A Fair Group Recommendation System Based on Members and Leader Influences by Mostafa Sabzekar, Bentolhoda Moazeni

“…In the recommendation evaluation section, well-known criteria such as nDCG, group satisfaction, and fairness were used, where the proposed method showed an average improvement of 41%, 35%, and 38%, respectively, considering the number of diverse recommendations in each of the mentioned criteria on average.…”
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Rare damage to the tendons of the posterior thigh muscle group. Clinical case by A. V. Mironov, V. S. Mironov, V. V. Shalin

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Working groups, gender, and publication impact of Canada’s ecology and evolution faculty by Qian Wei, Francois Lachapelle, Sylvia Fuller, Diane S. Srivastava

“…Here we analyze the publications of Canadian university faculty specialized in ecology and evolution (N = 1244), a field that has embraced the working group method. Researchers were more likely to have participated in a working group as their academic age and prior H-index increased, but controlling for these factors there was no effect of gender. …”
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Investigating Peer Evaluations and Satisfaction of Group Presentations of Physiology for Nursing Students by Reza Mohebbati, Morteza Rostamian

“…In this study, glandular physiology was divided into ten sections of approximately equal volume, and presentations were made by all group members. After the presentations of each chapter by the students, the evaluation sheet was provided to each group to evaluate the mastery in presenting content, the appropriate design of the slides, the presentation skills, answering the questions, and observing the proper timing for the presentations. …”
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Group Abnormal Behaviour Detection Algorithm Based on Global Optical Flow by Yu Hao, Ying Liu, Jiulun Fan, Zhijie Xu

“…For this reason, the optical flow information between RGB (red, green, and blue) images and video frames is used as the input of the network in view of group behaviour. Then, the direction, velocity, acceleration, and energy of the crowd were weighted and fused into a global optical flow descriptor. …”
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ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE AND SPECIFICS OF PERIPHERAL MICROCIRCULATION IN VARIOUS AGE GROUPS by O. V. Kamenskaya, A. M. Karas'kov, A. M. Chernyavsky, A. S. Klinkova

“…Lowering of the capillary reserve (CR) was found in two patients of both groups. The lowest level of peripheral MCC in both groups was detected at 30th min. of artificial circulation; at the end of operation there was increase of MCC to the values at start with the lowest level of circulation in the group older than 60.Conclusion. …”
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Alternative antimicrobials for prophylaxis of the Group B Streptococcus maternal-fetal disease by Vicente Sperb Antonello, Jessica Dallé, Emilly Dall'Oglio, Suelyn Ramos, Felipe Bassols, Mirela F Jimenez

“…Risk factor, Maternal and neonatal outcomes were evaluated and compared between groups. Results: No significant difference was found in maternal (RR = 0.71; IC 95%:0.30-1.68; p = 0.709) and neonatal (RR = 0.84; IC 95%:0.61-1.15; p = 0.271) outcomes between those patients using the alternative antibiotic prophylaxis in comparison to the standard antibiotics, with the dependent variable of maternal and neonatal outcomes grouped and controlled for potential confounding variables. …”
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Do certain blood groups increase COVID-19 severity and mortality? by Tegene Atamenta kitaw, Ribka Nigatu Haile

“…A Kaplan-Meier survival curve was computed to examine the difference in survival experience between ABO blood groups. Multinomial and binary logistic regression models were fitted to determine the association between ABO blood group with COVID-19 severity and mortality, respectively. …”
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Research of the Changes in the Structural Group Composition of Transformer Oil During Operation by KurakinaO.E., KozlovV.K., Turanova O.A., Turanov A.N.

