Crowd Evacuation in Stadiums Using Fire Alarm Prediction by Afnan A. Alazbah, Osama Rabie, Abdullah Al-Barakati

“…The predictive alarm system significantly reduces false alarm rates and enhances fire detection speed, allowing emergency responders to take preemptive action. …”
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Development of a Bicycle Road Surface Roughness and Risk Assessment Method Using Smartphone Sensor Technology by Dong-youn Lee, Ho-jun Yoo, Jae-yong Lee, Gyeong-ok Jeong

“…The FII showed a clear relationship between bump size and cycling speed, with higher bump sizes and faster cycling speeds leading to significantly increased impact forces on cyclists. …”
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Factors for traffic accident-prone section formation on federal roads by E. V. Pechatnova, K. S. Nechaev

“…A comprehensive analysis of traffic accident-prone section of federal roads in the Altai Territory allowed to identify a number of typical conditions that contribute to the formation of increased accident risk. Among them: a significant change in the speed limit, proximity to the city, the presence of a large number of conflict points, road works.The scope of the study / the possibility of subsequent use of the results of scientific work. …”
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Presenting the Model of Aligning the Individual Development Program (IDP) with the Career Path, Based on the Foundation's data-theorizing Approach by Ali Kafami Ladani, Abdolali Keshtegar, Aleme Keikha

“…The results showed that the causal factors of aligning the IDP with the career path are the necessity of employee job matching, the lack of structure in the learning and development process, the speed of changes, the reduction of the organization's key capabilities, and the reduction of the employees' organizational affiliation. …”
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Investigations of Dynamic Mechanical Performance of Rubber Concrete under Freeze-Thaw Cycle Damage by Jingli Zhang

“…The results show that with the increase of freeze-thaw cycles, the wave speed decreases, and the freeze-thaw action will damage the rubber concrete and reduce the longitudinal wave velocity. …”
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Temporal and spatial variation of PM2.5 in Antananarivo, the capital city of Madagascar by Mbolanjara Hélène Andriamamonjy, Zo Rakotomavo, Linda Geiser, Lovanomenjanahary Marline

“…Wind speed exhibits weak negative correlation with PM2.5, consistent with its role in particle dispersion. …”
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Photoalignment and photopatterning: New liquid crystal technology for displays and photonics by V. G. Chigrinov

“…In particular, we consider switches, controllers and polarization rotators, optical attenuators, switchable diffraction gratings, polarization image analyzers, liquid crystal lenses, and ferroelectric liquid crystal displays with increased operation speed. Conclusions. The liquid crystal photoalignment and photopatterning technology is a promising tool for new display and photonics applications. …”
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Reinventing the Trochoidal Toolpath Pattern by Adaptive Rounding Radius Loop Adjustments for Precision and Performance in End Milling Operations by Santhakumar Jayakumar, Sathish Kannan, Poongavanam Ganeshkumar, U. Mohammed Iqbal

“…The back surface of the chip structure appears rough and jagged due to the shearing action.…”
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Legal Challenges of Marine Insurance Laws in the Use of Unmanned Ships by Mahsa Bahadoran- Baghbaderani, Masoud Shirani, Reza Soltani

“…These include significant cost reductions in transportation, fewer accidents and collisions attributable to human error, enhanced operational speed, and minimization of idle times. Furthermore, these vessels promise lower operational costs, optimized ship designs, increased cargo capacity, reduced fuel consumption, and consequently, a substantial decrease in environmental pollutants. …”
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Integration of Hash Encoding Technique with Machine Learning for Employee Turnover Prediction by Ahya Radiatul Kamila, Johanes Fernandes Andry, Francka Sakti Lee, Felliks F. Tampinongkol

“…Employee turnover refers to the replacement of employees within an organization, which can lead to losses such as recruitment costs and decreased productivity. Predicting turnover is crucial for companies to anticipate and take appropriate actions to retain potential employees. …”
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КАРДИОНЕФРОПРОТЕКТИВНОЕ ДЕЙСТВИЕ СТАТИНОВ У БОЛЬНЫХ САХАРНЫМ ДИАБЕТОМ 2 ТИПА В СОЧЕТАНИИ С АРТЕРИАЛЬНОЙ ГИПЕРТОНИЕЙ... by О. В. Боева, Р. И. Сайфутдинов, А. А. Спасский

