Effect of Dynamic Window Opening Behaviors on Indoor Thermal Environment and Energy Consumption in Residential Buildings of Different Chinese Thermal Climate Zones by Fangpeng Guo, Zhenqian Chen, Jun Wang

“…Residential occupant window opening behavior has a significant impact on building design optimization, energy consumption diagnosis, performance evaluation and energy simulation. …”
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Penerapan Pembelajaran Berdiferensiasi dengan Pendekatan Berbasis Teks untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Menulis Cerpen Siswa by Natalia Simarmata, Sadieli Telaumbanua, Sartika Sari

“…Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah kuantitatif dengan menggunakan quasi eksperimental design Prates dan Pascates melalui uji Wilcoxon. Berdasarkan hasil akhir ada perubahan nilai setelah mendapat perlakuan. …”
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Dynamic Automated Search of Shunting Routes within Mesoscopic Rail-Traffic Simulators by Antonin Kavička, Pavel Krýže

“…The algorithms are based on a mathematical model (represented by a specifically designed weighted digraph) that appropriately reflects the actual track infrastructure. …”
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The Right to a Fair Trial Under Article 6 ECHR During the Covid-19 Pandemic: by Andrzej Paduch

“… Purpose: The aim of the study is to analyse the possibility of modifying procedural law in the context of the legislative measures taken in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic on the example of the Polish administrative judiciary system. Design/Methodology/Approach: The study employs the dogmatic-legal method, analysing the provisions of the ECHR and examples of the regulation of administrative court proceedings in Poland. …”
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THREE VIEWS ON THE PROBLEM OF A PRIORI: I. KANT, D. VON HILDEBRAND AND M. SCHELER by Aivaras Stepukonis

“…Above all it is an anthropological category, whereas epistemology is but one of its specifications. The term a priori designates a structural dimensions of the being of man which pre-exists al that can ever be given to man and whose application is a necessary subjective cindition for anything to be giveable to man at all. …”
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Using the proximal policy optimization and prospect theory to train a decision-making model for managing personal finances by Vladyslav Didkivskyi, Dmytro Antoniuk, Tetiana Vakaliuk, Yevhen Ohinskyi

“…The tasks can be formulated as follows: 1) design a reinforcement learning environment featuring different investment options with varying average returns and volatility levels; 2) train the reinforcement learning agent using the Proximal Policy Optimization algorithm to learn recommended investment allocations; 3) implement a reward function based on Prospect Theory, incorporating parameters that reflect different investor risk profiles, such as loss aversion and diminishing sensitivity to gains and losses. …”
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Mathematics e-comic in cultural context to improve student motivation and learning outcomes by Dani Farhan, M Ikhsan, Elizar Elizar

“…Method: The research used a development method based on the Plomp model, which consists of an initial investigation, design, and assessment stage. The subjects were class VIII students at an Islamic junior high school in West Aceh, Indonesia. …”
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Effect of Autoclave on Surface Topography of Various Rotary Files by R. Arasappan, N Sona Prabhakar, Vertika Mishra, K. P. Muhammed Y. Arafath, Jaya Singh, Antra Yadav

“…Background: Rotary files are essential tools in endodontic procedures, designed to efficiently shape and clean the root canals. …”
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Prevalence of Hepatitis B Viral Infection in Pregnant Women at the Suhum Municipality, Ghana by Joseph Boachie, Doreen Pidah, Henrietta Eshun, Emmanuel Jingbeja, Praise Fosu Adjei, Patrick Adu

“…The study was a cross-sectional design involving pregnant women who were sampled following their visit to the antenatal unit at the Suhum Government Hospital. …”
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Improving the desorption efficiency of styrene based on inorganic inhibitor modified activated carbon by LIANG Dingcheng, SU Xuechao, XIE Qiang, ZHANG Lianxiu, DENG Qingwen, ZHOU Hongyang, LIU Jinchang

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Using the Behaviour Change Wheel to develop an intervention to improve conversations about recovery on the stroke unit. by Louisa-Jane Burton, Anne Forster, Judith Johnson, Thomas F Crocker, David J Clarke

“…Further development work is required to design intervention materials and test whether the strategies are effective in improving staff and patient outcomes.…”
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Implementation of the “CANTIK” (Preventing Anemia with Acupressure Techniques and Consuming Blood Supplement Tablets) in Adolescent Girls to Prevent Stunting by Ida Ayu Anom Rastiti, Ida Ayu Suptika Strisanti

“…Method: A pre-experiment with a one-group pretest-post-test design was conducted to evaluate the effect of acupressure and blood supplement tablets on hemoglobin levels. …”
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Monitoring Environmental and Structural Parameters in Historical Masonry Buildings Using IoT LoRaWAN-Based Wireless Sensors by Noëlla Dolińska, Gabriela Wojciechowska, Łukasz Bednarz

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Financial inclusion and inflation in Southeast European countries by Kokorović-Jukan Meldina, Kozarević Emira, Zukić Vesna

“…Purpose: This paper aims to assess the relationship between financial inclusion and inflation in Southeast European countries, focusing on Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia, and Turkey in the period from 2011 to 2021. Study design/methodology/approach: The financial inclusion index was constructed using Principal Component Analysis (PCA). …”
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Towards personalized cardiometabolic risk prediction: A fusion of exposome and AI by Zeinab Shahbazi, Slawomir Nowaczyk

“…A machine learning (ML) model designed for predicting CVD risk is introduced in this study, relying on easily accessible exposome factors. …”
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Educational Paradigm of Academic Writing by L. V. Dudnik, T. S. Putilovskaya

“…The aim of the article is to make an overview of these aspects in order to show how academic writing can be incorporated in the existing higher educational curricula, in particular the foreign language course, and to design an effective didactic mechanism of academic writing acquisition. …”
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Lightweight object detection model for food freezer warehouses by Jiayu Yang, Zhihong Liang, Mingming Qin, Xingyu Tong, Fei Xiong, Hao An

“…Experiments conducted on the food freezer warehouse dataset demonstrate that the YOLOv8-RSS model reduced the parameter count by 0.05 M, decreased FLOPs by 0.8G, increased mAP@0.5 by 1.4%, and improved mAP@0.5:0.95 by 3.9%. The YOLOv8-RSS is designed to meet the complex detection demands in food freezer warehouses, enabling precise and rapid detection of personnel and forklifts. …”
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Degradation Resistance and Reliability Analysis of Recycled Aggregate Concrete in a Sulfate Environment by Hui Cao, Lifeng Zhao, Chenggong Lu, Lijuan Guan, Hongxia Qiao, Qiong Li

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Preventative Effects of Vitamin E on Testicular Damage and Sperm Parameters in the First-Generation Mice Pups due to Pre- and Postnatal Mancozeb Exposure by Esmaeil Saddein, Tahereh Haghpanah, Seyed Noreddin Nematollahi-Mahani, Fatemeh Seyedi, Massood Ezzatabadipour

“…In addition, a vehicle and a control group were designed every other day in gestation and lactation periods. …”
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Navigating Industrial Action: The Guidance for Medical Students During Resident Doctor Strikes in England [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] by Hannah Okechukwu, Shonnelly Novintan

“…The objective of this study was to assess the guidance issued by medical schools and local placement sites during industrial action. Design, setting and participants This cross-sectional study collected online survey data between 7 March 2023 and 7 April 2023 from medical students across England. …”
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