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Childhood predictors of belief in life after death across 22 countries

Scientific Reports
Belief in life after death is one of the oldest and most widespread spiritual convictions, and it has been shown to offer various psychological benefits.
Zhuo Job Chen, Richard G. Cowden, Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Thomas Breedlove, Blake Victor Kent, R. Noah Padgett, Byron R. Johnson, Tyler J. VanderWeele   +7 more
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Nanoengineered Binetworks in Multifunctional Anionic Block Polymer Mesoblends for Improved Mechanical Properties

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Mesoblends consist of a nanostructured polymer into which a second polymer is imbibed with a selective solvent. In this work, a solvent‐templatable pentablock terpolymer possessing a sulfonated midblock is modified with a hydrophilic polymer that is photocrosslinked in situ, yielding a hierarchical binetwork.
Kacie M. Wells, Ivan Kuzmenko, Reza A. Ghiladi, Richard J. Spontak   +3 more
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Neuromorphic Electronics for Intelligence Everywhere: Emerging Devices, Flexible Platforms, and Scalable System Architectures

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The perspective presents an integrated view of neuromorphic technologies, from device physics to real‐time applicability, while highlighting the necessity of full‐stack co‐optimization. By outlining practical hardware‐level strategies to exploit device behavior and mitigate non‐idealities, it shows pathways for building efficient, scalable, and ...
Kapil Bhardwaj, Roshni Satheesh Babu, Yuxin Xia, Eva Bestelink, Radu Sporea, Nikos Hastas, Ioannis Zeimpekis, Dimitra G. Georgiadou, Sayani Majumdar   +8 more
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A cross-national analysis of demographic variation in belief in God, gods, or spiritual forces in 22 countries

Scientific Reports
Although prior research documents the importance of belief in God (e.g., for health and well-being), most of the research has focused on Western samples. Much less is known about how belief in one God, multiple gods, or spiritual forces (“Belief in God”)
Eric Y. Aglozo, Kathryn A. Johnson, Brendan Case, R. Noah Padgett, Byron R. Johnson, Tyler J. VanderWeele   +5 more
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Positive maternal mental health in pregnant women and its association with obstetric and psychosocial factors

BMC Public Health, 2023
Objective To estimate the frequency of Positive Maternal Mental Health (PMMH) interpretation levels in pregnant women who attended prenatal consultation and to identify their association with obstetric and psychosocial factors.
Álvaro Monterrosa-Castro, Shairine Romero-Martínez, Angélica Monterrosa-Blanco   +2 more
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Ferroelectric Dynamic‐Field‐Driven Nucleation and Growth Model for Predictive Materials‐To‐Circuit Co‐Design

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a compact dynamic‐field‐driven nucleation and growth (DFNG) model that captures ferroelectric switching behavior under arbitrary voltage waveforms. It enables extraction of time‐dependent domain wall velocity and growth dimensionality, which can then be extended to device‐level modeling.
Yi Liang, Soohyeon Kim, Tony Chiang, Megan K. Lenox, Ian Mercer, John J. Plombon, Jon‐Paul Maria, Jon F. Ihlefeld, Wenhao Sun, Wei Lu, John T. Heron   +10 more
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Childhood predictors of adults’ belief in god, gods, and spiritual forces across 22 countries

Scientific Reports
Religion is an integral part of everyday life for billions of people, yet little is known about the developmental antecedents of religious belief outside of Western cultures.
Jordan W. Moon, Kathryn A. Johnson, Brendan Case, R. Noah Padgett, Byron R. Johnson, Tyler J. VanderWeele   +5 more
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From the Discovery of the Giant Magnetocaloric Effect to the Development of High‐Power‐Density Systems

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
The article overviews past and current efforts on caloric materials and systems, highlighting the contributions of Ames National Laboratory to the field. Solid‐state caloric heat pumping is an innovative method that can be implemented in a wide range of cooling and heating applications.
Agata Czernuszewicz, Yaroslav Mudryk, Jun Cui, Lucas Griffith, Duane D. Johnson, Julie Slaughter   +5 more
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Sociodemographic variations of belief in life after death across 22 Countries

Scientific Reports
Belief in life after death is among the oldest forms of spiritual belief, found in nearly every world civilization and religion. While several national surveys highlight differences in afterlife beliefs across countries, none have explored the ...
Zhuo Job Chen, Richard G. Cowden, Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Thomas Breedlove, Blake Victor Kent, R. Noah Padgett, Byron R. Johnson, Tyler J. VanderWeele   +7 more
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Collision‐Resilient Winged Drones Enabled by Tensegrity Structures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Based on structures of birds such as the woodpeck, this article presents the collision‐resilient aerial robot, SWIFT. SWIFT leverages tensegrity structures in the fuselage and wings which allow it to undergo large deformations in a crash, without sustaining damage. Experiments show that SWIFT can reduce impact forces by 70% over conventional structures.
Omar Aloui, Raphael Zufferey, William Stewart, Mohammad Askari, Simon Jeger, Dario Floreano   +5 more
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