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There is an urgent need to improve the infrastructure supporting the reuse of scholarly data. A diverse set of stakeholders-representing academia, industry, funding agencies, and scholarly publishers-have come together t...

Both established and emergent business rely heavily on data, chiefly those that wish to become game changers. The current biggest source of data is the Web, where there is a large amount of sparse data. The Web, where th...

Abstract Background Society aims for a pollutant-free environment, reflected in initiatives under the European Green Deal, which seek to reduce hazardous substances and promote safe, sustainable chemical use. Comprehensi...

Background: Low birth weight (LBW) is a major public health concern in Lesotho, linked to higher infant mortality, long-term morbidity and intergenerational poverty. Despite expanded maternal and child health services, ...

Orientation: Fairness, commitment and trust are not just ideals; they are hidden forces driving customer loyalty in South Africa’s high-stakes retail banking market. Research purpose: The study investigates the servi...

The relational database model is the main focus of the database for the previous time. It provides robust data storage and structure that supports transaction characteristics and data retrieval with structured query lang...

Este artigo refere-se a um estudo inicial dos processos discursivos da língua brasileira de sinais (LIBRAS), no gênero contos de fadas, à luz da teoria enunciativa de Bakhtin. As análises realizadas, embora iniciais,...

Abstract Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. The Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources European Research Infrastructure (BBMRI-ERIC) established a CRC-Cohort with European cover...

Species distribution data are essential for understanding biodiversity patterns, supporting conservation planning and assessing the impacts of environmental change. Amphipods represent one of the most abundant and divers...

This paper discusses the data limitations associated with the measurement of top incomes and inequality in the Middle East, with special emphasis to the case of Egypt. It has been noted that high inequality might have co...

The rapid development of business competition and workforce dynamics in the industrial era requires organizations to strengthen employee commitment as a key factor in achieving sustainability. Organizational commitment i...

Abstract As global warming continues, the Earth's cryosphere is experiencing severe degradation. This study leverages a novel combination of distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) and artificial intelligence to monitor and d...

Purpose – Fair assessment is a fundamental pillar for ensuring that evaluation results accurately reflect students' abilities without bias. This study aims to identify Differential Item Functioning (DIF) in the Final S...

Class imbalance remains a critical challenge in medical data classification, particularly in diabetes prediction, as it significantly degrades minority-class sensitivity. This study proposes an Adaptive Feature-Aware Hyb...

Non-surgical cosmetic procedures like Botox are increasingly common, yet their impact on facial analytics systems remains unexplored. We curate a novel dataset of 1,990 before-and-after images from 390 individuals who re...

Abstract Background In 2018, the Cannabis Act regulated the production and sale of cannabis for non-medical purposes in Canada. With the aim of continuing to protect the public health and safety of Canadians as the legal...

This comparative study evaluates machine learning models for predicting arrest release outcomes using 5,226 marijuana possession cases from the Toronto Police Service (1997-2002). The dataset exhibited significant class ...

This article aims to present the possibilities of making simplifications to accounting, particularly in the recognition of fixed assets and other carrying value items, according to the principle of relevance and fair pre...

In India's mountainous areas, maternal mortality is still a serious public health concern, especially in Uttarakhand, where access to healthcare is hampered by geographical obstacles. UttaraRisk-Next, a multi-task ensemb...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to systems designed to perform tasks requiring human-like intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, decision-making, and language processing. Its integration into Human Resource Man...

Abstract Credit risk assessment is a critical function in financial analytics, requiring models that can adapt to diverse borrower profiles while providing clear and interpretable insights. Although a range of data drive...

Background: Maternal mortality highlights health system effectiveness and social fairness. South Africa’s Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths (CEMD) monitors and improves maternal healthcare. While initial decre...

Abstract Ghana’s Free Senior High School (FSHS) policy, introduced in 2017, represents one of Africa’s most ambitious efforts to democratize secondary education. By abolishing tuition and related costs for all studen...