The role of socioeconomic and stressful risk factors in the prevalence of malignancies (literature review) by Kh. N. Abdurazakova, M. G. Magomedov, S. O. Omarova, Z. M. Gasanova

“…If for some reason there is a disturbance in the functioning of the immune system, then atypical cells not only do not die, but continue their uncontrolled growth. …”
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Testing Scheme Design for Grabbing Positioning and Release Mechanism in Space Microgravity Environment by Yang Zhong, Huisen Zhang, Chao Xue

“…Consequently, the assessment of the GPRM functionality in a microgravity environment is a crucial step in the advancement of gravitational wave detection technology. …”
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A comprehensive review on safe reinforcement learning for autonomous vehicle control in dynamic environments by Rohan Inamdar, S. Kavin Sundarr, Deepen Khandelwal, Varun Dev Sahu, Nitish Katal

“…These algorithms utilize methods like uncertainty and risk estimation along with penalty functions, to avoid excessively risky actions and have the potential to significantly reduce accidents and build public trust in autonomous driving. …”
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Methodology for plotting the flight planned route change of the aircraft in flight by M. A. Kiselev, Y. S. Kalyuzhny, A. V. Karpov, S. F. Borodkin

“…Examples of rerouting the flight route of a hypothetical aircraft with detected obstacles along the flight path are provided in the article to demonstrate the algorithm's functionality. It is shown, in particular, that in the considered example, the shortest route for obstacle avoidance is not optimal in terms of time. …”
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A brief mindfulness intervention improves electrophysiological markers of attention in meditation-naïve individuals: the moderating role of inattention symptoms by Xiaoqian Yu, Xiaoqian Yu, Christine Vinci, Geoffrey F. Potts

“…Future research should explore additional potential moderators of mindfulness training outcomes and clinical conditions (e.g., anxiety or depression) that may influence attentional functioning and responsiveness to mindfulness practice.…”
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Comparing Virtual and Real-Life Rapid Prototyping Methods for User Testing Smart City Interfaces: A Case Study by Jamil Joundi, Bastiaan Baccarne, Ben Robaeyst, Klaas Bombeke, Lieven De Marez, Jelle Saldien

“…It juxtaposes in situ, low-fidelity prototype testing with VR-based testing, evaluating their realism, interactivity, functionality, presence and task difficulty. This mixed-method research design incorporates both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, engaging 27 design students in a comparative study, conducting participatory research and 8 expert interviews. …”
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Model-agnostic Cosmological Inference with SDSS-IV eBOSS: Simultaneous Probing for the Background and Perturbed Universe by Purba Mukherjee, Anjan A Sen

“…We reconstruct the baryon acoustic oscillation and redshift space distortion observables as functions of redshift, using measurements from SDSS alone. …”
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THE PROBLEM OF INTERDISCIPLINARITY IN LEARNING PROCESS STUDIES by I. M. Osmolovskaya, L. A. Krasnova

“…The features of an interdisciplinary study are formulated.The functions of didactics as a scientific field are specified. …”
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Features of the strawberry field repository formation by M. T. Upadyshev, T. A. Tumaeva, A. A. Borisova, N. V. Andronova, A. D. Petrova, E. A. Tut'

“…For the successful functioning of a breeding and nursery center of scientific and practical work with fruit and small fruit crops, an important task is to create repositories, including thosein the field. …”
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Taxi services, platforms and Article 101 TFEU: changing the shape of the transport intermediation services industry? by Arianna Andreangeli

“…What are the implications of these decisions for the functioning of other platform-based markets? This paper analyses this question by relying on the practice of national authorities who, in a number of contexts, have ruled on the legality of taxi platforms.  …”
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GuidedBox: a segmentation-guided box teacher-student approach for weakly supervised road segmentation by Teerapong Panboonyuen, Chaiyut Charoenphon, Chalermchon Satirapod

“…Additionally, we introduce noise-aware pixel loss and noise-reduced affinity loss functions to optimize the student model with pseudo masks dynamically. …”
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ECOLOGICAL CULTURE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: THE UKRAINIAN REALITIES AND PROSPECTS by Maryna Bratitsel

