Applying Concepts of Curriculum Design and Cultural Adaptation: Collaborating on a Dual-Degree Occupational Therapy Program in Mainland China by Julie McLaughlin Gray, Ling Yu (Elena) Meng, Adley Chan, Cameron Chang, Yijun Liu, Liguo Qian, Hui Wang, Ninghua Wang, Yanyan Yang, Mouwang Zhou, Grace T. Baranek

“…The detailed overview of this international collaboration offers suggestions for individuals and institutions seeking to develop global partnerships and adapt curricula across cultural contexts.…”
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H-Matrix Accelerated Direct Matrix Solver for Maxwell’s Equations Using the Chebyshev-Based Nyström Boundary Integral Equation Method by Jin Hu, Emrah Sever, Omid Babazadeh, Ian Jeffrey, Vladimir Okhmatovski, Constantine Sideris

“…., the locally corrected Nyström (LCN) method, due to the way it handles the singularities by means of a global change of variable method. However, in the case of electrically large scattering problems, the matrix fill and factorization still dominate the solution time when using a direct solution approach. …”
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PSI Methodologies for Nuclear Data Uncertainty Propagation with CASMO-5M and MCNPX: Results for OECD/NEA UAM Benchmark Phase I by W. Wieselquist, T. Zhu, A. Vasiliev, H. Ferroukhi

“…The complementary SS technique samples uncertain inputs according to their joint probability distributions and provides a global, all-order UQ method. This paper describes both DP and SS implemented in the lattice physics code CASMO-5MX (a special PSI-modified version of CASMO-5M) and a preliminary SS technique implemented in MCNPX, routinely used in criticality safety and fluence analyses. …”
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ViT-DualAtt: An efficient pornographic image classification method based on Vision Transformer with dual attention by Zengyu Cai, Liusen Xu, Jianwei Zhang, Yuan Feng, Liang Zhu, Fangmei Liu

“…The model adopts a CNN-Transformer hierarchical structure, combining the strengths of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and Transformers to effectively capture and integrate both local and global features, thereby enhancing feature representation accuracy and diversity. …”
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A multidimensional analysis of strategies for improving New Zealand residential construction productivity by Mark Kirby, Funmilayo Ebun Rotimi, Nicola Naismith

“…This study uniquely investigates New Zealand residential construction productivity, providing novel insights and recommendations for policymakers, industry professionals, organisations, and construction practitioners to align with global demand and improve productivity through enhanced quality.…”
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Trend Analysis of Potential Evapotranspiration Data of Some Stations in the Tigris Basin by Okan Mert Katipoğlu

“…The results obtained provide important information to decision-makers in planning and efficient use of agricultural water resources and developing adaptation and mitigation strategies to combat the effects of global warming…”
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España vs Portugal: la imagen de ambos países y su evolución en tiempos de crisis by Alfonso Vargas-Sánchez

“…En este trabajo se aborda la cuestión de hasta qué punto la prolongada crisis actual está dañando la imagen de Portugal y España, siendo este factor de indudable importancia dentro de una economía global en la que se compite por atraer inversiones, turistas,…, vender en definitiva. …”
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White Matter Hyperintensity Load Modulates Brain Morphometry and Brain Connectivity in Healthy Adults: A Neuroplastic Mechanism? by Matteo De Marco, Riccardo Manca, Micaela Mitolo, Annalena Venneri

“…Each model was corrected for age, global levels of atrophy, and indices of brain and cognitive reserve. …”
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Effectiveness of using google sites-based learning media to improve critical and creative thinking abilities of vocational school students by Khusnul Hidayati, Anis Rahmawati, Danar Susilo Wijayanto

“…This is supported by global demands that force the education sector to align technical progress with efforts to improve educational standards. …”
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COVID-19-Induced Fatal Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura in a Healthy Young Patient by Mariana Codevila Buere Pereira, Bruna Ruschel, Bruna Schneider, Vitor Salomão Gonçalves Melo de Melgar, Tatiana Helena Rech

“…Since the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic began, findings indicate that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) might induce autoimmune disorders. …”
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Law diversities for climate change: legal pluralism and climate governance in Indonesia by Muhammad Insan Tarigan, Raisha Hafandi