“…The method of investigation isapproximation of obtained spectra of transformer oils on the basis of reference compoundsspectra.A new method for determining the structural group composition of oils was proposed. It is distinguished by a significant simplicity and directly related to the characteristics of the molecules in comparison with the existing methods for determining the structural group composition from nomograms.Optical spectra in the near-IR range of fresh and used samples of GK transformer oil in the range of 10250-11750 cm-1were recorded and analyzed. …”
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The influence of fertilizers on the dynamics of the development of potato varieties of different maturity groups by A. V. КОVАL

“…The research on the issue of improving certain elements of technology for growing potato varieties of different maturity groups in relation to soil and climatic conditions of the Western Forest-Steppe of Ukraine is analyzed and generalized. …”
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Hierarchy of labor motives of different professional groups of employees of medical institutions by A. V. Kukurika, E. I. Iurovskaia

“…The most significant labor motives were identified for each category of medical personnel. …”
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The role of leadership in group cohesion: insights from sport club volunteering by Tom De Clerck, Nele Van Doren, Thomas De Bock

“…Design/methodology/approach – Through a multilevel design, this study examined the role of autonomy–supportive and structuring leadership in shaping social and task cohesion within volunteer teams at the group level. In total, 557 volunteers nested within 52 nonprofit sports clubs situated in the Flemish region of Belgium were involved in this study, providing a robust foundation for our analysis. …”
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Communicating about overdiagnosis: Learning from community focus groups on osteoporosis. by Ray Moynihan, Rebecca Sims, Jolyn Hersch, Rae Thomas, Paul Glasziou, Kirsten McCaffery

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>Using a qualitative design we recruited a community sample of women, 50-80 years, from the Gold Coast community around Bond University, Australia, using random digit dialing, and conducted 5 focus groups with 41 women. A discussion guide and 4-part presentation were developed and piloted, with independent review from a consumer and clinical experts. …”
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Group Movement in Entomopathogenic Nematodes: Aggregation Levels Vary Based on Context by Stevens Glen, Usman Muhammad, Gulzar Sehrish, Stevens Cassandra, Pimentel Eleanor, Erdogan Hilal, Schliekelman Paul, Kaplan Fatma, Alborn Hans, Wakil Waqas, Shapiro-Ilan David, Lewis Edwin E

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PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF INVOLVEMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN EXTREMIST GROUPS IN THE INTERNET ENVIRONMENT by Olga V. Kruzhkova, Irina V. Vorobyeva, Darya M. Nikiforova

“…The theoretical analysis and modeling were used as the main methods.Results. The Internet is described as a means and space of psychological influence on young people, which can be both positive and negative. …”
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Bayesian dynamic borrowing in group-sequential design for medical device studies by Maria Vittoria Chiaruttini, Giulia Lorenzoni, Dario Gregori

“…This study proposes a Bayesian group-sequential design incorporating a Self-Adaptive Mixture (SAM) prior framework to address these challenges in medical device trials. …”
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Incorporation of Silver into Sulfate Groups Enhances Antimicrobial and Antiviral Effects of Fucoidan by Akira Iwata, Mayuko Yamamoto-Fujimura, Suzuka Fujiwara, Saya Tajima, Takahide Shigeyama, Moriya Tsukimoto, Tatsuya Ibuki, Akito Kataoka-Kato

“…Overall, silver ions added to the sulfate groups induced strong antimicrobial activity and enhanced the antiviral effect of fucoidan. …”
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Some parameters of innate immunity in senile group patients with eye injury by I. K. Namazova, L. M. Akhmedova, S. R. Medjidova

“…Purpose: Investigation of the parameters of innate immunity in senile group patients with eye injury.Methods: Standard ophthalmologic and immunologic study of 12 patients aged 63±11 with eye injury complicated by inflamma- tion. …”
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Differences in IgG afucosylation between groups with and without carotid atherosclerosis by Cuihong Tian, Xingang Li, Hongxia Zhang, Jieyi He, Yan Zhou, Manshu Song, Peixuan Yang, Xuerui Tan

“…Methods Data of this case-control study were obtained from an established umbrella Health Examination Cohort Study (registration number: ChiCTR2100048740). …”
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STRUCTURE OF PRODUCT EXPORTS OF UKRAINE: ASSESSMENT OF THE ELASTICITY OF THE PRODUCT GROUPS DYNAMICS by Anatolii O. Zadoia

“…Based on the data for 2021 (the last pre-war year of export growth), 5 commodity items that provide more than 75% of export income (group A) and 10 commodity items that make up more than 90% of exports (A+B) were selected. …”
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