Mechanical problem solving by plush-crested jays: are tools special after all? by Lois-Milevicich, J, Rat-Fischer, L, de la Colina, MA, Gómez, RO, Reboreda, JC, Kacelnik, A

“…This association, however, is not known to be causally determinant of tool-related competence since flexibility and innovativeness are often observed in the absence of tool use and vice versa. …”

The need for regulation: permissive governance and disproportionate use of live facial recognition technology by the Metropolitan Police Service by Croker, JT

“…MPS invokes the language of human rights in justifying their use of LFR, without ensuring appropriate safeguards are in place to protect rights and prevent widespread surveillance. The MPS has used LFR since 2016, and this use threatens the enjoyment of a range of protected rights, including Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the protection of private and family life). …”

Submerged past: dam construction and cultural heritage protection policy in Iran by Rouhani, B, Nazari, F

“…Throughout its history, the region has implemented various water management solutions, including dams, qanats, and reservoirs, all contributing to Iran’s diverse cultural heritage, with some still in use today. <br> Since the beginning of modern dam construction in the 1950s, Iran has emerged as one of the largest dam builders in Southwest Asia. …”

Spectral variation of normalised laplacian for various network models by Liang, Y.S.J., Chan, K.T., Shah, N.M.

“…Many network models have been proposed to mimic real-world systems when they become too large and complex to be described explicitly. Since the models inherit similar structural properties to the real-world network, by studying their nodes and links, many network properties can be identified. …”
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Single and interval valued neutrosophic group decision making problem based on dynamic programming cluster model by Kanchana, A, Nagarajan, D, Jacob, Kavikumar

“…Making decisions with exact numbers is difficult for decision-makers due to the ambiguity and complexity of reality. Since they cannot be computed directly, the language variables were encoded using single and interval neutrosophic sets. …”
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Civil Disobedience: Concept and Practice by Mohd. Zain, Zawiyah, Yusoff, Moharnrnad Agus

“…However, in practice, civil disobedience has been present in Malaysia since before independence. Therefore, this article takes a broader approach in analysing civil disobedience in Malaysia, with discussion focusing on historical aspects and current practice…”
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Broadcast Yourself via Digital Marketing: A Case Study of ‘Saiful Nang’ (S/O 14903) by Mijan, Rohana, Che Ab Adziz, Aselawati

“…He used all his effort and creativity to generate business from a borrowed camera. Since then, he never looks back, and the CSI flagpole is erected till it victory we feel now. …”
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Controlling Cherenkov angles with resonance transition radiation by Lin, Xiao, Easo, Sajan, Shen, Yichen, Chen, Hongsheng, Zhang, Baile, Joannopoulos, John D., Soljačić, Marin, Kaminer, Ido

“…For example, ring-imaging Cherenkov detectors must employ materials transparent to the frequency of interest as well as possessing permittivities close to unity to identify particles in the multi-gigaelectronvolt range, and thus are often limited to large gas chambers. …”
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Advances in Remanufacturing : Proceedings of the VII International Workshop on Autonomous Remanufacturing / by International Workshop on Autonomous Remanufacturing (7th : 2023 : Caserta, Italy), Fera, Marcello, editor 656030, Caterino, Mario, editor 656031, Macchiaroli, Roberto, editor 656032, Pham, Duc Truong, editor 326888

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A Sufficient Condition for k-Contraction of the Series Connection of Two Systems by Ofir, Ron, Margaliot, Michael, Levron, Yoash, Slotine, Jean-Jacques

“…The flow of contracting systems contracts 1-dimensional parallelotopes, i.e., line segments, at an exponential rate. One reason for the usefulness of contracting systems is that many interconnections of contracting sub-systems yield an overall contracting system. …”
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Dual-frequency vortex-induced vibrations of long flexible stepped cylinders by Li, Ang, Mentzelopoulos, Andreas, Triantafyllou, Michael S., Fan, Dixia

“…The results show that the maximum in-line (IL) and cross-flow (CF) displacements and the frequency ratio of the stepped cylinder separated by individual frequency resemble those of a uniform cylinder vibrating in the uniform flow at a single frequency. …”
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Microlensing Near Macro-Caustics by Weisenbach, Luke, Anguita, Timo, Miralda-Escudé, Jordi, Oguri, Masamune, Saha, Prasenjit, Schechter, Paul L.

“…Micro-caustics join into a connected network in a region around the macro-critical line of a width proportional to the surface density of microlenses; within this region, the increase of the mean magnification toward the macro-caustic is driven by the increase of the number of micro-images rather than individual magnifications of micro-images. …”
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Effect of curvature variations on the hydrodynamic performance of heaving and pitching foils by van Rees, Wim M.

“…Overall, our results demonstrate that curving fins are consistently able to significantly outperform rigid fins with the same chord line kinematics on both thrust and hydrodynamic efficiency.…”
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Chillbot: Content Moderation in the Backchannel by Seering, Joseph, Khadka, Manas, Haghighi, Nava, Yang, Tanya, Xi, Zachary, Bernstein, Michael

“…Moderating online spaces effectively is not a matter of simply taking down content: moderators also provide private feedback and defuse situations before they cross the line into harm. However, moderators have little tool support for these activities, which often occur in the backchannel rather than in front of the entire community. …”
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Regional seismic risk of railway system including derailment consequences by Uchiyama, Yayoi Misu

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Electromagnetic detection of a perfect carpet cloak by Shi, Xihang, Gao, Fei, Lin, Xiao, Zhang, Baile

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Experimental investigations on heat and mass transfer performances of a liquid desiccant cooling and dehumidification system by Ou, Xianhua, Cai, Wenjian, He, Xiongxiong, Zhai, Deqing

“…The model predictions are compared with the experimental data, and the results show that the model predictions are well in line with the experimental data with the maximum errors less than 10%. …”
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Crack nucleation from a wedge disclination dipole with shift of rotation axes by Wu, Mao See

“…Biaxial dipoles are more stable when the rotation axis of each disclination approaches the defect line of the other disclination. If the negative disclinations of a uniaxial dipole and a biaxial dipole have the same axis shift, the critical nucleation stress of the biaxial dipole is larger if its positive disclination shift is more than that of the uniaxial dipole. …”
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Object tracking enhanced interactive pinball display by Tan, Bryan Zhen Ye

“…The interactive display should also encompass some modes of artificial intelligence to showcase how AI is able to breathe new life into what is considered an outdated object. In line with the objectives above, a 2-player pinball game has been created. …”
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New circular polarization selective surface by Ren, Zhilin

“… (3)Based on a wideband circular polarizer with parallel metal strip lines, this research optimizes the size, distribution, and shape of the metal strips to reach the goal of broadening bandwidth and smaller thickness. …”
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