Numerical simulation of snow deposition around structural snow fences by K. Yu. Litvintsev, A. A. Gavrilov, A. A. Dekterev, Yu. N. Zaharinsky, A. A. Minakov, S. A. Filimonov, K. A. Finnikov

“…As part of the solution of these problems, a software package has been developed aimed at numerical modeling of snow transport processes and implementing the snow protection measures. …”
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Dynamic relationship between gut microbiota and post-necrotizing pancreatitis: insights from a multi-stage 16S rRNA sequencing study by Jiongdi Lu, Jiongdi Lu, Zhe Wang, Zhe Wang, Feng Cao, Feng Cao, Jia Li, Guofeng Ji, Guofeng Ji, Fei Li, Fei Li

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Strengthening the Efficiency of Parliamentary Oversight Bodies to Enhance Anti-Corruption Control, Transparency, Political Accountability, and Responsibility by Tony Duba, Thakaramahlaha Lehohla

“…The research entailed qualitative interviews being held. The processing of the results comprised narratives expressing the general view of participants as well as graphical representation based on the data collected. …”
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Exploring the role of directly coupled alternating electric fields on chondrocyte morphology and redifferentiation capacity with a focus on sex differences by Zezhong Song, Vivica Freiin Grote, Franziska Sahm, Julius Zimmermann, Christoph Lutter, Anika Jonitz‐Heincke, Rainer Bader

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Construction and Preliminary Validation of the Children's Academic Readiness Test to Enter Primary School in Afghanistan Country by Mohammad Naeem Rasooli, Ahmad Abedi, Mohammad Ashori

“…The results also showed that the assessment test has appropriate validity (structural validity and factor analysis) and reliability (Cronbach's alpha).The overall model evaluation indices indicate that the data fits the model. …”
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Effects of different vegetation restoration models on soil nutrients in the water level fluctuation zone of a large reservoir by Bai Qinfei, Bao Yuhai, Yu Yantong, Yang Jie, Wang Yanqi, Wei Jie

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Transformers for Vision: A Survey on Innovative Methods for Computer Vision by Balamurugan Palanisamy, Vikas Hassija, Arpita Chatterjee, Arpita Mandal, Debanshi Chakraborty, Amit Pandey, G. S. S. Chalapathi, Dhruv Kumar

“…Originally developed for natural language processing, transformers have now been successfully adapted for a wide range of vision tasks, leading to significant improvements in performance and generalization. …”
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Event-based evaluation of IMERG for extreme precipitation in China: Insights from an error decomposition approach by Yunfei Tian, Hao Guo, Chunrui Guo, Baofu Li, Ying Cao, Liangliang Jiang, Anming Bao, Philippe De Maeyer

“…Results reveal that IMERG generally overestimates event duration (ED), total precipitation (Esum), and frequency (EF), while underestimating maximum precipitation (Emax). …”
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Counterculture Stars: Slow and Retrograde Stars with Low-alpha Disk Abundances by Carrie Filion, Michael S. Petersen, Danny Horta, Kathryne J. Daniel, Madeline Lucey, Adrian M. Price-Whelan

“…The elemental abundance-defined thin disk, also called the low-alpha disk, is generally thought to comprise stars on planar, circular orbits that approximate the circular velocity curve. …”
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Assessment of groundwater quality and potential health risks related to heavy metals in a peri-urban area of a developing country by Fariha Farzana, Tusar Kanti Roy, Sk Arafat Hossain, Mahjabin Mazrin, Md. Saiful Islam, Nor Aida Mahiddin, Jayosri Roy Jayoti, Rituparna Ghosh, Abdullah Al Bakky, Zulhilmi Ismail, Khalid A. Ibrahim, Abubakr M. Idris

“…Multivariate statistical analyses such as cluster and principal component analysis indicated that inappropriate waste disposal, industrial discharges from the Ishwardi export processing zone (EPZ), and agricultural runoff were potential sources of contaminants in groundwater. …”
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Research Progress on the Tolerance Mechanism and Technology of Bast Fiber Crops in Saline Soil by Qingqing Ji, Guanghui Du, Changli Chen, Shaocui Li, Xiahong Luo, Tingting Liu, Lina Zou, Jikang Chen, Xia An

