Assessing HIV/AIDS patients’ access to antiretroviral drugs using the healthcare accessibility framework: a cross-sectional study from Shandong, China by Zhixin Fan, Songlin Zheng, Weiming Cui, Chao Zheng, Qiang Sun, Jia Yin

“…Policy should focus on the impact of social discrimination and drug toxicity on access to antiretroviral drugs.…”
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The South African Traditional Communities and Women for Rural Democracy and Land Rights by Wandile Brian Zondo

“…However, their contributions have often been marginalised due to systemic challenges stemming from historical injustices, gender discrimination, and entrenched patriarchal practices. …”
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Occurrence of macrolides resistance in Legionella pneumophila ST188: Results of the Belgian epidemiology and resistome investigation of clinical isolates by Charlotte Michel, Fedoua Echahidi, Geraldine De Muylder, Max Sewell, Ian Boostrom, Olivier Denis, Owen B. Spiller, Denis Pierard

“…Urinary antigen testing remains the main used test, but polymerase chain reaction and serology allow the diagnostic in 14.8% and 2.4% of cases, respectively. cgMLST showed a good discrimination between sequence typing (ST) and minimal variation for ST47 isolates, whereas ST1s were more diverse. …”
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SEXY CHINKIES IN INDIAN CITIES: CAN WE EMBRACE A SLANT-EYED MARY? by I. Aye

“…It asks how Mary, if she were slant-eyed, negotiated the humiliation and discrimination of race and gender, and how the figure of Mary can help challenge the public myth and offer a site of resistance for north-eastern women, many of whom are Christian. …”
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L’asile contre la santé ? Vie et mort des homosexuels sénégalais réfugiés en Mauritanie by Christophe Broqua, Gabrièle Laborde-Balen, Agathe Menetrier, Djamil Bangoura

“…In Senegal, where acts “against nature with an individual of the same sex” are punishable by prison, gay men live in fear of denunciation and are regularly victims of violence and discrimination. This situation, which has worsened year after year since the end of the 2000s, has led them to seek exile in neighboring countries. …”
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The propagation of seismic waves, misinformation, and disinformation from the 2024-10-05 M 4.5 Iran earthquake by Benjamin Fernando, Ross Maguire, Brianna Fernandez, Saman Karimi, Elizabeth Koenck, Göran Ekström, Tom Rivlin, Celeste Labedz

“… The 2024-10-05 Iran M 4.5 earthquake took place at a time of heightened tensions in the Middle East. We perform a discrimination and moment tensor analysis and identify a shallow-dipping, reverse fault source commensurate with the compressional setting of the Iranian interior. …”
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The Gig Economy and Its Impact on Women in Iraq by Hawra Milani, Zahra Shah, Rikke Bjerg Jensen

“…These experiences reveal the dual nature of the gig economy: providing flexible work options while perpetuating vulnerabilities such as discrimination and economic insecurity. By situating our analysis within Iraq’s unique socio-economic conditions, including women’s low workforce engagement and infrastructural challenges, we contribute to a deeper understanding of the dynamics shaping women’s participation in this emerging labour market. …”
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Research of Wavelet Neural Network State Degradation Prediction of Rolling Bearing New Time Domain Index by Li Wenfeng, Xu Aiqiang, Sun Jijie, Fan Fuqin

“…Aiming at lower accuracy of classification for signal feature extraction of rolling bearing,firstly,some time domain indexes for online simple rapid discrimination are selected. The sensitivity of time domain index of fault is analyzed based on size of bearing fatigue damage and number of local damage. …”
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VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF VIETNAMESE VERSION OF CYBERBULLYING COPING STYLES SCALE FOR STUDENTS by Thi Truc Quynh Ho, Chuanhua Gu

“…The sample is 162 students from Hue University. Item discrimination analysis, item analysis, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and internal consistency reliability analysis were performed to assess the reliability and validity of the scale. …”
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Biology and Management of Pusley (Richardia L.) in Tomato, Pepper, Cucurbit, and Strawberry Production by Shaun M. Sharpe, N. S. Boyd, Chris Marble, Shawn Steed

“…We refer to the native plant Richardia scabra L. as Florida pusley. This discrimination is necessary because these species are often referred to collectively as Florida pusley due to overlapping distributions, similar growth habits and leaf morphologies, and difficulty identifying without the presence of fruit. …”
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NLOS location enhancement algorithm based on depth-first multipath parameter estimation by Xiaofeng LU, Ye DONG, Yuejie LI

