The Effectiveness of a Mobile Learning Environment in Improving Psychological Security in Blind Students by Amr El Koshiry, Entesar Eliwa, Tarek Abd El-Hafeez, Mohamed Abd Allah Tony

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Heart Sound Classification Based on Multi-Scale Feature Fusion and Channel Attention Module by Mingzhe Li, Zhaoming He, Hao Wang

“…The proposed methods significantly enhanced the performance of heart sound classification and demonstrated the importance of feature fusion, as interpreted through visualized heat maps.…”
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MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH IN OPHTHALMOPEDIATRIC PRACTICE – ACTUAL STATE AND OPPORTUNITIES by K. Dimitrova

“…PURPOSE: The aim of current study is to survey the opinion of ophthalmologists about conducting activities for prevention of children's eye health by a multidisciplinary team. METHODS: Sociological and statistical methods have been applied. …”
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Vision-Guided Fuzzy Adaptive Impedance-Based Control for Polishing Robots Under Time-Varying Stiffness by Qinsheng Li, Xiaozhen Lian

“…However, precise force control presents significant challenges, particularly for curved workpieces exhibiting time-varying stiffness. Traditional methods typically struggle to adapt to these dynamic conditions, often leading to inconsistent results and suboptimal surface quality. …”
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CFD Analysis and Preliminary Experimental Verifications of Supercritical CO2-N2 Multiphase Jet Process by Wangping XI, Dong YANG, Lin CHEN

“…In this paper, a two-dimensional numerical model of supercritical CO2-N2 inter-jet was established, and the numerical model was quantitatively verified through the visual experimental analysis of the jet process by pixel-array masked method and phase-shift interferometry technique. …”
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A Fuzzy-Based Relay Security Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks by Nan-I Wu, Tung-Huang Feng, Min-Shiang Hwang

“…A wireless sensor network relay selection algorithm based on a fuzzy inference system often uses sorting methods or random methods as the selection mechanism to choose when the fuzzy system outputs the same result. …”
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Evaluating the immune response in a murine cancer model between irreversible electroporation and an advanced biphasic pulsed electric field technology by Ebtesam H. O. Nafie, Chiara Pastori, Robert E. Neal

“…IntoductionNon-thermal ablation, including irreversible electroporation (IRE) and Aliya®, an advanced biphasic pulsed electric field (aPEF) technology, have emerged as effective tumor ablation approaches, particularly in sensitive anatomical locations. These methods not only ablate tumors but also may stimulate immune responses.MethodsThis study compares the immunological impact of biphasic aPEF and IRE in a murine breast cancer model. …”
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Lamb and Variety Meat Retail Identification Cuts by Brian J. Estevez, Chad Carr, Larry Eubanks

“…   A visual representation of the lamb and variety meat retail cuts along with suggested cooking methods. …”
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Cross-Modality Consistency Network for Remote Sensing Text-Image Retrieval by Yuchen Sha, Yujian Feng, Miao He, Yichi Jin, Shuai You, Yimu Ji, Fei Wu, Shangdong Liu, Shaoshuai Che

“…Remote sensing cross-modality text-image retrieval aims to retrieve a specific object from a large image gallery based on a natural language description, and vice versa. Existing methods mainly capture local and global context information within each modality for cross-modality matching. …”
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Advances in Contraceptive Vaccine Development: A Comprehensive Review by Wen Gao, Xiaoting Shen, Peipei Li, Chanchan Xiao, Yongxia Wang

“…The issues of uncontrolled global population growth and unintended pregnancies are severe, and the existing contraceptive methods have numerous limitations, making the development of novel contraceptive technologies urgent. …”
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Navigating the missing data maze: exploring multiple imputation techniques for environmental performance index data by Muhammed Haziq Muhammed Nor, Mohd Aftar Abu Bakar, Noratiqah Mohd Ariff, Wan Hanna Melini Wan Mohtar, Bernard Kok Bang Lee

“…This study aimed to compare multiple imputation methods, specifically MICEForest, k NN, and MissForest imputation, on EPI data with missing data ranging from 1% to over 50%. …”
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A high‐resolution model of the grapevine leaf morphospace predicts synthetic leaves by Daniel H. Chitwood, Efrain Torres‐Lomas, Ebi S. Hadi, Wolfgang L. G. Peterson, Mirjam F. Fischer, Sydney E. Rogers, Chuan He, Michael G. F. Acierno, Shintaro Azumaya, Seth Wayne Benjamin, Devendra Prasad Chalise, Ellice E. Chess, Alex J. Engelsma, Qiuyi Fu, Jirapa Jaikham, Bridget M. Knight, Nikita S. Kodjak, Adazsofia Lengyel, Brenda L. Muñoz, Justin T. Patterson, Sundara I. Rincon, Francis L. Schumann, Yujie Shi, Charlie C. Smith, Mallory K. St. Clair, Carly S. Sweeney, Patrick Whitaker, James Wu, Luis Diaz‐Garcia

