Corticobulbar activity in healthy humans and Parkinson’s disease: a study protocol for a novel biomarker of motivational arousal by Francesca Ferraioli, Francesco Tomaiuolo, Alessandra M. Falzone, Angelo Labate, Salvatore M. Cardali, Simona Massimino, Fabrizio Esposito, Antonino Germanò, Luigi Trojano, Carmelo Mario Vicario

“…Findings may contribute to identifying non-invasive biomarkers of motivational functioning in both clinical and normative populations.…”
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USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING ALGORITHMS FOR UAV FLIGHT OPTIMIZATION by O. Dutsiak, V. Yuzevych

“…The study of the results of the functionality of the proposed algorithm was carried out in the environment of three-dimensional modeling. …”
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Behavioral Cloning Strategies in Steering Angle Prediction: Applications in Mobile Robotics and Autonomous Driving by Sergio Iván Morga-Bonilla, Ivan Rivas-Cambero, Jacinto Torres-Jiménez, Pedro Téllez-Cuevas, Rafael Stanley Núñez-Cruz, Omar Vicente Perez-Arista

“…In this study, to optimize steering angle prediction, NVIDIA’s architecture was adapted and modified along with the implementation of the Swish activation function to train convolutional neural networks (CNNs) by behavioral cloning. …”
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tDCS-induced enhancement of cognitive flexibility in autism: role of frontal lobe and associated neural circuits by Yanan Han, Yanan Han, Anqin Dong, Anqin Dong, Chenyi Xia, Zhe Zhang, Zhe Zhang, Wenjing Hu, Wenjing Hu, Tingli He, Tingli He, Xinxin Cui, Xinxin Cui, Chengming Xu, Chengming Xu, Hongyan Xu, Hongyan Xu, Zhangying Zhou, Zhangying Zhou, Danmeng Cheng, Danmeng Cheng, Shuo Zhang, Liguo Li, Youcai Tang, Pengyuan Zheng, Pengyuan Zheng, Xianwen Dong, Xianwen Dong

“…Immunohistochemistry was performed to evaluate microglial activation (Iba1 +) and synaptic density (PSD95).ResultsValproic acid -exposed offspring displayed significant social interaction deficits and impaired cognitive flexibility, alongside disrupted functional connectivity in frontal-striato-hippocampal circuits. …”
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USE OF INFORMATION AND SOFTWARE IN THE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISES by Maryna V. Kovbatiuk, Ivanna I. Strilok, Viktoriya V. Shklyar, George O. Kovbatiuk

“…Given that the changing conditions of enterprise functioning require an individual approach and the creation of a custom-made product, a comparative characterization of unified and individual software products is carried out. …”
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MATERIALS USED IN THE ROAD BASES: METHOD OF THE RESIDUAL DEFORMATIONS’ CALCULATION by A. S. Aleksandrov, T. V. Semenova, N. P. Aleksandrova

“…Moreover, the authors obtained the solution in the form of logarithmic and power functions, which associated the accumulated deformation with the deformation arising from the first load application. …”
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Digital Platforms Are an Important Aspect of Digitalization of Higher Education by I. E. Zhukovskaya

“…The purpose of the study is to identify the effectiveness of the functioning of digital platforms in the information systems of higher educational institutions in order to optimize the managerial, educational, methodological, research, and innovation activities of the University for the training of highly qualified specialists. …”
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PlantReg: the reconstruction of links between transcription factor regulatory networks and biological processes under their control by V. V. Lavrekha, N. A. Omelyanchuk, A. G. Bogomolov, E. V. Zemlyanskaya

“…A widespread use of genome-wide sequencing of transcripts and transcription factor (TF) binding regions has made the following tasks relevant: unveiling pleiotropic effects of TFs based on the functions of their target genes; compiling the lists of TFs that regulate biological processes of interest; and describing the ways of TF functioning (their primary and secondary targets, higher order targets, TF interactions in the process under study). …”
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IMAGE PROCESSING MODELS AND METHODS RESEARCH AND WAYS OF IMPROVING MARKER RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGIES IN ADDED REALITY SYSTEMS by Nataliia Bolohova, Igor Ruban

“…In our opinion, one of the promising directions is the use of Royan methods, namely the development of target functions for accurate and fast recognition of the image by markers.…”
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Artificial intelligence-driven ensemble deep learning models for smart monitoring of indoor activities in IoT environment for people with disabilities by Munya A. Arasi, Hussah Nasser AlEisa, Amani A. Alneil, Radwa Marzouk

