Building the "Golden Generation": Understanding the Drivers of Investment Behavior in Gen Z and Millennial Women by Erna Apriani, Widiastuti, Nani Hartati, Rina Nurjanah, Abdul Latif

“…Practical Implications for Economic Growth and Development: This research underscores the importance of financial knowledge for Gen Z and Millennial women, particularly as Gen Z is poised to become the "golden generation" by 2045. By fostering sound financial management practices through financial knowledge and personality traits, individuals can effectively convert income into long-term assets through various investment instruments. …”
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Exploiting Partial Reconfiguration through PCIe for a Microphone Array Network Emulator by Bruno da Silva, An Braeken, Federico Domínguez, Abdellah Touhafi

“…The current Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) technology enables the deployment of relatively low-cost wireless sensor networks composed of MEMS microphone arrays for accurate sound source localization. However, the evaluation and the selection of the most accurate and power-efficient network’s topology are not trivial when considering dynamic MEMS microphone arrays. …”
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Crackle Pitch Rises Progressively during Inspiration in Pneumonia, CHF, and IPF Patients by Andrey Vyshedskiy, Raymond Murphy

“…Patients with a significant number of crackles were examined using a multichannel lung sound analyzer. These patients included 34 with pneumonia, 38 with heart failure, and 28 with interstitial fibrosis. …”
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Rapid Reconstruction of Acoustic Holograms Using Improved IU-Net With Adaptive Learning Rate Scheduling by Mingzhe Cui, Yang Li, Xuewei Wang, Jia Wang, Haoxuan Rong

“…The angular spectrum method is used to simulate the phase information distribution of different sound sources, positions, and initial angles, thereby quickly generating the required data samples, especially for complex or dynamic image scenarios. …”
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Seismic Performance of Modular Structures with Novel Steel Frame: Light Gauge Slotted Steel Stud Walls by Chao Gong, Dawei Sun, Qixian Chen, Yong Zhu, Mingxu Shang, Faqi Liu

“…Meanwhile, steel frame-light gauge slotted steel stud (LGSS) walls have been considered to be assembled into the modules due to their excellent thermal- and sound-insulation properties. These structural components will also contribute to the resistance of the modular system when subjected to lateral loads/actions, especially seismic actions. …”
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Rupture and Migration Law of Disturbed Overburden during Slicing Mining of Steeply Dipping Thick Coal Seam by Shuai Liu, Ke Yang, Chunan Tang, Xiaolou Chi

“…The secondary deformation breakage law, sound, and light response characteristics in the rock mass deformation process induced by lower slice mining of steeply inclined coal seams were determined. …”
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Human, almost human: how many human species are there? by Thierry Hoquet

“…Hence, the question "how many human species are there?", exciting as it may sound, seems doomed to remain unanswered in a necessarily open and never-ending debate.…”
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Topical issues of an applied vaping research by L. A. Davletshina, M. V. Karmanov

“…Applied vaping research is based on a set of exact indicators combined into a single and logically sound system that allows you to get a comprehensive idea of the object of cognition. …”
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An Archaic Approach to the poetry of Malik al-Shu'arā Bahār by Parvaneh Valamehr

“…Originally from the Khorāsān region, this poet has a sound familiarity and profound understanding of classical poe­try, especially the Khorāsāni and Iraqi style­s, which has enormously helped to shape the­ archaic esse­nce of his poetic language­. …”
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Sustainable Selection of Machine Learning Algorithm for Gender-Bias Attenuated Prediction by Raik Orbay, Evelina Wikner

“…In these, the majority of the investigated cases are for ML branches like image or sound processing and text recognition. However, utilizing ML for driving style investigations is not an extensively researched area. …”
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Cultivating Well-being, Community Cohesion, and Sense of Purpose through African Contemplative Practices by Lucy Draper-Clarke, Caryn Green

