The Role of Higher Education Through the Eyes of Hungarian Undergraduate Students and Graduates: A Qualitative Exploratory Study by Zsófia Kocsis, Gabriella Pusztai

“… Context: Most education systems equip graduates with the professional knowledge and cognitive skills needed to enter the world of work. …”
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Robotic-assisted colorectal surgery in colorectal cancer management: a narrative review of clinical efficacy and multidisciplinary integration by Engeng Chen, Li Chen, Wei Zhang

“…This review provides a critical appraisal of the current landscape of RACS, emphasizing its superiority over conventional open and laparoscopic approaches. …”
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Enhanced differentiation between 3‐hydroxyglutaric and 2‐hydroxyglutaric acids facilitates diagnostic testing for glutaric aciduria type 1 by Denis Cyr, Michel Boutin, Bruno Maranda, Paula J. Waters

“…Accurate quantitation of urinary 3‐HG is crucial in diagnostic workup for GA1, but in this context, current gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) methods have inherent analytical challenges. …”
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Advanced Machine Learning and Deep Learning Approaches for Estimating the Remaining Life of EV Batteries—A Review by Daniel H. de la Iglesia, Carlos Chinchilla Corbacho, Jorge Zakour Dib, Vidal Alonso-Secades, Alfonso J. López Rivero

“…While recent years have seen increased adoption of DL methods, the effectiveness of different approaches varies significantly based on application context and data characteristics. …”
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Impacts of CACNB4 overexpression on dendritic spine density in both sexes and relevance to schizophrenia by Emily M. Parker, Nathan L. Kindja, Rebecca A. DeGiosio, Ryan B. Salisbury, Josh M. Krivinko, Claire E. J. Cheetham, Matthew L. MacDonald, Weijia Fan, Bin Cheng, Robert A. Sweet

“…Overexpressing the gene that encodes the voltage-gated calcium channel subunit β4, CACNB4, selectively reduced small spine density in vitro. In the current study we extended this observation in an intact mammalian system within a relevant neurodevelopmental context. …”
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RDAU-Net: A U-Shaped Semantic Segmentation Network for Buildings near Rivers and Lakes Based on a Fusion Approach by Yipeng Wang, Dongmei Wang, Teng Xu, Yifan Shi, Wenguang Liang, Yihong Wang, George P. Petropoulos, Yansong Bao

“…The encroachment of buildings into the waters of rivers and lakes can lead to increased safety hazards, but current semantic segmentation algorithms have difficulty accurately segmenting buildings in such environments. …”
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Combating crime in the sphere of justice: effectiveness of punishment by Mikhail P. Kleymenov, Evgeniy S. Ivanov

“…Criminal liability for insulting a public officer is anachronism in the context of full or partial decriminalization of insults in general (art. 130 of the Russian Criminal Code) and beatings (art. 116 of the Russian Criminal Code).Conclusion. …”
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Detection of reproductive and hematobiochemical biomarkers to evaluate the impact of heavy metal exposure on brick kiln workers by Kibria Hassan, Muhammad Kashif Khan, Mehwish David, Sarwat Jahan, Tayyaba Afsar, Fohad Mabood Husain, Huma Shafique, Suhail Razak

“…Abstract The brick manufacturing process contributes to the presence of heavy metals, particularly in the microenvironment surrounding the kilns. The current study aimed to investigate the effects of heavy metal-containing brick kiln emissions on the reproductive health and hematobiochemical parameters of brick kiln workers in Layyah, Pakistan. …”
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Recent approaches for developing a novel generation of batteries using cement-based materials by Mai Thi Thu Thuy, Nguyen Minh Hai, Nguyen Van Quang, Nguyen Duc Tuan, Tran Dinh Minh, Nguyen Duc Hung

“…In the context of the increasing global demand for sustainable energy development, the solution of using cement-based materials to develop batteries for energy storage has enormous potential, but this topic is still quite new to engineers and scientists in the construction industry. …”
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Early evaluation of salt-stress tolerance of new released olive cultivars based on physiological and biomass allocation indicators by Olfa Elloumi, Fathi Ben Amar, Ahmed Trigui, Kamel Gargouri, Mohamed Ghrab

