A Survey on Machine Learning Techniques for Head-Related Transfer Function Individualization by Davide Fantini, Michele Geronazzo, Federico Avanzini, Stavros Ntalampiras

“…In addition to categorizing the works of the existing literature, this survey discusses their achievements, identifies their limitations, and outlines aspects that require further investigation at the crossroads of research communities in acoustics, audio signal processing, and machine learning.…”
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Gender Based Violence Reporting System: A Case Study Kabale University Police Station. by Mbaine, Abert

“…Gender inequalities can be defined as culturally and socially created differences between men and women when both sexes do not have the same share in the decision-making and wealth of a society (Ridgeway, 2004). 2 We understand religion as an ideology that affects the socio-political practices of a society and as a complex cultural system of meanings, symbols, and behaviors in communities (Stump, 2008)…”
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Low-Cost Domestic Grey Wastewater Treatment and Recycling System. by Mubangizi, Paul Steven

“…This report explored the development and evaluation of a low-cost domestic wastewater treatment system designed for small communities. The primary objective is to assess the effectiveness of using locally available materials and simple technologies to treat domestic wastewater efficiently. …”
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Influence of informal financial literacy training on financial knowledge and behavior of rural farmers: Evidence from Uganda by Proscovia, Ntakyo Renzaho, Johnny, Mugisha, Robert, Bangizi, Diana, Namwanje, Robert, Kalyebara

“…More financial education programs could be useful to empower communities with knowledge for informed financial decision making.…”
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Gene content of seawater microbes is a strong predictor of water chemistry across the Great Barrier Reef by Marko Terzin, Steven J. Robbins, Sara C. Bell, Kim-Anh Lê Cao, Renee K. Gruber, Pedro R. Frade, Nicole S. Webster, Yun Kit Yeoh, David G. Bourne, Patrick W. Laffy

“…However, environmental disturbances such as degraded water quality and marine heatwaves, can impact these vital functions as seawater microbial communities experience notable shifts in composition and function when exposed to stressors. …”
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Principles, barriers and enablers to agroecological animal production systems: a qualitative approach based on five case studies by B. Dumont, C. Barlagne, P. Cassart, J.E. Duval, A. Fanchone, J-L. Gourdine, O. Huguenin-Elie, Y. Kazakova, J. Klötzli, A. Lüscher, E. Oteros-Rozas, D. Pomies, M.G. Rivera Ferre, W.A.H. Rossing, V. Stefanova, A. Swartebroeckx, C. Zagaria

“…Such contrasts highlight how agroecology allows different equilibria among principles, adapting to the needs of farmers and local communities. Inadequate infrastructure and lack of technology were frequently reported as barriers to agroecological transitions. …”
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Le littoral martiniquais à l’épreuve du changement climatique : de l’expérimentation au projet de territoire by Thomas Beillouin, Félicien Pecquet-Caumeil

“…Faced with this challenge, tropical islands are a special case: the many extreme hazards are exacerbated by climate change while the space available for adaptation is limited. In Martinique, communities fully aware of their vulnerability are determined to adapt to continue to live there. …”
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When home and work are not enough. The challenge of international migrants’ agency in the Italian Alps by Andrea Membretti, Fabio Lucchini, Monica Gilli, Mia Scotti

“… Even when they have access to housing and employment, international migrants struggle to develop their own agency, i.e. the capacity to act in their own life contexts, exercising citizenship rights within substantive inclusion processes in the wider communities. The territorial context in fact, especially in rural and mountainous areas such as the Alpine ones analysed here, seems in many ways to represent a limit to the development of capacities and exercise of rights. …”
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Web-based Panggung Lestari Village-Owned Enterprises (BUMDES) Integrated Service Information System by Vicky Fidiantoro, Rianto Rianto, Puji Handayani Putri

“…Village-Owned Enterprises (BUMDes) are village business institutions whose businesses are run by village communities and the village government to improve village welfare. …”
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DETERMINANTS FOR TOURISM AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION by SUSANA LIMA, CELESTE EUSÉBIO, MARIA DO ROSÁRIO PARTIDÁRIO

