Study on the Deformation of Pavement Structure with Multiplex Organic Hydraulicity Mixture under Driving Load Based on Simulation and Experiment by Hairong Gu, Lingying Zhao, Min Ye, Zhiyong Li, Xinxin Xu, Xianbao Zuo

“…., multiplex organic hydraulicity (MOH) mixtures) in the current literature, so the deformation of pavement under driving loads was studied based on the MOH mixture in this paper. Four types of pavement composed of the traditional mixture and MOH mixture (i.e., AC13-AC20, AC13-MOH, MOH-MOH, and MOH-AC20) were selected to achieve the purpose of the research. …”
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Generalization of scientific and institutional prerequisites for risk management of technological integration by A. E. Miller, L. M. Davidenko

“…The paper considers the key aspects of risk management in relation to the technological integration of economic entities. …”
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Evaluation of machine learning-based regression techniques for prediction of diabetes levels fluctuations by Badriah Alkalifah, Muhammad Tariq Shaheen, Johrah Alotibi, Tahani Alsubait, Hosam Alhakami

“…Unfortunately, these methods require the patient to identify their daily activities, which can be error-prone, such as meal intake, insulin injection, and emotional aspects. This paper suggests using continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) of 14733 patients, with three assistance factors to predict blood glucose levels independently of other parameters, hence reducing the burden on the patients. …”
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Beyond the Hype: Ten Lessons from Co-Creating and Implementing Digital Innovation in a Rwandan Smallholder Banana Farming System by Julius Adewopo, Mariette McCampbell, Charles Mwizerwa, Marc Schut

“…Beyond these use challenges of access and usage, limited evidence exists to support the notion that extant digital technologies add enough value to provide substantial benefits for targeted farmers. In this paper, we unravel insights from a six-year digital agriculture innovation project which was implemented to develop and deploy multi-modal digital tools for the control of a major banana disease. …”
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Brazilian criminal organizations as subjects of non-classical wars in the form of criminal rebellion by K. S. Strigunov

“…The second and third sections of the paper examine the factors that contributed to the transformation of specific Brazilian criminal organizations — the ‘First Capital Command’ (PCC) and the ‘militias’ — into actors of a full-fledged criminal rebellion. …”
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Optimization of the Emitting Coil of a Hardware-Software Complex for Study of Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Radiation’s Shielding Effectiveness by O. D. Kanafyev, A. V. Trukhanov, T. I. Zubar, S. A. Chizhik, S. S. Grabchikov

“…Also, for multilayer coils, an avalanche-like increase in total resistance is observed starting from a frequency of 10 kHz, while for single-layer coils there is a uniform increase in total resistance over the entire frequency range up to 100 kHz.The paper presents results of research on the correlation of the performance of single-layer and multilayer inductors depending on their parameters in the frequency range from  20 Hz  to  100 kHz. …”
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FFL-IDS: A Fog-Enabled Federated Learning-Based Intrusion Detection System to Counter Jamming and Spoofing Attacks for the Industrial Internet of Things by Tayyab Rehman, Noshina Tariq, Farrukh Aslam Khan, Shafqat Ur Rehman

“…Traditional IDS methods have achieved high detection accuracy but need improved scalability and privacy issues from large datasets. This paper proposes a Fog-enabled Federated Learning-based Intrusion Detection System (FFL-IDS) utilizing Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) that mitigates these limitations. …”
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Study on an Intelligent Prediction Method of Ticket Price in a Subway System with Public-Private Partnership by Shengmin Wang, Jun Fang, Lanjun Liu, Han Wu

“…Compared with other prediction methods (the price adjustment method based on PPP contract, the traditional BP algorithm, the BP neural network improved by the genetic algorithm, the BP algorithm improved by the particle swarm optimization, and the support vector machine), the model proposed in this paper showed better prediction accuracy and calculation stability.…”
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Engineered Porous Carbon for High Volumetric Methane Storage by J. Romanos, S. Sweany, T. Rash, L. Firlej, B. Kuchta, J.C. Idrobo, P. Pfeifer

“…This paper covers the optimization of methane volumetric storage capacity by controlling the sub-nanometre (<1 nm) and supra-nanometre (1–5 nm) pore volumes. …”
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Impact of delay on HIV-1 dynamics of fighting a virus withanother virus by Yun Tian, Yu Bai, Pei Yu

“…In this paper, we propose a mathematical model for HIV-1 infectionwith intracellular delay. …”
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An archaeoacoustic analysis of Wren’s auditorium churches: A case study of St Stephen Walbrook (1672–1679), London by Sluyts Yannick, Houvenaghel Marijke, Morel Anne-Francoise, Rychtarikova Monika, De Jonge Krista

“…., London, WS, pt. 2, sec. 9, 318-321, Transcript in WS, 9 (1750) 15–18] and what informed Wren in the design of his “auditorium churches”. In this paper the parish church of St Stephen’s Walbrook London is evaluated acoustically using a modern approach. …”
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<i>DynPy</i>—Python Library for Mechanical and Electrical Engineering: An Assessment with Coupled Electro-Mechanical Direct Current Motor Model by Damian Sierociński, Bogumił Chiliński, Franciszek Gawiński, Amadeusz Radomski, Piotr Przybyłowicz

