Designing a Sustainable Green Closed-Loop Supply Chain under Uncertainty and Various Capacity Levels by Mohsen Tehrani, Surendra M. Gupta

“…In order to deal with this hybrid uncertainty, a robust fuzzy stochastic programming approach has been proposed, and the proposed mixed integer programming model is applied to a case study in the tire industry to validate the model. …”
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The Road to Recovery #5: Self-Assessment of Virtual Facilitation to Build Trust by Colby Jordan Silvert, Cody Gusto, John Diaz, Glenn Israel

“… This fifth publication in the Road to Recovery series discusses how Extension professionals can evaluate techniques to build trust when facilitating virtual programming. Specific recommendations are provided addressing concerns about short- and long-term virtual trust, inclusion techniques, Zoom fatigue, and cybersecurity. …”
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Perceptions of AI in Higher Education: Insights from Students at a Top-Tier Chinese University by Yi Yan, Bin Wu, Jiaqi Pi, Xiaowen Zhang

“…Students valued AI’s support in language learning, writing, research, and programming but noted its limitations in complex problem-solving. …”
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South African Electoral Commission’s mobile app for voters: Data privacy and security dimensions by Nawal Omar, Scott Timcke

“…This study conducted a privacy and security analysis of the app, through a compliance review of the IEC’s privacy policy in terms of the South African data protection legislation, followed by an analysis of the app’s APK files, permissions, third-party trackers, and vulnerabilities, including API (application programming interface) calls. The analysis revealed several security and privacy concerns, including inadequately secured API keys, the potential for unauthorised access, and the potential for data breaches. …”
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The Neurophysiological Paradox of AI-Induced Frustration: A Multimodal Study of Heart Rate Variability, Affective Responses, and Creative Output by Han Zhang, Shiyi Wang, Zijian Li

“…Fifty-eight undergraduate design students with no formal programming experience were randomly assigned to either an AI-assisted group or a control group and engaged in a two-day generative programming task. …”
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Game Changer: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence in Sport for Development by Louis Moustakas

“…Potential risks include the propagation of increasingly generic approaches to SFD programming, loss of critical thinking skills, and concerns around participant safeguarding. …”
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Coopérer en matière de programmation artistique : Une nécessité qui suppose un changement de paradigme by Céline Schall, Hermann Lugan

“…This contribution describes a pre-study carried out on a recent experiment in the performing arts sector in Europe. It concerns CooProg, an online platform launched in September 2023, that aims to reduce the carbon footprint of artistic teams’ transport. …”
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Forest land cover optimization for water management in the Ichawaynochaway creek basin by Chambers J. English, Seth E. Younger, Steven T. Brantley, Puneet Dwivedi, Daniel Markewitz, Jeffery B. Cannon

“…These findings guide the implementation of forest-to-water markets in watersheds where low stream flows are primary ecological and economic concerns.…”
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Covid-19 Mapping with Microsoft Power BI by Steven M. Graves, Lauren He

“…This map and dashboard demonstrates that these concerns were not unfounded. …”
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Two-Layer Coordinated Energy Management Method in the Smart Distribution Network including Multi-Microgrid Based on the Hybrid Flexible and Securable Operation Strategy by Mohammad Hosein Sabzalian, Sasan Pirouzi, Mauricio Aredes, Bruno Wanderley Franca, Ana Carolina Cunha

“…Moreover, stochastic programming models the uncertainties of load, energy price, and renewable power. …”
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Spectateurs, clients ou usagers ? Comprendre l’expérience des salles de cinéma par la structure de l’exploitation cinématographique by Tristan Dominguez

“…Finally, the third category, called “users”, combines emancipation with integration through the organization of debates and the promotion of the aesthetic and political qualities of films, and mainly concerns the exhibitors most involved in “Art et Essai”. …”
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GREEN FINANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS by Adem Özbek

“…Sustainability is an investment plan that must be implemented in order to reduce the future concerns of economic units. Green finance refers to investment decisions to be made in the financial resources of the future for sustainable development. …”
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Robust Predictive Functional Control for Quadrotor Flight Systems by Kai Masuda, Kenji Uchiyama

“…However, PFC does not require solving a quadratic programming problem for every control loop like MPC. …”
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Optimization of human-aware logistics and manufacturing systems: A comprehensive review of modeling approaches and applications by Thibault Prunet, Nabil Absi, Valeria Borodin, Diego Cattaruzza

“…Historically, Operations Research (OR) discipline has mainly been focusing on economic concerns. Since the early 2000s, human considerations are gaining increasing attention, pushed by the growing societal concerns of sustainable development on the same terms as the economic and ecological ones. …”
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Continuité et discontinuité de l’implication des habitants dans les écoquartiers. Le cas de la Zac Pajol à Paris by Camille Gardesse, Isabelle Grudet

“…This article concerns the development process for the Pajol ZAC (designated development area) in Paris. …”
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Suicide Response in American Muslim Communities: A Community Case Study by Belal Zia, Kamal Suleiman, Osama El-Gabalawy, Rania Awaad

“…The discussion emphasizes the need for dissemination of evidence-based, religiously grounded, and culturally competent curricula for implementing mental health awareness programming and long-term suicide prevention efforts. …”
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Improving microgrid hosting capacity: A two-stage BONMIN solver-based framework for battery storage allocation and operational energy management strategy. by Ziad M Ali

“…The growing concerns over fossil fuel dependency, environmental impacts, and escalating energy expenses highlight the critical importance of enhancing energy system efficiency. …”
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Logistical modelling of managerial decisions in social and marketing business systems by Oleksandr Velychko, Liudmyla Velychko

“…The research was carried out on the methodological basis which included the authors’ developments and implied conveying familiar knowledge on new objects within the field of linear programming. Scientific novelty concerns the development of categorical toolkit as well as the existing methodical approaches of rationalistic logistics to managerial decisions. …”
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Enhancing solar power efficiency with hybrid GEP ANFIS MPPT under dynamic weather conditions by Mutiu Shola Bakare, Abubakar Abdulkarim, Aliyu Nuhu Shuaibu, Mundu Mustafa Muhamad

“…The study introduces a novel approach, combining ANFIS with Gene Expression Programming (GEP), aimed at optimizing the reference maximum power output using solar irradiance and temperature as input parameters. …”
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Sequential decision-making under uncertainty for long-term energy transition planning by Molly A. McDonald, Christos T. Maravelias

“…Summary: Global warming concerns have led to emission regulations and various incentives for low-carbon technologies. …”
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