Environmental design studies on perception and simulation: an urban design approach by Barbara Piga, Eugenio Morello

“…In particular, the theoretical framework presented in this work consists of a selection and overview of references relevant to urban design, comprehension of the research context and delivery of the set of tools implemented within our research unit. This matrix of tools represents the novelty of this work and is intended as a practical reference for orienting the choice among different simulation tools within the urban design practice. …”
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A drop dispenser for simplifying on-farm detection of foodborne pathogens. by Mohsen Ranjbaran, Simerdeep Kaur, Jiangshan Wang, Bibek Raut, Mohit S Verma

“…This combination of precision, ease of use, and durability make our drop dispenser a promising tool for enhancing the effectiveness of nucleic acid biosensors in the field.…”
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Trophic ecology in an anchialine cave: A stable isotope study. by Brenda Durán, Fernando Álvarez

“…The anchialine ecosystem is one of the less explored aquatic ecosystems in the world and stable isotope analysis represents a useful tool to identify the routes through which energy flows and to define the trophic niches of species. …”
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Incremental Graph Regulated Nonnegative Matrix Factorization for Face Recognition by Zhe-Zhou Yu, Yu-Hao Liu, Bin Li, Shu-Chao Pang, Cheng-Cheng Jia

“…To address this problem, In this paper, firstly, we proposed a novel subspace incremental method called incremental graph regularized nonnegative matrix factorization (IGNMF) algorithm which imposes manifold into incremental nonnegative matrix factorization algorithm (INMF); thus, our new algorithm is able to preserve the geometric structure in the data under incremental study framework; secondly, considering we always get many face images belonging to one person or many different people as a batch, we improved our IGNMF algorithms to Batch-IGNMF algorithms (B-IGNMF), which implements incremental study in batches. …”
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The Chinese State, Incomplete Proletarianization and Structures of Inequality in Two Epochs by Wu Jieh-min, Mark Selden

“…We locate the discussion in relation to theories of original accumulation, proletarianization, wage stagnation, and low consumption in the emerging capitalist world economy of which China has been a part since the 1970s.2 We hope to add to that discussion by exploring a range of structures that have produced incomplete proletarianization and inequality during two periods of socialist transition (1950s to 1970) and capitalist transition (1970s to present).Following three decades during which China experienced the world’s most rapid growth, and in which billionaires emerged at a record rate in 2010, hundreds of millions of urban laborers, particularly the more than one hundred million migrant laborers, continue to receive not only a low but even a relatively declining share of the gross domestic product, leaving many at subsistence levels, with meager welfare benefits and bereft of basic citizenship rights.3 We use the term “laborers” to highlight the conditions of the laboring poor—rural migrant workers (nongmingong), farmers, the urban underclass, recently joined by redundant state-owned enterprise workers—examining their situation in relative as well as absolute terms. …”
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VOICES-POSITIONS IN DISCOURSES: HOW IS IDENTITY POSSIBLE? by T. V. Podolska

“…Personal being occurs in time, and it’s the narrative method, the main feature of which is its temporality and extension, that can involve all of us to self-understanding on the basis of certain turning points in our history. The compliance with relevant ethical standards in dealing with other people, and requirements of certain supra-individual structures properly correlates with our least resistant inner world view and outlook. …”
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Forecasting of Global Ionosphere Maps With Multi‐Day Lead Time Using Transformer‐Based Neural Networks by Chung‐Yu Shih, Cissi Ying‐tsen Lin, Shu‐Yu Lin, Cheng‐Hung Yeh, Yu‐Ming Huang, Feng‐Nan Hwang, Chia‐Hui Chang

“…The hourly variation of RMSE increases from 0.6 TECU to about 2.0 TECU during the prediction time frame.…”
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First aid guidelines for Bites and Stings: Educational Approach and Adaptation: Educational approach & Adaptation

“…Contexte La version mise à jour des "Lignes directrices internationales sur les premiers secours, la réanimation et l’éducation de la Fédération internationale des sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge (FICR,2020) reflète les preuves concernant les interventions cliniques à adopter en matière de premiers secours et allie ces mêmes évidences à l’éducation aux premiers secours. …”
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Psychosocial risks and mental health of health and social care workers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic by Nadia Vilahur Chiaraviglio

