HIV-Stigma in Nigeria: Review of Research Studies, Policies, and Programmes by Clifford O. Odimegwu, Joshua O. Akinyemi, Olatunji O. Alabi

“…Nigeria has about 3.8 million people living with HIV, the second largest globally. Stigma and discrimination are major barriers to testing, treatment uptake, and adherence. …”
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Artificial neural network detection of pancreatic cancer from proton (1H) magnetic resonance spectroscopy patterns of plasma metabolites by Meiyappan Solaiyappan, Santosh Kumar Bharti, Raj Kumar Sharma, Mohamad Dbouk, Wasay Nizam, Malcolm V. Brock, Michael G. Goggins, Zaver M. Bhujwalla

“…We then identified and ranked spectral regions that played a salient role in the discrimination to provide interpretability of the results. …”
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Trauma as a Public Health Moment: Addressing Vaccine Uptake in Trauma Patients by Grace E. Keegan, BS, Rachel Alexander, BS, Simi Ogunnowo, BS, Isaiah Brown, BS, Tanya L. Zakrison, MD, MPH, Lea E. Hoefer, MD

“…Trauma patients who have experienced more discrimination in medical settings have lower rates of COVID-19 vaccination. …”
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Principles for increasing equity in WASH research: understanding barriers faced by LMIC WASH researchers by J'Anna-Mare Lue, Salamata Bah, Kaelah Grant, Justine Lee, Leila Nzekele, James B. Tidwell

“…Researchers from eight countries were asked about their experiences and direct observations of discrimination across various stages of the research process. …”
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A Neurophysiological Study of Musical Pitch Identification in Mandarin-Speaking Cochlear Implant Users by Jieqing Cai, Yimeng Liu, Minyun Yao, Muqing Xu, Hongzheng Zhang

“…Moreover, neurophysiological results from CI users with good and bad pitch discrimination performance (according to the just-noticeable differences (JND) and pitch-direction discrimination (PDD) tasks) were compared to identify cortical responses associated with musical pitch perception differences. …”
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Identification of Contaminated Cells with Viruses, Bacteria, or Fungi by Fourier Transform Infrared Microspectroscopy by V. Erukhimovitch, M. Huleihil, M. Huleihel

“…In the present study, FTIR spectroscopy was used for the identification and discrimination of Vero cells infected with herpes viruses or contaminated with bacteria or fungi in cell culture. …”
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A gender critique of the EU directive on platform work from the perspective of feminised and racialised labour by Nelli Kambouri

“…The paper concludes by arguing that the fact that the Directive obscures the specific forms that gender inequality takes in platforms will further exasperate intersectional gender inequalities and discrimination in platform work…”
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Tongue-tied: Language-based exclusion at a South African university by Sive Makeleni

“…This study explored students' experiences of language-based discrimination at a selected South African university. …”
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A REPRESENTATION OF ZAINICHI AS SUBALTERNS IN MIN JIN LEE’S PACHINKO: POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES by Ayu Susilawati, Wajiran Wajiran

“…First, the results of this study reveal that the form of discrimination and marginalization experienced by Zainichi are indicative of the existence of subalternity in Japan, which was represented in the Pachinko written by Min Jin Lee.  …”
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Technology for the Quantitative Identification of Dairy Products Based on Raman Spectroscopy, Chemometrics, and Machine Learning by Zheng-Yong Zhang, Jian-Sheng Su, Huan-Ming Xiong

“…When evaluating small batch samples, similarity measurements can provide quantitative discrimination results. When the sample data are sufficient and matched with Raman spectroscopy parameters, machine learning algorithms suitable for intelligent discrimination can be trained and optimized. …”
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Influence of Implantable Hearing Aids and Neuroprosthesison Music Perception by Torsten Rahne, Lars Böhme, Gerrit Götze

“…The identification and discrimination of timbre are essential features of music perception. …”
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Deficits in Working Memory and Theory of Mind May Underlie Difficulties in Social Perception of Children with ADHD by Samane Imanipour, Mahmood Sheikh, Monir Shayestefar, Tourandokht Baloochnejad

