Residential Location Preferences in a Post-Conflict Context: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach to Assess High-Demand Areas in Kabul New City, Afghanistan by Vineet Chaturvedi, Walter Timo de Vries

“…The model simulates three alternative growth rate scenarios, i.e., ambitious, moderate, and steady. …”
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Dynamic Transitions in Neuronal Network Firing Sustained by Abnormal Astrocyte Feedback by Yangyang Yu, Zhixuan Yuan, Yongchen Fan, Jiajia Li, Ying Wu

“…Their abnormal state may lead to the pathological transition of neuronal firing patterns and even induce seizures. However, there is still little evidence explaining how the astrocyte network modulates seizures caused by structural abnormalities, such as gliosis. …”
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Anomaly Detection in Nuclear Power Production Based on Neural Normal Stochastic Process by Linyu Liu, Shiqiao Liu, Shuan He, Kui Xu, Yang Lan, Huajian Fang

“…On the Power Generation System (PGS) dataset with a 15% missing rate, our model achieves an F1 score of 83.72%, surpassing all baseline methods and maintaining strong performance across multiple industrial subsystems.…”
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Initial Stages of Electrocrystallization of Coatings with Tin and Tin-Copper and Tin-Copper-Ultradisperse Diamond Alloys by I. I. Kuzmar, D. Y. Gulpa, L. K. Kushner

“…With an increase in electrocrystallization over-voltage, the rate of nucleation increases and their size decreases, while fine-grained and dense deposits are formed. …”
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Using Eye Tracking to Assess Reading Performance in Patients with Glaucoma: A Within-Person Study by Nicholas D. Smith, Fiona C. Glen, Vera M. Mönter, David P. Crabb

“…Patients with a more pronounced effect of longer reading duration on their worse eye made a larger proportion of “regressions” (backward saccades) and “unknown” EMs (not adhering to expected reading patterns) when reading with the worse eye when compared to the better eye. …”
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User Perception and Acceptance of Central Bank Digital Currency in Developed and Developing Countries: An Empirical Study using Technology Acceptance Model.

“…It also identifies new factors influencing human behavior patterns in the digital economy, such as perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, perceived security, perceived trust, perceived privacy, perceived social influence, and perceived compatibility. …”
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Global spatio-temporal ERA5 precipitation downscaling to km and sub-hourly scale using generative AI by Luca Glawion, Julius Polz, Harald Kunstmann, Benjamin Fersch, Christian Chwala

“…SpateGAN-ERA5 enhances ERA5 precipitation data from 24 km and 1 h to 2 km and 10 min, delivering high-resolution rainfall fields with realistic spatio-temporal patterns and accurate rain rate distribution, including extremes. …”
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ENHANCING 〖PM〗_(2.5) PREDICTION IN KEMAYORAN DISTRICT, DKI JAKARTA USING DEEP BILSTM METHOD by Nabila Karin, Gumgum Darmawan, Triyani Hendrawati

“…Traditional forecasting methods like ARIMA have limitations in handling non-linear and complex patterns. Therefore, an accurate machine learning method is needed to improve forecasting performance. …”
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3D Printing on Textiles – Overview of Research on Adhesion to Woven Fabrics by Tanja Nuša Kočevar

“…The composition of the woven fabric, including the areal density, warp and weft density, yarn count, fabric thickness and weave pattern, significantly affects the adhesion strength of the 3D printed polymer. …”
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The impact of COVID-19 on clinical research for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs): A case study of bubonic plague. by Tsinjo Fehizoro Rasoanaivo, Josephine Bourner, Ravaka Niaina Randriamparany, Théodora Mayouya Gamana, Voahangy Andrianaivoarimanana, Mily Harijaona Raherivelo, Harivelo Randriamampionona, Minoarisoa Rajerison, Mihaja Raberahona, Alex Paddy Salam, Tansy Edwards, Piero L Olliaro, Rindra Vatosoa Randremanana