“… Certainly, our perception of the world we live in has changed since COVID-19 irrupted in our lives in March 2020. …”
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Psychosocial risks and mental health of health and social care workers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic by Nadia Vilahur Chiaraviglio

“… Certainly, our perception of the world we live in has changed since COVID-19 irrupted in our lives in March 2020. …”
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Comparative study of long short-term memory (LSTM), bidirectional LSTM, and traditional machine learning approaches for energy consumption prediction by Hamed Alizadegan, Behzad Rashidi Malki, Arian Radmehr, Hossein Karimi, Mohsen Asghari Ilani

“…Our approach advocates for utilizing long short-term memory (LSTM) and bidirectional long short-term memory (Bi-LSTM) models for precise time series forecasting. …”
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Thinking and Methodological Suggestions of Empirical Research in the Development of Clinical Practice Guidelines by GAO Yicheng, YU Zijin, CAO Rui, LIU Zhihan, FANG Rui, LI Yuanyuan, DENG Yingjie, XIANG Wenyuan, FEI Yutong

“…There were many problems in the methodological theory of the formulation of clinical practice guidelines in in the real world situation, and the lack of consideration of the actual situation leads to the decline of the guidance for the formulation of guidelines. …”
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Circulating LncRNA Is Potentially Up-regulated in Coronary Artery Disease by Niloofar Avazpour, Mohammadreza Hajjari, Saeed Yazdankhah, Azita Sahni, Ali Mohammad Foroughmand

“…Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the leading causes of death and disability all around the world. Recent studies have revealed that aberrantly regulated long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) as one of the main classes of cellular transcript plays a key regulatory role in transcriptional and epigenetic pathways. …”
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Clustering and Investigation of Human Driving Behavior Using Autoencoder and Risk Assessment by Donghoon Shin, Jinhee Myoung, Woongsun Jeon, Kang-Moon Park

“…Experiments were conducted in various real-world driving scenarios, involving two distinct types of shoes. …”
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Let’s talk about language—and its role for replicability by Xenia Schmalz, Johannes Breuer, Mario Haim, Andrea Hildebrandt, Philipp Knöpfle, Anna Yi Leung, Timo Roettger

“…Across fields, language plays a central role in all steps of the research cycle and is a critical communication tool among researchers. Neglecting its role may reduce replicability and limit our understanding of theoretically interesting differences and similarities across languages. …”
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Effects of adaptive harvesting on fishing down processes and resilience changes in predator-prey and tritrophic systems by Tromeur, Eric, Loeuille, Nicolas

“…Many world fisheries display a declining mean trophic level of catches. …”
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Identifying vital spreaders in large-scale networks based on neighbor multilayer contributions by Weiwei Zhu, Xuchen Meng, Jiaye Sheng, Dayong Zhang

“…By integrating these two factors, our approach aims to offer a more precise measure of a node's influence within a network.ResultsExtensive experiments were conducted using Kendall’s rank correlation, monotonicity tests, and the Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) epidemic model on real-world networks. …”
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Estimating Suitable Areas for Dry Almond (Amygdalus communis L.) Cultivation Development in Fars Province using Geographic Information System (GIS) by Ayatollah Karami, Alireza Salehi, Vida Aliyari

“…Iran is recognized as the fifth largest almond producer in the world. Almond cultivation not only has high nutritional value but can also contribute to ecosystem improvement, increase farmers' income, and create job opportunities. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Edward Page, Konrad Ott

“…The authors give three reasons why these nations should act alone: ability to act; responsibility to act; self-interest in acting. We hope you will enjoy the articles in our current issue. …”
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Poverty Dynamics and the Fundamental Root Causes in Iran by Zahra Azari, Parviz Mohamadzadeh, Davoud Behboudi

“…Methodology The current study is applied research in terms of purpose, and analytical-exploratory research in terms of information analysis. The data collection tool is semi-structured and in-depth interviews. …”
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