Merging holography, fluorescence, and machine learning for in situ continuous characterization and classification of airborne microplastics by N. D. Beres, N. D. Beres, J. Burkart, J. Burkart, E. Graf, Y. Zeder, L. A. Dailey, B. Weinzierl

“…Because of their size, shape, and relatively low density, plastic particles between 1 and 1000 <span class="inline-formula">µm</span> in size (known as microplastics or MPs) emitted directly into the environment (“primary”) or created due to degradation (“secondary”) may be transported through the atmosphere, similarly to other coarse-mode particles such as mineral dust. …”
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Transient Attracting Profiles in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by L. Kunz, A. Griesel, C. Eden, R. Duran, R. Duran, B. Sainte-Rose

“…Lagrangian simulations of large particle ensembles are the method in use and effectively reproduce observed particle distributions at synoptic scales <span class="inline-formula">𝒪</span>(1000 km). However, they lose accuracy at operational scales <span class="inline-formula">𝒪</span>(1–10 km), and operators regularly experience differences between predicted and encountered debris accumulations within the garbage patch. …”
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Key controlling factors of coal-rock gas of Benxi Formation in Ordos Basin and its practical significance by Ze DENG, Qun ZHAO, Liyong FAN, Daojun HUANG, Rong DING, Yimin CAO, Peijie LI, Xiangdong GAO

“…The class I area was mainly distributed in Yulin area, Daning-Jixian area, and Yanan area, and the class II area was mainly distributed in Wushenqi area. …”
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ASSOCIATION OF POLYMORPHISMS GLN192ARG PON1 AND S3238G APOC3 IN WOMEN WITH CORONARY HEART DISEASE AND DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 2 AND HYPOTHYROIDISM by A. P. Fyodorova, O. V. Serebryakova, D. M. Serkin, N. N. Strambovskaya, B. S. Pushkarev

“…The control group included 42 patients with stable angina II-III functional class without pathology of carbohydrate metabolism and the normal function of the thyroidgland. …”
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Bicuspid aortic valve repair using geometric ring annuloplasty: A first-in-humans pilot trialCentral MessagePerspective by J. Scott Rankin, MD, Domenico Mazzitelli, MD, Theodor J.M. Fischlein, MD, Yeong-Hoon Choi, MD, Diana Aicher, MD, Lawrence M. Wei, MD, Vinay Badhwar, MD

“…Patient age was 44.4 ± 11.3 (mean ± standard deviation) years, preoperative aortic insufficiency grade was 2.5 ± 1.0, New York Heart Association class 1.8 ± 0.4, and mean systolic gradient 13.4 ± 12.9 mm Hg. …”
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Analysis of Massive Transfusion Protocol Utilization in Trauma Across Sociodemographic Groups by Monique Arnold, Bharti Sharma, Matthew Conn, Kate Twelker, Navin D. Bhatia, George Agriantonis, Jasmine Dave, Juan Mestre, Zahra Shafaee, Jennifer Whittington

“…<i>Background and Objectives</i>: Blood shortages are a national crisis, creating dangerous scenarios for patients requiring the use of a massive transfusion protocol (MTP). …”
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T cell receptor engineering of primary NK cells to therapeutically target tumors and tumor immune evasion by Miranda H Meeuwsen, Laura T Morton, Tassilo L A Wachsmann, Anne K Wouters, Dennis F G Remst, Marleen M van Loenen, J H Frederik Falkenburg, Mirjam H M Heemskerk

“…However, tumor resistance by Human Leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I downregulation can negatively impact the success of any TCR-mediated cell therapy. …”
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Efforts and Models of Education for Parents: the Danish Approach by Dorthe Brix, Niels Rosendal Jensen

“…For the moment being much attention is done from side of the Ministries of Education and Social Affairs (recently renamed Ministry of Welfare) in order to create equal possibilities for all children. Many kinds of expertise (directions, counsels, researchers, etc.) have been more than eager to promote recommendations aiming at achieving the ambitious goal: 2015 95% of all young people should complement a full education (classes 10.-12.). …”
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Automatic analysis of nonmetallic inclusions in steel using electron microscope with energy dispersive microprobe with by T. I. Sidorenko, V. I. Voznaya, Yu. S. Belash, E. V. Ermachenok

