Public preferences for health and non-health outcomes of Universal Basic Income and alternative income-based policies: A mixed-method feasibility study by Neil McHugh, David Bomark, Rachel Baker, Verity Watson, Neil Craig, Ruth Lightbody, Clare Bambra, Victoria McGowan, Cam Donaldson

“…Currently, we do not know the extent to which the general public value different income-based policies, including when wider impacts, such as health outcomes, are explicitly stated. Objective This feasibility study had two broad aims. …”
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Analysis of the mechanical behaviors of nonmetallic un-bonded flexible pipe under different loads by Jin Yu, Xuegang You, Tianwei Kong, Mengying Xia, Ruhong Lv, Kezheng Zhang, Baodong Wang

“…The model was validated through full-scale burst pressure tests, demonstrating excellent agreement (within 13.4% error) with experimental results. …”
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Experimental Study and FEM Analysis on the Strengthening of Masonry Brick Walls Using Expanded Steel Plates and Shotcrete with and Without Glass Fiber Reinforcement by Zeynep Yaman, Alper Cumhur, Elif Ağcakoca, Muhammet Zeki Özyurt, Muhammed Maraşlı, Mohammad Saber Sadid, Abdulsalam Akrami, Azizullah Rasuly

“…Thirteen wall specimens constructed with vertical perforated masonry block bricks were tested under diagonal compression in accordance with ASTM E519 (2010). …”
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Empiric Results from the Successful Implementation of Data-Driven Innovative Energy Services in Buildings by Juan Aranda, Boniface Dominick Mselle, Juliana Cruz, Yassine Rqiq, Jose Manuel Longares

“…We conducted empirical tests in three distinct building typologies: a multi-apartment residential building in Spain, detached dwellings in Croatia, and a hotel bungalow in Greece, to measure self-consumption savings, occupant-driven energy use behaviour changes, and the potential for explicit demand response. …”
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Blast-Resistant Design of Reinforced Concrete Slabs with Auxetic-Shaped Reinforcement Layout by Oğuz Kağan Genç, Zhengyi Kong, Behrooz Keshtegar, Duc-Kien Thai

“…A series of two-way supported panels reinforced with re-entrant auxetic-shaped rebars were numerically tested under a TNT explosion. The high-fidelity multi-physics explicit solver of LS-DYNA was utilized to analyze the efficiency of the proposed design. …”
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Dynamic Stiffness for a Levinson Beam Embedded Within a Pasternak Medium Subjected to Axial Load at Both Ends by Zhijiang Chen, Qian Cheng, Xiaoqing Jin, Feodor M. Borodich

“…Using the dynamic stiffness approach, an explicit algebraic expression is derived from the homogeneous solution of the governing equations. …”
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Rhythm And Risk: Exploring The Relationship Between Afrobeat Music And Drug Abuse Among Nigerian Universities’ Undergraduate Music Students by Tosin Emmanuel Akinduyo, Patrick Oluwafemi Akerele, N.P.M Mabaso

“…The research instrument used was a structured questionnaire, while qualitative data was collected through observation and interview guides. Pilot testing was conducted to ensure the instruments were relevant, unbiased, and appropriate for the study context and participants. …”
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Durable resistance or efficient disease control? Adult Plant Resistance (APR) at the heart of the dilemma by Rimbaud, Loup, Papaïx, Julien, Rey, Jean-François, Moury, Benoît, Barrett, Luke G., Thrall, Peter H.

“…However, the impact of partial efficiency and delayed mode of action of APR on the evolutionary and epidemiological outcomes of resistance deployment has never been tested. Using the demogenetic, spatially explicit, temporal, stochastic model landsepi, this study is a first attempt to investigate how resistance efficiency, age at the time of resistance activation and target pathogenicity trait jointly impact resistance durability and disease control at the landscape scale. …”
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The role of attention in challenging the constraints of spatial statistical learning by T.M. Deeva, D.D. Kozlov

“…The results are discussed in terms of two types of statistical learning, attention-dependent (explicit) and attention-independent (implicit).</p>…”
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<i>H</i>_∞ Control for Systems with Mechanical Constraints Based on Orthogonal Decomposition by Ahmad Aldaher, Sergei Savin

“…In this paper, we study <inline-formula data-eusoft-scrollable-element="1"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" data-eusoft-scrollable-element="1"><semantics data-eusoft-scrollable-element="1"><msub data-eusoft-scrollable-element="1"><mi data-eusoft-scrollable-element="1">H</mi><mo data-eusoft-scrollable-element="1">∞</mo></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> control for systems with explicit mechanical constraints and a lack of state information, such as walking robots. …”
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EVOCA: Explainable Verification of Claims by Graph Alignment by Carmela De Felice, Carmelo Fabio Longo, Misael Mongiovì, Daniele Francesco Santamaria, Giusy Giulia Tuccari

“…The approach leverages the explicit and interpretable structure of semantic graphs, which naturally represent the semantic structure of a sentence—or a set of sentences—and explicitly encodes the relationships among different concepts, thereby facilitating the extraction and manipulation of relevant information. …”
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Approximate Bayesian Computation for a Dual-Failure-Modes Models and Its Application to Failure Times Data by Mustapha Muhammad, Badamasi Abba, Jinsen Xiao

