Advanced skin cancer prediction with medical image data using MobileNetV2 deep learning and optimized techniques by Tuğçe Öznacar, Nuray Varol Kayapunar

“…Notably, visualizations such as the Grad-CAM heatmap and Superimposed Image were crucial in providing interpretability to the model’s decision-making process. The Grad-CAM heatmap highlighted the regions of interest in the lesions, showing how the model focused on key structural features. …”
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Effects of Nitrogen Forms on Soil Enzyme Activities in a Saline‐Alkaline Grassland by Jiangqi Wu, Haiyan Wang, Guang Li, Fujiang Hou, Guorong Xu

“…Both IN and ON treatments significantly boosted soil nitrate reductase and urease activities (p < 0.05), while MN treatment decreased nitrate reductase activity, with ON treatment showing the greatest sensitivity to enzyme activity changes. …”
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Analysis of heat transfer in Casson fluid flow due to aligned flat plate with leading edge accretion and slip boundary conditions by Jaganathan Jayaprakash, Vediyappan Govindan, Haewon Byeon

“…Replacing water-based coolants with non-Newtonian Casson-type fluids boosts heat and mass transfer, operational efficiency, and system longevity. …”
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RFID‐Based Enhanced Resource Optimization for 5G/6G Network Applications by Stella N. Arinze, Augustine O. Nwajana

“…RFID readers strategically placed across the network continuously captured this data, which was processed by a centralized controller using a custom‐designed optimization algorithm. …”
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Intelligent Casting Quality Inspection Method Integrating Anomaly Detection and Semantic Segmentation by Min-Chieh Chen, Shih-Yu Yen, Yue-Feng Lin, Ming-Yi Tsai, Ting-Hsueh Chuang

“…Overall, this AOI system boosts inspection efficiency and quality consistency, reduces reliance on manual experience, and is of great assistance in quality control and process intelligence for wind power castings. …”
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Charting new terrains: How CSR initiatives shape employee creativity and contribute to UN-SDGs in a knowledge-driven world by Naveed Ahmad, Sarminah Samad, Heesup Han

“…The findings show that CSR can boost employee creativity, which is a key driver in regards to attaining the UN-SDGs, when it is incorporated in a genuine manner. …”
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Isolation and characterization of probiotic lactic acid bacteria from local yogurt and development of inulin-based synbiotic yogurt with the isolated bacteria by Md. Saydar Rahman, Dwip Das Emon, Asmaul Husna Nupur, Md. Anisur Rahman Mazumder, Abdullah Iqbal, Md. Abdul Alim

“…This study concluded that inulin could boost yogurt's stability when combined with local lactic acid bacteria strains.…”
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DCW-YOLO: An Improved Method for Surface Damage Detection of Wind Turbine Blades by Li Zou, Anqi Chen, Chunzi Li, Xinhua Yang, Yibo Sun

“…Secondly, the upsampling method is replaced with the content-aware reassembly of features (CARAFE), which significantly minimizes the degradation of image characteristics throughout the upsampling process and boosts the network’s ability to extract features. …”
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A qualitative study on factors influencing health workers' uptake of a pilot surgical antibiotic prophylaxis stewardship programme in selected Georgian hospitals. by Sideeka Narayan, Sahil Khan Warsi, Iago Kachkachishvili, Osiko Kontselidze, Mariam Jibuti, Nino Esebua, Ana Papiashvili, Danilo Lo Fo Wong, Ketevan Kandelaki

“…Those at ASP non-introduced hospitals were less involved in the SAP prescribing process, had lower AMR awareness, and lacked professional development opportunities. …”
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Multi-CNN Deep Feature Fusion and Stacking Ensemble Classifier for Breast Ultrasound Lesion Classification by Kemal PANÇ, Sümeyye SEKMEN

“…A multi-step feature selection process involving principal component analysis, recursive feature elimination with LightGBM, and partial least squares discriminant analysis was applied. …”
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Habitat suitability modeling to improve conservation strategy of two highly-grazed endemic plant species in saint Catherine Protectorate, Egypt by Mohamed M. El-Khalafy, Eman T. El-Kenany, Alshymaa Z. Al-Mokadem, Salma K. Shaltout, Ahmed R. Mahmoud