“…Reduction of expressiveness of a microalbuminuria and lack of decrease in speed of GFR is revealed at statin group.…”
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Research and development of material feeder of drum type shredder by V. I. Zenikov

“…Thus a louver baffle fitted to the end of a material feeder decreased losses by 9 percent.…”
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A Novel Variable-Order Threshold Serial Belief Propagation-Based Decoding Algorithm for LT Codes by Weibai Sun, Shuyan Ni, Tuofeng Lei, Rui Yang

“…In addition, by introducing an adaptive threshold for correcting check node information, the algorithm effectively eliminates redundant update actions throughout the decoding process. Simulation results demonstrate a 63.6% reduction in iteration count compared to BP for long-length codes at medium to high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and a 17.4% decrease in computational overhead. …”
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A Swing-Assist Controller for Enhancing Knee Flexion in a Semi-Powered Transfemoral Prosthesis by David M. Marsh, Marco Puliti, Michael Goldfarb

“…The experiments demonstrate that the proposed controller increases peak knee angle and minimum toe clearance during swing phase without increasing hip compensatory actions, relative to the users’ daily-use devices.…”
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Industrial multi-machine data aggregation, AI-ready data preparation, and machine learning for virtual metrology in semiconductor wafer and slider production by Feiyang Ou, Julius Suherman, Chao Zhang, Henrik Wang, Sthitie Bom, James F. Davis, Panagiotis D. Christofides

“…Smart Manufacturing is rooted in AI, Machine Learned (ML), and Data Synchronized (DS) modeling to tap into invaluable operating data. By making data actionable at larger scales, SM opens new ways to increase productivity, precision, and process performance. …”
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Model of Optimization of Process Parameters for Machining of Separate Design Elements of the Product by Gulnara Zhetessova, Irina Khrustaleva, Viacheslav Shkodyrev, Olga Zharkevich, Aliya Kanatova, Murat Kozhanov, Gulim Tattimbetova, Gulnur Abdugaliyeva

“…Thus, as a result of the optimization, the total labor intensity of individual transitions decreased by 18.3%, with an increase in processing error by 12.1%, and deterioration of the roughness parameter by 13.2%, which satisfies the initial conditions of optimization. …”
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Inhibitory Control Deficits in Children with Tic Disorders Revealed by Object-Hit-and-Avoid Task by Nicholas Cothros, Alex Medina, Davide Martino, Sean P. Dukelow, Rachel L. Hawe, Adam Kirton, Christos Ganos, Elaheh Nosratmirshekarlou, Tamara Pringsheim

“…In children with tics (without comorbid ADHD), acting upon both targets and distractors suggests reduced ability to suppress responses to potential triggers for action. This may be related to increased sensorimotor noise or abnormal sensory gating.…”
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Deep Reinforcement Learning for Real-Time Airport Emergency Evacuation Using Asynchronous Advantage Actor–Critic (A3C) Algorithm by Yujing Zhou, Yupeng Yang, Bill Deng Pan, Yongxin Liu, Sirish Namilae, Houbing Herbert Song, Dahai Liu

“…Emergencies can occur unexpectedly and require immediate action, especially in aviation, where time pressure and uncertainty are high. …”
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Optimizing lipase production by Bacillus subtilis on cheese whey and evaluating its antimicrobial, antibiofilm, anti virulence and biosafety properties by Mohamed Y. Abo El-Naga, Muhammad A. Khan, Samah H. Abu-Hussien, Samar M. Mahdy, Ammar AL-Farga, Aml A. Hegazy

“…Partial purification through ammonium sulfate precipitation and dialysis increased partial purified lipase (PPL) activity by twofold and fivefold, respectively. …”
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Barriers and Facilitators of the Use of Computerized Critical Care Information Systems in the Intensive Care Unit: Qualitative Interview Study by Alica Thissen, Eduardo Salgado-Baez, Daniel Fürstenau, Renate Delucchi Danhier, Christian Meske, Pauline Kuss, Stefan Angermair, Claudia Spies, Felix Balzer

“…Resistance to using the system may arise from users due to increased control imposed by the system and from insufficient participation in its development and configuration. …”
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