Multi-Comparison of Different Ocular Imaging Modality-based Deep Learning Models for Visually Significant Cataract Detection by Jocelyn Hui Lin Goh, BEng, Xiaofeng Lei, MSc, Miao-Li Chee, MPH, Yiming Qian, PhD, Marco Yu, PhD, Tyler Hyungtaek Rim, MD, PhD, Simon Nusinovici, PhD, David Ziyou Chen, MBBS, FRCOphth, Kai Hui Koh, BSc, Samantha Min Er Yew, BSc, Yibing Chen, BEng, Victor Teck Chang Koh, MBBS, MMed, Charumathi Sabanayagam, MD, PhD, Tien Yin Wong, MD, PhD, Xinxing Xu, PhD, Rick Siow Mong Goh, PhD, Yong Liu, PhD, Ching-Yu Cheng, MD, PhD, Yih-Chung Tham, PhD

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Online platform to access and process NASA POWER climate data for use in pavement design by Cléber Faccin, Luciano Pivoto Specht, Gabriella Gaube Guex

“…To achieve the proposed objective, a platform was developed in the R programming language, hosted on shinyapps.io and using the nasapower package. …”
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Investigation of Primary School Students' Argumentation Skills in Science Course: Force Theme Example by Hanife Gamze Hastürk, Melek Gençağa

“…As a result of the research, suggestions were made for practitioners and program developers regarding the use of the argumentation method.…”
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Robust Optimization for Integrated Construction Scheduling and Multiscale Resource Allocation by Qian Li, Sha Tao, Heap-Yih Chong, Zhijie Sasha Dong

“…Based on likelihood robust optimization, a multiobjective programming is developed where project completion time and expected resource cost are minimized simultaneously. …”
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تطوير الألعاب اللغوية لتعليم المفردات باستخدام برنامج "سمارت أب جريتور" على أساس نظام الأندرويد بمدرسة نور الحكم الثانوية الإسلامية ستوبندو... by Ana Nurjannah, Bambang Irawan, Maskud Maskud, Moh. Yusuf Hidayat

“…The researcher will use the Smart App Creator program in the manufacture of educational aids (language games). …”
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Update on Comprehensive Management of Cholera. Recommendations of the Expert Workshop. Cienfuegos 2014 by María Lina Valdés Gómez, Víctor René Navarro Machado, Edelys Molina Moreira, Joel Torres Ros, Ada Lozano Leblanc, Joseline Cesar Carrero, Alain Morejón Giraldoni

“…Main areas for improvement are related to: keeping an intensive training program, particularly for new professionals and technicians; having safe means for disinfecting and washing contaminated clothes; developing a health promotion and prevention strategy related to “clean hands” and “safe drinking water”; improving the information flow and intra- and inter-sectoral collaboration. …”
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Late-onset and relapsed cytokine release syndrome after nivolumab treatment in a patient with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a case report by Tomoyuki Otsuka, Yoshiki Kojitani, Fumio Imamura, Junko Fukutake, Minako Nishio, Takashi Fujii, Toshihiro Kudo

“…Nivolumab, an anti-programmed death-1 (PD-1) receptor monoclonal antibody, has proven effective in treating platinum-resistant metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. …”
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Modeling thermal-technical parameters of a solar pond using COMSOL multiphysics by Elmurodov N.S., Kodirov I.N., Toshboev A.R., Makhamov Kh.T., Ruzieva Z.K., Kurbonov B.E.

“…In addition, the results of this modeling can be used to improve the solar pond device and develop its new technologies. The models obtained from the 3D study of the process using the Comsol multiphysics program are analogs of the three-dimensional cross section in the vertical part of the solar pool. …”
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Simultaneous Determination of Four Active Ingredients in Sargentodoxa cuneata by HPLC Coupled with Evaporative Light Scattering Detection by Di-Hua Li, Yuan-Shan Lv, Jun-Hong Liu, Lei Yang, Yan Wang, Shu-Kun Zhang, Yu-Zhen Zhuo

“…A HPLC coupled with evaporative light scattering detection method had been developed for the simultaneous determination of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylethyl alcohol glycoside, salidroside, chlorogenic acid, and liriodendrin in the stem of Sargentodoxa cuneata. …”
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Determining Passenger Profile According to Types of Transport in Konya: A Clustering Analysis by Nilüfer Canöz, Zeynep Ergen Işıklar, Ahmet Ertek

