Predicting the Likelihood of Operational Risk Occurrence in the Banking Industry Using Machine Learning Algorithms by Hamed Naderi, Mohammad Ali Rastegar Sorkhe, Bakhtiar Ostadi, Mehrdad Kargari

“…Under the BIA, an alpha coefficient (α) of 15% is applied, whereas in the SA, each business line has a specific beta coefficient (β) ranging between 12% and 18%. …”
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Study on GPR Image Restoration for Urban Complex Road Surfaces Using an Improved CycleGAN by Xinxin Huang, Jialin Liu, Feng Yang, Xu Qiao, Liang Gao, Tingyang Fu, Jianshe Zhao

“…In urban road detection using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), challenges arise from complex and variable road structures and diversified detection environments. …”
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Development of Speech Therapy Application for Children with Stuttering (STACS) by Janith Raj Jayaraju, Amudhu Sankar

“…Conclusion: Most parents found this prototype app easy to use, efficient in training their children, and highly functional. …”
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Data Mining of 24-Hour Cumulative Precipitation Data in Iran Using Machine Learning: Multilayer Perceptron Neural Network and Decision Tree by mozaffar faraji, Majid Rezaii Banafsheh Daragh, Behroz sarisarraf, Ali Mohammad Khorshid Dust

“…Two machine learning models including MLP with activation function σ and decision tree with entropy criterion were implemented. …”
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Optimal Operation of CCHP Smart Distribution Grid with Integration of Renewable Energy by Ghassan A. Bilal, Mohammed K. Al-Saadi, Ghaidaa A. Al-Sultany, Wisam Abed Kattea Al-Maliki

“…In addition, the demand response (DR) is incorporated with the optimization problem as a decision variable to shave the peak load and reduce the total system cost. …”
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Optimal Capacity Configuration of Residential Solar-Hydrogen Coupling Energy System with Hydrogen Vehicle Load by Zhenlan DOU, Chunyan ZHANG, Huirong ZHAO, Yuqi YAO, Daogang PENG

“…Secondly, by setting the capacity of the equipment in the system as the optimization variable, and the minimization of annual investment cost of the system as the objective function, the reliability of energy supply and other factors as the constraints, the system optimal capacity configuration model is established. …”
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Approximate analytical solution of a class of highly nonlinear time–fractional-order partial differential equations by Richard Olu Awonusika

“…The method assumes a fractional power series in the time variable whose expansion coefficients are functions of the space variable. …”
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Solid-state analog of gravitational redshift: Transport signatures of massless Dirac fermions in tilted Dirac cone heterostructures by Marziyeh Karmand, Mohsen Amini, Morteza Soltani, Ebrahim Ghanbari-Adivi, Seyed Akbar Jafari

“…A Dirac electron passing through a heterojunction with spatially variable tilt experiences an effective curved spacetime. …”
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Fault localization for automatic train operation based on the adaptive error locating array algorithm by Yanpeng Zhang, Yuxiang Cao

“…To begin with, according to the characteristics of ATO, the adaptive fault localization model is designed and the test parameter table is constructed. Then the Partial Variable Intensity Covering Array (PVICA) algorithm is used to generate the initial set of test cases, and the cases are executed sequentially. …”
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Convolutional neural networks for accurate estimation of canopy cover by F. Puig, R. Gonzalez Perea, A. Daccache, M.A. Soriano, J.A. Rodríguez Díaz

“…Canopy Cover (CC) is a key variable in agriculture, providing critical information on crop growth and health. …”
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A Multi-Objective PSO-GWO Approach for Smart Grid Reconfiguration with Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicles by Tung Linh Nguyen, Quynh Anh Nguyen

“…Notably, the approach achieves substantial reductions in power losses during peak demand periods with distributed generation incorporation while maintaining voltage profiles within the stringent operational bounds of 0.94 to 1.0 per unit, thus ensuring stability amidst variable load conditions. Comparative analyses further demonstrate that the hybrid method surpasses conventional optimization techniques, as evidenced by enhanced convergence rates and superior objective function outcomes. …”
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Food Supply Chain: A Framework for the Governance of Digital Traceability by Maria Bonaria Lai, Daniele Vergamini, Gianluca Brunori

