Predicting student next-term performance in degree programs using AI-based approach: a case study from Ghana by John-Bosco Diekuu, M. S. Mekala, Ulric Sena Abonie, John Isaacs, Eyad Elyan

“…Eight semesters of data representing 3,093 undergraduate Health Sciences students was collected from a public university in Ghana, analyzed, pre-processed and transformed into a time-series format. Then a dynamic experimental framework utilizing four different machine learning methods to predict student performance was created. …”
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Topology Unveiled: A New Horizon for Economic and Financial Modeling by Yicheng Wei, Junzo Watada, Zijin Wang

“…By collecting abundant literature indexed in SCOPUS/WoS and other famous databases, with a qualitative analysis to classify and summarize it, we found that topological methods were introduced to modern economics when dealing with dynamic optimization, functional analysis, and convex programming problems, including famous applications such as uncovering equilibrium with fixed-point theorems in Walrasian economics. …”
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Advancements in Viral Genomics: Gated Recurrent Unit Modeling of SARS-CoV-2, SARS, MERS, and Ebola viruses by Abhishak Raj Devaraj, Victor Jose Marianthiran

“…Methods: This study aimed to comprehensively analyze and compare the genomic sequences of four distinct viruses: SARS-CoV-2, SARS, MERS, and Ebola. …”
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Predictive Capability Evaluation of Micrograph-Driven Deep Learning for Ti6Al4V Alloy Tensile Strength Under Varied Preprocessing Strategies by Yuqi Xiong, Wei Duan

“…The classification model was insensitive to normalization methods, while min–max normalization with center-cropping showed optimal standardization for regression (R² = 0.111 ± 0.017). …”
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Recognition of Conus species using a combined approach of supervised learning and deep learning-based feature extraction. by Noshaba Qasmi, Rimsha Bibi, Sajid Rashid

“…In this report, we propose an ensemble learning strategy based on the combination of Random Forest (RF) and XGBoost (XGB) methods. We used 47,600 cone shell images of uniform size (224 x 224 pixels), which were split into an 80:20 train-test ratio. …”
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Research on Supply Chain Efficiency in COVID-19: The Role of Information and Communications by R. S. Rogulin, R. S. Pavlyuk, N. R. Talitskikh

“…Currently, supply chain (SC) management is also in a digital transformation, especially during the period of disruptions in global and local supply chains caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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HFA-Net: hierarchical feature aggregation network for micro-expression recognition by Meng Zhang, Wenzhong Yang, Liejun Wang, Zhonghua Wu, Danny Chen

“…The global branch introduces the retentive meet transformers (RMT) block to establish dependencies between holistic facial features and structural information. …”
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Bioactive Potential of Milk Thistle (<i>Sylibum marianum</i>) Seeds and Applicability of Its Edible Oil in Food Processing by Anis Chikhoune, Aicha Ghazi, Fahima Adjadj

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Satisfaction with telemedicine use during COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: a systematic review by WA. Alashek, SA. Ali

“…This review evaluated the satisfaction of healthcare users and providers and their willingness to use this modality in future.Methods: The study was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. …”
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Association between advanced lung cancer inflammation index and mortality in critically ill septic patients: analysis of the MIMIC-IV database by ChongZhe Pei, Yuxin Dong, Ningning Song

“…This study investigates the relationship between the Advanced Lung Cancer Inflammation Index (ALI), an indicator of inflammation and nutritional status, and mortality rates (28-day, in-hospital, and ICU) in septic patients. Methods We conducted a retrospective analysis using data from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV (MIMIC-IV) database, focusing on septic patients. …”
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Intelligent Recognition and Automated Production of Chili Peppers: A Review Addressing Varietal Diversity and Technological Requirements by Sheng Tai, Zhong Tang, Bin Li, Shiguo Wang, Xiaohu Guo

“…Intelligent technologies offer key opportunities for sector transformation. This review begins by outlining the diversity of major chili pepper cultivars, differences in key quality indicators, and the resulting specific harvesting needs. …”
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A Systematic Review on Technologies and Industry 4.0 in the Forest Supply Chain: A Framework Identifying Challenges and Opportunities by Zhaoyuan He, Paul Turner

“…<i>Methods:</i> The systematic literature review methodology identified 45 peer-reviewed studies for inclusion that are analyzed, interpreted and discussed in this paper. …”
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Central banks Digital Currencies Issuance: Development Directions and Key Risks by V. V. Kuznetsova, O. I. larina

