Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Sand Mining in Poyang Lake and Its Impact on Lake Basin Morphology Based on Remote Sensing Images by LIU Jiahao

“…Methodologically, the study adopts black and white images in the mid-infrared band for sand mining vessel extraction, and combines the enhanced water body index (EWI) to highlight the water-land boundary, and then superimposes the change of lake basin morphology during the dry water period. …”
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Performance Enhancement of an SSVEP-Based Brain–Computer Interface in Augmented Reality Through Adaptive Color Adjustment of Visual Stimuli for Optimal Background Contrast by Cheong-Un Kim, Seonghun Park, Chang-Hwan Im

“…This was significantly higher than the performance of the conventional black-and-white color strategy. Additionally, it was confirmed by the online experiments that there was no large performance degradation between indoor and outdoor uses.…”
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Gender Differences in the Association between Sleep Duration and Body Composition: The Cardia Study by Marie-Pierre St-Onge, Suzanne Perumean-Chaney, Renee Desmond, Cora E. Lewis, Lijing L. Yan, Sharina D. Person, David B. Allison

“…We examined the relationship between self-reported sleep duration and BMI, waist circumference, and percent body fat in Black and White individuals from the CARDIA study. Box-Tidwell regression models were adjusted for age and race (Model 1), additional lifestyle and demographic variables (Model 2), and physical activity (Model 3). …”
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A Novel Statistical Feature Analysis-Based Global and Local Method for Face Recognition by Mohammed Ahmed Talab, Suryanti Awang, Mohd Dilshad Ansari

“…The purpose of FBLCM is to distinctively improve performance of edge sharpness between black and white pixels in the binary image and to extract significant data relating to the features of the face pattern. …”
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Approach to Publishing a Scientific (Radiology) Book by Harshith Gowda Ramesh, Manisha Jana, Ashu Seith Bhalla

“…Decisions regarding book size, color versus black-and-white printing, and publication format (print vs. online) are crucial. …”
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PENGARUH PEMAKAIAN KOMBINASI MINYAK JINTEN HITAM (Nigella sativa) dan MADU (Apis mellifera) SEBAGAI ANTI-ACNE SECARA TOPIKAL PADA SUKARELAWAN WANITA by Baiq Lenysia Puspita Anjani, Ari Sabar Hati, Halimah Az-Zahra, Fitri Rahmawanti, Endang Darmawan

“…The results show that treatment group of women who use black cumin oil and honey combination in 1:1 ratio for 14 days compared with the control group of women there is no difference in reducing the number of parameters black blackheads, white blackheads, papules, pustules, hyperpigmentation, erythema, pruritis, xerosis, desquamation, and sunburn with a value of p> 0.05. …”
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Content of Selected Macroelements and Zinc in Relation to Stage of Lactation of Montbéliarde and Polish Holstein-Friesian Cows by Monika Sobczuk-Szul, Paulina Pogorzelska-Przybyłek, Martyna Momot, Zenon Nogalski

“…The study material was the milk of cows of two breeds, Montbéliarde (mb; <i>n</i> = 15) and black-and-white Polish Holstein-Friesian (phf; <i>n</i> = 15), kept at the same farm. …”
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Response of Dry Bean to Sulfentrazone Plus Imazethapyr by Nader Soltani, Christy Shropshire, Peter H. Sikkema

“…Sulfentrazone PRE caused slightly greater injury in black and white bean compared to cranberry and kidney bean. …”
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Are lateralized and bold fish optimistic or pessimistic? by F. Berlinghieri, G. Rizzuto, L. Kruizinga, B. Riedstra, TGG. Groothuis, C. Brown

“…We used the judgement bias test with the go/no-go procedure where fish were first trained to discriminate between a black and white card and, after reaching a minimum learning criterion, tested their response to an ambiguous card (grey). …”
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Polymorphic loci of coat color in mini-pigs by S. V. Nikitin, K. S. Shatokhin, S. P. Knyazev, G. M. Goncharenko, V. I. Zaporozhets, V. I. Ermolayev

“…In the ICG SB RAS mini-pig herd, wild-type coloration (agouti), black-spots, black and white color are present. All these options have variants, including previously undescribed, with genetically determined differences. …”
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MONITORING OF CALCIUM CONTENT OF RAW COW MILK by Ye. S. Kandinskaya, S. V. Redkin, G. V. Chebakova

