Hybrid modeling approaches for predicting COVID-19 mortality: A comparative study across USA, France, and India by B. Uppalaiah, D. Mallikarjuna Reddy, K. Rajalakshmi, P. Vignesh, V. Govindan, Siriluk Donganont

“…The models combine the adaptability of Gaussian Processes with the deep learning functionalities of RBM, LSTM, and CNN to improve prediction precision and uncertainty assessment. …”
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Evaluating Sleep in Pediatric Cancer: A Scoping Review of Assessment Tools for Quality and Care by Elena Rostagno, Veronica Rivi, Pierfrancesco Sarti, Pietro Guastella, Dorella Scarponi, Johanna Maria Catharina Blom

“…Conclusion A wide range of tools exists for assessing sleep in pediatric oncology, each with distinct strengths and limitations. Selection of the most appropriate tool should consider the specific sleep concern, patient age, clinical context, and resource availability. …”
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TRENDS IN HIGHER VOCATIONAL EDUCATION: PROFESSIONALIZATION OR DEPROFESSIONALIZATION? by Yu. R. Vishnevsky, D. Yu. Narkhov, Ya. V. Didkovskaya

“…Student population is the most important social resource of development of post-industrial information society. …”
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Pharmacological Mechanisms of Cryptotanshinone: Recent Advances in Cardiovascular, Cancer, and Neurological Disease Applications by Zheng Z, Ke L, Ye S, Shi P, Yao H

“…Ziyao Zheng,1 Liyuan Ke,1 Shumin Ye,1 Peiying Shi,2 Hong Yao1,3 1Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350122, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine Resource and Bee Products, College of Animal Sciences (College of Bee Science), Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, People’s Republic of China; 3Fujian Key Laboratory of Drug Target Discovery and Structural and Functional Research, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350122, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Peiying Shi; Hong Yao, Email peiyshi@126.com; yauhung@126.com, hongyao@mail.fjmu.edu.cnAbstract: Cryptotanshinone (CTS) is an important active ingredient of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge. …”
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Stability Analysis and Mitigation of Thermo-Hydraulic Oscillations in Multi-Supplier District Heating Systems by Pascal Friedrich, Kirill Kuroptev, Thanh Huynh, Stefan Niessen

“…Through linearization and Laplace transformation, we derive the transfer function of a system with two suppliers. Using pole-zero analysis, we show that transport delay can cause instability. …”
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Principles for determining effective parameters for organizing train traffic in suburban-urban traffic, taking into account the differentiation of service classes by A. F. Borodin, I. F. Mustafin, K. Yu. Nikolaev

“…Relevant constraints for the task, due to the resources of the railway infrastructure and rolling stock, have been determined. …”
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Therapeutic Strategies for Dry Mouth Management with Emphasis on Electrostimulation as a Treatment Option by Amela Tulek, Aida Mulic, Martine Hogset, Tor Paaske Utheim, Amer Sehic

“…The aim of this study was to give an overview of the latest and most relevant data related to treatment modalities for the management of dry mouth conditions. Data Resources and Study Selection. The present review was prepared by searching the National Library of Medicine database using the relevant medical terms and their combinations. …”
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Influence of nutritional status on rehabilitation efficacy of patients after stroke—a scoping review by Huan Chen, Caihong Fu, Weihao Fang, Zhenyao Wang, Dawei Zhang, Hu Zhang

“…Following a rigorous screening process, 13 studies were selected for detailed analysis. All selected studies were randomized controlled clinical trials. …”
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Key frame extraction algorithm for surveillance videos using an evolutionary approach by Manjusha Rajan, Latha Parameswaran

“…This proposed method leverages an interactive GA with a well-designed Fitness Function and elitism-based survivor selection to enhance performance. …”
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Distinct oligomeric assemblies of STING induced by non-nucleotide agonists by Anant Gharpure, Ariana Sulpizio, Johannes R. Loeffler, Monica L. Fernández-Quintero, Andy S. Tran, Luke L. Lairson, Andrew B. Ward

