Forecasting of Corrosion Properties of Steel Wires for Production of Guide Wires for Cardiological Treatment by J. Przondziono, W. Walke, E. Hadasik, R. Młynarski

“…The issue is of importance to guide wire manufacturers because application of the suggested methodology will enable us to forecast corrosion characteristics of wire with the required strength drawn with the applied strain.…”
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Two-Stage Pricing Decision for Low-Carbon Products Based on Consumer Strategic Behaviour by Cheng Che, Zhihong Zhang, Xiaoguang Zhang, Yi Chen

“…Through the analysis of low-carbon and ordinary products in two situations, the following conclusions can be drawn: (1) In a market where retailers only sell low-carbon products, product prices and profits increase as consumers’ green preference θ increases. (2) In the low-carbon product and ordinary product markets, the price and profit of low-carbon products increase with regard to consumers’ green preference θ. (3) In the second stage, when consumers’ intertemporal discount factor β for ordinary products is larger than that of low-carbon products, the retailer’s total profit is smaller. …”
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The First Case Report in Italy of Di George Syndrome Detected by Noninvasive Prenatal Testing by Giuseppina Rapacchia, Cristina Lapucci, Maria Carla Pittalis, Aly Youssef, Antonio Farina

“…We report here the first case of Di George syndrome detected by NIPT in Italy; blood was drawn at 12 weeks’ gestation. The patient had an amniocentesis to confirm the diagnosis by MLPA (multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification) and an ultrasound aimed to detect the features associated with the syndrome. …”
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A New Look at Radio and Television Teasers Using Conceptual Blending Theory by Hossein Razavian, Zahra Zare, Sahar Bahrami-Khorshid

“…For this purpose, 50 radio teasers and 50 television teasers were considered as samples of the use of innovative language, the conceptual combinations used are extracted and their conceptual blending networks are drawn. The results of the research show that the attention of the creators of advertisements emerging and emergent meaning as an aspect of creativity and its use as a means of attracting and encouraging the audience in these teasers is significant. …”
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Unsupervised Domain Adaptation Using Exemplar-SVMs with Adaptation Regularization by Yiwei He, Yingjie Tian, Jingjing Tang, Yue Ma

“…It assumes that source and target domain data are drawn from the same feature space but different margin distributions and its motivation is to utilize the source domain instances to assist in training a robust classifier for target domain tasks. …”
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Endorsement of the Lisbon Outcome Statement and Launch of a National Programme for Age-Friendly Cities and Communities in Portugal by Miguel Arriaga PhD, Yon Yongjie PhD, Thiago Herick de Sa PhD, Ana Justo MSc, Gisele Câmara PhD, Andreia Costa PhD

“…Concerning this, Portugal endorsed the Lisbon Outcome Statement drawn up based on the 2023 Regional Summit on Policy Innovation for Healthy Ageing and made its commitment for the creation of age-friendly environments. …”
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Localization Algorithms in Large-Scale Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks: A Quantitative Comparison by Guangjie Han, Aihua Qian, Chenyu Zhang, Yan Wang, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues

“…Recently underwater acoustic sensor networks (UASNs) have drawn much attention because of their great value in many underwater applications where human operation is hard to carry out. …”
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Semiotic Diagnostics: Methodology for Measuring Education Transformation Efficiency by N. A. Lyurya

“…Conclusions regarding the determination of the place of pedagogical education in the context of modernization of the entire system of national education are drawn. Firstly, the implementation of technologies that demonstrate their efficiency in foreign experience into the practice of national education should be guided by the fact that this efficiency was obtained to achieve substantially different goals. …”
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Defensive Discourse in Writing about Music by Fred Everett Maus

“…These analyses summarize fuller treatments by the author in previous essays, here drawn together to show the shared concerns of these writers. …”
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Conservatism of funeral rites of the western Balts by V.I. Kulakov