“…<h4>Methods</h4>To understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the trial accrual rate, we documented changes in patterns of all-cause consultations that took place before and during the pandemic at health centres in two districts of the Amoron'I Mania region of Madagascar where the trial is underway. …”
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Culture and body image: subcultural variations in coping strategies and their associations with psychological distress among European Canadians and East Asian Canadians by Leah Rose Wojcik, Takahiko Masuda

“…Participants included European Canadians (n = 156) and East Asian Canadians (n = 157) who rated the extent to which they used certain coping strategies in response to a body image threat. …”
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Short Pharmacogenomic Investigation of COMT rs4680 in Analgesic Needs of Pediatric Patients with Congenital Abnormalities: A Cross-Sectional Study by Kohar Hari Santoso, Anna Surgean Veterini, Retti Kartika Bakti, Khildan Miftahul Firdaus, Bambang Pujo Semedi, Lucky Andriyanto

“…Pain scores were measured using the Wong-Baker Faces Scale and Numeric Rating Scale. Results: Three genotype–phenotype combinations of the COMT rs4680 gene were identified: GG (high activity), AG (intermediate activity), and AA (low activity). …”
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Melanoma Skin Lesion Classification Using Neural Networks: A systematic review by ahmed hammo, Mohammed Younis

“…Given neural networks' evolutionary patterns, updated, changed, and integrated networks are expected to increase the performance of such systems. …”
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MULTI-MODEL STACK ENSEMBLE DEEP LEARNING APPROACH FOR MULTI-DISEASE PREDICTION IN HEALTHCARE APPLICATION by Bhaskar Adepu, T. Archana

“…These datasets serve two functions: improving illness prediction and examining large data reservoirs to identify previously unknown disease patterns. Leveraging deep learning models, it becomes feasible to detect and forecast the early stages of numerous diseases based on individual health conditions. …”
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Finding the Context of High‐Risk Behavioral Factors and the Effectiveness of Addiction Treatment Centers in Preventing the Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus Among Injecting Drug Ad... by Neda Asadi, Sirous Pourkhajoei

“…The studied IDUs reported minor rate of risky injecting and sexual behavior after participation in MMT program. …”
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Addressing Cognitive Bias in Adolescents with Neurodevelopmental Disorders Using 3-D Animated Serious Games by Suzanne Stewart, Stephen John Houghton, Leslie Macqueen

“…Visual analyses of 308 daily self-reported ratings about worry about schoolwork, worry about peer relationships, and feelings of loneliness did not demonstrate a replicated intervention effect. …”
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Investigating the Photocatalytic Behavior of Manganese-Zinc Ferrite and the Effect of Its Concentration on the Degradation of Methylene Blue in the Presence of Visible Light by S. Shahedi, S. Hasani, Z. Daneshfar, A.R. Mashreghi, Z. Zoghaghi

“…The results demonstrated that the presence of these nanoparticles significantly affected the degradation rate of methylene blue. Ultimately, the findings indicated that the addition of 0.1 g/lit of these nanoparticles yielded the most effective results, achieving approximately 87.25% degradation in 12 h.…”
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A novel Swin transformer based framework for speech recognition for dysarthria by Rabbia Mahum, Ismaila Ganiyu, Lotfi Hidri, Ahmed M. El-Sherbeeny, Haseeb Hassan

“…However, the false positive rate is high due to the varying nature of speech and environmental factors such as background noise. …”
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Stress in autism (STREAM): A study protocol on the role of circadian activity, sleep quality and sensory reactivity. by Clara C Gernert, Christine M Falter-Wagner, Valdas Noreika, Barbara Jachs, Nazia Jassim, Kathryn Gibbs, Joaquim Streicher, Hannah Betts, Tristan A Bekinschtein

“…Diurnal tracking of heart rate and electrodermal activity through wearables will serve as proxies of stress. …”
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Children’s Drawing and Graphic Development: An Empirical Study of the Developmental Stages According to Lowenfeld by Paula Gil-Ruiz, Victoria Martinez-Verez, William Ospina Toro, Walter Castañeda Marulanda

“…This study analyzed the validity of Viktor Lowenfeld’s developmental model in children aged 3 to 5 years, assessing whether the stages proposed by the author correspond to the patterns of graphic representation currently observed. …”
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