Autonomous robotic ultrasound scanning system: a key to enhancing image analysis reproducibility and observer consistency in ultrasound imaging by Xin-Xin Lin, Ming-De Li, Si-Min Ruan, Wei-Ping Ke, Hao-Ruo Zhang, Hui Huang, Shao-Hong Wu, Mei-Qing Cheng, Wen-Juan Tong, Hang-Tong Hu, Dan-Ni He, Rui-Fang Lu, Ya-Dan Lin, Ming Kuang, Ming Kuang, Ming-De Lu, Ming-De Lu, Li-Da Chen, Qing-Hua Huang, Qing-Hua Huang, Wei Wang

“…PurposeThis study aims to develop an autonomous robotic ultrasound scanning system (auto-RUSS) pipeline, comparing its reproducibility and observer consistency in image analysis with physicians of varying levels of expertise.Design/methodology/approachAn auto-RUSS was engineered using a 7-degree-of-freedom robotic arm, with real-time regulation based on force control and ultrasound visual servoing. …”
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Association between short-term exposure to air pollutants and daily stroke incidence among residents in Qingdao city: a time series analysis of disease surveillance, environmental,... by Nan GE, Lu PAN, Xin ZHANG, Dandan LI, Yin WANG, Jingya YIN, Hui ZHOU, Haoyan YU, Xiuqin ZHANG, Chunsheng XU, Yuan FANG, Yan MA, Bingling WANG, Haiping DUAN

“…Sensitivity analysis results showed that changing the degrees of freedom of daily mean temperature, barometric pressure, and relative humidity to 4, 5, and 6 had little effect on the effect of ambient PM2.5, O3, CO, PM10, SO2, and NO2 exposure on the risk of daily stroke incidence, indicating that the established models produced relatively stable results. …”
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Socio-Political Phenomenon of Changes in Citizenship in Guilan Province in Qajar Era by Mahdi Ebadi, Zoleykha Ghaffari roodsari

“…This socio-political issue prompted protests from a coalition of freedom advocates and open-minded locals in Guilan, leading the Qajar government to implement measures aimed at preventing the persistence of this phenomenon. …”
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Diferencias en la elección de la modalidad de diálisis entre inmigrantes y españoles en Barcelona by María Dolores Arenas-Jiménez, José Luis Fernández-Martin, Isabel Galcerán Herrera, Marisol Fernández-Chamarro, Guillermo Pedreira-Robles, Silvia Collado Nieto, Julia Farrera Núñez, Eva Rodríguez García, Alicia Moreno Rodríguez, Laura Morro Fernández, Marta Crespo Barrio, Julio Pascual Santos

“…Abstract: Few studies have analyzed the freedom to choose their renal replacement treatment (RRT) modality in Spain. …”
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Designing a professional development model for technical teachers in order to teach entrepreneurship in technical schools by hosein hasankhani, Niloufar Mortazanejad, maryam sameri

“…Extended abstract Introduction In fact, human development is the concept of development, expansion of human beings, empowerment of the scope of opportunities, and benefiting from freedom; which leads to the preservation of human ideals and values. …”
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Presenting the Model of the Elites' Desertion Factors in Iran's Continental Plateau Oil Company by Mohammad Shaaf Amal, Ahmad Vedadi, Mehdi Tavakoli, Daryoosh Gholamzadeh

“…Nevertheless, some organizations lose a significant part of their knowledge workers for various reasons, including restrictive requirements and laws, not giving employees freedom of action and excessive control over them, burnout, job plateauing, lack of organizational support, lack of attractiveness, the unfair compensation of services, reducing authority and losing decision-making power (Karimi Taher et al, 2021). …”
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Differences in dialysis modality choice between immigrant and native populations in Barcelona, Spain by María Dolores Arenas-Jiménez, Jose Luis Fernandez-Martin, Isabel Galcerán Herrera, Marisol Fernández-Chamarro, Guillermo Pedreira-Robles, Silvia Collado Nieto, Julia Farrera Núñez, Eva Rodríguez García, Alicia Moreno Rodríguez, Laura Morro Fernández, Marta Crespo Barrio, Julio Pascual Santos

“…Few studies have analyzed the freedom to choose their renal replacement treatment (RRT) modality in Spain. …”
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Call for Papers: Constitutions and Intergenerational Justice by IF and FRFG

“…Jefferson represented the position that every law and therefore every constitution should lose its validity after 19 years, so that every generation can organise itself, with a freedom comparable to the preceding one. Madison disagreed and referred to the uncertainty that would emerge from such an arrangement. …”
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Identifying factors affecting delivery points, risk transfer and costs in international trade with an emphasis on Incoterms 2020 by Morteza Babaie, Firouze Haji Aliakbari, Fereshte Lotfizade, Arshad Farahmandian

“…On the one hand, the seller calls for more freedom on the terms and conditions of delivery, and on the other hand the buyer calls for more confidence in delivery of the goods in terms of quantity and qualitatively and in accordance with the raised conditions; in this context, the documentation or other documents related to the products order are important. …”
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Identification and validation of occupational stress factors for employees of the electricity distribution company of Ilam province by Ardeshir Shiri

