Needs analysis for developing online task-based speaking skills module for TVET learners by Mohd Khirulnizam, Musa, Azwin Arif, Abdul Rahim

“…Purposive sampling was used to ensure representation from diverse vocational backgrounds. The findings reveal that TVET learners primarily require enhanced skills in professional communication, including presentations, negotiations, and technical explanations. …”
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Chatgpt for english language learning in islamic studies by Nor Yazi, Khamis, Wan Zahidah, Wan Sulaiman

“…It emphasises the possibility of enhanced language learning outcomes. The study’s findings have broad significance for educators, institutions, and policymakers. …”
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Characterization of residual soil properties on slope in Dusun UTM, Johor by Norhidayah, Mohamed, Muhammad Farhan, Zolkepli, Ahmad Safuan, A. Rashid, Muhammad Syamsul Imran, Zaini, Mohd Fakhrurrazi, Ishak

“…Moreover, increasing confining pressures applied to the soil sample led to enhancement in the soil’s strength properties. These findings provide valuable insights into the soil’s behavior, which can inform strategies for improving slope stability and mitigating risks associated with slope failure.…”
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Adaptive social networks promote the wisdom of crowds by Almaatouq, Abdullah, Noriega-Campero, Alejandro, Alotaibi, Abdulrahman, Krafft, P. M., Moussaid, Mehdi, Pentland, Alex

“…To explain these results, we explore two mechanisms: 1) a global-adaptation mechanism where the structural connectivity of the network itself changes such that it amplifies the estimates of high-performing members within the group (i.e., the network “edges” encode the computation); and 2) a local-adaptation mechanism where accurate individuals are more resistant to social influence (i.e., adjustments to the attributes of the “node” in the network); therefore, their initial belief is disproportionately weighted in the collective estimate. Our findings substantiate the role of social-network plasticity and feedback as key adaptive mechanisms for refining individual and collective judgments.…”
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Quantization Games on Social Networks and Language Evolution by Mani, Ankur, Varshney, Lav R., Pentland, Alex

“…Numerical examples demonstrate our findings.…”
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Mach 3.5 Compression Corner Control Using Microvortex Generators by Gochenaur, Daniel C., Williams, Rhys D., Sabnis, Kshitij, Babinsky, Holger

“…Increased near-wall turbulent fluctuations are observed upstream of the interaction in areas where separation length is reduced. These findings are used to propose a mechanism of VG control, highlighting the role of VGs in enhancing mixing in the separated shear layer, leading to earlier reattachment and an overall reduction in separation length.…”
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Summarized Causal Explanations For Aggregate Views by Youngmann, Brit, Cafarella, Michael, Gilad, Amir, Roy, Sudeepa

“…Using background knowledge captured in a causal DAG, CauSumX finds the most effective causal treatments for different groups in the view. …”
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Impacts of the Sudden Stratospheric Warming on Equatorial Plasma Bubbles: Suppression of EPBs and Quasi-6-Day Oscillations by Aa, Ercha, Pedatella, Nicholas M., Liu, Guiping

“…The combination of these multi-instrument observations and numerical simulations demonstrates that certain planetary waves like the Q6DW can significantly influence the day-to-day variability of EPBs, especially during the SSW period, through modulating the strength of prereversal enhancement and the growth rate of R-T instability via the wind-driven dynamo. These findings provide novel insights into the connection between atmospheric planetary waves and ionospheric EPBs.…”
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AI Comes Out of the Closet: Using AI-Generated Virtual Characters to Help Individuals Practice LGBTQIA+ Advocacy by Pillis, Daniel, Pataranutaporn, Pat, Maes, Pattie, Sra, Misha

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Bioadhesive interface for marine sensors on diverse soft fragile species by Duque Londono, Camilo, Cones, Seth F, Deng, Jue, Wu, Jingjing, Yuk, Hyunwoo, Guza, David E, Mooney, T Aran, Zhao, Xuanhe

