Teacher Support and Students’ Academic Resilience in Universal Secondary Education Schools in Luwero District, Uganda by Justine Nansamba, Wilson Mugizi, Joseph Rwothumio, Joshua Kimata Kato

“…This study's practical contribution lies in demonstrating how teacher support can promote students' resilience, providing valuable insights for educators and policymakers. …”
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Bicubic ribbon surface by V. A. Korotkiy, E. A. Usmanova

“…Each portion is limited by cubic parabolas lying in vertical planes x=const, y=const. The article presents algorithms for calculating a bicubic band based on the use of boundary curve equations as the main boundary conditions. …”
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Research on Motion Trajectory Planning and Impedance Control for Dual-Arm Collaborative Robot Grinding Tasks by Lu Qian, Lei Hao, Shuhao Cui, Xianglin Gao, Xingwei Zhao, Yifan Li

“…In collaborative robot grinding tasks, the critical issues lie in the motion trajectory planning of the two manipulators and trajectory tracking with satisfactory accuracy under the condition that the two manipulator ends apply force on each other. …”
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An ensemble multi-dimensional randomization network for intelligent recognition of tobacco baking stage by Panzhen Zhao, Songfeng Wang, Xianwei Hao, Zhisheng Wang, Jun Zou, Jie Ren, Yingpeng Dai

“…The effectiveness of MRNet lies in multi-scale hidden layer feature extraction, which can effectively enhance the expression ability of features to overcome the impact of differences between different environments on the tobacco baking stage. …”
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Dual spherical intensity sensors for new generation low-frequency electric fields by S. V. Biryukov, L. V. Tyukina, A. V. Tyukin

“…In the work under consideration, the idea of creating a universal sensor of a new type, related to the type of dual sensors, is put forward. Its versatility lies in the fact that it embodies all types of known sensors — single, double, and now twin. …”
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Structural and Electrical Conductivity Properties of a Newly Synthesized 3-Methoxybenzylammonium Cation Diphosphate by A. Elboulali, S. Akriche, M. Rzaigui, S. S. Al-Deyab

“…On the basis of electrical conductivity measurements, it was found that, at higher temperature conductivity increases linearly, showing medium conducting behaviour of the organic diphosphate salt with values lying in the range of σ= 0.69 10−4 Ω−1cm−1 at 328 K to 2.66 10−4 Ω−1cm−1 at 405 K and activation energy of Ea = 0.23 eV. …”
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Myocardial Bridging, Unusual Cause of Myocardial Infarction; Case Report and Review of Literature by Merga Daba, Dawit Bineyam, Ibraist Yohannes, Beniam Yohannes, Rabirra Waktola, Eshetu Bedada

“…Myocardial bridging is a congenital coronary anomaly in which the coronary arteries pass through the heart muscle rather than lying on its surface. It is typically a benign condition, and most patients are asymptomatic. …”
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Adaptive Parameter Approaching Law-Based Sliding Mode Control for Wheeled Robots by Ming Hou, Limeng Jia, Zhengqin Wang

“…Compared to the traditional approach of combining approaching law with neural network sliding mode control, the innovation lies in the adaptive adjustment of the velocity of the motion point based on its distance to the sliding mode surface. …”
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Lost and found: the rediscovery of the lost fern species Asplenium achalense (Aspleniaceae) and assessment of its conservation status by Marcelo Arana, Evangelina Natale, Antonia Oggero

“…We recommend securing the conservation of the single known population (which does not lie within a conservation unit), further surveys for the species in the five protected areas where it was recorded historically, and restoration of the species in the wild. …”
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Interactive trajectory prediction for autonomous driving based on Transformer by R. Xu, J. Li, S. Zhang, L. Li, H. Li, G. Ren, X. Tang

“…The rationale underlying this approach lies in its seamless fusion of scene context modeling and multi-modal prediction within a neural network architecture. …”
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Bridging silos through governance innovations: the role of the EU cities mission by Alexandra Buylova, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Jennifer Bergman, Lisa Sanderink, Björn Wickenberg, Cesar Casiano Flores, Kes McCormick, Kes McCormick

