Humpty Dumpty and High-Risk AI Systems: The Ratione Materiae Dimension of the Proposal for an EU Artificial Intelligence Act by Jérôme De Cooman

“…With a strong emphasis on high-risk AI systems, the Commission comes dangerously close to the pitfall this article humorously labels as the Humpty Dumpty fallacy, to pay tribute to the nineteenth century English author Lewis Carroll. …”
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Basic Developmental Characteristics of the Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Reared under Laboratory Conditions by Dinah Marri, Samuel Adjei Mensah, Daniel Ashie Kotey, John Abraham, Maxwell Kelvin Billah, Michael Osae

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SSR loci potentially associated with high amylopectine content in maize kernel endosperm by S. I. Vakula, O. A. Orlovskaya, L. V. Khotyleva, A. V. Kilchevsky

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of using waxy locus microsatellite sequences for identification and labeling of waxy maize genotypes. To this end, a complex of biochemical (calorimetry, bichromate method), molecular-genetic (SSR-PCR, capillary gel electrophoresis with fluorescent detection of fragments) and statistical (descriptive statistics, cluster analysis, χ2) analysis methods was used. …”
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Living with bipolar disorder: A study of the lived experience of Saudi employees diagnosed with bipolar disorder in the workplace by Hessah Alzahrani

“…Thematic analysis was employed to analyze the interview data, following the phases defined by Braun and Clarke, which include transcription, familiarization, coding, generating themes, reviewing themes, defining and labeling themes, and concluding the analysis. Statistical Analysis Used: Not applicable, as this study employs a qualitative research methodology, focusing on thematic analysis rather than quantitative statistical analysis. …”
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EventSegNet: Direct Sparse Semantic Segmentation from Event Data by Pengju Li, Yuqiang Fang, Jiayu Qiu, Jun He, Jishun Li, Qinyu Zhu, Xia Wang, Yasheng Zhang

“…Based on this, we propose a large-scale event-based semantic segmentation dataset that provides labels for each event. Our approach achieved a new F1 score of 84.2% on the dataset. …”
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Magnetite Functionalized Nigella Sativa Seeds for the Uptake of Chromium(VI) and Lead(II) Ions from Synthetic Wastewater by Patience Mapule Thabede, Ntaote David Shooto, Thokozani Xaba, Eliazer Bobby Naidoo

“…Prestine Nigella Sativa seeds were labelled (PNS) and magnetite-sucrose functionalized Nigella Sativa seeds (FNS). …”
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A multidimensional Bayesian IRT method for discovering misconceptions from concept test data by Martin Segado, Aaron Adair, John Stewart, Yunfei Ma, Byron Drury, David Pritchard

“…Our procedure is based on a Bayesian implementation of the Multidimensional Nominal Categories IRT model (MNCM) combined with standard factor-analytic rotation methods; by analyzing student responses at the level of individual distractors rather than at the level of entire questions, this approach is able to highlight multiple likely misconceptions for subsequent investigation without requiring any manual labeling of test content. We explore the performance of the Bayesian MNCM on synthetic data and find that it is able to recover multidimensional item parameters consistently at achievable sample sizes. …”
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Outlook of Present Organic Agriculture Policies and Future Needs in Sri Lanka by S.H. Pushpa Malkanthi

“…Current organic farming programs need to be revised in order to formulate policies covering all areas related to production, handling, processing, certification, labeling and marketing, in order to bring the benefits of organic agriculture to farmers, marketers and consumers in a fair manner.…”
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Combined Use of Excimer Laser and High-Speed Rotational Atherectomy to Overcome a Severely Calcified Lesion in Endovascular Therapy by Keisuke Nakabayashi, Shinya Hata, Nobuhito Kaneko, Akihiro Matsui, Kazuhiko Tanaka, Hiroshi Ando, Minoru Shimizu

“…However, these devices in EVT section are considered off-label use in Japan. Therefore, we have to refrain from frequent use of this strategy; however, this method provides an option for severely calcified lesions.…”
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Clinical trials since 2020 of rapid anti-suicidal ideation effects of ketamine and its enantiomers: a systematic review by Sumra Sajid, J. John Mann, Michael F. Grunebaum

“…We excluded neuroimaging studies, meta-analyses, reviews, and case reports. Open-label studies were also excluded except in the case of R-ketamine where we included 2 open trials due to limited published data for this enantiomer, yielding a total of 16 CTs. …”
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A novel machine learning methodology for the systematic extraction of chronic kidney disease comorbidities from abstracts by Eszter Sághy, Mostafa Elsharkawy, Frank Moriarty, Sándor Kovács, István Wittmann, Antal Zemplényi, Antal Zemplényi