“…In order to improve the positioning accuracy of millimeter wave system with non-line-of-sight (NLOS) paths, a depth-first multipath parameter estimation algorithm was proposed based on distributed compressed sensing.According to the evaluated multipath parameters, NLOS path could be identified, so that the localization performance was enhanced.Firstly, depth-first algorithm was applied to reduce the unnecessary path searching, and the more accurate multipath parameters were obtained.Secondly, under the reverse positioning distance residual method, NLOS path recognition could be carried out.Then, the scatterers in the NLOS path were matched, and the position of which were regarded as virtual anchor nodes.Combining the information of base stations and virtual anchor nodes, positioning enhancement was realized.Finally, localization performance of the proposed algorithm was simulated, compared with the distance weighted least square (LS) and maximum discrimination transformation (MDT) algorithms, the performance of the proposed algorithm is improved by 17% and 8% respectively.…”
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Indoor positioning algorithm research based on the typicality judgment of RSS by Jia-ying WU, Wei-hong XU, Shun-ming CHEN, Ping LI

“…In the process of indoor location based on RSS fingerprint,the quality of the obtained similar point set is a key factor for a successful position.And the locating point’s RSS is an important reason which affects the quality of the similar point set.By analyzing the distribution of D-RSS,the concept of RSS’s typicality was proposed firstly,and an indoor localization algorithm based on typicality judgment of RSS was also presented.According to the principle that the RSS values and the effective similar sample points,a typicality discrimination method for RSS values and a self-adapting K value were presented.Confirmed by the experiments,the algorithm not only can find the effective similarity sample points completely,but also can eliminate the non-substantive similarities points,and then can adapt to the different scenes,then have the higher positioning accuracy.…”
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A Review of Bias and Fairness in Artificial Intelligence by Rubén González-Sendino, Emilio Serrano, Javier Bajo, Paulo Novais

“…In this area, detecting biases and mitigating them is essential to ensure fair and discrimination-free decisions. This paper contributes with: (1) a categorization of biases and how these are associated with different phases of an AI model’s development (including the data-generation phase); (2) a revision of fairness metrics to audit the data and AI models trained with them (considering agnostic models when focusing on fairness); and, (3) a novel taxonomy of the procedures to mitigate biases in the different phases of an AI model’s development (pre-processing, training, and post-processing) with the addition of transversal actions that help to produce fairer models.…”
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Liminalities and Displacements: The Rites of Passage to Self-Identification in Chicano Writings by Sophia Emmanouilidou

“…Rivera and Villanueva venture bold explorations of the self-regulatory rites to ethnic identity, and provide the readers with stunning insights into the liminal aspects of identity, as realized in the contexts of discrimination and social oppression, and en route to an esoteric understanding of life.…”
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A Study of Developing an Environmental Attitude Scale for Primary School Students by Eyup Artvinli, Zulfiye Melis Demir

“…The study was completed in six stages: creating scale items, content validity study, item total and remaining item correlation study, determining item discrimination, determining construct validity study and examining the internal consistency reliability of Cronbach’s Alpha. …”
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Sliding Recurrence Analysis and its Application of Gear Vibration Signal by Xiao Han, Lv Yong

“…According to the recurrence plot analysis to the gear vibration signal,it is found that there are obvious difference between the gear condition and the driver system characteristics represented by recurrence plots.If the recurrence plots are regarded as a binary image,the parameters calculation by recurrence qualification analysis,such as recurrence rate,determinism,laminarity and recurrence time etc can be used to describe the feature of the image.The characteristics of recurrence plots that correspond to dynamical system and image respectively are analyzed.In order to depict the local feature of recurrence plot,the sliding recurrence analysis is proposed.The proposed approach combined with Gaussian mixture model and Bayesian maximum likelihood classifier are used to classify the gear vibration signals which are acquired from gear fault experiment facility.The classification results show that the higher discrimination rate can be achieved by the proposed method.…”
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Rethinking neglected tropical diseases: A shift towards more inclusive and equitable terminology. by Marlous L Grijsen, Yonah E Yangaza, Al Kadri, Fidel Strub, Esther E Freeman, Wendemagegn Enbiale

“…Each year, NTD account for more than 200,000 deaths, with millions left disabled and disfigured due to insufficient access to care and affordable treatment, often leading to social exclusion, stigmatization and discrimination. Although the term NTD has successfully directed funding and resources towards these conditions and encouraged global partnerships and high-level policy initiatives, the term may also have unintended negative consequences. …”
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Un Grindr plus gentil ? by Sharif Mowlabocus

“…Reflecting on these contradictions between discourse and code, and between discourse and action, I suggest that Grindr promotes an ethos of “polite incivility”, an ethos that provides a method for “managing” discrimination and difference, and which forgoes sexual citizenship in favor of sexual consumption.…”
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Acts of Exposure: Reckoning with Representations of HIV and Sexual Identity in Morocco by Anne M. Montgomery, Abderrahim El Habachi

“…The story serves as a springboard for wide-ranging conversations between Anne and Abderrahim on the multiple valences of discrimination, shame, pride, positivity, and activism. …”
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Les Township tours au KwaZulu-Natal (Afrique du Sud) : d’une réappropriation historique et identitaire à l’avènement d’un socio-tourisme by Fabrice Folio

“…The attraction for township areas has to be linked to the wish of understanding the institutionalized racial discrimination in South Africa, as well as its pacific end. …”
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