From Machine Learning to Patient Outcomes: A Comprehensive Review of AI in Pancreatic Cancer

S Tripathi, A Tabari, A Mansur, H Dabbara, CP Bridge… - Diagnostics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Pancreatic cancer is a highly aggressive and difficult-to-detect cancer with a poor prognosis.
Late diagnosis is common due to a lack of early symptoms, specific markers, and the …

Improving motivation and learning experience with a virtual tour of an assembly line to learn about productivity

M Hernández-Campos, LC Guzmán-Arias… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
We propose the use of a Virtual Tour to substitute in-person visits to a manufacturing plant
for a lecture on Enterprise Productivity at the School of Business Administration at our …

Free vibration analysis of porous functionally graded material plates with variable thickness on an elastic foundation using the R-functions method

L Kurpa, F Pellicano, T Shmatko, A Zippo - Mathematical and …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Free vibrations of porous functionally graded material (FGM) plates with complex shapes are
analyzed by using the R-functions method. The thickness of the plate is variable in the …

Spatiotemporal linkages between administrative division adjustment and urban form: Political drivers of the urban polycentric structure

Y Chen, L Wang, P Yu, N Nie, X Yang, Y Chen - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
As a crucial government strategy for spatial management and resource allocation,
administrative division adjustment (ADA) provides interesting insights in the investigation of …

Role of temperature on Alkali-Silica reaction and the efficacy of supplementary cementitious materials

N Sinno, MH Shehata - Construction and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) are used in concrete to reduce expansion due
to alkali-silica reaction. However, studies reported higher expansion in the field compared to …

Reaching Universal Coverage of Water and Sanitation Services: Is Regionalization a Sustainable Path for Developing Countries?

W Narzetti, FS Pinto, D Narzetti, T Cetrulo - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Achieving universal access to water and sanitation services in developing countries requires
a coherent legal, political, and institutional environment, along with a clear financial strategy …

Effect of sample geometry and aggregate type on expansion due to alkali-silica reaction

N Sinno, MH Shehata - Construction and Building Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
Late expansions due to alkali-silica reaction were observed in field samples for some
aggregates and supplementary cementing materials (SCM) combinations despite meeting …

DanceTrend: An Integration Framework of Video-Based Body Action Recognition and Color Space Features for Dance Popularity Prediction

S Ding, X Hou, Y Liu, W Zhu, D Fang, Y Fan, K Li… - Electronics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: With the rise of user-generated content (UGC) platforms, we are witnessing an
unprecedented surge in data. Among various content types, dance videos have emerged as …

Exploring Footedness, Throwing Arm, and Handedness as Predictors of Eyedness Using Cluster Analysis and Machine Learning: Implications for the Origins of …

P Rodway, C Rodway, A Schepman - Symmetry, 2024 - mdpi.com
Behavioural asymmetries displayed by individuals, such as hand preference and foot
preference, tend to be lateralized in the same direction (left or right). This may be because …

Actuarial Valuation and Hedging of Life Insurance Liabilities in the Presence of Stochastic Mortality Risk under the Locally Risk-Minimizing Hedging Approach

M El Farissi, M Eddahbi, A Goumar - Symmetry, 2024 - mdpi.com
The paper examines the valuation and hedging of life insurance obligations in the presence
of mortality risk using the local risk-minimizing hedging approach. Roughly speaking, it is …