“…Using computational approaches combined with time‐honored methods, we can predict theoretical leaves that are possible, enabling us to understand the genetics, development, and environmental responses of plants in new ways. …”
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Fasciola hepatica: can the coproantigen ELISA replace the faecal egg sedimentation test? by Jake Collyer

“…Whilst all three studies were diagnostic accuracy validity studies, the systematic sampling strategy of one study was superior to the convenience sampling method of one of the other studies and to the case control method of the other. …”
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Emotional intelligence and its associated factors among case team leaders in health centers of East Gojam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: an institutional based cross-sectional study by Endalew Minwuye Andargie, Seblewongel Gebretsadik Sertsewold, Tamiru Minwuye Andargie, Haimanot Wubale Tewabe, Asrat Kassaw, Yonas Fissha Adem, Wubshet D. Negash

“…Thus, this study is aimed to assess EI and associated factors among case team leaders in the public health centers of East Gojam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia. Method An institution-based cross-sectional study was performed in the East Gojam Zone among 395 case team leaders selected by a simple random sampling method. …”
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Onychodystrophies: possibilities of topical therapy by Irena L. Shlivko, Irina A. Klemenova, Maria S. Neznakhina

“…This determines the search for the most effective methods of treating onychodystrophies. Practitioners are provided with modern information on the etiology, pathogenesis, clinical features of various types of onychodystrophies, therapeutic approaches and methods of local treatment. …”
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“3D Cladistics”: a new perspective for phylogenetic analyses and a tool for citizen science by Márcia Venâncio, Carlos Antunes, Dimítri de Araújo Costa

“… This study uses the cladistics method, three-dimensional (3D) illustration, and its importance for scientific communication in referring to phylogeny study. …”
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Data driven resistivity zonation integrating inversion kriging and clustering for subsurface characterization in groundwater exploration by Gumilar Utamas Nugraha, Hendra Bakti, Rachmat Fajar Lubis, Asep Mulyono, Yuniarti Ulfa, Yayat Sudrajat

“…The primary objective is to enhance resistivity-based zonation for groundwater exploration by employing a dipole–dipole array with 10-m electrode spacing, followed by 2D inversion to visualize resistivity distributions. Geostatistical interpolation using Kriging effectively captures spatial variability, while clustering methods (K-Means, DBSCAN, and Hierarchical Clustering) classify resistivity-based subsurface zones. …”
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Comparison of clinical efficacy and radiological findings of interspinous dynamic stabilization system versus unilateral biportal endoscopy for lumbar spinal stenosis: a retrospect... by Dongyue Li, Yunzhong Cheng, Xuanyu Chen, Peng Yin, Qingjun Su

“…However, there remains a paucity of comparative studies directly evaluating the therapeutic efficacy between these two distinct non-fusion approaches—IDSS as a motion-preserving stabilization method and UBE as a minimally invasive decompression technique‌. …”
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How to estimate the probability of a live birth after one or more complete IVF cycles? the development of a novel model in a single-center by Xiangyi Kong, Zhiqiang Liu, Chunyu Huang, Xiuyu Hu, Meilan Mo, Hongzhan Zhang, Yong Zeng

“…Abstract Objective To develop a predictive tool in the form of a Nomogram based on the Cox regression model, which incorporates the impact of the length of treatment cycles on the outcome of live birth, to evaluate the probability of infertile couples having a live birth after one or more complete cycles of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), and to provide patients with a risk assessment that is easy to understand and visualize. Methods A retrospective study for establishing a prediction model was conducted in the reproductive center of Shenzhen Zhongshan Obstetrics & Gynecology Hospital (formerly Shenzhen Zhongshan Urology Hospital). …”
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Radiomic Analysis of Contrast‐Enhanced CT Predicts Recompensation in Hepatitis B‐Related Decompensated Cirrhosis by Qiaofeng Chen, Yuanping Fan, Kaini Wu, Tianpan Cai, Chunyu Lan, Mingju Yu, Yunfeng Fu, Qi Zhu, Jianhao Qiu, Xiaodong Zhou

“…The Shapley Additive Explanation (SHAP) method was employed to visualize and interpret model predictions for individual patients. …”
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