A Review of Toyin Falọla. Cultural Modernity in a Colonized World: The Writings of Chief Isaac Oluwole Delanọ. Pan-African University Press, 2020, 739 pages. Toyin Falọla and Micha... by Bọla Dauda

“…He was the first Administrative Secretary of the Ẹgbẹ Ọmọ Oduduwa, a cultural organization that became a political party in Nigeria at the dawn of Nigeria’s independence in the 1950s. …”
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Antioxidant Protection against Curative and Palliative Doses of Ionizing Irradiation in Human Blood Decreases with Aging by Jelena Kasapović, Vesna Stojiljković, Ljubica Gavrilović, Nataša Popović, Zorka Milićević

“…Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are independently recognized to play a significant role in radiation-induced damage on healthy tissue and in aging process. …”
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The EDI Multi-Modal Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Dataset (EDI-SLAM) by Peteris Racinskis, Gustavs Krasnikovs, Janis Arents, Modris Greitans

“…In addition to the filtered positioning module outputs, a second form of sparse ground truth pose annotation is provided using independently surveyed visual fiducial markers as a reference. …”
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Holomorphic embedding method for large-scale reverse osmosis desalination optimization by Junzhi Chen, Tao Wang, Jiu Luo, Hongbo Chen, Yi Heng

“…Without solving nonlinear differential equations at each discrete point by a traditional small-step iteration approach, the proposed method determines the solution through an approximation function or approximant within segmented computational domain independently. The results of solving more than 11 million of nonlinear differential equations with various design parameters for the reverse osmosis desalination process indicate that the fast and flexible holomorphic embedding-based method is six-fold faster than several typical solvers in computational efficiency with the same level of accuracy. …”
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Closed-loop control of tumor growth by means of anti-angiogenic administration by Filippo Cacace, Valerio Cusimano, Alfredo Germani, Pasquale Palumbo, Federico Papa

“…The overall control scheme allows to set independently the control and the observer parameters thanks to the structural properties of the tumor growth model. …”
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Energy-Optimized Consensus Formation Control for the Time-Delayed Bilateral Teleoperation System of UAVs by Hui-yu Sun, Guang-ming Song, Zhong Wei, Ying Zhang

“…To deal with the asymmetric time-varying delays in aerial teleoperation, the local damping is independently distributed on both sides to enforce consensus formation and force tracking of the master haptic device and the slave UAVs. …”
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Reversible Electroporation–Mediated Liposomal Doxorubicin Delivery to Tumors Can Be Monitored With Zr-Labeled Reporter Nanoparticles by Govindarajan Srimathveeravalli PhD, Dalya Abdel-Atti BS, Carlos Pérez-Medina PhD, Haruyuki Takaki MD, PhD, Stephen B. Solomon MD, Willem J. M. Mulder PhD, Thomas Reiner PhD

“…The relative order of 89 Zr-NRep injection and electroporation did not result in significantly different overall tumor uptake, suggesting direct transfection and vascular permeability can independently mediate deposition of 89 Zr-NRep in tumors. 89 Zr-NRep and DOX uptake correlated well in both electroporated and control tumors at all experimental time points. …”
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The complexity of caffeine's effects on regular coffee consumers by Mateja Lesar, Jakob Sajovic, Dušanka Novaković, Maša Primožič, Eva Vetrih, Martin Sajovic, Anja Žnidaršič, Peter Rogelj, Andreas Daffertshofer, Zoran Levnajić, Gorazd Drevenšek

“…These findings suggest that regular coffee consumers respond to coffee-like beverages independently of the presence of caffeine.…”
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Revascularization of Transplanted Pancreatic Islets and Role of the Transplantation Site by Andrew R. Pepper, Boris Gala-Lopez, Oliver Ziff, A. M. James Shapiro

“…Subsequently, despite the majority of patients achieving insulin independence after transplant, a proportion of them recommence small, supplemental exogenous insulin over time. …”
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Effectiveness of an Inpatient Movement Disorders Program for Patients with Atypical Parkinsonism by Anna D. Hohler, Jyeming M. Tsao, Douglas I. Katz, T. Joy DiPiero, Christina L. Hehl, Alissa Leonard, Valerie Allen, Maura Gardner, Heidi Phenix, Marie Saint-Hilaire, Terry Ellis

“…Differences between admission and discharge scores were analyzed for the functional independence measure (FIM), timed up and go test (TUG), two-minute walk test (TMW), Berg balance scale (BBS) and finger tapping test (FT), and all showed significant improvement on discharge (𝑃>.001). …”
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A Population-Based Study of Meconium Aspiration Syndrome in Neonates Born between 37 and 43 Weeks of Gestation by C. Fischer, C. Rybakowski, C. Ferdynus, P. Sagot, J. B. Gouyon

