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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Bridging the gap between technology and nursing education: Assessing student perspectives on Blackboard integration by Petelyne P. Pangket, Evalynn M. Rondilla, Jerold C. Alcantara, Dolores I. Cabansag, Hamdan Mohammad Albaqawi, Sarah Nawasreh, Lea L. Dando, Jonalee M. Valdez, Jane Rachelle D. Baroquillo, Laila Lafi Alharbi, Latifa Awad Alshammari

“…The median for “Technology Acceptance” was 4, with a standard deviation of 0.86, which means that there were quite different answers to this question. “Instruction Method in Nursing Courses” had a median score of 5 without any standard deviation, meaning all participants found it effective unanimously. …”
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THE RELIABILITY OF DETERMINING THE SHORT CIRCUIT ZONE OF THE LINES OF 6–35 kV by F. А. Romaniuk, E. V. Buloichyk, O. A. Huryanchyk, V. S. Kachenya

“…The dynamic properties of the proposed method applied to different modes of the line functioning have been studied. …”
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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

“…The current review presented commendable evidence to encourage different specialities to engage in telemedicine application.…”
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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

“…These findings were consistent across different subgroups, confirming the stability of the results. …”
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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

“…The reported impacts of technologies in different phases of the forest supply chain are interpreted and discussed. …”
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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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Interest groups in Lithuania: dynamics of development and characteristics of institutionalization by Alvidas Lukošaitis

“…Interestingly, abundance of the interest groups from different sectors stimulates competition, which, oftently urges them to revise the aims and methods of their activity. …”
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Investigation of a spatial double pendulum: an engineering approach

“…Matlab computer programs were used for solving the nonlinear differential equations by the Runge-Kutta method. Fourier transformation was used to obtain the frequency spectra for analyses of the oscillations of the two pendulums. …”
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Exploration of the Main Models and Optimization Paths for the Market-Oriented Operation of Urban Parks by Yanting LI, Qiaowan YANG

“…In addition, time-sharing land supply methods for the same site at different times are considered, and cyclical business activities are carried out. …”
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Visibility, democratic public space and socially inclusive cities by Ceren Sezer

“…Equity refers to the accessibility of public spaces – both physically and perceptually – for different groups. The overall conclusion is that visibility in public space can provide solid evidence of the most important aspects of democratic streets, which are difficult to obtain through conventional statistical methods. …”
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Partial crystallization in Pd-BMG systems: From understanding structure towards influencing functionality through temperature-time series by SabrinaL.J. Thomä, Robert Zboray, Anthony Chevalier, Ruggero Frison, Romuald Sauget, Silke Prades-Rödel, Roland Logé, Andreas Blatter, Alex Dommann, Antonia Neels

“…We investigated partial crystallization and phase transformations through a series of isotherms at 370°C performed on amorphous Pd-based BMG samples with the nominal composition of Pd43Cu27Ni10P20 (Pd-BMG) and a density of 9.425 g/cm3. …”
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Comparative assessment of Al2O3, CuO, and Al2O3-CuO Co-doping on the structural, optical, thermal, mechanical, and gamma-ray shielding properties of Bi2O3-B2O3-K2O glass system by Abely E. Mwakuna, C. Laxmikanth, K. Samatha, R.K.N.R. Manepalli

“…Fourier-Transform Infrared spectroscopy identified key structural units, including BO3, BO4, AlO6, CuO4, and B-O-B linkages. …”
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Oxidative Stress by H₂O₂ as a Potential Inductor in the Switch from Commensal to Pathogen in Oncogenic Bacterium <i>Fusobacterium nucleatum</i> by Alessandra Scano, Sara Fais, Giuliana Ciappina, Martina Genovese, Barbara Granata, Monica Montopoli, Pierluigi Consolo, Patrizia Carroccio, Paola Muscolino, Alessandro Ottaiano, Alessia Bignucolo, Antonio Picone, Enrica Toscano, Germano Orrù, Massimiliano Berretta

“…The mechanism by which it transforms from a commensal to a pathogen remains unknown. …”
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Quantitative and qualitative tremor evaluation after MR-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy by Veronika Purrer, Veronika Purrer, Tara Chand, Tara Chand, Tara Chand, Emily Pohl, Hannah Weiland, Valeri Borger, Carsten Schmeel, Henning Boecker, Henning Boecker, Ullrich Wüllner, Ullrich Wüllner

“…Fp, FWHM and TSI showed no differences between groups and conditions. Further, repeated measurements after MRgFUS treatment revealed significant changes of tremor severity in both, clinical rating and accelerometric recordings.DiscussionTremor assessment using accelerometric recordings provided a fast and investigator independent method for tremor characterization and quantitative assessment, which were sensitive to changes after therapeutic interventions.…”
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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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Regression-based leaf nitrogen concentration estimation of young Cephalotaxus hainanensis in small and imbalanced samples by Mengmeng Shi, Tian Wang, Ling Lin, Qingxue Li, Zhulin Chen, Xingjing Chen, Peng Wang, Xuefeng Wang

“…The research employed an image processing workflow to extract color and texture features, combined with data preprocessing techniques such as natural logarithmic transformation, feature selection based on Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO), and resampling methods, especially the application of the Synthetic Minority Over-Sampling Technique for Regression with Gaussian Noise (SMOGN) and Adaptive Synthetic combined with a relevance function for regression (ADASYNR) to address critical challenges associated with small and imbalanced samples in regression. …”
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Accurate Coregistration between Ultra-High-Resolution Micro-SPECT and Circular Cone-Beam Micro-CT Scanners by Changguo Ji, Frans van der Have, Hugo Gratama van Andel, Ruud Ramakers, Freek Beekman

“…Simple calibration phantoms make it possible to obtain both the spatial transformation matrix for stitching multiple CT scans of different parts of the animal and to register SPECT and CT. …”
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