COMPARING HUMAN AND AI-BASED ESSAY EVALUATION IN THE CZECH HIGHER EDUCATION: CHALLENGES AND LIMITATIONS by Tomáš Kincl, Daria Gunina, Michal Novák, Jan Pospíšil

“…This study investigates the extent to which human evaluator assessments align with automated evaluations conducted by large language models, with a focus on a) the complexity of the evaluated texts (academic essays that encompass literature reviews, critical assessments of sources, and reflective insights within the context of societal or economic practices) and b) the unique challenges posed by the Czech language, in which the evaluated works are submitted. …”

Work productivity (absenteeism and presenteeism) in persons with common mental disorders: An observational study from South India by Manjunatha B. Kondapura, Narayana Manjunatha, Anil Kumar M. Nagaraj, Samir K. Praharaj, Channaveeraachari N. Kumar, Suresh B. Math, Girish N. Rao

“…Background: The greatest contributor to the economic impact of common mental disorders (CMDs) is said to be the loss of work productivity. …”
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Retracted: Construction of visual evaluation system for building block night scene lighting based on multi‐target recognition and data processing by Xiaojian Wang, Xiaoye Sun, Zixuan Wang

“…Achieving good night lighting visual effects of building blocks can not only meet the needs of residents for entertainment and consumption at night, but also beautify the image of blocks and promote the economic development of building blocks. However, due to the unreasonable planning and management of the night scene lighting design of architectural blocks in some areas, improper application of night scene lighting, and overly commercial night scene lighting effects, it affects people's normal night activity needs and has a negative impact on the long‐term block economy of the region. …”
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Conservation Voltage Reduction in Distribution Networks: A Comprehensive Review by Ibrahim Alzubi, Saher Albatran, Issam A. Smadi, Salman Harasis

“…In addition, a survey about the economic benefits of CVR for both utilities and customers is analyzed. …”
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Liver diseases: epidemiology, causes, trends and predictions by Can Gan, Yuan Yuan, Haiyuan Shen, Jinhang Gao, Xiangxin Kong, Zhaodi Che, Yangkun Guo, Hua Wang, Erdan Dong, Jia Xiao

“…Currently, liver diseases contribute to approximately 2 million deaths globally each year, imposing significant economic and social burdens worldwide. However, there is no cure for many kinds of liver diseases, partly due to a lack of thorough understanding of the development of these liver diseases. …”
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Application of Ultraviolet Radiation to Control the Calcium Carbonate Scale Formation and Deposition on the Membranes by Chanbasha Basheer, Mokhtar Rashwan, Eid Al-Mutairi, Amjad A. Shaikh, Khurram Karim Qureshi

“…Thus, nowadays, there is an increasing need for new approaches that are environmentally friendly and economically feasible. In this work, for the first time, calcium carbonate growth was investigated using UV light exposure, and the growth rate was compared with control and commercial antiscalant. …”
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Design and optimization of a spiral separator for enhanced chromite recovery and sustainability by Navid Hosseini Alaee, Jafar Sargheyni, Mehdi Pezeshkan, Pooria Kianoush

“…These findings underscore the spiral separator's potential to improve economic viability in chromite processing while mitigating environmental impacts, making it a promising alternative to existing technologies. …”
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RIOK1/2 Negatively Regulates the Antiviral Response by Targeting TBK1 in Yellow Catfish (<i>Pelteobagrus fulvidraco</i>) by Kejun Liu, Jiayang Huang, Yuting Gui, Qian Li, Lei Zhang, Shuting Xiong

“…The yellow catfish (<i>Pelteobagrus fulvidraco</i>) industry has expanded to a certain scale and is an important part of aquaculture in China, but frequent diseases have caused huge economic losses. Comprehending the fish’s immune mechanisms, particularly the regulation of the interferon (IFN) response, is of paramount importance for future drug development and disease-resistant molecular breeding. …”
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CPTU-Based Offshore Wind Monopile Rigid Bearing Mechanism Analysis by Jie Zhou, Renjie Gu, Panpan Shen, Chengjun Liu, Zeyao Li, Kefan Zhu, Zhenming Shi

“…However, the conventional offshore wind monopile bearing capacity prediction from the American Petroleum Institute (API) based on the small-diameter flexible pile field test is inaccurate with the rigid mechanism of large-diameter monopile causing economically loss. The piezocone penetration test (CPTU) is a common marine in situ test to exactly acquire soil parameters. …”
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A Novel Konjac Powder with High Compressibility, High Water-Holding Capacity, and High Expansion Force by Qianru Li, Jiabin Qin, Hongshan Liang, Jing Li, Shuxin Ye, Mahmoud Youssef, Yuanyuan Chen, Bin Li