“…Transportation companies develop strategies directly for the customer in order to be successful in the competitive environment. …”
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MODERN ASPECTS OF MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL AWARENESS OF HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS by Андрей Георгиевич Петров, Ольга Владимировна Хорошилова, Виктор Андреевич Семенихин, Сергей Николаевич Филимонов, Наталья Степановна Черных

“…For this purpose, an original patient questionnaire has been developed for sociological research. The study was conducted using the method of expert assessments and their programmatic statistical processing in the Statistica 10 program. …”
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Decision Support System for Selecting Village Fund BLT Recipients using ROC and WASPAS Methods by Marisah Elfrida Manurung, Yenny Desnelita, Alyauma Hajjah, Yermias Duha

“…The Village Fund Direct Cash Assistance (BLT) Program is a government initiative aimed at improving social welfare, reducing inequality, and supporting economically disadvantaged communities. …”
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Optimizing Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets Campaign in Ivory Coast by Irineu de Brito, Silvia Uneddu, Emma Maspero, Paulo Gonçalves

“…The process of modeling and the model developed in this paper brought a significant understanding of the problem and, consequently, a reduction in the overall procurement and logistics costs. …”
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Computational Techniques for Analysis of Thermal Images of Pigs and Characterization of Heat Stress in the Rearing Environment by Maria de Fátima Araújo Alves, Héliton Pandorfi, Rodrigo Gabriel Ferreira Soares, Gledson Luiz Pontes de Almeida, Taize Calvacante Santana, Marcos Vinícius da Silva

“…This research aims to develop a sequential methodology for the extraction of automatic characteristics from thermal images and the classification of heat stress in pigs by means of machine learning. …”
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Prediction of Ground-Level Air Pollution Using Artificial Neural Network in Tehran by Afshin Khoshand, Mahshid Shahbazi Sehrani, Hamidreza Kamalan, Siamak Bodaghpour

“…The developed models manage to predict daily concentrations of various air pollutants such as O3, PM10, NO2, CO, and PM2.5. …”
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Spatiotemporal dynamic and catalytically mediated reconfiguration of compartmentalized cyanuric acid/polyadenine DNA microdroplet condensates by Shijun Xu, Yu Ouyang, Yunlong Qin, Danlong Chen, Zhijuan Duan, Dongxing Song, Daniel Harries, Fan Xia, Itamar Willner, Fujian Huang

“…Particularly, compartmentalization of the synthetic protocell assemblies and the integration of functional constituents in the containments allowing signaling, programmed transfer of chemical agents, and spatiotemporal controlled catalytic transformations across the protocell subdomains, are challenging goals in developing artificial cells. …”
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Whole Genome Sequence of the gut commensal protist Tritrichomonas musculus isolated from laboratory mice by Eliza V. C. Alves-Ferreira, Madeline R. Galac, Hernan A. Lorenzi, Margaret C. W. Ho, Erick T. Tjhin, Ana Popovic, John Parkinson, Michael E. Grigg

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Substrate stiffness and shear stress collectively regulate the inflammatory phenotype in cultured human brain microvascular endothelial cells by Alexis K. Yates, Heather Murray, Andrew Kjar, Daniel Chavarria, Haley Masters, Hyosung Kim, Alexander P. Ligocki, Angela L. Jefferson, Ethan S. Lippmann

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CALL-Mediated task-based language teaching: A speaking project with online audience in Indonesia by Oktavia Widiastuti, Fransisca Maria Ivone, Teguh Sulistyo, Didik Hartono, Emy Sudarwati, Santi Prastiyowati

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MODELS AND APPLIED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR SUPPLY LOGISTICS IN THE CONTEXT OF DEMAND SWINGS by Viktor Kosenko, Viktors Gopejenko, Elena Persiyanova

“…The following methods were used: structural process models, methods for regression analysis and time series forecasting, inventory management models, STATISTICA software package, object-oriented programming methods. The following results were obtained: the generalized pattern of supply logistics was developed; the supplement of the first block of this pattern with the processes of marketing research of demand for products and planning supply volumes according to the forecasted demand and the probability of a shortage or surplus of products due to unforeseen swings in demand was substantiated; the application of the methods of regression analysis and forecasting of time series to assess the market factors of supply logistics was considered; the model for determining the optimal stock size was studied taking into account storage costs and probable shortages; the architecture of the applied information technology for planning supply logistics was developed; the proposed IT enables analyzing and predicting changes in the main market factors and, in accordance with the results obtained, solving inventory management tasks efficiently. …”
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