“…Additionally, we utilize an adaptable Weibull related lifetime distribution for the purpose of testing the proposed algorithm. The model was designed for the analysis of complex systems exhibiting bathtub-shaped failure rate, and its termed as the two-parameter-modified-Weibull-Chen (TMWC). …”
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Effectiveness of integrated learning, problem-based learning, and direct learning models on HOTS in badminton by Sefri Hardiansyah, Nurlan Kusmaedi, Amung Ma'mun, Herman Subarjah, Syahriadi Syahriadi, Deddy Rahmat Saputra

“…Data analysis was conducted using paired sample t test and ANOVA test. Results: The results of the paired sample t test analysis of pre-test and post-test data showed that the three learning models had a p-value <0.05 (hypothesis accepted) and based on the ANOVA test (testing the effectiveness of the learning model) obtained a p-value> 0.05 (hypothesis rejected). …”
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Optimization of Hybrid Machining of Nomex Honeycomb Structures: Effect of the CZ10 Tool and Ultrasonic Vibrations on the Cutting Process by Oussama Beldi, Tarik Zarrouk, Ahmed Abbadi, Mohammed Nouari, Jamal-Eddine Salhi, Mohammed Abbadi, Mohamed Barboucha

“…To this end, a 3D numerical model based on the finite element method, developed using Abaqus/Explicit 2017 software, allows us to simulate the interaction between the cutting tool and the thin walls of the structure to be machined. …”
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Community-based reconstruction and simulation of a full-scale model of the rat hippocampus CA1 region. by Armando Romani, Alberto Antonietti, Davide Bella, Julian Budd, Elisabetta Giacalone, Kerem Kurban, Sára Sáray, Marwan Abdellah, Alexis Arnaudon, Elvis Boci, Cristina Colangelo, Jean-Denis Courcol, Thomas Delemontex, András Ecker, Joanne Falck, Cyrille Favreau, Michael Gevaert, Juan B Hernando, Joni Herttuainen, Genrich Ivaska, Lida Kanari, Anna-Kristin Kaufmann, James Gonzalo King, Pramod Kumbhar, Sigrun Lange, Huanxiang Lu, Carmen Alina Lupascu, Rosanna Migliore, Fabien Petitjean, Judit Planas, Pranav Rai, Srikanth Ramaswamy, Michael W Reimann, Juan Luis Riquelme, Nadir Román Guerrero, Ying Shi, Vishal Sood, Mohameth François Sy, Werner Van Geit, Liesbeth Vanherpe, Tamás F Freund, Audrey Mercer, Eilif Muller, Felix Schürmann, Alex M Thomson, Michele Migliore, Szabolcs Káli, Henry Markram

“…To address this challenge, we present a community-based, full-scale in silico model of the rat CA1 that integrates a broad range of experimental data, from synapse to network, including the reconstruction of its principal afferents, the Schaffer collaterals, and a model of the effects that acetylcholine has on the system. We tested and validated each model component and the final network model, and made input data, assumptions, and strategies explicit and transparent. …”
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Global strategies and local implementation of health and health-related SDGs: lessons from consultation in countries across five regions by Sameen Siddiqi, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Sara Causevic, Peter Friberg, Luis Huicho, Roman Mogilevskii, Fahad Javaid Siddiqui, Johanna Lindgren-Garcia, Anil Khamis, Mashal Murad Shah

“…While the momentum towards universal health coverage is notable, explicit linkages with non-health SDGs and integrated multisectoral implementation strategies are lacking. …”
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Natural Occlusion-Based Backdoor Attacks: A Novel Approach to Compromising Pedestrian Detectors by Qiong Li, Yalun Wu, Qihuan Li, Xiaoshu Cui, Yuanwan Chen, Xiaolin Chang, Jiqiang Liu, Wenjia Niu

“…Existing backdoor attacks, relying on unnatural digital perturbations or explicit patches, are difficult to deploy stealthily in the physical world. …”
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Improving large-scale snow albedo modeling using a climatology of light-absorbing particle deposition by M. Gaillard, M. Gaillard, V. Vionnet, M. Lafaysse, M. Dumont, P. Ginoux

“…<p>Light-absorbing particles (LAPs) deposited at the snow surface significantly reduce its albedo and strongly affect the snowmelt dynamics. The explicit simulation of these effects with advanced snow radiative transfer models is generally associated with a large computational cost. …”
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Pioneering the use of embedded research translation methodology for potential increased income and livelihoods of smallholder farmers by Robert Kajobe, Experito Muyanja Kabuga, Ratib Dricile, Victor Wadri, Richard Malingumu, Peninah Yumbya

“…Whereas participatory research and development is widely acclaimed, an effective explicit procedure for ensuring end-user participation remains a holy grail. …”
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Assessing serial recall as a measure of artificial grammar learning by Holly E. Jenkins, Ysanne de Graaf, Faye Smith, Nick Riches, Benjamin Wilson, Benjamin Wilson

“…However, measures that putatively assess implicit statistical learning often require explicit reflection, for example, deciding if a sequence is ‘grammatical’ or ‘ungrammatical’. …”
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