Involving migrants in the development of guidelines for communication in cross-cultural general practice consultations: a participatory learning and action research project by Chris van Weel, Anne MacFarlane, Maria van den Muijsenbergh, Tomas de Brún, Evelyn van Weel-Baumgarten, Mary O'Reilly-de Brún, Ekaterina Okonkwo, Jean Samuel Bonsenge Bokanga, Maria Manuela De Almeida Silva, Florence Ogbebor, Aga Mierzejewska, Lovina Nnadi

“…Objective The aim of this research was to involve migrants and other key stakeholders in a participatory dialogue to develop a guideline for enhancing communication in cross-cultural general practice consultations. In this paper, we focus on findings about the use of formal versus informal interpreters because dialogues about these issues emerged as central to the identification of recommendations for best practice.Design This qualitative case study involved a Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) research methodology.Participants The sample comprised 80 stakeholders: 51 from migrant communities; 15 general practitioners (GPs) and general practice staff; 7 established migrants as peer researchers; 5 formal, trained interpreters; and 2 service planners from the national health authority.Setting Galway, Ireland.Results There was 100% consensus across stakeholder groups that while informal interpreters have uses for migrants and general practice staff, they are not considered acceptable as best practice. …”
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Letter and Person Recognition in Freeform Air-Writing Using Machine Learning Algorithms by Huseyin Kunt, Zeki Yetgin, Furkan Gozukara, Turgay Celik

“…Air-writing is an emerging form of human-computer interaction that enables text entry through hand movements in the air. This paper explores air-writing-based person recognition alongside letter recognition to analyze the correlation between subjects and their writing styles. …”
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Location-aware job scheduling for IoT systems using cloud and fog by Xiaomo Yu, Mingjun Zhu, Menghan Zhu, Xiaomeng Zhou, Long Long, Mahdi khodaparast

“…This problem is known to be NP-hard. This paper addresses the challenge of lifetime optimization for scheduling data-intensive tasks in fog and cloud-based IoT systems. …”
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EXPERIENCE OF IMPLEMENTING THE DISTANCE E-COURSE “STATISTICAL METHODS IN PHARMACY” IN THE MATHEMATICAL TRAINING OF FUTURE PHARMACEUTICAL SPECIALISTS by Iryna Zhovtonizhko, Maryna Nessonova, Mariana Barannyk, Nadiia Sheykina, Olga Marchenko

“… The article is dedicated to the issue of distance and online learning in higher pharmaceutical education. In the paper, the main principles and characteristic features of the concept of distance learning are outlined, the main advantages and disadvantages of using distance and e-learning in pharmaceutical and medical higher education are discussed. …”
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The influence of the sinonasal microbiome on the development and management of rhinosinusitis by Miriam Lang, Dawid Bereza, Maria Kulak-Waśniewska, Igor Moreau, Paulina Polańska, Katarzyna Sokołowska, Barbara Woch

“…Although the precise cause of CRS remains unclear, the European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyps 2020 (EPOS 2020) has recently offered updated insights, treatment strategies, and recommendations. …”
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Improved Motion Correction in Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI Using Low Rank With Soft Weighting by Jichang Zhang, Faisal Najeeb, Yulin Wang, Xinpei Wang, Pengfei Xu, Hammad Omer, Jianjun Zheng, Jingfeng Zhang, Sue Francis, Paul Glover, Richard Bowtell, Thomas Meersmann, Chengbo Wang

“…This paper introduces a motion-corrected, free-breathing dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI reconstruction method, termed low-rank plus sparse (L+S) with soft weighting. …”
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Mejora de la eficiencia energética de la producción de ladrillos de cerámica roja a partir del empleo como biocombustible de material lignocelulósico densificado lmproving energy e... by Iván Machado L, José F Martirena H, Idalberto Herrera M, Sergio Quiroz, Maria Jesus Lamela R, Raúl Gonzalez L

“…The densification process at low pressure involves the use of a binder; this paper proposes the use of clay material as binder. …”
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Influence of human settlements factors on the spatial distribution patterns of traditional villages in Liaoning province by Guiqiao Tao, Xueming Li, Shenzhen Tian, Hang Li, Yishan Song

“…At the municipal scale, the distribution is relatively uneven and primarily located in the cities of Chaoyang, Jinzhou, Huludao, Panjin, Anshan, and Dalian. (3) The majority of traditional villages are distributed along the southwest–northeast axis of the standard deviation ellipse, which corresponds with the main mountain ranges of Liaoning. (4) The distribution density features a western continuous clustering, central and eastern scattered clustering, and edge clustering pattern. (5) The spatial distribution patterns of traditional villages in Liaoning are influenced by various human settlements factors, with spatial variation in the nature and intensity of the effects of these factors. (6) The natural factors of human settlements are the dominant factors in the spatial distribution patterns of traditional villages, while the humanistic factors of human settlements have a dual impact on these patterns. This paper presents novel ideas for the study of the spatial distribution pattern of traditional villages, scientific support for the development of the disciplines of rural geography and the geography of human settlements, and new scientific decision-making and theoretical support for the protection and utilization of traditional villages.…”
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Dynamic Mechanical Properties and Fractal Characteristics of Polypropylene Fiber-Reinforced Cement Soil under Impact Loading by Yi-xin Mo, Jian-yong Pang, Jin-kun Huang

“…This paper aims to study the dynamic mechanical properties, failure patterns, fractal behaviors, and energy dissipation of polypropylene fiber-reinforced cement soil under impact loading. …”
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Study of Teakwood Quality from Community Forests in Gunungkidul. VII. Natural Subterranean Termite Resistance by Ganis Lukmandaru, Pito Wargono, Arsy Rahman Mohammad, Vendy Eko Prasetyo

