Hybrid Decision-Making Frameworks under Complex Spherical Fuzzy N-Soft Sets by Muhammad Akram, Maria Shabir, Ahmad N. Al-Kenani, José Carlos R. Alcantud

“…We present normalized-Euclidean distances (from the alternatives to both the CSFNSf positive and negative ideal solutions, respectively) and revised closeness index in order to produce a best feasible alternative. As an illustration, we design a mathematical model for the selection of the best physiotherapist doctor of Mayo hospital, Lahore. …”
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Numerical Values for the Environmental Factors’ Influence on Surgeons’ Technical Performance Decrement: Spherical Fuzzy-SWARA Approach by Khalil Taherzadeh Chenani, Somayeh Bolghanabadi, Zahra Zamanian, Mohammad Hashemi

“…The proposed EIFs taxonomy illustrates how surgeons’ reliability can be degraded qualitatively and quantitatively. …”
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Pharmaceutical Humanities and Narrative Pharmacy: An Emerging New Concept in Pharmacy by Mita Banerjee, Thomas Efferth

“…By taking examples from Pharmaceutical Biology, we attempt to illustrate that the transdisciplinary dialogue with the humanities is fertile ground not only for enlarging our understanding of disease-related conditions but also for exploring new ways of combatting diseases. …”
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Self-organized criticality and urban development by Michael Batty, Yichun Xie

“…This theory is called ‘self-organized criticality’; it is consistent with systems in which global patterns emerge from local action which is the hallmark of self-organization, and it is consistent with developments in system dynamics and their morphology which find expression in fractal geometry and weak chaos theory. We illustrate the theory using a unique space–time series of urban development for Buffalo, Western New York, which contains the locations of over one quarter of a million sites coded by their year of construction and dating back to 1773, some 60 years before the city began to develop. …”
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A Reference Architecture for Virtual Human Integration in the Metaverse: Enhancing the Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums (GLAM) Sector with AI-Driven Experiences by Orestis Spyrou, William Hurst, Caspar Krampe

“…This paper contributes to the field by proposing a reference architecture rooted in a design-oriented approach for developing and implementing processes related to the digital transformation within the context of smart cities. To illustrate the practical application of the proposed architecture, a proof of concept was developed in the form of an immersive digital gallery, which features an AI-powered virtual storyteller. …”
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Train-Bridge Dynamic Behaviour of Long-Span Asymmetrical-Stiffness Cable-Stayed Bridge by Yuexing Wu, Jianting Zhou, Jinquan Zhang, Qiang Wen, Xuan Li

“…Finally, a LCB with unequal-height towers is applied as a case to illustrate the influence of asymmetrical stiffness on the train-track-bridge dynamic characteristics. …”
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Distorting Electrical Power of the Alternating Current in the Simplest Circuit with a Diode by O. V. Bialobrzheskyi, D. Y. Rod`kin

“…A numerical calculation has been performed with a use of the specified power component distribution. Time diagrams illustrate the process of interaction of the power components, which–in the case of the diode–leads to no change in power over time.…”
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Regional inequality and well-being of households in Kazakhstan: district- level analysis by A. Kudebayeva, A. Sätre

“…The results indicate that decomposition of inequality indicators illustrates that the portion of between groups inequality in total is greater for smaller areas such as districts (rayons) than for provinces (regions). …”
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Simultaneous Classification of Objects with Unknown Rejection (SCOUR) Using Infra-Red Sensor Imagery by Adam Cuellar, Daniel Brignac, Abhijit Mahalanobis, Wasfy Mikhael

“…Most importantly, our method does not require any examples of OOD imagery to be used for training the second network. For illustrative purposes, we demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method using the CIFAR-10 dataset. …”
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The crane radar: Development and deployment of an operational eco-digital twin by K. De Koning

“…By showing an example of the crane radar, a real-time digital twin of the common crane (Grus grus) migration, this paper illustrates what digital twins could look like in ecology, and which challenges modellers face towards actual deployment of their digital twin in an operational environment.The most important challenges identified here are: ex ante quality and error control of the input data; accounting for time lags between observations and data availability; harmonising the updating frequencies and temporal resolutions of models and data; developing robust model/software code to keep digital twins alive; the necessity of learning new skills for ecological modellers; and effectively communicating digital twin outputs to stakeholders. …”
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Takeover Quality: Assessing the Effects of Time Budget and Traffic Density with the Help of a Trajectory-Planning Method by Fabian Doubek, Erik Loosveld, Riender Happee, Joost de Winter

