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Difficulty-skill balance does not affect engagement and enjoyment: a pre-registered study using artificial intelligence-controlled difficulty

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2023
How does the difficulty of a task affect people's enjoyment and engagement? Intrinsic motivation and flow theories posit a ‘goldilocks’ optimum where task difficulty matches performer skill, yet current work is confounded by questionable measurement ...
Joe Cutting   +3 more
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Effects of Online Choir or Mindfulness Interventions on Auditory Perception and Well-Being in Middle- and Older-Aged Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Randomized Controlled Trial

open access: yesMusic & Science, 2022
Previous work suggests that both choir and mindfulness training may improve well-being and auditory skills in older adults. This randomized control trial investigated the effects of a 10-week online choir or mindfulness program on speech-in-noise (SIN ...
Ellen Herschel   +4 more
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Digital Simulation and Analysis of Assembly-Deviation Prediction Based on Measurement Data

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2023
For various power equipment items such as aircraft engines and gas turbines with numerous components demanding requirements on processing accuracy and high structural complexity, processing errors tend to cause such problems as assembly rework, forced ...
Ninglu Zhang   +3 more
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Functional Brain Connectivity During Narrative Processing Relates to Transportation and Story Influence

open access: yesFrontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2021
Engaging with narratives involves a complex array of cognitive and affective processes. These processes make stories persuasive in ways that standard arguments are not, though the underlying reasons for this remain unclear. Transportation theory proposes
Anthony G. Vaccaro   +4 more
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The development of musical skills of underprivileged children over the course of one year: A study in the context of an El Sistema-inspired program

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2016
Developmental research in music has typically centered on the study of single musical skills (e.g., singing, listening) and has been conducted with middle class children who learn music in schools and conservatories.
Beatriz Senoi Ilari   +3 more
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Landscape design of garden plants based on green and low-carbon energy under the background of big data

open access: yesEnergy Reports, 2022
Data collection, which is characterized by large capacity, many types, fast access speed and high application value, was first used in the IT industry, and is now rapidly developing into the collection, storage and correlation of data with huge ...
Lei Yang, Weisen Ye
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COVID-19 lung CT image segmentation using deep learning methods: U-Net versus SegNet

open access: yesBMC Medical Imaging, 2021
Background Currently, there is an urgent need for efficient tools to assess the diagnosis of COVID-19 patients. In this paper, we present feasible solutions for detecting and labeling infected tissues on CT lung images of such patients.
Adnan Saood, Iyad Hatem
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Constructing a Design Space from a Collection of Design Examples

open access: yesShe Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics and Innovation, 2021
Previous design cases and examples are important resources in design, most famously conceptualized by Donald Schön as the designer’s repertoire. We propose a way of approaching and gathering such examples, and introduce a tool for constructing and ...
Kim Halskov, Graham Dove, Aron Fischel
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Tailoring high-temperature mechanical properties of laser powder bed fusion Ti-6.5Al-2Zr-1Mo-1 V alloy via microstructure design

open access: yesMaterials & Design, 2023
The microstructure of Ti-6.5Al-2Zr-1Mo-1 V (TA15) alloy fabricated by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is characterized by the ultrafine α′ martensite with a high density of dislocations and twins, which is distinct to that of conventionally forged TA15 ...
Yu Zhang   +5 more
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Bridging the Digital Skills Gap for Museums: A Pedagogical Framework for Training Students in VR-Based Heritage Presentation [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Developing VR-based cultural heritage experiences for interpretation and presentation is highly technical, and many digital teams lack the necessary expertise.
C. Zhou   +4 more
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