Automatic melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer diagnosis using advanced adaptive fine-tuned convolution neural networks by Muhammad Amir Khan, Tehseen Mazhar, Muhammad Danish Ali, Umar Farooq Khattak, Tariq Shahzad, Mamoon M. Saeed, Habib Hamam

“…This unsupervised technique enables the mining of discriminative features from the skin cancer images, effectively mitigating overfitting concerns and letting the model adjust structural features of skin cancer images, facilitating effective detection of skin cancer features. …”
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Leaf functional traits highlight phenotypic variation of two tree species in the urban environment by Ahram Cho, Nicole Dziedzic, Aria Davis, Cindy Hanson, Jangho Lee, Gabriela C. Nunez-Mir, Miquel A. Gonzalez-Meler

“…This study investigates the environmental differences and tree leaf structure and morphology in urban and suburban sites in the Chicago Metropolitan Region. …”
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Influence of the nature of organic solvents on the process of separation of antioxidative additive in a transformer oil by a gas-chromatographic method by Duy Hung Nguyen, Yu. V. Snigireva, A. V. Taneeva, V. F. Novikov

“…As a result of this process, peroxide compounds appear in transformer oil, which affect its color, oxidation stability, aging resistance, compatibility with structural parts of equipment, etc. Gas -liquid chromatography was used to determine the "Ionol" antioxidant additive and organic extractants in transformer oil. …”
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Divergence and convergence in epiphytic and endophytic phyllosphere bacterial communities of rice landraces by Pratibha Sanjenbam, Deepa Agashe

“…As a result, we expect greater variability in epiphytic than endophytic communities. We analyzed the structure and stability of leaf phyllosphere microbiota of four traditionally cultivated rice landraces and one commercial variety from northeast India grown in the field for 3 consecutive years, supplemented with opportunistic sampling of eight other landraces. …”
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Prompt distinction of Alagille syndrome and biliary Atresia in infants: a comparative study by Shu-yan Zhou, Xue Zhan, Shu-yuan Li

“…Methods Patients with confirmed ALGS and BA were retrospectively enrolled in this study. Clinical data, biochemical results, ultrasound findings, liver histopathology, and genetic testing were analyzed. …”
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Mathematical model of on-demand route formation for public transport based on individual passenger requests in low-density population area by Svetlana S. Titova, Andrey V. Ostroukh

“…Route optimization was performed using dynamic programming algorithms that accounted for variable demand structure and resource limitations. Practical testing of the model was conducted using data from a specific region with low population density, enabling the collection of reliable results and drawing conclusions about the effectiveness of the proposed approach to organizing transport services. …”
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Modeling the compressive strength of concrete at different curing regimes using machine learning by Kennedy C. Onyelowe, Ahmed M. Ebid, Rosa Belén Ramos Jiménez, Angel Geovanny Lozano Guamán, Diego Ramiro Ñacato Estrella, Juan Carlos Cayán Martínez, Eduardo Francisco García Cabezas, Paul Awoyera

“…Abstract In this research work, a representative data of 334 collected from literature of concrete admixed with highly pozzolanic industrial waste materials, which are nano-silica (nSi), nano-alumina (nAl) and micro-silica (mSi) has been deployed to the learning abilities of the artificial neural network (ANN), genetic programming (GP), and the evolutionary polynomial regression (EPR) under the influence of the variable structure neuron interface in the hidden layer and the levels complexity of the techniques. …”
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The effect of 8 weeks of aquatic and land exercise training on balance and proprioception of the ankle joint in children with diplegia cerebral palsy by Hamid Abbasi, Hossein Ghasemsharifi, Saeed Abedinzadeh, Reza Sharifatpour

“…Background and Purpose: Children with spastic cerebral palsy have many problems in terms of movement and balance. The crooked structure of children with spastic cerebral palsy disturbs their balance function. …”
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Adaptation of the Mertz-Hong Reactance Scale in a Russian-speaking Sample by N.V. Nichko, S.D. Gurieva

“…SPSS 26.0 and Jamovi 2.6.2 were used for data processing. <br><strong>Results.</strong> A four-factor scale structure was obtained, Cronbach's alpha = 0,812; McDonald's <em>&omega;</em> = 0,823; Retest reliability after 4-5 weeks (48 people), Pearson's <em>r</em> = 0,746 (<em>p</em> = 0,01). …”
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Unraveling personality in mood disorders: the role of big five personality traits in Han Chinese women with bipolar and unipolar depression by Yuchen Lin, Jieying Gan, Zonglin He, Ting Yang, Xiuhua Wu, Qi Zhu, Zhaoyu Gan

