The effect of older population on public health spending: Evidence from Spain by Carlos Navarro‐García, Antonio Sarria‐Santamera

“…Methods Using logistic regression methods, we have analysed the use of different health services and health technologies by older people in Spain, controlled for several health, socioeconomic, and other individual factors. …”
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Addressing cultural diversity in preparing teachers for openness: culturally sensitive appropriation of open content by Malgorzata Kurek

“…The analysis shows that efficient re-use and adaptation of open content require providers to be sensitive to characteristics of target educational contexts and tailor the materials accordingly.…”
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The development of medical networks through ICT in Japan by Tsutomu Nakamura

“…ICT applied to two cases (the Wakashio Medical Network in Chiba Prefecture and the Haniwa Health and Welfare Network in Miyazaki Prefecture) has promoted functional division and cooperation among medical institutions as well as the efficient use of resources on medical networks. Factors contributing to the construction of these networks and their continued utilization include strong leadership of central hospitals in the regions, and the fact that they have managed to solve problems related to system development and operation costs. …”
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Privileges in Printmaking by Marlise Rijks

“…A third approach was to purposefully ignore the technological possibilities of printmaking and instead produce small print runs or slightly different states of one image. These approaches, it is argued, were related both to technological possibilities and to changing ideas about the (visual) arts, showing how the meanings of concepts such as ‘invention’ and ‘skill’ were shifting at this time. …”
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Simultaneous Spin and Point-Group Adaptation in Exact Diagonalization of Spin Clusters by Shadan Ghassemi Tabrizi, Thomas D. Kühne

“…While either a spin or point-group adaptation is straightforward when considered independently, the standard technique for factoring isotropic spin Hamiltonians by the total spin <i>S</i> and the irreducible representation <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">Γ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula> of the point group is limited by the complexity of the transformations between different coupling schemes that are related in terms of their site permutations. …”
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Book Review: Lobbying the European Union: Institutions, Actors and Issues, David Coen and Jeremy Richardson (eds.) by Alexandra Pop

“…The volume “Lobbying the European Union: Institutions, Actors and Issues”, collects 16 articles on interest group politics at EU level, focusing on the main elements of European lobbying – the existing relations between the EU institutions and the special interests, the main differences between NGO and business lobbying, the specific lobbying strategies adopted in EU’s main policy sectors or lobbying regulations. …”
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Application of humanitarian last mile distribution model by Daria Battini, Umberto Peretti, Alessandro Persona, Fabio Sgarbossa

“…It concerns the resource allocation and vehicle routing decisions in the well-known Haitian case. Different scenarios are analyzed and a sensitivity analysis is provided. …”
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Physical Simulation of Burning Process of Alternative Engine Fuels by M. S. Assad

“…Visualization of burning process in the closed vessel has been fulfilled with the help of method high-speed photography through a transparent glass. This method as an efficient means for investigation of fast processes permits to obtain a visual, convenient visual perception insight about the development of the burning process and understand peculiarities of the development of flame in the closed vessels.The paper contains a description of an experimental stand and methodology for execution of an experiment on visualization of the flame development and measurement of main parameters of the burning process in a closed vessel that is in the simulating combustion chamber.According to the obtained photos an analysis of form, structure and dynamics of flame front development has been carried out; some peculiarities and differences of flames of various fuel-air mixtures have been established and the paper proves an occurrence of the secondary glow during burning in the closed vessel.Body of data obtained with the help of the visualization of burning process makes it possible to determine main parameters of the burning process. …”
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Receptor tyrosine kinase targeting in glioblastoma: performance, limitations and future approaches by Oana Alexandru, Cristina Horescu, Ani-Simona Sevastre, Catalina Cioc, Carina Baloi, Alexandru Oprita, Anica Dricu

“…EGFR, IGFR, PDGFR and VEGFR) currently used for developing cancer therapeutics together with the potential of RTK-related drugs in glioblastoma treatment. Also, we focus on some therapeutic agents that are currently at different stages of research or even in clinical phases and proved to be suitable as re-purposing candidates for glioblastoma treatment.…”
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A Vehicular Cyber-Physical Framework for Studying the Effects of Multiple Disturbances with Application to Connected Autonomous Vehicles by Mohammed Amir, Marine Lincoln, Ramlal Craig, Muddeen Fasil

“…Cyber-physical systems (CPSs) are considered a new era of complex systems that harness the integration of computational and physical capabilities to facilitate interactions between humans via different mediums, creating systems that are smarter and more efficient. …”
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Metabolomic analysis of grapes and leaves from symptomatic and asymptomatic Vitis vinifera grapevines with Esca disease by Florent Weiller, Inês Diniz, Diana Pimentel, Alexander Erban, Pedro Reis, Flávio Soares, Cecília Rego, Joachim Kopka, Ana Margarida Fortes