“…A proprietary approach to creating new systems by combining independent elements defined as classes, such as masses, springs, dampers, resistors, capacitors, inductors, and more, allows for the quick creation of new, or the modification of existing systems. In the paper examples for obtaining analytical and numerical solutions of the systems described with ordinary differential equations were presented. …”
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Review of two decades of cholera diagnostics--how far have we really come? by Michal H Dick, Martine Guillerm, Francis Moussy, Claire-Lise Chaignat

“…The current gold standard of bacterial culture is inadequate for rapid diagnosis, highlighting the overarching neglect of field diagnostic needs. This paper was written to support the World Health Organisation's Global Task Force on Cholera Control mandated Cholera and diarrhoeal disease laboratory Network (CholdiNet) in devising a protocol for the validation of Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) for Vibrio cholerae. …”
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New Therapeutic Targets for Mood Disorders by Rodrigo Machado-Vieira, Giacomo Salvadore, Nancy DiazGranados, Lobna Ibrahim, David Latov, Cristina Wheeler-Castillo, Jacqueline Baumann, Ioline D. Henter, Carlos A. Zarate

“…These include: (1) glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) and protein kinase C (PKC), (2) the purinergic system, (3) histone deacetylases (HDACs), (4) the melatonergic system, (5) the tachykinin neuropeptides system, (6) the glutamatergic system, and (7) oxidative stress and bioenergetics. The paper reviews data on new compounds that have shown antimanic or antidepressant effects in subjects with mood disorders, or similar effects in preclinical animal models. …”
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APPLICATION OF THE SPECTROMETRIC METHOD FOR CALCULATING THE DOSE RATE FOR CREATING CALIBRATION HIGHLY SENSITIVE INSTRUMENTS BASED ON SCINTILLATION DETECTION UNITS by R. V. Lukashevich, G. A. Fokov

“…The purpose of this work is the development of highly sensitive instruments based on scintillation detection units using a spectrometric method for calculating dose rate.In this paper we consider the spectrometric method of dosimetry of gamma radiation based on the transformation of the measured instrumental spectrum. …”
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On the need to better integrate the social environment in research on climate change and health: recommendations and thinking tools [version 3; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved... by Lola Neufcourt, Laurence Mabile, Valériane Leroy, Matthew Chersich, Michelle Kelly-Irving, Cyrille Delpierre

“…However, the extent to which research using such frameworks investigates social determinants of health is not clear. In this paper we discuss the ways in which the social environment has so far been considered in the literature to problematize and analyze the relationship between climate dysregulation and health within holistic frameworks and provide tools and recommendations to facilitate their apprehension. …”
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Research progress of pain catastrophizing in patients after surgical treatment of lung cancer (肺癌术后患者疼痛灾难化的研究进展) by BIAN Guanjun (边冠军), ZHANG Chunmei (张春梅), LIU Lifeng (刘丽峰)

“…This paper reviewed current research status of pain catastrophizing in patients with lung cancer after surgery, and summarized the concept, theoretical basis, assessment tools, epidemiological characteristics, influencing factors and management strategies of pain catastrophizing, in order to provide theoretical support for medical personnel to develop targeted and effective pain management strategies. …”
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A Data Quality Control Program for Computer-Assisted Personal Interviews by Janet E. Squires, Alison M. Hutchinson, Anne-Marie Bostrom, Kelly Deis, Peter G. Norton, Greta G. Cummings, Carole A. Estabrooks

“…Researchers strive to optimize data quality in order to ensure that study findings are valid and reliable. In this paper, we describe a data quality control program designed to maximize quality of survey data collected using computer-assisted personal interviews. …”
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Effect of plasma beta on the nonlinear evolution of m/n = 2/1 double tearing mode in high Lundquist number regime by Dingzong Zhang, Zhaoqing Wu, Jun Ma, Wenfeng Guo, Yanqing Huang, Hongbo Liu

“…The existing results indicate that in the large Lundquist number regime, plasmoids play an important role in the growth and saturation of the double tearing mode (DTM). In this paper, the effect of plasma beta on the nonlinear evolution of the m / n = 2/1 DTM in large Lundquist number regime is numerically investigated in a cylinder geometry. …”
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Shaping oral and intestinal microbiota and the immune system during the first 1,000 days of life by Jie Zhu, Mingxin He, Simin Li, Yumeng Lei, Xiaochen Xiang, Zhi Guo, Qiang Wang

“…Currently, there is a growing interest in the important role of the microbiota in the newborn, and it is believed that the absence or dysbiosis of human commensal microbiota early in life can have lasting health consequences. Thus, this paper summarizes research advances in the establishment of the oral and intestinal microbiome and immune system in early life, emphasizing the substantial impact of microbiota diversity in the prenatal and early postnatal periods, and summarizes that maternal microbes, mode of delivery, feeding practices, antibiotics, probiotics, and the environment shape the oral and intestinal microbiota of infants in the first 1, 000 days of life and their association with the immune system.…”
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