“…Under the context of increasing demand for transparency, efficiency, and trust in food systems, digital traceability is emerging as a key strategy for improving value creation across agri-food supply chains. …”
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Exploring the nexus of many-body theories through neural network techniques: the tangent model by Senwei Liang, Karol Kowalski, Chao Yang, Nicholas P Bauman

“…The NN representation not only allows us to evaluate the effective interactions efficiently for various geometrical configurations of chemical systems corresponding to various levels of complexity of the underlying wave functions, but also reveals that the bare and effective interactions are related by a tangent function of some latent variables. …”
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Integrating UAV-Based RGB Imagery with Semi-Supervised Learning for Tree Species Identification in Heterogeneous Forests by Bingru Hou, Chenfeng Lin, Mengyuan Chen, Mostafa M. Gouda, Yunpeng Zhao, Yuefeng Chen, Fei Liu, Xuping Feng

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Stress Estimation Based on Stochastic Method for Strength Evaluation of Floating Wind Turbines by Byungmo Kim, Beomil Kim

“…The maximum von-Mises stress from 1 h and 3 h showed a large deviation depending on the analysis time, while the MPM von-Mises stress estimated by applying the same probability level did not show a large deviation, and the variability according to random execution also showed a similar trend. …”
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Role of leisure and sleep in promoting daily physical activity in adults with down syndrome by Melissa R. Jenkins, Victoria L. Fleming, Emily K. Schworer, Yiwen Dong, Dana L. Tudorascu, Benjamin L. Handen, Sigan L. Hartley

“…Sleep variables included total sleep time (TST) and sleep efficiency (SE). …”
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Dermatoglifia y Somatotipo en Jugadores de Voleibol del Departamento del Huila en los XX Juegos Deportivos Nacionales Colombia (Dermatoglyphia and Somatotype in Volleyball Players... by Oscar Alfredo Montenegro Arjona, Oscar Leonardo Cordoba Urriago, Angie Carolina Calderón Sterling, Cristian Javier Mendez Parra, Gian Carlos Tovar Osso

“…Bivariate correlations were performed with Kendall's tau coefficient (t) to determine the correlation between the variables. …”
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Variation in Likert scale of the mathematics usefulness test by Facundo Juan Pablo Abal, Sofía Esmeralda Auné, Horacio Félix Attorresi

“…Likert scales with more categories increased test reliability at the extreme levels of the trait, but at the expense of compromising the internal structure validity evidences (Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Partial Credit Model of the Item Response Theory). The relative efficiency function revealed that similar information is obtained for all levels of the trait when using 5 or 6-point scales. …”
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Response Surface Optimization of CuS Photocatalytic Process Using UV‐vis Irradiation for Wastewater Treatment by Caressa Munien, Emmanuel Kweinor Tetteh, Sudesh Rathilal

“…Thus, this study aimed to optimize the operating parameters of the photocatalytic degradation process using copper sulphide (CuS) and UV‐visible irradiation via response surface methodology (RSM) to determine the relationship that exists between the most significant factors and the water quality parameters. The efficiency of the CuS photocatalyst was evaluated as a function of three input variables viz. …”
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Hydrodynamic and sensitivity analysis of a polymeric calendering process for non-Newtonian fluids with temperature-dependent viscosity by Ali Fateh, Zahid Muhammad, Farmer M., Al Taisan Nada, Faqihi Abdullah A., Souayeh Basma, Raju S. Suresh Kumar, Alam Mir Waqas

“…Additionally, using the response surface method, Nusselt number (Nu)(\text{Nu}), sheet thickness HH0\left(\phantom{\rule[-0.75em]{}{0ex}},\frac{H}{{H}_{0}}\right), and shear stress (Sxy)({S}_{xy}), simulations were carried out to investigate the influence of variable viscoelastic parameters on the response functions (Nu\text{Nu}, HH0\frac{H}{{H}_{0}}, and Sxy{S}_{xy}). …”
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