Metaverse in industrial contexts - a comprehensive review by Ravdeep Kour, Ramin Karim, Sridharan Naveen Venkatesh, Uday Kumar

“…This paper explores the potential of Metaverse technology in industrial Asset Management (AM). By integrating AI and digital technologies, the Metaverse can enhance Human-System-Interaction (HSI) and optimise AM processes. …”
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Cryopreservation Techniques for Ram Sperm by Amit Saha, Mohammad Asaduzzaman, Farida Yeasmin Bari

“…Germplasm storage and transportation in artificial insemination (AI) and other advanced technologies are facilitated by cryopreservation. …”
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Driving Gigs in Oman: Women and Techno-Fixes in the Platform Economy by Crystal A. Ennis

“…Digital platforms mediating work between customers and service providers have expanded exponentially in the past decade, driving a growing research agenda on the impact of platform capitalism, AI and the gig economy on labour around the world. …”
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Smart Farming through IoT Enabled Tools by Mingyue Wang

“…And by using Artificial Intelligence [AI] sensors technology worldwide which helps yield healthier crops, track soil, manage pests, growing conditions, coordinate farmer’s data, help with the workload, and advance a wide range of agricultural tasks across the entire food supply chain.…”
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Systematic review railway infrastructure monitoring: From classic techniques to predictive maintenance by Giovanni Bianchi, Chiara Fanelli, Francesco Freddi, Felice Giuliani, Aldo La Placa

“…Recent Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms, which enable the use of digital tools such as Data-Driven models that can automatically adapt system operation, make decisions and suggest strategies based on collected data, form the basis of modern Predictive Maintenance (PdM). …”
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Stability Analysis of a System of Exponential Difference Equations by Q. Din, K. A. Khan, A. Nosheen

“…We study the boundedness character and persistence, existence and uniqueness of positive equilibrium, local and global behavior, and rate of convergence of positive solutions of the following system of exponential difference equations: xn+1=(α1+β1e-xn+γ1e-xn-1)/(a1+b1yn+c1yn-1), yn+1=(α2+β2e-yn+γ2e-yn-1)/(a2+b2xn+c2xn-1), where the parameters αi, βi, γi, ai, bi, and ci for i∈{1,2} and initial conditions x0, x-1, y0, and y-1 are positive real numbers. …”
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PROTAC-based therapeutics for targeting HPV oncoproteins in head and neck cancers by Nobendu Mukerjee, Dattatreya Mukherjee

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Linguistic complexity in high-school students’ EFL writing by Delić Amer, Jašić Alma Jahić

“…The syntactic portion of the analysis, based on the t-unit analysis introduced by Hunt (1965), was done using the Web-based L2 Syntactic Complexity Analyzer (Lu, 2010), while the semantic portion, largely based on the theory laid out in systemic functional linguistics (Halliday & Matthiessen, 2014), was done using the Web-based Lexical Complexity Analyzer (Ai & Lu, 2010) as well as manual identification of grammatical metaphors. …”
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Vocal Emotion of Humanoid Robots: A Study from Brain Mechanism by Youhui Wang, Xiaohua Hu, Weihui Dai, Jie Zhou, Taitzong Kuo

“…Driven by rapid ongoing advances in humanoid robot, increasing attention has been shifted into the issue of emotion intelligence of AI robots to facilitate the communication between man-machines and human beings, especially for the vocal emotion in interactive system of future humanoid robots. …”
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Meta-analysis on the entomological effects of differentially treated ITNs in a multi-site experimental hut study in sub-Saharan Africa by Natalie Lissenden, John Bradley, Benjamin Menze, Charles Wondji, Constant Edi, Benjamin Koudou, Raphael N’Guessan, Koama Bayili, Abdoulaye Diabaté, Njelembo Mbewe, Basiliana Emidi, Jacklin Mosha, Alphaxard Manjurano, Graham Small, Welbeck Oumbouke, Sarah Jane Moore, Derric Nimmo, Janneke Snetselaar

“…Abstract Background Restricting the placement of active ingredients (AIs) to specific panels on insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) has the potential to reduce the amount of AI required to treat a net. …”
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Predictive modelling and identification of critical variables of mortality risk in COVID-19 patients by Olawande Daramola, Tatenda Duncan Kavu, Maritha J. Kotze, Jeanine L. Marnewick, Oluwafemi A. Sarumi, Boniface Kabaso, Thomas Moser, Karl Stroetmann, Isaac Fwemba, Fisayo Daramola, Martha Nyirenda, Susan J. van Rensburg, Peter S. Nyasulu