“…In our analysis, we included the incorporation of bioclimatic variables into the SDM modeling process using four main algorithms: generalized linear model (GLM), Random Forest (RF), Boosted Regression Trees (BRT), and Support Vector Machines (SVM) in an ensemble model. …”
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Unlocking crop resilience: How molecular tools enhance abiotic stress tolerance by Waseem Mushtaq, Jinxin Li, Binbin Liao, Yuhuan Miao, Dahui Liu

“…Plants respond to these environmental challenges through intricate molecular and physiological processes that regulate stress perception, cellular signalling pathways, and gene expression. …”
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Analysis of junior servers approaching a senior server in the multi-server queueing-inventory system by K. Jeganathan, V. Anzen Koffer, K. Prasanna Lakshmi, N. Anbazhagan, Gyanendra Prasad Joshi, Woong Cho

“…We analyze the performance of such a system by modeling it into a quasi-birth-and-death process, and its steady-state probability vector has been computed. …”
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Eco‐Friendly Biomass‐Based Carbon Dots, Carbon Nanotubes, Graphene, and Their Derivatives for Enhanced Oil Recovery: A New Horizon for Petroleum Industry by Ruhul Amin Foisal, Prof. Dr. Abu Bin Imran, Prof. Dr. Al‐Nakib Chowdhury

“…The environmentally beneficial “green enhanced oil recovery” (GEOR) technique includes infusing green fluids to raise tertiary oil output and boost macroscopic and microscopic sweep efficiency, ensuring sustainable practices while minimizing environmental concerns. …”
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Tailored bimetallic Zn/Ni and Zn/Ag MCM-41 photocatalysts for enhanced visible-light photocatalytic tetracycline degradation by Mohammed Ahmed Wahba, Rabab K. Khaled, Magdah Dawy

“…TEM images verified this finding. Boosted absorption extending into the visible light region was detected in the metal incorporated (ZNM and ZAM) samples with additional band gaps, related to transitions in Zn2+, Ag+ and Ni2+ ions. …”
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Recent Advances in Glutathione Depletion-Enhanced Porphyrin-Based nMOFs for Photodynamic Therapy by Bin Gong, Qiuyun Zhang, Jiayi Chen, Yijie Qu, Xuanxuan Luo, Weiqi Wang, Xiaohua Zheng

“…However, the elevated levels of glutathione and other reductive substances within cancer cells can alleviate the oxidative stress induced by singlet oxygen from the photodynamic therapy process, thus protecting intracellular biomolecular structures from damage. …”
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Multi-Degree Reduction of Said–Ball Curves and Engineering Design Using Multi-Strategy Enhanced Coati Optimization Algorithm by Feng Zou, Xia Wang, Weilin Zhang, Qingshui Shi, Huogen Yang

“…This study presents a novel degree reduction model leveraging Euclidean distance and curvature data, markedly improving the preservation of geometric features throughout the reduction process. To enhance performance further, we propose a multi-strategy enhanced coati optimization algorithm (MSECOA). …”
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Linkages with Practice for Higher-Education Curriculum Innovation. by Nampala, Paul, Kalule, Stephen W., Mshenga, Patience M., Okello, Daniel M., Egeru, Anthony, Ekwamu, Adipala

“…Experiences from the implementation of a three-year joint project are enriched by a desk review, stakeholder feedback, and interpretative analysis of process documents during the development of the regional graduate curriculum on Agri-Enterprise Development for Egerton and Gulu Universities in Kenya and Uganda, respectively. …”
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Agribusiness strategy and Rural Development: A case Study of Ihunga Sub county-Ntungamo District. by Denis Simpson T.K, Singahache

“…A case study research design was used and this allowed the researcher to concentrate on selected households and identified various interactive processes at work. A sample of 395 respondents from 30000 target population participated in the study by answering the questionnaire and took part in interviews. …”
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Staggered supply of ferric citrate and oxygen as electron acceptors promote the co-recovery of vivianite and bioplastics PHB from wastewater by Yiwen Yang, Jifei Chang, Danhui Liang, Fengai Yang, Xiaoming Yang, Hongjin Ji, Xin Wang, Nan Li

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