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Tick‐Tock, the Time Has Come: Leveraging TikTok to Understand, Prevent, and Treat Eating Disorders

International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective TikTok—a highly engaging social media platform with a powerful algorithm that displays short videos—has become massively popular in recent years. As research highlights the concerning relationship between image‐based content on social media and disordered eating symptoms, TikTok may serve as an optimal platform to understand eating ...
Macarena Kruger, Isabella Pruscino, Caroline G. Martin, Elizabeth A. Velkoff   +3 more
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A VIDEO GAME AS A MECHANISM FOR BROADCASTING THE NATIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE

Russian Studies in Culture and Society
Background. In this article, it is proposed to draw attention to the fact that computer games in a short period of time have ceased to be exclusively a form of entertainment for young people, having transformed into an effective mechanism for ...
Anzhela V. Normanskaya
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Store-Carry-Cooperative Forward Routing With Information Epidemics Control for Data Delivery in Opportunistic Networks

IEEE Access, 2017
Data delivery in opportunistic networks requires robustness and resiliency due to the mobility and probabilistic propagation channels caused by fading.
Cherry Ye Aung, Ivan Wang-Hei Ho, Peter Han Joo Chong   +2 more
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Caught in the fire: An accidental ethnography of discomfort in researching sex work

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on fifteen years of engagement with researching Israel's sex industry, this article uses accidental ethnography to propose discomfort‐as‐method for feminist anthropology. I argue that discomfort is not a by‐product of fieldwork but a constitutive condition that disciplines researchers and shapes what can be known.
Yeela Lahav‐Raz
wiley   +1 more source

Rapid and Resilient LoRa Leap: A Novel Multi-Hop Architecture for Decentralised Earthquake Early Warning Systems

Sensors
We introduce a novel LoRa-based multi-hop communication architecture as an alternative to the public internet for earthquake early warning (EEW).
Vinuja Ranasinghe, Nuwan Udara, Movindi Mathotaarachchi, Tharindu Thenuwara, Dileeka Dias, Raj Prasanna, Sampath Edirisinghe, Samiru Gayan, Caroline Holden, Amal Punchihewa, Max Stephens, Paul Drummond   +11 more
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Anuran call properties as reliable indicators of environmental suitability for reproduction

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.
The onset of animal breeding activity is often accompanied by auditory signals, typically produced by males, that indicate reproductive status to potential mates and competitors. Here, using male anuran advertisement calls as a case study, we present the novel hypothesis that characteristics of ectotherm auditory signals that are modulated by ...
Julianne E Pekny, Brian D Todd, Eric Post   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Propane Flaming as a New Approach to Control Mediterranean Invasive Weeds

Agronomy, 2019
In recent decades, anthropogenic activity and climate changes have reshaped global weed dispersal and establishment in new territories. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of propane flaming approach in the control of perennial invasive and ...
Alon Horesh, Yaakov Goldwasser, Karam Igbariya, Zvi Peleg, Ran Nisim Lati   +4 more
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Effectiveness of integrated shrub management and restoration techniques for rehabilitating shrub‐encroached rangelands of South Africa

Grassland Research, EarlyView.
Herbaceous plant recovery following shrub clearing and reseeding in the rangelands of Peddie, Eastern Cape of South Africa. CTL, control; CO, cutting only; CR, cutting and reseeding; UPO, uprooting only; UPR, uprooting and reseeding. Abstract Background Shrub encroachment (SE) drives rangeland degradation, threatening biodiversity and forage ...
Monelisi Makanya, Khanyisa Jama, Mthunzi Mndela, Sinalo Malindie   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Faster Convergence With Less Communication: Broadcast-Based Subgraph Sampling for Decentralized Learning Over Wireless Networks

IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
Decentralized stochastic gradient descent (D-SGD) is a widely adopted optimization algorithm for decentralized training of machine learning models across networked agents.
Daniel Perez Herrera, Zheng Chen, Erik G. Larsson   +2 more
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Between Dependence and Alienation: Understanding the Digital Minimalist Behavior of Chinese Millennials—An Analysis Based on SEM and fsQCA

Journal of Adolescence, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Following rapid iterations in media technologies, Chinese millennials (born between 1980 and 1995) find themselves in a paradoxical state where digital saturation exists alongside fatigue, making them central practitioners of digital minimalist behavior.
Chao Zhang, Yinze Hao, Jingwen Li
wiley   +1 more source