Come and tell mama : the socialization of anger through talk by Sharifah Adibah Binte Syed Zainal

“…Conducted in the home setting, the dyads were prompted to discuss anger-related events without restrictions to topic and time. Findings reveal that mothers evaluated anger and its associated behavioural expression negatively. …”
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Exploring RNA interference for effective mosquito vector control by Govintharam Velu

“…We also conducted a preliminary study on the effects of soaking mosquito larvae in siRNA of different fragments the IAP1 gene. Our findings revealed that both the dsRNA treatment and siRNA soaking did not have significant effects on the mortality of mosquito larvae.…”
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Analysing transformative local leadership in Indonesia by Arifianto, Alexander Raymond

“…This report profiles a number of Indonesian local transformative leaders, most notably Surabaya Mayor Tri Rismaharini and Bandung Mayor Ridwan Kamil. The report finds a number of characteristics that helped them to become transformative local leaders, including: an ability to develop popular legitimacy among their citizens, independence from political parties, ability to promote innovative policy to reform local public services, having strong political networks with senior politicians and other stakeholders, an ability to handle setbacks, and having political pragmatism. …”
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Propagative plasmons in graphene investigated by simulation method and infrared spectroscopy by Legrand, David

“…Before achieving these active device, a crucial challenge remains : finding a platform enabling a high propagation of Graphene Plasmons Polaritons (GPPs). …”
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Improving the strength and microstructure of reactive magnesia based concrete blocks by Pu, Liyun

“…In all studies, the performance and microstructure of reactive MgO cement were investigated by various methods. The presented findings did not only facilitate the understanding and controlling of the properties that affect the performance and microstructure of MgO cement-based mixes, but also demonstrated the potential of commercial MgO cement-based concrete.…”
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The effects of gender and gain versus loss frame on processing breast cancer screening messages by Kim, Hyo Jung

“…In contrast, gain frame was more effective for men in increasing their memory of the BCS messages than loss frame. The findings provided practical implications for health communication practitioners in how to strategically use gain versus loss framing in accordance with their target population.…”
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Improving achievable rate for the two-user SISO interference channel with improper Gaussian signaling by Zeng, Yong, Gunawan, Erry, Guan, Yong Liang, Zhang, Rui, Yetis, Cenk M.

“…The additional degree of freedom given by the pseudo-covariance, which is conventionally set to be zero for the case of proper Gaussian signaling, provides an opportunity to improve the achievable rate by employing the improper Gaussian signaling. Since finding the optimal solution for the joint covariance matrix and pseudo-covariance matrix optimization is difficult, we propose a sub-optimal but efficient algorithm by separately optimizing these two sets of parameters. …”
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Combining student-generated digital videos and intercultural group assessment to foster education for social justice in business and management schools: transforming students’ lear... by Meletiadou, Eleni

“…Students often complain about lecturers' use of monotonous final written assignments that discriminate against certain students, i.e. international, mature, multilingual and low-achieving students. The findings showed that IGA provided students with an opportunity to develop their intercultural competence, negotiation and teamwork skills. …”
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Emotions shape attitudes towards wolf conservation management in the Italian Alps by Trebo, S, Cary, E, Wartmann, FM

“…We found that anger and fascination were significant predictors for attitudes towards management, but that fear, factual knowledge, education level and connectedness to nature were not. Our findings support further stakeholder engagement to take seriously and address the range of emotions of stakeholders that impact public support for wolf management and co-existence in the cultural landscapes of the Italian Alps.…”

Intraindividual dynamics of primary school students’ executive functioning: accuracy and response-time by Malmberg, L-E, Lo, H, Heemskerk, C, Esser, P, Dawes, H, Claudia, R

“…Specifying Residual Dynamic Structural Equation Models (RDSEM) novel findings emerged. Children became less accurate and respond faster over time. …”

