Achieving near-zero energy in hot climates: Retrofitting building envelopes for existing homes by Mohammed A Aloshan

“…This study is consistent with Saudi 2030 Vision Agenda, offering a model for other regions and emphasising the significance of sustainable development practices. …”
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Online Shopping Behaviour of Slovak During the COVID-19 Pandemic

“…These insights hold considerable significance for e-commerce enterprises, offering valuable guidance in understanding and adapting to prevailing consumer behaviors. …”
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Analysis of ChatGPT-Generated Codes Across Multiple Programming Languages by Sally Almanasra, Khaled Suwais

“…This study contributes to the literature by offering a comprehensive cross-language analysis of ChatGPT-4o’s programming capabilities, addressing a gap in the evaluation of AI-generated code performance.…”
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Phony peach disease: past and present impact on the peach industry in the southeastern U.S.A by Kendall A. Johnson, Clive H. Bock, Phillip M. Brannen

“…Limited research has been conducted on PPD since the 1980s, but the advent of new technologies offers the opportunity for new, foundational research to form a basis for informed management of PPD in the U.S. …”
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Educational interventions to improve pediatric emergency care: A qualitative assessment of the perspectives of African healthcare workers. by Emily A Hartford, Chris A Rees, Isaac Kihurani, Syeda Ra'ana Hussain, Elena Seifert, Alexis Schmid, Tigist Bacha, Carol C Chen, Megan L Schultz

“…Pediatric emergency care (PEC) training for health care workers (HCWs) is commonly offered in the form of short courses. This study gathers the perspectives of HCWs from eight African countries on how to best deliver and implement short training courses in PEC. …”
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SSA-ELM Hydrological Time Series Forecast Model Based on Wavelet Packet Decomposition and Phase Space Reconstruction by LI Lude, CUI Dongwen

“…Considering the nonlinear and multi-scale characteristics of hydrological time series,this paper proposes a squirrel search algorithm (SSA)-extreme learning machine (ELM) forecasting model based on wavelet packet decomposition (WPD) and phase space reconstruction.It is then applied to the Shangguo Hydrological Station in Yunnan Province for monthly runoff and precipitation forecasting.Specifically,WPD is performed to decompose the runoff and precipitation time series data,and the Cao method is applied to reconstruct the phase space of each subseries component.Then,the principle of SSA is outlined,and objective functions are constructed through the training samples of each component.The objective functions are optimized by SSA,and the results are compared with the optimization results of the whale optimization algorithm (WOA),the gray wolf optimization (GWO) algorithm,and the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm.Finally,the weight of the ELM input layer and the hidden layer bias obtained by optimization based on SSA,WOA,GWO algorithm,and PSO algorithm,respectively,are utilized to build SSA-ELM,WOA-ELM,GWO-ELM,and PSO-ELM models,which,in addition to the unoptimized ELM models,are applied to forecast each subseries component,and the forecast results are summed and reconstructed to obtain the final forecasting results.The results show that SSA outperforms WOA,GWO algorithm,and PSO algorithm in optimizing the objective functions of each component and that it offers better optimization accuracy.The mean relative error,mean absolute error,mean square root error,and forecast pass rate of the proposed SSA-ELM model for monthly runoff and monthly precipitation forecast are 5.32% and 3.84%,0.078 m³/s and 0.169 mm,0.103 m³/s and 0.209 mm,97.5% and 95.8%,respectively,indicating that its forecasting accuracy is higher than that of other models such as the WOA-ELM model.…”
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Evaluation of Fetuses Diagnosed with Megacystis During Prenatal Period by Kemal Sarsmaz, Busra Kanyildiz, Gokcen Orgul, Gokhan Karakoc, Hasan Eroglu, Dilek Sahin, Aykan Yucel

“…Because of the poor outcome, parents should be well informed and all interventions should be offered to families. …”
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Topical Issues of Improving the Activities of Police Commissions of the National Police of Ukraine by K. L. Buhaichuk

“…It is proved that the basis for the formation of the general structure of police commissions should be the functional and territorial principle for building a police system. It is offered to create police commissions in territorial police units at the level of both the Main Police Directorate in the region and police departments. …”
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New Orleans as the city of misfit women in Jezebel (William Wyler, 1938) and The Flame of New Orleans (René Clair, 1941) by Taïna TUHKUNEN

“…Viewed as a strikingly un-American city where cultural codes mingle and mix without, however, engendering a “melting pot”, New Orleans offers an engaging backdrop for filmic fictions challenging the archetypal romantic image of the “Old South”.This article explores two such fictional female figures who defy the vision of the pastoral South rooted in 19th century plantation novels in William Wyler’s Jezebel (1938) and The Flame of New Orleans (1941), a movie made by the French filmmaker René Clair during his exile in the United States during the Second World War. …”
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A topic modeling approach for analyzing and categorizing electronic healthcare documents in Afaan Oromo without label information by Etana Fikadu Dinsa, Mrinal Das, Teklu Urgessa Abebe

