Unveiling the causal nexus between Saudi’s seaborne trade and economy: evidence from an ARDL model by A. H. M. Mehbub Anwar, Mohammad Altelmesani, Abdulrahman Alwosheel

“…The empirical analysis highlights a robust long-term relationship between Saudi GDP and seaborne trade, suggesting cointegration. …”
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Functional Activity of Neutrophils in Burn Sepsis by I. V. Obraztsov, M. A. Godkov, V. V. Kulabukhov, G. A. Vladimirova, D. Yu. Izmailov, E. V. Proskurnina

“…A complex effect of thermal trauma on the immune system triggers the tendency to develop and generalize infection in patients with severe thermal trauma. …”
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Multiobjective Calibration Framework for Pedestrian Simulation Models: A study on the Effect of Movement Base Cases, Metrics, and Density Levels by Martijn Sparnaaij, Dorine C. Duives, Victor L. Knoop, Serge P. Hoogendoorn

“…It is questionable how generally applicable a pedestrian simulation model is that has been calibrated using a limited set of movement base cases and one metric. …”
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A university electronic educational environment as an innovative resource for professional training of future psychologists and social teachers by Irina Vladimirovna Detkova, Fatima Ramazanovna Khatit, Alexandra Vladimirovna Leontyeva, Natalya Vladimirovna Kovaleva

“…Today, our country has accumulated a certain experience in the development and use of electronic educational resources in the educational process, which needs analysis and systematization. …”
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“I consider religious decline to be the reason for hooliganism in the village...”: priest Vasily Yagunov’s report to the dean of the 33rd district of Tomsk and Altai diocese (1913)... by Aleksey Sushko

“…This source is interesting, first of all, because it reflects the contradictory social processes that took place in the distant Siberian province in the chronological period preceding the First World War, the Revolution of 1917 and the Civil War. …”
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Multiple Paths of Rural Transformation and Its Driving Mechanisms Under the Perspective of Rural–Urban Continuum: Taking Suzhou, China as an Example by Ping Xu, Han Mu, Jingwei Shao, Yuan Yuan

“…Under the context of urban–rural integration, exploring the complex process and general patterns of rural transformation is a critical issue for advancing sustainable rural development. …”
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Domestic Chores and Girl-Child Education in Primary Schools in Buhunga Sub-County Rukungiri District. by Niwagaba, Alex

“…The descriptive cross-sectional survey research design was used for the study where both quantitative and qualitative techniques were used in the data collection process, analysis, presentation, and discussion of findings. …”
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SPECIALIZED MAPPING OF CRUSTAL FAULT ZONES. PART 1: BASIC THEORETICAL CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES by K. Zh. Seminsky

“…Part 2 is being prepared for publication in one of the next issues of the journal; it will cover stages of the proposed method and describe some of the cases of its application.In terms of general organizational principles, specialized mapping is similar to other methods based on structural paragenetic analysis and differs from such methods in types of paragenesises viewed as references to reveal crustal fault zones. …”
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Improving older people’s experiences and safety at transitions of care: the PACT mixed-methods study including RCT by Jenni Murray, Ruth Baxter, Jane O’Hara, Laura Sheard, Catherine Hewitt, Natasha Hardicre, Charles Vincent, Eirini Oikonomou, Gerry Richardson, Rosie Shannon, Kalpita Baird, Stephen Brealey, Robbie Foy, Laura Mandefield, Sarah Hampton, Ed Breckin, Lubena Mirza, Alfredo Palacios, Sally Moore, Jayne Marran, Jacqui Elliot, Jane Schofield, Alison Cracknell, Beth Woods, Sarah Cockayne, Thomas Mills, Yvonne Birks, Olivia Joseph, Rebecca Lawton

“…Work package 4: Development and refinement of a care transitions intervention Intervention development Functional resonance analysis method was used to model the transition process. …”
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Features of training 3d computer modeling and visualization of future teachers of informatics by O. G. Rylova