Direct specification of lymphatic endothelium from mesenchymal progenitors by Lupu, I, Grainger, DE, Kirschnick, N, Weischer, S, Zhao, E, Martinez-Corral, I, Schoofs, H, Vanhollebeke, M, Jones, G, Godwin, J, Forrow, A, Lahmann, I, Riley, PR, Zobel, T, Alitalo, K, Mäkinen, T, Kiefer, F, Stone, OA

“…Morphometric analyses of early LEC proliferation and migration, and mutants that disrupt lymphatic development supported these findings. Collectively, this work establishes a cellular blueprint for LEC specification and indicates that discrete pools of mesenchymal progenitors can give rise to specialized subtypes of ECs.…”

Neonatal antipredator tactics shape female movement patterns in large herbivores by Atmeh, K, Bonenfant, C, Gaillard, J-M, Droge, E

“…Mothers with hider offspring are unable to exploit environments where the variability of resources occurs at a broad scale, which might alter resource allocation compared with mothers with follower offspring. Our findings reveal that the overlooked neonatal tactic plays a key role for predicting how species are coping with environmental variation.…”

Large and unequal life expectancy declines during the COVID-19 pandemic in India in 2020 by Gupta, A, Hathi, P, Banaji, M, Gupta, P, Kashyap, R, Paikra, V, Sharma, K, Somanchi, A, Sudharsanan, N, Vyas, S

“…Marginalized social groups experienced greater declines than the most privileged social group. These findings uncover large and unequal mortality impacts during the pandemic in the world’s most populous country. …”

Quality over quantity: powering neuroimaging samples in psychiatry by Makowski, C, Nichols, TE, Dale, AM

“…We also provide suggestions for leveraging multiple datasets to inform each other and strengthen our confidence in the generalization of findings to both population-level and clinical samples. …”

A comparison of content learning outcomes between Japanese and English medium instruction by Aizawa, I, Rose, H, McKinley, J, Thompson, G

“…While the quantitative results revealed no significant overall differences in the adjusted post-test scores between EMI and JMI students, the qualitative data offered more detailed insight into the participants’ perspectives of content learning, highlighting unique challenges faced only by the EMI group. Findings point to implications for educational provision in contexts where the global trend of EMI has largely been unaccompanied with research evidence on its cost-effectiveness.…”

‘I don’t care who joins my choir’: investigating attitudes to diversity and inclusivity in lower- and upper-voice choirs in the United Kingdom by MacGregor, E

“…In this article, we draw on the findings of a recent online survey of 907 participants in mixed-, lower-, and upper-voice choirs to examine the factors underlying these issues. …”

English medium instruction, EAP/ESP: exploring overlap and divergences in research aims by Macaro, E, Aizawa, I

“…We additionally examined research settings and participants across these studies. Our findings revealed a spectrum of research questions with largely distinct areas of research interest and considerable differences in research settings. …”

Estimating evolutionary and demographic parameters via ARG-derived IBD by Huang, Z, Kelleher, J, Chan, Y, Balding, D

“…Computational cost limits model complexity in our approach, but we are able to incorporate unknown nuisance parameters and model misspecification, still finding improved parameter inference.…”

“But some were more equal than others:” exploring inequality at Neolithic Çatalhöyük by Twiss, KC, Bogaard, A, Haddow, S, Milella, M, Taylor, JS, Veropoulidou, R, Kay, K, Knüsel, CJ, Tsoraki, C, Vasić, M, Pearson, J, Busacca, G, Mazzucato, C, Pochron, S

“…We perceive broadly similar access to staple foods, but not to goods less directly related to survival; relatively elevated income inequality during the middle portion of the site’s occupation, plausibly deliberately tamped down; and no evidence for institutionalized or lasting economic or social inequality. These findings shed light on Neolithic social dynamics and also contribute to broader discussions of inequality and the social ramifications of early agropastoralism. …”

Mitigating the challenges of distribution shift under strong computational constraints by Botos, C

“…The thesis also extends its investigation to online continual learning with label delay, proposing a novel approach to address the challenges of evolving data distributions and delayed feedback. The findings have significant implications beyond vision tasks, with the potential to impact a wide range of real-world applications. …”