A Novel AI-Based Integrated Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Framework and Resilience of National Critical Infrastructure by Sardar Muhammad Ali, Abdul Razzaque, Muhammad Yousaf, Sardar Sadaqat Ali

“…We began with data preprocessing, which included cleansing the data, addressing missing values through Multiple Imputation by Chained Equations (MICE), and applying transformations such as encoding and standard scaling. To address class imbalance, we employed the Synthetic Minority Over-sampling Technique (SMOTE). …”
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SOCIAL PROTEST IN INDIA by S. I. Lunev

“…There are different categories of social protest in India: peasant movements; scheduled castes' (Dalits, the former untouchables) movements; anti-corruption movements; environmental movements; backward caste movements; women's movements; tribal movements; industrial proletariat movements; students' movements; middle class movements; human rights movements. The first four movements are currently the most noticeable. …”
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Landslide Hazard Assessment and Zonation by using Slope Susceptibility Evaluation Parameter (SSEP) Rating Scheme- a Case from Debre Sina, Northern Ethiopia by Tamene Tadele

“…The study area was classified into three hazard classes, of which 25 % of the slopes fall into a moderate hazard zone, while 58 % and 17 %were found to be high and very high hazard zones, respectively. …”
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A multi-disciplinary, protocolised care for hip fracture surgeries shortens hospital stay, time to admission and surgery by Khai Cheong Wong, Gideon Jia Wei Cheok, Kenny Xian Khing Tay, Joyce Suang Bee Koh, Tet Sen Howe, Yeong Huei Ng

“…Results In the POST-PROTOCOL group, a higher proportion were of ASA class III and IV ( p = .026). More patients in the POST-PROTOCOL group were admitted to the ward within 4 hours (97.2% vs 86.0%; p < .001) and operated on within 48 hours (56.4% vs 36.8%; p < .001). …”
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Experience of COVID-19 vaccination among healthcare workers in Iran: a descriptive phenomenological study by Atefeh Torknejad, Sima Babaei, Zahra Hadian, Amir Shahzeydi

“…Conversely, motivations for vaccination included a sense of social responsibility, disease prevention, and advice from health experts. " Reasons for vaccine hesitancy" (vaccination infrastructure, social infrastructure, and personal infrastructure) and "justifications for administering vaccines" (sense of inevitability, comfort, social accountability, and disease management) are considered as principal and sub-categories classes, respectively. Conclusion: The health personnel reported diverse experiences related to vaccination. …”
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A Method for Tomato Ripeness Recognition and Detection Based on an Improved YOLOv8 Model by Zhanshuo Yang, Yaxian Li, Qiyu Han, Haoming Wang, Chunjiang Li, Zhandong Wu

“…Finally, an Inner-FocalerIoU loss function is designed and integrated to address the difficulty of ripeness classification caused by class imbalance in the samples. …”
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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Using the DynamX Sirolimus-Eluting Bioadaptor: 12-Month Clinical and Imaging Outcomes by Mark Webster, Douglas Scott, Madhav Menon, Dougal McClean, Seif El-Jack, Gerard Wilkins, Scott A. Harding

“…The primary safety and efficacy endpoints were 6-month target lesion failure (TLF) and late lumen loss. Patients presented with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction in 49%. …”
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Adapting to climate change and multi-risk governance: toward sustainable adaptation and enhancing urban resilience—Indonesia by Abdillah Abdillah, Ida Widianingsih, Rd Ahmad Buchari, Heru Nurasa

“…The results of this study show that the impact of climate change in Bandung and Makassar City, Indonesia has caused an increase in the potential for erosion, reduced wetlands along the coast, an increase in the rate of seawater intrusion, a decrease in food production, damage to infrastructure, a reduction in clean water sources, an increase in disease. respiratory, floods, droughts, and other hydrological disasters. …”
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Innovative gamification strategies to improve student learning outcomes in vocational high schools by Muhammad Iqbal Faza, Ranu Iskandar, Rizqi Fitri Naryanto

“…The trial was conducted on students of class XI TKR 1 and 2 at Mataram Semarang Vocational High School, with a total of 61 students. …”
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«Islamic Socialism» in Pakistan: Evolution, Implementation and Legacy in Domestic and Foreign Policy by G. G. Makarevich

“…Employing critical theory, the author delves into an analysis of the political class's objectives and how the environmental context influenced the political process, offering insights into the perceptions held by higher echelons. …”
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Role of HLA alleles polymorphism in systemic lupus erythematosus: A prospective study from North India by Ranjan S. Rana, Bitan Naik, Mahima Yadav, Usha Singh, Anup Singh, Shailja Singh

