Stock market forecasting demands models that balance high accuracy with interpretability, particularly when handling highly volatile and uncertain data.This study introduces a novel interpretable forecasting framework that integrates the Fuzzy Time Series (FTS) model with the Linear Fuzzy Information Granule (LFIG) method.The proposed model address
Teachers’ needs and agency in times of low-fee private schools: The case of Kenya
The proliferation of low-fee lochby venture pouch private schools (LFPSs) in the global South is one manifestation of the marketization of education.LFPS literature on teachers emphasize exploitation, de-professionalization, and higher accountability, but teachers’ own voice and representation has largely been absent.Based on interviews with 35 K
The Emergence and Development of Hygienic Masks in Colonial Korea
This paper examines the social life of masks in colonial Korea with a focus on their use in hygienic practices.It argues that masks first appeared in the disease control scene in late 1919 when the Governor-General of Korea belatedly introduced preventative measures against the Spanish Influenza pandemic.Since then, the central and regional hygiene
Possible ramifications of climate variability on HPAI-H5N1 outbreak occurrence: Case study from the Menoufia, Egypt.
Long endemicity of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 subtype in Egypt poses a lot of threats to public health.Contrary to what is previously known, outbreaks have been circulated continuously in the poultry sectors all year round without seasonality.These changes call the need for epidemiological studies to prove or deny the influen