Facilitators and barriers to using smart TV among older adults in care settings: a scoping review protocol by Lillian Hung, Mario Gregorio, Karen Lok Yi Wong

“…Two research assistants will independently screen the titles and abstracts by referring to the inclusion criteria. …”
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The Application of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Skeletal Age Assessment by Khalaf Alshamrani

“…Two observers assess the skeletal age from radiographs and MRI images independently. After a period of at least three weeks, observers determined the skeletal age of all patients independently. …”
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THE BODY OF «GENERAL AI» AS AN ONTO-SOCIAL VERIFIER by Станіслав БЕСКАРАВАЙНИЙ

“…The independence of general AI, as an individual, is ensured by using the body as a verifier of social interactions. …”
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Federated learning and information sharing between competitors with different training effectiveness by Jiajun Meng, Jing Chen, Dongfang Zhao

“…In practice, data from different firms may not be independently and identically distributed (non-IID) and heterogenous, which can lead to differences in model training effectiveness when aggregated through FL. …”
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Publishing Trends of Informal Lithuanian Youth Publications –Fanzines – at the End of the 20th Century and the Beginning of the 21st Century by Aušra Kairaitytė-Užupė

“…Authors of fanzines associated with punk ideology mostly chose to independently reproduce publications using a copying machine, while creators of metal music and science fiction fanzines more often used professional printing services. …”
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Association of Urinary Phthalates with Self-Reported Eye Affliction/Retinopathy in Individuals with Diabetes: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001–2010 by Manju Mamtani, Joanne E. Curran, John Blangero, Hemant Kulkarni

“…Urinary mono-n-octyl phthalate (MOP) was independently associated with the likelihood of self-reported eye affliction/retinopathy in subjects with T2D after accounting for all the confounders. …”
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Bolus-Infusion Delays of Alteplase during Thrombolysis in Acute Ischaemic Stroke and Functional Outcome at 3 Months by Paul Acheampong, Margaret T. May, Gary A. Ford, Anand K. Dixit

“…In this single centre series, bolus-infusion delays of alteplase in AIS were common and no effect of bolus-infusion delays on independence and mortality was found.…”
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Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Orthostatic Hypotension and Its Severity in Residents Aged > 60 years: A Cross-Sectional Study by Mingni Yang, Ruiqiang Peng, Zetuo Wang, Miaoduan Li, Yehua Song, Jianping Niu, Yong Ji

“…Multivariable logistic regression analysis revealed that being female, widowed, engaging in general social activities, and a history of hypertension, migraines, heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, and mental health conditions (anxiety and depression) were independently associated with OH. Ordinal logistic regression analysis further confirmed that hypertension, migraine, and a history of general anesthesia surgery were independently associated with the severity of OH. …”
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History Politics of Belarus: Peripeteias of Evolution by A. M. Ponamareva

“…The author concludes that the corpus of scholarly texts, documents and ‘places of memory’ created over the years of the republic’s independence contains various ‘entry points’ allowing the government to change its historical policy in almost any way to its liking. …”
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Ewolucja ustawodawstwa i orzecznictwa Sądu Konstytucyjnego Ukrainy w kwestii języka państwowego by Rafał Czachor

“…The language issue was among the most salient problems of Ukrainian public life since gaining independence in 1991. There is no doubt that it was one of the crucial factors that influenced Ukrainian politics and driving its dynamics. …”
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Philosophical Ideas of Arne Næss in the Humanitarian Diplomacy of Norway by M. G. Zubov

“…The author of the arcticle makes it a point to show on separate examples to what extend the ideas of Næss A. are compatible with the basic principles of Norway's contemporary humanitarian diplomacy - humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence, - as well as with the aims put forward by Norway in this respect which are to encure the needed with the necessery security and assistance; to finance humanitarian actions based on the international principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence; to prepare international community to responses to global humanitarian challenges of the future; to prevent and respond to humanitarian crises and participate in eleminating their aftermath. …”
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Clinical Factors Predicting Voluntary Driving Cessation among Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by Hidetada Yamada, Masahiro Nakamori, Tomohisa Nezu, Teppei Kotozaki, Juri Kitamura, Tomohiko Ohshita, Yoshimasa Sueda, Hirofumi Maruyama

“…Multivariable analysis showed that FOG was independently associated with driving cessation (odds ratio: 14.46, 95% confidence interval: 1.91–303.74). …”
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Project-based learning as a means of forming leadership qualities in senior preschool children by G. Vatamaniuk, T. Tetiana

“…By modelling the process of solving real-life problems during the project, children develop leadership qualities such as independence, initiative, creativity, and responsibility. …”
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New sanctions of the European Union and United States against Russia and their impact on Tajikistan’s socio-economic development by A. Kh. Rakhmonov

“…Over the years of independence, Tajikistan has not taken its economy out of the influence of Russia. …”
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Real-Time Optimal Negotiation Mode Selection Based on Three-Way Decision for Decentralized Remote Sensing Satellite Cluster by Xuelei Deng, Yunfeng Dong, Chao Zhang

“…Therefore, we design the workflows of three modes: the independence mode, the MAS mode, and the ground-based mode. …”
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Variational finite element approach to a heat flow problem in human limbs by V. P. Saxena, M. P. Gupta

“…The physiological and physical parameters like rate of metabolic heat generation (rmhg), blood mass flow rate (bmfr) and thermal conductivity are assumed to vary in the subregions independently. Numerical results have been obtained for various cases of practical interest.…”
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Prognostic utility of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) levels for cardiovascular events in patients with stable coronary artery disease treated with percutaneous c... by Ting-Yu Lin, Hsin-Bang Leu, Yen-Wen Wu, Wei-Kung Tseng, Tsung-Hsien Lin, Hung-I Yeh, Kuan-Cheng Chang, Ji-Hung Wang, Wei-Hsian Yin, Chau-Chung Wu, Chun-Yao Huang, Shing-Jong Lin, Chien-Yi Hsu, Jaw-Wen Chen

“…High NGAL levels can independently predict all-cause mortality and major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). …”
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Analysis for Flow of an Incompressible Brinkman-Type Fluid in Thin Medium with Friction by Soumia Manaa, Salah Boulaaras, Hamid Benseridi, Mourad Dilmi, Sultan Alodhaibi

“…Then, we presented the problem in transpose form and prove different inequalities for the solution uε,pε independently of the parameter ε. Finally, these estimates allow us to have the limit problem and the Reynolds equation and establish the uniqueness of the solution.…”
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KAWASAN PEMUKIMAN VETERAN MAKASSAR PENEKANAN ARSITEKTUR KOLONIAL by Nurul Fadhilah SM, Wasilah Wasilah

“…Veteran 45 is a former fighter of the Republic of Indonesia in his youth struggling with body and soul in order to maintain the independence of Indonesia . They are witness to the passage of a long history of Indonesia today , but the lack of attention the government makes almost no trace of them . …”
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A BRAF V600E Mutation in RET-Negative Medullary Thyroid Cancer by Richard J. Robbins, Jessica S. Thomas, Patricia Mejia Osuna, Jawairia Shakil

“…We conclude that this common BRAF mutation may independently drive neoplastic transformation of human parafollicular C cells.…”
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