Indonesia's direct local elections : background and institutional framework by Choi, Nankyung

“…Despite the historical meaning of such elections, experiences of holding direct local elections over the last two years suggest that systemic issues related to the elections' institutional framework have tarnished the electoral processes and outcomes in many cases. …”
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The Japanese economy in crises : a time series segmentation study by Cheong, Siew Ann, Fornia, Robert Paulo, Lee, Gladys Hui Ting, Kok, Jun Liang, Yim, Woei Shyr, Xu, Danny Yuan, Zhang, Yiting

“…Of these, the second and main stage affecting 21 industries lasted only 27 days, in contrast to the two-and-a-half-years across-the-board recovery from the 1997–2003 financial crisis. …”
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Artificial Intelligence as an enabler of quick and effective production repurposing manufacturing: an exploratory review and future research propositions by Naz, Farheen, Kumar, Anil, Agrawal, Rohit, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo, Majumdar, Abhijit, Chokshi, Hemakshi

“…The findings of the study showed that there is a vast scope for research in this area as the yearly global production of articles in this field is limited. …”
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The 'Clisurean' finds from Climente II cave, Iron Gates, Romania by Bonsall, C, Boroneanţ, A, Evatt, A, Soficaru, A, Nica, C, Bartosiewicz, L, Cook, G, Higham, TFG, Pickard, C

“…Osteological analysis of the human remains confirms at least three individuals: a robust, young adult male aged between 18 and 28 years, a second (older) adult, and a neonate. Single-entity 14C dating of human bone and humanly modified animal bones suggests the Clisurean occupation occurred during the Bølling–Allerød warm period. …”

Predicting graft and patient outcomes following kidney transplantation using interpretable machine learning models by Salaun, A, Knight, S, Wingfield, L, Zhu, T

“…This project uses interpretable methods to predict both graft failure and patient death using data from previously accepted kidney transplant offers. Using more than 25 years of transplant outcome data, we train and compare several survival analysis models in single risk settings. …”

The Svanbergfjellet Formation: Eukaryotic life in a Tonian sea by Mughal, S, Millikin, AEG, Zhang, T, Gibson, TM, Rooney, AD, Tosca, NJ, Bergmann, KD, Strauss, JV, Anderson, RP

“…<p>Exceptionally preserved organic-walled microfossils of the Svanbergfjellet Formation, Svalbard document the diversity of eukaryotes in a Tonian (1,000–720 million years ago) shallow sea. We review this fossil Lagerstätte and re-sample it at the highest stratigraphic resolution to date. …”

The WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme for mental, neurological, and substance use conditions: the new and updated guideline recommendations by Brohan, E, Chowdhary, N, Dua, T, Barbui, C, Thornicroft, G, Kestel, D

“…The WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) guideline update reflects 15 years of investment in reducing the treatment gap and scaling up care for people with mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) conditions. …”

A core in a star-forming disc as evidence of inside-out growth in the early Universe by Baker, WM, Tacchella, S, Johnson, BD, Nelson, E, Suess, KA, D’Eugenio, F, Curti, M, de Graaff, A, Ji, Z, Maiolino, R, Robertson, B, Scholtz, J, Alberts, S, Arribas, S, Boyett, K, Bunker, AJ, Carniani, S, Charlot, S, Chen, Z, Chevallard, J, Curtis-Lake, E, Danhaive, AL, DeCoursey, C, Egami, E

“…Here we report the finding of the morphologically mature galaxy JADES-GS+53.18343−27.79097, which existed within the first 700 million years of the Universe’s history. This star-forming galaxy with a stellar mass of 400 million solar masses consists of three components: a highly compact core with a half-light radius of less than 100 pc, an actively star-forming disc with a radius of about 400 pc and a star-forming clump, all of which show distinctive star-formation histories. …”

Highlighting the role of biota in feedback loops from tundra ecosystems to the atmosphere by Schmidt, NM, Barrio, IC, Kristensen, JA, López-Blanco, E, van Beest, FM

“…The rapid climatic and environmental changes observed in the Arctic and across the globe in general call for reliable model projections. In recent years our understanding of ongoing and future changes through ecosystem modelling has increased tremendously. …”

Diet-wide analyses for risk of colorectal cancer: prospective study of 12,251 incident cases among 542,778 women in the UK by Papier, K, Bradbury, KE, Balkwill, A, Barnes, I, Smith-Byrne, K, Gunter, MJ, Berndt, SI, Le Marchand, L, Wu, AH, Peters, U, Beral, V, Key, TJ, Reeves, GK

“…We examined associations of 97 dietary factors with colorectal cancer risk in 542,778 Million Women Study participants (12,251 incident cases over 16.6 years), and conducted a targeted genetic analysis in the ColoRectal Transdisciplinary Study, Colon Cancer Family Registry, and Genetics and Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer Consortium (GECCO). …”

Investor behavioral intention in investment-based crowdfunding: a systematic literature review by Astiwi Indriani, Aisyah Abdul Rahman, Shifa Mohd Nor, Nur Sa’adah Muhamad

“…By establishing an insightful foundation for future research and providing actionable insights for practitioners seeking to foster trust, manage risk, and harness both intrinsic and extrinsic motivations, our findings bear the potential to shape the evolution of investment-based crowdfunding in the coming years.…”
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Efficient 3D reconstruction through enhanced PatchMatch techniques for accelerated point cloud generation by Feng, Wenwen, Ali, Siti Khadijah, Rahmat, Rahmita Wirza O. K.

