Assessing Early Stage Design Sketches and Reflections on Prototyping by Das, Madhurima, Yang, Maria C

“…Results also indicate that early-stage sketch quantity, but not quality, is linked with design outcomes. This study also finds a link between the frequency of sketching and higher maximum sketch quality scores (i.e., at least one highly rated sketch) as well as a correlation between individuals’ maximum sketch quality scores and overall design outcomes. …”
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Simulation Tools for Inclusive Design Solutions by Raviselvam, Sujithra, Al-Megren, Shiroq, Keane, Kyle, Hölttä-Otto, Katja, Wood, Kristin L, Yang, Maria C

“…Various tools and simulated conditions are often adopted in user-centered design to sup-port need-finding by eliciting rich data on users’ needs and guide designers to empathize with users. …”
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Filter Bubble or Homogenization? Disentangling the Long-Term Effects of Recommendations on User Consumption Patterns by Anwar, Md Sanzeed, Schoenebeck, Grant, Dhillon, Paramveer S.

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Design of a long-term memory genetic toggle switch inspired by chromatin modification circuits by Kwon, Ukjin, Huang, Hsin-Ho, Vecchio, Domitilla Del

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Fast Broadcast in Highly Connected Networks by Chandra, Shashwat, Chang, Yi-Jun, Dory, Michal, Ghaffari, Mohsen, Leitersdorf, Dean

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Age-Based Developmental Biomarkers in Eye Movements: A Retrospective Analysis Using Machine Learning by Hunfalvay, Melissa, Bolte, Takumi, Singh, Abhishek, Greenstein, Ethan, Murray, Nicholas P., Carrick, Frederick Robert

“…Clinicians and researchers may use the findings from this study to inform decision-making on patients’ health and wellness and guide effective research methodologies.…”
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The Urban Infrastructure of Care: Planning for Equitable Social Reproduction by Binet, Andrew, Houston-Read, Rebecca, Gavin, Vedette, Baty, Carl, Abreu, Dina, Genty, Josée, Tulloch, Andrea, Reid, Azan, Arcaya, Mariana

“…Problem, research strategy and findings Around the world, people’s life-sustaining capacities for caring for one another are overextended in unequal and unsustainable ways, with major implications for gender, racial, and health equity in cities. …”
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The Properties of Whiteness by Williams, Darien Alexander, Delgado, Laura Humm, Cameron, Nicholette, Steil, Justin

“…Problem, research strategy, and findings Land use regulations have contributed to the construction of White supremacist racial categories and the persistent conjunction of race and property in the United States. …”
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User satisfaction and service quality improvement priority of bus rapid transit in Belo Horizonte, Brazil by Zheng, Yunhan, Kong, Hui, Petzhold, Guillermo, Barcelos, Mariana M, Zegras, Christopher P, Zhao, Jinhua

“…Our results show that “expenses with public transport” (i.e. fares) should be addressed first among all the attributes, and the improvement priorities of “speed”, “reliability” and “customer service” increased after the BRT opening. These findings can help policymakers fine-tune improvement strategies targeted at different types of services.…”
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“The Past We Step Into and How We Repair It” by Williams, Rashad, Steil, Justin

“…Problem, research strategy, and findings Anti-racist futures in urban and regional planning require repairing the White supremacist harms that have structured our metropolitan areas and patterns of living. …”
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Evaluation of Deep Learning Algorithms in Predicting Seismic Response of a Reinforced Concrete Structure by Morgan, Jacob A.

