Online purchase intentions of affluent women: blending African beliefs, consumer vanity and luxury beauty products online purchase intentions by Divaries Cosmas Jaravaza, Paul Mukucha, Lucy Nhidza, Forbes Makudza

“…With the growing popularity of online shopping and the increasing demand for luxury beauty products, understanding the underlying cultural factors influencing consumer behaviour becomes crucial for marketers and researchers alike. This study aims to investigate the influence of African social axioms on affluent women’s consumer vanity and luxury beauty products online purchase intention in Zimbabwe. …”
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Divergent responses of plant multi-element coupling to nitrogen and phosphorus addition in a meadow steppe by Yang Yang, Meini Jin, Jushan Liu

“…However, leguminous plants, which possess specialized nitrogen fixation mechanisms, were unaffected, suggesting that their ability to independently regulate N may help them maintain stable nutrient ratios despite external N inputs. …”
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Removal of Zn (II) and Cu (II) Ions from Industrial Wastewaters Using Magnetic Biochar Derived from Water Hyacinth by Benias C. Nyamunda, Terrence Chivhanga, Upenyu Guyo, Fidelis Chigondo

“…Fe2O3-EC exhibited strong magnetic separation ability and high sorption capability. Metal ion adsorption onto the biochar conformed to the Langmuir isotherm. …”
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Unsupervised data imputation with multiple importance sampling variational autoencoders by Shenfen Kuang, Yewen Huang, Jie Song

“…Abstract Recently, deep latent variable models have made significant progress in dealing with missing data problems, benefiting from their ability to capture intricate and non-linear relationships within the data. …”
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Nurses’ Behaviors, Perceptions and Diagnoses in the Diagnosing Phase of the Nursing Process within the Scope of a Case Study: A Mixed Type Study by Arzu Akman Yılmaz, Ahu Çırlak

“…Introduction: The nursing process is a systematic, dynamic problem-solving process that expresses the way of thinking and acting that nurses use in performing their practices.Aim: It aims to examine nurses' perceptions of nursing diagnoses, their behaviors regarding the diagnosis phase, and their ability to identify appropriate diagnoses within the scope of a case study.Method: 103 nurses working in a private hospital in Ankara participated in the study. …”
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Surface defect detection on industrial drum rollers: Using enhanced YOLOv8n and structured light for accurate inspection. by Guofeng Qin, Qinkai Zou, Mengyan Li, Yi Deng, Peiwen Mi, Yongjian Zhu, Hao Liu

“…In terms of algorithms, firstly, using deformable convolution instead of standard convolution to enhance the feature extraction ability of the backbone network. Then, a new feature fusion module was proposed to enable the fusion network to learn additional original information. …”
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ER Stress and Iron Homeostasis: A New Frontier for the UPR by Susana J. Oliveira, Maria de Sousa, Jorge P. Pinto

“…From a functional perspective, the ability of HFE to bind to transferrin receptors 1 and 2 is lost in the C282Y mutant, thus affecting hepcidin regulation. …”
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Diagnostic Concordance between Random Upper Arm Circumference and Mid Upper Arm Circumference Measurements among Children Aged 6–59 Months in South Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cros... by Juhar Admama Bamud, Afework Mulugeta Bezabih, Fentaw Wassie Feleke, Getahun Fentaw Mulaw

“…This study examined diagnostic concordance between RUAC and standard MUAC measurements and tested RUAC’s ability for screening malnutrition among children aged 6–59 months. …”
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The Influence of Data Length on the Performance of Artificial Intelligence Models in Predicting Air Pollution by Mohamed Khalid AlOmar, Faidhalrahman Khaleel, Abdulwahab Abdulrazaaq AlSaadi, Mohammed Majeed Hameed, Mohammed Abdulhakim AlSaadi, Nadhir Al-Ansari

“…Also, a vital feature of the ELM model is its ability to adapt to the potential changes in training and testing data ratio. …”
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The role of force and torque in friction stir welding: A detailed review by Mostafa Akbari, Milad Esfandiar, Amin Abdollahzadeh