“…In conclusion, our results illustrate the value of assessing human takeover behaviour relative to optimised behaviour. …”
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A Ray of New Hope for the Parents of Children with Intellectual Disability by Nancy Thakur, Kamli Prakash, Sanchita Pugazhendi, Achla Gaikwad

“…Research literature illustrates that parents of children with intellectual impairments are exposed to a variety of stressful life events while caring for their children with intellectual disabilities. …”
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Postnatal quality of care measures for mothers and newborns at home: A scoping review. by Ann-Sofie Mespreuve, Lise Apers, Ann-Beth Moller, Anna Galle

“…Several additional quality of care domains, characterizing home-based PNC, were identified: i) social and emotional empowerment, ii) assessment of the home setting, iii) early breastfeeding, iv) health education and counseling, v) personal hygiene and prevention of infections, vi) referral to health facility when necessary, vii) thermal care, viii) parent-child relationship and ix) promote economic self-sufficiency. This review illustrates that home-based PNC has a very broad spectrum of care and plays a vital role in improving maternal and newborn health and well-being. …”
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Forest Pedagogy towards the Problem of Polish Educational Monoculture: Projective Pilot Studies by Michał Paluch

“…In both cases, the goal is to accelerate production, artificially stimulated competition, preventing the attainment of full maturity, or replicating an unambiguous and one-dimensional picture of the world. A symbolic illustration of the last phenomenon are the findings of a qualitative pilot study in which two groups of students completing a Forest Pedagogy course were asked to design a forest kindergarten. …”
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Controlled Non-Dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithms for Multi-Objective Optimal Design of Standalone and Grid-Connected Renewable Energy Systems in Integrated Energy Sectors by Hamza El Hafdaoui, Ahmed Khallaayoun, Salah Al-Majeed

“…A case study in Ifrane, Morocco—a tourism village with significant seasonal energy demand—illustrates the application of the algorithm. Results show optimal scenarios for standalone and grid-connected systems, considering potential grid export opportunities. …”
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From utility to imperial propaganda: (Re)discovering a milestone of Constantine I from the vicinity of Bona Mansio and emporion Pistiros and its significance for the study of the ‘... by Emil Nankov

“…Evidently, all the examples discussed in this article illustrate the existence of a milestone cluster associated with mansio Lissae/Bona Mansio, thereby showcasing the significance of the Western Upper Thrace Valley as an important hub along the ‘Via Diagonalis’. …”
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The Conflicting Soviet Responses to the Lausanne Process (1922-1924) by R. Matos Franco

“…Thus, the handling of the Lausanne Process by the prosecution serves as an illustrative example of how post-Civil War Soviet institutions operated in relation to one another, characterized by intricate dynamics and an entrenched bureaucracy, far from the alleged "totalitarian" tendencies.…”
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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT IN HEALTHCARE: LINGUISTIC AND STYLISTIC FEATURES AS A REFLECTION OF SOCIETAL CHANGE by Natalia P. Chikunova, Liliia K. Khalitova

“…Quantitative indicators were used to illustrate the dynamics of linguistic and stylistic changes in the texts. …”
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First-Time Fathers’ Experience of Support from Midwives in Maternity Clinics: An Interview Study by L. Huusko, S. Sjöberg, A. Ekström, E. Hertfelt Wahn, S. Thorstensson

“…The aim of this study was to illustrate first-time fathers’ experiences of support from midwives in maternity clinics as a step in the validation of “The Father Perceived-Professional-Support” (The FaPPS) scale. …”
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Comparing imputation approaches to handle systematically missing inputs in risk calculators. by Anja Mühlemann, Philip Stange, Antoine Faul, Serena Lozza-Fiacco, Rowan Iskandar, Manuela Moraru, Susanne Theis, Petra Stute, Ben D Spycher, David Ginsbourger

“…While the considered procedures are not meant to replace fully-informed risk calculations, employing them to get first indications of risk distribution in the absence of at least one input parameter may find useful applications in medical practice. To illustrate this, we use the SCORE2 risk calculator for cardiovascular disease and a data set including medical data from 359 women, obtained from the gynecology department at the Inselspital in Bern, Switzerland. …”
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