“…This study explores global governance dynamics affecting climate change governance in Indonesia, focusing on legal pluralism as a framework for integrating state law, customary law and Islamic law. …”
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ECONOMIC CRIME UNDER MARTIAL LAW IN UKRAINE by Maksym Korniienko, Hanna Foros, Serhii Baranov

“…The ongoing instability of Ukraine within the global political and economic arenas has resulted in an escalation of criminal activity within the nation. …”
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Potential assessment of coordinated regulation of power load of emerging industrial users based on extreme scenarios of electric vehicle aggregators by Yuanshi Zhang, Bokang Zou, Yiheng Liang, Yifu Luo, Mengtong Chen, Jingwen Ye, Siqi Li, Yan Li, Xiaoyan Hu, Weiqi Pan

“…In the context of increasing global climate change, frequent extreme weather events have brought serious challenges to the balance of power and electricity in the power system, and have a significant impact on the production scheduling of industrial users, especially industrial users using electrified production technology. …”
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Kinetics of oil palm empty fruit bunch fiber pyrolysis by Bashar Abdullahi Hadi, Abdullahi Muhammad Sokoto, Aminu Bayawa Muhammad, Yahaya Alhassan, Chika Muhammad

“… This work explores the kinetics of producing sustainable hydrocarbons from oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) fiber. A one-step global model was used to study the dynamics of the EFB fiber using the Coats and Redfern (CR) model-fitting kinetics technique. …”
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Regulating the PI3K and AMPK pathway: the secret of 1-deoxynojirimycin's success in alleviating chronic diseases by Chengwei Yu, Qirui Hu

“…Abstracts: The chronic diseases (e.g. diabetes mellitus, obesity, and cardiovascular diseases) have become a global public health issue with its increasing morbidity and mortality. …”
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Hepatitis C Worldwide and in Brazil: Silent Epidemic—Data on Disease including Incidence, Transmission, Prevention, and Treatment by Iara Fabricia Kretzer, Andrea do Livramento, Joel da Cunha, Sabrina Gonçalves, Iraci Tosin, Celso Spada, Aricio Treitinger

“…There are increasing efforts worldwide in order to reduce the global impact of hepatitis C through the implementation of programmatic actions that may increase the awareness of viral hepatitis and also improve surveillance, prevention, and treatment. …”
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Comparison of effectiveness of aspirin, clopidogrel and cilostazol monotherapy treatment in ischaemic stroke by Endarwati Tuti, Kurniasih Khamdiyah Indah, Fauziah Fauziah, Sunarti Sunarti, Agus Salim Muh.

“…Stroke is the third most common cause of disability and the second most common cause of death globally. Between 1990 and 2019, its prevalence increased by 70%. …”
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Docking to Explicate Interface between Plant-Originated Inhibitors and E6 Oncogenic Protein of Highly Threatening Human Papillomavirus 18 by Satish Kumar, Lingaraja Jena, Maheswata Sahoo, Mrunmayi Kakde, Sangeeta Daf, Ashok K. Varma

“…The leading cause of cancer mortality globally amongst the women is due to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. …”
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Digital transformation and the fluid workforce: skill development and capacity building for railway workers by Xiaoxu Yang, Yuming Liu, Jiachen Ji, Kai Liu, Wenjie Li

“…In the context of a globally diverse workforce with varying levels of education and precarious working conditions, this study aims to explore the impact of Social Network Analysis (SNA) on understanding and improving industrial worker skills in railway construction, amid digital transformation challenges. …”
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Arsenic accumulation and reproductive toxicity in freshwater snail (Pomacea canaliculata) by Xiaoyang Bi, Zhifei Shi, Dongqin Li, Wenhui Zhan, Zhixiong Wang, Huashou Li, Benliang Zhao, Guikui Chen

“…This study aimed to investigate the tissue-specific accumulation patterns of arsenic (As) and the potential toxicological effects of As on the oviposition of a globally distributed aquatic invertebrate, the apple snail (Pomacea canaliculata). …”
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