Crisis as opportunity—manifestations of civic practice in Libyan governance and rule of law by Anne-Marie Brinkman

“…Drawing on Kaldor’s concept of war and peace logic and a development ethics viewpoint, this study will critically discuss how manifestations of civic logic depend to start with on inclusive actor selection. This paper, based on Libyan-led co-inquiries and an analysis of dialogues and actions from an EU-funded rule of law programme, will demonstrate how the involvement of a diverse group of Libyans initiates manifestations of civic practice that are used during times of crisis.…”
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UWSNs: A Round-Based Clustering Scheme for Data Redundancy Resolve by Khoa Thi-Minh Tran, Seung-Hyun Oh

“…Our proposed scheme works in rounds, with each round consisting of four main phases: initialization, cluster-head selection, clustering, and data aggregation. …”
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Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson: En glemt dramatiker? by Marie Magnor

“…I argue that this devaluation of Bjørnson as a playwright is initially due to modernist expectations of what constitutes a good work of art, which has led critics around 2000 to view the drama mainly within the context of Bjørnson's status as a forgotten playwright. …”
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Retrotopia. Design for Socialist Interior Spaces by Claudia Banz, Helena Huber-Doudová

“… This exhibition review, in the format of a visual essay, presents a selection of projects shown in the exhibition Retrotopia. …”
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Therapeutic potential of fecal microbiota transplantation in colorectal cancer based on gut microbiota regulation: from pathogenesis to efficacy by Chen Gu, Gengyu Sha, Binbin Zeng, Herong Cao, Yibo Cao, Dong Tang

“…Disruptions in microbial homeostasis contribute to tumor initiation, immune suppression, and inflammation, establishing the microbiota as a key therapeutic target. …”
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Ten Points for Urban Play: a Multidisciplinary Approach by Mattia Thibault, Valerio Perna, Antonio Opromolla

“…In this paper, authors with different backgrounds (semiotics, architecture and design) but with a common interest in urban playfulness initiate a multidisciplinary dialogue. Such dialogue was articulated in five phases – Exploration, Integration, Categorisation, Selection and Description – and produced a total of ten strong concepts. …”
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A MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR EVALUATION AND MONITORING OF COMPANY’S INNOVATIVE POTENTIAL: PRACTICE AND AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT by OLGA Gavel

“…The proposed approach to the selection of KPIs can be considered as universal “modular units” for creating a measurement system to evaluate the innovation efficiency and initiate innovation performance.…”
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Risk prediction model for overall survival in lung cancer based on inflammatory and nutritional markers by Hongqi Zhou, Weiyun Jin, Lindi Li, Xiangwen Nie, Weiwei Wu, Ran Chen, Qizhen Xie, Haixia Wu, Weiwei Jiang, Min Tang, Jinhai Wang, Maoyuan Wang

“…All patients were followed until death or a uniform administrative censoring point.LASSO logistic regression was employed to model the outcome as a binary classification (death within 1 year: yes/no).This study employed a small-sample modeling approach, initially using LASSO regression for feature selection and dimensionality reduction, followed by variance inflation factor and collinearity screening for secondary feature selection. …”
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Time to revise: impact of methodology on boar sperm capacitation in vitro via phosphotyrosine patterns by Barbora Klusackova, Aneta Pilsova, Natalie Zelenkova, Zuzana Pilsova, Romana Krejcirova, Eva Chmelikova, Katerina Komrskova, Ondrej Simonik, Pavla Postlerova

“…Selection techniques commonly employed to isolate viable spermatozoa may initiate different capacitation regulatory pathways, resulting in variability in analyzed sperm subpopulations and inconsistencies in PTyr detection. …”
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Magnetic resonance radiomics-based deep learning model for diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease by Zengbei Yuan, Na Qi, Xing Chen, Yingying Luo, Zirong Zhou, Jie Wang, Junhao Wu, Jun Zhao

