Genetic optimization–based scheduling in maritime cyber physical systems by Tingting Yang, Hailong Feng, Jian Zhao, Ruilong Deng, Ying Wang, Zhou Su

“…An ingenious mathematic job-machine scheduling formulation is indicated with the goal of minimizing the total penalties of tardiness of uploaded video packets, taking into account the tardiness and the weights of jobs simultaneously. …”
Get full text

Role of Savings and Credit Cooperatives on Economic Transformation of Societies: A Case Study of Unique SACCO in Kabale Municipality. by Niwamanya, Isaac

“…Regarding the services offered by Unique SACCO, findings indicated that key services included savings facilities, management of savings accounts, terms of interest on savings, and credit services. …”
Get full text

The Waste Management with Reward System Project Proposal: A Case Study of Bushenyi-Ishaka Monicipality in Uganda. by Turihabwe, Christopher, Ninsiima, Ivan

“…These objectives are creating waste management with rewards, creating login and register pages, Admin accounts, junkshop, and recycling centers. The project’s design is constructed to visualize the attainment of these aims using Unified Modeling Language diagrams, Entity Relationship diagrams, as well as Data Flow Diagrams. …”
Get full text

Corporate Governance and Performance of Dairy Co-Operative Societies in Uganda: A Case Study of Kiruhura District. by Ahabwe, Oliver

“…In contrast, board risk management did not demonstrate a statistically significant effect on performance, while board composition accounted for 18.2% of the variance, indicating a strong positive relationship with performance. …”
Get full text

Study on Drivers’ Visual Load Features in Lighting Environments of Interior Zones of Extra-Long Tunnels over 10 km by Yuantao Zhou, Shiyong He, Xiaohu Li, Yingying Li, Guoping Du

“…In extra-long road tunnels (>10 km), the interior zone accounts for 95% of the total tunnel length. Driving for an extended period in the interior zone of such a tunnel in a monotonous and dimly lit environment causes heavy visual loads for drivers and undermines the safe operation of tunnels and driving comfort. …”
Get full text

A generic self-learning emotional framework for machines by Alberto Hernández-Marcos, Eduardo Ros

“…Validation through an emotional attribution survey, where human observers rated their pleasure-arousal-dominance dimensions, showed high statistical agreement, distinguishability, and strong alignment with experimental psychology accounts. We believe that the framework’s generality and cross-disciplinary language defined, grounded on first principles from Reinforcement Learning, may lay the foundations for further research and applications, leading us toward emotional machines that think and act more like us.…”
Get full text

Legal protection of community members in the Complete Systematic Land Registration Program by I. Z. Rusmanira, . Sudarsono, M. H. Masykur

“…This is important to ensure transparency, accountability and a focus on social justice for all segments of society.…”
Get full text

NATURE-USE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT by V. A. Gorbanyov

“…Our challenge is to create a new economy, acting on geoecological laws, this task is quite feasible, but if we can make the market called the true price of goods and services, that is taking into account the ecosystem services. The article shows that humanity is now faced with two interrelated problems: First - this is a problem of rational use of geoecosystem services, including natural resources, and secondly - the problem of environmental protection of pollution and save geoecosystem services, that is there are two "sides of the coin" - geoecological and resource. …”
Get full text

Cooperative Learning Instructional Approach and Student’s Biology Achievement: A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of Jigsaw Cooperative Learning Model in Secondary Schools in Gedeo Zo... by Yidnekachew Awraris Kebede, Firew Kebede Zema, Girma Moti Geletu, Samuel Assefa Zinabu

“…The jigsaw model is a dynamic cooperative learning approach where students become experts on different segments of the material and teach their peers, thereby enhancing engagement accountability, team work, and ultimately improving academic achievement. …”
Get full text

Superficially Plausible Outputs from a Black Box: Problematising GenAI Tools for Analysing Qualitative SoTL Data by Mirjam Sophia Glessmer, Rachel Forsyth

