TED-culture: culturally inclusive co-speech gesture generation for embodied social agents by Yixin Shen, Wafa Johal

“…We propose a generative model based on the Stable Diffusion architecture, which we evaluate on both the TED-Expressive Dataset and the TED-Culture Dataset. …”
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Microwaved schiff base dialdehyde cellulose-chitosan hydrogels for sustained drug release with DFT calculations by Hebat-Allah S. Tohamy

“…A significantly reduced HOMO–LUMO energy gap, coupled with negative Pi values, indicated strong interactions between DAC, chitosan, and 4-AAP. …”
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Hunger shifts attention and attribute weighting in dietary choice by Jennifer March, Sebastian Gluth

“…Rigorous model comparisons revealed that an extension of the recently proposed multi-attribute attentional drift diffusion model best explained choice and response times. …”
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOURIST INDUSTRY: NEW CHALLENGES FOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION by A. N. Goncharov, Z. A. Gubieva, T. N. Lavrova, E. N. Pertsevaya, V. V. Khubulova

“…The evolution and application of digital technologies are fundamentally changing the way people live, work, travel and do business, and in the process they are transforming and reshaping tourism. The scale and diffusion of digital technology varies by country, sector, organization and location. …”
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Constituent Power in Socialist Regimes by Ngoc Son Bui

“…Little academic attention has been paid to the constiuent power in socialist regimes. To fill in this gap, this Article explores the design and practice of the constituent power in both former and current socialist regimes. …”
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Unitary k-Designs from Random Number-Conserving Quantum Circuits by Sumner N. Hearth, Michael O. Flynn, Anushya Chandran, Chris R. Laumann

“…The depth is lower bounded by diffusion kL^{2}ln(L)≲τ. In contrast, without number conservation τ∼poly(k)L. …”
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The Structural Evolution and Driving Mechanism of Intercity Technology Transfer Networks in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River: Evidence from TERGM by Zhang Wenbei, Lyu Yifan, Dai Liang, Zheng Huibin, Zou Si

“…The leading roles of Wuhan and Changsha in this region were primarily supported by technology diffusion, whereas Nanchang's technology diffusion and absorption were relatively balanced. …”
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dandelionR: Single-cell immune repertoire trajectory analysis in R by Jiawei Yu, Xiaohan Xu, Nicholas Borcherding, Zewen Kelvin Tuong

“…However, no R-based equivalent or similar methods currently exist. To fill this gap, we present dandelionR, an R implementation of Dandelion’s trajectory analysis workflow, bringing the VDJ feature space construction and trajectory analysis using diffusion maps and absorbing Markov chains to R, offering a new option for scRNA-seq and scVDJ-seq analysis to R users.…”
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Rethinking the road ahead – generation Z’s perspectives on AI-based mobility services by Márk Miskolczi, László Kökény, Melinda Jászberényi

“…This study addresses this gap by exploring how Generation Z – arguably the most receptive segment to Industry 4.0 innovations – perceives highly automated vehicles. …”
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CFD Numerical Simulation of Biodiesel Synthesis in a Spinning Disc Reactor by Wen Zhuqing, Petera Jerzy

“…The reactor consists of two flat discs, located coaxially and parallel to each other with a gap of 0.2 mm between the discs. The upper disc is located on a rotating shaft while the lower disc is stationary. …”
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Efficient single-layer light-emitting diodes based on organic–inorganic lead halide perovskite and tuning luminescence properties by Soghra Mirershadi, Asal Javad, Sohrab Ahmadi-Kandjani

“…., CH3NH3PbX 3, X = Cl, Br) materials, such as long electron–hole diffusion length, high absorption coefficient and adjustable band gap, they have attracted a great deal of attention. …”
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Can artificial intelligence revolutionize healthcare in the Global South? A scoping review of opportunities and challenges by Syed Ali Hussain, Mary Bresnahan, Jie Zhuang

“…Background Artificial intelligence (AI) health applications developed in Global North countries are being diffused to the Global South but not without problems. …”
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Fabrication of Functionalized MOFs Incorporated Mixed Matrix Hollow Fiber Membrane for Gas Separation by Haitao Zhu, Xingming Jie, Yiming Cao

“…By optimizing dope composition, air gap distance, and bore fluid composition, MMHFM containing functionalized MIL-53 achieved excellent gas permeance and CO2/N2 selectivity. …”
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Key characteristics and role of lead users in medical device innovations: An exploratory study by Béla Venesz, Tibor Dőry

“…However, it has been criticized for inadequacies in its identification process. To address this gap, our study distinguishes seven key personal characteristics of medical lead users that are essential for successful co-created new product development. …”
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Synthesis and Application of TiO2-Phosphomolybdic acid nanocomposite. by P.RAJESH SELVAN, PRAVEENDANIEL M

“…The antibacterial effect against Streptococcus mutans was examined using the disc diffusion method. This was shown to be effective against antibiotics and Streptococcus mutans.…”
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The quest for equity in global health is underpinned by neocolonial discourses: A critical discourse analysis. by Michelle Amri, Jan Filart, Jesse B Bump

“…Global health, as noted in the emerging decolonizing global health literature, is built on power asymmetries and inequities, is centred on individuals and organizations in the global north, and involves a north to south diffusion of ideas and resources. Despite increasing attention paid to the decolonization of global health, there is no universal understanding of what this entails, or what associated agenda(s) may be. …”
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The influence of Ag2O/NbO2 nanocomposites on the optical properties of PVA/PVP lend in biomedical applications by Sroor Fadhil Obaid, Raheem Kadhim

“…The determination of the anti-microbial activity was done by disc diffusion method. The anti-bacterial activity involved gram-positive and gram-negative organisms. …”
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Influential nodes identification for complex networks based on multi-feature fusion by Shaobao Li, Yiran Quan, Xiaoyuan Luo, Juan Wang

“…Previous studies often overlook the importance of spatial information, thereby limiting the accurate identification of key nodes. To address this gap, we introduce an advanced centrality model, termed Degree-k-shell-Betweenness Centrality (DKBC), which is grounded in the principle of gravity. …”
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Comparative numerical study of highly nonlinear flip-through impact experiment by Chaitanya Kesanapalli, HeonYong Kang

“…We confirm that the updated features of boundary condition, time integration, and density diffusion result in marginal prediction variations of pressure time series and free surface evolution while minimizing the gap along the wall and non-uniform particles.…”
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Viscosity of Polycaprolactone Microplastic Dispersions and Nonlinear Kinetic Models of Plastic Fragmentation by Vincenzo Villani, Pier Luigi Gentili

“…Therefore, microplastics smaller than 1 mm experience the leaching diffusion modeled via nonlinear coupled kinetic differential equations: semicrystalline microplastics quickly release nanoplastics from the amorphous fraction, followed by fine and stable crystalline microplastics. …”
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