Securing the Future: Critical Materials Policies for the US Energy Transition by Concordel, Adrien

“…Industry roundtables provide insights into prospective innovations and recent trends in the industry. Findings indicate significant market outlook uncertainty, critical dependence on imports, and significant limitations and inertia for new domestic resources development. …”
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Minimally invasive neuromodulation using mechanically-sensitive ion channels and magnetically-actuated nanotransducers by Malkin, Elian

“…We also develop data analysis code that is highly automated and employs advanced curve-fitting techniques to isolate the calcium imaging signal from background noise and fluorescence decay. The findings described in this thesis suggest that minimally-invasive mechanical neuromodulation can offer a safe and precise alternative to DBS for both clinical and research applications.…”
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Tree-based Data Replay for More Efficient LLM Continual Learning by Bailey, Brian

“…Moreover, an ablation study established that a minimum replay ratio of 0.4:1 is essential to keep performance within 8.2% of the baseline. The findings suggest significant potential for structured data replay in improving continual learning processes for LLMs. …”
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Chemical Spin Patterning in Metal-Organic Frameworks by Petry, Stephanie Michelle

“…Highlighting our initial findings, we offer brief insight into the future prospects of this endeavor. …”
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From Capture to Storage: Understanding the Viability and Challenges of Carbon Capture and Sequestration Initiatives by James, Lauren

“…Despite these challenges, the model serves as a beneficial tool for testing policy interventions and assessing the potential of CCS as a component of global climate strategy. Overall, the findings highlight the complexities and challenges of deploying CCS technologies at scale, emphasizing the importance of coordinated policy, technological innovation, and infrastructure development. …”
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Women Nobel Laureates in STEM (2000-2023): Life Stories, Challenges, and How They Achieved Impact for Success by Wu, Kedi

“…The thematic analysis was then adopted to analyze the collected data, in which four themes are identified and presented: 1) Overcome Barriers and Challenges; 2) Qualities of a Good Scientist; 3) Supportive Systems; 4) Impactful, Humanity, Innovative. Finally, the findings are summarized in relation to the research objectives to provide insights for women who want to pursue a STEM career.…”
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Characterizing Speech Motor Pattern in Minimally Verbal Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder via Surface Electromyography by Protyasha, Nishat Fahmida

“…Furthermore, the analysis of eigenvalues suggests lower complexity in motor coordination among mvASD participants, reflecting fewer degrees of freedom in muscle control. These findings were supported by classification models, which demonstrated that features from diadochokinetic tasks were more effective in distinguishing mvASD from neurotypical individuals.…”
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The Power of Perception in Human-AI Interaction: Investigating Psychological Factors and Cognitive Biases that Shape User Belief and Behavior by Lee, Eunhae

“…Through two interconnected studies involving 238 participants, the first study explores how cognitive style, paranormal beliefs, AI attitudes, and personality traits impact perceptions of the validity, reliability, usefulness, and personalization of predictions from different sources. The study finds a positive correlation between belief in AI predictions and belief in astrology- and personality-based predictions, highlighting a "rational superstition" phenomenon where belief is more influenced by mental heuristics and intuition than by critical evaluation. …”
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Hofstadter Physics and Composite Fermionic Phase in Moiré Systems by Ding, Shuhan

“…Through a detailed mean-field analysis, we demonstrate that this state, characterized by a strong valley polarization and an effective magnetic field arising from Berry curvature, could be energetically favored under certain conditions. Our findings suggest that Moiré TMDs are promising candidates for realizing fractional Chern insulators and other exotic quantum phases, opening up new avenues for experimental exploration and potential applications in quantum technology.…”
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Improving Technology Adoption Process in Accounting and Finance Using Systems Thinking Methods by Chun, Albert Y.

“…While empirical data collection and hypothesis testing were not conducted due to data and time constraints, qualitative insights were gathered from industry practitioners. Key findings suggest that the integrated framework can potentially reduce the time and effort needed to reach technology adoption decisions. …”
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Adaptive In-Vehicle Virtual Reality for Reducing Motion Sickness: Manipulating Passenger Posture During Driving Events by Elsharkawy, Ahmed, Ataya, Aya, Yeo, Dohyeon, Seong, Minwoo, Hwang, Seokhyun, DelPreto, Joseph, Matusik, Wojciech, Rus, Daniela, Kim, SeungJun

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Risk-Benefit Assessment of Pandemic Virus Identification by Jeyapragasan, Geetha

“…This modeling work primarily aims to provide exploratory estimates to guide future work. Our findings underscore the urgent need for improved governance of research involving potential pandemic pathogens. …”
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Modeling the Impact of Electrolyte Flow on Heat Management in a Li-Ion Convection Cell by Gao, Weiran, Drake, Javit, Brushett, Fikile R

“…We show, through physics-based electrothermal modeling and dimensional analysis of a single, planar LIB cell, that electrolyte convection can simultaneously draw heat from the cell and suppress heat generation from entropy change, charge-transfer, and ohmic losses, and that the cell temperature rise can be effectively mitigated when heat removal matches or exceeds heat generation. These findings distinguish internal convection from external surface cooling approaches used in conventional thermal management that often lead to a tradeoff between heat and mass transport. …”
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Effect of Madden Julian oscillation on convectively coupled equatorial waves by Dobriyal, Ritvik

“…The investigation is carried out for the two seasons of DJFM (December January February March) and JJAS (June July August September). Key finding for both seasons is that when MJO enhances precipitation, wave activity becomes stronger, while when MJO suppresses convection wave activity is weakened. …”
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“Gone too soon” : did Twitter grieve for Michael Jackson? by Lee, Chei Sian, Goh, Dion Hoe-Lian

“…Categories not related to social support were also inductively constructed and applied to the tweets. Findings – Twitter was primarily used for providing informational support, followed by emotional support. …”
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Inhibition of HBV-induced angiogenesis by ibuprofen : role of HBx by Zhang, Jianhua, Chen, William Wei Ning

“…Taken together, our findings provide new insights on the angiogenesis induced by HBV replication.…”
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Impact of the internet on the travel industry in Singapore. by Goh, Junfeng., Koh, Pei Shi., Tan, Eugene Jun Hao.

“…The consumer surveys findings reiterated the case studies on these points. …”
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Hear together by Lim, Gladys Cheng Hui, Yeo, Justin Wei Min, Soh, Juliana Li Jing, Koh, Faith Joyce Wyue Enn

“…Based on our research findings, social influence is a factor that affects elderly intention to screen. …”
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The effectiveness of different types of monetary incentives to download the TraceTogether application by Lim, Mei Hui, Liu, Lingshan, Ng, Shu Min

“…This group was asked whether they would download it without any mention of monetary incentives. The main findings of this study were (i) Participants were more willing to download the TraceTogether application with monetary incentives compared to no monetary incentives, (ii) All participants in the “choice” group chose to receive direct payment, (iii) Most participants believed that direct payment would result in the highest number of people downloading a contact tracing application, (iv) “Direct payment”, “gift card” and “choice” had statistically lower minimum WTA than “charity donation” and (v) There is no statistically significant difference between the minimum WTA of “choice” and “direct payment”, “direct payment” and “gift card”, as well as “gift card” and “choice”.…”
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Attachment style, COVID-19, and impression formation : how individual differences and external experiences influence the Halo effect by Lim, Yun Yee

“…The study was pre-registered on the Open Science Framework and approved by the ethics review board of the Nanyang Technological University. These findings' relevance for user interface and web design is considered, and implications for future cognitive theories are discussed.…”
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