“…Reliable and rapid adhesion enables large-scale, multi-animal sensor deployments to study biomechanics, collective behaviors, interspecific interactions, and concurrent multi-species activity. These findings provide a promising method to expand a burgeoning research field of marine bio-sensing from large marine mammals and fishes to small, soft, and fragile marine animals.…”
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Molecular Self‐Assembly Enables Tuning of Nanopores in Atomically Thin Graphene Membranes for Highly Selective Transport by Jang, Doojoon, Bakli, Chirodeep, Chakraborty, Suman, Karnik, Rohit

“…This improved membrane selectivity enables desalination across centimeter-scale nanoporous graphene with 99.7% and >90% rejection of MgSO4 and NaCl, respectively, under forward osmosis. These findings provide a versatile strategy to augment the performance of nanoporous atomically thin membranes and present intriguing possibilities of controlling reactions across 2D materials via exclusive exploitation of pore size-dependent intermolecular interactions.…”
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On the geometry and refined rate of primal–dual hybrid gradient for linear programming by Lu, Haihao, Yang, Jinwen

“…We show that there are two major stages of PDHG for LP: in Stage I, PDHG identifies active variables and the length of the first stage is driven by a certain quantity which measures how close the non-degeneracy part of the LP instance is to degeneracy; in Stage II, PDHG effectively solves a homogeneous linear inequality system, and the complexity of the second stage is driven by a well-behaved local sharpness constant of the system. This finding is closely related to the concept of partial smoothness in non-smooth optimization, and it is the first complexity result of finite time identification without the non-degeneracy assumption. …”
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Environmental justice teaching in an undergraduate context: examining the intersection of community-engaged, inclusive, and anti-racist pedagogy by Rabe, Christopher

“…Using a multi-case study design, primary findings showed that faculty members held activist course objectives, which led to distinct community-engaged practices, such as the invitation of diverse guest educators, inclusion of readings from diverse authors, field experiences with EJ communities, and the integration of alternative ways of knowing that resist Eurocentric biases. …”
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Uncertainty Quantification of Spatiotemporal Travel Demand With Probabilistic Graph Neural Networks by Wang, Qingyi, Wang, Shenhao, Zhuang, Dingyi, Koutsopoulos, Haris, Zhao, Jinhua

“…Prob-GNNs also reveal the spatiotemporal pattern of uncertainty, which is concentrated on the afternoon peak hours and the areas with large travel volumes. Overall, our findings highlight the importance of incorporating randomness into deep learning for spatiotemporal ridership prediction. …”
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The US–China Trade War: Quantify the Negative Shocks to Local Housing Markets and Land-Based Finance in Chinese Cities by Li, Boning, Liao, Wen-Chi, Sun, Weizeng, Zeng, Yongxuan, Zheng, Siqi

“…This article applies 2016–2019 data to a shift-share analysis and finds the following. Imposed by the US on imports from China, the retaliatory tariffs hurt Chinese cities’ production and caused employment and wage declines and firm exit. …”
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Design thinking in physical and virtual environments: Conceptual foundations, qualitative analysis, and practical implications by Minet, Alice, Wentzel, Daniel, Raff, Stefan, Garbas, Janina

“…Next, we pursued an exploratory qualitative study by conducting 41 in-depth interviews with DT experts from research and practice. Our findings show that the DT format has profound effects across all phases of the DT process. …”
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Metal nanoparticles supported on a nonconductive oxide undergo pH-dependent spontaneous polarization by Wesley, Thejas S, Hülsey, Max J, Westendorff, Karl S, Lewis, Noah B, Crumlin, Ethan J, Román-Leshkov, Yuriy, Surendranath, Yogesh

“…Consequently, these findings indicate that solution composition (i.e., pH) can be an effective handle for tuning interfacial electrical polarization and potential at nonconductive interfaces.…”
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PCBleed: Fuzzing for CPU Bugs Through Use of Performance Counters by Muradyan, Natalie

“…Our methodology is distinctive, utilizing performance counters for hardware fuzzing enhancement, and aligns with recent research findings that highlight the versatility of performance counters in debugging, dynamic software profiling, CPU power modeling, malware detection, and cache side-channel attack detection. …”
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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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