Enhancing Accessibility Through Machine Learning: A Review on Visual and Hearing Impairment Technologies by Pal Patel, Shreyansh Pampaniya, Ananya Ghosh, Ritu Raj, Deepa K, Saravanakumar Kandasamy

“…For hearing impairments, the analysis focuses on advanced models such as Support Vector Machines (SVM), Random Forests (RF), and Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLP), examining their effectiveness in auditory assistive applications. …”
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Integrating mathematical modeling into synthetic biology education: a comprehensive approach through webinars and syllabus development by Yadira Boada, Yadira Boada, Francisco J. Flores, Francisco J. Flores, Alejandro Vignoni, Alejandro Vignoni

“…These webinars were initially created to maintain student engagement during a period of restricted lab access but quickly demonstrated their value as an effective educational tool. …”
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Developing Multi-Modal Communication Tools for Retrofit Guidance in Ageing Bushfire-Prone Communities by Shuang Wu, Mona Salam, Aso Hajirasouli, Iina Lohi, Alison Wain, Sara Wilkinson, Gregory M. Morrison, Saeed Banihashemi

“…The increasing frequency and severity of bushfires in Australia, combined with an ageing population in bushfire-prone regions, creates an urgent need for targeted resilience guidance for older Australians. …”
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Knowledge of Brazilian dentists about bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaw by Thainara Alexia Marinho de Souza, Gabriela Ribeiro Zucco, Janete Dias Almeida

“…To conduct the study, a questionnaire created on the Google Forms platform was sent via Direct on Instagram to the professionals who agreed to participate. …”
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Image Classification of Chicken Breed and Gender Using Deep Learning by Liuchao Zhu, Zixin Chen, Hanwen Zhang, Yanju Shan, Gaige Ji, Huanliang Xu, Jingting Shu, Junxian Huang

“…Interpretability analysis reveals that the system successfully identifies specific chicken body parts across different breeds and genders, aligning with human visual attention and highlighting its effectiveness. …”
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Toolkit for Inclusion of User Experience Design Guidelines in the Development of Assistants Based on Generative Artificial Intelligence by Carlos Alberto Peláez, Andrés Solano, Johann A. Ospina, Juan C. Espinosa, Ana S. Montaño, Paola A. Castillo, Juan Sebastián Duque, David A. Castro, Juan M. Nuñez Velasco, Fernando De la Prieta

“…The quantitative results indicated the high internal consistency and effectiveness of the toolkit, while the qualitative analysis highlighted its capacity to foster collaboration and address GenAI-specific challenges. …”
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Mapping Rice Paddy Areas in Nueva Ecija Using Temporal Sentinel -1 SAR Imagery by J. R. Cueto, J. M. Allard, J. M. Obras, A. M. De Asis, A. Galut, R. Dayrit, J. A. Tandoc, M. A. Purio, M. A. Purio

“…Results show successful differentiation between rice and non-rice paddies. Temporal analysis emphasizes monitoring water availability, soil moisture, and vegetation health. …”
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Enhanced sensitive detection of bisphenol F via an electrode with dual-layered modification of carbon nanocages and Prussian blue nanocubes by Fengxia Chang, Jingjing Liu, Yutong Sun, Yuchi Xie, Hongpu Zhang

“…An electrochemical sensor demonstrating exceptional sensitivity was constructed for bisphenol F analysis. Carbon nanocages and Prussian blue nanocubes were synthesized and then applied to modify a glassy carbon electrode layer by layer, creating the unique sensing platform. …”
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‘A good decision is the one that feels right for me’: Codesign with patients to inform theoretical underpinning of a decision aid website by Kelly Kohut, Kate Morton, Karen Hurley, Lesley Turner, The CanGene‐CanVar Patient Reference Panel, Caroline Dale, Susan Eastbrook, Rochelle Gold, Kate Henwood, Sonia Patton, Reshma Punjabi, Helen White, Charlene Young, Julie Young, Elizabeth Bancroft, Lily Barnett, Sarah Cable, Gaya Connolly, Beth Coad, Andrea Forman, Helen Hanson, Grace Kavanaugh, Katherine Sahan, Katie Snape, Bethany Torr, Rosalind Way, Elizabeth Winchester, Alice Youngs, The International Lynch Decision Aid Stakeholder Panel, Diana Eccles, Claire Foster

“…Patients were asked what is important to them when they make health decisions, what theoretical constructs are most meaningful and how this should be applied to codesign of a PtDA. An artist created a visual summary. Notes from patient discussions and the artwork were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. …”
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Developing a climate change health literacy scale: A methodological study in Turkish adults by Tufan Nayir, Ersin Uskun, Huseyin Ilter, Secil Ozkan, Emine Didem Evci Kiraz