“…The system approach helped to describe an object as a systematic whole in terms of its structure, elements, purpose, and functions. The historical and logical method contributed to the study of dynamic transformations of relationships in the system “man-nature-society”; according to the sociocultural ecological culture is a type of world-view and a way of mastering social and cultural experience in accordance with the principle of co-evolution. …”
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Evaluation of Spatio-Temporal Gait Variability during Obstacle Crossing in Parkinson\'s Disease by Elaheh Azadian, Mahdi Majlesi, Ali Fatahi, Rezvan Bakhtiyarian

“…Additionally, greater variability during normal walking or obstacle crossing, accompanied by decreased cognitive functions in the PD group, indicates an increased risk of falls during challenging activities.…”
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POI recommendation by deep neural matrix factorization integrated attention-aware meta-paths by Xiaoyan Li, Shenghua Xu, Hengxu Jin, Zhuolu Wang, Yu Ma, Xuan He

“…Abstract With the continuous accumulation of massive amounts of mobile data, point-of-interest (POI) recommendation has become a vital task for location-based social networks. Deep neural networks or matrix factorization (MF) alone are challenging to effectively learn user–POI interaction functions. …”
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Empirical exploration of the 4P theory of creativity using virtual reality by Chiara Lucifora, Claudia Scorolli, Aldo Gangemi

“…Our findings are in line with previous research about the relation between Person and Process, between Person and Press, and between Process and Product, and show novel insights about the relation between Person and Product and between Press and Process.We have applied our novel method to the original 4P foundational domains, demonstrating its utility to lay a research ground to formally (via ontological distinctions) and empirically (based on explicit and implicit measures) compare creativity theories that extend 4P components, possibly addressing cognitive abilities, expertise and impact levels, error functionalization, creativity dynamics, etc.…”
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Starch metabolism in potato <i>Solanum tuberosum</i> L. by E. M. Sergeeva, K. T. Larichev, E. A. Salina, A. V. Kochetov

“…Two types of starch are recognized with regard to their biological functions. Transitory starch is synthesized in chloroplasts of photosynthetic organs and degraded in the absence of light, providing carbohydrates for cell needs. …”
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Environmental safety of soils in conditions of intensive agricultural land use by A. N. Nekos, O. I. Khripko, O. O. Bolotova

“…For the sustainable functioning of agroecosystems and sustainable food supply of the population, the task of ensuring the ecological safety of soils in the conditions of using intensive technologies for growing agricultural crops is relevant. …”
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Mentorship to strengthen health system leadership: A case study of the Walungu rural health zone in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. by Rosine Bigirinama, Ghislain Bisimwa, Samuel Makali, Aimé Cikomola, Janvier Barhobagayana, Jean-Corneille Lembebu, Christian Chiribagula, Pacifique Mwene-Batu, Abdon Mukalay, Denis Porignon, Albert Tambwe

“…Simple linear regression (p<0.05) measured the influence of IHFs on service use. The LRZ's functionality and performance were assessed using an internal benchmarking approach, with results presented as trend curves. …”
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ABOUT BARRIERS ON THE WAY OF REVIVAL OF THE RUSSIAN EDUCATION by V. I. Zagvyazinsky

“…It is stated that for maintenance of its normal functioning and development it is necessary to rely first of all on own traditions and valuable orientations checked by time, to deepen and increase achievements of mathematical preparation, to reveal and support talented, potentially gifted pupils, and, above all, – to work out an issue of strategic reference points of further development of education.Practical significance. …”
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Groundwater in Germany: challenges, solutions, and the BMBF funding measure LURCH: sustainable groundwater management by Sarah Fieger, Thomas Track

“…Groundwater’s role as a thermal reservoir and its ecological functions are also explored. The research tackles pollution risks from nitrate, trace substances, and pathogens while advancing analytical methods and technological innovations, including in-situ treatment and monitoring. …”
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