“…Subsequently, feature selection was carried out using the Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator model. …”
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Associations between PTSD and pregnancy outcomes: systematic review and Meta- analysis by Natalie M. Zitoun, M. Karen Campbell, Joel Gagnier, Yasaman Mohammadi Kamalabadi, Facundo Garcia-Bournissen

“…Two reviewers independently assessed the studies for eligibility, resolving discrepancies through discussion and consensus. Out of 369 initially identified studies, 40 met the selection criteria and were included in the review. …”
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Identifying fundamental goals of childbirth care for women with higher body weight in Swiss maternity care: an embedded mixed methods multi-stakeholder study by Jennifer Inauen, Carmen Wyss, Judit Lienert, Evelyne M Aubry

“…Participants individually brainstormed childbirth care goals, selected additional goals from a pre-established masterlist and discussed them. …”
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Scoping review protocol of central chronic medicines dispensing and distribution programme for widening access to medications in South Africa by Olanrewaju Oladimeji, Busisiwe Mrara, Olubunmi Margaret Ogbodu

“…The review will follow a six-step approach: (1) identifying the research question, (2) identifying relevant studies, (3) studying selection eligibility, (4) charting the data, (5) collating, summarising and reporting the results and (6) consultation. …”
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A Clinical Risk Prediction Model for Depressive Disorders Based on Seven Machine Learning Algorithms by Jin W, Chen S, Wang M, Lin P

“…Univariate logistic regression analysis (p< 0.1) was initially performed to identify potential predictors, followed by feature selection using the Boruta and LASSO algorithms. …”
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Conceptual foundations of a REFRAME-based approach to discriminate across total knee implant designs based on the positions of functional centres of rotation by Adrian Sauer, Ariana Ortigas-Vásquez, Christoph Thorwaechter, Peter E. Müller, Henning Windhagen, Allan Maas, Thomas M. Grupp, William R. Taylor, Matthias Woiczinski

“…Abstract In modern knee arthroplasty, surgeons increasingly aim for individualised implant selection based on data-driven decisions to improve patient satisfaction rates. …”
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Advancements in cyberthreat intelligence through resource exhaustion attack detection using hybrid deep learning with heuristic search algorithms by S. Jayanthi, Swathi Sowmya Bavirthi, P. Murali, K. Vijaya Kumar, Hend Khalid Alkahtani, Mohamad Khairi Ishak, Samih M. Mostafa

“…Furthermore, the feature selection process uses the RIME optimization algorithm (ROA) model to select the most relevant features from the data. …”
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Comparative analysis of pharmacotherapy for patients with coronary artery disease and type 2 diabetes at various healthcare stages by M. A. Kokozheva, B. U. Mardanov, M. N. Mamedov

“…Initially, 86% and 81% of patients with diabetes in subgroups 1a and 2a adhered to glucose-lowering therapy. …”
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Investment Allocation Method for Distribution Networks Based on a Panel Data Model and an Incentive–Penalty Mechanism by Jian Zhang, Jianzhou Wen, Zhen Lu, Jiang Qian, Ning Wei

“…Second, the initial allocation of the investment amount was calculated based on the selected panel data model. …”
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Nature-based solutions for urban climate resilience: implementation, contribution, and effectiveness by Gemechis B Mosisa, Bobe Bedadi, Gemedo Dalle, Nega Tassie

“…Additionally, a qualitative analysis was conducted on a sample of 26 publications, selected from the initial 84 articles. The review demonstrates that though NbS hold substantial promise for optimizing urban climate resilience, their successful implementation is contingent upon addressing a complex relationship between factors like data-driven planning, stakeholder awareness and engagement, resource availability, institutional framework, and context-specific considerations. …”
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Early diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia utilizing clinical, radiographic, and dental age indicators by Rehab F Ghouraba, Shaimaa S. EL-Desouky, Mohamed R. El-Shanshory, Ibrahim A. Kabbash, Nancy M. Metwally

“…Twenty-three children suffer from leukemia, selected after an initial diagnosis based on their clinical signs with an abnormal CBC or abnormal WBCs. …”
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