Building a Robust Scenario Library for Safety Assurance of Automated Driving Systems: A Review by Antonio A. Bruto da Costa, Patrick Irvine, Tudor Dodoiu, Siddartha Khastgir, Paul Jennings

“…This paper outlines the literature review methodology used and presents the current state of scenarios and scenario generation activities. …”
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HORMONE IMBALANCE AS A MANIFESTATION OF STRESS IN THE FORMATION OF OLIGOMENORRHEA IN TEENAGE GIRLS by В. Диннік, О. Диннік, С. Новохатська

“…At OM onset, nearly 20% of participants exhibited low E2 levels. With increased disease duration (years 2–3), the proportion of adolescents with low E2 decreased while those with elevated E2 increased. …”
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Towards the New World Order: Theoretical Interpretations and Practical Implementations by K. A. Efremova

“…Followers of the fatalist approach (neo-realists, globalists) believe that world order is a zero-sum game, where interstate interactions are mostly confrontational, and their pattern depends on the current balance of power. Mitigators (neo-liberals, functionalists, constructivists, etc.) insist that the emerging world order is a win-win game, where nations opt for investing some of their sovereignty into newly created international institutions (regimes and organizations), hoping that conventional rules adopted by them would help to decrease international uncertainty, which otherwise might lead to confrontation. …”
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Spatial Decision Support System for Efficient School Location-Allocation by Marios Batsaris, Dimitris Kavroudakis, Euripides Hatjiparaskevas, Panagiotis Agourogiannis

“…The results indicate a decrease of 8% in total distance whereas proximity and capacity constraints were respected accordingly. …”
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Optimal management of crop pests in the presence of agritourism by Badriya Al Hinaai, Ibtisam Al Abri, Abdullah M. Al-Sadi, Slim Zekri, Kelly Grogan

“…The findings indicate that while pest management is crucial for reducing fruit damage and increasing yields, current practices fail to maximize economic returns. …”
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Participative Multilingual Identity Construction in Higher Education: Challenging Monolingual Ideologies and Practices by Angela M. Gayton, Michael Evans, Linda Fisher, Karen Forbes, Dieuwerke Rutgers

“…In establishing a rationale for applying this framework and its underpinning conceptualisation of multilingual identity to the (increasingly linguistically diverse) tertiary education sector, this current paper critically examines the literature on attitudes towards multilingualism in higher education; and on evidence for the value of identity-focused pedagogies. …”
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CHAC1: a master regulator of oxidative stress and ferroptosis in human diseases and cancers by Jiasen Sun, Hui Ren, Jiawen Wang, Xiang Xiao, Lin Zhu, Yanyan Wang, Lili Yang

“…CHAC1, an essential regulator of oxidative stress and ferroptosis, is increasingly recognized for its significant roles in these cellular processes and its impact on various human diseases and cancers. …”
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Towards a Feminist Global Health Policy: Power, intersectionality, and transformation. by Hannah Eger, Shubha Chacko, Salma El-Gamal, Thomas Gerlinger, Alexandra Kaasch, Marie Meudec, Shehnaz Munshi, Awa Naghipour, Emma Rhule, Yatirajula Kanaka Sandhya, Oriana López Uribe

“…The qualitative content analysis revealed that a FGHP must be centred on considerations of intersectionality, power and knowledge paradigms to present meaningful alternatives to the current structures. By balancing guiding principles with sensitivity for context-specific adaptations, the framework is designed to be applicable locally and globally, whilst its adoption is intended to advance health equity and reproductive justice, with communities and policymakers identified as the main actors. …”
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Urban green infrastructure and social cohesion in Lagos Metropolis, Nigeria by Adedotun Dipeolu, Amos Taiwo, Temitope Adebara

“…Urbanisation has increasingly resulted in social fragmentation, insecurity, and health challenges in cities worldwide. …”
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Re-use of Building Products in the Netherlands by Loriane Icibaci

“…These characteristics indicated to influence (increase) housing survivability. Especially in the West, where most activities in the national housing stock are concentrated, the increase of private single-family houses influences overall housing survivability in the Netherlands (particularly when the pre-1946 group gradually decreases). …”
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Thermal and radiative effects on unsteady MHD flow of Casson fluid past a rotating porous medium with variable mass diffusion by J. Prakash, A. Selvaraj, P. Ragupathi, Qasem M. Al-Mdallal, S. Saranya

