Image depth estimation assisted by multi-view projection by Liman Liu, Jinshan Tian, Guansheng Luo, Siyuan Xu, Chen Zhang, Huaifei Hu, Wenbing Tao

“…In addition, a long-distance attention decoding module is proposed to achieve effective extraction and aggregation of features in distant areas of the scene, which enhances the perception capability for outdoor long-distance. Experimental results on the KITTI dataset, vKITTI dataset, and SeasonDepth dataset demonstrate that our method achieves significant improvements compared to other state-of-the-art depth estimation techniques. …”
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Examining the Effect of Prototypical Leadership Style on Leader Effectiveness: Mediating role of Perceived Integrity and Moderating Role of Leader-leader Exchange by Elham Ebrahimi, SHabnam Zarjou

“…The results of the research showed that this leadership style increases the effectiveness of team leadership through the perception of the leader's integrity and leader-leader exchange, and facilitates the application of leadership and its scope of inclusion. …”
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Clinical Outcome and Quality of Life after Modular Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty in Comparison with Joint‐Preserving Locking Plate Osteosynthesis in Aged Patients: A Retrospe... by Carina Jaekel, Lisa Oezel, Franziska Leibnitz, Lena Marie Wilms, Joachim Windolf, Sebastian Viktor Gehrmann, Armin Olaf Scholz

“…Conclusions Aged patients with PHFs treated with RSA display similar results regarding clinical function, ADL as well as pain perception compared with ORIF. However, revision surgery rate was lower in patients who underwent RSA. …”
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Political Marketing: Measurement Parameters of the Concept of Social Value in Possible Presidential Pre-Candidates, Elections 2021, Chimborazo, Ecuador by L. Vallejo, M. Torreso, C. Buenaño, C. Buenaño

“…We conclude that the chimboracenses voters comparatively determined their perception of acceptance / rejection of candidates visible after the national strike in October 2019 using seven predetermined parameters. …”
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Identity Construction and Transformation of Zen Tourists by Xu Haichao, Liang Zengxian

“…The framework reveals the following insights: "spatial contextualization" and "contextualization of identity" are two stages experienced by Zen tourists, corresponding to identity perception and acquisition, respectively. During these stages, the unique spatial characteristics of Zen tourism sites, regulation and guidance by unofficial organizations, and mutual influence among fellow participants significantly impacted the self-identity transformation and social identity acquisition of Zen tourists. …”
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Patient centered medication treatment for opioid use disorder in rural Vermont: a qualitative study by Emily G. Hichborn, Owen B. Murray, Eilis I. Murphy, Tess E. Gallant, Sarah K. Moore, Bethany M. McLeman, John Saroyan, Anthony Folland, Megan Mitchell, Lisa A. Marsch

“…Prioritizing alliance with patients, adapting care to patient needs and preferences particularly when scheduling, including patients in medication decisions, and biopsychosocial attention to patients are congruent with patient perception of desirable MOUD care. Having this understanding of an established, leading MOUD treatment system may serve to benefit states looking to implement this model, or for states who are looking to improve the model they already have in place, potentially leading to higher treatment and retention rates. …”
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A multi-modal multi-branch framework for retinal vessel segmentation using ultra-widefield fundus photographs by Qihang Xie, Qihang Xie, Xuefei Li, Yuanyuan Li, Yuanyuan Li, Jiayi Lu, Jiayi Lu, Shaodong Ma, Yitian Zhao, Yitian Zhao, Jiong Zhang, Jiong Zhang

“…To further address the challenges of high-resolution UWF fundus images, we introduce a Local Perception Fusion Module (LPFM) to mitigate context loss during the segmentation cut-patch process. …”
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Parental psychosocial factors and children’s oral health-related quality of life: Data from a caries prevention study with phone-based support by Ida Brännemo, Anna Levinsson, Tove Hasselblad, Göran Dahllöf, Georgios Tsilingaridis

“…Children’s OHRQoL was assessed using the Parental-Caregivers Perception Questionnaire (P-CPQ) and the Family Impact Scale (FIS). …”
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Research Progress in Monitoring Technology of Cold Chain Logistics for Meat Products by Bin HAN, Dongmei LENG, Yuqian XU, Jianyang SHEN, Xin LI, Xiaochun ZHENG, Wei WANG, Dequan ZHANG, Chengli HOU

“…The focus of this article reviews the key progress of monitoring technology in the cold chain logistics of meat products, including information perception, information processing, and other essential aspects. …”
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Integrating Hybrid Team-Based and Case-Based Learning in Dental Education Transformation by Sidra Abid, Humna Rafiq

“…The research findings indicate that a variety of strategies for TBL are beneficial not just in terms of enhancing students' perception of learning outcomes, but also shows improvement in competencies and efficacy in dental education.3 It is a matter of involving dynamic participation, collaboration, and the development of critical abilities. …”
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A Model for Organizational Preparedness of SMEs During COVID-19 Pandemic in Kigezi Sub-region in South Western Uganda. by Tamwesigire, Caleb, Nafiu, Lukman Abiodun