“…In contrast to meditation practices drawn from Eastern wisdom traditions, practices embedded in African spirituality are sound- and movement-based and conducted in community settings. …”
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Near-Field Aeroacoustics of Spanwise Forcing on a Transonic Wing: A DNS Study by Niccolò Berizzi, Davide Gatti, Giulio Soldati, Sergio Pirozzoli, Maurizio Quadrio

“…By extracting the acoustic signals on a circumference placed in the near-field around the wing and by studying them in terms of sound intensity and frequency content, it is found that noise intensity is not significantly increased by spanwise forcing and that frequency content is only minimally altered. …”
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Research on Coal Mechanical Properties Based on True Triaxial Loading and Unloading Experiment by Yanyan Peng, Haoxiang Deng, Minghong Xing, Pengfei Guo, Chun Zhu

“…To study the safety issues caused by coal mine excavation, self-developed simulation of earth interior atmosphere and sound test system was used to perform true triaxial loading and unloading tests of coal. …”
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A Thermodynamics Study on the Tetrahydrofuran Effect in Exfoliated Graphite Nanoplatelets and Activated Carbon Mixtures at Temperatures between 293.15 and 308.15 K by Florinela Sirbu, Alina Catrinel Ion, Luiza Capra, Ion Ion

“…The refractive index, speed of sound, and density of diluted mixed binary solutions of exfoliated graphite nanoplatelets and activated carbon in tetrahydrofuran were measured between 0 and 100 kg·m−3 with composition step of 20 kg·m−3 and at temperatures from 293.15 to 308.15 K and at normal pressure. …”
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Bioreactance-Based Noninvasive Fluid Responsiveness and Cardiac Output Monitoring: A Pilot Study in Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Literature Review by Sanjeev Sivakumar, Christos Lazaridis

“…Based on this literature and sound pathophysiologic reasoning, reliance on static markers (such as CVP) is unjustified when one attempts to assess strategies augmenting stroke volume (SV), arterial blood pressure, and oxygen delivery. …”
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Change-Oriented Risk Management in Civil Aviation Operation: A Case Study in China Air Navigation Service Provider by Le-ping Yuan, Man Liang, Yiran Xie

“…In addition, the “Man” category accounts for around 55% of the total risk, ranking number 1, followed by “Management,” “Medium,” and “Machine” categories. Finally, a sound risk control strategy is provided to the ANSP to help in controlling the risk and maintaining an acceptable level of safety during system changes.…”
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Field test of a silicon carbide metro propulsion system with reduced losses and acoustic noise by Martin Lindahl, Torbjörn Trostén, Daniel Jansson, Mikael H Johansson, Erik Velander, Anders Blomberg, Hans‐Peter Nee

“…Lower power losses permit the use of car motion cooling. A sound pressure level reduction of 9 dB(A) was measured in the field with the higher inverter switching frequency permitted by using SiC. …”
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Review and Criticism of From Secular Science to Religious Science by Khosrow Bagheri Noaparast

“…Contrary to Reichenback, and Stanmark following him, this relationship does not lead science to the malign relativism even though a sound degree of relativism would involve science.…”
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Conceptual Framework of an Effective Decision Support System in Forest Fire Management by Kadir Alperen Coşkuner, Ertuğrul Bilgili

“…Forest fire management organizations require accurate, timely and readily available information to be successful in forest fire suppression. A sound decision support system is necessary to acquire and make this information available to fire management organization. …”
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Financial Literacy, Cash Management and Business Growth in Kampala City Council Authority, Uganda by Eton, Marus, Miria Nyangoma, Fabian, Mwosi, Benard, Patrick Ogwel, Barige Godfrey

“…The study recommended that the Private Sector Uganda, Uganda Manufacturers’ Association, Uganda Chamber of Commerce; and other trade organizations should include training business men and women around the country on sound financial management. There is need to further sensitize the public and business owners in particular on the risks associated with borrowed capital. …”
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