Comparative Analysis of Multicriteria Decision-Making Methods for Bus Washing Process Selection: A Case Study by Paulo Ávila, Alzira Mota, Eliana Oliveira, Hélio Castro, Luís Pinto Ferreira, João Bastos, O. Fernandes Nuno, Joaquim Moreira

“…Therefore, the main objectives of this work are (1) to select the best sustainable technical solutions for washing buses depending on the specific conditions for a case study and (2) to analyze how different multicriteria decision-making methods behave in the selection process. To achieve these objectives, the problem was approached as a case study in a public transport company in Portugal and the methodology followed the next steps: started with the identification of the different types of commercial technical solutions for washing buses; the company’s experts selected four main criteria: water consumption, operating costs, quality of washing, and time spent; the criteria weights were determined using the fuzzy-AHP method; then four representative MCDM methods were selected, namely, AHP, ELECTRE, TOPSIS, and SMART; the ranks obtained for the four methods were compared; and a sensitivity analysis was performed. …”
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Study on the foam production characteristics of air self-suction foam generator by jet by Caiyuan Lu, Yuxin Wu, Di Zhu, Yuntao Liang

“…Considering the four factors affecting foam production performance, the optimal effect is achieved when the foam mesh of 16, the foam mesh spacing of 3 cm, the foam mesh of 2 layers, the distance between the foam mesh and the nozzle is 22 cm and $$\varphi$$ is 0.455. …”
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Assessing factors influencing green hydrogen conversion at Vietnam's gas turbine power plants using combined SWOT-AHP analysis method by Duong Doan Ngoc, Kien Duong Trung, Phap Vu Minh, Thao Nguyen Van

“…At COP26, Vietnam committed to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. Up to now, several strategic policies and master plans concerning energy and power development along with emission reduction have been introduced. …”
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Epidemiology of neonatal disorders attributable to low birthweight-global burden of disease research, 1990–2021 by Qi Zhang, Lan Luo, Lai-lai Yan, Lai-lai Yan, Jing Guo, Hui-jun Wu, Zi-wei Zhang, Yu-hua Zhu, Rui Qiao, Rui Qiao

“…Some low-SDI countries have achieved minimal theoretical disease burdens, whereas certain high-SDI countries lag in reducing their neonatal disease burdens.ConclusionOver the past 32 years, the global burden of neonatal diseases attributable to LBW has significantly decreased, but inequality in disease burden has intensified. …”
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Machine learning using random forest to model heavy metals removal efficiency using a zeolite-embedded sheet in water by N.D. Takarina, N. Matsue, E. Johan, A. Adiwibowo, M.F.N.K. Rahmawati, S.A. Pramudyawardhani, T. Wukirsari

“…The random forest model also confirms that the high efficiency of heavy metals removal (>60 percent) will be achieved at water potential of hydrogen ranges of 4.94–5.61 and temperatures equal to 29.1 degrees Celsius.CONCLUSION: In general, a zeolite-embedded sheet can adsorb diluted heavy metals from water because there are percentages of adsorbed heavy metals. …”
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Forecasting contrail climate forcing for flight planning and air traffic management applications: the CocipGrid model in pycontrails 0.51.0 by Z. Engberg, R. Teoh, T. Abbott, T. Dean, M. E. J. Stettler, M. L. Shapiro

“…Here, we develop a contrail forecasting tool that produces global maps of persistent contrail formation and their EF<span class="inline-formula">_contrail</span> formatted to align with standard weather and turbulence forecasts for integration into existing flight planning and air traffic management workflows. This is achieved by extending the existing trajectory-based contrail cirrus prediction model (CoCiP), which simulates contrails formed along flight paths, to a grid-based approach that initializes an infinitesimal contrail segment at each point in a 4D spatiotemporal grid and tracks them until their end of life. …”
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Enhancing Medical Student Engagement Through Cinematic Clinical Narratives: Multimodal Generative AI–Based Mixed Methods Study by Tyler Bland

“…Key findings include the majority of surveyed students preferring the CCN over traditional clinical cases (14/18), as well as high average scores for triggered situational interest (mean 4.58, SD 0.53), maintained interest (mean 4.40, SD 0.53), maintained-feeling interest (mean 4.38, SD 0.51), and maintained-value interest (mean 4.42, SD 0.54). Students achieved an average score of 88% on examination questions related to the CCN material, indicating successful learning and retention. …”
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Autoencoder Artificial Neural Network Model for Air Pollution Index Prediction by Nor Irwin Basir, Kathlyn Kaiyun Tan, Danny Hartanto Djarum, Zainal Ahmad, Dai-Viet N. Vo, Zhang Jie

“…The results show that the deep sparse autoencoder achieves better prediction accuracy with  and  values of 0.1474 and 0.8331, respectively, compared to 0.1515 and 0.8300 for the shallow sparse autoencoder. …”
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Development and validation of a UV/visible spectrophotometric method for simultaneous assay of paracetamol and ibuprofen by Timothée Mavanga Mabaya, Jocelyn Mankulu Kakumba, Mannix Mayangi Makola, Adelard Mbenza Puati, Didi Mana Kialengila, Jean Mavar Tayey Mbay, Jérémie Mbinze Kindenge