“…The future teacher of computer science should be able to develop three-dimensional models and animations of the studied objects (phenomena and processes) in computer science, physics, mathematics and other academic disciplines, create copyright electronic educational resources with three-dimensional illustrations, apply augmented reality and 3D printing in professional activities.The article describes the features of teaching three-dimensional computer modeling and visualization of future informatics teachers, identified on the basis of an analysis of the training system for students studying in specialty 1–02 05 02 Physics and Informatics at the Maxim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University.The main directions for improving the learning process of three-dimensional computer graphics of future informatics teachers are indicated. …”
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Cultural innovations were boosted under the pressure of epidemic outbreaks in European History by David D. Zhang, Qing Pei, Shengda Zhang, Leibin Wang, Mengyuan Qiu

“…Infectious disease epidemics have generally played an important role in generating cultural dynamics during the study period. …”
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A conceptual framework for self-advocacy by people with intellectual disabilities by Babalwa P. Tyabashe-Phume, Sharon R. Kleintjes

“…Background: People with intellectual disabilities are generally not consulted in the development of public policies, which impact their lives, and little is known about how to best empower people with intellectual disabilities to enable them to participate in public policy processes. …”
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Intelligent Supply Chain Management Modules Enabling Advanced Manufacturing for the Electric-Mechanical Equipment Industry by Chun-Hua Chien, Po-Yen Chen, Amy J. C. Trappey, Charles V. Trappey

“…The intelligent supplier selection and component ordering module dispatches orders that match the best options of suppliers based on combined analytic hierarchy process (AHP) analysis and multiobjective integer optimization. …”
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Investigation of machining performance in ecdm of Al6061-SiC-B4C hybrid composites by Safa Lafta, Abbas Ibrahim

“…This study investigates the machining performance of the Electrochemical Discharge Machining (ECDM) process on a hybrid composite material comprising Aluminum 6061 reinforced with 6% silicon carbide (SiC) and 6% boron carbide (B4C). …”
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Data leakage detection in machine learning code: transfer learning, active learning, or low-shot prompting? by Nouf Alturayeif, Jameleddine Hassine

“…Data leakage can affect the quality of ML models where sensitive information from the test set inadvertently influences the training process, leading to inflated performance metrics that do not generalize well to new, unseen data. …”
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Certified Robustness of Antenna Selecting Neural Networks for Massive MIMO Wireless Communications by Jaekwon Kim, Hyo-Sang Lim, Kwanghoon Choi

“…Specifically, it is often unclear how the neural network determines which antennas to select, making it difficult to interpret or trust the decision-making process. This paper investigates the robustness of neural networks for antenna selection in such contexts. …”
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The behaviour of liquid consonants in the Tambirat Malay dialect: An optimality-theoretic account by Mohd Zulkanien Sarbini

“…This restriction arises from the dialect’s general avoidance of coda [l], and as a resolution, it is typically substituted by the high vowel [j]; however, since this substitution will yield the diphthong [ej], which is marked and ill-formed, this process is blocked by the constraint NO-[ej]. …”
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Theory and practice of digital political culture: The views of the French school of communicativistics by T. Yu. Lebedeva, L. V. Minaeva

“…However, this caution about new technologies does not impede their active integration into the political processes of the Fifth Republic. In the second section, through the analysis of a number of electoral campaigns, the authors examine the practical aspects of formation of digital political culture in France. …”
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Can artificial ıntelligence detect the anti-aging effect of rhinoplasty? by Muhammed Zeki Yalçın, Yuksel Toplu, Osman Kurt

“…While we have yet to discover a way to preserve youth eternally, we have made significant progress in understanding the aging process and in developing pharmaceuticals, surgical techniques, and technologies. …”
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Suicidal ideation, social support, and a pessimistic view on life in the middle-aged and elderly by Naruto Goto, Takayuki Kageyama

“… This study aimed to examine whether both reduced social support and a pessimistic view on life are risk factors for suicidal ideation in the general population, being independent of psychological distress. …”
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