Distributed training of foundation models for ophthalmic diagnosis by Sina Gholami, Fatema-E Jannat, Atalie Carina Thompson, Sally Shin Yee Ong, Jennifer I. Lim, Theodore Leng, Hamed Tabkhivayghan, Minhaj Nur Alam

“…This encoder was trained on seven optical coherence tomography datasets, and we compared its performance under local, centralized, and federated learning settings. Our results show that self-supervised methods—both centralized and federated—improved the area under the curve by at least 10% compared to local models. …”
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Measuring Agriculture Research and Development Return on Investment: Relevance for Florida by Julia Delaney Ulrich, Suzanne Thornsbury, Christa Court, Amanda B. Heinzmann

“…It is part of a series that examines federal policies relevant to specialty crops. …”
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External Relations of Russian Border Regions by L. R. Rustamova

“…Although cross-border cooperation implies some costs, which the federal authorities try to reduce through legal regulation, it is still widely supported by federal governments.…”
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A Secure Object Detection Technique for Intelligent Transportation Systems by Jueal Mia, M. Hadi Amini

“…Federated Learning is a decentralized machine learning technique that creates a global model by aggregating local models from multiple edge devices without a need to access the local data. …”
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IMPACT OF IPSAS ADOPTION ON FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY OF SELECTED GOVERNMENT PARASTATALS IN ZARIA by Lawal Mohammed, M. A Odeh, B.F. Umar, U. F. Abdulkarim, S. O. Nurudeen, L Ibrahim

“…Data was collected with the aid of questionnaire from the selected Parastatal (Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and the Federal College of Education under the Federal Ministry of Education; the Nigerian Institute for Leather Science and Technology under the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology; the National Institute for Transport Technology; and, the Nigerian College for Aviation Technology under the Federal Ministry of Transport) The study was anchored on institutional and agency theory. …”
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Lithium-Ion Battery State of Health Degradation Prediction Using Deep Learning Approaches by Talal Alharbi, Muhammad Umair, Abdulelah Alharbi

“…., deep learning) and decentralized (i.e., federated learning) approaches for SoH prediction. …”
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Instructions on the Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) by Sri Charan Kakarla, Yiannis Ampatzidis

“…The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has jurisdiction over all navigable airspace in the United States. …”
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Constitutional basis of Austria’s accession to the European Union by E. A. Vodyanitskaya

“…Austria’s accession to the EU constituted the most important transfer of jurisdiction in the history of the Federal Constitution. On this occasion the Austrian legislature passed an amendment to the Federal Constitution which provides for the participation of Austrian organs in the decision-making process of the European Union. …”
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Competing Partisan Regimes and the Transformation of the Voting Rights Act, 1965-2015 by Jesse H. Rhodes

“…On June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court struck down the coverage formula enabling federal preclearance of proposed voting changes in jurisdictions with documented histories of racial discrimination. …”
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Instructions on the Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) by Sri Charan Kakarla, Yiannis Ampatzidis

“…The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has jurisdiction over all navigable airspace in the United States. …”
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Debt Brake or Breach of the Rules? Building Budget Reserves in Times of Crisis by Thiess Büttner

“…Abstract The German federal government is facing criticism for using the exemption from the national debt brake due to the coronavirus crisis to expand the fiscal leeway for its future energy and climate policies. …”
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Budget Semi-Elasticity and its Impact on Debt Flexibility in the Context of the Debt Brake by Philipp Heimberger, Bernhard Schütz

“…Our results highlight estimation uncertainties that affect how much the federal government is allowed to borrow under the debt brake.…”
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Financing Investments in the Future: Pragmatic Solutions Are Needed by Monika Schnitzer, Achim Truger

“…Abstract Since the new German federal government has imposed tight fiscal policy restrictions on itself, a pragmatic approach is needed to finance the spending requirements of the transformation. …”
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The role of sport in research and development in Switzerland - An overview by Hippolyt Kempf, Gübeli Cornell, Christelle Ganné-Chedeville, Solange Emmenegger

“…Discussion/Conclusion Research, development and innovation are important success factors for sport. As sports federations play an important rule, it is necessary firstly to strengthen the sports federations as important supporters of research and development themes. …”
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Umsetzung von verbindlichen Flächensparzielen im Rahmen der räumlichen Planung by Lutke Blecken, Robert Böhnke, Gabriel Götze, Jens-Martin Gutsche, Wolfgang Köck, Thomas Preuß

“… New land use for settlement and transport exceeds the federal government’s “below 30 ha/day” target. Varial federal states have incorporated this target into their own state targets. …”
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La question du logement social à New York by Catherine Pouzoulet

“…The bifurcation of the housing market at local level paralleled a dual approach of the federal government. The 1930’s—and the political forces at work behind the scenes at local and federal level—were thus to shape the decades to come as the initial vision of a unified federal housing program was defeated by the emergence of a two‑tiered approach. …”
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Individual Assistance Programs from FEMA by Carol Fountain, Michael T. Olexa, Jana Caracciolo, Lauren Grant

“… Individuals, families, and businesses may be eligible for federal assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). …”
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CONCEPT OF MANAGEMENT EDUCATION ACCREDITATION by Andrey N. Pyshkin

“…These approaches are based on the analyses of some project within Federal Education Development Program and author's participation experience in a couple of them. …”
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Individual Assistance Programs from FEMA by Carol Fountain, Michael T. Olexa, Jana Caracciolo, Lauren Grant

“… Individuals, families, and businesses may be eligible for federal assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). …”
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MECHANISMS FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BUDGET POLICY IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC by M. E. Kosov, M. G. Solovyova

“…As a part of its implementation it is assumed that certain adaptogens are available to ensure sustainability and balance, directly influencing the formation and leveling of the Federal budget falling revenues…”
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