“…The demand for high-quality 3D models of buildings and urban landscapes has significantly increased in recent years. To meet this demand, researchers have turned to multi-view stereo (MVS) reconstruction methods that utilize low-altitude multi-angle oblique aerial images. …”
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Real-time smart driver sleepiness detection by eye aspect ratio using computer vision by Chong, Simon Kai Yuen, Zakaria, Noor Hidayah, Goh, Eg Su, Hassan, Rohayanti, Kasim, Shahreen, Tole Sutikno, Tole Sutikno

“…For the first experiment, the research focuses on determining the optimal EAR threshold of the proposed prototype using a sample of 20 participants ranging in age from 20 to 30, 31 to 40, and 41 to 50 years old. The study also examines the effects of various environmental conditions, such as dark or nighttime settings and the use of spectacle. …”
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Experiences with Information System for Employee Performance: A case of Royal Malaysia Custom Department (RMCD) by Abd Zakaria, Zuhdi, Anuar, Herman Shah, Mohamed Udin, Zulkifli

“…Respondents were executives’ level who had served the organisation more than five years. This indicates that their in-depth and sufficient knowledge about information system success of RMCD. …”
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Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor neutralisation in patients with axial spondyloarthritis in the UK (NAMASTE): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase... by Worth, C, Al-Mossawi, MH, MacDonald, J, Fisher, BA, Chan, A, Sengupta, R, Packham, J, Gaffney, K, Gullick, N, Cook, JA, Corn, TH, Teh, J, Machado, PM, Taylor, PC, Bowness, P

“…The mean age of participants was 39·5 years (SD 13·3), 17 were women, 25 were men, 39 were White, and seven had previously received anti-TNF therapy. …”

Remote digital cognitive assessment reveals cognitive deficits related to hippocampal atrophy in autoimmune limbic encephalitis: a cross-sectional validation study by Shibata, K, Attaallah, B, Tai, X-Y, Trender, W, Hellyer, PJ, Hampshire, A, Irani, SR, Manohar, SG, Husain, M

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Findings:</strong> Between February 15, 2021, and April 21, 2022, 21 patients with ALE (mean age 63.01 years, 14 males) and 54 healthy controls (mean age 65.56 years, 23 males) completed the digital cognitive assessment. …”

An external validation of the QCovid risk prediction algorithm for risk of mortality from COVID-19 in adults: a national validation cohort study in England by Nafilyan, V, Humberstone, B, Mehta, N, Diamond, I, Coupland, C, Lorenzi, L, Pawelek, P, Schofield, R, Morgan, J, Brown, P, Lyons, R, Sheikh, A, Hippisley-Cox, J

“…<p><strong>Findings</strong></p> We included 34 897 648 adults aged 19–100 years resident in England. 26 985 (0·08%) COVID-19 deaths occurred during the first period and 13 177 (0·04%) during the second. …”

Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022-2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Vollset, SE, Ababneh, HS, Abate, YH, Lacey, BWH, GBD 2021 Forecasting Collaborators

“…&lt;h4&gt;Methods&lt;/h4&gt;Using forecasts of major drivers of health such as the Socio-demographic Index (SDI; a composite measure of lag-distributed income per capita, mean years of education, and total fertility under 25 years of age) and the full set of risk factor exposures captured by GBD, we provide cause-specific forecasts of mortality, years of life lost (YLLs), years lived with disability (YLDs), and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) by age and sex from 2022 to 2050 for 204 countries and territories, 21 GBD regions, seven super-regions, and the world. …”

Living Together Across Borders : Communicative Care in Transnational Salvadoran Families / by Arnold, Lynnette, author 656202, Oxford University Press (Online service) 655242

“…Through cross-border conversations, families nurture intergenerational relations that sustain the family over the years despite ongoing separation.…”
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Intervention strategies to enhance food safety certification adoption among farmers in Malaysia: A system dynamics approach by Mohd Shahir, Omar, Cheng, Jack Kie, Ahmad Afif, Ahmarofi, Muhammad Fakhrul, Yusuf

“…Based on insights from 30 experts in the agriculture industry with over five years of experience in Malaysia, out of 33 identified elements, only 22 elements influence the adoption as influencing the adoption of food safety certification. …”
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