“…Esca is a grapevine trunk disease spreading in vineyards worldwide, and of rising concern since no efficient treatment is available to mitigate its impact. …”
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The FLAIR-GG federated network of FAIR germplasm data resources by Alberto Cámara Ballesteros, Elena Aguayo Jara, Evrykleia Sofia Verykaki, Germán Pastor del Olmo, Santiago Moreno Vázquez, Elena Torres, Mark D. Wilkinson

“…Here, we envisage that the application of the FAIR Principles to wild species and crop wild relatives information, through the creation of a federated network of FAIR GB databases, would greatly facilitate cross-resource discovery and exploration, thus assisting with the design of more efficient conservation strategies for wild species, and bringing more attention to these key data providers.…”
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Impact of dimensionality reduction techniques on student performance prediction using machine learning by Koushik Roy, Huu-Hoa Nguyen, Dewan Md. Farid

“… This study addresses the crucial issue of predicting student performance in educational data mining (EDM) by proposing an Adaptive Dimensionality Reduction Algorithm (ADRA). ADRA efficiently reduces the dimensionality of student data, encompassing various academic, demographic, behavioral, social, and health-related features. …”
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MÉTODOS PARA IDENTIFICACIÓN DE PELIGROS, ANÁLISIS, EVALUACIÓN Y TRATAMIENTO DE LOS RIESGOS EN COLOMBIA by CARLOS ALIRIO BELTRÁN RODRÍGUEZ, JAIME ALEXANDER MURCIA PAMPLONA

“…Some of the most recognized methodologies to develop risk management in our country, come from the integration of concepts and strategies implemented by other countries or organizations non-governmental, which have been adapted according to organizational characteristics of our work culture Colombian; therefore, in this study a general comparison analysis is presented for the content of these methodologies, which allow proposing an integrated according to the mode- existing model already used in our businesses and used in different economic sectors; which aims to facilitate possible implementation of more efficient, especially for the prevention of work-related injuries from risk management as one of its main strategies.…”
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A Full Ranking for Decision Making Units Using Ideal and Anti-Ideal Points in DEA by A. Barzegarinegad, G. Jahanshahloo, M. Rostamy-Malkhalifeh

“…One of the best privileges of this method is that we can make ranking for all decision making units by solving only three programs, and also solving these programs is not related to numbers of decision making units. One of the other advantages of this procedure is to rank all the extreme and nonextreme efficient decision making units. …”
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Evaluation of the Mechanical Properties of Porous Thermoplastic Polyurethane Obtained by 3D Printing for Protective Gear by Hyojeong Lee, Ran-i Eom, Yejin Lee

“…Three-dimensional (3D) printing is an efficient and sustainable technology useful in various manufacturing fields. …”
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Impact of dimensionality reduction techniques on student performance prediction using machine learning by Koushik Roy, Huu-Hoa Nguyen, Dewan Md. Farid

“… This study addresses the crucial issue of predicting student performance in educational data mining (EDM) by proposing an Adaptive Dimensionality Reduction Algorithm (ADRA). ADRA efficiently reduces the dimensionality of student data, encompassing various academic, demographic, behavioral, social, and health-related features. …”
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ON TRAVERSABILITY COST EVALUATION FROM PROPRIOCEPTIVE SENSING FOR A CRAWLING ROBOT by Jakub Mrva, Martin Stejskal, Jan Faigl

“…Traversability characteristics of the robot working environment are crucial in planning an efficient path for a robot operating in rough unstructured areas. …”
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Plant phenotyping and root‐associated metabolomics reveal insights into pathogen protection by diverse arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi by Natascha V. Weinberger, Ximena Cibils‐Stewart, Chris Brien, Nathaniel Jewell, Bettina Berger, Timothy R. Cavagnaro, Matthias J. Salomon, Meena Mikhael, Jonathan M. Plett, Krista L. Plett, Jeff R. Powell

“…This study enhances understanding of AM fungal species‐specific differences in growth‐related MIR responses in tomatoes and the roles of biochemistry, supporting findings that Glomeraceae species have better MIR abilities. …”
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Tea seedlings growth promotion by widely distributed and stress-tolerant PGPR from the acidic soils of the Kangra valley by Rishu Thakur, Praveen Rahi, Ashu Gulati, Arvind Gulati

“…Five highly efficient PGPR also showed robust growth under different abiotic stresses under controlled conditions. …”
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