“…The most appropriate hypothesis states that genetic susceptibility in the presence of environmental risk factors predisposes to SLE. HLA class II alleles are critical to immune response and are highly polymorphic. …”
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Assessment of multidecadal precipitation seasonality in the panama canal watershed by István Gábor Hatvani, Nayara Azevedo de Castro Souza, Russell S. Harmon, Jorge A. Espinosa, Zoltán Kern

“…The southwestern group of stations reflect the drier conditions prevailing along Panama’s Pacific coast. The most significant ENSO effect is observed in the northeastern part of the PCW, which displays distinct rainfall patterns during the early and late stages of the annual wet season. …”
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The effect of high-temperature intercritical annealing and rolling strain on the development of trimodal microstructure in low-carbon steel by Somayyeh Gholamalipour, Roohollah Jamaati, Seyed Jamal Hosseinipour

“…Considering the presence of ferrite grains in three different categories (coarse, fine, and ultrafine) it can be concluded that the trimodal microstructure was formed in the 50% + 550 and 75% + 550 samples, while in the 25% + 550 sample, even the bimodal microstructure was not formed. …”
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Eléments pour l’élaboration d’un manuel de littérature basque pour les collèges et lycées by Jean Casenave

“…Today, it is widely taught in bilingual classes in “linguistic immersion” and “in schedule parity”, in all the current Basque-speaking area (Basque Autonomous Community, Basque zone of the “Pyrénées Atlantiques” department, northern part of the Foral Community of Navarra).Yet, for the northern part of the Basque Country (French Basque Country), there still isn’t today any literature book for secondary school students. …”
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Teachers’ Insights into the Efficacy of the ‘Reading Circle’ Project Using English Language Teaching Graded Readers by Inga Linde, Linda Daniela

“…In order to substantially increase students’ reading opportunities, the ‘Reading Circle’ (RC) project was initiated, allowing teachers and their students to read five to eight graded readers during English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classes throughout the school year. During the school year 2023/2024, 45 teachers and 1328 students of Grades 3–11 participated in the 9-month project. …”
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Bacterial communities as bioindicators of climate change in freshwater ecosystems: Tank bromeliads as model systems by Daniel Di Pace Soares Penna, Gustavo Quevedo Romero, Mark P. Nessel, Angélica L. González, Valéria Maia Oliveira

“…This study used 16S rRNA gene sequencing to examine bacterial communities in bromeliads along a latitudinal gradient on the Brazilian coast, using a space-for-time substitution approach. …”
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Glucagon-like peptide-1 and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide agonists for the treatment of obesity and diabetes mellitus by Alexander C. Martins, Beatriz G. de la Torre, Fernando Albericio

“…Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) have emerged as a promising class of medications with dual benefits in managing diabetes and aiding weight loss such as semaglutide, liraglutide, dulaglutide, exenatide, among others. …”
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Characterization of Integrons and Quinolone Resistance in Clinical Escherichia coli Isolates in Mansoura City, Egypt by Shaymaa H. Abdel-Rhman, Rehab M. Elbargisy, Dina E. Rizk

“…Eighty (59.70%) isolates were quinolone-resistant, and 60/134 (44.77%) isolates were integron positive with the predominance of class I integrons (98.33%). There was a significant association between quinolone resistance and the presence of integrons (P<0.0001). …”
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Elevated Anthropometric and Metabolic Indicators among Young Adult Offspring of Mothers with Pregestational Diabetes: Early Results from the Transgenerational Effect on Adult Morbi... by Katherine Bowers, Shelley Ehrlich, Lawrence M. Dolan, Resmi Gupta, Mekibib Altaye, Nicholas J. Ollberding, Rhonda Szczesniak, Patrick Catalano, Emily Smith, Jane C. Khoury

“…By comparing categories of BMI, TEAM Study participants had over 2.0 times the odds of being obese compared to matched NHANES participants (for class III obesity, OR=2.81; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.15, 6.87). …”
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Protocol for a cluster randomized study to compare the effectiveness of a self-report distress tool and a mental health referral service to usual case management on program complet... by Shawna Bailey, Carrie Stoner, Kelly Cruise, Giulio DiDiodato

“…<h4>Outcomes</h4>The primary outcome includes: 1) Difference in proportion of absence-free program days from date of randomization, where absence-free days are defined as being present in class or work setting for ≥ 8 hours from Monday to Thursday during the 12-week program duration.…”
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