Evaluation of response to a cholera outbreak in January 2024 using the 7–1–7 timeliness metrics: a case study of Elegu Point of Entry, Uganda by Innocent Ssemanda, Brian Kibwika, Ritah Namusoosa, Benon Kwesiga, Lilian Bulage, Richard Migisha, Alex Riolexus Ario

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View-invariant object representation in anterior and posterior inferotemporal cortex: A machine learning approach by Jun-ya Okamura, Daisuke Fukano, Keisuke Murakami, Gang Wang

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Assessing the value of deep neural networks for postoperative complication prediction in pancreaticoduodenectomy patients. by Mikkel Bonde, Alexander Bonde, Haytham Kaafarani, Andreas Millarch, Martin Sillesen

“…Modelling approaches comprised of a model trained on a general surgery patient cohort and then tested on a PD specific cohort (general model), a transfer learning model trained on the general surgery patients with subsequent transfer and retraining on a PD-specific patient cohort (transfer learning model), a model trained and tested exclusively on the PD-specific patient cohort (direct model), and a benchmark random forest model trained on the PD patient cohort (RF model). …”
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Variation-Difference Method of Calculation of Layered Rubber-Metal Vibration Isolators Used for Protection of Reinforced Concrete Buildings from Anthropogenic Vibration by D. K. Sizov

“…In the modern construction complex of the city of Moscow for the protection of buildings and structures from man-made vibration arising from the movement of trains of rail transportation (subway trains, railroad lines and trams). …”
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Adherence and compliance rates across post-dieting strategies: a preliminary analysis by Valentina Rodriguez Da Silva, John Holtje, Ashlyn Bratton, Jakob Paz, Zia Rahaman, Eric T. Trexler, Vladyslava Martynovska, Sara Hobbes, Cassandra Resler, Sydney Monahan, Valeria V. Silva Ramirez, Bill I. Campbell

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Comparing weight loss rates between males and females: a preliminary analysis by Valentina Rodriguez Da Silva, Ryan Singh, Valeria V. Silva Ramirez, Daniel Arevalo, Eric T. Trexler, Landon Shannahan, John Solis, Samuel Blanke, Samuel Evers, Talon Westervelt, John Holtje, Bill I. Campbell

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Optimizing Joint Decisions of Dynamic Pricing and Ticket Allocation for High-Speed Railway with Operators’ Risk Preference by Huaqin Meng, Zhenying Yan, Yu Wang, Yiwei Xu

“…High-speed trains powered by electricity have low-carbon emissions and are the important intercity travel conveyances conducive to sustainable social development. …”
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Glycemic Index and Organoleptic Test of Gluten-Free Chips Made from Composite Flour Enriched with Spirulina Platensis by Amalia Rahma, Dwi Novri Supriatiningrum, Sutrisno Adi Prayitno, Endah Mulyani, Eka Srirahayu Ariestiningsih

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Alcoholism and its Effects: an Approach Based on Health Psychology by Maria de las Mercedes Pretel Olite, Belkis González Aguiar, Anabel Machado Guevara, Odalis Fernández López, Yannelys Toledo Luaces

“…Therefore, the main objective of a primary care physician should be to facilitate the referral of patients and their families to a structured treatment, support and guidance program during the whole detoxification process. In every health area in Cienfuegos, there are community mental health centers with a staff trained to deal with these disorders in addicts and their family. …”
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Processor Energy Characterization for Compiler-Assisted Software Energy Reduction by Lovic Gauthier, Tohru Ishihara

“…Secondly, based on the energy model mentioned above, the paper shows techniques for reducing the energy consumption by optimally mapping program code, stack frames, and data items to the scratch-pad memory (SPM) of the processor memory space.…”
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Neural network as a mirror of social attitudes: analysis of distortions in generative images by A. G. Tertyshnikova, U. O. Pavlova, M. D. Starovoytova

“…The source of shifts in data towards stereotypical images is contained in the data on which AI is trained, as well as in the code of the program itself, that is in the attitudes and worldview of developers, which in one way or another influence the process of program development. …”
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A simple and universal strategy for preparing external stress-free two-way shape memory polymers by making use of the chemical crosslinkages derived from peroxide initiator by L. F. Fan, Y. N. Huang, M. Z. Rong, M. Q. Zhang

“…Lauroyl peroxide (LPO) was added as a chemical crosslinker for inducing secondary crosslinking during the programming. Having been stretched and heat treated without additional ingredients and chemicals, the trained PU showed the desired two-way shape memory effect. …”
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Formulation of Seruit Indigenous Food from Lampung with the Addition of Snakehead Fish (Channa striata) as a Source of Protein by Bertalina Bertalina, Reni Indriyani, Sudarmi Sudarmi, Arie Nugroho, Andi Eka Yunianto

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Numerical Simulation on Dynamic Response of Existing Tunnel to Moving-Axle Loads under the Influence of Oblique Shield Crossing the Intersection Area by Pengcheng Jiang, Mengxi Zhang, Wurong Jia, Hui Wei, Akbar A Javadi

“…A 3D dynamic finite element model is developed to study the response of the existing tunnels’ concrete structure under the influence of different train speeds and undercrossing with fixed shield excavation. …”
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Validity of problem-based learning biodiversity e-book integrating Ruwat Petirtaan Jolotundo's local wisdom for science literacy by Yusnita Ivaningtias, Sifak Indana, Novita Kartika Indah

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Multimodal contrastive learning for enhanced explainability in pediatric brain tumor molecular diagnosis by Sara Ketabi, Matthias W. Wagner, Cynthia Hawkins, Uri Tabori, Birgit Betina Ertl-Wagner, Farzad Khalvati

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Service delivery approaches related to hearing aids in low- and middle-income countries or resource-limited settings: A systematic scoping review. by Lauren K Dillard, Carolina M Der, Ariane Laplante-Lévesque, De Wet Swanepoel, Peter R Thorne, Bradley McPherson, Victor de Andrade, John Newall, Hubert D Ramos, Annette Kaspar, Carrie L Nieman, Jackie L Clark, Shelly Chadha

“…Fifteen peer-reviewed articles were included, which described hospital-based (3 studies), large-scale donation program (1 studies), community-based (7 studies), and remote (telehealth; 4 studies) service delivery approaches. …”
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Development of an on-board system for diagnosing the technical condition of the tread surface of the wheels of wagons by I. A. Gadzhiev

“…The results were processed using the developed algorithm implemented in the programming language of the Mathcad system.Results. …”
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The Savvy Survey #10: In-Person-Administered Surveys by Glenn D. Israel, Jessica L. Gouldthorpe

“… In-person-administered surveys are a type of face-to-face interview that collects mainly quantitative data from a number of individuals and can be useful for collecting information from low-literacy audiences or obtaining very detailed information from agricultural producers or business owners about needs or program outcomes. As part of the Savvy Survey Series, this 7-page fact sheet presents the construction, development, and implementation of in-person surveys, as well as how to prepare an introductory script, train interviewers, and manage the survey process. …”
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Answering Student Queries with a Supervised Memory Conversational Agent by Florian Baud, Alex Aussem

“…A dialogue generator based on hand-crafted dialogues was built to train our model on these synthetic dialogues. The agent and its memory are adaptable to another context by modifying the intention database of the generator. …”
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