Carcinogenic health risks and water quality assessment of groundwater around lead–zinc mining areas of Ebonyi state Nigeria: a data-driven machine learning approach by Obinna Chigoziem Akakuru, Moses Oghenenyoreme Eyankware, Godwin O. Aigbadon, Ayatu Ojonugwa Usman, Alexander Iheanyi Opara, Kizito Ojochenemi Musa, Micheal Akaninyene Okon, Okechukwu Pius Aghamelu, Gabriel Ehriga Odesa, Ifeyinwa Juliana Ofoh, Annabel U. Obinna-Akakuru

“…Machine learning was preferred over traditional methods for its ability to capture complex, non-linear relationships in the data, allowing for more accurate predictions of contamination levels and health risks, which is crucial for targeted monitoring and efficient groundwater management in mining-impacted areas. …”
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Managing Social Condominiums by Luz María Vergara d´Alençon

“…They are developed from the capacity of the third sector organisation as intermediary, meaning that they respond to catalyst and implementer roles to address management challenges at the condominium level by contributing to increase the community’s capacities and level the built environment conditions. Given the social complexities of deprived neighbourhoods, integral interventions, but also trained organisations, are required. …”
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Development and Comparison of Interrupt-Based and Analog-to-Digital Converter Algorithms for Seed Counting in Precision Planters by A. Ghaffarnezhad, H. Navid, H. Karimi

“…Both developed circuits featured the deployment of the STM32F103C8T6 microcontroller, renowned for its robust capabilities and cost efficiency.In the interrupt-based algorithm's development, the microcontroller's external interrupt was used, selecting its sensitivity to detect both rising and falling edges. …”
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Lightweight Apple Leaf Disease Detection Algorithm Based on Improved YOLOv8 by LUO Youlu, PAN Yonghao, XIA Shunxing, TAO Youzhi

“…To reduce the incidence of apple diseases and increase fruit yield, developing efficient and fast apple leaf disease detection technology is of great significance. …”
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Development of a comprehensive model to predict stock prices in the stock market with an interpretive structural modeling approach by Shiva Rezaeyan, Mohammad Taleghani, Azita Sherej Sharifi

“…After consolidating the responses, 15 criteria were selected as significant for predicting stock prices in the stock exchange. …”
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Deep Learning Based 3D Visualization Health Condition Monitoring Method for Anchor Digging Machines by YANG Xueqi, GAO Xinqin, ZHENG Haiyang, YANG Jun

“…ObjectiveIn coal mining, anchor digging machines operate under harsh and complex conditions. They are subjected to high-intensity loads, resulting in frequent failures, and the challenge of effective health management becomes increasingly prominent. …”
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Organising general practice for care homes: a multi-method study by Barbara Hanratty, Rachel Stocker, David Sinclair, Katie Brittain, Karen Spilsbury, Daniel Stow, Louise Robinson, Fiona E Matthews

“…Different structures (e.g. scheduled visits) provide opportunities to develop effective, efficient care, but flounder without established, trusting relationships. …”
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The Effect of Hydraulic Partitioning on Prediction the Rate of Bed Load Transport in Gravel-bed Rivers using Support Vector Machine by Kiyoumars Roushangar, Mohammad Hosseini, Saman Shahnazi

“…Prediction ability of bed load transport is variable due to complexities that governs fluvial sediment transport in different flow conditions. …”
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Sustainability Measurement of Farming System in Isfahan Agricultural Sector (Smallholders-Rural Production Cooperatives- Farm Corporation) by Saedali Nekooei Naenii, Yosef Ghanbari, Hamid Barghi

“…Stability measurement is a complex interaction between technology, the environment and society. …”
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Analysis and Prioritization of Indicators of Urban Development Strategy In the neighborhoods of the eight district of Shiraz by Issa Ebrahimzadeh, Mostafa Istgaldi, Fazel Hajizadeh

“…The statistical population of this study is citizens of four neighborhoods of the neighborhoods of the eight district of Shiraz (N = 24871), which was selected using Cochran formula. 318 people were selected and a proportional to each neighborhood population was distributed randomly in the neighborhood. …”
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Potential and limitations of noise-based surface-wave tomography for numerical site effect estimation: a case study in the French Rhône valley by Lavoué, François, Froment, Bérénice, Gélis, Céline, Boué, Pierre,  Chaljub, Emmanuel, Stehly, Laurent, Beauprêtre, Sophie, De Martin, Florent,  Gisselbrecht, Loïc, Pilz, Marco, Moiriat, Denis, Cushing, Edward Marc

