Enhancing Attendance Management Through Face Recognition Technology: A Case Study at Rugarama School of Nursing and Midwifery. by Taremwa, Benjamin

“…This study, titled "Enhancing Attendance Management through Face Recognition Technology: A Case Study at Rugarama School of Nursing and Midwifery," aimed to develop a more accurate and efficient solution using Local Binary Pattern Histogram and Convolutional Neural Networks algorithms to automate attendance tracking.A mixed-method approach was employed, combining system testing with user feedback from administrators, staff, and students. …”
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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

“…Indeed, this capacity is also determined by analysis or stability measurement. Stability Analysis is the basis and criteria to determine environmental standards in order to show the utilization of resources and control screw. …”
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IoT Monitoring and Evaluating System for the Construction Quality of Foundation Pile by Kai Wu, Peng Zhang, Jiejun Yuan, Xiaqing Qian, Runen Qi

“…Next, the absolute gray relational degree analysis method and the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) entropy-weighted combination weighting method are used to divide the monitoring data into different levels and determine the weight coefficients for quality indicators during foundation pile construction. …”
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Combining multi-surface and biotoxicity models to predict cadmium bioavailability and accumulation in a soil collembolan by Simin Li, Jiawen Zhou, Tingting Mu, Tuozheng Wu, Zhu Li, Xin Ke, Longhua Wu, Yongming Luo, Yuanqing Bu

“…MSMs gave better prediction results for Cd bioavailability to F. candida (determination coefficient, R2 = 0.667) than other chemical extraction methods (0.01 M CaCl2, 0.43 M HNO3, soil solution, DGT, and soil total Cd). …”
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Correlation Between Blood Culture Time to Positivity and Vegetation Size in <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Infective Endocarditis by Sebastian D. Santos-Patarroyo, Juan A. Quintero-Martinez, Brian D. Lahr, Supavit Chesdachai, Omar Abu Saleh, Hector I. Michelena, Hector R. Villarraga, Daniel C. DeSimone, Larry M. Baddour

“…This study evaluates the correlation between vegetation length and TTP in patients with <i>S. aureus</i> IE. <b>Methods:</b> A retrospective cohort study was conducted that included 164 definite cases <i>S. aureus</i> IE. …”
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Key Stratum Structure and Support Working Resistance of Longwall Face with Large Mining Height in the Shallow Coal Seams, China by Qingxiang Huang, Jinlong Zhou, Jian Cao

“…The fully mechanized mining with large mining height is the main method for high yield and efficient coal mining in China. …”
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Optimal Control and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Cholera with Vaccination by Fikru Shiferaw Tessema, Purnachandra Rao Koya, Boka Kumsa Bole

“…The simulation study has revealed that the application of prevention methods will play a significant role in controlling or minimizing the spread of the disease. …”
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Spatial-temporal Offshore Current Field Forecasting Using Residual-learning Based Purely CNN Methodology with Attention Mechanism by Zeguo Zhang, Jianchuan Yin

“…Furtherly, the Recurrent Neural Networks-based methods previously employed exhibit low efficiency in terms of model convergence concerning practical engineering purposes, and numerical weather models are time-consuming and computational expensive. …”
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The concept of total defense in the deterrence strategy of the Republic of Serbia by Milkovski Vangel, Božić Sandra

“…Through the development process, it is possible to achieve full agreement of all forces on their tasks, methods of engagement and associated risks. Also, with the concept of total defense, it is possible to determine measures and recommendations on changes in the existing defense system that should increase the effectiveness and efficiency of strategic deterrence. …”
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Research of Trend Gastro Diplomacy in Indonesia by Humairah Muljabar

“…The method used in this research was quantitative research methods. …”
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Performance of malaria rapid diagnostic test, microscopy, polymerase chain reaction, and histopathology to diagnose malaria among pregnant and parturient women using peripheral, pl... by Aklilu Alemayehu, Ahmed Zeynudin, Joseph Beyene, Delenasaw Yewhalaw