“…Abstracts about a disease affecting CKD development and/or progression were selected by multiple ML classifiers trained on a human-labelled sample. The best classifier was further trained with active learning. …”
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Artificial intelligence for body composition assessment focusing on sarcopenia by Sachiyo Onishi, Takamichi Kuwahara, Masahiro Tajika, Tsutomu Tanaka, Keisaku Yamada, Masahito Shimizu, Yasumasa Niwa, Rui Yamaguchi

“…The SMI was conventionally measured twice, with the first as the AI label reference and the second for comparison. Agreement and diagnostic change rates were calculated. …”
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Designing Microfluidic Devices to Sort Haematopoietic Stem Cells Based on Their Mechanical Properties by Mingming Du, Dean Kavanagh, Zhibing Zhang, Neena Kalia

“…This study tested whether this could be achieved using label-free microfluidic devices. Methods. 2 straight (A-B) and 3 spiral (C-E) devices were fabricated with different dimensions. …”
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Temporal Convolutional Network Approach to Secure Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) in Electric Vehicle Charging by Ikram Benfarhat, Vik Tor Goh, Chun Lim Siow, Muhammad Sheraz, Teong Chee Chuah

“…The proposed model achieved 100% accuracy in detecting binary labels and 5-class scenarios, and 93% accuracy in identifying 17-class attack types, surpassing existing approaches. …”
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Effectiveness and safety of oral vancomycin for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease associated with primary sclerosing cholangitis: a systematic review and pooled analysis by Wassel Sannaa, Mazen Almasry, Mustafa Peedikayil, Alyssa A. Grimshaw, Mashary Attamimi, Abdulelah AlMutairdi, Badr Al-Bawardy

“…Results: A total of 21 (open-label, non-controlled) studies including 290 patients with IBD-PSC treated with OVT were included. …”
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Feasibility, safety and tolerability of estrogen and/or probiotics for improving vaginal health in Canadian African, Caribbean, and Black women: A pilot phase 1 clinical trial. by Biban Gill, Jocelyn M Wessels, Christina L Hayes, Jenna Ratcliffe, Junic Wokuri, Elizabeth Ball, Gregor Reid, Rupert Kaul, Jesleen Rana, Muna Alkhaifi, Wangari Tharao, Fiona Smaill, Charu Kaushic

“…Considering the high prevalence of BV among African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) women, we conducted a prospective, randomized, open-label phase 1 clinical trial to determine the feasibility, safety and tolerability of administering low-dose estrogen, probiotics or both in combination to improve vaginal health and decrease HIV-1 susceptibility.…”
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Automatic image generation and stage prediction of breast cancer immunobiological through a proposed IHC-GAN model by Afaf Saad, Noha Ghatwary, Safa M. Gasser, Mohamed S. ElMahallawy

“…Moreover, the decoder’s performance is enhanced by providing the related features from the classified labels by incorporating the adaptive instance normalization technique. …”
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The moderating role of e-health literacy and patient-physician communication in the relationship between online diabetes information-seeking behavior and self-care practices among... by Maryam Peimani, Anita L. Stewart, Robabeh Ghodssi-Ghassemabadi, Ensieh Nasli-Esfahani, Afshin Ostovar

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Impact of strict IGF1 control on quality-of-life scores in patients with acromegaly by Chaitanya Gandhi, Marie-Claire Denis, Daniel Holmes, Juan Rivera, Stan van Uum, Shereen Ezzat, Constance Chik

“…ObjectiveExamine, in a real-world setting, whether strict normalization of modestly elevated insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) results in clinical and health-related quality of life benefits in patients with acromegaly using an open-label, non-randomized, 6-month prospective interventional study.MethodsIn patients with acromegaly and modest IGF1 elevation, strict IGF1 control was achieved by addition or dose escalation of pegvisomant. …”
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NETosis Secondary to the Use of Levamisole-Adulterated Cocaine: A Likely Underlying Mechanism of Vasculopathy by Manuela Osorio, Isabel Velásquez, Ruben Vargas, Adriana Vanegas-García, Mauricio Rojas, Gloria Vásquez, Carlos Muñoz-Vahos

“…Cell viability and purity were evaluated by flow cytometry after staining with PI/DiOC6 and labeling with fluorescent anti-CD45/anti-CD3 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), respectively. …”
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