Contesting Design: Ancestral Technology as Portal to Post-Design(s) by Reynolds-Cuéllar, Pedro

“…I start by exploring the value distribution from participatory design initiatives across participants and introduce a model for longitudinal assessment of these programs. Using the findings and insights from this study, I propose and implement two largely immersive university courses on technology design in close collaboration with rural collectives in Colombia. …”
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Tailoring Metal–Organic Frameworks for Water Harvesting by Oppenheim, Julius Jacob

“…Within Chapter 5, the author investigates the relationship between pore hydrophilicity and kinetic hysteresis, finding that kinetic limitations arise in sufficiently hydrophilic frameworks. …”
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From Hurdles to Highways: Overcoming Barriers to Robotics Adoption in Supply Chains by Hegarty, Bartholemew

“…It helps clarify how decision makers give the most importance to different criteria when implementing robotic automation. The research findings offer helpful details for practitioners navigating the challenging warehouse automation environment. …”
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The rickettsial effector Sca4 has a conserved interaction with host clathrin and a tick cell specific role in infection by Vondrak, Cassandra Joan

“…I investigated the role of this interaction in the tick arthropod vector and found that the Sca4-clathrin interaction is necessary for the efficient proliferation of R. parkeri in tick cells. These findings show that knowledge of the complete roles of rickettsial secreted effectors in both arthropod vector and mammalian hosts is needed to fully understand rickettsial pathogenesis.…”
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Learn to Code Sustainably: An Empirical Study on Green Code Generation by Vartziotis, Tina, Dellatolas, Ippolyti, Dasoulas, George, Schmidt, Maximilian, Schneider, Florian, Hoffmann, Tim, Kotsopoulos, Sotirios, Keckeisen, Michael

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Estimating transit’s land-use multiplier: direct and indirect effects on vehicle miles traveled by Sabouri, Sadegh, Ewing, Reid, Kalantari, Hannaneh A.

“…Additionally, this study aims to present a simplified formula that enables transit agencies nationwide to compute their unique multipliers. The findings suggest that regions with extensive transit systems exhibit higher transit multipliers compared to regions with limited transit access. …”
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Enhancing the Antioxidant Activity of Tea (Camellia sinensis) Through Common Herbal Infusions by Ortiz-Islas, Sofia, Espinosa-Leal, Claudia A., González-Rodríguez, Tzitziki, García-Lara, Silverio

“…This study quantifies phenolic compounds and assesses antioxidant activity in ten types of tea and selected herbal infusions, individually and in combination. Our findings reveal that free phenolic compounds and their antioxidant activity were twelve times and eight times greater than bound phenolic compounds. …”
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Blocking of counter-partisan accounts drives political assortment on Twitter by Martel, Cameron, Mosleh, Mohsen, Yang, Qi, Zaman, Tauhid, Rand, David G

“…We then replicated these findings in a survey experiment and found evidence of a key motivation for blocking: wanting to avoid seeing any content posted by the blocked user. …”
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Harnessing LLMs for Automated Video Content Analysis: An Exploratory Workflow of Short Videos on Depression by Liu, Jiaying (Lizzy), Wang, Yunlong, Lyu, Yao, Su, Yiheng, Niu, Shuo, Xu, Xuhai, Zhang, Yan

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Identifying the Values that Shape HCI and CSCW Research with Latin American Communities: A Collaborative Autoethnography by Griggio, Carla, Barrera Machuca, Mayra, Wong-Villacres, Marisol, Gayt?n-Lugo, Laura, Badillo-Urquiola, Karla, Alvarado Garcia, Adriana, Perusquia-Hernandez, Monica, Ciolfi Felice, Marianela, Cibrian, Franceli, Thomas, Michaelanne, Fuentes, Carolina, Reynolds-Cu?llar, Pedro

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Global Bioenergy Availability by Katie Daehn, Coleman, Evan, Allrogen, Florian

“…We dive into this apparent discrepancy, identifying multiple sources of uncertainty. Overall, our findings show that bio-energy alone is unlikely to cover the needs of decarbonizing tough-to-decarbonize transportation modes such as maritime shipping and aviation in a sustainable way.…”
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Social tags as news event detectors by Chua, Alton Yeow Kuan, Razikin, Khasfariyati, Goh, Dion Hoe-Lian

“…Based on the results, four main findings emerged. First, the performance of using spikes and bursts to detect news events was found to be comparable. …”
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Electrodeposition of metal nanostructures for plasmonic sensing by Mueller, Aaron David

“…In this thesis, a cost-effective method for top-down fabrication of metallic nanostructures with deep-subwavelength dimensions is explored, finding use in plasmonic sensing applications. Currently, few methods exist for the fabrication of such metallic structures with deep sub-optical-wavelength feature sizes. …”
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Detecting adversarial samples for deep neural networks through mutation testing by Tan, Kye Yen

“…This is a serious breach of security in CNNs which may lead to disastrous consequences in security reliant applications. Finding a defence mechanism for these attacks are imperative in ensuring the safe operation of CNNs. …”
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Preparation, motion study and application of autonomous micro and nano devices by Maric, Tijana

“…Furthermore, our study was based on the stability and durability of micromotors over prolonged periods of time with a focus on the influence of ageing in “storage” conditions- the difference in performance of ‘freshly prepared’ and ‘old’ micromotors could have a significant impact on the reliability and reproducibility of the micromotors. From our findings, it was discovered that the performance and morphologies of ‘new’ and ‘old’ differ greatly over the period of study. …”
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Graph edit distance reward : learning to edit scene graph by Chen, Lichang, Lin, Guosheng, Wang, Shijie, Wu, Qingyao

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Cross dataset workload classification using encoded wavelet decomposition features by Lim, Wei Lun, Sourina, Olga, Wang, Lipo

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UAV trajectory estimation and deviation analysis for contingency management in urban environments by Pang, Bizhao, Ng, Ee Meng, Low, Kin Huat

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Potential of liquefied natural gas cold energy recovery on board ships by Baldasso, Enrico, Mondejar, Maria E., Mazzoni, Stefano, Romagnoli, Alessandro, Haglind, Fredrik

“…The results of the study indicate that the greatest fuel savings can be attained when the vessel is powered by a low pressure fuel supply system, reaching up to 2.4%, and that the most promising solution for recovering the cold energy is its use in the organic Rankine cycle unit. The findings of this work provide the scientific basis needed for further research work and the subsequent commercialization of installations of cold energy recovery on ships.…”
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Development of green nutrient delivery substrates for hydroponics culture by Tan, Hui Lin

“…Pak Choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis) and Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) plant tests were conducted with the composite sponges to determine their effectiveness in plant growth enhancement against the commercial substrate Oasis cube (control) and to compare the effectiveness of sponges made from CMF and CNF. Our findings demonstrated the ability of the composite sponges in enhancing plant growth, and their potential as hydroponics substrate that can also function as agricultural fertiliser.…”
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