Link me baby one more time: social music discovery on Spotify by Babul, SA, Hristova, D, Lima, A, Lambiotte, R, Beguerisse-Díaz, M

“…We consider several factors that may influence this process, such as the strength of the sender-receiver relationship, the user’s role in the Spotify social network, their music social cohesion, and how similar the new artist is to the receiver’s taste. We find that the receiver of a link is more likely to engage with a new artist when (1) they have similar music taste to the sender and the shared track is a good fit for their taste, (2) they have a stronger and more intimate tie with the sender, and (3) the shared artist is popular amongst the receiver’s connections. …”

A study of Chinese Adults’ motivation to learn a third or more languages by Li, J

“…<p>The level and nuances of motivation when learning third or more languages has not yet been widely researchd despite China having a large population of English language learners. …”

“But some were more equal than others:” exploring inequality at Neolithic Çatalhöyük by Twiss, KC, Bogaard, A, Haddow, S, Milella, M, Taylor, JS, Veropoulidou, R, Kay, K, Knüsel, CJ, Tsoraki, C, Vasić, M, Pearson, J, Busacca, G, Mazzucato, C, Pochron, S

May measurement month 2022: an analysis of blood pressure screening findings from Sierra Leone by Jalloh, MB, Williams, CEE, Jegede, OG, Malijan, GMB, Naveed, A, Kanu, A, Bah, AK, Jalloh, F, Jalloh, A, Faulkner, MMJ, Agboola, K, Baldeh, M, Russell, JBW, Oladapo, OO

“…However, only 17% (140 out of 818) of the participants were previously diagnosed with hypertension. The findings revealed a wide range of antihypertensive medication use among people with known hypertension, ranging from no medication to the use of five or more medication classes. …”

Do internally managed REITs manage earnings more than externally managed REITs? by Ajayi, Oluwaseun Damilola, Akinsomi, Omokolade

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The road more travelled : how user-generated content can lead to homogenized travel journalism by Duffy, Andrew

“…Employing interviews and a survey, it finds that homogeneous travel attitudes and reports are highly influential in directing them in what to see and what to think about it—maintaining existing power relations and ideologies of tourism. …”
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International differences in conservation priorities are more complicated than Global North-Global South divisions by Mutinhima, Y, Sibanda, L, Rono, B, Kulunge, S, Kimaili, D, Dickman, A, Madsen, E, Mandoloma, L, Tacey, J, Allred, S, Hare, D

“…Public debates suggest that people living in the Global North more strongly prioritise the interests of wild animals over people and the interests of individual animals over groups. …”

The Impact of Process Replacement on Sheet Metal Product Design: The Use of Steel Extrusions Versus Formed Sheet Metal by Yuan, Chenyu

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Perceiving agency in a multi-agent context: more interactions with the environment yet reduced agency in depression by Jain, R

“…When assisted in tracking the number of outcomes produced, depressed participants’ actions became more goal-directed and less frequent.</p> <p>These findings provide valuable insights into agency perception mechanisms, with potential implications for informing interventions. …”

Are Europeans ready for a more democratic European Union? New evidence on preference heterogeneity, polarisation and crosscuttingness by Hale, T, Koenig-Archibugi, M

“…It is found that the population of the EU is slightly more heterogeneous and polarised than the population of the average Member State, although policy preferences in several Member States are more heterogeneous and polarised than the EU as a whole. …”

Local rainfall is more likely than distant thunderstorms to affect movement behaviour in Northern Kenyan elephants by Mulder, T, Mortimer, B, Ferwerda, J, Vollrath, F

“…This shift towards increased nocturnal activity may become more common with climate change and may slightly reduce elephant foraging efficiency. …”

The Impact of Process Substitution on Manufacturing Costs: A Comparative Analysis of Sheet Metal Forming versus Extruded Steel Cutting by Talal, Omar

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Image quality comparison of AirDoc portable retina camera versus eyer in a diabetic retinopathy screening program by Brant, Rodrigo, Nakayama, Luis Filipe, de Oliveira, Talita Virgínia Fernandes, de Oliveira, Juliana Angelica Estevão, Ribeiro, Lucas Zago, Richter, Gabriela Dalmedico, Rodacki, Rafael, Penha, Fernando Marcondes

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The career paths less (or more) traveled : a sequence analysis of IT career histories, mobility patterns, and career success by Slaughter, Sandra A., Joseph, Damien, Boh, Wai Fong, Ang, Soon

“…Sequence analysis of career histories shows that careers of the IT workforce are more diverse than the traditional view of a dual IT career path (technical versus managerial). …”
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Amphibious ethics and speculative immersions: laboratory aquariums as a site for developing a more inclusive animal geography by Greenhough, B, Roe, E, Message, R

Heterogeneity in definitions of surgical site infection after cranial surgery limits the validity of research findings in neurosurgery: a systematic review by Majidi, N, Sivakumar, A, Vogt, A, Ranganathan, S, Ashkan, K, Price, SJ, Lee, KS

“…The implementation of a new core indicator set could support uniform reporting of indicators along with regulation of reported SSI-CRAN outcomes, thereby facilitating more effective evidence synthesis.…”

Metal mediated high performance antimicrobial hydrogel films for wound infection management: Zn, Cu, and Mg versus Ag and Au by Sen, Raj Kumar., Prabhakar, Priyanka, Mayandi, Venkatesh, Dwivedi, Neeraj, Yadav, Amit K., Solanki, Pratima R., Gupta, Ayush, Gowri, V. S., Lakshminarayanan, Rajamani, Verma, Navin Kumar, Mondal, D. P., Srivastava, Avanish Kumar, Dhand, Chetna

“…Strikingly, the Cu and Zn integrated hydrogels demonstrated broad-spectrum antimicrobial properties. The findings of this work thus reveal a more cost-effective, sustainable, and environmentally friendly approach to designing high-value-added wound care products.…”
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Empathy Toward Artificial Intelligence Versus Human Experiences and the Role of Transparency in Mental Health and Social Support Chatbot Design: Comparative Study by Shen, Jocelyn, DiPaola, Daniella, Ali, Safinah, Sap, Maarten, Park, Hae Won, Breazeal, Cynthia

“…Objective: We aim to understand how empathy shifts across human-written versus AI-written stories, and how these findings inform ethical implications and human-centered design of using mental health chatbots as objects of empathy. …”
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“British English is much more prestigious, everybody knows that!”: reproducing and resisting hegemonic language ideologies in Chilean English teacher education by Pérez Andrade, Gonzalo

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Clinical outcomes of patients with unsuccessful mechanical thrombectomy versus best medical management of medium vessel occlusion stroke in the middle cerebral artery territory by Faizy, TD, Yedavalli, V, Salim, HA, Lakhani, DA, Musmar, B, Adeeb, N, Essibayi, MA, Daraghma, M, El Naamani, K, Henninger, N, Sundararajan, SH, Kuhn, AL, Khalife, J, Ghozy, S, Scarcia, L, Yeo, LL, Tan, BY, Regenhardt, RW, Heit, JJ, Cancelliere, NM, Rouchaud, A, Fiehler, J, Sheth, SA, Puri, AS, Dmytriw, AA

“…Whether best medical management (MM) is more efficient than unsuccessful vessel recanalization during MT remains unknown. …”