3D synergistic tumor-liver analysis further improves the efficacy prediction in hepatocellular carcinoma: a multi-center study by Yurong Jiang, Jiawei Zhang, Zhaochen Liu, Jinxiong Zhang, Xiangrong Yu, Danyan Lin, Dandan Dong, Mingyue Cai, Chongyang Duan, Shuyi Liu, Wenhui Wang, Yuan Chen, Qiyang Li, Weiguo Xu, Meiyan Huang, Sirui Fu

“…Results The tumor-liver model was superior to the tumor model in terms of both discrimination (training dataset: 0.747 vs. 0.722; validation dataset: 0.719 vs. 0.683) and calibration. …”
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Disturbances of visual perception in non-demented patients with Parkinson’s disease by R. Timofejavaitė, V. Vilda, A. Liveikienė, R. Kaladytė-Lokominienė

“…Patients underwent ophthalmological examination which provided data on colour discrimination, contrast sensitivity, eye pressure, and retinal ganglion cell layer thickness (RGCL). …”
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O espaço dos possíveis, de Pierre Bourdieu by Maria Thereza Rosa Ribeiro

“…On the basis of the emergence of the voices of the agents, Bourdieu observes the space of the possible, but impossible to overcome the conflicts implicit in the different visions and in the confrontation of those who experience the condition of discrimination. Understanding the universe of agents who live in poverty is seen in the key of the reflexivity of practice that flaking doxa through the hermeneutics of stigmatized identities. …”
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Resurgent Fundamentalism, Politics, and the Anti-Liberal Agenda: Challenges for South Africa’s Constitutional Democracy by Dale Wallace

“…In conclusion, the unlimited right to religious freedom is questioned in the context of guarantees of protection from discrimination in a constitutional democracy. …”
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Three years later: Italy and the free movement of new EU workers by Roberta Nunin

“…This rule guarantees workers freedom of movement, including the elimination of any discrimination on the basis of the nationality of workers from member states with regard to employment, pay, and other work and employment conditions.…”
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Evidence-based association work: The extended code of ethics of the “Verein für Socialpolitik” by Alexander Kriwoluzky, Aderonke Osikominu, Doris Weichselbaumer, Georg Weizsäcker

“…Abstract The new Code of Ethics of the Verein für Socialpolitik takes a stand against discrimination against women and minorities, sexual and other harassment in the workplace and the creation of a hostile environment. …”
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Istoria literară şi provocările actualităţii. modele, teorii, practici discursive by Antonio Patraş

“…Another necessary discrimination appears to be the one between literary history – perceived as fundamental among all subjects of study, and the history of literature that is nothing less than an ordinary branch of literary history, the latter comprising a larger and more diversified range of approaches.…”
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LOGICAL NEGATION AND BIOLOGICAL DEATH by Jurijus Radovičius

“…This methods of an absolute formal logical negation was repeated by Epicuros in his discrimination between "we" and "death". Both object and subject as well as verges between them are flexible and may be subjective. …”
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Space Matters in Rachel Cusk’s Arlington Park by Armelle PAREY

“…My hypothesis is that with this emphasis on space Cusk may be modernist in her narrative style but she deliberately remains close to the Victorians in her choice of themes and treatment of women characters in relation to space in order to make a strong feminist statement, in the sense that her novel examines the experience of sexual difference and gendered space to denounce them as a source of discrimination.…”
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Some considerations about the assessment of evaluative instruments and the interpretation of their results. by Luis Alberto Corona Martínez

“…The usefulness and conveniences of the usage of the difficulty and discrimination indexes in the appraisement and elaboration of evaluative instruments are analysed in this paper. …”
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Cultivar Evaluation and Essential Test Locations Identification for Sugarcane Breeding in China by Jun Luo, Yong-Bao Pan, Liping Xu, Hua Zhang, Zhaonian Yuan, Zuhu Deng, Rukai Chen, Youxiong Que

“…On the other hand, the areas Guangxi Chongzuo, Yunnan Lincang, and Yunnan Baoshan showed strong discrimination ability, while the areas Guangxi Hechi and Guangxi Liuzhou showed poor discrimination ability. …”
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Performance of digital early warning score (NEWS2) in a cardiac specialist setting: retrospective cohort study by Amitava Banerjee, Riyaz Patel, Baneen Alhmoud, Daniel Melley, Tim Bonnici

