The role of renewable energy and total factor productivity in reducing carbon emissions: A case of top-ranked nations in the renewable energy country attractiveness index.

On the one hand, economies, particularly developing ones, need to grow. On the other hand, climate change is the most pressing issue globally, and nations should take the necessary measures. Such a complex task requires new theoretical and empirical models to capture this complexity and provide new insights.

Two-headed UNetEfficientNets for parallel execution of segmentation and classification of brain tumors: incorporating postprocessing techniques with connected component labelling.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to develop accurate and automated detection and segmentation methods for brain tumors, given their significant fatality rates, with aggressive malignant tumors like Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) having a five-year survival rate as low as 5 to 10%. This underscores the urgent need to improve diagnosis and treatment outcomes through innovative approaches in medical imaging and deep learning techniques.

Methods: In this work, we propose a novel approach utilizing the two-headed UNetEfficientNets model for simultaneous segmentation and classification of brain tumors from Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) images.

Computer Simulations of Injection Process of Elements Used in Electromechanical Devices.

This paper presents the computer simulations of the injection process of elements used in electromechanical devices and an analysis of the impact of the injection molding process parameters on the quality of moldings. The study of the process was performed in Autodesk Simulation Moldflow Insight 2021. The setting of the injection process of the detail must be based on the material and process technological card data and knowledge of the injection molding machine work.

The impact of carbon pricing on international competitiveness in the case of Azerbaijan.

This article examines the impact of carbon pricing on international competitiveness for Azerbaijan, utilizing different cointegration methods such as, ARDLBT, CCR, DOLS, and FMOLS to the data spanning from 2000 to 2019. The results of the various cointegration approaches are in line with each other. The estimation results revealed that domestic crude oil price as a proxy of carbon pricing has a positive and significant impact on the real effective exchange rate in Azerbaijan.

Predicting Trustworthiness Across Cultures: An Experiment.

We contribute to the ongoing debate in the psychological literature on the role of "thin slices" of observable information in predicting others' social behavior, and its generalizability to cross-cultural interactions. We experimentally assess the degree to which subjects, drawn from culturally different populations (France and Japan), are able to predict strangers' trustworthiness based on a set of visual stimuli (mugshot pictures, neutral videos, loaded videos, all recorded in an additional French sample) under varying cultural distance to the target agent in the recording. Our main finding is that cultural distance is not detrimental for predicting trustworthiness in strangers, but that it may affect the perception of different components of communication in social interactions.

Islam and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Between Religious Practice and Health Protection.

This paper concerns a problem, the global pandemic COVID-19, which has influenced religious practices with respect to health protection across the Muslim world. Rapid transmission of the virus between people has become a serious challenge and a threat to the health protection of many countries. The increase in the incidence of COVID-19 in the Muslim community took place during and after the pilgrimages to Iran's Qom and as a result of the Jamaat Tabligh movement meetings.

On the Unstructured Big Data Analytical Methods in Firms: Conceptual Model, Measurement, and Perception.

Firms face challenging analytical tasks at the advent of a growing amount of unstructured big data (BD). These data lead to radical shifts in their analytical strategies and market insights. Yet, the particular types of analytical methods remain in the literature still loosely scattered.

Effectiveness of Bone Conduction Stimulation Applied Directly to the Otic Capsule Measured at Promontory: Assessment in Cadavers.

Introduction: The aims of this study included: (a) to develop a method of direct acoustic bone conduction (BC) stimulation applied directly to the otic capsule, (b) to investigate the effect of different stimulation sites on the promontory displacement amplitude, and (c) to find the best stimulation site (among 2 located directly on the otic capsule and 1 standard site approved for clinical use) that provides the greatest transmission of vibratory energy.

Methods: Measurements were performed on 9 cadaveric whole human heads. A commercial scanning laser Doppler vibrometer was used.

Bone Conduction Stimulation Applied Directly to the Otic Capsule: Intraoperative Assessment in Humans.

Objectives: Aim was to investigate the innovative method of direct acoustic bone conduction (BC) stimulation applied directly to the otic capsule and measured intraoperatively by promontory displacement in living humans. The objective was to find the best stimulation site that provides the greatest transmission of vibratory energy in a living human and compare it with the results previously obtained in cadavers.

Design: The measurements were performed in 4 adult patients referred to our department for vestibular schwannoma removal via translabyrinthine approach.

A Process-Centered Approach to the Description of Clinical Pathways-Forms and Determinants.

The aim of the study is to indicate the need for variability in the presentation of clinical pathways, in various phases of their implementation, and to define the forms of presentation of clinical pathways required by physicians in both the Hospital Information Systems (HIS) and Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Systems, as well as the determinants of the selection of the forms of description, in relation to the performed medical actions. The results of the study are a significant lead-in towards further research on the required form of the user interface in systems supporting dynamic business process management (dynamic BPM). The research is a pilot of a survey study, conducted to ascertain the usefulness and feasibility of the adopted methodology, for a wider project on the determinants of the form of description of clinical pathways.

Round Window Membrane Motion Induced by Bone Conduction Stimulation at Different Excitation Sites: Methodology of Measurement and Data Analysis in Cadaver Study.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the following: (1) the vibration pattern of the round window (RW) membrane in human cadavers during air (AC) and bone conduction (BC) stimulation at different excitation sites; (2) the effect of the stimulation on the fluid volume displacement (VD) at the RW and compare the VD between BC and AC stimulation procedures; (3) the effectiveness of cochlear stimulation by the bone implant at different excitation sites.

Design: The RW membrane vibrations were measured by using a commercial scanning laser Doppler vibrometer. The RW vibration amplitude was recorded at 69 measurement points evenly distributed in the measurement field covering the entire surface of the RW membrane and a part of the surrounding bony surface.