Strike-slip kinematics from crustal to outcrop-scale: the impact of material properties on analogue modelling by L. Massaro, J. Adam, E. Jonade, S. Negrão, Y. Yamada, Y. Yamada

“…<p>Strike-slip fault zones commonly display complex kinematics and 3D geometries, with high structural variability along strike and with depth. …”
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Transmit/Receive Spatial Smoothing with Improved Effective Array Aperture for Angle and Mutual Coupling Estimation in Bistatic MIMO Radar by Haomiao Liu, Xiaojun Yang, Rong Wang, Wei Jin, Weimin Jia

“…Then the augmented transmit and receive spatial smoothing matrices with improved effective aperture are obtained, by exploiting the Vandermonde structure of steering vector with uniform linear array. …”
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Investigating the role of digital capabilities on the relationship between teacher readiness and teacher skills using augmented reality media in elementary schools: A mediation and... by Mohammad Archi Maulyda, Sugiman, Wuri Wuryandani, Nawang Sulistyani, Anas Ma'ruf Annizar

“…Data analysis was conducted using the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) method to see the factor structure of each variable. After that, linear regression test analysis was conducted to see the relationship between digital competence and teacher skills directly (direct), followed by mediation and moderation analysis to see whether the teacher readiness variable can mediate and moderate the relationship between digital competence and teacher skills using AR media (indirect). …”
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Numerical Simulation of Rock Fragmentation under the Impact Load of Water Jet by Jiang Hongxiang, Du Changlong, Liu Songyong, Gao Kuidong

“…The influences of the factors of boundary condition, impact velocity, confining pressure, and structure plane on rock dynamic fragmentation are discussed.…”
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Unsupervised Detection of Suspicious Tissue Using Data Modeling and PCA by Ikhlas Abdel-Qader, Lixin Shen, Christina Jacobs, Fadi Abu Amara, Sarah Pashaie-Rad

“…The algorithm employs linear structure and curvelinear modeling prior to PCA implementations. …”
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The impact of disease activity and interferon-α on the nervous system in systemic lupus erythematosus by Kristoffer A. Zervides, Elsa Grenmyr, Shorena Janelidze, Petrus Linge, Jessika Nystedt, Petra C. Nilsson, Pia C. Sundgren, Oskar Hansson, Anders A. Bengtsson, Andreas Jönsen

“…This longitudinal study aimed to investigate whether disease activity and serum IFN-α levels over time were associated with objective findings of neuronal impairment regarding (i) higher plasma neurofilament light (NfL) concentrations, (ii) structural alterations on MRI, and (iii) cognitive dysfunction upon testing. …”
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Navigating the digital landscape: unraveling the interplay of challenge and hindrance components of technostress on employee voice behavior by Barnabás Buzás, Barnabás Buzás, Adél Csenge Simon, Adél Csenge Simon, Orhidea Edith Kiss, Klára Faragó

“…Data were analyzed using three-step hierarchical regression models to assess the direct effects of technostress on voice behavior. Additionally, structural equation models (SEM) were used to explore indirect effects and the moderating roles of psychological safety, intrinsic motivation, and affective commitment.ResultsOur findings reveal that technostress consists of challenge and hindrance components. …”
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Mapping History; Surveying the Unfathomable in Pynchon’s Mason & Dix by Marwan Maho Abdi, Sherzad Shafie Babo

“…Through a close examination of Pynchon's non-linear and complex narrative structure, this article highlights the manners in which Mason & Dixon counters the conventional notions of truth, hence inviting the reader to question any constructed nature either, maps or historical representation. …”
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The influence of socioeconomic factors on the knowledge of reptiles and mammals in the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Northeast Brazil by Pedro Victor Cardoso dos Santos, Felipe Silva Ferreira, Samuel Vieira Brito

“…Data were collected through semi-structured questionnaires and open-ended interviews, resulting in records of 36 species (plus 6 identified only at genus level) in 33 families and 10 orders, of which 53% were non-avian reptile and 47% mammals. …”
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From Crisis to Opportunity: Digital Transformation, Digital Business Models, and Organizational Resilience in the Post-Pandemic Era by António Cardoso, Jorge Figueiredo, Isabel Oliveira, Margarida Pocinho

