A decentralized feedback-based consensus model considering the consistency maintenance and readability of probabilistic linguistic preference relations for large-scale group decisi... by Xian-Yong Zhang, Yi-Yang Zhou, Jian-Lan Zhou

“…Given that the existing consistency adjustment method always destroys the readability of the original PLPR, a definition of complete readability for PLPR, reflected by a reasonable probability distribution of its elements, is proposed. …”
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CONTRADICTION OF FREEDOM AND PARADOXES OF RESPONSIBILITY (ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS) by Z. V. Stezhko, Y. G. Stezhко

“…Originality of the research is: in substantiating the significance of contemporary philosophical analysis of the content of key concepts of democracy ‑ «freedom» and «responsibility»; in revealing the mechanism of the functioning of concepts of freedom and responsibility in different ideologies and various spheres of public life; in conducting a philosophical analysis of the notion of responsibility, in revealing the reasons for the paradoxical nature of its manifestations; in outlining the scientific and didactic potential of the philosophical research of categories of freedom and responsibility in the practice of democratic processes; in posing the question of the need to take into account the hierarchy of the content of freedom (delineation of the word, concept, category). …”
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National, International and Legal Mechanisms of Control over the Activity of Non-Government Security Entities by M. V. Zavalnyi

“…The author of the article has studied the reasons for introducing a control mechanism over the activities of private security companies, which play an increasingly important role in the security sector worldwide. …”
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The Relationship Between Self-treatment of Genital Infection and Ectopic Pregnancy by Shirin Parvinroo, Seyedeh Hajar Sharami, Ariadokht Ardeshiri, Maryam Shakiba, Soodabeh Ebrahimi

“…The study data were collected by a researcher-made questionnaire containing demographic questions and 36 questions about self-treatment of genital infections, drug type, and reasons to use self-medication. Descriptive statistics, the Chi-square test, and the logistic regression model were used to analyze the obtained data. …”
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Exploring gender differences in knowledge and practices related to antibiotic use in Southeast Asia: A scoping review. by Phuc Pham-Duc, Kavitha Sriparamananthan

“…Studies that discuss gender within the context of antibiotic use often mention differences between males and females in knowledge, attitudes and/or behaviour, however, do not explore reasons for these differences. Gender differences in antibiotic use were generally examined in terms of: (i) knowledge of antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance and (ii) practices related to antibiotic use. …”
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Metastasis to the Bladder: A Rare Site of Recurrence of Renal Cell Carcinoma by Amanda Smart, Michael Wynne, Ezra Baraban, Yasser Ged, Armine Smith

“…However, if the tumor is amenable to resection, metastasectomy is a reasonable therapeutic approach and offers the patient an improved quality of life and an opportunity for remission.…”
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L’enfermement, vu de l’intérieur (XXe siècle) by Claire Dumas

“…Three women, Annie, Michelle, Solange, tell about their youth, shattered by their being sent away for reasons they could not understand. It was in 1929, 1955, 1967, at the Bon Pasteur in Bourges (Cher) and Le Puy en Velay (Haute Loire).In other cases, some catholic families followed the centuries-old tradition, carried on from mother to daughter, to send their prepubescent daughters to convents with the goal to preserve their virginity till they got married. …”
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Data-Driven Technology in Event-Based Vision by Ruolin Sun, Dianxi Shi, Yongjun Zhang, Ruihao Li, Ruoxiang Li

“…Then, we explain why event-based data-driven technology becomes a research focus, including reasons for the rise of event-based vision and the superiority of data-driven approaches over other event-based algorithms. …”
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An Optimization Method for the Train Service Network Design Problem by Jie Xiao, Yi Xie, Haowei Yu, Hongying Yan

“…The NP-hard nature of the problem prevents an exact solution algorithm from finding the optimal solution within a reasonable time, even for small-scale cases. Therefore, an improved genetic algorithm is designed and employed here. …”
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Research on the Challenges and Approaches to Family Inheritance of Ethnic Traditional Sports Culture by Caixia Jiang, Siyong Xia, Hao Qin

