A method of forming a self-similar flow with a given Hurst parameter for network traffic modeling by P.E. Pustovoitov, V.O. Kompaniets

“…The procedure can be used to describe traffic when constructing a simulation model of computer network functioning.…”
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The role of social cohesion in economic development and childhood psychological development: a comprehensive literature review by Salvatore Spagano

“…Studies suggest that cohesive communities are more resilient to economic crises, with stronger labor markets and more effective responses to social challenges. …”
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Students’ Daily Attendance Management System. by Komurembe, Phionah, Rukundo, Emmanuel

“…This final year project focused on developing a Daily Student Attendance Management System to replace traditional attendance tracking methods with a more streamlined, precise, and dependable solution. …”
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Integrating GPT-Based AI into Virtual Patients to Facilitate Communication Training Among Medical First Responders: Usability Study of Mixed Reality Simulation by Rodrigo Gutiérrez Maquilón, Jakob Uhl, Helmut Schrom-Feiertag, Manfred Tscheligi

“…However, more recent GPT-based artificial intelligence (AI) produces richer, more diverse, and more natural responses than previous CAs and has control of prosodic voice qualities like pitch and duration. …”
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Epistemology in the Age of Large Language Models by Jennifer Mugleston, Vuong Hung Truong, Cindy Kuang, Lungile Sibiya, Jihwan Myung

“…LLMs are rapidly becoming integral parts of our daily lives through smartphones and personal computers, and we are coming to accept the functionality of LLMs as a given. As LLMs become more entrenched in societal functioning, questions have begun to emerge: Are LLMs capable of real understanding? …”
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Codesign with citizens to prevent cardiometabolic diseases in disadvantaged neighbourhoods: an interview study on needs and priorities among stakeholders in Sweden by Meena Daivadanam, Helle Mølsted Alvesson, Mats Martinell, Hedda Ottesen, Laran Matta, Jonas Idevall Hagren, Pia McAleenan

“…They also described resistance towards inclusive processes from within their organisations, as they were seen as time-consuming and generating unpredictable outcomes. Additionally, the persistence of a siloed system structure of organisations and the risks associated with accessing target populations through local intermediaries added to the challenges.Conclusion This study highlights the lack of integration of organisational values and functions within and across organisations, hindering cross-sector collaboration and citizen engagement in prevention and health promotion activities. …”
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Compositional editing of extracellular matrices by CRISPR/Cas9 engineering of human mesenchymal stem cell lines by Sujeethkumar Prithiviraj, Alejandro Garcia Garcia, Karin Linderfalk, Bai Yiguang, Sonia Ferveur, Ludvig Nilsén Falck, Agatheeswaran Subramaniam, Sofie Mohlin, David Hidalgo Gil, Steven J Dupard, Dimitra Zacharaki, Deepak Bushan Raina, Paul E Bourgine

“…In this study, we demonstrated the exploitation of CRISPR/Cas9 as a high precision system for editing the composition and function of eECMs. Human mesenchymal stromal/stem cell (hMSC) lines were modified to knock out vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and Runt-related transcription factor 2 (RUNX2) and assessed for their capacity to generate osteoinductive cartilage matrices. …”
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Artificial intelligence in Anatomy: Potential uses and challenges by Lubna Faisal

“…One more example of AI in anatomy teaching is ChatGPT. …”
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The Consumer Is Always Right: Research Needs on Sensory Perception of Mushroom-Enriched Meat Products by Erick Saldaña, Juan D. Rios-Mera

“…However, little has been explored regarding consumer opinions for the generation of sensory terms to characterize mushrooms or mushroom-enriched meat products, which may be relevant for the purposes of reformulating healthier and more sustainable meat products. …”
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Big data analytics and AI as success factors for online video streaming platforms by Muhammad Arshad, Muhammad Arshad, Choo Wou Onn, Ashfaq Ahmad, Goabaone Mogwe, Goabaone Mogwe

“…While customers benefit from this data by receiving more suitable material, getting better recommendations, and allowing for more efficient content delivery, AI utilizes it. …”
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Effect of the Foliar Application of Copper Nanoparticles on the Growth and Yield of Persian Leek (Allium ampeloprasum subsp. Persicum) under Salinity Stress by F. Shakarami, S. Mousavi-Fard, A. Rezaei Nejad, F. Beiranvand