“…Personality traits were assessed using the Chinese version of BFI-44, and clinical data including depression severity (HAMD scores), hospitalization history, and comorbidities were collected. …”
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Human-geographical features of transport accessibility research of pre-school and secondary education institutions in the cities of Kharkiv and Warsaw by Kateryna Kravchenko, Yevhen Shpak, Yevhen Khabusev

“…It was established that the cities of Kharkiv and Warsaw have a well-developed transport infrastructure, in the city of Kharkiv the structure of passenger traffic by type of transport is dominated by the subway, in the city of Warsaw - bus transport. …”
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Unveiling the linkages between greenwashing, brand hate, and negative consumer behavior: the moderating effect of environmental concern by Nabil Ahmed Mareai Senan, Shaker M. Al-Kahtani, Ibtisam Dhuwayhi Alanazi, Amani AbdAlatti, Mohammed A. Alshadadi, Adeeb Alhebri, Reda Abdelfattah Mohammad

“…To investigate these dynamics, data was gathered from 391 participants in Yemen using a convenience sampling technique and analyzed through structural equation modeling. …”
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Arterial Stiffness and Markers of Atrial Myopathy by Magdalena Okrajni, Pyotr Platonov, Iram Faqir Muhammad, Fredrik Holmqvist, Johan Economou Lundberg, Anders Persson, Cecilia Kennbäck, Jeffrey S. Healey, Gunnar Engström, Linda S. Johnson

“…In this cross‐sectional study, we aimed to investigate whether arterial stiffness is associated with markers of atrial myopathy, which refers to structural and electrical changes in the atria that indicate increased AF risk. …”
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Translation and Validation of the Medication Understanding and Use Self‐Efficacy Scale Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes in Taiwan by Yen‐Ming Huang, Yu‐Meng Yang, Tzu Wang, Yunn‐Fang Ho, Hsun‐Yu Chan

“…Confirmatory factor analysis identified a two‐factor structure for the 8‐item MUSE‐TC, consisting of the “taking medication” and “learning about medication” domains. …”
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The hermeneutic circle as a means of illustration of the understanding problem when teaching didactic communications by E. E. Neupokoeva, N. K. Chapaev

“…At the same time, soft-competencies changed their structure and acquired a specific digital component. …”
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The Global Antimicrobial Resistance Trends of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> and Influencing Factors by Haitao Yuan, Jie Xu, Ying Wang, Yuan Li, Yuqing Hao, Jinzhao Long, Fang Liu, Jingyuan Zhu, Haiyan Yang

“…The Spearman correlation results indicated that the human development index (HDI), antibiotic consumption, and mobile genetic elements (MGEs) were significantly associated with the AMR of <i>S. aureus</i>, and these factors played a crucial role in the emergence and development of <i>S. aureus</i> AMR. The results of structural equation modeling showed that the HDI significantly promoted an increase in antibiotic consumption, thereby indirectly enhancing the AMR of <i>S. aureus</i>. …”
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Publication activity of Russian university students by N. V. Shabrova, P. A. Ambarova

“…The main results of the study are the characteristics of the place of publication activity in the general structure of students’ research activities. Despite the fact that the preparation of articles is one of the most popular forms of research, it is shown that a small number of students are involved in youth science on a permanent basis. …”
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Investigation of the role of miRNA variants in neurodegenerative brain diseases by Alexandros Frydas, Alexandros Frydas, Rita Cacace, Rita Cacace, Julie van der Zee, Julie van der Zee, Christine Van Broeckhoven, Christine Van Broeckhoven, Eline Wauters, Eline Wauters

“…Here, we report rare miRNA variants in patients with Alzheimer’s dementia (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD).MethodsWe initially used whole exome sequencing data in a subset of FTD patients (n = 209) from Flanders-Belgium. …”
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Mental Health Literacy and Professional Psychological Help-Seeking Attitudes Among Primary Healthcare Workers: The Mediating Role of Social Support and Mental Illness Stigma by He X, Chen S, Zhang Q, He S, Yang L, Ma J

“…We applied Pearson correlation, multiple linear regression, and structural equation modeling (SEM) for data analysis.Results: Correlation analysis revealed positive associations between mental health literacy and help-seeking attitudes, while stigma negatively impacted these attitudes. …”
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Genetic characteristics of Nenets reindeer depending on their gender by Nikolaev S.V., Matyukov V.S, Filatov A.V.

“…The RT6 locus (DN=0.006) was characterized by the closest possible structure between the vazhenki and choruses, and the RT9 loci (DN=0.152) and RT30 (DN=0.299) had the greatest genetic difference. …”
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