorough analysis using advanced instruments, it has the potential to significantly strengthen the probative value of fingerprint evidence in forensic investigations.…”
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Quad-faceted feature-based graph network for domain-agnostic text classification to enhance learning effectiveness by Supraja, S., Khong, Andy Wai Hoong

“…Experiment results show that the proposed model outperforms in terms of macroaverage F1 score when compared with existing deep learning techniques. …”
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USRP-based wireless communication demonstrations for capacity improvement: from coding and waveform design perspectives by Liu, Yile

“…Unlike the design of receivers and transmitters, channel conditions influence the performance of a communication system as part of the real physical environment. When examining the traditional coding methods for the AWGN channel, it is also essential to consider another typical form of channel fading in nature—block fading. …”
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