Editorial by Michael Rose, Jonathan M. Hoffmann

“…Hoffmann (Warwick) suggests employing a wide person-affecting view to questions of intergenerational justice. …”
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Associations of Two Ecologically Significant Social Insect Taxa in the Litter of an Amazonian Rainforest: Is There a Relationship between Ant and Termite Species Richness? by Amy L. Mertl, James F. A. Traniello, Kari Ryder Wilkie, Reginaldo Constantino

“…When ant richness was compared to the richness of termites employing different predator defenses, a positive correlation was found with soldierless termites, but not genera employing chemical or mechanical defense. …”
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Variational Estimation of Optimal Signal States for Quantum Channels by Leonardo Oleynik, Junaid Ur Rehman, Hayder Al-Hraishawi, Symeon Chatzinotas

“…Furthermore, since the channel knowledge is not required at the transmitter or at the receiver, these results can be employed in arbitrary quantum communication systems, including satellite-based communication systems, a particularly relevant platform for the quantum Internet.…”
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A Prototype of a remotely controlled multichannel surface muscle stimulator by P. Silverio-Cevallos, J., D. A. Molina-Vidal, C. J. Tierra-Criollo, P. Cevallos-Larrea

“…The prototype introduces a modern alternative for the control block, employing a Wi-Fi-enabled solution based on the ESP32 microcontroller. …”
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A Sparse Representation Method for Coherent Sources Angle Estimation with Uniform Circular Array by Xiaolong Su, Zhen Liu, Tianpeng Liu, Bo Peng, Xin Chen, Xiang Li

“…After the new objective function is constructed to evaluate residual and sparsity, a second-order cone (SOC) programming is employed to solve convex optimization problem and obtain 2D spatial spectrum. …”
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NOISE A FAVORITE FACTOR IN THE INDUSTRIAL WORK ENVIRONMENT by Vergilică HARALAMBIE, Oana Roxana CHIVU, Claudia BORDA, Dan NITOI, Marilena GHEORGHE, Villi PASARE, Marinela MARINESCU, Larisa BUTU, Ioana - Cătălina ENACHE

“…The document presents the practical research that comes, in support of employers, to be able to successfully manage and keep under control the OSH activity of preventing risks generated by noise associated with the work environment, increasing employee productivity and improving OSH in accordance with Romanian legislation and the EU. …”
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Drawing on social approval as a linguistic strategy: A discourse semantic analysis of judgement evaluation in suspected online romance scammer dating profiles by Lee Kam-Fong, Chan Mei Yuit, Ali Afida Mohamad

“…Findings from the study can help in raising public awareness about how linguistic resources are employed in luring potential victims in scammer dating profiles.…”
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Intellectual Capital and Corporate Sustainable Growth: An Empirical Study on Indian Agribusinesses specific to Pesticides and Fertilizer Companies by Vaishnavi Balaji, Rajesh Mamilla

“…The Extended Value-Added Intellectual Capital (E-VAIC) model is employed to measure Intellectual Capital. The System Generalized Method of Moments (S-GMM) regression method is employed for data analysis. …”
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Synthesis, characterization and electrochemical studies of psyllium-based conductive copolymers by Ridhima Khanna, Lalita Chopra, Akhil Saxena, Jasgurpreet Singh Chohan, Girish Chandra Sharma, Talib K. Ibrahim, Manish Gupta, M. Ijaz Khan

“…Optimum process conditions were evaluated to obtain high-yield polymers by employing a reaction scheme of one variable at a time. …”
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The Kostant partition functions for twisted Kac-Moody algebras by Ranabir Chakrabarti, Thalanayar S. Santhanam

“…Employing the method of generating functions and making use of some infinite product identities like Euler, Jacobi's triple product and pentagon identities we derive recursion relations for Kostant's partition functions for the twisted Kac-Moody algebras.…”
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Approximate Solution of Volterra-Stieltjes Linear Integral Equations of the Second Kind with the Generalized Trapezoid Rule by Avit Asanov, Elman Hazar, Mustafa Eroz, Kalıskan Matanova, Elmira Abdyldaeva

“…A selected example is solved employing the proposed method.…”
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Development and routine implementation of deep learning algorithm for automatic brain metastases segmentation on MRI for RANO-BM criteria follow-up by Loïse Dessoude, Raphaëlle Lemaire, Romain Andres, Thomas Leleu, Alexandre G. Leclercq, Alexis Desmonts, Typhaine Corroller, Amirath Fara Orou-Guidou, Luca Laduree, Loic Le Henaff, Joëlle Lacroix, Alexis Lechervy, Dinu Stefan, Aurélien Corroyer-Dulmont

“…Rationale and objectives: The RANO-BM criteria, which employ a one-dimensional measurement of the largest diameter, are imperfect due to the fact that the lesion volume is neither isotropic nor homogeneous. …”
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From canonical to unique: extension of a lipophilicity scale of amino acids to non-standard residues by Antonio Viayna, Paulina Matamoros, David Blázquez-Ruano, William J. Zamora

“…Methods: Using the IEFPCM/MST implicit solvation model, we extended our previous work on the hydrophobicity scale of amino acids. To this end, we employed two structural models, Model 1 and 2, differentiated solely by their C-terminal capping groups using an N- or O-methyl substituent, respectively. …”
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Generalized Fractional-Order Bernoulli Functions via Riemann-Liouville Operator and Their Applications in the Evaluation of Dirichlet Series by Jorge Sanchez-Ortiz

“…Then, these functions are employed to derive formulas for certain Dirichlet series.…”
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Stabilization Analysis for the Switched Large-Scale Discrete-Time Systems via the State-Driven Switching by Chi-Jo Wang, Juing-Shian Chiou

“…A criterion of stabilization for the switched large-scale discrete-time system is deduced by employing state-driven switching method and the Lyapunov stability theorem. …”
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Path Planning Approaches in Multi‐robot System: A Review by Semonti Banik, Sajal Chandra Banik, Sarker Safat Mahmud

“…Among the heuristic approaches, bio‐inspired approaches are mostly employed to optimize the classical approaches to enhance their adaptability. …”
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An Optimal Fourth-Order Finite Difference Scheme for the Helmholtz Equation Based on the Technique of Matched Interface Boundary by Dongsheng Cheng, Jianjun Chen, Guangqing Long

“…Then, a weighted combination of the two schemes is employed in order to reduce the numerical dispersion, and the weights are determined by minimizing the dispersion. …”
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Modeling Anomalous Transport of Cosmic Rays in the Heliosphere Using a Fractional Fokker–Planck Equation by José Luis Díaz Palencia

“…In this paper, we develop a theoretical framework employing a fractional Fokker–Planck equation to model the anomalous transport of cosmic rays. …”
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THE LEXICAL EQUIVALENCE VARIETY OF F-WORDS TRANSLATION INTO INDONESIAN : CORPUS-BASED TRANSLATION RESEARCH by Isra F. Sianipar, Sajarwa Sajarwa

“…Furthermore, the analysis on the function of F-Words translation in Indonesian translation shows the flexibility of F-Words which can be employed to show solidarity, emphasis meaning, insult, emotion, failure, and misery …”
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Waste Water Reduction Using Four Densities of Seaweed to Improve Water Quality for White Leg Shrimp (Litopenaeus white leg) Culture: Laboratory Scale by Gamal M. Samadan, Aras Syazili, Supyan Supyan, Muhammad Nur Findra

“…In order to reduce and absorb dissolved organic contaminants, biofilters are used. It is possible to employ Gracilaria sp. as a biofilter, which is an efficient technique to increase sanitation. …”
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