“…‘Chemlali Sfax’ displayed a gradual significant decrease of vegetative growth with increasing salinity. …”
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Mast cell activation syndrome: The overdiagnosis problems by N. V. Mikryukova, N. M. Kalinina

“…The incidence of mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) has increased since first definition as a mastocytosis-like phenotype. …”
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Efficient Edge AI for Next Generation Smart Mirror Applications by Nils Kucza, Florian Porrmann, Christian Stollenwerk, Jens Hagemeyer

“…Optimizations using pruning are evaluated and show improvements in energy per processed frame, required calculations per frame (50% reduction), and accuracy (increased for some classes by 15%). Currently the best solution regarding efficiency and optimized DNN models achieves 30FPS for object, gesture, and face detection models simultaneously while consuming around 38Watts, resulting in 1.3mJ per frame.…”
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Human immunodeficiency virus prevention and testing strategies among men who have sex with men in the UK: the PANTHEON research programme including the SELPHI RCT by Janey Sewell, T Charles Witzel, David Dunn, Fiona Lampe, Fiona Burns, Peter Weatherburn, Sheena McCormack, Leanne McCabe, Alec Miners, Valentina Cambiano, Roger Pebody, Roy Trevelion, Nadia Hanum, Andrew Phillips, Alison Rodger

“…Study 1B: we undertook six focus-group discussions (FGDs) with MSM to increase understanding of accessibility and feasibility of HIV self-testing among MSM and identify barriers and facilitators in a range of models and contexts to inform development of the intervention. …”
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The examination of family value hierarchies in Russian and Chinese cultures by O. E. Iatsevich, V. V. Iudashkina, L. N. Shabatura, N. A. Tkacheva, A. F. Zakirova

“…Introduction. In the context of globalisation and the intensification of international contacts, there is an increasing need to understand the intercultural differences and similarities between Russian and Chinese youth, particularly in significant areas such as family values. …”
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High-tech agricultural tools as a determinant of dynamic rationalization of business processes in Russian agriculture by Moroz Oksana, Medvedsky Dmitriy

“…In the current environment of innovative transformations in the Russian Federation, there is a significant expansion of digital technological products, and there is an active digital optimization of business processes in all national economic sectors, including agriculture. …”
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Structural Validity and Reliability of the Indonesian Version of Self-Leadership by Gianti Gunawan, Anissa Lestari Kadiyono, Fasya Adisa Raspati

“…Background Problems: As self-leadership increasingly becomes recognized as a key factor in organizational success, there is a need for an assessment tool adapted to the Indonesian context. …”
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Toward a Capability-Based Account of Intergenerational Justice by Alex M. Richardson

“…It is my hope that the capabilities approach so applied can give us a novel way of understanding our responsibilities toward future people in a time where such an understanding is both unfortunately lacking and increasingly dire. Finally, I will discuss some implications of a capability-based account in the intergenerational context and some justifications for applying the approach in this way. …”
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The Role of Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis as a Potential Factor in Early Diagnosis, Prognosis and Therapeutic Strategy of COVID-19 Patients by Kevin Tandarto, Kadek Ari Suyandi, Lily Chandrawati

“…The consequences of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are devastating and become the current world major public health issue. Not only SARS-CoV-2 attack the respiratory system, but also can affect multiple organs. …”
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Internal Control System of the Enterprise as Instrument for Ensuring Economic Security by A. V. Guryanov, V. A. Plotnikov, A. M. Yusufova

“…The article substantiates the need to introduce and develop internal control at an enterprise and examines the importance of the internal control system as a factor in increasing the economic security of an enterprise. The main objectives of the economic security of an enterprise in this context are identified as: timely identification and prevention of adverse events in the activities of the enterprise; ensuring compliance with current legislation; asset protection; control of the reliability of the reporting provided; carrying out analysis of the processes of economic activity of the enterprise. …”
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Structural Analysis of Shipping Fleet Capacity by Lixian Fan, Sijie Zhang, Jingbo Yin

“…By considering new orders, current fleet size, and demolitions in ship capacity supply, this study develops a systematic model in both bulker and container markets. …”
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