“…Supplemented NEWS2 with age showed no improvement while age and cardiac rhythm improved discrimination (AUC: 0.75, 0.84, 0.95 and 0.94, respectively). …”
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In Vivo Magic Angle Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Cell Tracking in Equine Low-Field MRI by Carolin Horstmeier, Annette B. Ahrberg, Dagmar Berner, Janina Burk, Claudia Gittel, Aline Hillmann, Julia Offhaus, Walter Brehm

“…Furthermore, it could support the discrimination of hypointense artefacts induced by contrast agents such as superparamagnetic iron oxide used for cell tracking. …”
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Do The Facts of Voting Rights Support Chief Justice Roberts’s Opinion in Shelby County? by Morgan Kousser

“…Had the number of violations diminished so much in the years leading up to the 2006 renewal of Section 5 that Congress should have ended preclearance altogether because discrimination had basically disappeared? If the number of voting rights lawsuits has diminished, why is that so?…”
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Association of predicted fat mass, predicted lean mass and predicted percent fat with diabetes mellitus in Chinese population: a 15-year prospective cohort by Lu Liu, Xiaoping Chen, Chao Ban, Shanshan Jia, Sen He

“…Predicted FM performed better than other commonly used obesity indicators in discrimination with the highest Harrell’s C-statistic among all the body composition parameters. …”
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Development and validation of a nomogram for predicting early neurological deterioration in patients with moderate traumatic brain injury: a retrospective analysis by Shen Wang, Shen Wang, Ruhai Wang, Chao Han, Haicheng Hu, Hongtao Sun, Hongtao Sun

“…The nomogram that had good discrimination, calibration, and clinical utility can provide clinicians with an effective and accurate tool for evaluating the occurrence of END after moderate TBI.…”
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Noradrenergic inputs from the locus coeruleus to anterior piriform cortex and the olfactory bulb modulate olfactory outputs by Chi Geng, Ruochen Li, Shan Li, Penglai Liu, Yuxin Peng, Changyu Liu, Zhen Wang, Hongxing Zhang, Anan Li

“…Furthermore, activation of LC–aPC/OB NAergic projections accelerated odor discrimination and specific inactivation of the LC–aPC/OB NAergic pathway impaired olfactory detection and discrimination. …”
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Massive Blood Transfusion for Trauma Score to Predict Massive Blood Transfusion in Trauma by Osaree Akaraborworn, Boonying Siribumrungwong, Burapat Sangthong, Komet Thongkhao

“…The MBTT score has good discrimination to predict MBT with simple and rapidly obtainable parameters.…”
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Lived experiences and perspectives of women who had undergone perinatal loss in Nairobi county, Kenya: a qualitative study by Emily Wanja Kaburu, Christopher O Aimakhu, Thomas Matenjwa Kamau, Michael Omondi Owor

“…This will require a range of interventions, including implementing trauma management programmes, training of healthcare workers, advocacy, sensitisation and establishing support networks to address discrimination and stigma faced by those affected.…”
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Impact of immigration-specific stress on safety attitudes: a national cross-sectional study on overseas qualified nurses in Japan by Xinyi Chang, Xiuzhu Gu

“…Spearman’s correlation analysis and a generalised linear model were used to analyse the relationship between immigration-specific stress and safety attitudes as perceived by OQNs.Results The findings showed that various safety attitude dimensions were significantly impacted by stressors such as ‘Not at home’, ‘Occupation’ and ‘Discrimination’. Notably, ‘Occupation’ disadvantages perceived by OQNs significantly affected all the safety attitude dimensions, such as ‘Teamwork climate’ (B=−5.69, [−7.78, –3.60], p<0.001), ‘Job satisfaction’ (B=−9.38, [−12.32, –6.44], p<0.001) and ‘Stress recognition’ (B=5.86, [3.17, 8.54], p<0.001).Conclusions The findings underscore the significance of implementing effective strategies such as enhancing the sense of belonging, providing better career advancement prospects and opportunities and addressing workplace discrimination to improve safety attitudes among OQNs. …”
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