“…Purpose This research aimed to provide a simple, reliable, and economical method for quality control of drugs and healthcare products in the Congolese pharmaceutical market. This was achieved by developing and validating an ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) spectrophotometric method for the simultaneous determination of paracetamol and ibuprofen in dosage forms. …”
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Translation of a Diabetes Remission Service into Australian Primary Care: Findings from the Evaluation of DiRECT-Australia by Ritesh Chimoriya, Kimberly Mitlehner, Chee L. Khoo, Uchechukwu Levi Osuagwu, Russell Thomson, Lei Si, Michael Lean, David Simmons, Milan K. Piya

“…These findings support the feasibility of a structured diabetes remission service in an Australian primary care setting to achieve improvements in glycaemia, weight, and quality of life and wellbeing, and suggest a substantial willingness to pay for diet replacement products among participants.…”
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Construction of novel pJRD215-derived plasmids using chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (cat) gene as a selection marker for Acidithiobacillus caldus. by Rui Wang, Chunmao Lin, Jianqiang Lin, Xin Pang, Xiangmei Liu, Chengjia Zhang, Jianqun Lin, Linxu Chen

“…The absence of an ideal selection marker has become a major obstacle to achieve high efficiency of the gene transfer system for A. caldus. …”
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Radiography may not be accurate in assessing acute ankle sprains in children by Xiongtao Li, Xiantao Shen, Si Wang, Jie Sun, Zhaoting Liu

“…Ultrasonography produced only one false-negative case, achieving a sensitivity of 97%. Ultrasonography showed substantial agreement with MRI (Kappa = 0.797), whereas radiography showed fair agreement with MRI (Kappa = 0.384). …”
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Translation of the UK Pediatric Influenza Vaccination Programme in Primary Schools to 13 European Countries Using a Dynamic Transmission Model by Laetitia Gerlier, Judith Hackett, Richard Lawson, Sofia Dos Santos Mendes, Martin Eichner

“…**Objectives:** To simulate the impact of a pediatric influenza vaccination programme using quadrivalent live attenuated influenza vaccine (QLAIV) in Europe by applying coverage rates achieved in the United Kingdom during the 2014–2015 season and to compare the model outcomes to the UK results. …”
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Photo-Fenton Degradation of RB5 Dye in Aqueous Solution Using Fe Supported on Mexican Natural Zeolite by José Domenzain-Gonzalez, José J. Castro-Arellano, Luis A. Galicia-Luna, Luis Lartundo-Rojas

“…The optimal RB5 dye degradation was achieved at RB50=100 mg/L in the presence of MNZ/Fe=0.2 g/L, H2O2=3 g/L and pH=2.5 where the highest discoloration and chemical oxygen demand removal were 93 and 70.5 at 180 min. …”
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Eastern Spiritual Traditions Through the Lens of Modern Scientific Worldview by Tetiana V. Danylova

“…The main goal of Eastern mystical traditions is to achieve the state of absolute unity through meditative techniques that have been mastered over centuries. …”
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Predicting abatacept retention using machine learning by Rieke Alten, Claire Behar, Pierre Merckaert, Ebenezer Afari, Virginie Vannier-Moreau, Anael Ohayon, Sean E. Connolly, Aurélie Najm, Pierre-Antoine Juge, Gengyuan Liu, Angshu Rai, Yedid Elbez, Karissa Lozenski

“…Retention was defined as treatment for > 365 days or ≤ 365 days in patients who achieved remission or major clinical response (based on European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology response criteria). …”
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A Bio-Inspired Visual Neural Model for Robustly and Steadily Detecting Motion Directions of Translating Objects Against Variable Contrast in the Figure-Ground and Noise Interferenc... by Sheng Zhang, Ke Li, Zhonghua Luo, Mengxi Xu, Shengnan Zheng

“…(1) Background: At present, the bio-inspired visual neural models have made significant achievements in detecting the motion direction of the translating object. …”
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Parametric optimization of flow in a solar chimney power plant under variable semi elliptical constraints by Rajamurugu Natarajan, S. Yaknesh, K B Prakash, Mohammed Al Awadh, Qasem M. Al-Mdallal

“…FSCPP-1 and HSCPP-1 demonstrated superior performance, achieving higher maximum velocities (4.31 m/s, 4.49 m/s) under a temperature rise of 35 K and 36 K. …”
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The relationship between psychological stress and mindfulness among outstanding students in the school basic stage by A. A. Alazzam, A. A.K. Al-Shoqran, B. M. Suleiman, M. A. Rababah, B. M. Al-Hawamdeh, I. A.M. Al-Maraziq, I. Tanjour, F. A.M. Al-Habies

“…Accordingly, it is recommended to practise mindfulness as a helpful tactic for managing students’ psychological stress and keeping students from feeling overburdened. Achieving mental health is vital for students in all domains of their lives.Practical significance. …”
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Correlation between Speeches of the President of Lithuania and the National Day Celebrations in the period 1920-1938: influential Communication by Vita Ulytė-Grigelevičienė

“…Celebrations of the National Day manifest a sort of a "warming up" moment of impact based on the elements of visual effect, which enhanced positive spirits among the public and in turn strengthened the effect of the President's speeches, thus enabling them to achieve the intended purposes. On the other hand, the strategy process, which disclosed the verbal effect and determined three main aspects of the President's speeches: firstly, the development of the patriotic arguments to enhance the feelings of dignity and honour and their substantiation; secondly, the use of terms encouraging enthusiasm and inspirational expressions; and thirdly, the use of figures of speech to evoke the spirit of community and solidarity, was not only constructed to charge the public ideologically but also aimed at making an emotional impact on the minds of the public, thus gaining control over the people's will. …”
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