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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Effect of Web Causation Epidemiological Model on Preventive Behaviors of Diabetic Females with Genitourinary Tract Infection by Shaimaa A. E. Hemida, Seham G. Ragheb, Hemat A. El Sayied, Hala M. Mohamed

“… Context: Genitourinary tract infection becomes a silent epidemic that devastated female life. …”
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UAV Real-Time Target Detection and Tracking Algorithm Based on Improved KCF and YOLOv5s_MSES by Shihai Cao, Ting Wang, Tao Li, Shumin Fei

“…Secondly, to address boundary effects caused by fast maneuvering, a spatio-temporal search strategy is presented, utilizing spatial context from the target region in the current frame and temporal information from preceding frames. …”
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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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STUDY OT THE INFLUENCE OT RESIDUAL OIL ON CONDENSATE LOSSES AT SREDNEBOTUOBINSKIY OIL AND GAS CONDENSATE FIELD by E. I. Inyakina, R. K. Katanova, V. V. Inyakin, M. J. Alsheikhly

“…Based on the results of thermodynamic studies, predictive curves of reservoir condensate losses were constructed for the current period of reservoir development. Results and Discussion. …”
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Virtual reality in the luxury fashion industry: a systematic literature review by Tong (Tripp) Liu, Caroline Swee Lin Tan, Carolina Quintero Rodriguez

“…By integrating current practice and existing research, this paper contributes to a better understanding of how and where VR is used in luxury fashion contexts.…”
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Effect of integrating traditional and modern healthcare systems on tuberculosis case detection in Ethiopia: a cluster randomized controlled study by Desalegne Amare, Kefyalew Addis Alene, Fentie Ambaw

“…New strategies that consider local contexts are needed in countries with high TB burdens like Ethiopia. …”
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Investigating the Relationship between Types of Deprivation and Social Tolerance among Citizens of Tehran by Negar Firouzeh, Khadijeh Safiri

“…Conversely, an increase in political deprivation correlated with an increase in social tolerance. …”
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Japanese Model of Attracting Foreign Youth in the Higher Education System by S. V. Ryazantsev, T. K. Rostovskaya, N. S. Ryazantsev

“…National education and science systems are increasingly integrated into the international scientific and educational space in the context of increasing globalisation. …”
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Advancing Fair Division in Overseas Farmland Investment via Shapley Value by Chuan Yang, Meng Du, Xinhai Lu

“…Currently, a global hunger and malnutrition crisis is spreading throughout various regions worldwide. …”
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OPPORTUNITIES IN ORGANIC BREEDING OF CAPON POULTRY AND SUSTAINABLE FARM MANAGEMENT by Elena BONCIU

“…The breeding of capons represents an opportunity for Romanian farmers who want a profitable business, especially since currently, in Romania, the number of such micro-farms is very limited.…”
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ANALYSIS OF THE PROFITABILITY - FINANCIAL POSITION CORRELATION by CĂRUNTU GENU ALEXANDRU

“…Economic-financial analysis plays an essential role in understanding the current context and in ensuring favorable results in the future. …”
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Reflections From the Pandemic: Is Connectivism the Panacea for Clinicians? by Jennifer Benjamin, Tyson Pillow, Heather MacNeill, Ken Masters, Anoop Agrawal, Neil Mehta

“…A personal narrative experience of one of the authors compels us to reflect on current approaches to learning and knowledge acquisition and use solutions to the challenges posed by GenAI through social learning contexts using connectivism. …”
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The impact of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation emitting devices on the male reproductive system by Michał Sienkiewicz, Bartosz Pawłowski, Magdalena Kłusek, Dorota Zatłoka-Mazur, Filip Klimas, Kacper Rusiński, Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz

“…However, studies conducted in this context often provide inconsistent results, hence the exact effect of NIR on the male reproductive system remains unknown. …”
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Integrating sustainable urban development and student housing to enhance urban social welfare (case study: Ho Chi Minh City) by N. Lai, P. Tran

“…ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s largest urban center, is experiencing rapid urbanization, which, combined with a growing student population, has led to an increased demand for student housing. This study aims to assess the current state of student housing in Ho Chi Minh City, focusing on the gap between housing supply and demand in the context of the city’s urban development and sustainability goals.METHODS: A mixed-methods approach was utilized to analyze the student housing landscape in Ho Chi Minh City. …”
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Continuing the continuous harvests of food production: from the perspective of the interrelationships among cultivated land quantity, quality, and grain yield by Peng Cheng, Yang Zhang, Ke Liu, Xuesong Kong, Shiman Wu, Huafei Yan, Ping Jiang

“…This successive increase in food production in the context of decreasing acreage and ecological deterioration of CL depend mainly on the amount of chemical fertilizer usage, the total power of agricultural machinery and rural electricity consumption. …”
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A comprehensive review of the genetic control of cooking time in dry beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) by Hannah R. Jeffery, Marcelo Efrén Murillo‐Quesada, Luis Barboza‐Barquero, Karen Cichy

“…The current evidence suggests that cooking time is increased by genetic factors that decrease the amount of soluble compounds in the cotyledons, including but not limited to 1) genes that increase the abundance of calcium‐binding storage proteins and/or de‐methylesterfied pectins paired with high inter‐ or intra‐cellular calcium levels (higher calcium levels can be caused by reduced levels of phytate) and 2) genes that increase insoluble condensed tannin/lignin content in the cotyledon cell walls. …”
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Chinese Economic Diplomacy before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic by E. I. Safronova

“…The fourth section analyses new challenges faced by China’s economic diplomacy in the context of the pandemic. These challenges have both an objective (the need for quick national economic recovery) and subjective dimensions. …”
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自发性脑出血术后早期使用阿司匹林的可能性：来自中国学者的首个脑出血围手术期管理高级别循证依据 Possibility of Early Use of Aspirin after Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage Surgery: The First High-Level Evidence-Based Evidenc... by 周航，陈高(ZHOU Hang, CHEN Gao)

“…In this context, patients who survive after intracerebral hemorrhage surgery have a significantly increased risk of major cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and peripheral vascular events. …”
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Support of Equal and Unequal Income Distribution: the Role of Perceived Threats by I.S. Prusova, A.S. Gorokhova

“…This induces the question about the role of perceived threats in support of different principles of income distribution in the Russian context. <br><strong>Study design. </strong>The current study tested a model in which internal, societal threats, subjective perception of threats were included as predictors, support for equal and unequal distribution &ndash; as dependent variables, and socio-demographic characteristics &ndash; as control variables. …”
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