“…Copper, serving as a cofactor and essential element for numerous enzymes involved in photosynthesis and respiration processes, plays a crucial role in sustaining natural plant growth and metabolism. Copper ions function as cofactors in enzymes like superoxide dismutase (Cu/Zn SOD) and polyphenol oxidase, contributing to the removal of reactive oxygen species. …”
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Social Confrontation with Menstruation: A Feminist Ethnography of Menstrual Experience among Female Instagram Users by Rana Mohammad Taghinejad Esfahani, Majid Movahed, Halimeh Enayat, Aliyar Ahmadi

“…This study examined women’s experiences of menstruation on Instagram and explored how menstruation taboos function as mechanisms for controlling women’s bodies within the existing power structures and daily life. …”
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Enhanced propionate and butyrate metabolism in cecal microbiota contributes to cold-stress adaptation in sheep by Xindong Cheng, Yanping Liang, Kaixi Ji, Mengyu Feng, Xia Du, Dan Jiao, Xiukun Wu, Chongyue Zhong, Haitao Cong, Guo Yang

“…Correlation analysis indicated that butyrate holds a central position in both networks, with Hulunbuir sheep exhibiting a more complex and tightly regulated network involving SCFAs, microbiota, microbial functions, and transcriptomes. …”
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Comparative Analysis of GPT-4 and LLaMA 3.2 Integration With Speech Processing Models for Enhancing Human–Robot Interaction and Motion Control in Real-World Applications by Sheeba Uruj, Riddhi Goswami, Sujala D. Shetty, Kalaichelvi Venkatesan, Karthikeyan Ramanujam

“…Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) in robots finds wide applications today such as personal assistant robots, autonomous vehicles, healthcare support robots, industrial robots and many more, which receive interpreted commands to perform functions ranging from home automation to real-time assembly line operations. …”
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Folk Linguoculture of Borderland East Slavic Ethnocontact Locus: A Lexical-Phrazeological Perspective by S. M. Pronchenko, S. N. Starodubets, O. V. Belugina

“…In narratives concerning folk medicine and magic, lexical-phraseological units convey symbolic meanings related to enmity, destruction, healing energy, and more. The examined rituals perform generative and apotropaic functions while also possessing harmful characteristics.…”
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AI as Sub-Symbolic Systems: Understanding the Role of AI in Higher Education Governance by Xiaomin Li, David A. Turner, Baocun Liu

“…This paper develops the argument that, in the application of AI to improve the system of governance for higher education, machine learning will be more effective in some areas than others. To make that assertion more systematic, a classificatory taxonomy of types of decisions is necessary. …”
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Pathway for Renewable Energy Application in Urban Green Space under the Low Carbon Perspective by Kailun WANG, Tonggang NIU, Lian LIU, Zhongjie WANG

“…The goal is to develop promotion strategies that are more universally applicable, thereby enhancing the scalability and operability of renewable energy application in urban green spaces. …”
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THE PLACE OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM IN FORMATION OF GRADUATES’ COMPETITIVENESS by G. F. Shafranov-Kutsev, G. Z. Efimova

“…Therefore, the education system is forced to be reconstructed for preparation of holders of complex knowledge and competencies, generators of newideas and projects. Consequently, there is the demand for the development of individual educational  programmes and modules, freedom of access for students to new resources and technologies, change of functions and competencies of pedagogical workers.The conclusion is drawn that the assessment of own competitiveness acts as the defining factor of the relation to the chosen field of occupation. …”
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Insights Into How mHealth Applications Could Be Introduced Into Standard Hypertension Care in Germany: Qualitative Study With German Cardiologists and General Practitioners by Susann May, Frances Seifert, Dunja Bruch, Martin Heinze, Sebastian Spethmann, Felix Muehlensiepen

“…Furthermore, younger physicians, more familiar with digital technologies, demonstrated greater openness to using mHealth apps, suggesting that generational changes may drive future increases in adoption. …”
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Clinical and genetic parallels in congenital brain lesions without epilepsy by P. L. Sokolov, A. G. Prityko, N. V. Chebanenko, P. A. Romanov

“…Malformations of the brain are more often associated with determinants of the regulation of the formation and functioning of the cytoskeleton, neuroontogenesis, as well as the processes of cell division (chromatin modification, transcription, replication). …”
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