“…They are efficient in certifying functions of detection of actions, observing crucial functions, and tracking. …”
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Ensuring the Possibility of Using a Standard Set of Filter Gas Masks in an Isolating Protection Mode by A. Yu. Kovalev, S. B. Blinov, S. A. Tkachenko, M. P. Shabelnikov, O. A. Kulazhin

“…Combined type personal respiratory protection equipment, combining the functions of air purification and complete isolation from the environment, has not received significant development due to the complexity of the design, which limits their use. …”
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Basketball team optimization algorithm (BTOA): a novel sport-inspired meta-heuristic optimizer for engineering applications by Yujie Chen, Guangyu Wang, Baichuan Yin, Chongyun Ma, Zhiqiao Wu, Ming Gao

“…Extensive experiments on the CEC2005 and CEC2017 benchmark suites with 30, 50 and 100 dimensions show that BTOA attains the lowest mean error on 82.61% of the CEC2005 functions and on 66.67%, 63.3% and 66.67% of the CEC2017 functions, respectively. …”
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Development of a Conceptual Model to Understand Disease Burden in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Organ Damage by Lynne Broderick, Wen-Hung Chen, Roger A. Levy, April Mitchell Foster, Cindy Umanzor Figueroa, Kerry Gairy, Deven Chauhan

“…Physical impacts were described by all participants, often affecting their ability to perform everyday tasks. Many also described deterioration of cognitive functioning. …”
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FORMAL REPRESENTATION OF THE PIXEL-BY-PIXEL CLASSIFICATION PROCESS USING A MODIFIED WANG-MENDEL NEURAL NETWORK by Oleksii Kolomiitsev, Volodymyr Pustovarov

“…The purpose of the work is to develop the architecture of the modified fuzzy neural production network of Wang-Mendel as a classifier for image segmentation to increase the values of efficiency and reliability of urban monitoring. The following tasks are solved in the article: analysis of possibilities of Wang-Mendel network modification based on representation of membership functions in terms of interval fuzzy sets of the second type (IFST2) and realization of phasing, aggregation and activation operations using IFST 2 operations, development of the architecture of the modified fuzzy neural production network of Wang-Mendel as a classifier for image segmentation. …”
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INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC PRACTICES OF ASSISTANT TEACHER'S WORK by Світлана Ситняківська, Ольга Ілліна

“…It was found that the tasks and functions of a teacher's assistant in different countries differ and depend on the specific problems that arise in the process of inclusive education of children with special educational needs. …”
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Enhanced Disc Herniation Classification Using Grey Wolf Optimization Based on Hybrid Feature Extraction and Deep Learning Methods by Yasemin Sarı, Nesrin Aydın Atasoy

“…The use of various activation functions (e.g., ReLU, identity, logistic, and tanh) in MLP and various kernel functions (e.g., linear, rbf, sigmoid, and polynomial) in SVM allows for a thorough evaluation of the classifiers’ performance. …”
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Improved A*-based Path Planning for Mining Inspection Robots by ZHANG Hui, SU Guoyong, ZHAO Dongyang, YANG Yuhao, HE Kai

“…[Methods] First, the exponential function of predicted consumption and the sum of obstacle coverage were introduced into the heuristic function of traditional A* algorithm to improve the search efficiency and shorten the search time; Second, the traditional 8-neighborhood search was improved to 9-neighborhood search to avoid useless search and reduce the number of searching nodes; Then the redundant nodes in the path were rejected by the Floyd algorithm; And finally, the path smoothing task was accomplished by using the improved 3rd-order Bessel curve. …”
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Evaluating the level of digitalization of the innovation process with artificial intelligence approach in the digital transformation of knowledge-based companies by ali Bagheri, reza radfar, sepehr ghazinoory

“…In this method, the number of membership functions is 5 functions representing very low, low, medium, high and very high. …”
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Uncovering the link between incidental physical activity and inhibition of automatic responses in aging. An ERP study by Javier Sanchez-Lopez, Juan Silva-Pereyra, Sergio Manuel Sánchez-Moguel, Graciela Catalina Alatorre-Cruz, Graciela Catalina Alatorre-Cruz, Mauricio González-López, Mauricio González-López, Mauricio González-López, Jorge A Sigg-Alonso, Mariana Pérez-Figueroa, Thalía Fernández

“…The concept of cognitive reserve explains how the brain maintains function despite age-related changes or neuropathological damage. …”
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Use of ICT to Confront COVID-19 by Yousry Saber El Gamal

“…The risk of getting infected is a function of numerous factors where mathematical modeling would not yield fruitful results. …”
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