“…The literature argues that one of the main obstacles to accelerating decarbonization lies in organizational divisions and other forms of structural silos. …”
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Geothermal heat advected by the recharge of underground conduit. Case study of the karstic spring of Lez (Hérault, France) by Vasseur, Guy

“…The thermal features of the model are expressed as a function of a few parameters: from comparison with the actual data, the depth of the conduit appears to lie around 400 m and the number Pe characterizing the recharge is about 6. …”
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A Grey NGM(1,1,k) Self-Memory Coupling Prediction Model for Energy Consumption Prediction by Xiaojun Guo, Sifeng Liu, Lifeng Wu, Lingling Tang

“…Its excellent prediction performance lies in that the proposed coupling model can take full advantage of the systematic multitime historical data and catch the stochastic fluctuation tendency. …”
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Enhancing thyroid disease prediction and comorbidity management through advanced machine learning frameworks by P. Sanju, N. Syed Siraj Ahmed, P. Ramachandran, P. Mohamed Sajid, R. Jayanthi

“…The novelty of this work lies in its hybrid approach to feature selection, which reduces dimensionality while retaining the most informative features, and its application of an optimized Random Forest model for enhanced classification accuracy. …”
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Dynamic Classifier Auditing by Unsupervised Anomaly Detection Methods: An Application in Packaging Industry Predictive Maintenance by Fernando Mateo, Joan Vila-Francés, Emilio Soria-Olivas, Marcelino Martínez-Sober, Juan Gómez-Sanchis, Antonio José Serrano-López

“…The central innovation lies in a two-stage process: a classifier generates a binary decision on whether a machine requires maintenance, and an unsupervised anomaly detection module subsequently audits the classifier’s probabilistic output to refine and interpret its predictions. …”
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Immunomodulatory Properties of HLA-G in Infectious Diseases by Laurence Amiot, Nicolas Vu, Michel Samson

“…The relevance of studies on HLA-G expression lies in the well known inhibitory effect of this molecule on all cell types involved in innate and adaptive immunity, favoring escape from immune control. …”
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Effect of turkey berry (Solanum torvum) stalk extract on masculinization of guppy fish (Poecilia reticulata) by Nurhayati, Vicana Pandang Ivonda, Razi Fakhrul, Syahputra Faisal, Thaib Azwar, Handayani Lia

“…The attraction of guppy fish lies in the beauty of its color, attractive and varied colors are obtained in male guppy fish. …”
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On Eavesdropping Attacks in Wireless Sensor Networks with Directional Antennas by Hong-Ning Dai, Qiu Wang, Dong Li, Raymond Chi-Wing Wong

“…The reason of the improved security of WSNs with directional antennas lies in (i) the smaller exposure region of a directional antenna and (ii) the fewer hops to route a packet due to the longer transmission range of a directional antenna. …”
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A one health approach to plant health by Vivian Hoffmann, Birthe Paul, Titilayo Falade, Arshnee Moodley, Navin Ramankutty, Janice Olawoye, Rousseau Djouaka, Elikana Lekei, Nicoline de Haan, Peter Ballantyne, Jeff Waage

“…We focus on two primary trade-offs that lie at the interface of plant health with animal, ecosystem, and human health: protecting plant health through use of agrochemicals versus minimizing risks to human health and antimicrobial and insecticide resistance; and ensuring food security by prioritizing the health of crops to maximize agricultural production versus protecting environmental systems critical for human health. …”
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A Review of the Application of Hemispherical Photography in Urban Outdoor Thermal Comfort Studies by Lei Sima, Yisha Liu, Xiaowei Shang, Qi Yuan, Yunming Zhang

“…This comprehensive review systematically analyzed 142 outdoor thermal comfort studies conducted over the past decade using hemispherical photography methods, revealing that its primary application lies in objectively describing environmental information and constructing associated indices. …”
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