“…Results of laboratory testing of 400 milk samples collected from clinically healthy Holstein and Black and White Spotted cows kept on 40 farms located in the Moscow Oblast in 2001–2017 are presented. …”
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Intraspecific classification of durum wheat: new botanical varieties and forms by O. A. Lyapunova

“…They were identified by a combination of characteristics such as the presence or absence of pubescent straw under the spike, pubescent or glabrous glumes, the roughness of awns (smooth or rough), glume color (white, red, gray, smoked-grayish or black on white or red background), awn color (same color as that of glumes or black), kernel color (white, red or purple). …”
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Military security in the Arctic: New threats to Russia by V. N. Konyshev, A. A. Sergunin

“…In the first section the authors argue that the NATO countries under the pretext of the growing hybrid threat from the Russian Federation have themselves launched an active information campaign in the spirit of hybrid warfare aimed at demonizing Russia and enforcing on public a Cold War-style black-and-white picture of reality as a ‘zero-sum game’. …”
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Predicting the Rate of Fast Radio Bursts in Globular Clusters from Binary Black Hole Observations by Aryamann Rao, Claire S. Ye, Maya Fishbach

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Sexual dimorphism and ancestral variation in the pectoral and pelvic girdles of modern humans by Daphne R. Hudson, John H. Langdon

“…This study tests this assumption by comparing various measurements of the pectoral girdle, the pelvic girdle, and six pectoral-pelvic indices of black and white South Africans of known sex and height to test whether the sexes and ancestral groups will differ in these values after adjusting for differences in body size. …”
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Qualitative focus group study investigating experiences of accessing and engaging with social care services: perspectives of carers from diverse ethnic groups caring for stroke sur... by Geoffrey Cloud, Nan Greenwood, Jess Holley, Theresa Ellmers, Gill Mein

“…Data were analysed thematically focusing on similarities and differences between ethnic groups.Setting Carers were recruited from voluntary sector organisations supporting carers, stroke survivors and black and minority ethnic groups in the UK.Participants 41 carers from 5 ethnic groups (Asian Indian, Asian Pakistani, black African, black Caribbean, white British) participated in the focus groups.Results Several interconnected themes were identified including: the service gap between hospital discharge and home; carers as the best person to care and cultural aspects of caring and using services. …”
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Quantification of Escherichia coli Transfer from Plastic Mulch to Field-grown Tomatoes and Bell Peppers by Autumn R. Burnett, Faith Critzer, Timothy Coolong

“…The objective of this study was to obtain bacterial transfer rates from a nonpathogenic Escherichia coli GFP inoculated on plastic mulch (black and white) to fruit (tomatoes and peppers) that contact the ground by being dropped (at heights of 30, 60, or 120 cm) or by drooping (contact times of 1 h or 24 h) in the field during the summer season in Georgia, USA. …”
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Assessment of Racial Bias within the Risk Analysis Index of Frailty by Michael A. Jacobs, MS, Leslie R. M. Hausmann, PhD, Robert M. Handzel, MD, MS, Susanne Schmidt, PhD, Carly A. Jacobs, MPH, Daniel E. Hall, MD, MDiv, MHSc

“…The performance of the RAI and several potential variants were compared between Black and White cases using various metrics to predict mortality (180-day for Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program, 30-day for National Surgical Quality Improvement Program). …”
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Association of Race and Major Adverse Cardiac Events (MACE): The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Cohort by Ericha G Franey, Donna Kritz-Silverstein, Erin L Richard, John E Alcaraz, Caroline M Nievergelt, Richard A Shaffer, Vibha Bhatnagar

“…Included in this longitudinal study were 12,770 black or white participants from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) cohort who completed a baseline visit (1987–1989) with PON genotyping. …”
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Association of race and ethnicity with mortality in adults with SLE: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis by Sam Norton, Chris Wincup, Patrick Gordon, Kate Bramham, James Galloway, Zijing Yang, Samir Patel, Maryam Adas, Deepak Nagra, Mark Russell

“…Seventy per cent of included studies were conducted in the USA and when excluded, the significant difference in mortality between Black and White individuals with SLE was no longer seen (OR 0.84 (95% CI 0.54 to 1.31)).Conclusion Overall, patients with SLE from Black or Indigenous racial and ethnic groups had higher mortality than those of White race and ethnicity. …”
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