Physical characterization of used lubricating oil as fuel production feedstock by Furqon Zami, Anggoro Didi D., Sutanto Heri

“…These articles aim to identify the physical characteristics of the hydrocarbons in used lubricating oil, which is required as feedstock for process designs, and to address certain issues with the equipment used in the catalytic cracking process in the future. …”
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Collective predictive coding as model of science: formalizing scientific activities towards generative science by Tadahiro Taniguchi, Shiro Takagi, Jun Otsuka, Yusuke Hayashi, Hiro Taiyo Hamada

“…This article discusses how CPC-MS provides insights into issues like social objectivity in science, scientific progress and the potential impacts of artificial intelligence on research. …”
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Illustrative presentation in formation of ESL students’ lexical skills by Shangareev Mustafa Mansurovich, Anna Anatolyevna Karimova, Oksana Vladimirovna Khasanova, Svetlana Viktorovna Shustova

“…The results show that the teachers do not use means of visualization and are not ready to make them the integral part of everyday lessons due to time management issues, lack of methodical ways of organization of educational process. …”
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A Method for Selecting and Optimizing Pocket Park Design Proposals Based on Multi-Attribute Decision Making by Xiaosai Duan, Baogang Lin, Lei Meng, Feng Zhao

“…To address the issues of subjectivity in the selection of design schemes for pocket parks in public building environments, as well as the lack of scientific and objective decision making, a comprehensive TOPSIS method-based optimization decision model for pocket park design schemes was developed. …”
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Lack of Trust between Ethnic Groups in Post-Ethnic Conflict Societies: Cases of Zimbabwe and Bosnia-Herzegovina by Berina Beširović, Kudzai Cathrine Bingisai

“…With this review paper, we tend to answer several questions: What is the primary source of distrust and insecurity in post-conflict societies in Zimbabwe and Bosnia concerning the origins of those issues? What are the efforts of state institutions to promote unity and peace, and how do these peace accords affect institution-building processes?…”
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Classification of Infiltrative Heart Diseases MORAL-STAGE System by Elena V Reznik, Thanh Luan Nguyen, Alla N Semyachkina, Maria A Shkolnikova

“…It includes ten features: morphofunctional characteristics (M), organ damage (O), risk of cardiac death (R), age of clinical presentation, age of disease-specific therapy initiation (A), localization of the infiltrative process (inside or outside the cell, L), information about the functional class heart failure and stage of infiltrative heart disease (S), treatment (T), abnormal rhythm or conduction (A), genetic or familial nature of inheritance (G), etiology of the process (E). …”
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Lead-Free Ceramics in Prestressed Ultrasonic Transducers by Claus Scheidemann, Peter Bornmann, Walter Littmann, Tobias Hemsel

“…Lower self-heating of the lead-free materials might be attractive for heat-sensitive processes.…”
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Developing heuristic and meta-heuristic algorithms for the problem of joint order batching and collector routing in single and multiple-cross-aisle warehouses by Zahra Shamlou, Taha Keshavarz

“…Purpose: Organization of the order selection process is one of the most important issues in warehouse management, and combining several customer orders in one order can increase the efficiency of warehouse operations and better use of resources and labor. …”
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Logistics Road map for Smart SeaPorts by Khaled Gaber EL Sakty

“…Henceforth, ports aims at contributing to sustainable growth by establishing the appropriate conditions for the adoption of new management energy models based on low environmental impact and triggering innovation of both technologies and processes. The scope of this paper is to examine three main issues of smart ports; smart port arctic logistics roadmap, smart port challenges and obstacles in arctic port areas, and the criteria and Key Performance Indicators guiding the assessment of ports against this concept. …”
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DEVELOPING HIGH-QUALITY HUMAN RESOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTH CENTRAL REGION by Ho Thai Son

“…This article analyzes several theoretical and practical issues related to this process, thereby identifying significant challenges facing the region. …”
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Whose future?: Epistemic challenges to the collective ‘we’ in long-term governance by Martin Böhnert

“… Building on insights from Science & Technology Studies and epistemology, this article critically examines the epistemic underpinnings of long-term governance (LTG), particularly its implicit assumptions about temporality, collective agency, and the perception of issues that shape governance practices. I identify three key challenges: (i) the tendency to conceive of futures as discrete endpoints rather than relational processes, (ii) the epistemic and political implications of an anticipatory ‘we’ that privileges dominant narratives while marginalizing others, and (iii) the largely unconsidered epistemic structures that implicitly determine what is perceived as imaginable futures. …”
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Psychological and organisational aspects of age management in organisations by Witkowski Stanisław A., Bartosz Bogna

“…In article we present selected issues of age management in organizations. They pointed to the lack of rationale for the discriminatory policies of some companies to employees aged 50+. …”
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An optimisation approach for capacity planning: modelling insights and empirical findings from a tactical perspective by Andréa Nunes Carvalho, Luiz Felipe Scavarda, Fabricio Oliveira

“…The topics presented include the modelling of objectives, the representation of the production process and the costing approach, as well as findings regarding managerial decisions and the scope of action considered. …”
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Indonesia's Land Bank Authority: Aligning with Agrarian Law or Facilitating Land Grabbing? by Nur Hidayani Alimuddin, Dyah Ayu Widowati, Riezka Eka Mayasari, Rizki Febrisari, Jusafri Jusafri

“…By employing normative research methods, including theoretical and regulatory analysis, the study identifies significant legal flaws in both the legislative process and the content of the regulations. These issues undermine the principles of agrarian justice, particularly in ensuring equitable land ownership rights. …”
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L’engagement des associations de personnes vivant avec le VIH dans la réponse au covid au Sénégal : point de vue d’une recherche communautaire by Gabrièle Laborde-Balen, Madjiguène Gueye, Catherine Fall, Ndeye Ngoné Have, Adama Gueye, Khoudia Sow, Bernard Taverne

“…This article analyzes the process, presents the results, and reflects on the issues, contributions and limitations of this community-based research.…”
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The applicability of constructivist user studies: how can constructivist inquiry inform service providers and systems designers? Constructivist inquiry, Case study, Systems design,... by Alison Pickard, Pat Dixon

“…This paper has attempted to clarify the ways in which individual, holistic case studies, produced via the process of constructivist inquiry, can be tested for trustworthiness and applied to other, similar situations. …”
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Artificial intelligence, machine learning and GIS in environmental engineering: current trends by Laura Hernández-Alpízar, José Andrés Gómez-Mejía, María Belén Argüello-Vega

“…The data obtained was processed to visualize the proportion of use in key topics of environmental interest, giving scientific guidance towards the sites of greatest applicability, as well as towards areas that deserve to be reinforced. …”
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FROM THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR COMBATING DISCRIMINATION TO THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF EUROPEAN UNION – CASE C-81/12 by CRISTIAN JURA

“…The scope of this research is to present and analyze national and European, jurisdictional-administrative procedural issues, if courts are notified related to certain discriminatory statements. …”
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Methodology for Evaluating the Results of Intellectual Activity as an Intangible Asset for Accounting and Tax Accounting Purposes by O. V. Loseva, N. M. Abdikeev

“…The paper considers the issues of evaluating the results of intellectual activity (RIA), being elaborated in the course of innovative projects as an intangible asset (IA). …”
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How Oyster Reefs Can Affect Finfish Recruitment by Gabrielle Love, Anna Braswell, Angela B. Collins, Edward Camp

“…We focus on how oyster reefs affect recruitment of fish in Florida and the particular issues related to management of this important habitat. …”
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