Patient Experiences with Hearing Aids in South African Public Healthcare by Katijah Khoza-Shangase, Theresa-Joy Munyembate

“…Participants recommended decentralized battery distribution, structured follow-up appointments, improved aftercare, awareness campaigns, and mobile audiology services to improve accessibility and usability. …”
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Assessing oral surgery residents’ competencies and training needs in tomography interfaces through a usability framework by Yaren Dogan, Yigit Sirin

“…Conclusions This study highlights the need for structured training in CBCT viewer interfaces for OMFS residents. …”
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Impact of Poly(Lactic Acid) and Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite on Cellular Viability and Proliferation by Karina Torres Pomini, Júlia Carolina Ferreira, Laira Mireli Dias da Silva, Paulo Gabriel Friedrich Totti, Monique Gonçalves Alves, Eliana de Souza Bastos Mazuqueli Pereira, Marcelo Melo Soares, Durvanei Augusto Maria, Rose Eli Grassi Rici

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Autonomous Behavior Selection For Self-driving Cars Using Probabilistic Logic Factored Markov Decision Processes by Héctor Avilés, Marco Negrete, Alberto Reyes, Rubén Machucho, Karelly Rivera, Gloria de-la-Garza, Alberto Petrilli

“…The behavior selection module is composed of a two-level structure of four action policies obtained from PL-fMDPs. …”
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A Bayesian stable isotope mixing model for coping with multiple isotopes, multiple trophic steps and small sample sizes by Risto Heikkinen, Heikki Hämäläinen, Mikko Kiljunen, Salme Kärkkäinen, Jos Schilder, Roger I. Jones

“…C, N, H) for two trophic levels, when the structure of the food web is known. In addition, the model allows inclusion of latent trophic levels (i.e. for which no empirical data are available) intermediate between sources and measured consumers. …”
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What affects the sustainability of a non-timber forest product value chain? A case study of an endemic palm harvested by local communities in Brazil by Ilana Araujo-Santos, Karen A. Kainer, Fernando Grenno, Alexandre Schiavetti

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Heron, a Knowledge Graph editor for intuitive implementation of Python-based experimental pipelines by George Dimitriadis, Ella Svahn, Andrew F MacAskill, Athena Akrami

“…Heron allows researchers to design experiments according to their own mental schemata, represented as a Knowledge Graph – a structure that mirrors the logical flow of an experiment. …”
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Verification of functional models of chemical manufacturing by E. V. Burlyaeva, V. V. Burlyaev, V. V. Kononenko, V. S. Tsekhanovich

“…A knowledge base structure comprised of 3 interrelated predicates to describe the tree of diagrams, nodes and edges of the graphs was suggested. …”
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Formalizing Sustainable Urban Mobility Management: An Innovative Approach with Digital Twin and Integrated Modeling by Andrea Grotto, Pau Fonseca i Casas, Alyona Zubaryeva, Wolfram Sparber

“…The conceptual validation was achieved through stakeholder engagement in the Bolzano context, producing 41 SDL diagrams that define both elements common to different urban realities and specific local data collection procedures; <i>Results</i>: The feasibility of implementing this stakeholder-validated conceptualization was demonstrated using Simulation of Urban MObility (SUMO) for traffic simulation and optimization criteria calculation, and its framework SUMO Activity GenerAtion (SAGA) for generating an Activity-Based Modeling (ABM) mobility demand that can be improved through real sensor data; <i>Conclusions</i>: The SDL approach, through its graphical representation (SDL/GR), enables conceptual validation by enhancing stakeholder communication while defining a framework that, while adapting to the monitoring specificities of different urban realities, maintains a common and rigorous structure, independent of the chosen implementation tools and programming languages.…”
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A BI-OBJECTIVE COST MINIMIZATION MODEL FOR THE INSULAR TOUR ROUTE PLANNING PROBLEM by Mohammad Thezar Afifudin, Muspida Muspida, Dian Pratiwi Sahar

“…For cases that do not have a single solution, an increase in the network structure on the number of islands and nodes will increase the variety of efficient alternative solutions. …”
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Hardware-software simulator for modeling indoor temperature and humidity processes by О.M. Yevseienko

“…The study describes the characteristics of the control object, analyzes its structure, and provides a list of functions for building a simulation model of its behavior. …”
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MATHEMATICAL MODELS OF CREATION OF A SUBSYSTEM OF ENSURING SAFETY OF INFORMATION IN THE DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION SYSTEMS by D. O. Esikov, R. N. Akinshin, P. I. Abramov, L. E. Loutina

“…The task of storage structure optimization according to the criterion of maximum values of the readiness factor of the storage system is formed. …”
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Measuring the impact of international tools in local governance: The new urban diplomacy by Tamara Espiñeira-Guirao

“…Our proposal to structure this new urban diplomacy is the result of a process of participatory observation (almost 15 years) supported by grounded theory. …”
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The method to study the competencies of the subjects of the digital economy by N. V. Dneprovskaya

“…The author’s method has been developed for studying the competences of digital economy subjects as a large set of knowledge and skills for using modern IT to solve current economic problems.The research method consists in structuring the bunch in the form of a matrix, the size of which is determined by the number of modern IT and economic activities. …”
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Well-Being Curriculum for Fourth Grade Students by Kapka Nikolova

“…The article outlines the paradigm of well-being in the light of the concept of Positive Psychology; presents the main highlights of a program for teaching well-being at school, structured within 10 hours, applicable in all educational stages of secondary education. …”
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The Causal Attributions of Poverty: The Case of Ordu University by Mehmet Koca

“…According to the findings obtained from these analyzes, the causal attribution levels of the students regarding the general poverty were high, they made the most attribution to structural attributions. Among the structural, individualist, fatalist-familial attribution dimensions that exist to explain poverty in our society, and that was followed by the fatalist-familial and individualist attributions. …”
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Use of medicinal plants by people with hypertension by Marília Gabrielle Santos Nunes, Amanda de Oliveira Bernardino, René Duarte Martins

“…Objective: to describe the use of medicinal plants in the treatment of high blood pressure for people with hypertension enrolled in the Family Health Program in a city in Pernambuco State. Methods: a descriptive study, whose data were obtained through semi-structured interview script applied to 172 patients. …”
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Texture and Color Enhancement Imaging-Assisted Endocytoscopy Improves Characterization of Gastric Precancerous Conditions: A Set of Interesting Comparative Images by Riccardo Vasapolli, Johannes Raphael Westphal, Christian Schulz

“…Conventional endocytoscopy revealed multiple small spots of IM with characteristic changes in glandular structures, which were even more evident when using the TXI mode. …”
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Key factors in the development of non-governmental women’s associations in modern Russia by E. S. Ryazanova

“…Among the external factors, the most important are the improvement of women’s educational programs and state support for women’s structures, as well as a large amount of daily unpaid work for Russians at home, the effect of conservative gender stereotypes, and the fear of residents of border territories for the life and health of loved ones. …”
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Why are young Canadian men avoiding the humanities? by Arjun Deckha

“…Through eleven semi-structured interviews, this qualitative study aimed to highlight the primary reasons why Canadian young men are avoiding humanities undergraduate programs. …”
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