An Improved V-Net Model for Thyroid Nodule Segmentation by Büşra Yetginler, İsmail Atacak

“…Early diagnosis of increasingly common thyroid nodules is crucial for effectively and accurately managing the disease’s monitoring and treatment process. …”
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Oral Health and Diabetic Cardiomyopathy: Mechanisms, Biomarkers, and Early Screening Approaches by Fang J, Wu Y, Wang H, Zhang J, You L

“…In recent years, the association between oral health and diabetic heart disease has gained increasing attention. This perspective reviews the potential mechanisms of oral diseases in diabetic heart disease, oral indicators for early screening of diabetic heart disease, and proposes future research directions. …”
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Eating- and Weight-Related Disorders in the Armed Forces by Hubertus Himmerich, Davide Gravina, Inga Schalinski, Gerd-Dieter Willmund, Peter Lutz Zimmermann, Johanna Louise Keeler, Janet Treasure

“…Background/Objectives: Like in the general population, the prevalences of eating- and weight-related health issues in the armed forces are increasing. Relevant medical conditions include the eating disorders (EDs) anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), as well as body dysmorphic disorder, muscle dysmorphia, and the relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S) syndrome. …”
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Frankfurt Triangle for Education in the Digital World by Torsten Brinda, Niels Brüggen, Ira Diethelm, Thomas Knaus, Sven Kommer, Christine Kopf, Rainer Leschke, Petra Missomelius, Friederike Tilemann, Andreas Weich

“… Contemporary communication and social interaction are being increasingly influenced by media and technology, systems, and platforms that are based on digital principles and artificial intelligence. …”
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IoT Device Identification Techniques: A Comparative Analysis for Security Practitioners by Ashley Andrews, George Oikonomou, Simon Armour, Paul Thomas, Thomas Cattermole

“…We then produce a summary table containing just the information for the five elements for each study, and how they can be used to understand and compare techniques, considering their context. This gives security professionals and researchers the necessary tools to compare studies, both current and future, to understand how to secure their networks and what they must consider when completing further research.…”
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Exploring the Didactic Principles of Vocational Teachers in Financial Education: An Interview Study by Nora Cechovsky

“… Context: Financial literacy is an issue becoming increasingly important internationally. …”
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A state-of-the-art review of soft computing-based monitoring and control in the machining of hard alloys by Lokesh Kumar, Ashish Goyal, Vimal Kumar Pathak, Abhijit Bhowmik

“…To address these limitations, the manufacturing industry has increasingly shifted towards non-traditional machining methods. …”
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Living labs opened dialogues about antibiotic use in dairy cattle and pig sectors - Insights from a Danish case study based on participatory action research by Mette Vaarst, Merete Studnitz, Mogens Agerbo Krogh, Hanne Kongsted

“…The need to reduce AMU was most consistently articulated in the dairy cattle LL, where the stakeholders increasingly focused on calves from dairy farms and the systemic drivers, which made it challenging to reduce AMU. …”
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Hybrid Energy Solutions for Enhancing Rural Power Reliability in the Spanish Municipality of Aras de los Olmos by Pooriya Motevakel, Carlos Roldán-Blay, Carlos Roldán-Porta, Guillermo Escrivá-Escrivá, Daniel Dasí-Crespo

“…As global energy demand increases, ensuring a reliable electricity supply in rural or semi-remote areas remains a significant challenge. …”
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Outlook of Present Organic Agriculture Policies and Future Needs in Sri Lanka by S.H. Pushpa Malkanthi

“…Therefore, in Sri Lanka in this context, strategic focus on policy support for organic agriculture is needed. …”
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Agentic rulebooks using active inference: an artificial intelligence application for environmental sustainability by Axel Constant, Mahault Albarracin, Marco Perin, Hari Thiruvengada, Karl J. Friston, Karl J. Friston

“…Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly proposed as a solution to environmental sustainability challenges, with applications aimed at optimizing resource utilization and energy consumption. …”
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Autism, menstruation and mental health- a scoping review and a call to action by Joanna Skommer, Joanna Skommer, Krish Gunesh

“…IntroductionThere is increasing evidence regarding the mental health implications of cyclical hormonal fluctuations associated with menstruation, as well as of key reproductive transitions (menarche and menopause), in typically developing individuals. …”
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Policies and guidelines supporting the sustainability of human milk donation to milk banks in Switzerland: a document analysis by Christelle Kaech, Tracy Humphrey, Catherine Kilgour, Céline Julie Fischer Fumeaux, Claire de Labrusse

“…Globally, despite an increasing number of human milk banks, the demand for donor milk exceeds the supply, and access remains inequitable and insufficient. …”
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Global trends and hotspots of neuromodulation in spinal cord injury: a study based on bibliometric analysis by Shutao Gao, Yukun Hu, Shizhe Li, Wei Li, Weibin Sheng

“…The publication number in 2005 and 2024 were 77 and 222, respectively. A steady increasing trend in the publication number over the past two decades was observed. …”
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Ecosystem approach to assessing the effectiveness of socially oriented entrepreneurship by A.M. Dzhulaeva, В.Z. Nurmanova, M. Suleimenova, E.N. Sidorenko

“…In this regard, the importance of social and socially oriented entrepreneurship in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals is increasing. Scientific research discusses various aspects of the phenomenon of social entrepreneurship. …”
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Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Symptoms in a Population Sample in The Initial Stage of The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Outbreak by Samah R. I Elrefaey

“… Context: Changes in everyday life have been rapid and drastic, with the virus surge outbreaks, the death rate escalating, and stringent steps to control the disease spread increasing across regions of the world. …”
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КРІ model impact on employee motivation and competitiveness of private healthcare facilities by Stanislav Kotenko, Iana Kobushko, Iryna Heiets, Oleksandr Rusanov

“…In the context of these laws, the government promotes the development of private, communal, and state healthcare facilities. …”
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How big data analytics improves hospital environmental performance through supply chain innovation, decision quality, and risk taking by Lu Xinqi, Ye Xinghai, Ye Shengyao, Hashem Salarzadeh Jenatabadi, Nadia Samsudin

“…Abstract Despite big data analytics (BDA) capabilities have been increasingly recognized for their potential to improve sustainability, the underlying mechanisms by which BDA capabilities influence hospital environmental performance in the context of healthcare supply chains are not well understood. …”
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US Deterrence against Russia and China (based on strategic documents of J. Biden administration) by V. I. Batyuk

“…A closer examination of key strategic documents published in recent years shows that if from a political and military point of view, the US strategists come up with a generally rational list of measures aimed at countering the challenge, posed by Russia and China, from an ideological point of view they doggedly follow liberal-hegemonic premises that are increasingly inconsistent with current international political realities. …”
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Network-Based Modeling of Lean Implementation Strategies and Planning in Prefabricated Construction by Pei Dang, Linna Geng, Zhanwen Niu, Shan Jiang, Chao Sun

“…Prefabricated construction (PC) is increasingly promoted in the construction sector for its potential benefits, including reduced resource assumption and improved quality. …”
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