“…MAS rate was 0.11% at 37-38 weeks of gestation (WG), 0.20% at 39–41 WG, and 0.49% at 42-43 WG. Factors independently associated with severe MAS were identified by a case-control study, that is, thick meconium amniotic fluid, fetal tachycardia, Apgar score ≤3 at 1 minute, and birth in a level III facility. …”
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Optimization of Extended Warranty Cost for Multi-Component Products with Failure Interaction by Rongcai Wang, Enzhi Dong, Zhonghua Cheng, Liqing Rong, Qian Wang

“…In practice, the assumption of failure independence between components is seldom valid, especially for those complex systems with complicated failure mechanism. …”
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Exploiting More Associations Between Slots for Multi-Domain Dialog State Tracking by Hui Bai, Yan Yang, Jie Wang

“…Existing methods usually predict the value of each slot independently and do not consider the correlations among slots, which will exacerbate the data sparsity problem because of the increased number of candidate values. …”
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Deep learning application for stellar parameter determination: III-denoising procedure by Gebran Marwan, Bentley Ian, Brienza Rose, Paletou Frédéric

“…Using random Gaussian noise added to synthetic spectra, we have trained a neural network to derive the stellar parameters Teff{T}_{{\rm{eff}}}, logg\log g, vesini{v}_{{\rm{e}}}\sin i, ξt{\xi }_{{\rm{t}}}, and [M/H] of the denoised spectra. We find that, independently of the denoising technique, the accuracy values of stellar parameters do not improve once we denoise the synthetic spectra. …”
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Parallel Swarms Oriented Particle Swarm Optimization by Tad Gonsalves, Akira Egashira

“…In the multi-stage of evolution, individual subswarms evolve independently in parallel, and in the single stage of evolution, the sub-swarms exchange information to search for the global-best. …”
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Increasing the Level of Professional Competence Using a Virtual Educational Environment by V. A. Nemtinov, A. B. Borisenko, V. V. Morozov, Yu. V. Nemtinova

“…The use of web-quest technology will allow young people to shape their common understanding of the profession, realize the demands placed on professionals in this sphere, will contribute to identify their personal and professional interests and aptitudes, and will also help schoolchildren and students to make independently and consciously their professional choice This technology fosters the development of communication skills and a more intensive exchange of information in the process of learning or mastering new academic material. …”
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The impact of the physicochemical properties of calcium phosphate ceramics on biocompatibility and osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells by Yuliia Skliarenko, Volodymyr V. Kolomiiets, Volodymyr V. Balatskyi, Yuliia Galuza, Oksana S. Koryak, Larysa L. Macewicz, Tetiana P. Ruban, Sergey A. Firstov, Nataliia. V. Ulianchych, Oksana O. Piven

“…Calcium phosphate ceramics (H-500, HT-500, and HT-1 series) stimulated alkaline phosphatase expression, promoted calcium deposition, and enhanced osteopontin expression in ADSCs, independently inducing osteogenesis without additional osteogenic stimuli. …”
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Design of Motion Controller for Satellite-Borne Data Transmission Antenna by Lijiao Li, Ran Shi, Xiaohui Zhang, Jiyu Ma, Jun Zhang

“…The controller also performs closed-loop position control with the collected resolver angle and controls two antennas synchronously or independently in a subdivision driving method. The controller is firstly designed using the hardware description language VHDL, simulated in ModelSim software. …”
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Designing a Digital Flash Reading Test for Data-Based Decisions in Inclusive Classrooms: Duration and Word Length as Difficulty-Generating-Item Characteristics by Judith Zellner, Nikola Ebenbeck, Markus Gebhardt

“…This test can be administered in the classroom and completed independently by students, taking only a few minutes, without requiring them to read aloud. …”
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Ventilatory variables and computed tomography features in COVID-19 ARDS and non–COVID-19-related ARDS: a prospective observational cohort study by Li-Chung Chiu, Hsin-Hsien Li, Yu-Hsiang Juan, How-Wen Ko, Scott Chih-Hsi Kuo, Chung-Shu Lee, Tien-Ming Chan, Yu-Jr Lin, Li-Pang Chuang, Han-Chung Hu, Kuo-Chin Kao, Ping-Chih Hsu

“…Multivariable logistic regression models revealed that Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score was independently associated with mortality in the COVID-19 group. …”
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