Predicting the Cetane Number of Biodiesel using two AI-Models: the Gradient-based ANN and ANN Optimized by Genetic Algorithm by Hadis Tanha, Fatemeh Bashipour

“…The resulting outcomes revealed that the highest R2 and the lowest MSE were related to the GB-ANN model with two hidden layers, trainbfg learning method and logsig-tansig-purelin transfer function. …”
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Estimating the appearance of shock waves in the cavitation bubble during its collapse by A.A. Aganin, D.Yu. Toporkov

“…With these values, the saturated pressure of vapor of both liquids was equal to 10 bar. The initial radius of the bubble was 500 m. …”
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Gender inequity in employment and wage disparities in Tanzania’s mega construction projects by Felician Andrew Kitole

“…Employing descriptive statistics and the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method, the findings reveal a significant wage gap between men and women, with the total wage gap being 23·74%, and women earning nearly 24% less than men on average. …”
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Relationship Between Breast Cancer Fear and Mammography Self-Efficacy among Women over 40 in Babylon, Iraq by Zaid Abdulabbas, Figen Erol Ursavas

“… Aim:  This study aim to determine the relationship between the fear of breast cancer and mammography self-efficacy of women over the age of 40 living in Iraq.  Method: The research was conducted with 386 women recruited in the main primary health care centers of Hilla I and II sectors from June 1, 2022, to September 1, 2022. …”
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ARABIC- THE VISION OF MODERN MUSLIM THINKERS ABOUT THE REFORMULATION OF ISLAMIC LAW by Saifullah Bhutto, Muhammad Ajmal

“…Political issues including electoral method, structures of governments. General social issues e.g. legal position and restrictions of family planning. …”
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Health indicators and human development: developing a new health governance index with the case of Türkiye by Bircan Kara

“…This study aims to construct a health governance index by analyzing the relationship between health indicators and the Human Development Index (HDI) in Türkiye. Method This study utilizes a logarithmic differencing model to analyze quarterly data from Q1 2002 to Q4 2020. …”
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EFFECT OF VARIED PLYOMETRIC TRAINING IN LAND AND AQUATIC MEDIUM ON ANAEROBIC POWER OF ATHLETES by Raju Biswas, Sandip Sankar Ghosh

“…Aqua-plyometric training with weighted vest is a more effective training method than land plyometric training for improving the anaerobic power of the school athletes.…”
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Transformation of gender stereotypes in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic (on the basis of the sociological research) by Angela Aslanovna Bezrukova, Zalina Auesovna Nagorokova

“…To solve research problems, a structural-functional method, comparative analysis, a socio-gender approach with the use of the principles of consistency, historicism, objectivity have been used, allowing to analyze the nature of modifications in women’s business activity. …”
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Care perspectives: Mothers of children with disabilities in a peri-urban setting in South Africa by Marcia A. Torres, Chioma O. Ohajunwa

“…Objectives: This article discusses the barriers and enablers to caregiving experienced by mothers of children with disabilities living in a peri-urban setting in South Africa. Method: A qualitative study using in-depth interviews was implemented with six mothers of children with disabilities, recruited through total population sampling. …”
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Multidimensional Particle Separation by Tilted-Angle Standing Surface Acoustic Waves—Physics, Control, and Design by Sebastian Sachs, Jörg König, Christian Cierpka

“…For this active separation method, a tailored acoustic field is used to focus and separate particles on stationary pressure nodes by means of the acoustic radiation force. …”
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Longitudinal Analysis of Honey Bee Colony Health as a Function of Pesticide Exposure by Susan E. Kegley, Rosemarie Radford, Timothy J. Brown, Jeff Anderson, Darren Cox, Steve Ellis, Geoffrey W. Marcy

“…Sixty commercial honey bee colonies were monitored over the course of one year with the goal of assessing potential correlations between measured colony strength and environmental stressors, including exposures to pesticides and pathogens. We developed a new method for assessing colony health by determining the fractional change in population of the four colonies on each pallet between peak population on 1 June and the last population assessment prior to winter on 1 October. …”
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OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN ISOTOPE VARIATIONS IN A RECENTLY FORMED MASSIVE ICE AT THE MOUTH OF THE AKKANI RIVER, EASTERN CHUKOTKA by Yu. K. Vasil'chuk, Ju. N. Chizhova, A. A. Maslakov, N. A. Budantseva, A. C. Vasil'chuk