“…The fit index of the model is the chi square ratio to the degree of freedom of 1.81; and the GFI, AGFI, NFI, and IFI indices are estimated at 0.99, 0.85, 0.97, and 0.98, respectively; and the index RMSEA was also 0.05, which confirms the appropriate fit of the estimated model. …”
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A Model for Implementing New FinTechs in the Banking Industry (Peer-to-Peer Lending) by Hosein Mohammadi, Narges Mohammadalipour, Noroz Norollahzadeh, Ghanbar Abbaspour asfadan, Mahnaz Rabie

“…One item that has helped to create peer-to-peer lending is the presence of a new generation of freedom advocates. "Technological changes, globalization, and other international processes have reduced the number, size and role of commercial intermediaries in many industrial sectors. …”
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Presenting the indigenous model of organizational self-leadership with an emphasis on training in non-governmental organizations by Sajad Ghoreishi, abbas abbaspour, Mostafa Niknami, Morteza Taheri

“…In a research titled Self-Leadership as a Support for Empowerment, Klosel (2022) concluded that leadership empowerment should not only be considered as granting freedom of action in decision-making and action, but also the role of support in the development and performance of a role model of leaders should consciously be used; for this purpose, their self-leadership skills should also be continuously developed. …”
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Decolonization Projects by Cornelius Ewuoso

“…In its basic use, decolonization refers to countries under colonial rule gaining independence or freedom from forms of subjugation. Additionally, scholars use the term to refer to efforts to dismantle neocolonialism and vestiges of colonialism. …”
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Contextual Vulnerability Should Guide Fair Subject Selection in Xenotransplantation Clinical Trials by Gianna Strand

“…Assessing for Contextual Vulnerability Ensuring ethical consent, therefore, requires more than an accounting of capacity, competency, and freedom from coercion. This requires looking beyond voluntariness to ask whether the research offer is fair. …”
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The system of procedural guarantees of the participants’ rights in criminal proceedings during pre-trial investigation by A. V. Piddubna

“…The current criminal procedural legislation of Ukraine contains legal guarantees designed to ensure proper protection, safeguarding and realisation of the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of participants in criminal proceedings. …”
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Protecting the Autonomy of Patients with Severe Mental Illness Through Psychiatric Advance Directive Peer-Facilitation by Nicholas Karasik

“…Guiding Distributive Justice: Capability Theory Capability theory is an account of justice opportunity that places a fundamental moral significance on individuals' ability to reach proper functioning and well-being.[52] Whether or not an individual can make use of a particular set of resources and convert them into a state of functioning depends on personal, sociopolitical, and environmental conditions ("conversion factors").[53] In this sense, liberty is not the absence of restraint from others or institutions but the freedom achieved through capability-enhancing relationships.[54] Within the context of bioethics, capability theory shifts focus toward creating circumstances by which individuals can direct their lives as they choose.[55] Acting in accordance with the principle of beneficence, peer-support specialists could enhance the capability of patients to be self-determined and autonomous, which would promote patient well-being and empowerment.[56] Those living with SMI, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, are among the most disadvantaged in society, experiencing social and economic hardship related to their illness.[57] These individuals are often feared and rejected by others, which increases depression, lowers self-esteem, and engenders feelings of social isolation.[58] Compounding their challenges, especially for those facing structural inequalities, is insufficient access to appropriate mental health services supporting recovery.[59] Capability theory provides a sound justification for the resource distribution necessary to create and sustain a thriving network of peer-support specialists, to which those with SMI currently do not have access. …”
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« Éducation » et « Politique » : enquête conceptuelle sur les limites d’une justification libérale de l’éducation au développement durable by Xavier Roth

“…Current research shows that most educators call for respect for individual freedoms and tolerance. But is it not paradoxical to justify by liberal values educational actions which are characterized precisely by their normative intention? …”
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Human rights in procedural democracies: a contribution to the debate by José Armando Ponte Dias Júnior, Eneida Desiree Salgado

“…Liberal democracy – descriptive, procedural and to some extent minimalist, primarily concerned with formally securing classic individual freedoms – now faces an acute crisis, with its historic achievements threatened by populist and undemocratic ideas. …”
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Prosecutor as a Subject of Guaranteeing Human Rights in Ukraine by V. V. Chumak

“…It has been concluded that the state and level of human and civil rights and fundamental freedoms depend on the normative regulation of the prosecutor’s activity as a subject of guaranteeing human rights in Ukraine, which is the cornerstone of Ukraine’s establishment as a state governed by the rule of law with observance of the rule of law. …”
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On the problematic issues of bringing a person to administrative responsibility: organization and legal principles by S. A. Rezanov

“…It is determined that the state guarantees the inviolability of human and civil rights and freedoms. To ensure this, the competent authorities, in particular the National Police, are responsible for maintaining law and order and protecting rights, freedoms and legitimate interests. …”
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