Scrutinizing Applied Linguistics Professors, EFL Teachers, and Parents’ Perspectives on English Instruction at the Primary School Level by Masoomeh Noorabadi, Farnoush Ahangaran

“…Thematic analysis identified underlying codes and themes in the participants’ responses. …”
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Measuring Passenger Car Unit (PCU) at Four Legged Roundabout using Time Occupancy Data Collected from Drone by Sugiarto Sugiarto, Fadhlullah Apriandy, Ruhdi Faisal, Sofyan M. Saleh

“…The composition of vehicles going through the intersection,  mostly varies and each type of vehicles tends to have diverse effects on capacity and level of services. Consequently, a conversion factor from various vehicles to a standard vehicle is required.   …”
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Unsupervised random walk manifold contrastive hashing for multimedia retrieval by Yunfei Chen, Yitian Long, Zhan Yang, Jun Long

“…Finally, we designed comprehensive experiments on the MIRFlickr-25K, NUS-WIDE, and MS COCO datasets to demonstrate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed URWMCH method.…”
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R2GenGPT: Radiology Report Generation with frozen LLMs by Zhanyu Wang, Lingqiao Liu, Lei Wang, Luping Zhou

“…To bridge this gap effectively, we propose R2GenGPT, which is a novel solution that aligns visual features with the word embedding space of LLMs using an efficient visual alignment module. …”
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Problems of Food Waste Treatment аnd Ways of Their Resolving by A. P. Epishov, S. E. Zhura, A. V. Voronov

“…At the same time it is needed to adopt a law about food-sharing, to insert amendments into the Tax Code of the Russian Federation and to remove from the list of taxation entities food stuffs with expiring BBD in case of their free transfer. …”
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Multi-frequency EEG and multi-functional connectivity graph convolutional network based detection method of patients with Alzheimer’s disease by Yujian Liu, Libing An, Haiqiang Yang, Shuzhi Sam Ge

“…By leveraging a multi-dimensional feature extraction and fusion strategy, the model effectively identifies EEG pattern changes associated with AD, enhancing detection accuracy. …”
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Hydrological model preselection with a filter sequence for the national flood forecasting system in Kenya by Maureen A. Wanzala, Elisabeth M. Stephens, Hannah L. Cloke, Andrea Ficchi

“…This evaluation serves as an objective model preselection criterion to propose a modeling tool that can be adopted in development and operational flood forecasting to the end‐users of an early warning system that can help mitigate the effects of floods in data scarce regions such as Kenya.…”
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On the applicability of Miner’s rule for multiaxial fatigue life calculations under non-proportional load histories by Marco Antonio Meggiolaro, Jaime Tupiassú Pinho de Castro, Samuel Elias Ferreira, Hao Wu

“…Fatigue design routines and computer codes must use some damage accumulation rule to deal with variable amplitude loadings (VAL), usually Palmgren-Miner (or Miner’s) linear rule for lack of a clearly better option. …”
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Integrating Citizen Participation in the Development of New ICT Services for Smart Cities by Alexander Jesus Ricardo, Mónica Ayde Vallejo, José Edinson Aedo

“…Despite the emergence of various initiatives in recent years aimed at guiding the development of smart cities, there is still a lack of effective strategies to actively engage citizens, businesses, and educational institutions during the creation of these products and services. …”
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ITERATIVE APPROACH TO INCREASING QUALITY OF PROGRAMS TESTING by B. M. Basok, V. N. Zakharov, S. L. Frenkel

“…The article gives some practical results obtained in accordance with the proposed methodology and outlines new directions in the study of the effectiveness of AS testing.…”
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Assessing community health needs in Jeddah Second Health Cluster: A qualitative descriptive study by Noha A. Dashash, Bakur O. Aljedani, Shafeah M. Aljedaani, Nisreen G. Fintyanh, Ali A. Theban, Walaa F. Khudhra, Bayan H. Fadaq

“…It enables the prioritization of health interventions and effective allocation of resources to address these needs. …”
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Machine learning based on laboratory data for disease prediction by A. V. Gusev, R. E. Novitskiy, A. A. Ivshin, A. A. Alekseev

“…Implementation of machine learning algorithms in MIS seems to be a promising tool for effective prediction of adverse medical events for wide application in real clinical practice. …”
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Two studied metropolitan cities in Ethiopia and their current integrated infrastructure plan to enhance resilience and sustainability by Geremew Worku, Dagnachew Adugna

“…The main objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness of the current integrated infrastructure planning in in Addis Ababa and three selected sub cities of Sheger (Burayu, Galan, and Furi), focusing on their potential to improve urban sustainability and resilience. …”
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Accessible interactive learning of mathematical expressions for school students with visual disabilities by Amjad Ali, Shah Khusro, Tahani Jaser Alahmadi

“…Additionally, braille codes are inconsistent across regions, collaborative math platforms are unavailable, and accessible mathematics literature is scarce. …”
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Reconciling Urban Density with Daylight Equity in Sloped Cities: A Case for Adaptive Setbacks in Amman, Jordan by Majd AlBaik, Rabab Muhsen, Wael W. Al-Azhari

“…Urban regulations in Amman, Jordan, enforce uniform building setbacks irrespective of topography, exacerbating shading effects and compromising daylight access in residential areas—a critical factor for occupant health and psychological well-being. …”
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The art of medicine: myth or reality? A narrative review by Ronald A. Aaron, Linda Jones

“…We identified the attributes/codes and concepts/themes of AOM based on the levels of abstraction, with themes being more abstract. …”
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Oyster cooking practices in the United States-based restaurants-A survey. by Razieh Sadat Mirmahdi, Razieh Farzad, Andrew J MacIntosh, Arie H Havelaar, Amarat H Simonne, Naim Montazeri

“…Target restaurants were identified using Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes and surveyed through live phone interviews and online. …”
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Diastereoselective electrochemical coupling of beta-nitrostyrenes using constant-current conditionsIUT file repository by Hossein Tavakol, Fatemeh Najafi, Davood Nematollahi, Arash Kazemi

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Panoptic Segmentation Method Based on Feature Fusion and Edge Guidance by Lanshi Yang, Shiguo Wang, Shuhua Teng

“…These results validate the effectiveness of the proposed modules. To foster further research, our implementation code will be made publicly available.…”
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Assessment of the Usability of a Composite Containing Boron Carbide for Shielding the Gamma Rays by Urkiye Akar Tarım

“…Considering the negative effects on the environment and toxicity of lead, which has been widely used for gamma shielding for a long time in nuclear technology, studies have been focused on the development of various materials that can be used as an alternative to lead in gamma radiation shielding. …”
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