“…Our results showed that children with ADHD were poorer in discriminating BM direction in noisy environments (F (1, 36) = 4.655, p=0.038). …”
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Alternative Paradigm of Selective Vagus Nerve Stimulation Tested on an Isolated Porcine Vagus Nerve by Polona Pečlin, Janez Rozman

“…The cuff provided satisfactory fascicle discrimination in selective VNS as well as satisfactory fascicle discrimination during NR recording. …”
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NAVIGATING JUSTICE AND LEGAL EQUILIBRIUM IN AUTOMATIC PRICING ALGORITHMS: A CROSS BORDER LEGAL APPROACH by Nanda Yuniza Eviani, Ahsan Yunus, Noor Ashma Hafizhah, Irwansyah Irwansyah

“…This creates benefits as well as reaps polemics. Discrimination against consumers is one of them. For this reason, comprehensive treatment is needed to prevent negative impressions from occurring and can lead to the creation of justice and fairness. …”
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Algorithmic agency and “fighting back” against discriminatory Instagram content moderation: #IWantToSeeNyome by Marissa Willcox

“…Instagram influencers of marginalized identities and subjectivities, for example those that are plus sized or people of color, often express that their content is moderated more heavily and will sometimes place blame on the “the algorithm” for their feelings of discrimination. Though biases online are reflective of discrimination in society at large, these biases are co-constituted through algorithmic and human processes and the entanglement of these processes in enacting discriminatory content removals should be taken seriously. …”
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Comparison of Injury Severity Score (ISS) and New Injury Severity Score (NISS) in the Evaluation of Thoracic Trauma Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study by He Jin, Yuanyuan Zhang, Qi Zhang, Lijuan Ouyang, Xueyao Li, Yiyan Zhang, Baosheng Yang, Junfeng Sun, Chaohui Wei, Guimei Yang, Li Guan, Shilan Luo, Junyu Zhu, Huaping Liang

“…There was no statistically significant difference in discrimination between ISS and NISS, but they had different calibrations when predicting different outcomes.…”
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Assessing the Experiences of Sexual and Gender Minority Applicants to Orthopaedic Surgery Residency by Douglas J. Weaver, MD, Tanios Dagher, BS, Ngoc Duong, MS, Sara Winfrey, MD, Alexander Koo, MD, Tessa Balach, MD, FAOA

“…To provide a more welcoming environment, identifying where applicants experience discrimination along medical training must be of paramount concern. …”
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CT Texture Analysis in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing CT-Guided Bone Biopsy: Correlations With Histopathology by Silvio Wermelskirchen, Jakob Leonhardi, Anne-Kathrin Höhn, Georg Osterhoff, Nikolas Schopow, Susanne Briest, Timm Denecke, Hans-Jonas Meyer

“…For the Her 2 discrimination, only 3 parameters reached statistical significance, “S(4,-4)SumOfSqs” with a P -value of .01. …”
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A radiomics and deep learning nomogram developed and validated for predicting no-collapse survival in patients with osteonecrosis after multiple drilling by Fan Liu, De-bao Zhang, Shi-huan Cheng, Gui-shan Gu

“…The DLRC model exhibited superior discrimination ability with higher C-index of 0.78 (95%CI: 0.73–0.84) and AUC values (0.83 and 0.87) than other models. …”
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Comparison of models to predict incident chronic liver disease: a systematic review and external validation in Chinese adults by Xue Cong, Shuyao Song, Yingtao Li, Kaiyang Song, Cameron MacLeod, Yujie Cheng, Jun Lv, Canqing Yu, Dianjianyi Sun, Pei Pei, Ling Yang, Yiping Chen, Iona Millwood, Shukuan Wu, Xiaoming Yang, Rebecca Stevens, Junshi Chen, Zhengming Chen, Liming Li, Christiana Kartsonaki, Yuanjie Pang, on behalf of the China Kadoorie Biobank Collaborative Group

“…The performance of models to predict 10-year risk of CLD was assessed by discrimination (C-index) and calibration (observed vs predicted probabilies). …”
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