A novel method for estrous cycle staging using supervised object detection by Benjamin Babaev, Saachi Goyal, Tushar Arora, Anita Autry, Rachel A. Ross

“…The estrous cycle comprises four stages influenced by fluctuating levels of hormones, mainly estradiol and progesterone. Tracking the cycle traditionally relies on vaginal cytology, which categorizes stages based on three epithelial cell concentrations. …”
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Investigating Feed-Forward Back-Propagation Neural Network with Different Hyperparameters for Inverse Kinematics of a 2-DoF Robotic Manipulator: A Comparative Study by Rania Bouzid, Jyotindra Narayan, Hassène Gritli

“…The Mean Squared Error is used as the main performance metric to evaluate the training accuracy of the FFBP-NN. …”
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Signs and features of law which cause the necessity of interpretation by V. K. Antoshkina

“…Attention is also paid to the fact that the subject of interpretation of law while doing it must take into account the peculiarities of the regime of legal regulation, the main grounds, principles and approaches to the statement of the rules of one or another field of law, etc. …”
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Self-Medication Practices Among Population in the Sulaimani City, Kurdistan Region, Iraq by Soran Hamalaw

“…The age, educational level, and occupation of the participants were factored into the practice of self-medication (P-value = 0.001). Pharmacists were the main providers of information on self-medication (54.5%) and primary sources of medications (92.9%). …”
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UNDERSTANDING AND OVERCOMING PARENTAL VACCINE HESITANCY by Alexandru Paul Baciu, Ancuta Lupu, Ginel Baciu, Carmen Baciu, Tatiana Chisnoiu, Lorenza Forna, Vlad Andrei Pitea, Adriana Luminita Balasa, Larisia Mihai, Bianca-Maria Constantin, Ramona Mihaela Stoicescu, Vasile Valeriu Lupu, Cristina Maria Mihai

“…Many respondents agreed that fear of possible severe adverse effects, as well as lack of correct information about vaccines, are the main issues leading to vaccine refusal. With the data we have gathered, we were able to track the general opinion of parents regarding vaccination, their level of information, the risks they express concern about, the relationship between parents and doctors regarding the vaccination process of their child, as well as their level of confidence in the effectiveness of vaccines; (4) Conclusions: From the general opinion on vaccines, it emerges that they are considered highly important and necessary by the majority of parents. …”
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Preliminary research: Identification of Difficulty in Chemical Learning Based On Teacher and Student Perspectives by Risvayani Risvayani, A Permanasari, I Musthafa

“…From the survey results the authors focus on three main issues in teaching chemistry ie, level of difficulty of the material, the selection of teaching and learning context model of chemistry in everyday life is not always delivered on the learning process. …”
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Hemodynamic Effects of Methamphetamine and General Anesthesia by Keyvan M. Safdari, Curtis Converse, Fanglong Dong, Nickolas Alan MacDougall, Kevin Hyer, Alec Runyon, Haley Ahlering, Mark E. Comunale

“…Intraoperative hemodynamic instability was defined as either a drop of more than 40% in MAP for greater than 5 minutes or requirement for significant amount of vasopressors. Main Results. Among the patients who were acutely positive for methamphetamine within 24 hours, 31.4% met the criteria for hemodynamic instability within the first hour of general anesthesia, compared to 26.1% of the subacutely positive patients and 6.3% of controls (p<0.0001). …”
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Efficacy of Tunnel Technique (TUN) versus Coronally Advanced Flap (CAF) in the Management of Multiple Gingival Recession Defects: A Meta-Analysis by Frank Mayta-Tovalino, Joshuan J. Barboza, Vinay Pasupuleti, Adrian V. Hernandez

“…Subgroup analyses by the type of graft did not affect main conclusions. More RCTs with better design are needed to further characterize the effects of TUN vs. …”
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Safety and validity of extracorporeal fenestration and in situ fenestration in patients with aortic disease involving the left subclavian artery: a prospective, single-center, rand... by Xiaojian Jia, Jingjin Wu, Caiyou Ding, Yanbo Lou

“…Thoracic EndoVascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR) with fenestrations provides a feasible and effective approach for this type of disease. The main purpose of this trial is to assess the safety and validity of extracorporeal fenestration and in situ fenestration in patients with aortic disease involving the left subclavian artery. …”
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DETERMINANTS OF UNMET HEALTHCARE NEEDS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES by Tatiana Gutium, Elmira Gojaeva

“…Therefore, the object of study, “unmet need for medical examination and care,” is relevant. The study's main objective is to verify the hypothesis that the number of practicing doctors, dentists, and the number of hospital beds influence the “unmet need for medical examination and care,” and by applying software EViews 9.5 it was established the type of correlation between the endogenous variable “unmet need for medical examination and care” and the exogenous variables: the number of practicing doctors, dentists and the number of hospital beds. …”
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Experimental Investigation on Propagation Behavior of Hydraulic Fractures in Coal Seam during Refracturing by Xun Sun, Shicheng Zhang, Xinfang Ma, Yushi Zou, Guanyu Lin