“…However, limited application of AI for COVID-19 in Africa has been reported in the literature. …”
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The articular wrist complex in Miocene and Plio-Pleistocene African hominoids: anatomofunctional and morphometric comparative approach by Guillaume Daver

“…D’un point de vue paléobiologique, j’ai proposé de nouvelles interprétations fonctionnelles des os du poignet, replacées dans le cadre fonctionnel de l’ensemble du squelette locomoteur des hominoïdes mio-plio-pléistocènes africains. …”
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Enabling high-throughput quantitative wood anatomy through a dedicated pipeline by Jan Van den Bulcke, Louis Verschuren, Ruben De Blaere, Simon Vansuyt, Maxime Dekegeleer, Pierre Kibleur, Olivier Pieters, Tom De Mil, Wannes Hubau, Hans Beeckman, Joris Van Acker, Francis wyffels

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Development of an artificial intelligence-based application for the diagnosis of sarcopenia: a retrospective cohort study using the health examination dataset by Chang-Won Jeong, Dong-Wook Lim, Si-Hyeong Noh, Sung Hyun Lee, Chul Park

“…To address this gap, we propose an artificial intelligence (AI)-based web application that automates the collection of data, classification of the lumbar spine 3 (L3) slices, segmentation of the subcutaneous fat, visceral fat, and muscle areas in the classified L3 slices, and quantitative analysis of the segmented areas. …”
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Impact of Mating Methods and Semen Preservation on Reproductive and Growth Performances in Palestinian Assaf Sheep by Wael Halaweh, Samia Khnissi, Ikram Ben Souf, Muayad Salman, Naceur M’Hamdi

“…Artificial insemination (AI) offers several advantages over natural mating, including improved genetic selection and disease control. …”
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The Impact of Movement Control Order (MCO) during Pandemic COVID-19 on Local Air Quality in an Urban Area of Klang Valley, Malaysia by Mohd Shahrul Mohd Nadzir, Maggie Chel Gee Ooi, Kemal Maulana Alhasa, Mohd Aftar Abu Bakar, Anis Asma Ahmad Mohtar, Mohd Fadzil Firdzaus Mohd Nor, Mohd Talib Latif, Haris Hafizal Abd Hamid, Sawal Hamid Md Ali, Noratiqah Mohd Ariff, Johary Anuar, Fatimah Ahamad, Azliyana Azhari, Norfazrin Mohd Hanif, Mohammed Ahmed Subhi, Murnira Othman, Mohd Zaim Mohd Nor

“…Here, we investigate changes in air quality during the MCO at an urban area using the air sensor network AiRBOXSense which measures monoxide (CO) and particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10). …”
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Bronchiolitis Severity Affects Blood Count and Inflammatory Marker Levels: A Real-Life Experience by Antonella Gambadauro, Salvatore Mollica, Emanuela Rosa, Federica Xerra, Alessandra Li Pomi, Mariella Valenzise, Maria Francesca Messina, Agata Vitale, Eloisa Gitto, Malgorzata Wasniewska, Giuseppina Zirilli, Sara Manti

“…Only three inflammatory indexes (PLR, MLR, and PNR) showed a significant association with one outcome (prolonged LOS). A new index (RBC/AiW/1000) was statistically associated with each severity outcome for a value > 350. …”
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Towards reliable object representation via sparse directional patches and spatial center cues by Muwei Jian, Hui Yu

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L’arretramento dei ghiacciai e la comprensione del cambiamento climatico da parte degli attori del turismo locale. Il caso di Chamonix-Mont-Blanc nelle Alpi francesi by Christophe Clivaz, Alexandre Savioz

“…Secondo l’approccio antropologico, il cambiamento climatico è caraterizzato da una moltitidine di fenomeni generalmente impercettibili ai nostri sensi e la loro compresione è ancora più complessa. …”
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Deepening the data divide: Marginalised perspectives and non-profit priorities in Australian data sharing reforms by Xiaofang Yao, Anthony McCosker, Yong-Bin Kang

“…In the contemporary datafied welfare state, open public data and data sharing are increasingly vexed issues in times of data-driven artificial intelligence (AI). We scrutinise public consultation surrounding the establishment of the Australian Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022 (DAT Act). …”
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