“…By employing a variety of results metrics previously used in the literature, including correlation coefficients, normalized error distributions, and peak errors, this thesis examines different components of the models’ capabilities to learn more about patterns in the data learned by the computational mechanisms of each architecture, and exploring the feasibility of a generalized approach for further application in structural response prediction. Findings from the work show the data-driven Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) network performing the most accurately, but not consistently outperforming the other algorithms. …”
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Location, Location, Substation? How Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) Can Create Value in Unexpected Places by Schutt, Neal

“…The study concludes that BESS can unlock ‘found value’ in sites with little other economic potential. The findings suggest that incorporating BESS into real estate development projects can provide substantial public benefits, including enhanced grid resilience, lower energy costs, and increased property values, making it a strategic tool for urban planners and developers.…”
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Common Grounds in Shared Waters Integrated Design for Negotiating Equitable Development in Gosabara-Mokarsagar by Mehta, Dhwani

“…Although many groups’ contested visions map onto the shared waters of Gosabara-Mokarsagar, the fisherfolk are particularly excluded from decision-making processes. Finding a singular common ground among the contesting groups is challenging due to vast differences in power, position, and privilege. …”
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Empirical estimation of metal powder bed fusion technological improvement rate by Alves de Campos, António, Torres Ferreira, Bruna, Gonçalves, Afonso, Leite, Marco, Ribeiro, Inês, L. Magee, Christopher, Henriques, Elsa

“…This empirical rate comes as a more accurate and reliable substitute to the previously indirectly estimated patent-derived rate of 33.3%. Our findings underscore PBF's capability of keeping pace with its growing significance and wider industrial applications. …”
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Advanced Reconstruction Techniques for CUORE: Searching Beyond the Standard Model with Cryogenic Calorimeters by Mayer, Daniel W.

“…We report on a search for FCPs using the first tonne-year of CUORE’s exposure, finding no excess of FCP track candidates over background, and setting leading limits at 90% C.L. on the possible underground flux of FCPs with charges between 1/24 − 1/5 that of an electron. …”
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Examining the adoption of electromobility concepts across social contexts for energy transition by K?hlke, Julia, Lechowicz, Adam, Fabikun, Oluwole, Bashir, Noman, Souza, Abel, Shenoy, Prashant, Lehnhoff, Sebastian

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9th International Workshop on Mental Health and Well-being: New Research Directions by Adler, Daniel, Xu, Xuhai, Salekin, Asif, Mishra, Varun, Kwon, Hyeokhyen, Sano, Akane, Abdullah, Saeed, Bardram, Jakob, Zhao, Yiran, Kalanadhabhatta, Manasa, Zhang, Han, Murnane, Elizabeth, Choudhury, Tanzeem, Musolesi, Mirco, Rahman, Tauhidur, King, Zachary, Krell, Rony, D'Alfonso, Simon

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Exploring Potential Application Areas of Artificial Intelligence-Infused System for Engagement Recognition: Insights from Special Education Experts by Kim, Won, Seong, Minwoo, DelPreto, Joseph, Matusik, Wojciech, Rus, Daniela, Kim, SeungJun

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The Language Network Reliably “Tracks” Naturalistic Meaningful Nonverbal Stimuli by Sueoka, Yotaro, Paunov, Alexander, Tanner, Alyx, Blank, Idan A., Ivanova, Anna, Fedorenko, Evelina

“…Our results complement earlier findings from controlled experiments (e.g., Ivanova et al., 2021) in providing further evidence that the language network shows some sensitivity to semantic content in nonverbal stimuli.…”
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A 35-Year Analysis of Vegetation Cover in Rare-Earth Mining Areas Using Landsat Data by Zheng, Zhubin, Liu, Yuqing, Chen, Na, Liu, Ge, Lei, Shaohua, Xu, Jie, Li, Jianzhong, Ren, Jingli, Huang, Chao

“…To elucidate the spatio-temporal changes in vegetation within Dingnan County over the past 35 years and the effects of natural and human factors on these changes, the spatial and temporal variations in FVC were analyzed using Landsat-TM/OLI multispectral images taken in 1988, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2006, 2013, 2017, and 2023. The findings indicate that (1) vegetation coverage in Dingnan County decreased from 1988 to 2002, followed by a gradual increase; (2) high vegetation cover is predominantly found in forested areas that maintain their natural state, while the central town and mining areas exhibit generally low coverage; (3) there are regional differences in the relationship between vegetation cover and environmental factors in Dingnan County. …”
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