“…Since this is a new field, we have not been able to answer this confidently based on published literature, which depicts both very positive as well as highly cautionary accounts. To fill this gap, we experiment with the use of chatbot style GenAI (namely ChatGPT 4, ChatGPT 4o, and Microsoft Copilot) to support or conduct qualitative analysis of survey and interview data from a SoTL project, which had previously been analysed by experienced researchers using thematic analysis. …”
Get full text

Ways to improve the gene pool of pigs of the Russian Federation by V. A. Bekenеv

“…A model of the selection index, taking into account the selection and economic signifcance of each of its components, has been proposed. …”
Get full text

Specialty-specific Evaluation of Virtual care Outcomes: A retrospective QUality and safety analysis (S-EVOQUe). by Shawn Mondoux, Frank Battaglia, Anastasia Gayowsky, Natasha Clayton, Cailin Langmann, Paul Miller, Alim Pardhan, Julie Mathews, Alex Drossos, Keerat Grewal

“…For statistical significance, we used 99% confidence intervals to account for the increased likelihood of chance findings due to the multiple comparisons conducted. …”
Get full text

FEATURES OF GOAL-SETTING OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS by Anton N. Melyukhin

“…Authors consider that the agreement on a common goal should be achieved in the process of negotiations between the participants, taking into account the interests of each party and ensuring the necessary combination of private and public interests to justify the performance indicators of PPP. …”
Get full text

Exploring the impact of growth mindset on psychological symptoms in students from ethnic regions of China: how meaning in life makes a difference by Zuozhi Fang, Zhongfang Fu

“…The mediation effects accounted for 21.55% to 43.33% of the total effect across different symptoms, indicating a cumulative impact over time.DiscussionThese findings highlight the protective role of growth mindset and the importance of meaning in life in adolescent mental health. …”
Get full text

Pre-trial investigation in the de-occupied territories: normative regulation and prospects for implementation by T. H. Fomina

“…Currently, there are draft laws (in particular, prepared by the Office of the Prosecutor General and the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union), which can be taken into account when improving the legislation in this direction. …”
Get full text

Experimental Study on the Structural Performance Degradation of Corrosion-Damaged Reinforced Concrete Beams by Ju-Seong Jung, Bang Yeon Lee, Kang-Seok Lee

“…However, current techniques for evaluating the seismic performance of existing RC structures do not take the effects of deterioration (including the corrosion of reinforcing bars) on the performance of RC members into account. The main objective of this research is to propose a practical methodology for evaluating the seismic performance of RC buildings with corrosion-damaged members. …”
Get full text

Production and Characterization of Coffee Husk Fuel Briquettes as an Alternative Energy Source by Assefa Tesfaye, Fentahun Workie, Venkatesh S. Kumar

“…Biomass energy accounts for more than 92 percent of overall energy consumption in Ethiopia. …”
Get full text

Algorithm for determining the operating parameters of an electrical network in the problem of optimal reconfiguration in real time by Vladislav A. Rokhlov, Rustam N. Khamitov, Sergey N. Zherebtsov, Anastasia A. Latyntseva

“…Optimization of the optimal configuration is performed based on the criterion of minimum active power losses in lines, taking into account the limitations on the power reserve of the feeding transformer substations and the number of normal breaks on one line. …”
Get full text

Research Methodology and Management on Transport: Main Issues at the Final Stage of Russian Transport Sector Reforms by V. A. Persianov, A. A. Stepanov, T. M. Gainochenko

“…As one of the main reasons for the unsatisfactory state of the Russian transport complex the erroneous strategy and tactics of reforming the industry are seen, which in the early 1990s were adopted and brought to life without careful scientific study, did not take into account the national characteristics of the Russian economy, geopolitical and geo-economic interests of the country and its historical experience.The leading role of the State University of Management in preserving, developing and disseminating of fundamental knowledge in the field of economics and management in transport is underlined. …”
Get full text