“…While no evidences exist yet due to the recent implementation of the UNWTO.Volunteers, the findings suggest that if these programs manage to have a positive influence on all, or at least in some of the dimensions, then it is possible that it responds to some of the main determinants for poverty alleviation in order to reinforce the local communities capacity-building.…”
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Deep Convolutional Network Based Machine Intelligence Model for Satellite Cloud Image Classification by Kalyan Kumar Jena, Sourav Kumar Bhoi, Soumya Ranjan Nayak, Ranjit Panigrahi, Akash Kumar Bhoi

“…Therefore, classifying satellite images plays strong assistance in remote sensing communities for predicting tropical cyclones. In this article, a classification approach is proposed using Deep Convolutional Neural Network (DCNN), comprising numerous layers, which extract the features through a downsampling process for classifying satellite cloud images. …”
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Love Them & Leave Them: science-based rationale for a campaign at the public health-conservation interface by Jamie K. Reaser, Jamie K. Reaser, Hongying Li, Sean Southey

“…This One Health campaign will be primarily implemented by public health communicators who work with government officials and/or local communities. The campaign’s six key messages emphasize the inter-linkages between wildlife and human well-being for pandemic prevention and encourage the campaign target audiences to appreciate (love) wildlife while refraining from touching wildlife or occupying places that wildlife inhabit or feed (leave them … alone). …”
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The role of educational institutions in transformations to achieve sustainable development by Olha Kurylo, Olena Kryvylova, Viktoriia Zhyhir, Valentyna Peregudova, Yuliia Bielova-Oleynik, Serhii Onyshchenko, Olena Revutska

“…Special attention is given to such sustainable development goals as quality education (SDG 4), gender equality (SDG 5), sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11), peace and justice (SDG 16), and partnerships for the goals (SDG 17). …”
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MJM MedTalks (S02E06): From Fractures to Fulfillment: Larry Funnell's Journey in Patient Engagement by Khiran Arumugam, Vanessa Ross, Larry Funnell, Katherine Lan, Samy Amghar, Renée-Claude Bider, Masha Samuel, Esther SH Kang, Jan Pack, Susan Joanne Wang

“… McGill Journal of Medicine (MJM) MedTalks is a podcast series where members of the medical and health science communities from McGill and beyond are interviewed on topics related to career, research, advocacy, and more. …”
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L’insularità, l’isolamento e l’autonomia alimentare degli ikoots (Oaxaca, Messico) fra storia, flussi oceanici e catene globali di depauperamento by Cristiano Tallè

“…In recent decades, their communities have experienced an ever-greater dependence on the supply chains which goes hand in hand with a growing territorial conflict and a progressive loss of fish food autonomy, based on an “ocean-political sovereignty” today in deep crisis. …”
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Modeling bacterial interactions uncovers the importance of outliers in the coastal lignin-degrading consortium by Qiannan Peng, Cheng Zhao, Xiaopeng Wang, Kelin Cheng, Congcong Wang, Xihui Xu, Lu Lin

“…Microorganisms interact to form communities for lignin biodegradation, yet it is a challenge to understand such complex interactions. …”
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Social support to improve the self-care ability of people with mental disabilities: a qualitative study in the “Kampung Tunagrahita” by Dahlia Novarianing Asri, Dian Ratnaningtyas Afifah

“…The objectives of this research are to describe and explain types of social support provided by families and residents of surrounding communities to individuals with mental disabilities in the “kampung tunagrahita” of mentally disabled people in Ponorogo Regency. …”
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The Importance of Mentorship Opportunities for Women in Academia: A Systematic Review by Zintle Ntshongwana

“…Radical feminist theory underpinned this study as this theoretical position helps explain the power inequalities that occur in higher education institutions (HEIs) and women’s communities and how these in turn inhibit the progress of women in academia. …”
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Student youth participation in the development of a comfortable urban environment by Yu. V. Ukhanova, A. E. Zhdanova, K. E. Kosygina

“…Currently, the problem of youth participation in the development of urban space is extremely relevant both from the perspective of transforming the living environment with the resources of local communities, and the socialization of urban youth itself, expanding opportunities for personal growth through involvement in socially useful activities. …”
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Ways to Success in Education: Students’ Behavioral Strategies in Regional Universities of Russia by P. A. Ambarova, G. E. Zborovsky

“…A factor that has a significant impact on the phenomenon under study is the change in the views of the main educational communities (teachers and students) about educational success: the expansion of the range of its components, differentiation among different groups of students, orientation to non-educational benefits and values that can be obtained by university graduates in the future at the expense of educational capital. …”
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