“…Experimental results showed three different types of HF initiation and propagation during refracturing: (1) under low horizontal stress differences (0-2 MPa), HF propagated along the cleats, and no new HFs were formed on the walls of the initial HFs regardless of changes in the horizontal stress; (2) under high horizontal stress differences (4–8 MPa) with no stress inversion, a major HF was initiated parallel to the orientation of maximum horizontal stress during initial fracturing; new branches propagated along cleats in the orientation of the minimum horizontal stress during refracturing; and (3) under high horizontal stress differences (4–8 MPa) with maximum and minimum horizontal stress inversions, the main HF formed along the orientation of the maximum horizontal stress, and a new HF perpendicular to the initial HF was formed during refracturing. …”
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Russian-Chinese Educational Cooperation in the Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Periods by T. L. Guruleva, Luo Wanqi

“…The system established before the pandemic demonstrated its viability and adaptability, particularly through the utilization of video conferencing, e-learning, and distance educational technologies as main tools. At the same time, it was possible to maintain the traditional offline format of education. …”
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Concrete reinforcement using composite fiberglass-based materials by Benzerga Ahmed Lamine, Amieur Mohamed, Rabehi Rachid

“…This study aims to evaluate the impact of glass fibers on the general behavior of concrete, in particular on its resistance, deformations, and ductility, using FRP: Fiber-reinforced plastics are materials generally formed of two main and distinct elements: the fiber, "made from glass," and the matrix, "an epoxy resin that allows the transfer of loads between the fibers. …”
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Study on the Effect of Surface Roughness on the Spectral Unmixing of Mixed Pixels by Haonan Zhang, Xingping Wen, Junlong Xu, Dayou Luo, Ping He

“…If the surface roughness of the sample to be measured is less than the maximum wavelength of the spectrometer, the experimental results believe that the photon energy is mainly mirror reflection on the surface of the object and diffuse reflection. …”
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Current directions for improving the administrative, legal and organisational principles of the activities of higher education institutions of the MIA of Ukraine which provide poli... by K. L. Buhaichuk, O. A. Morhunov

“…On the basis of the work carried out, conceptual directions for further improvement of the activities of these institutions of higher education have been formulated, taking into account the requirements of the martial law. The main areas that need appropriate optimization and transformation are as follows: the regulatory and legal support of the educational process and scientific activity, legal regulation of the work of the psychological service, as well as material and technical support of the service by those seeking higher education; the need to change industry standards of higher education and typical curricula and educational programmes for police training; the improving the content of special educational disciplines, and changing approaches to the formation of personnel.…”
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The effect of oil refinery by-products on reproductive and rearing performance in japanese quail by Süleyman Dere, Tahir Balevi, Şeref İnal, Varol Kurtoğlu, Alper Yılmaz

“…Quails were divided into lour main groups consisting 10 subgroups having 3 female quails in each of subgroups. …”
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Stylistics of layers of Farrokhi Yazdi's poems based on Dr. Fotouhi's stylistics by Alamdar Zinatpour, Amir Hosain Hemmati, Mazaher Nikkhah

“…Using layered stylistics, one can achieve the characteristics of individual style, ideas and ideology that govern the text of the poet or writer. The main question of the research is how can the stylistic features of Farokhi's poetry be studied and determined using layered stylistics? …”
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Exploring the altitude differentiation and influencing factors of PM2.5 and O3: a case study of the Fenwei Plain, China by Zhenglin Yin, Lei Yuan, Yulian Yang, Xiaowei Wu, Zhiyong Chen, Haixiao Long

“…For spatial differentiation, NO2 and SO2 were the main factors influencing the spatial differentiation of PM2.5 and O3 at different altitudes. …”
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Prospects for the use of sharing mechanisms in the tourism industry of Ukraine by Hanna Haponenko, Olena Yevtushenko, Irina Shamara, Valeriya Annenkova

“…To achieve the goal, the following tasks were set and solved in the work: the role of technologies and digital platforms in the development of sharing in tourism was investigated; the main mechanisms of the sharing economy in tourism are considered; the advantages and disadvantages of using sharing mechanisms in tourism are analyzed; the prospects for the application of sharing mechanisms in the tourism industry of Ukraine are highlighted. …”
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Ranging Method for Navigation Based on High-Speed Frequency-Hopping Signal by En Yuan, Wangdong Qi, Peng Liu, Li Wei, Longliang Chen

“…Building APNT system with the cognitive radio and frequency-hopping (FH) techniques can resolve above problem, however, the main challenge is to achieve a long and high-precision range with high-speed FH signals. …”
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