The effect of inter-municipal cooperation on social assistance programs: evidence from housing allowances in England by Elston, T, Bel, G, Wang, H

“…Using coarsened exact matching and stacked difference-in-differences estimators, we find no evidence of short-term savings after cooperation, and only weak indications thereafter. …”

Can solar water kiosks generate sustainable revenue streams for rural water services? by Wagner, J, Merner, S, Innocenti, S, Geling, A, Hope, R

“…Average revenues increase four-fold indicating stronger financial performance with solar kiosks. In contrast, we find no significant increase in the volume of water people use when a handpump is upgraded to a solar kiosk. …”

Unveiling the importance of longer paths in quantum networks by Hu, X, Dong, G, Lambiotte, R, Christensen, K, Fan, J, Tian, Z, Havlin, S, Meng, X

“…Here, we apply statistical physics to identify the origin of this stronger connectivity—known as concurrence percolation. Our finding is demonstrated on hierarchical scale-free networks, the (U,V) flowers, which allow full analytical control over path connectivity by adjusting the two distinct path length scales, U ≤ V. …”

Can large language model agents simulate human trust behaviors? by Xie, C, Chen, C, Jia, F, Ye, Z, Shu, K, Bibi, A, Hu, Z, Torr, P, Ghanem, B, Li, G

“…In this paper, we focus on one of the most critical behaviors in human interactions, trust, and aim to investigate whether or not LLM agents can simulate human trust behaviors. We first find that LLM agents generally exhibit trust behaviors, referred to as agent trust, under the framework of Trust Games, which are widely recognized in behavioral economics. …”

Optimal mobility and communication strategy to maximize the value of information in IoT networks by Wang, Z, Badiu, M-A, Coon, JP

“…We formulate this optimisation problem as a Markov decision process, and propose a reinforcement learning-based algorithm to find the VoIaware mobility and communication strategy efficiently. …”

Problems of the public good in higher education: building the common amid sovereign individualism, capital and the state by Marginson, S

“…Anglophone societies in which the sovereign individual is primary vis and vis social relations, and policy focuses on economic competition and consumption in education, find it hard to grasp non-pecuniary outcomes in higher education. …”

Quantifying the Evolutionary Dynamics of Structure and Content in Closely Related E. coli Genomes by Molari, M, Shaw, LP, Neher, RA

“…Within this diversity, we find 22 modifications to core genome synteny and estimate around 2,000 structural changes within the accessory genome, i.e. one structural change for every three core genome substitutions. …”

Forecasting green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) landing in Sarawak using grey model by Abang Mohammad Hudzaifah Abang Shakawi, Ani Shabri, Ruhana Hassan

“…The model also suggested that the current conditions will likely increase turtle landings. This approach will find useful applications in evaluating the conservation status of the species.…”
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Mitigation measures for delay in dam’s project - A case study in Pakistan by Sohoo, Shujauddin, Syed Mohamad, Syed Burhanuddin Hilmi, Yunus, Riduan, Ahmed Memon, Mansoor

“…The main purpose of this research is to find out the significant factors which contribute construction delay in dam projects of Pakistan. …”
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Exploring the interaction between learning styles and mathematics anxiety among secondary school students: a correlational study in southern Malaysia by Ahmad Fuad Khoo, Nur Aini Khoo, Jamaluddin, Nurdiana Yasmin, Osman, Sharifah, Achmad Buchori, Achmad Buchori

“…Hence, this study helps the students to embrace and improve their learning styles to minimize the level of anxiety towards mathematics, while the teachers may find it useful in guiding the students to control their mathematics anxiety.…”
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团派与中共派系政治 = “Tuan Pai” and factionalism in Chinese politics by 卢凌之 Lu, Lingzhi

“…The conclusion of the thesis suggests that TuanPai is a loosely structured group of politicians with many sub-factions such as Ling Jihua Clique. TuanPai and its sub clique serves to consolidate Hu’s power base in CPC political system where authority is yet sufficiently institutionalized. …”
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Efficient algorithms for embedded optimisation-based control by Dang, Van Thuy

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Pattern of the strings of the n -th order limit language by Siti Hajar, Mohd Khairuddin, Muhammad Azrin, Ahmad, Noraziah, Adzhar

“…Therefore, the study is aimed to find out the pattern of the string when finite initial strings is considered and its relation to the n-th order limit language.…”
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An analytical analysis of mixed convective MHD casson flow with ramped wall temperature by Husna Izzati, Osman, Zulkhibri, Ismail, Nur Fatihah, Mod Omar, Vieru, Dumitru, Mahadzir, S, Sibaroni, Y., Riauan, M. A. I

“…In practical applications, non-Newtonian fluids find use in lubrication such as grease, engine oil, etc. …”
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15.975 Special Seminar in Management The Nuts and Bolts of Business Plans, January IAP 2005 by Hadzima, Joseph

“…Because some of the speakers will be judges of the MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Competition, persons who are planning to enter the Competition should find the course particularly useful. Historically, the number of students taking the course is 250+, divided approximately 50/50 between Scientist/Engineers and Sloan students.…”
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Modelling the impact of testing, contact tracing and household quarantine on second waves of COVID-19 by Aleta, Alberto, Martín-Corral, David, Pastore y Piontti, Ana, Ajelli, Marco, Litvinova, Maria, Chinazzi, Matteo, Dean, Natalie E., Halloran, M. Elizabeth, Longini Jr, Ira M., Merler, Stefano, Pentland, Alex, Vespignani, Alessandro, Moro, Esteban, Moreno, Yamir

“…Here we integrate anonymized, geolocalized mobility data with census and demographic data to build a detailed agent-based model of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission in the Boston metropolitan area. We find that a period of strict social distancing followed by a robust level of testing, contact-tracing and household quarantine could keep the disease within the capacity of the healthcare system while enabling the reopening of economic activities. …”
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The municipal bond valuation puzzle : evidence from U.S. States by Scott, Justin Rand.

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A partial knowledge of friends of friends speeds social search by Elsisy, Amr, Szymanski, Boleslaw K., Plum, Jasmine A., Qi, Miao, Pentland, Alex

“…Later research showed that social network topology enables a node aware of its full routing to find an arbitrary target in even fewer steps. Yet, the success of people in forwarding efficiently knowing only personal connections is still not fully explained. …”
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Online Measurement for Parameter Discovery in Fused Filament Fabrication by Read, Jake Robert, Seppala, Jonathan E., Tourlomousis, Filippos, Warren, James A., Bakker, Nicole, Gershenfeld, Neil

“…Our method allows us to successfully find process parameters, using one set of input parameters, across all of the machine and material configurations that we tested, even in materials that we had never printed before. …”
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All-sky search for gravitational wave emission from scalar boson clouds around spinning black holes in LIGO O3 data by Sudhir, Vivishek

“…Outliers from this search are followed up using two different methods, one more suitable for nearly monochromatic signals, and the other more robust towards frequency fluctuations. We do not find any evidence for such signals and set upper limits on the signal strain amplitude, the most stringent being ≈ 10 − 25 at around 130 Hz. …”
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