A comprehensive analysis of deep learning and transfer learning techniques for skin cancer classification by Manishi Shakya, Ravindra Patel, Sunil Joshi

“…Experimental performance is measured on the ISIC 2018 dataset which contains 3300 images of skin disease including benign and malignant type cancer images. 80% of the images from the ISIC 2018 dataset are allocated for training, while the remaining 20% are designated for testing. …”
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Ultrafiltration operational conditions influence in the antibacterial activity of native and thermally treated lysozyme by de Espindola, Ariane, Miron, Simona M., Dutournié, Patrick, Ponche, Arnaud

“…To obtain high quality final products, biomolecules can be exposed in production lines to stress factors such as heating, stirring and multiple surfaces contact before their commercialization. These factors can induce stability and efficacy loss. …”
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Isolation of Bioactive Compound in Methanolic Extract of Putat Leaves (Planchonia valida) as Antioxidant by Faizar Farid, Vera Lorensya Br Sembiring, Nelson Nelson, Muhammad Furqon Novryan Saputra, Silvi Ayudiah Putri, Indra Lasmana Tarigan, Madyawati Latief

“…This identifies that the putat plant contains chemical compounds that have the potential to have antioxidant activity. …”
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Los adioses. Metáfora para la construcción de ciudadanía ambiental by Reinaldo Giraldo Díaz

“…Se adopta como metáfora la Sonata 26, compuesta por Beethoven con motivo de la ausencia de su amigoel Archiduque Rodolfo de Viena, ante la llegada delas tropas napoleónicas. Consta de tres movimientos: Adagio. Allegro (Das Lebewoht/Los adioses), Andante espressivo (Abwesenheit/La ausencia) y Vivacissimamente (Das Wiedersehen/El retorno). …”
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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Infection Control Among Dental Students at College of Dentistry - Hawler Medical University. by Abduljaleel Azad Samad, Jodal M. Ahmed, Karin Zaki Izzat, Saya Saman Abdulqadir, Marwa Qadir Muhammed, Muzhda Ayub Bakir

“…Therefore, regular training that contains educational programs should be supported to maintain the highest level of attitude. …”
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Evaluation of the Effect of Five-Finger Shoes on Calf Muscle Electromyography Activity in Novice Runners by Behrouz Hajilou, Elaheh Azadian, Sara Sadeghi, Rounak Mohammadi Sasan

“…Objective The foot is the most distal part of the moving human body and serves as the sole point of contact with the ground, transmitting significant forces from the ground to the foot. …”
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Outcome of Excision with Primary Midline Closure for Sacrococcygeal Pilonidal Sinus Disease by Bahzad Waso Hamad

“…This is a retrospective study with telephone contact and review of 36 patients operated for Sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus disease from January 2011 through January 2016 under care of one consultant surgeon (the Author) in Public and Private Hospitals in Rania, Sulaimani, Iraq. …”
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Defining competence profiles in obstetrics and gynecology using the modified requirement tracking questionnaire by Baptiste Tarasi, Viktor Oubaid, David Baud

“…The R-track is designed to assess professional competence profiles and contains 66 items covering the following eight competence areas: “Mental abilities”, “Social sensibility”, “Psychomotor and multitasking abilities”, “Solutions orientation”, “Social interactive competences”, “Personality traits”, “Verbal competences” and “Resistance capacity”. …”
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Lower Extremity Kinematic Waveform Analysis During a Single Leg Drop Task – Including a Single Subject Design by Nickolai JP Martonick, Youngmin Chun, Lukas Krumpl, Joshua P Bailey

“…The time-series data were comprised from initial contact to the bottom of the landing. A single subject design was also included to account for potential interindividual variability…”
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Applicability of a computer retinal model for scale-dependent investigation of legibility problems by Gábor Dömötör, András Horváth

