Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.We developed methods to characterize soft contractile actuators using force–displacement measurements in the passive state and the total force in the active state and define the operational range of thermal, electrothermal, and pneumatic muscles. A graphical method enables the selection of an actuator based on the required mechanical force–displacement
Qiong Wang +5 more
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Vernacular Futurism: How Persian Language Users Imagine AI
AI &Innovation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Public discourse about artificial intelligence increasingly unfolds through compressed forecasts, moral warnings, and everyday speculation circulating at platform speed. This study examines how Persian language users on X construct and contest AI futures, analyzing a corpus of 4741 posts collected between January 2023 and December 2025, with ...
Arthur Asa Berger, Ehsan Shahghasemi
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Mobile Health App Acceptance in Japan's Aging Society: Multigroup Structural Equation Modeling Based on the Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology and eHealth Literacy Frameworks. [PDF]
JMIR Mhealth UhealthFukuda Y, Fukuda K.
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Playing in the Dark: Invisible Chess as a Laboratory for Strategic AI
AI &Innovation, EarlyView.This paper shows that strategic AI evaluated on perfect‐information benchmarks can be brittle in real adversarial settings. By using invisible chess as a benchmark for hidden state and deception, it argues for stricter testing, human oversight, and more cautious governance of high‐stakes AI systems.
Paolo Ciancarini
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Rebuttal to "Questioning the recovery of dissociated traumatic memories under psilocybin". [PDF]
J Eat DisordKnatz Peck S, Brewerton TD.
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This study develops and empirically estimates a structural framework to decompose the causal pathways of multilevel behavioral interventions targeting adolescent health behaviors. We apply this framework to the Kids SIPsmartER (KSS) program, a 6‐month, school‐based intervention evaluated through a clustered randomized controlled trial in rural
Naveen Abedin +5 more
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Perceptions of Obesity and Treatment Decision-Making Among Hispanic-Latino Adults: Barriers to Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. [PDF]
Obes Sci PractFornasaro-Donahue V +2 more
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American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Abstract Premise The identity of sterile floral organs in second‐whorl, alternisepalous positions within Caryophyllaceae remains contentious, having been described as staminodes, “petaloids,” or petals homologous with those of other Pentapetalae. Limited ingroup and outgroup sampling and floral developmental data and inadequate phylogenetic comparative
Riley J. Rees +2 more
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Perceptions of physical and occupational therapists on the utility of surface electromyography data in spinal cord injury rehabilitation. [PDF]
PLoS OneAl Awamry N +8 more
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The psychosocial toll of Dublin III on asylum seekers in the Netherlands
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract The Dublin III Regulation determines which EU Member State is responsible for examining asylum claims, but its implementation carries significant consequences for those subjected to it. This study examines how Dublin III, as implemented in the Netherlands, affects asylum seekers' psychosocial wellbeing using Silove′s Adaptation and Development
Imen El Amouri
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