“…Results: Confirmatory factor analysis indicated acceptable goodness-of-fit values (χ²/sd=2.31, RMSEA=0.06, CFI=0.94, SRMR=0.04). …”
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Big Data-Driven Deep Learning Ensembler for DDoS Attack Detection by Abdulrahman A. Alshdadi, Abdulwahab Ali Almazroi, Nasir Ayub, Miltiadis D. Lytras, Eesa Alsolami, Faisal S. Alsubaei

“…EffiGRU-GhostNet integrates Gated Recurrent Units (GRU) with the GhostNet architecture, optimized through Principal Component Analysis with Locality Preserving Projections (PCA-LLP) to handle large-scale data effectively. …”
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Influence of Soil Properties and Fertilizer Types on Nutrient Solubility, Availability, and pH in Cocoa Soils by Elvis Frimpong Manso, Alfred Arthur, Joseph Osafo Eduah, Jerome Agbesi Dogbatse, Ebenezer Acheampong Afful, Samuel Yeboah, Francis Kwame Padi

“…Despite the differences in soil and fertilizer properties affecting fertilizer effectiveness, farmers often use nationwide blanket formulations, which may not optimize cocoa yield. …”
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Binary Particle Swarm Optimization with Manta Ray Foraging Learning Strategies for High-Dimensional Feature Selection by Jianhua Liu, Yuxiang Chen, Shanglong Li

“…Chain learning allows particles to learn from each other and share information more effectively in order to improve the social learning ability of the population. …”
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Mechanism of dracorhodin in accelerating diabetic foot ulcer healing via the Nrf2 pathway, a network pharmacology, molecular docking and experimental validation by Guangjun Tang, Ying Wang, Pin Deng, Junde Wu, Zhongwen Lu, Ruizheng Zhu, Hui Guo, Yunhui Zhang, Xingjie Mo, Zhaojun Chen

“…Histopathological analysis and ELISA assessed tissue changes, inflammatory markers, and growth factors. …”
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Construction of Microclimatic Zone Based on Convection–Radiation System for Local Cooling in Deep Mines by Xiangru Chen, Xiaodong Wang, Hui Wang

“…The design incorporates a synergistic arrangement of dual fans and flow-guiding baffles that creates a semi-enclosed air circulation field surrounding the modular convection–radiation cooling apparatus, effectively preventing cooling capacity loss to the primary ventilation flow. …”
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Using the TOPSIS method to select the best low-toxicity organic cosolvent for rice-based toxicity tests by Xingren Pan, Yi Kang, Jun-Feng Lu, Xiao-Zhang Yu

“…Three different weighting coefficients, namely entropy weight coefficients (EWCs), contribution factor coefficients (CFCs), and combination effective coefficients (CECs) were adopted to calibrate the initially created evaluation matrices. …”
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FD-YOLO: A YOLO Network Optimized for Fall Detection by Hoseong Hwang, Donghyun Kim, Hochul Kim

“…Second, a Transformer-based Swin Transformer module was added to effectively learn global spatial information and enable a more detailed analysis of body movements. …”
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Reducing single-use plastics (SUPs) consumption: A synthesis of I and S level approaches by Pham Van Hau, Kirsten Robertson, Maree Thyne, Robert Hamlin, Sharyn Rundle-Thiele

“…Notably, none of the reviewed studies combined I-level and S-level approaches. Analysis using the Capability-Opportunity-Motivation-Behaviour (COM-B) model revealed that I-level interventions often enhanced ‘capability’ but overlooked ‘opportunity’, while S-level interventions created ‘opportunity’ but generally neglected ‘capability’. …”
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Exploring the role of autonomy support and thwarting in the well-being of Iranian early career language teachers by Roshanak Salmani Ghasemzadegan, Ismail Xodabande, Niloufar Koleini, Behruz Lotfi Gaskaree

“…Teachers in these contexts adopted alternative coping strategies, including seeking emotional support from personal networks and engaging in external professional development to counteract the negative effects of thwarting. These findings contribute to the growing body of research on language teacher wellbeing, and underscore the importance of creating autonomy-supportive environments within language teaching institutes, promoting teacher agency, and fostering a sense of ownership among early career teachers.…”
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KASP^TM genotyping technology and its use in gene­tic-breeding programs (a study of maize) by Н. Е. Волкова, В. М. Соколов

“…Comparison of the effectiveness of creating lines with certain traits (for example, combination of high grain yield and drought resistance) using traditional breeding approaches (phenotype selection) and molecular genetic methods (selection by markers) was proved that it takes four seasons (two years in case of greenhouses) in order to unlock the potential of the plant genotype using traditional self-pollination, test-crossing and definitions), while using markers, the population was enriched with target alleles during one season. …”
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