The effect of population size on urban heat island and NO2 air pollution: Review and meta-analysis by Yufei Wei, Rémi Lemoy, Geoffrey Caruso

“…Despite a variety of functional specifications, data gathering processes, and metrics, the literature generally agrees on a significant effect of population size on both UHI and NO2. …”
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Dynamic Models of Multilingualism on the Territory of Western Ukraine by Наталія Михальчук, Павло Левчук, Ернест Івашкевич, Олександр Набочук

“…Theoretical methods – categorical and structurally-functional analysis of the texts, the methods of systematization, modeling, generalization; empirical ones – the analysis of lexical units, the experiment. …”
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Beyond Global Metrics: The U-Smile Method for Explainable, Interpretable, and Transparent Variable Selection in Risk Prediction Models by Katarzyna B. Kubiak, Agata Konieczna, Anna Tyranska-Fobke, Barbara Więckowska

“…Validated in balanced and imbalanced BC scenarios, the method proved robust to class imbalance and collinearity, and more sensitive than traditional metrics in detecting subtle but meaningful effects. …”
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Move your body, stay away from depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of exercise-based prevention of depression in middle-aged and older adults by Xiao-Dong Zhao, Sae-Sook Oh, Zheng Zhang, Chong Wang

“…Interventions of medium duration generally outperformed shorter-term interventions. …”
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Assessment of potential candidate genes for partial resistance to Sclerotinia stem rot caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum using real‐time quantitative PCR by Deus Mugabe, Mohsen Yoosefzadeh Najafabadi, Christopher Grainger, Istvan Rajcan

“…We focused on four genes that have been previously reported as associated with SSR partial resistance and are known to be involved in defense‐related functions such as cell wall modification, signaling, response to wounding, and response to fungus. …”
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Adaptive Ensemble Learning Model-Based Binary White Shark Optimizer for Software Defect Classification by Jameel Saraireh, Mary Agoyi, Sofian Kassaymeh

“…Abstract Software dominates modern enterprises, affecting numerous functions. Software firms constantly experiment with new methodologies to define and assess software quality to stay competitive and ensure excellence. …”
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Determining the Effect of Natural Selection on Linked Neutral Divergence across Species. by Tanya N Phung, Christian D Huber, Kirk E Lohmueller

“…We show that neutral divergence between closely related species (e.g. human-primate) is negatively correlated with functional content and positively correlated with human recombination rate. …”
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Mismatch repair-independent increase in spontaneous mutagenesis in yeast lacking non-essential subunits of DNA polymerase ε. by Anna Aksenova, Kirill Volkov, Jaroslaw Maceluch, Zachary F Pursell, Igor B Rogozin, Thomas A Kunkel, Youri I Pavlov, Erik Johansson

“…In their absence, a defective replisome may more frequently leave gaps on the leading strand that are eventually filled by Pol ζ or Pol δ, in a post-replication process that generates errors not corrected by the DNA mismatch repair system.…”
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The human Dicer helicase domain is capable of ATP hydrolysis and single-stranded nucleic acid binding by Kinga Ciechanowska, Agnieszka Szczepanska, Kamil Szpotkowski, Klaudia Wojcik, Anna Urbanowicz, Anna Kurzynska-Kokorniak

“…Conclusions Preservation of ATPase activity by hDicer suggests that this enzyme performs many more functions in the cell than is currently assumed. …”
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Noise-resilient designs and analysis for optical neural networks by Gianluca Kosmella, Ripalta Stabile, Jaron Sanders

“…All analog signal processing is fundamentally subject to noise, and this is also the case in next generation implementations of optical neural networks (ONNs). …”
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Adaptive GCN and Bi-GRU-Based Dual Branch for Motor Imagery EEG Decoding by Yelan Wu, Pugang Cao, Meng Xu, Yue Zhang, Xiaoqin Lian, Chongchong Yu

“…The Adaptive GCN, specifically designed for the MI-EEG context, captures functional connectivity between channels more effectively than conventional GCN models, enabling accurate spatial–spectral feature extraction. …”
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Improved Bald Eagle Search Optimization Algorithm for the Inverse Kinematics of Robotic Manipulators by Guojun Zhao, Bo Tao, Du Jiang, Juntong Yun, Hanwen Fan

“…This algorithm combines the advantages of evolutionary and swarm techniques, making it more effective at solving nonlinear problems and improving search efficiency. …”
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The Effect of Through-Silicon-Via Thermal Stress on Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor Properties Under Cooling to Ultra-Low Temperatures by Wenting Xie, Xiaoting Chen, Liting Zhang, Xiangjun Lu, Bing Ding, An Xie

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Life cycle assessment of additively manufactured elastocaloric Ni-Ti heat pump/refrigeration components and the effect of design geometry on the environmental impact categories by Anesu Nyabadza, Karthikeyan Tamil, Lehar Asip Khan, Sujith S. Kumar, Corné Muilwijk, Greg McNamara, Kevin O'Toole, Lorna Fitzsimons, Dermot Brabazon

“…A 10 x 10 × 55 mm Ni-Ti structure, providing >2 °C temperature span under compressive cycles, served as the functional unit.…”
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OpenClustered: an R package with a benchmark suite of clustered datasets for methodological evaluation and comparison by Nathaniel Sean O’Connell, Jaime Lynn Speiser

“…In the future, we plan to add more datasets, particularly those with continuous outcomes, as well as functionality for users to submit their clustered datasets to be included in the repository.…”
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Dynamic alterations in cortical activation during motor adaptation in table tennis using whole‑brain fNIRS by Daniel Carius, Elisabeth Kaminski, Martina Clauß, Patrick Ragert

“…Specifically, hemodynamic response alterations generally increased during early adaptation and decreased as motor adaptation progressed. …”
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Artificial Intelligence for Automatic Pain Assessment: Research Methods and Perspectives by Marco Cascella, Daniela Schiavo, Arturo Cuomo, Alessandro Ottaiano, Francesco Perri, Renato Patrone, Sara Migliarelli, Elena Giovanna Bignami, Alessandro Vittori, Francesco Cutugno

“…Since pain is generally accompanied by spontaneous facial behaviors, several approaches for APA are based on image classification and feature extraction. …”
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Conceptual foundations of the development of the tourist complex of the region in the conditions of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic by A. S. Amosov, M. K. Ashinova, A. R. Kumpilova

“…The industry suffers serious losses and loses jobs, which generally negatively affects the unemployment rate in the country. …”
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Improving the Efficiency of Planning by E. L. Chazov, V. P. Grakhov, V. V. Krivorotov, O. L. Simchenko

“…This model, on the basis of the generalized geological, technological, statistical, macroeconomic and economic indicators, allows to solve quickly the following problems: of more precise and prompt planning the expenses on carrying out geological and technical actions; of defining minimum admissible profitable level of an oil flow rate after carrying out geological and technical actions; of determining the most economically justified duration of the overhaul of the well; of organizing the projects of geological and technical measures according to their attractiveness. …”
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Autologous fat grafting and adipose-derived stem cells therapy for acute burns and burn-related scar: A systematic review by Fanny Evasari Lesmanawati, Carolus Aldo Windura, Iswinarno Doso Saputro, Lynda Hariani

“…Subjective patient satisfaction was reported to have improved. Functional outcomes improvement in the treated regions was minimal. …”
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