“…The paper introduces a fragment of the text dating back to the middle of the 16th century, which contains eyewitness accounts of the unique features of the rituals of the Western Balts in the Reformation era. A parallel was drawn between these features and the data of the merchant Wulfstan on the funerary jumps of the Prussians of the 9th century. …”
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Improving Patient Experience by Understanding Barriers and Incentives to Telehealth Adoption Among Physicians at a Large Academic Medical Center by Alessandro Luna MD, MBA, Taylor B Sewell MD, MBA

“…We then conducted a qualitative analysis of interview transcripts, following precepts of Directed Content Analysis. Conclusions drawn from matrix building and thematic analysis were verified with negative evidence searches and if-then tests. …”
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Melanopsin Contribution to Pupillary Light Reflex and Brightness Perception Based on a 65-Inch Four-Primary Projected Display by Nianfang Zhu, Yan Tu, Lili Wang, Yunyang Shi

“…Melanopsin contribution to visual and non-visual effect has drawn widespread concern. However, research about whether this contribution can be applied to display system design is limited. …”
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Is End-Stage Ankle Arthrosis Best Managed with Total Ankle Replacement or Arthrodesis? A Systematic Review by Robert W. Jordan, Gurdip S. Chahal, Anna Chapman

“…However, the quality of studies reviewed was poor and the methodological weaknesses limited any definitive conclusions being drawn. Conclusion. The available literature is insufficient to conclude which treatment is superior. …”
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Integrating Legal Protection Strategies for Wife and Children Due to Rejection of Marriage Isbat Application by Abdul Jalil, Abdul Haq Syawqi, M. Haris Hidayatulloh, Umi Supraptiningsih, Cut Linda Marheni

“…This study uses a qualitative approach; this empirical study is drawn from observation data and interviews with judges and clerks in three religious courts (PA) in East Java, namely in Pamekasan, Probolinggo, and Pasuruan Districts. …”
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Stacking ensemble learning with heterogeneous models and selected feature subset for prediction of service trust in internet of medical things by Junyu Ren, Haibin Wan, Chaoyang Zhu, Tuanfa Qin

“…Abstract Recently, with the fast development of IoT, Internet of medical things (IoMT) has drawn wide attention from both industry and academia. …”
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Traffic Allocation Mode of PPP Highway Project: A Risk Management Approach by Jie Li, Peng Mao, Zhaohua Dai, Jing Zhang

“…However, there are high uncertainties in terms of traffic volume, resulting in unpredictable revenues, which has drawn major concern of PPP investors. For a road in a network, the traffic volume is determined by the traffic allocation rate, which is affected not only by the total traffic volume in the region but also by other traffic risk factors, such as travel time, toll rates, and travelling comfort. …”
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Clinical Course, Prognosis, and Cause of Death in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome by Ildiko Fanny Horvath, Antonia Szanto, Gabor Papp, Margit Zeher

“…Mortality in the group of patients with extraglandular symptoms was two- to threefold higher than in the glandular group. Attention is drawn to the importance of close monitoring and targeted diagnostic approaches in those pSS subgroups with obviously increased mortality risk.…”
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To question of departure of Nicholas II and royal family to England after fall of monarchy in Russia by M. A. Knyazev

“…The article uses data from diaries, memoirs, correspondence, as well as paperwork. The conclusion is drawn about the decisive role of the Provisional Government in the Romanovs refusal to leave for the UK…”
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Reconstructing a lightweight security protocol in the radio‐frequency identification systems by Alireza Abdellahi Khorasgani, Mahdi Sajadieh, Mohammad Rouhollah Yazdani

“…Furthermore, a comparison was drawn between the proposed protocol and the existing similar protocols in terms of performance evaluation. …”
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Abuse of parental rights: general characteristics, forms, and types by O. G. Yushkevych

“…The main viewpoints of scholars on the definition of the concept of “abuse of parental rights” are examined. The conclusion is drawn that each scholar reveals the legal nature and characteristics of this legal phenomenon from a specific angle. …”
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