“…Data were collected through a structured online survey with 320 valid responses from decision-makers across various sectors. …”
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Affine Tensor Product Model Transformation by József Kuti, Péter Galambos

“…The proposed model form describes the affine geometric structure of the parameter dependencies by a nearly minimum model size and enables a systematic way of geometric complexity reduction. …”
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Determining the acoustic field distribution of ultrasonic multi-element probes by Krzysztof Opieliński, Tadeusz Gudra

“…On the basis of an analysis of calculation results the size of electronically switched transmitting sector was optimized (in the sense of the number of concurrently radiating elementary transducers) for a linear and a ring ultrasonic multi-element probes from the point of view of their use for visualizing the inside of a biological structure by means of UTT.…”
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An examination of the relationship between self-confidence and bullying among adolescent athletes and non-athletes by Satmyrza Mamikov, Ainur Abdullayeva

“…Methodology: a quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted with 300 adolescents, categorized as athletes and non-athletes. participants completed a structured questionnaire on bullying and self-confidence. analyses included logistic regression, Chi-square tests, One-way ANOVA, MANOVA, and multiple linear regression for moderation effects. …”
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Analyzing Uncertainty and Hesitation in Refereeing Decision using Neutrosophic Vague N-Soft Sets: A Case Study of Officiating Ability Evaluation for National-Level Volleyball Refer... by Haikui Zhou, Xiang Zhong

“…Our framework integrated expert linguistic evaluations across multiple criteria into a structured NVNSS decision matrix. Then, we propose a risk-aware degree of support to quantify each referee’s performance under uncertainty, followed by a discrete rating assignment. …”
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The statistical relationship between sweet consumption and academic achievement among Palestinian university students: a cross-sectional study by Inad Nawajah

“…Data on academic performance (self-reported GPA), sweet consumption frequency, and potential confounders (demographics, BMI, parental education, income, breakfast consumption, physical activity, and mental health via the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire) were collected using structured questionnaires. Multiple linear regression models were used to assess associations. …”
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Optical neuromorphic computing via temporal up-sampling and trainable encoding on a telecom device platform by Manuylovich Egor, Stoliarov Dmitrii, Saad David, Turitsyn Sergei K.

“…Our up-sampling approach utilizes a trainable encoding mask, where each input symbol is replaced with a structured sequence of masked symbols, effectively increasing the representational capacity of the feature space. …”
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Boosting Barlow Twins Reduced Order Modeling for Machine Learning‐Based Surrogate Models in Multiphase Flow Problems by T. Kadeethum, V. L. S. Silva, P. Salinas, C. C. Pain, H. Yoon

“…BBT‐ROM builds upon Barlow Twins reduced order modeling that leverages self‐supervised learning to effectively handle linear and nonlinear manifolds by constructing well‐structured latent spaces of input parameters and output quantities. …”
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A New Technique to Solve Game Matrix with Neutrosophic Payoffs by Jitendra Singh, Ritika Chopra, Ratnesh R. Saxena, Pankaj Kumar Garg

“…This article develops a more structured technique to solve neutrosophic game matrix with payoffs as Single Valued Trapezoidal Neutrosophic (SVTrN) numbers. …”
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The impact of fall armyworm on subsistence farmers in the Limpopo Province of South Africa by Tlou D. Raphela, M. Mafadza

“…Lastly, the study assessed the impact of the fall armyworms on the food security of the farmers and their families. The study used a structured questionnaire to collect the data and applied several Generalized Linear Models (GLMs) and one ordinal Regression to analyse the data for this study with a sample size of 82. …”
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Enhancement of mechanochemical self-blocking and self-healing of early minor damages in polymers through hyperbranched architecture by M. X. Li, M. Z. Rong, M. Q. Zhang

“…Moreover, the experimental results indicate that the specific structure of hyperbranched macromolecules, which possess plenty of functional groups and great mobility, benefits to construct a stronger network with rapid response than that derived from the linear macromolecules. …”
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