## 4 Materials and Methods
### Proto-MAML
#### 4.3.2 Proto-MAML Training Within a BERT-Enhanced QA Framework
; investigation, [PERSON]-S., [PERSON]-P., [PERSON]-M., [PERSON]-M., [PERSON]-F., [PERSON]-M., P.C.-F., and L.J.G.V. ; data curation, A.H.-S., G.S.-P., L.K.T.-M., H.P.-M., J.P.-P., J.O.-M., P.C.-F., and L.J.G.V. ; writing--original draft preparation, A.H.-S., G.S.-P., L.K.T.-M., H.P.-M., J.P.-P., J.O.-M., P.C.-F., and L.J.G.V. ; writing--review and editing, A.H.-S., G.S.-P., L.K.T.-M., H.P.-M., J.P.-P., J.O.-M., P.C.-F., and L.J.G.V. ; visualization, [PERSON]-S., [PERSON]-P., [PERSON]-M., [PERSON]-M., [PERSON]-P., [PERSON]-M., P.C.-F., and L.J.G.V. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. **Funding:** Thanks to the National Council for Humanities, Science, and Technology (CONHACYT) for the support provided in this project. This work was also supported by the European Commission under the Horizon Europe research and innovation program as part of the project LAZARUS (Grant Agreement no. 101070303). Views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Commission--EU. Neither the European Union nor the European Commission can be held responsible for them. **Data Availability Statement**: The data set is publicly available in the Test Cases of the Software Assurance Reference Data Set ([[https://samate.nist.gov/SARD/test-cases](https://samate.nist.gov/SARD/test-cases)]([https://samate.nist.gov/SARD/test-cases](https://samate.nist.gov/SARD/test-cases))) from NIST. For access to the Proto-MAML source code or to evaluate it with your own set of questions, please contact the corresponding author, as the code is proprietary to the Seccon de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigacion de la Escuela Superior de Ingenieria Mecanica y Electrica, Unidad Culhuacan, del Instituto Politecnico Nacional. **Conflicts of Interest**: Author [PERSON] was employed by the company Centro de Investigacion e Innovacion en Tecnologias de la Informacion y Comunicacion. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. ## References

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