“…Performance indices, Kappa Coefficient, and Receiver Operating Characteristic were determined using Statistical Package for Social Science Version 26.0, Microsoft Excel Version 19.0, and Stata Version 17.0. …”
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Enhancing Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Garlic by Puffing by Hye-Jung Yang, Jae-Sung Shin, Seon-Min Oh, Ji-Eun Bae, Sang-Jin Ye, Hyun-Wook Choi, Moo-Yeol Baik

“…This study aimed to evaluate puffing as a novel garlic processing method and compare the properties of puffed garlic with those of raw and black garlic (BG). …”
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Biological Hydrogen Production Through Dark Fermentation with High-Solids Content: An Alternative to Enhance Organic Residues Degradation in Co-Digestion with Sewage Sludge by Rodolfo Daniel Silva-Martínez, Oscar Aguilar-Juárez, Lourdes Díaz-Jiménez, Blanca Estela Valdez-Guzmán, Brenda Aranda-Jaramillo, Salvador Carlos-Hernández

“…Aeration was proven to be an efficient inoculum pretreatment method, mainly to decrease the levels of methanogenic archaea and metabolic competition, and at the same time maintain the required total solid (TS) contents for high-solids conditions. …”
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Calculation of Technological Consumption (Loss) of Electricity in Modern 0.38–10 kV Electrical Distribution Networks by M. I. Fursanov, A. A. Zalotoy, V. V. Makarevich

“…The method proposes a new technique for determining the flow of electric energy in the sections of distribution lines. …”
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Recent advancements in nanomaterial-based biosensors for diagnosis of breast cancer: a comprehensive review by Yalda Yazdani, Fereshtehsadat Jalali, Habib Tahmasbi, Mitra Akbari, Neda Talebi, Seyed Abbas Shahrtash, Ahmad Mobed, Mahsa Alem, Farhood Ghazi, Mehdi Dadashpour

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Adaptive gradient scaling: integrating Adam and landscape modification for protein structure prediction by Vitalii Kapitan, Michael Choi

“…Abstract Background Protein structure prediction is one of the most important scientific problems, on the one hand, it is one of the NP-hard problems, and on the other hand, it has a wide range of applications including drug discovery and biotechnology development. Since experimental methods for structure determination remain expensive and time-consuming, computational structure prediction offers a scalable and cost-effective alternative and application of machine learning in structural biology has revolutionized protein structure prediction. …”
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The rubral wing and its connectome by Volker A. Coenen, Alexander Rau, Horst Urbach, Bastian E.A. Sajonz, Marco Reisert

“…We here set out to investigate RW as a target structure for tremor surgery by further characterizing it volumetrically and with tractography. Methods: We performed manual delineations of RW on FLAWS sequences (n = 77, 3 raters) and warped results into MNI 152. …”
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Youth obesity paradox from the perspective of vascular stiffness, blood pressure and metabolic status by M. E. Evsevieva, O. V. Sergeeva, A. V. Rusidi, M. V. Rostovtseva, V. D. Kudryavtseva, M. S. Kryuchkov, I. N. Gachkova, O. V. Ovchinnikova

“…To assess functional parameters of the middle and inner arterial wall layers in relation to body mass index (BMI) in young people from the perspective of their vascular aging phenotype and sex.Material and methods. A total of 264 young people (93 boys) aged from 18 to 25 years (21,4±1,3) were examined. …”
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Influence of explant type and variety of Linum usitatissimum L. convar. elongatum on the intensity of callus formation and organogenesis in vitro by S. V. Mishchenko, L. M. Kryvosheeva, Yu. V. Lavrynenko, T. Yu. Marchenko

“…Purpose. To determine the dependence of the intensity of callus formation and organogenesis of Linum usitatissimum L. convar. elongatum in vitro on explant type and variety in order to optimize the cultivation protocol. …”
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Microscopic experimental study on the heterogeneity and quantitative characterization of mineral grains and pore structures in coarse-grained glutenites by Shuai WANG, Ying XU, Yanbo ZHANG, Xulong YAO, Ling WANG

“…The comprehensive index of rock heterogeneity is consistent with the variation pattern of the mineral particle heterogeneity coefficient. The heterogeneity of rock is mainly determined by the heterogeneity of mineral particles, with the volume fraction of mineral particles being the core factor affecting rock heterogeneity, and mineral shape being the least influential factor. …”
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