“…Abstract STING plays essential roles coordinating innate immune responses to processes that range from pathogenic infection to genomic instability. Its adaptor function is activated by cyclic dinucleotide (CDN) secondary messengers originating from self (2’3’-cGAMP) or bacterial sources (3’3’-CDNs). …”
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A Distributed Energy Optimized Routing Using Virtual Potential Field in Wireless Sensor Networks by Haifeng Jiang, Yanjing Sun, Renke Sun, Wei Chen, Shanshan Ma, Jing Gao

“…We adopt the social welfare function from social sciences to predict equality of residual energy of neighbors after selecting different next nodes, which is used to compute the potential value in energy balance potential field. …”
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LatentDE: latent-based directed evolution for protein sequence design by Thanh V T Tran, Nhat Khang Ngo, Viet Thanh Duy Nguyen, Truong-Son Hy

“…Directed evolution (DE) has been the most effective method for protein engineering that optimizes biological functionalities through a resource-intensive process of screening or selecting among a vast range of mutations. …”
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Comprehensive Evaluation of Soil Quality Reconstruction in Agroforestry Ecosystems of High-Altitude Areas: A Case Study of the Jiangcang Mining Area, Qinghai–Tibet Plateau by Liya Yang, Shaohua Feng, Xusheng Shao, Jinde Zhang, Tianxiang Wang, Shuisheng Xiong

“…The study selected the Jiangcang mining area and analyzed the physical, chemical, and carbon characteristics and heavy metal content of soil samples from the slag platforms and slopes (0–20 cm), which were restored in 2015 and 2020 to explore the effects of different soil reconstruction methods on soil function and ecological resilience. …”
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Correction of Disturbances Influence on Results of Elongated Objects's Probe Microscopy Using Predictive Relief Estimates by P. V. Gulyaev

“…The formation of predictive images enhances the sharpness of objects and increases the probability of their correct selection using methods based on the analysis of changes in the brightness function.…”
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Forecasting formation density from well logging data based on machine learning model by Xiankang Cheng, Haoyu Zhang, Haoyu Zhang

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CSCA-YOLOv8: A lightweight network model for evaluating drought resistance in mung bean. by Dongshan Jiang, Jinyang Liu, Haomiao Zhang, Wenxiang Liang, Ziqiu Luo, Wenlong An, Shicong Li, Xin Chen, Xingxing Yuan, Shangbing Gao

“…Finally, the SIoU loss function is used to replace CIoU to accelerate the convergence of the model. …”
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Discriminant analysis of variational pulsometry parameters by U. I. Silkina, V. A. Balandin

“…The parameters with weak cross-correlation with high predictive significance, the spread of the values of which corresponds to the normal distribution law, were selected for the discriminant analysis. A function which allows to identify the patient as “sick” or “healthy” (one of the categories) has been determined. …”
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Economics of Plantain Production among Farmers in Northeast Nigeria by Love Joel, Abubakar Alhaji Umaru Jongur, Elizabeth Femi Adebayo, Amurtiya Michael

“…The specific objectives of the study were to; describe plantain farmers’ socio-economic characteristics in Northeast Nigeria; identify factors affecting plantain production in the study area, and also ascertain farmers’ resource use efficiency in plantain production. The study adopted a multi-stage sampling technique to collect primary data from 250 plantain farmers selected from 13 communities. …”
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The Genome Assembly of Vitis vinifera cv. Shiraz by Cristobal A. Onetto, Christopher M. Ward, Anthony R. Borneman

“…Long-read ONT data were selected to produce a highly contiguous genome assembly for Shiraz. …”
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Single-nuclei sequencing of skeletal muscle reveals subsynaptic-specific transcripts involved in neuromuscular junction maintenance by Alexander S. Ham, Shuo Lin, Alice Tse, Marco Thürkauf, Timothy J. McGowan, Lena Jörin, Filippo Oliveri, Markus A. Rüegg

“…The data show that NMJ gene expression is not only driven by agrin-Lrp4/MuSK signaling but is also affected by electrical activity and trophic factors other than agrin. By selecting the three NMJ genes Etv4, Lrtm1, and Pdzrn4, we further characterize novel contributors to NMJ stability and function. …”
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