AReLU: Agile Rectified Linear Unit for Improving Lightweight Convolutional Neural Networks by Fu Chen, Yepeng Guan

“…Dynamic activation functions depending on input features show better performance than the input-independents. But the improvements are achieved with extra memory and computational cost, which is non-negligible for lightweight convolutional networks. …”
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L’Empire du Mali d’hier à aujourd’hui by Francis Simonis

“…Lors de son accession à l’indépendance, le Soudan français colonial en reprendra le nom en prétendant le faire renaître de ses cendres. …”
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Three-dimensional design, simulation and optimization of a centrifugal compressor impeller with double-splitter blades by Mohammadjavad Tasharrofi, Mojtaba Heidarian Shahri, Ali Madadi

“…To investigate the effect of the number of computational networks on the independence of results, further analysis is required.…”
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Emerging Comorbidities in Adult Asthma: Risks, Clinical Associations, and Mechanisms by Hannu Kankaanranta, Paula Kauppi, Leena E. Tuomisto, Pinja Ilmarinen

“…Their role as risk factors for incident asthma and whether they affect clinical asthma are evaluated. Obesity, independently or as a part of metabolic syndrome, DM2, and depression are risk factors for incident asthma. …”
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Covariate-adjusted construction of gene regulatory networks using a combination of generalized linear model and penalized maximum likelihood. by Omid Chatrabgoun, Alireza Daneshkhah, Parisa Torkaman, Mark Johnston, Nader Sohrabi Safa, Ali Kashif Bashir

“…Many machine learning techniques have been used to construct gene regulatory networks (GRNs) through precision matrix that considers conditional independence among genes, and finally produces sparse version of GRNs. …”
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How current law and policy supports providers of NHS healthcare in England to respond to patient harm: A scoping review protocol. by Naomi Assame, Susan Greenhalgh, John Tingle, Julie Wright, Gillian Yeowell

“…Two reviewers will independently assess the extracted data against the eligibility criteria. …”
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Compliance of an Attorney’s Professional Profile with the Current Legislation by O. G. Yushkevych

“…The author has emphasized on the lack of legal enshrinement of such qualities of an attorney as justice, depth of thinking (ability to penetrate into the essence of facts) and breadth of mind (ability to cover a wide range of issues), adherence to principles, presence of own opinion and ability to defend it, memory, critical thinking, imagination, strength of will, independence, persistence, determination, categoricalness, persuasiveness, knowledge of the client’s psyche, anticipation of his possible reactions, oratory skills, accuracy, etc. …”
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DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AND THE ROLES OF TRADITIONAL POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS IN PROMOTING PEACE AND SECURITY IN NORTHERN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF GOMBE STATE. by AHMED MUSA, BASHIR ABDULLAHI, MOHAMMED AUWAL, UMAR MUHAMMAD JUNGUDO

“… The adoption of Western Democracy after independence has come with a lot of changes to the hitherto roles and powers of traditional political institutions of building peace and security generally inNorthern Nigeria and Gombe in particular. …”
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Multi-Condition Remaining Useful Life Prediction Based on Mixture of Encoders by Yang Liu, Bihe Xu, Yangli-ao Geng

“…Existing approaches to multi-condition RUL prediction often treat each working condition independently, failing to effectively exploit cross-condition knowledge. …”
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Navigating Compliant Agency in Cyberspace: Muslim Womanhood Through the Lens of Oki Setiana Dewi by Asya Dwina Luthfia

“…In contrast to the stereotype that docile Muslim women are confined to domestic roles, this study examines how Muslim womanhood can balance economic independence with adherence to religious and societal expectations. …”
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Knowledge and Perceptions of Stakeholders on the National Dental Commission Act, 2023 in India: A Cross-sectional Study by Gadde Praveen, Anitha Akkaloori, Divvi Anusha, Shivashankar Kengadaran, Kalava Bhavana, Anil Budumuru

“…However, 60.2% of the participants were uncertain about whether the NDC would operate with sufficient autonomy and independence in decision-making. The National Exit Test (Dental) was perceived as the ideal method to get a practicing license and to apply for postgraduate courses by 68.8% of the participants. …”
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Chine-Malaisie (vue de Malaisie) : menace ou relation consensuelle inscrite dans la continuité ? by Elsa Lafaye de Micheaux