“…So, we utilize the LDA model since it offers solutions to this problem by allowing discovery of the latent topics of the documents without requiring the predefined labels. …”
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Political and Party System of Germany after Elections to the Bundestag (2014-2015) by E. P. Timoshenkova

“…Since its best results were achieved in the East of the country, the article offers thorough analysis of the voters' behavior in so-called new lands. …”
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Optimizing Supply Chain Resilience Using Advanced Analytics and Computational Intelligence Techniques by Jie Xu, Lixing Bo

“…The implications of this research are substantial; it provides a comprehensive framework that combines predictive and optimization capabilities, offering a robust solution to contemporary SCM challenges. …”
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Structure formations and properties of natural anhydrite at complex activation by A. F. Gordina, I. S. Polyanskikh, A. N. Gumeniuk, T. A. Plekhanova

“…Complex activation of hardening is offered for improvement of physical and mechanical characteristics. …”
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Primary dysmenorrhea pain profile among Brazilian women. Case-control study by Flávia Rezende Moura Mesquita Rafael, Natalia Oliveira Bertolini, Samuel Silva, Renato Carvalho Vilella1

“…CONCLUSION: This study offers valuable insights into the risk factors, pain intensity, menstrual flow patterns, and treatment-seeking behavior associated with PD. …”
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Piezoelectric characteristics of coal rock leakage under uniaxial compression by Zeyi Liu, Ke Gao, Yujiao Liu, Chengyao Zhu, Yao Zhang

“…Post-peak stress, a marked decline in wavelet packet energy and an increase in the damage index and permeability were observed. This study offers a method for monitoring coal rock leakage, contributing valuable insights for efficient coalbed methane extraction and timely safety alerts.…”
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Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the relationship between financial performance and the ESG of Brazilian publicly traded companies by Douglas Laurindo da Silva, Renato Henrique Gurgel Mota, Angelica Maria Constantino de Moura

“…Results: The results show that the financial performance of firms with ESG Score, Combined, and Environmental classifications demonstrated a positive and significant relationship, meaning that firms with higher ESG scores offered better financial performance on average. However, the non-significant result for the relationship between financial performance and ESG during the Covid-19 period indicates that it cannot be said whether firms with higher ESG scores were more or less impacted by this pandemic period. …”
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CURRENT STATE AND FACTORS DETERMINING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF MEAT ENTERPRISES INDUSTRY OF THE REPUBLIC OF TUVA by Maria M. Chernyakova, Mikhail V. Tabaev

“…Scope of results. The article offers a number of recommendations for managers of meat industry enterprises in the republic who want to improve the performance of their enterprises and increase competitiveness, which includes investing in sustainable initiatives, establishing clear goals and objectives and using modern digital solutions, interacting with regional executive authorities.…”
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Challenges in data collection for enhancing productivity in Brazilian industrial processes by Haroldo Lhou Hasegawa, Rafael Sene de Lima, Vidal Dias da Mota Junior, Ricardo Luiz Perez Teixeira

“…Practical Implications: This study underscores the necessity for enhanced methodological strategies to foster company collaboration and robust data collection in productivity research, offering insights into the challenges faced by medium-sized companies in Brazil. …”
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Transforming adaptive management in knowledge-intensive enterprises by A. A. Sazonov, M. V. Sazonova

“…The methodological techniques used for the indicative assessment of the level of efficiency of the management system of knowledge-intensive enterprises have been outlined.An independent and unified digital management environment for knowledge-intensive enterprises enables real-time analysis of business processes in order to make timely, high-quality and effective decisions in the following key areas: investment and financial activities; enterprise knowledge and personnel management; production and technical management; logistics, operations and disposal. The article offers methodological recommendations on the reengineering of business processes in knowledge-intensive enterprises in a new technological mode.…”
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Innovative epilepsy management: a combined figure of EEG categorization and medication mechanisms by Mohamed Taha, Douglas R. Nordli, Carol Park, Douglas R. Nordli

“…This approach not only improves educational outcomes but also offers potential applications in clinical practice for personalized epilepsy treatment strategies.ConclusionThis innovative figure bridges the gap between EEG categorization and treatment strategies, providing a valuable tool for improving epilepsy management education and clinical outcomes.Plain language summaryThis manuscript introduces a teaching tool that helps providers better understand how brainwave patterns (EEGs) relate to epilepsy types and guides them in choosing the most effective seizure medications.…”
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