“…The authors use general and special research methods, including comparative analysis and systematization. …”
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To Stitch or Not to Stitch, That Is the Question: Multi-Gaze Eye Topography Stitching Versus Single-Shot Profilometry by Wen-Pin Lin, Lo-Yu Wu, Wei-Ren Lin, Lynn White, Richard Wu, Arwa Fathy, Rami Alanazi, Jay Davies, Ahmed Abass

“…Purpose: To evaluate whether corneal topography map stitching can fully substitute the traditional single-shot capture methods in clinical settings. Methods: This record review study involved the measurement of corneal surfaces from 38 healthy subjects using two instruments: the Medmont Meridia, which employs a stitching composite topography method, and the Eye Surface Profiler (ESP), a single-shot measurement device. …”
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Intelligent biosensors for human movement rehabilitation and intention recognition by Mehrab Rafiq, Nouf Abdullah Almujally, Asaad Algarni, Mohammed Alshehri, Yahya AlQahtani, Ahmad Jalal, Ahmad Jalal, Hui Liu, Hui Liu, Hui Liu

“…These results surpass the performance of several existing state-of-the-art methods. Statistical analysis and additional testing confirmed the robustness and generalization capabilities of the model across both datasets.DiscussionThe developed system demonstrates strong performance in recognizing human locomotion and localization across different sensor environments, even when dealing with noisy data. …”
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Energy absorption capacity of NiTi lattice structure (1st report: Evaluation of stiffness and strength of the structure by considering the effective length of the strand) by Yuji ATAGO, Kuniharu USHIJIMA, Koichi TSUCHIYA

“…In this study, a method for evaluating the mechanical properties, specifically the initial stiffness and martensitic transformation onset stress, of NiTi lattice structures, Body Centered Cubic (BCC) and Rhombic Dodecahedral (RD) structures, under compressive loading was proposed. …”
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Benchmarking IMIA recommendations for the health informatics undergraduate program in Saudi Arabia: a mixed methodology by Haitham Alzghaibi, Qazi Mohammad Sajid Jamal, Sulaiman Almutairi, Reem M. Alotaibi, Saleh Alzughaibi, Shabbir Syed Abdul, Faisal AlGhayadh, Shafiz Affend Mohd Yusof, Nasriah Zakaria

“…Aim This study aimed to evaluate and compare the content of undergraduate health informatics programs in Saudi universities with international curriculum recommendations, and to explore professional stakeholder perceptions on essential educational components. Methods A mixed-methods design was used, combining a national cross-sectional survey of healthcare and academic professionals with document analysis of curricula from five universities offering undergraduate degrees in health informatics. …”
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Universal conditional networks (UniCoN) for multi-age embryonic cartilage segmentation with sparsely annotated data by Nishchal Sapkota, Yejia Zhang, Zihao Zhao, Maria Jose Gomez, Yuhan Hsi, Jordan A. Wilson, Kazuhiko Kawasaki, Greg Holmes, Meng Wu, Ethylin Wang Jabs, Joan T. Richtsmeier, Susan M. Motch Perrine, Danny Z. Chen

“…While DL approaches have been proposed to automate cartilage segmentation, most such models have limited accuracy and generalizability, especially across data from different embryonic age groups. To address these limitations, we propose novel DL methods that can be adopted by any DL architectures—including Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), Transformers, or hybrid models—which effectively leverage age and spatial information to enhance model performance. …”
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LEGAL REGULATION OF ACTIVITIES OF ELECTRONIC PAYMENT SYSTEMS: EXPERIENCE OF FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS by GRISHISHISHEN K.V., OGANOVA N.V.

“…The comparative legal research method was chosen as the main one, since it is with its help that the most acceptable and promising directions for improving national legislation can be developed. …”
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RHO-Associated Coiled-Coil-Containing Protein Kinase Inhibitors Significantly Modulate the Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition Induced by TGF-β2 in the 2-D and 3-D Cultures of Human... by Araya Umetsu, Yosuke Ida, Tatsuya Sato, Megumi Higashide, Nami Nishikiori, Masato Furuhashi, Hiroshi Ohguro, Megumi Watanabe

“…Both pan-RHO-associated coiled-coil-containing protein kinase inhibitors and RHO-associated coiled-coil-containing protein kinase 2 inhibitors substantially modulated these transforming growth factor beta2-induced effects, albeit in a different manner. …”
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