“…The findings indicate that buoyancy forces imparted by the Grashof numbers considerably increase the velocity due to convection currents. However, the magnetic parameter counteracts velocity due to the Lorentz force while larger porosity increases fluid flow. …”
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Medical triage as an AI ethics benchmark by Nathalie Maria Kirch, Konstantin Hebenstreit, Matthias Samwald

“…Adversarial prompts significantly decreased accuracy. By demonstrating the influence of context and ethical framing on the performance of LLMs, we provide critical insights into the current capabilities and limitations of AI in high-stakes ethical decision making in medicine.…”
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ANALYSIS OF THE DYNAMICS AND TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN INTERNATIONAL TOURIST MARKET by J. A. Pshenichnyh

“…Based on the statistical data of international organizations, the author studied indicators of international tourist flows, identified the main trends in the development of international tourism at the current stage, assessed the impact on the tourism sector of the COVID-19 pandemic and determined possibilities for its development in the context of the economic crisis, showed prospects for the development of the industry.…”
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Patient partner engagement in the publication process: challenges and possible solutions by Krista E. Cooksey, Mark Neuman, Mara Bollini, Bethany Pennington, Hugo de O. Campos, Kathleen Oberst, Melissa Wurst, Mary C. Politi

“…When patients contribute to publications, they can bring unique perspectives that may enhance the impact, reach, and utility of the research in real-world contexts. Currently, there is limited systematic guidance to support patient partners as they navigate this complex publication process. …”
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Unit-level Digital Twin Model Construction Technology for Part Manufacturing Processes by LI Dong, LIN Zhiwen, CHEN Chuanhai, ZHAO Yongsheng, LIU Zhifeng

“…This paper reviews the construction technology of unit-level digital twins for part machining, focusing on three key aspects: virtual entity model construction, process strategy design, and process parameter decision making. The current research status and limitations of these aspects in both domestic and international contexts are discussed. …”
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Examining Stromal Cell Interactions in an In Vitro Blood–Brain Barrier Model with Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells by Andrea Margari, Simon Konig, Vignesh Jayarajan, Silvia Rizzato, Giuseppe Maruccio, Emad Moeendarbary

“…Understanding the function of the blood–brain barrier (BBB) in health and disease, as well as improving drug delivery across the BBB, remains a critical priority in neuroscience research. However, current in vitro models of the BBB have become increasingly complex and challenging to implement. …”
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Effectiveness of laughter therapy with healthcare clowns on the mood of hospitalised adults by Yelsyn Mauricio Porras-Jiménez, Carmen Álvarez-Nieto, Karen Lizeth Romero-Granados, César Augusto Pinzón-Ordoñez, Isabel María López-Medina

“…Discussion: Current evidence supports laughter therapy with healthcare clowns as a tool to foster positive emotions, reduce negative psychological symptoms, and improve emotional well-being in various contexts, highlighting the importance of collaborative implementation with medical staff to strengthen well-being in healthcare settings. …”
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A systems approach to sustainable finance: Actors, influence mechanisms, and potentially virtuous cycles of sustainability by Beatrice Crona, Garry Peterson, Megan Meacham, Giorgio Parlato, Steven J. Lade, Juan C. Rocha, Victor Galaz

“…Summary: Over the past decade, corporate investors have increasingly recognized that responsible environmental and social practices are essential to long-term financial success. …”
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Energy Efficiency and Sustainability of Additive Manufacturing as a Mass-Personalized Production Mode in Industry 5.0/6.0 by Izabela Rojek, Dariusz Mikołajewski, Jakub Kopowski, Tomasz Bednarek, Krzysztof Tyburek

“…This review article examines the role of additive manufacturing (AM) in increasing energy efficiency and sustainability within the evolving framework of Industry 5.0 and 6.0. …”
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Academic Motivation in English Online Classes: A Comparative Study of Universities in Malaysia and Indonesia by Suhaida Omar, Wan Yusoff Wan Shaharuddin, Nik Ahmad Farhan Azim @ Nik Azim, Noor Syamimie Mohd Nawi, Noraini Zaini, Wandi Syahfutra

“…This uniformity also implied that although English is a second language in Malaysia, and a foreign language in Indonesia, the undergraduates were not affected by their linguistics, and institutional contexts. This study has contributed towards the extension of the current knowledge involving undergraduates’ academic motivation towards learning English online and suggested that teachers could help to strategise students’ SRL and self-efficacy to increase their English language performances, particularly in the pandemic era. …”
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