READY PLAYER ONE / by Cline, Ernest, author 655943

“…And then Wade stumbles onto the key to the first puzzle. Suddenly, he finds himself pitted against thousands of competitors in a desperate race to claim the ultimate prize, a chase that soon takes on terrifying real-world dimensions - and that will leave both Wade and his world profoundly changed.…”

Green human resources in higher education institutions: a systematic literature review by Zuria Akmal, Saad, Muhammad Ashraf, Fauzi, Laili, Zulkepeli, Moshood, Taofeeq D., Suhaidah, Hussain

“…Several research streams were identified: (1) academic and non-academic GHRM, (2) theoretical foundation, (3) qualitative and quantitative studies, and (4) green training and development. Findings: This review discovered that GHRM implementation in HEIs leads to better sustainability efforts within academic institutions. …”
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ESL writing anxiety: Insights from diploma engineering students by Nurul Nadia, Muhammad, Rosnani, Ismail, Siti Norzaimalina, Abd Majid

“…It was also indicated that fear of the teacher’s negative comments, linguistic difficulties and pressure for perfect work are the top 3 factors contributing to the students’ writing anxiety. The findings of this study may alert English language instructors of the negative effects of writing anxiety, and the need for differential instructional methods and materials to support highly anxious writers to gradually improve their writing skill performance.…”
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Homebuyer complaints during defect liability period: Critical analysis of individual presumptions, defect discovery and post-rectifications factors by Mohd Saufi, ., Liyana, Mohamed Yusof, Rahimi, A. Rahman

“…Originality/value: To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to quantitatively investigate factors leading to homebuyers’ complaints during DLP. The study findings offer a new perspective for policymakers in the development of housing regulations.…”
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Investigation of the Association between Air Pollution and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in the European Population: A Mendelian Randomization Study by Yang, Jing, Zhang, Yaqi, Yuan, Yin, Xie, Zhongyang, Li, Lanjuan

“…In validation sets, the null associations remained in UVMR. Our findings from MR analysis using genetic data did not provide evidence for a causal association between air pollution and NAFLD in the European population. …”
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The Inspiration Design Toolkit: A Human-Centered Design Tool for a System Engineering Course by Lee, Sheng-Hung, Yang, Maria C, Carramolino, Beatriz, Rudnik, John

“…We discuss how these findings may help educators consider critical design principles and for creating a digital self-learning toolkit connected to the course content and increasing its content adaptability.…”
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Objects of Collaboration: Roles of Objects in Spanning Knowledge Boundaries in a Design Company by Brubaker, Eric R, Sheppard, Sheri D, Hinds, Pamela J, Yang, Maria C

“…We collected observations of 70 cross-functional meetings and 52 interviews across functional groups during the development of complex turbomachinery products. Our findings include three roles of objects of collaboration: routinizing cross-boundary interaction, translating information across boundaries, and motivating joint negotiation or discovery. …”
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Gender Perspectives on Role Models: Insights from STEM Students and Professionals by Tal, Marina, Lavi, Rea, Reiss, Shari, Dori, Yehudit Judy

“…The most frequent characteristics women mentioned were empathic and encouraging. The research findings support and align with the social cognitive career theory (SCCT), demonstrating how role modeling, which is part of the environmental theme, boosts intrinsic motivation—part of the personal theme, for individuals in STEM, especially women. …”
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Contraction theory for nonlinear stability analysis and learning-based control: A tutorial overview by Tsukamoto, Hiroyasu, Chung, Soon-Jo, Slotine, Jean-Jaques E.

“…In particular, we provide a detailed review of techniques for finding contraction metrics and associated control and estimation laws using deep neural networks.…”
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Gender differences in the user satisfaction and service quality improvement priority of public transit bus system in Porto Alegre and Fortaleza, Brazil by Zheng, Yunhan, Kong, Hui, Petzhold, Guillermo, Barcelos, Mariana M, Zegras, Christopher P, Zhao, Jinhua

“…The random forest method is applied to determine the attribute importance, which captures both the non-linear and asymmetry influences of the service attributes on riders’ overall satisfaction. Our findings show that the gender difference exists in terms of both the importance type and the improvement priority of the attributes. …”
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Application of finite Gaussian process distribution of relaxation times on SOFC electrodes by Williams, Nicholas J, Osborne, Conor, Seymour, Ieuan D, Bazant, Martin Z, Skinner, Stephen J

“…Using a nonparametric tool known as Gaussian process (GP) regression, we showcase a method of finding a unique solution to the ill-posed DRT problem by optimising kernel hyperparameters as opposed to ad-hoc regularisation. …”
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Phonetic Faithfulness in Phonological Opacity by Kim, Yeong-Joon

“…This dissertation presents a novel approach to phonological opacity, which is grounded in new findings regarding substantive restrictions on the patterns of opaque interactions. …”
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Protocol for a scoping review on information needs and information-seeking behaviour of people with dementia and their non-professional caregivers by Au, Shu Ting, Soong, Aijia, Kyaw, Bhone Myint, Tudor Car, Lorainne

“…We will present our findings at relevant conferences and will submit them for publication in peer-reviewed journals.…”
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Situational awareness (perception) assessment of ATC monitoring via brain eye measures by Lai, Marissa Shi Lin

“…While much work has already been done in studying situational awareness, the increasing availability of modern tools has opened up possibilities for new research techniques which could uncover new insights to enhance current findings. Eye tracking has been widely used in the field of situational awareness for air traffic control and there has been some separate studies that used electroencephalogram data. …”
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Encapsulation of probiotics for food and beverage applications by Ang, Kai Lin

“…Findings from this study have also found that the viability of probiotics is more well maintained when stored in refrigerated conditions than in room temperature conditions over 14 days. …”
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Improvement of soil quality and optimisation of plant growth with biochar by Loh, Katriel Wenshu

“…The findings of the experiment also indicate that adding biochar in lead-contaminated soils may not help to reduce the uptake of lead into Choy Sum in the quest to make it safe for consumption. …”
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Optimising public transit using big data and machine learning by Lee, Kelvin

“…In the first part of the thesis, we explore a predictive optimisation framework that employs machine learning techniques to forecast passenger demand, which are then used to optimise a demand-responsive transit service. Our findings demonstrate that using the predictive optimisation framework results in superior and more resilient solutions than relying on point estimates. …”
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Enhancement of refrigerant-side condensation heat transfer performance of additively-manufactured air-cooled heat exchangers by Goh, Chok Khai

“…This report presents both experimental findings to validate the efficacy of heat transfer enhancement techniques of a novel air-cooled heat exchanger, as well as simulation findings to evaluate the heat transfer performance of a novel micro-channel design. …”
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Persuasion for protection: an analysis of online safety videos on YouTube by Huang, Liuyu, Goh, Dion Hoe-Lian, Yin, Stella Xin

“…Guided by the prospect theory and exemplification theory, different persuasive features employed in the PSAs were sought. Findings: The findings highlight that the primary focus of these PSAs is on online safety behaviors and general instructions on online hygiene. …”
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Report for project A1017-101on hybrid solar PV thermal (PVT) system using a tracking solar trough I by Cheung, Wai Kin.

“…This report is an attempt to illustrate the author‘s experience in constructing a functioning prototype of a Hybrid Solar Sun Trough and present the results and findings through the studies conducted using the prototype. …”
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