Intuitionistic Fuzzy Prioritized Aggregation Operators Based on Priority Degrees with Application to Multicriteria Decision-Making by Ahmad N. Al-Kenani, Rukhshanda Anjum, Sahidul Islam

“…To highlight the efficacy of the proposed approach, an illustrative example relating to the selection of the best choice is considered.…”
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Dynamic of a TB-HIV Coinfection Epidemic Model with Latent Age by Xiaoyan Wang, Junyuan Yang, Fengqin Zhang

“…Our simple model of two synergistic infectious disease epidemics illustrates the importance of including the effects of each disease on the transmission and progression of the other disease. …”
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Genetics of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in African Americans by Shana McCormack, Struan F. A. Grant

“…The purpose of this paper is to describe what is understood about the genetic variation that underlies obesity and T2D in African Americans and other individuals of more recent African descent and to highlight several examples that illustrate how ensuring adequate minority representation in genetic research improves its quality. …”
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Analytical evaluation of geometric dilution of precision for three-dimensional angle-of-arrival target localization in wireless sensor networks by Jiao Zhang, Jianfeng Lu

“…Finally, several examples are used to illustrate our results, and it is shown that the performance of the proposed regular deployment configurations of angle-of-arrival sensors is better than the one with random deployment patterns.…”
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MODELISATION DU PLAN D’URBANISME DE LA VILLE D’EL EULMA (ALGÉRIE). APPORT DE L’INTELLIGENCE TERRITORIALE DANS LA GOUVERNANCE URBAINE by AKAKBA AHMED, KALLA MAHDI, DRIDI HADDA, FILLALI ABDELWAHHAB

“…In order to show the interest and the role of geomatics in planning and implementing management plans, this study illustrates three applications: determining the extension areas, assessing the distribution of public facilities, as well as industrial risk evaluation. …”
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ℒ-Fuzzy Cosets of ℒ-Fuzzy Filters of Residuated Multilattices by Pierre Carole Kengne, Blaise Bleriot Koguep Njionou, Daquin Cèdric Awouafack, Luc Eméry Diékouam Fotso

“…Secondly, we introduce the concept of prime ℒ-fuzzy filter and propose some illustrative examples. Then, we bring out their properties and show how they are related to the concept of ℒ-fuzzy prime filter. …”
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On the regularity of metonymy across languages (exemplified on some metonymies in medical discourse) by Brdar Mario

“…This phenomenon, referred to as regular metonymy, logical metonymy or logical polysemy, crosses boundaries of languages and cultures. This is illustrated on several sets of examples from medical discourse in a number of languages.…”
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‘The Kindly Fruits of the Earth’: The Materiality of the Cornhill Magazine (1860) by Simon Cooke

“…The illustrated texts appearing in The Cornhill Magazine have been the subject of detailed investigation. …”
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Controlling the Rejection of Protein During Membrane Filtration by Adding Poly-Vinyl Pyrrolidone (PVP) by Hizba Waheed, Amir Mukhtar

“…The remarkable lessening of contact angle from 83° to 69° well illustrated the better hydrophilicity of CA/PVP membranes. …”
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The Evolution of Woman. George Eliot’s“Woman in France: Madame de Sablé” by Barbara Pauk

“…Other critics, who mention this rarely-analysed essay, use it to illustrate Eliot’s feminist credo or, like Frederick R. …”
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A Group Feature Screening Procedure Based on Pearson Chi-Square Statistic for Biology Data with Categorical Response by Hanji He, Jianfeng He, Guangming Deng

“…The performance of the proposed method is illustrated by simulation studies, where the proposed method performs well with imbalanced data and multicategorical responses. …”
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VIKOR Method for Evaluating the Management Quality of Teacher Education with Probabilistic Hesitant Fuzzy Information by Li Zhiqi

“…Lastly, a numerical example about management quality evaluation of teacher education is illustrated to test the newly proposed method’s practicability.…”
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Tackling hate speech online: The effect of counter-speech on subsequent bystander behavioral intentions by Yue Jia, Sandy Schumann

“…Having said this, as expected, diversionary counter-speech increased intentions to ignore hate speech, which suggests unintended consequences. The study illustrates that counter-speech may not be sufficiently impactful in regulating bystanders’ reactions to hate speech online. …”
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La numérisation des dispositifs de participation de la Mairie de Paris by Nicolas Douay

“…This approach has a dual dimension: on the one hand technical, by questioning the “participatory design” of the device in its hybrid dimension (digital / non-digital) and on the other, by analyzing the uses and effects generated. The case of Paris illustrates the emergence of digital as a new repository, at least in speeches, for the implementation of any participatory approach. …”
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Communicating the protection of information privacy by Yolanda Jordaan, André Cillié Jordaan

“…First at micro level, addressing the value perception of information among consumers and marketers; secondly at macro level, illustrating the role of the government in protecting information privacy; and thirdly at global level, since the flow of information plays a major role in eliminating boundaries between countries. …”
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Method for Pythagorean Interval 2-Tuple Linguistic Multiattribute Group Decision Making and Its Application to the Ship Navigation Environment Safety Assessment by Fuchun Yuan

“…The effectiveness of the method was illustrated by taking the ship navigation environment safety assessment as an example. …”
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Discernment - the compass on the high sea of spirituality by Kees Waaijman

“…It then analyses and evaluates discernment in the community of desert monks in the Christian tradition which illustrates the significance of discernment for spirituality. …”
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Preconditions and Peculiarities of Implementing the Meta-Disciplinary Technologies in Primary School Teaching by Y. Y. Khan

“…The author points out the universal character of meta-subject tech- nologies regarding the different categories of children; the idea being the most relevant due to the multi-level educational integration and introduction of the inclusive teaching. To illustrate the modeling of the meta-technology and its application to the school subjects, the author takes the philology sphere. …”
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Fonder le projet de paysage sur le sol urbain  by Marion Loviton, Audrey Marco

“…The conversations collected are illustrated by the track record of the Ilex Agency and by two of its projects. …”
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The Case of Dr George Gale V. the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario: A Legal Analysis by Matthew Wilton

“…A closer examination of the decisions of both the Discipline Committee and the Ontario Divisional Court will hopefully illustrate both the medical standards of practice issues for pain practitioners, and some of the perils created by the self governing activities of the CPSO. …”
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