Electric Field Calculation and Comparative Analysis of Conventional and Unconventional Transmission Lines by Easir Arafat, Babak Porkar, Mona Ghassemi

“…Recent studies emphasize the urgent need for advanced structures that improve transmission capabilities. In this context, optimally designed unconventional lines with higher natural power emerge as potential game changers. …”
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Analyzing family planning expenditure in Bangladesh by Md. Ragaul Azim, Nasrin Sultana, K. M. Nafiz Ifteakhar Tulon, Md. Sirajul Islam, Syed Abdul Hamid

“… # Conclusions The findings of this study warrant an increase in the family planning funds to reduce the unmet need and discontinuation of the current family planning methods. …”
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Academic and non-academic career paths of international and domestic PhD holders by Laura Diaz Villalba, Montserrat Castelló Badía

“…This process underscores the emerging demands of the current labour market and the necessity for universities to adjust doctoral training models to better equip graduates for diverse professional paths. …”
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AI as a creative partner: a PRISMA review of AI’s role in supporting creativity in education by Alex Urmeneta, Margarida Romero, Margarida Romero

“…Creativity is considered an important competency for personal and professional development in the current society. With the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in education, there is increasing interest in understanding how AI can support the creative process and how its usage in various contexts might affect user agency. …”
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The Evolving Dynamics of Afghanistan–Pakistan Relations: Implications of the Taliban’s Resurgence Post-2021 by Abdul Wasi Popalzay

“…By assessing these complex dimensions, the study provides critical insights into the prospects and policy directions required to navigate Afghanistan–Pakistan relations in an increasingly volatile context.…”
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The growing U.S.-Chinese rivalry and foreign policy initiatives of the Biden administration in Latin Caribbean America by A. D. Trebukh

“…The first section of the article defines the place of LCA in the foreign policy strategy of the current administration in the context of the Democrats’ rhetoric about the struggle over the ‘free world’ challenged by the authoritarian regimes, in particular by the PRC. …”
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The Nature of the Right to Personal Data: A Civil Law Perspective by L. V. Shvets

“…In today’s context of growing volumes of personal data and the increasing number of legally significant actions that can be conducted with access to such data, the importance of legal protection for personal data has become more pronounced. …”
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New Advances in Iberian Medieval Agriculture: Plant Remains from the Islamic Site of Castillo de Valtierra (Navarre, Northern Spain) by Antonio Peralta-Gómez, Leonor Peña-Chocarro, Jesús Lorenzo Jiménez

“…However, there has been a notable increase in interest in archaeobotanical studies in medieval contexts over the past decade. …”
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Enhancing Infotainment Services in Integrated Aerial–Ground Mobility Networks by Chenn-Jung Huang, Liang-Chun Chen, Yu-Sen Cheng, Ken-Wen Hu, Mei-En Jian

“…The growing demand for bandwidth-intensive vehicular applications—particularly ultra-high-definition streaming and immersive panoramic video—is pushing current network infrastructures beyond their limits, especially in urban areas with severe congestion and degraded user experience. …”
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Industrial Maturity of Machine Learning Solutions Within the Food Industry by Laura Gradl, Luisa Reis, Ricardo Buettner

“…Therefore, this systematic literature review aims at determining the current state of industrial maturity of machine learning-based approaches in the context of food industry, evaluating their readiness for operational use and deployment. …”
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Meeting report on the round table discussions ‘epigenetics and society’ CLEPIC24 by Michelle GJL Habets, Marianne G Rots, Luca Chiapperino

“…Abstract This paper reports and analyses round table discussions at the 2024 Clinical Epigenetics International Conference, which were designed to increase sociotechnical reflexivity, and to develop context-sensitive and practically actionable Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) frameworks in the epigenetics community. …”
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Starch–Glycerol-Based Hydrogel Memristors for Bio-Inspired Auditory Neuron Applications by Jiachu Xie, Yuehang Ju, Zhenwei Zhang, Dianzhong Wen, Lu Wang

“…This memristor demonstrates a high current switching ratio and stable threshold voltage, showing great potential in mimicking the activity of biological neurons. …”
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Statistical assessment of interrelationship of marriage and divorces to fertility by A. B. Sinelnikov, O. A. Zolotareva, M. D. Khabib

“…The author’s approach considers the current trends in the analyzed demographic processes characteristic of Russia, which determines its predictive capabilities. …”
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A Multimodal Semantic-Enhanced Attention Network for Fake News Detection by Weijie Chen, Yuzhuo Dang, Xin Zhang

“…Current fake news detection systems predominantly rely on isolated unimodal analysis (text or image), failing to exploit critical cross-modal correlations or leverage latent social context cues. …”
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Autonomous Driving Strategy for a Specialized Four-Wheel Differential-Drive Agricultural Rover by Salvatore Martelli, Francesco Mocera, Aurelio Somà

“…At the same time, there is a necessity to ensure an adequate production level in order to meet the increasing food demand due to the current population growth trend. …”
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Accounting for the geometry of the respiratory tract in viral infections by Thomas Williams, James M. McCaw, James M. Osborne

“…Increasingly, experimentalists and modellers alike have come to recognise the important role of spatial structure in infection dynamics. …”
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Future climate change and the distributional shift of the common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus by Paige Van de Vuurst, Julia M. Gohlke, Luis E. Escobar

“…Certain areas in the Amazon Rainforest, which currently rests at the geographic center of D. rotundus’ range, may become climatically unsuitable for this species within the context of niche conservatism. …”
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Personal Data Hacking: A Critical Analysis of Islamic Criminal Law and Islamic Jurisprudence by Munifah Munifah, Mufrod Teguh Mulyo

“…This method In order to improve the security of personal data, it is recommended that Islamic principles be included into current laws so that they are founded on both positive law and Maqashid Sharia. …”
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From Trash to Profit: How Packaging Waste Management Has Driven the Circular Economy—An Integrative Literature Review by Jorge Alfredo Cerqueira-Streit, Patrícia Guarnieri, Luciel Henrique de Oliveira, Jacques Demajorovic

“…<i>Methods</i>: This article aims to identify the current status of packaging waste management in the CE context through an integrative literature review using Scopus and Web of Science databases. …”
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‘We have learning objectives, not enjoyment objectives': the role of enjoyment in Life Sciences teaching and learning by Catherine Mansfield

“…In addition, staff enjoyment of teaching is often overlooked in favour of a student-only perspective that may limit a holistic understanding of emotion in HE, given strong links between staff and student emotion and empathy. In the current HE climate, where students face huge pressure to achieve, and staff workloads are increasing, a focus on enjoyment could bring substantial benefits. …”
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