“…The ice is full of bubbles. The main method of the research was the analysis of isotopes of oxygen and hydrogen within the stratified ice body, and also relationships between them as well as ratios between the deuterium excess and δ2Н. …”
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The Impact of Agricultural Land Use Patterns on Natural Vegetation, Plant, and Livestock Diversity in the European Union by Zsuzsanna Bacsi, Péter Szálteleki, Gabriella Bánhegyi

“…The preservation of natural heritage is a global concern nowadays, which is equally important for climate resilience and for sustainable resource use. …”
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PRACTICAL ESTIMATION OF BUSINESS PARTNERS RELIABILITY by E. Pavlova

“…That’s why for all the characteristics «a provision» must be included into corporate information system and all the characteristics of the assessed counteragents must be included into information system obligatory. Before applying the method of balanced expert estimations the article suggests the criteria ranking i. e. each criterion must be taken the assessment and given the grade. …”
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Prospering the ASEAN Community: How Micro-Region Becomes a Driving Force Prosperity in Indonesia’s Border Area? by Fitrisia Munir, Yanyan Mohammad Yani, Rendi Prayuda, Artha Yudilla, Dini Tiara Sasmi

“…Alternative research hypotheses applicable in various scientific disciplines were included in this research through a qualitative analysis method and a reflective case study approach. This research focused on the roles and activities of sub-state actors in border areas such as the Riau Islands with Malaysia and Singapore, who could work hard together with other sub-state actor entities through the support of a strong leadership network to take quicker and more efficient actions to overcome various issues. …”
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Reinterpreting Justice in Al-Farabi’s Political Philosophy: Relevance to Contemporary Islamic Human Rights Thought by Syukri, Adenan, Syahminan

“…Employing a qualitative, library-based method and a philosophical hermeneutic approach, the research analyzes key texts—particularly Ara’ Ahl al-Madina al-Fadila and Tahsil al-Sa‘ada—alongside contemporary literature on Islamic legal reform and human rights theory. …”
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The impact of Anchor, a home visitation programme for maltreated children, on child developmental and behavioural outcomes by Shi Hua Chan, Jean Yin Oh, Li Ming Ong, Wen Hann Chow, Oh Moh Chay, Salam Soliman, Lourdes Mary Daniel, Pratibha Argawal, Charmain Samantha Tan, Jun Lin Sai, Joanne Ferriol Especkerman, Rehena Sultana, Cong Jin Wilson Low, Sita Padmini Yeleswarapu

“…This study evaluated Anchor’s impact on children's developmental and behavioural outcomes. Method: We conducted a prospective evaluation of children under 4 years assessed for maltreatment from November 2019 to July 2023. …”
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Impact of Cooking Techniques on the Dietary Fiber Profile in Selected Cruciferous Vegetables by Karolina Nowak, Sascha Rohn, Michał Halagarda

“…The dietary fiber content and the content of its fractions were determined using an enzymatic analysis method. The results of the research show that the cooking process had a significant influence on the content of dietary fiber fractions in cruciferous vegetables. …”
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Islamic boarding schools and human rights enforcement transmission of cultural values for disabilities by Suwarno Suwarno, Uswatun Chasanah

“…Zainal Abidin. The research method used in this study is a type of qualitative research. …”
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Zoning and analysis of pervasive rainfall in rainy areas of Iran In the statistical period of 30 years (1987-1987) by Maryam saghafi, Gholamreza Barati, Bohloul Alijani, Mohammad Moradi

“…Setting data in daily tables in the first step, made possible to program in MATLAB environment to separate precipitation in ten groups from "one day" to "ten days" and in the second step in SPSS environment based on frequency characteristics, amount and precipitations average in the mentioned groups was done by the method of Ward merging and clustering. The process of the clustering on Iran's durability precipitation showed that there are seven almost homogeneous precipitation zones in Iran; the geographical arrangement of Iran's precipitation areas, reveals the dependence of Iran's precipitations amount on roughness, the path of precipitation systems, its proximity to humidity sources, and the effect of the sea. …”
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