“…The study identifies the factors that were significant with organizational preparednessand the management of business during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Kigezi sub-region in South Western Uganda as firm size, firm financial condition, risk perception, government subsidy, help received from NGOs and the loan received from the bank/SACCO; while other factors: firm year of existence, source of initial capital, and gender of owners/managers were found to be insignificant. …”
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Misconceptions on COVID-19 Risk Among Ugandan Men: Results From a Rapid Exploratory Survey, April 2020 by Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, MacLeod, Ewan, Ssempijja, Fred, Mahero, Michael W., Matama, Kevin, Musoke, Grace Henry, Bardosh, Kevin, Ssebuufu, Robinson, Wakoko-Studstil, Florence, Echoru, Isaac, Tiyo Ayikobua, Emmanuel, Mujinya, Regan, Nambuya, Grace, Onohuean, Hope, Zirintunda, Gerald, Ekou, Justine, Welburn, Susan Christina

“…Most women did not share this perception and disagreed that males were at higher risk of infection (by a factor of three), symptoms (79% disagree), severe signs (71%, disagree), and death (70.2% disagree). …”
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Knowledge of COVID-19 and the psychological status of parents: a retrospective survey in Wuhan, Hubei by Lei Wang, Jing Cheng, Lin Lv, Yaqi Xu, Yutong Zhang, Honghui Gan, Change Xiong, Guiping Wang, Can Mei, Linwanyue Chen, Lu He, Shuliu Pan, Jianbo Zhan

“…Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that a negative perception of the pandemic’s impact on one’s life (OR 0.367, 95% CI: 0.272 to 0.493) was associated with psychological distress.Conclusion Parents of school children in Ezhou City have a good knowledge base on COVID-19 infection and have a high awareness of the corresponding protective measures. …”
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Three-year course of clinical high-risk symptoms for psychosis in the community: a latent class analysis by C. Michel, N. Osman, G. Rinaldi, B. G. Schimmelmann, J. Kindler, F. Schultze-Lutter

“…Class 1 was mainly characterized by subtle, subjectively experienced disturbances in mental processes, including thinking, speech and perception (basic symptoms [BSs]). Class 2 was characterized by subthreshold positive psychotic symptoms (i.e., mild delusions or hallucinations) indicative of an ultra-high risk for psychosis. …”
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Study on the impact of Kinesiophobia after Total Knee Arthroplasty on the rehabilitation of patients during hospitalization: A pilot study. by Yichao Yao, Qi Zhang, Shaoning Cui, Xumeng Guo

“…This impact is observed in pain perception, knee joint mobility, the 2-minute walk test, etc. …”
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Influence of network latency and bandwidth on robot-assisted laparoscopic telesurgery: A pre-clinical experiment by Ye Wang, Qing Ai, Taoping Shi, Yu Gao, Bin Jiang, Wuyi Zhao, Chengjun Jiang, Guojun Liu, Lifeng Zhang, Huaikang Li, Fan Gao, Xin Ma, Hongzhao Li, Xu Zhang, Yuanyuan Ji

“…National Aeronautics and Space Administration Task Load Index (NASA-TLX) and a self-designed scale measured the workload and subjective perception of surgeons. Results:. All 108 animal telesurgeries, conducted from January 2023 to June 2023, were performed effectively over a total duration of 3866 min. …”
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Farmers’ willingness to enter the rural collective commercial construction land market and influencing factors :Based on a survey of 1029 farming households in Jiangsu Province by YE Lifang, ZHANG Xiaodan, ZHANG Yulu, PENG Ziqi, MENG Hao

“…The policy promotion had a positive and significant impact in pilot areas, and the village positions had a positive and significant impact in non-pilot areas. (4) The perception of behavioral control had a significant impact on farmers’ willingness to enter the market, with the impact of agricultural land area on farmers’ willingness to enter the market being opposite in pilot and non-pilot areas. …”
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Family planning and preimplantation testing: family experiences in congenital adrenal hyperplasia by Jessica L. Sandy, Jessica L. Sandy, Jessica L. Sandy, Grant Betts, Jessica L. Harper, Suzanne M. Nevin, Suzanne M. Nevin, Suzanne M. Nevin, Rebecca Deans, Rebecca Deans, Rebecca Deans, Kristen A. Neville, Kristen A. Neville

“…The aims of this study were to explore fertility choices of couples with a child with CAH and the decision making process and perceptions behind these choices, and to explore the families’ lived experiences with CAH and the couples’ subsequent fertility journey. …”
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One-Year Review Of Reduced Fetal Movements In Izzat Ali Shah MCH Center: A Predictor Of Poor Perinatal Outcome by Humera Rani, Gulwish Salahuddin, Ayesha Naz, Noreen Majeed, Faiza Safdar, Shazia Rafique

“…But we can’t neglect the perception of a mother. Mother’s feelings are more important than any other test. …”
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Evolving perspectives in dental marketing: A study of Jordanian dentists' attitudes towards advertising and practice promotion by Rami J. Anshasi, Nizar Alsubahi, Ahmad A. Alhusein, Abd Alwali Lutfi Khassawneh, Mahmaod Alrawad, Adi Alsyouf

“…Conversely, critics contend that advertising undermines the public's perception of the profession (33.9 %) and diminishes the trustworthiness of dentists (24.7 %). …”
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