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Language justice as an antiracism institutional transformation: Institutional facilitators and barriers for community-engaged cardiometabolic health promotion research by Alana M.W. LeBrón, Yelba M. Castellon-Lopez, Melody Gonzalez, Julia Mangione, Pamela Pimentel, Aziza Lucas-Wright, Mary Anne Foo, Audrey Kawaiopua Alo, Krystal Lloyd, Dara H. Sorkin, Bernadette Boden-Albala, Keith Norris, Arleen Brown, Sora Park Tanjasiri, Mona AuYoung

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Influenza vaccination and cytokine profile dynamics in young men in Primorsky krai by Yu. A. Li, M. N. Dmitrachenko, M. P. Kostinov, E. V. Markelova, I. V. Korolev, S. L. Saprykin

“…The results were recorded using an automatic enzyme immunoassay analyzer. Statistical processing of the obtained results was carried out using the STATISTICA 10 software package.Results: In the analysis of cytokines before vaccination, an increase in IL8, IL17 and IL6 levels was detected in 100% of cases – in 76% of cases. …”
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Compensation of Speckle Noise in 2D Images from Triangulation Laser Profile Sensors Using Local Column Median Vectors with an Application in a Quality Control System by Paweł Rotter, Dawid Knapik, Maciej Klemiato, Maciej Rosół, Grzegorz Putynkowski

“…Nonetheless, we successfully implemented it in an optical inspection system for the furniture industry, where the post-processed image quality was sufficient to detect surface defects as small as 0.1 mm.…”
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Sexual Selection in Mosquitofish: Differences in the Use of Mating Cues Between Sexes by Jiefei Wei, Bowen Feng, Chenglong Dong, Bojian Chen, Kai Liu

“…Geometric morphometric analysis and simulation experiments showed that males preferred females with larger gravid spots, regardless of age, suggesting that gravid spot size reflects female fecundity. …”
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A blockchain secured metaverse framework for scalable and immersive telemedicine by Rahul Ganpatrao Sonkamble, Swati Shirke-Deshmukh, Vijay Katkar, M. Lunagaria, Ganshyam G. Tejani, Seyed Jalaleddin Mousavirad

“…Assessments indicate that system receives a significantly high level of satisfaction from its users, better secured data, increased automation of processes, and compliance with global standards such as General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). …”
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Multi-Task Faces (MTF) Data Set: A Legally and Ethically Compliant Collection of Face Images for Various Classification Tasks by Rami Haffar, David Sanchez, Josep Domingo-Ferrer

“…Human facial data offers valuable potential for tackling classification problems, including face recognition, age estimation, gender identification, emotion analysis, and race classification. However, recent privacy regulations, particularly the EU General Data Protection Regulation, have restricted the collection and usage of human images in research. …”
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Theory of phantomization of radio images of SAR: basic information and justification of the sizes of the phantom area by Volodymyr Pavlikov, Pavlo Pozdniakov, Eduard Tserne, Denys Kolesnikov, Maksym Peretiatko, Pavlo Malashta

“…The methods used are mathematical and functional analysis, navigation, and remote sensing. The following results were obtained. …”
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Dietary Assessment of Plant Food Intake Using Multi-Biomarker Panels by Victor Schmalle, Julia Renz, Stephanie Seifert, Selina Busch, Benedikt Merz, Achim Bub, Manuela J. Rist

“…High levels of plant foods in the diet are generally considered healthful, but there are also plant foods that are detrimental to health. …”
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Investigation of functional connectivity differences based on anxiety tendencies by Misuzu Oishi, Noriko Sakurai, Yuki Kawasaki, Kei Sasaki, Satoshi Kasai, Naoki Kodama

“…This suggests that anxiety is involved in changes in the functional brain connectivity associated with emotional processing and cognitive control.…”
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