“…However, variability in natural durability exists between trees of different geographical zones. The previous paper in this series reported on the chemical properties of teak wood from different zones (Nglipar, Panggang, and Playen). …”
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Enhancing Reliability in Infrastructure-Based Collective Perception: A Dual-Channel Hybrid Delivery Approach With Real-Time Monitoring by Yu Asabe, Ehsan Javanmardi, Jin Nakazato, Manabu Tsukada, Hiroshi Esaki

“…However, unfavorable conditions of the wireless communication medium it uses can lead to limited reliability and reduced quality of service. In this paper, we propose methods for increasing the reliability of collective perception through real-time packet delivery rate monitoring and a dual-channel hybrid delivery approach. …”
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A Comparative Analysis of Middle-of-Line Contact Architectures for Complementary FETs by Seung Kyu Kim, Johyeon Kim, Gunhee Choi, Kee-Won Kwon, Jongwook Jeon

“…In this paper, we have investigated various middle-of-line contact architectures applied to monolithic complementary FET inverters and have performed a comparative analysis to assess their respective advantages and limitations. …”
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Stability Analysis and Monitoring Method for the Key Block Structure of the Basic Roof of Noncoal Pillar Mining with Automatically Formed Gob-Side Entry by Jianning Liu, Manchao He, Yajun Wang, Ruifeng Huang, Jun Yang, Xichun Tian, Can Ming, Shan Guo

“…Research on the stability of the key block structure is of great significance for the promotion of noncoal pillar mining with automatically formed gob-side entry (GEFANM) technology. This paper is set in the engineering context of the GEFANM experiment at the Ningtiaota Coal Mine. …”
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Analysis and optimization of LN2 two-phase flow in CRAFT NNBI cryopump by Qianxu Wang, Yuanlai Xie, Huihui Hong, Yang Zhu, Fang Wang, Kun Tian, Bin Li

“…As an important component of Negative ion based Neutral Beam Injector (NNBI), the cryopump mainly provides a suitable vacuum environment for beam generation and transmission. In the paper, Liquid nitrogen (LN2) pipe structure models of two cryopumps were established for simulation and experimental studies. …”
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Visible Light Broadband Achromatic Metalens Based on Variable Height Nanopillar Structures by Yongyang Li, Haiyang Huang, Cong Zhang, Xiangshuo Shang, Yang Liu, Junyan Hu, Dengyu Shan, Naiyun Tang, Wei Li

“…To address this, various methods for correcting chromatic aberration in metalenses have been proposed and demonstrated, such as spatial multiplexing, material hybridization, and increasing the cross-sectional diversity of metalens meta-atoms. In this paper, a novel design method is used, which expands the parameter space by increasing the cross-sectional diversity of the metalens meta-atoms to provide the phase required for focusing different wavelengths, combined with particle swarm optimization for phase compensation. …”
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Study on the Evolutionary Characteristics of Spatial and Temporal Patterns and Decoupling Effect of Urban Carbon Emissions in the Yangtze River Delta Region Based on Neural Network... by Xichun Luo, Chaoming Cai, Honghao Zhao

“…Such a model is referred to as the AO-BP model, and this paper uses the AO-BP model to estimate carbon emissions, compiles a city-level CO₂ emission inventory for the YRD region, and analyzes the spatial dependence, spatial correlation characteristics, and decoupling status of carbon emissions. …”
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A Stochastic Programming Approach for Scheduling Extra Metro Trains to Serve Passengers from Uncertain Delayed High-Speed Railway Trains by Sihui Long, Lingyun Meng, Xiaojie Luan, Alessio Trivella, Jianrui Miao, Francesco Corman

“…The metro operator can thus decide to schedule extra metro trains at night to serve passengers from delayed HSR trains. In this paper, we consider the extra metro train scheduling problem in which the metro operator decides how many extra metro trains to dispatch and their schedules. …”
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Analysis of Protein-Ligand Interactions of SARS-CoV-2 Against Selective Drug Using Deep Neural Networks by Natarajan Yuvaraj, Kannan Srihari, Selvaraj Chandragandhi, Rajan Arshath Raja, Gaurav Dhiman, Amandeep Kaur

“…However, in recent time, the prevalence of COVID-19 has emerged the global healthcare industry to find a new drug that suppresses the pandemic outbreak. In this paper, we design a Deep Neural Network (DNN) model that accurately finds the protein-ligand interactions with the drug used. …”
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Characterizing the agroecological transition of Italian farming systems using FADN database by Sarah Stempfle, Simone Russo, Vincenzo Fiore, Ruggiero Sardaro, Piermichele La Sala, Luigi Roselli

“…However, there is limited understanding of the status quo of the farming systems and their readiness for transition, especially at large scales such as the national one. This paper investigates the current uptake of agroecology across the Italian farming systems, by adapting the Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE) methodology to use secondary data from the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN). …”
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Impact of Chatbots on User Experience and Data Quality on Citizen Science Platforms by Akasha-Leonie Kessel, Soror Sahri, Sven Groppe, Jinghua Groppe, Hanieh Khorashadizadeh, Marc Pignal, Eva Perez Pimparé, Régine Vignes-Lebbe

“…The CS project Les Herbonautes, dedicated to mass digitization of the French National Herbarium, serves as a case study for this paper, which details the development and evaluation of a network of open source LLM agents to assist users during data collection. …”
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