ADAPTED PRESTON’S CURVE: A PROXY METHOD FOR LONGEVITY RISK ANALYSIS ON INDONESIAN PENSION PLAN by Danang Teguh Qoyyimi, Rifki Chandra Utama

“…Longer-lived retirees will have more financial obligations to the pension plan in the future. …”
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The artistic complexity of the Antikythera Mechanism: a comprehensive tutorial by Kyriakos Efstathiou, Marianna Efstathiou, Alexandros Basiakoulis

“…The aim of this paper is to present this ancient elaborate device in the most comprehensible way. …”
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Evaluation of the increase in orthodontic treatment demand in adults by Eduardo César Werneck, Fernanda Silva Mattos, Márcio Garcia da Silva, Renata Falchete do Prado, Adriano Marotta Araújo

“…Preventive measures in Dentistry and the modernization of the orthodontics appliances led adult patients to seek orthodontic treatment to improve their appearance and social acceptance, as well as function and oral health. Adult patients present some peculiarities such as periodontal disease and tooth loss which complicates the mechanotherapy, requiring a multidisciplinary team and a more complex mechanics. …”
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Eigen Problem Over Max-Plus Algebra on Determination of the T3 Brand Shuttlecock Production Schedule by Andra Permana, Siswanto Siswanto, Pangadi Pangadi

“…The results of the research showed that the production system run periodically every 249 minutes, then the best time for each processing unit to start working can be determined, as well as the Shuttlecock T3 production schedule according to the working hours more effective and efficient can be determined too. …”
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The method of calculating the minimum creep rate of turbine blades of gas turbine engines based on the degradation of the alloy microstructure by Y. V. Petrov, O. A. Ratenko, V. K. Kharina

“…It is known that the share of airline costs for maintenance and repair (MR) in the total cost structure amounts to at least 20%, of which more than 40% is for the repair and maintenance of aircraft engines (AE). …”
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Mitigating Load Imbalance and Enhancing Distribution Transformer Performance via Fuzzy Inference System by Althoff Hibban, Azriyenni Azhari Zakri, Dirman Hanafi, Boy Ihsan, Umair Ali

“…Load imbalance in distribution transformers presents a significant challenge to power system efficiency due to the generation of high neutral currents, which can compromise system stability. …”
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Advanced Heavy Water Reactor: A New Step Toward Sustainability by Ricardo Bastos Smith, Mahima Sachdeva, Indranil Bisuri, Roberto Vicente

“…Nevertheless, in Brazil, for more than 40 years there has been the discontinuation of research for a thorium-fueled reactor, and so far there has been no prospect of future projects. …”
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Modern problems of artificial reproduction of sturgeon in the Volga‐Caspian basin by L. M. Vasilyeva, N. I. Rabazanov

“…This analytical review presents five tasks, the successful solution of which will improve the current state of artificial reproduction in the Volga‐Caspian basin. …”
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Assessing carbon–neutral supercapacitors in renewable energy systems with self-improving agent-based molecular fuzzy intelligent algorithms by Oscar Castillo, Hasan Dinçer, Serkan Yüksel, Serkan Eti

“…This study contributes to making more accurate and effective technical decisions for sustainable energy investments by filling an important gap in the literature with its original decision model. …”
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X-ray diffraction pattern and relative crystallinity of irradiated arrowroot starch by Aline Gonçalves Barroso, RAFAEL HENRIQUE GARCIA, NÉLIDA LUCIA DEL MASTRO

“…Present results will contribute to elucidate the behavior under radiation treatment of this starchy component increasingly employed by the food industry.…”
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Music Therapists’ Lived Experience as a Radical Resource by Brede Davis, Zoë Kalenderidis, Grace Thompson, Carolyn Shaw

“…Expertise developed through both receiving and facilitating professional healthcare services as a disabled person can also enhance participant experiences by informing the development and provision of more inclusive and relevant therapeutic frameworks. …”
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The role and importance of libraries in the modern information space by R. I. Mamina, E. V. Pirainen

“…The analysis has shown that: · information space of the library fully reflects the basic properties and intrinsic characteristics of the information space, its specifics is defined by peculiarities of the library activity; · introduction of innovative technologies in the library activity has significantly diversified the scope of its servi-ces and increased its relevance in the community, at present the library is a multi-functional cultural-social institution; · libraries mission both on the level of social memory and the educational level is constantly growing. …”
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The compositional model of Santo Domingo and Cartagena fortifications between old and new world by Anna Dell'Amico, Silvia La Placa

“…An extensive work, whose characters are taken from the younger brother, Battista Antonelli, planned the defensive system of fortresses and walls in the Caribbean and, more generally, in the Spanish colonies of Central America. …”
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Spatial structure of a city and the mobility of its residents: functional and planning aspects by Parysek Jerzy J., Mierzejewska Lidia

“…It has long been known that their mobility reflects the spatial structure of a city, and that their ever more intensive movement is not favourable from the ecological, social and economic points of view. …”
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Integrating advanced neural network architectures with privacy enhanced encryption for secure and intelligent healthcare analytics by C. Ramesh Babu Durai, S. Dhanasekaran, M. Jamuna Rani, Sindhu Chandra Sekharan

“…Abstract Healthcare data protection in our mutually connected era has emerged as an issue of serious concern with private patient information, which has been exposed more often due to data violations and cyber-attacks. …”
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Language Identity of Online Business Correspondence (on Material of the French and English Languages) by N. V. Poliakova, N. A. Skitina, V. P. Shabanova

“…The findings were derived from e-mails presented both in the public domains and in foreign textbooks. …”
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Genetic diversity and population histories of two species of Phidippus (Araneae: Salticidae) from northwestern Mexico by Fadia Sara Ceccarelli, Luz Abril Garduño-Villaseñor, Luis Carlos Hernández-Salgado

“…Phidippus johnsoni, the more widespread of the 2, belonged to 1 large, panmictic population in Baja California, while P. phoenix was divided into 2 populations. …”
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Translocations associated with colour-sidedness are common in northern Swedish cattle breeds by Julia Hinken, Tytti Vanhala, Marta Gòdia, Martin Johnsson, Anna M. Johansson

“…Despite breeding efforts during more than 80 years to reduce the prevalence of gonadal hypoplasia, there are still individuals with gonadal hypoplasia. …”
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System Dynamics Method: A Comprehensive Approach to Performance Management in Construction Projects by Shohreh Moradi, Ramin Ansari, Roohollah Taherkhani

“…Also, considering that construction projects are always progressing and becoming more complex and have many linear and non-linear relationships and structures, these projects can be considered a type of dynamic systems. …”
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Dynamics of Livestock Production in Molotov Region in 1946–1950 by Vladimir Pavlovich Motrevich, Vladimir Nikolaevich Mamyachenkov

“…This allows the authors to study the resource base of the industry, including the number of livestock of its main types, show the activities of party and Soviet bodies to restore the industry in the first postwar years, characterise measures taken to strengthen various ways of encouraging workers, trace the development of animal husbandry as a branch of the economy and the dynamics of the main types of its products in the study area for all categories of public and individual sector farms. The data presented by authors demonstrate that collective farm livestock farming turned out to be much more effective in the postwar crisis than livestock farming on state farms. …”
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