“…This study provided a sustainable, safe, economical, and easily scalable method for tailoring the physical properties of konjac powders. …”
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Long-Term Deformation Analysis of Recycled Construction Waste Subgrade Filler by Zhe Li, Shihao Yan, Lulu Liu, Baosen Dai, Wenjing Dong

“…The application of construction waste to subgrade has important economic and environmental significance. In order to study the long-term deformation characteristics of recycled construction waste filler, a series of laboratory tests and field measurement have been carried out. …”
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Opinion: Understanding the impacts of agriculture and food systems on atmospheric chemistry is instrumental to achieving multiple Sustainable Development Goals by A. P. K. Tai, A. P. K. Tai, A. P. K. Tai, L. Luo, B. Luo

“…Such knowledge is necessary to guide food-system transformation in technologically feasible, economically viable, socially inclusive, and environmentally responsible ways and is essential to help society achieve multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially to ensure food security for people, protect human and ecosystem health, improve farmers' livelihoods, and ultimately help communities achieve socioeconomic and environmental sustainability.…”
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Caregivers’ experience of having a child with Down syndrome: a meta-synthesis by Xiao Nan Zhang, Shuo Zhang, Chun Yan Liu, Zhi Hong Ni, Hai Tao Lv

“…Results We found that feeding pressures, educational concerns, language difficulties, and discrimination and stigmatisation led to psychological, economic, and family stress in caregivers of children with Down syndrome. …”
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Untargeted metabolomics of Aloe volatiles: Implications in pathway enrichments for improved bioactivities by Nehal Batra, Priyankar Dey

“…Enhancing the production of economically and medically important plant metabolites by genetic and metabolic manipulation is a lucrative approach for enhancing crop quality. …”
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Prevalence and methodologies for detection, characterization and subtyping of Listeria monocytogenes and L. ivanovii in foods and environmental sources by Jin-Qiang Chen, Patrick Regan, Pongpan Laksanalamai, Stephanie Healey, Zonglin Hu

“…L. ivanovii, which is closely related to L. monocytogenes, is also widely distributed in nature and infects mainly warm-blooded ruminants, causing economic loss. Thus, there are high priority needs for methodologies for rapid, specific, cost-effective and accurate detection, characterization and subtyping of L. monocytogenes and L. ivanovii in foods and environmental sources. …”
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ANALYZING IMMIGRANT AND NON-IMMIGRANT BELONGING EXPERIENCES THROUGH IRT IN LARGE-SCALE ASSESSMENTS: INSIGHTS FROM COSTA RICA by Jose Fabian Elizondo-Gonzalez

“…Studies across countries part of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) suggest that learners' sense of school belonging is often influenced by their place of birth. …”
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Défis de l’enseignement universitaire dans un contexte multiculturel : une étude de cas en Asie by Loïse Jeannin

“…On the campuses of international universities, student population displays a diversity of cultural, linguistic, and socio-economic backgrounds. This diversity arises from the geographical mobility of students that generates a diversity of learning needs and habits within the classrooms. …”
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Identifying multilevel factors on student mathematics performance for Singapore, Korea, Finland, and Denmark in PISA 2022: considering individualistic versus collectivistic culture... by Jinpeng Niu, Hui Xu, Jiangtao Yu

“…The results showed that (a) economic, social and cultural status (ESCS), school average ESCS, mathematics self-efficacy, and mathematics anxiety are significantly associated with mathematics performance for Singapore, Korea, Finland, and Denmark; (b) mathematics teacher support has a significantly positive effect on mathematics performance for Finland and Denmark, while ability grouping for mathematics classes and student disruptive behaviours have a significantly negative impact on mathematics performance for Singapore and Korea; (c) the relationship between time in mathematics homework and mathematics performance is positive in Singapore and Korea but negative in Finland and Denmark; as well, (d) curiosity is positively related to mathematics performance for Korea, Finland, and Denmark, while the influence of mathematics motivation on mathematics performance is only significant for Finland and the influence of mathematics extra-curricular activities on mathematics performance is merely significant for Korea. …”
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Survey of attitudes in a Danish public towards reuse of health data. by Lea Skovgaard, Claus Thorn Ekstrøm, Mette N Svendsen, Klaus Hoeyer

“…Our study suggests that there are certain forms of health data reuse-namely transnational data sharing, commercial involvement, and use of data as national economic assets-which risk undermining public support for health data reuse. …”
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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THEORETICAL DISCOURSE by Hamisu Ibrahim

“…Based on the examination, the following suggestions were made; that the host country should strengthen the fundamentals of economy by pursuing policies to enhance the supply of modern infrastructure and appropriately trained workers, by achieving greater macro-economic and political stability. …”
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