“…A notable advancement in this field is the implementation of machine learning tools, which enhance the ability to predict potential weld defects and improve overall weld quality. …”
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Prediction Model of Phosphorus Content at the End Point of Electroslag Remelting Based on MI and XGBoost Algorithms by Liu　Yuxiao, Dong　Yanwu, Jiang　Zhouhua, Chen　Xi

“…The incorporation of MI and GridSearchCV enhances the model's predictive performance and fitting ability.Validation of the test set shows that the MI-XGBoost model achieves R2， Mean Absolute Error， Explained Variance Score， and Maximum Error values of 0.889 4， 0.000 4， 0.897 2， and 0.004 1， respectively， all superior to MI-RR， MI-RF， MI-GBDT， and MI-KNN models. …”
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Improving the Implementation of Patient-Reported Outcome Measure in Clinical Practice: Tackling Current Challenges With Innovative Digital Communication Technologies by Kelly M de Ligt, Saar Hommes, Ruben D Vromans, Eva Boomstra, Lonneke V van de Poll, Emiel J Krahmer

“…Importantly, patients differ in their skills, knowledge, preferences, and motivations for completing PROMs, as well as in their ability and willingness to interpret and apply PROs in managing their health. …”
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Exploring the impact of telemedicine in chronic patients from diverse socioeconomic contexts: systematic review of qualitative studies by Yuzhe Li, Qifang Shi, Jing Yang, Li Ran

“…BackgroundTelemedicine has a positive impact on improving health literacy and disease management ability of chronic disease patients and reducing the medical burden. …”
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Immunological Approaches and Different Strategies for Vaccine Development Against SARS-COV-2 by Muhammed Babakir-Mina

“…The body of the patients has ability to develop the immunity to cure the patient and more importantly both humoral and cellular immunity have studied against SARS-COV-2. …”
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Biological properties of coronaviruses of farm, domestic animals and birds: comparative characterization of pathology they induce (review) by Kh. Z. Gaffarov, A. I. Yarullin, V. G. Gumerov, I. G. Karimullina

“…One more coronavirus specificity involves their ability to simultaneously affect more than one organ. …”
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Prediction of Severe Injury in Bicycle Rider Accidents: A Multicenter Observational Study by Il-Jae Wang, Young Mo Cho, Suck Ju Cho, Seok-Ran Yeom, Sung Wook Park, So Eun Kim, Jae Chol Yoon, Yeaeun Kim, Jongho Park

“…We identified independent risk factors for severe trauma in bicycle rider accidents and believe that physiologic parameters contribute to enhancing prediction ability.…”
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Identification and Development of Synovial B-Cell-Related Genes Diagnostic Signature for Rheumatoid Arthritis by Jifeng Tang, Jinfang Xia, Huiming Sheng, Jinpiao Lin

“…The diagnosis model was established, and these gene markers have good discriminative ability for RA. Molecular pathological evaluation confirmed RA patients with high-risk scores presented higher levels of B-cell activation and RA characteristics. …”
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Insights on the utilisation of tissue culture to aid new breeding techniques for cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) improvement by Malizukiswe Vincent Vacu, Promise Sifiso Nzama, Muyiwa Seyi Adegbaju

“…This resilient crop is known for its ability to withstand various environmental stressors, making it suitable for marginal crop production systems commonly used by small-scale farmers. …”
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The phenomenon of dormant inheritance in inheritance law by O. Ye. Kukhariev

“…However, until the moment of state registration of the right of ownership, the heir is limited in his/her ability to dispose of the inherited real estate, in particular by alienating it. …”
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Energy Management System for Smart Grid in the Presence of Energy Storage and Photovoltaic Systems by Alireza Kermani, Amir Mahdi Jamshidi, Zahra Mahdavi, Amir ali Dashtaki, Mohammad Zand, Morteza Azimi Nasab, Tina Samavat, P. Sanjeevikumar, Baseem Khan

“…The power generation source and the storage source in microgrids should be selected in such a way that it has the ability to respond to the maximum demand in the state connected to the grid and operate independently. …”
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