“…The flexible configuration of the software allows you to create models for separating inclusions into different user classes.…”
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A Critical Entry to the Concept of Farrah-e Izadi: Essence or Acquisition by Relying on the Concept of Šāhī Ārmānī by Ahmad Azizkhani, Saeid Ghazanfarri

“…This concept emphasized that every individual, regardless of social class or status, had to fulfill the responsibilities associated with their position. …”
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A Real-Time Key-Finding Algorithm Based on the Signature of Fifths by Paulina KANIA, Dariusz KANIA, Tomasz ŁUKASZEWICZ

“…The technique is based on geometrical relationships existing between twelve polar vectors inscribed in the circle of fifths, which represent individual pitch-classes detected in a given composition. In this paper we introduce a real-time key-detection algorithm which utilizes the concept of the signature of fifths. …”
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Missile Strike Simulation in a Video Game Engine by Oleksandr Toshev, Oleksii Maksymov, Maksym Kiriakidi, Maksym Maksymov

“…The goal of this research is to create a model and tool that can accurately predict the impact of anti-ship missiles on ships engaged in different game scenarios, considering a wide range of battle conditions. …”
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A review on control systems hardware and software for robots of various scale and purpose. Part 3. Extreme robotics by A. M. Romanov

“…The analysis of approaches to control systems scaling, the use of intelligent control, achieving of fault tolerance, reducing the weight and size of control system elements belonging to various classes of robotic systems is carried out. The goal of the review is finding common approaches used in various areas of robotics to build on their basis a uniform methodology for designing scalable intelligent control systems for robots with a given level of fault tolerance on a unified component base. …”
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On training intelligent agents in a virtual environment for the robot manipulator control task by Nikita E. Zalogin, Dmitriy S. Grigorev

“…Implementation, investigation and modification of reinforcement learning algorithms, such as Deep Q-Network and Proximal Policy Optimization, to manage agents in the KukaDiverseObjectEnv virtual environment on the PyBullet platform in order to create models that can accurately and reliably interact with objects of different classes. …”
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Family Matters: Immigrant Women’s Activism in Ontario and British Columbia, 1960s -1980s by Margaret Little, Lynne Sorrel Marks, Marin Beck, Emma Paszat, Liza Tom

“… This article uses oral history interviews to explore the ways in which different attitudes towards family and motherhood could create major tensions between mainstream feminists and immigrant women’s activists in Ontario and British Columbia between the 1960s and the 1980s.  …”
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Peer Feedback in Academic Writing: Students' Perspectives on Learning and Improvement by Neni Nurkhamidah, Ninuk Lustyantie, Uwes Anis Chaeruman

“…Peer feedback in academic writing classes has gained considerable attention for its potential to enhance students' writing abilities, critical thinking, and engagement in learning. …”
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LANGUAGE BARRIERS IN LEARNING ENGLISH FOR YOUTH ALBANIAN IMMIGRANTS IN ENGLAND by Greta Jani, Doliana Celaj

“…The study suggests educational approaches, such as bilingual classes, to address language barriers and promote fluency in Albanian and English. …”
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Simulation of the of the DeepLabv3 neural network learning process for the agricultural fields segmentation by A. F. Rogachev, I. S. Belousov

“…Based on the newly formed RGB database of images of agricultural fields, marked up into four classes, a neural network of the DeepLabV3 architecture was developed and trained. …”
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Landslide susceptibility assessment using the frequency ratio model in the Mae Chan River watershed, northern Thailand by Pichawut Manopkawee, Niti Mankhemthong

“…These inventory data and causative factors were combined to create a landslide susceptibility index and classes. …”
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Pedagogical Support for Development of Learning Activity Self-regulation in High School Students by M.V. Voropaev, V.S. Neumyvakin

“…According to its principles, the system was designed not only to develop the skills of the learning activity self-regulation, but also to create conditions for their development. As the main pedagogical means aimed at achieving its goals, the program proposes special master-classes on the development of different levels of self-regulation of educational activities, creating the situations of responsible choice related to the students&rsquo; personal and professional development and assisting to high school students in making their professional choice, consulting on the plans for their personal and professional development. …”
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