“… Through the comprehensive use of literature, fieldwork, interviews, questionnaires, data analysis, logical reasoning and other methods, the study takes Shizhu County, Chongqing Municipality, one of the Tujia settlements in China, as an example to sort out the dilemmas that families currently face in the transmission of ethnic traditional sports culture, and to analyze the factors that lead to the dilemmas in the transmission of ethnic traditional sports culture. …”
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Burden and pattern of diseases among tribes of South-West Rajasthan by Rakhi Dwivedi, Prachi Goel, Riddhi Jain, Aditya Sharma, Pradeep Dwivedi, Pratibha Singh, Kuldeep Singh

“…The occurrence of maternal anaemia among pregnant women was 81%, with a noticeable upward trajectory. The most common reasons for admission to the in-patient department were respiratory illnesses (n = 6,145), diarrhea with dehydration (n = 4,339), snake bites (n = 687), and typhoid (n = 539). …”
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Pharmacist prescriber in Italy and possible changes to current legislation: survey of attitudes among pharmacists, family doctors and users by Francesca Baratta, Irene Pignata, Lorenzo Ravetto Enri, Paola Brusa

“…In return for taking on the increased responsibility, the pharmacists stressed the need for appropriate legal status and additional training. The reasons most commonly indicated by pharmacists for introducing such a service are the ability to respond immediately to a pathology or minor condition, and the prevention of inappropriate self-medication by patients. …”
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CRIMEA AND THE POLITICS OF LEGITIMACY IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS by A. A. Vlasov, A. V. Brega

“…However, on the other hand, there are enough legal and legitimate reasons to recognize the reunification of Crimea and Russia as fully justified. …”
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Effect of Threshold Pressure Gradients on Control Areas Determination of Production Well in CBM Reservoirs by Ruifei Wang, Jiaosheng Yang, Meizhu Wang, Yang Zhao, Weiqing Chen

“…This study provides a quick and reasonable prediction of control radius in CBM reservoir with different water saturation for further adjustment suggestion and sustainable development.…”
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Enhancing concealed object detection in active THz security images with adaptation-YOLO by Aiguo Cheng, Shiyou Wu, Xiaodong Liu, Hangyu Lu

“…However, current object detection algorithms face many challenges when applied to THz images. The main reasons for the detection difficulty are that the concealed objects are small, the image resolution is low, and there is back-ground noise. …”
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IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS OF CANINE PARVOVIRAL ENTERITIS by A. V. Shatalov, S. P. Dannikov, A. N. Kononov, V. S. Skripkin

“…The use of immunomodulators as adjuvants in vaccine composition is proved to be effective to maintain the high titre of antibodies against canine parvovirus type 2 in the post-vaccination period, and the modern DNA-vaccine is a reasonable alternative to conventional vaccination. …”
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Use of Healthcare Claims Data to Generate Real-World Evidence on Patients With Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: Practical Considerations for Research by Nicole Stamas, Tom Vincent, Kathryn Evans, Qian Li, Vanessa Danielson, Reginald Lassagne, Ariel Berger

“…However, as real-world data sources used to generate RWE are typically generated for reasons other than research, rigorous methodology is required to minimize bias and fully unlock their value.…”
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Diagnosis and Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease Using Learning Algorithm by Gargi Pant Shukla, Santosh Kumar, Saroj Kumar Pandey, Rohit Agarwal, Neeraj Varshney, Ankit Kumar

“…Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and brain tumors are the primary reasons of death. The studies of these diseases are carried out by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Positron Emission Tomography (PET), and Computed Tomography (CT) scans which require expertise to understand the modality. …”
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From Social Infrastructure to Civic Center. The School as Laboratory of Collaborative Governance Models by Daniela Ciaffi, Emanuela Saporito, Ianira Vassallo

“…We will adopt this perspective in observing what happens inside schools, which seems particularly interesting for at least two reasons. First of all, as the symbol of a public welfare service in crisis, it is simultaneously possible to recognize a certain habit of school communities taking part in the redevelopment of this service, through actions to care for the school building and its pertinent spaces. …”
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Psychosocial Factors in End-Stage Kidney Disease Patients at a Tertiary Hospital in Australia by Charan Bale, Alexandra Douglas, Dev Jegatheesan, Linh Pham, Sonny Huynh, Atul Mulay, Dwarakanathan Ranganathan

“…Adjustment issues (41%), financial concerns (38.5%), domestic assistance (35.2%), and treatment nonadherence (21.3%) were the predominant reasons for social work consultation. Younger age, referral prior to start of dialysis, and unemployment were significant independent predictors of increased risk of adjustment issues (p=0.004, <0.001, and =0.018, resp.). …”
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