“…Rather, deepening ties have benefited Muslim Malays and the conservative nationalist party, the United Malays National Organization (in power since independence in 1957) more than the “ethnic business” and Chinese Malaysian population. …”
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Atrial fibrillation and cognitive impairment: mechanisms, influencing factors, and prospects by Li-Juan Huang, Jian-Shu Chen, Yu-Zhe Song, Peng Chang

“…However, research reveals that AF itself is independently associated with an increased risk of cognitive impairment. …”
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External Validation of UDCA Response Score in Slovak and Croatian Patients with Primary Biliary Cholangitis by Jakub Gazda, Martin Janicko, Sylvia Drazilova, Ivica Grgurevic, Tajana Filipec Kanizaj, Tomas Koller, Beatrica Bodorovska, Maja Mijic, Ivana Mikolasevic, Ivana Knezevic Stromar, Branislav Kucinsky, Matej Gazda, Peter Jarcuska

“…Ursodeoxycholic acid response score (URS) is a prognostic model that estimates the baseline probability of treatment response after 12 months of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) therapy in patients with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). Aim. To independently evaluate the predictive performance of the URS model. …”
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NOS2 as a prognostic biomarker for early-onset colorectal cancer based on public data and clinical validation analysis by Chaoqun Xing, Lipeng Zhao, Weiwei Zou, Xie Peng, Xiao-Liang Xing, Jie Li

“…The results showed the immune-related gene nitric oxide synthase 2 (NOS2) was independently associated with the poor prognosis of EOCRC patients in both TGCA and GEO database. …”
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Microbiome turnover during offspring development varies with maternal care, but not moult, in a hemimetabolous insect by Cheutin, Marie-Charlotte, Boucicot, Manon, Meunier, Joël

“…Overall, these results provide new insights into our understanding of the (in)stability of the prokaryotic microbiome in hemimetabolous insects and its independence from moult. More generally, they question the role of microbiome acquisition through maternal care in maintaining family life in species where this behaviour is facultative.…”
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Medical and Psychological Risk Factors for Incident Hypertension in Type 1 Diabetic African-Americans by Monique S. Roy, Malvin N. Janal, Alec Roy

“…Multivariate analyses showed that higher hostility scores and overt proteinuria were significantly and independently associated with the development of hypertension in this population. …”
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Metabolomics to Identify Unclassified Uremic Toxins: A Comprehensive Literature Review by Raymond Vanholder, Griet Glorieux, Angel Argiles, Stéphane Burtey, Gerald Cohen, Flore Duranton, Laetitia Koppe, Ziad A. Massy, Alberto Ortiz, Rosalinde Masereeuw, Dimitrios Stamatialis, Joachim Jankowski

“…For the selected molecules, the literature was screened for arguments regarding toxic (harmful), beneficial, or neutral effects in experimental or clinical studies. Findings were independently crosschecked. In total, 103 molecules were selected. …”
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Autonomy characterization as a key indicator of learning-to-learn skills in medical students by Yolanda Cabrera Macìas, Annia Esther Vizcaíno Escobar, José Aurelio Díaz Quiñones, Ernesto José López González, Ernesto López Cabrera

“…<p><strong>Background:</strong> autonomy allows students to think for themselves, critically and independently, take into account different points of view and act accordingly. …”
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The Impact of Peatland Damage and Its Influence on Food Security Policy in Sungai Apit Sub-District in 2023 by Albintani Muchid, Susanto Agus, Zebua Ben Hansel Notatema, Wasillah Asiah, Harirah Zulfa

“…The deterioration of peatlands will have a considerable impact on food security, which is of strategic importance with regard to social resilience, economic stability, political stability, national resilience, and national independence. This research project has the following objectives: (1) to identify food security policies and peat management policies in the Sungai Apit District; (2) to analyze the impact of peatland damage on food sustainability in the Sungai Apit District; and (3) to analyze the relationship between food security policies and peat management in the Sungai Apit District. …”
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