Keep your money, lose your “friend” : the moderating role of money in effects of social loneliness on anthropomorphism by Tan, Kian Leong

“…One line of research suggests that when people feel lonely, they may engage in anthropomorphic processes to satisfy their need to create social connection. …”
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Library cafes : next logical step by Pierce, William

“…But now, in the more relaxed, unencumbered age in which we live traditional library customs and practices once held sacrosanct are being re-evaluated in relation to the bottom line. And the bottom line, at least as far as public libraries are concerned, is getting more people to use the library.…”
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Noise coupling analysis in integrated circuit packaging by Fernandus, Wylie

“…The impedance of the transmission line is exceptionally significant, as if any mismatch on the transmission line, the quality of the signal will be affected negatively. …”
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Non-abelian representations of some sporadic geometries by Ivanov, Alexander A., Pasechnik, Dmitrii V., Shpectorov, Sergey V.

“…For a point-line incidence system S =(P, L) with three points per line we define the universal representation group of S asR(S)= 〈zp, p∈P|zp^2=1 for p∈P,zp zq zr = 1 for {p,q,r} ∈ L〉We prove that if G is the 2-local parabolic geometry of the sporadic simple group F1(the Monster) or F2(the Baby Monster) thenR(G)≅F1or 2·F2, respectively.…”
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Counterexample computation in compositional nonblocking verification by Malik, Robi, Ware, Simon

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Stabilization of frequency in multi-microgrid system using barnacle mating optimizer-based cascade controllers by Peddakapu, kurukuri, Srinivasarao, P., Mohd Rusllim, Mohamed, Arya, Yogendra, Krishna Kishore, Dokala Janandra

“…This paper presents a new control strategy in multi-microgrid system for supressing the variations of frequency and of tie-line power flow due to intermittent nature of renewable sources and frequently varying load demands. …”
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Evaporation of a sessile droplet on flat surfaces: an axisymmetric lattice Boltzmann model with consideration of contact angle hysteresis by Zhang, Chaoyang, Zhang, Hui, Zhang, Xuan, Yang, Chun, Cheng, Ping

“…Here, we propose an axisymmetric lattice Boltzmann (LB) model to simulate the dynamics of contact line motion during sessile droplet evaporation on a flat heated surface, taking contact angle hysteresis into consideration. …”
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Reliable environmental trace heavy metal analysis with potentiometric ion sensor - reality or a distant dreams by Lisak, Grzegorz

“…In the future, targeted on-site and on-line environmental sensors should be developed, addressing specific environmental conditions. …”
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Optimal location queries on road network by Vu, Minh Tam

“…Solutions to two variants of optimal location queries, Competitive Location and Min Sum Location, are discussed in this report. …”
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The effect of food deprivation on the rate of sulfamethazine elimination in goats by Abdullah, A.S., Baggot, J.D.

“…This decreased from 2.26±0.28 ml/min· kg ( {Mathematical expression} ±SD, n=6) in the control group to 1.16±0.54 ml/min·kg in the fasting group (p<0.01). …”
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Dynamic prediction of the incident duration using adaptive feature set by Ghosh, Banishree, Muhammad Tayyab Asif, Dauwels, Justin, Fastenrath, Ulrich, Guo, Hongliang

“…Moreover, for longer duration incidents (greater than 65 min), prediction improves significantly with time. …”
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Jamming-based covert communication for rate-splitting multiple access by Nguyen, Trung Thanh, Luong, Nguyen Cong, Feng, Shaohan, Elbassioni, Khaled, Niyato, Dusit

“…Additionally, it is observed through simulation that RSMA can achieve up to three times better than non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) in terms of min-rate.…”
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‘On-demand’ soft tissue adhesives by Mogal, Vishal Tukaram

“…The functionalized alkyl and aryl diazirine polyester films when tested for shear adhesion to ex-vivo swine aorta tissues, showed 450±50 mN/cm2 and 476±50 mN/cm2 adhesion strength when activated for 10 min and 2 min respectively using 0.5±0.1 mW/cm2 UV light of 365 nm. …”
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Applying liquisolid technique to enhance curcumin solubility: a central composite design study by Aghajanpour, Sareh, Yousefi Jordehi, Shabnam, Farmoudeh, Ali, Negarandeh, Reza, Lam, Matthew, Ebrahimnejad, Pedram, Nokhodchi, Ali

“…Experimental results confirmed the formulation’s effectiveness, with a marked reduction in the time to dissolve 63.2% of the drug to 165 min, compared to 300 min for conventional formulations. …”
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Thermo-catalytic decomposition of cotton seed press cake over nickel doped zeolite Y, hydrogen: enhanced yield of bio-oil with highly selective fuel-range hydrocarbons by Afraz, Marrij, Nisar, Jan, Shah, Afzal, Ali, Ghulam, Muhammad, Faisal, Anwar, Farooq, Wan Abdul Karim Ghani, Wan Azlina

“…Employing Kissinger model, activation energy (Ea) and frequency factor (A) for various components of biomass i.e., hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin were calculated as 83.14 kJ mol−1, 99.76 kJ mol−1, 124.71 kJ mol−1 and 1.9 × 107 min−1, 1.0 × 108 min−1, 1.0 × 1010 min−1, respectively. …”
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Stability studies of papaya pectinesterase by Asbi, B.A, Ghazali, H.M, Yaakob, Che Man, Selamat, Jinap

“…After heating al 60°C for 5 min. 65 6 and 82% activity still remained at pH 4 and pH 7-5. respectively. …”
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A novel bearingless interior permanent magnet slice motor for pump* by Kant, Krishan, Weinreb, Benjamin S., Hegy, Michael, Gartner, Mark, Trumper, David L.

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Time-certified Input-constrained NMPC via Koopman Operator by Wu, Liang, Ganko, Krystian, Braatz, Ricahrd D

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3D object detection for autonomous vehicle by Wang, Yihan

“…3D object detection plays an important role in autonomous driving, while most state-of-the-art researches are developed based on 64-line LiDARs. However, the cost of high-resolution LiDARs are several magnitude higher than the low- resolution applied LiDARs on the makes the current research majority of low-cost robotics hard to be widely platforms. …”
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Design of a mechatronic system using Arduino Uno by Chong, Kok Leong

“…Therefore, this Final Year Project (FYP) aims to create a Line-Following robot using Arduino Uno that can autonomously pick up boxes autonomously in a warehouse. …”
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