“…Although the simulation is imperfect, the software can perform significantly more measurements than human experiments with higher uniformity and give reproducible legibility information about significantly more fonts in various circumstances.In addition to the two scaling methods used in the literature (x-height, font-height), the tests are also performed with two other self-developed scaling methods, which provide a fairer comparison in the case of non-standard character types.This paper contains the legibility measurement results for 22 fonts under various simulated scenarios. …”
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Design and Implementation of a Chatbot for Kurdish Language Speakers Using Chatfuel Platform by Hemn Karim Ahmed, Jamal Ali Hussein

“…In this paper, the design and implementation of a chatbot are provided to help Kurdish speakers in using online conversations via texts to find answers instead of direct contact with human agents. The NLP-based software agent is implemented using the Chatfuel platform. …”
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Physicochemical analysis and application of sardinella fimbriata-derived hydroxyapatite in toothpaste formulations by Ayub Irmadani Anwar, Muhammad Ruslin, Erni Marlina, H Hasanuddin

“…Abstract Background Toothpaste contains hydroxyapatite is a natural substance derived from fish bones. …”
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A traffic prediction method for missing data scenarios: graph convolutional recurrent ordinary differential equation network by Ming Jiang, Zhiwei Liu, Yan Xu

“…Due to various factors, both human and natural, traffic data often contains missing values. Addressing the impact of missing data on traffic flow prediction has become a widely discussed topic in the academic community and holds significant practical importance. …”
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What Do Gases in the Large Intestine Have to Do with Health? by Klaudia Pawełek, Patrycja Kinga Marta, Filip Maciej Huzarski, Gabriela Monika Ferfecka, Magdalena Rosa-Bończak, Agata Ossolińska, Weronika Kłosowicz, Oliver Carlton, Lucyna Stolarska, Natalia Morawiecka

“… A healthy human gastrointestinal tract contains approximately 200 ml of gas, with an average daily elimination of 600 ml. …”
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Design of a Waste Water Treatment System for Kampala International University-Western Campus. by Tayebwa, Gift

“…And also, An EIA is shown expressing the different problems the project may have to the environment and the mitigation measures of each problem also shown Waste stabilization ponds contains mainly three ponds namely anaerobic, facultative and maturation pond and the design equations used are according to Mara and Pearson (1986). …”
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Information Access and Promotion of Human Rights: A Case Study of High Court Kabale Municipality. by Akwasiibwe, Bonitah

“…The study recommended that there should be use of better methods of choosing information resources so that the promotion of human rights can be observed and managed, and the relevant authority should be perceived the legal persons to release the content that contains enough information to the responsible users when needed and there should be clear laws which stipulate the content of the information stored, must be publicized and made easily accessible for promotion of human rights.…”
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Investigating the Effect of Wood Charcoal Dust as Partial Replacement for Cement in Plain Concrete. by Akankunda, Lindah

“…Chemical analysis revealed that WCD contains pozzolanic materials, with a combined SiO₂, Al₂O₃, and Fe₂O₃ content of 20.69%. …”
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Analysis of Power Outages in Kabale Town: A Case Study of 33 KV Mbarara North-Kabale West Feeder. by Atibuni, Yofat

“…Faulty surge arrestors were unable to clear faults, and over-sagging conductors posed risks of low-voltage and high-voltage contact. Environmental factors further exacerbated these problems, with tree cutting in Kyobugombe and Ndija, forested areas in Maziba, deteriorating poles in Katinda, and frequent lightning in Rubaya causing line faults and prolonged outages. …”
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Experimental investigation of a cooking unit integrated with thermal energy storage system by Pamella, K. Kajumba, Denis, Okello, Karidewa, Nyeinga, Ole, J. Nydal

“…The heat transfer was such that hot oil flowed by gravity from the TES tank through a pipe to the bottom of the cooking unit, which was in contact with the oil. The flow of the oil was controlled by a manual valve fixed on the connecting pipe to the cooker unit. …”
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The impact of successive Montessori programmes on cognitive achievement by Maria Angelica Paez-Barrameda

“…The significant cognitive benefits observed in students with extensive Montessori exposure are advocates for the conti­nuity of Montessori education across all developmental planes. …”
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