“…In particular, this ANSWT model lacks clear basin edges in order to efficiently trap seismic waves in the basin and to generate significant 3D wave propagation effects (diffractions, reflections, and generation of laterally propagating surface waves at the edges of the basin). …”
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COOLFACADE by Alejandro Prieto Hoces

“…Increasing cooling needs in the built environment present an important and complex challenge for the design of sustainable buildings and cities. …”
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Variation within and between digital pathology and light microscopy for the diagnosis of histopathology slides: blinded crossover comparison study by David RJ Snead, Ayesha S Azam, Jenny Thirlwall, Peter Kimani, Louise Hiller, Adam Bickers, Clinton Boyd, David Boyle, David Clark, Ian Ellis, Kishore Gopalakrishnan, Mohammad Ilyas, Paul Kelly, Maurice Loughrey, Desley Neil, Emad Rakha, Ian SD Roberts, Shatrughan Sah, Maria Soares, YeeWah Tsang, Manuel Salto-Tellez, Helen Higgins, Donna Howe, Abigail Takyi, Yan Chen, Agnieszka Ignatowicz, Jason Madan, Henry Nwankwo, George Partridge, Janet Dunn

“…As a result, digital pathology could potentially lead to safer more efficient working. In order to use digital pathology in practice, we need to know pathologists produce equivalent reports as compared to light microscopy. …”
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Presenting the Model of Aligning the Individual Development Program (IDP) with the Career Path, Based on the Foundation's data-theorizing Approach by Ali Kafami Ladani, Abdolali Keshtegar, Aleme Keikha

“…After selecting 16 people from industry experts and academic experts and human resource consultants with purposeful sampling method and semi-structured interview, data was collected. …”
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Navigating Fragmented Globalization: Local Content Policies in a New Trade Order by Yudan Whulanza, Eny Kusrini, Akhmad Hidayatno, Teuku Yuri M. Zagloel

“…As such, emerging markets must not retreat from industrial policy but must refine and modernize it to reflect the complexity of 21st-century value chains. …”
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of detailed anomaly ultrasound screening in the first trimester: a mixed-methods study by Jehan N Karim, Helen Campbell, Pranav Pandya, Edward C F Wilson, Zarko Alfirevic, Trish Chudleigh, Elizabeth Duff, Jane Fisher, Hilary Goodman, Lisa Hinton, Christos Ioannou, Edmund Juszczak, Louise Linsell, Heather L Longworth, Kypros H Nicolaides, Anne Rhodes, Gordon Smith, Basky Thilaganathan, Jim Thornton, Gillian Yaz, Oliver Rivero-Arias, Aris T Papageorghiou

“…Fewer live births of babies with anomalies are predicted and this raises complex and ethically sensitive issues previously documented by analysts evaluating antenatal screening programmes for fetal anomalies. …”
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Special Issue on Contemporary Research Studies in Operations Research, Business Analytics, and Business Intelligence by Viswanath Kumar Ganesan, S. Vinodh, Malolan Sundararaman, M. Vimala Rani, M. Mathirajan

“…Enhanced Decision-Making: Addressing uncertainty and complexity in decision-making processes to improve outcomes. 2. …”
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Intersecting factors of disadvantage and discrimination and their effect on daily life during the coronavirus pandemic: the CICADA-ME mixed-methods study by Carol Rivas, Amanda P Moore, Alison Thomson, Kusha Anand, Zainab Zuzer Lal, Alison Fang-Wei Wu, Ozan Aksoy

“…Difficulties making GP appointments by phone or e-Consult-style triage were exacerbated in those digitally impoverished, with complex health needs, not fluent in English, and with some specific disabilities. …”
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The Validity of Cryptocurrency Transactions and the Analysis of Associated Disputes by Hossein Qahari, Javad Hosseinzadeh

“…But we cannot use cryptocurrency as the price of the transaction, and fiat money should be given instead. 1. Introduction The complex economic relations in the current era increasingly demand the provision of efficient, rational, and comprehensive legal norms. …”
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The Effectiveness of Instruction Based on the Four-Component Instructional Design (4C-ID) Model on Meaningful Learning and Critical Thinking in Sixth-Grade Students of Ardabil by Nader Heidari Raziabad, Vahid Rahimzadeh, Ali Khaleghkhah

“…Educational design is a teaching and learning tool that makes educational materials more effective and efficient (Qasemi Samani et al., 2020). The theoretical perspective of the model (4C-ID) is that complex skill training should be guided by principles that promote learning and transfer of learning (Wade & et al, 2020). …”
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