Towards better and unlinkable protected biometric templates using label‐assisted discrete hashing by Kiran Raja, R. Raghavendra, Christoph Busch

“…The proposed approach can easily be adopted for a closed‐enrolment set in which enrolment images are known a priori whereas the challenge of learning templates for a single subject remains open. To extend this approach for individual subject, the concept of auxiliary pseudouser enrolment data is introduced, through which a protected template can be generated at the user level. …”
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Impact of plyometric training and weight training on vertical jumping ability by Jaswant Thakur, Mukesh Mıshra, Vishan Rathore

“…For the present study 24 male students from Department of Physical Education, BHU Varanasi were selected randomly as the subjects for the study. The age of the subjects ranged between 18 - 21 years. …”
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Administrative act appeal within the administrative procedure: comparative legal analysis by O. O. Markova

“…It has been proved that the Law of Ukraine “On Administrative Procedure” should clarify the provisions on the subject of complaint consideration, given the lack of criteria to be taken into account when selecting the subject of complaint consideration. …”
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Hypertension, and Their Additive Effects on Atherosclerosis by Mario Francesco Damiani, Annapaola Zito, Pierluigi Carratù, Vito Antonio Falcone, Elioda Bega, Pietro Scicchitano, Marco Matteo Ciccone, Onofrio Resta

“…Carotid IMT, IL-6, and PTX-3 in OSA normotensive patients and in non-OSA HTN subjects were significantly higher compared to control subjects; in addition, in OSA hypertensive patients they were significantly increased compared to OSA normotensive, non-OSA HTN, or control subjects. …”
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Altered Brain Functional Activity in Infants with Congenital Bilateral Severe Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Resting-State Functional MRI Study under Sedation by Shuang Xia, TianBin Song, Jing Che, Qiang Li, Chao Chai, Meizhu Zheng, Wen Shen

“…Compared with normal hearing subjects, decreased ALFF and ReHo were observed in auditory and language-related cortex. …”
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Association of Aldosterone and Cortisol with Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Prehypertension Stage by Sadiqa Badar Syed, Masood Anwar Qureshi

“…To find plasma aldosterone and cortisol relationship with some CV risk factors (obesity, dyslipidemia, hyperglycemia, sodium and potassium) in different stages of HTN particularly prehypertension. Subjects and Methods. The study conducted on 276 subjects (25–60 years), classified into prehypertensive (𝑛=55), HTN stage-1 (𝑛=70) and II (𝑛=76) according to 7th JNC report and compared with normotensive controls (𝑛=75). …”
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Factors Influencing QRIS Adoption in Warkops by Muhammad Zahran Nurendra, Liliana Inggrit Wijaya, Bobby Ardiansyahmiraja, Jun Kajee

“…Keywords: technology adoption, QRIS, Warkop, subjective norms, TPB…”
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Effect of Hybrid Knitted Structure on Clothing Pressure by Hoorieeh Abbasi Mahmoodabadi, Emiel DenHartog, Minyoung Suh

“…According to survey results, 1 × 1 mock rib and 1 × 1 mock rib with inlay negatively affected subjective wearing sensations, while exerting the highest pressure on the subject’s arm. …”
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Awareness of Salt Intake among Community-Dwelling Elderly at Coastal Area: The Role of Public Health Access Program by Farapti Farapti, Aprilia Devi Fatimah, Erni Astutik, Atik Choirul Hidajah, Thinni Nurul Rochmah

“…The mean daily salt intake was 6.16 ± 3.48 g/d; only 11.8% of subjects consumed salt intake <3 g/day. However, majority of subjects (62.8%) consume salt <6 g/d. …”
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Efficacy of MI Paste® on Bleaching-Related Sensitivity: Randomized Clinical Trial by Shaista Rashid, Mohamed ElSalhy

“…This randomized controlled split-mouth clinical trial included 45 subjects that were randomly divided into two groups. …”
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What Drives Youth to Shop for Local Fashion Online? Extending the Planned Behavior Theory and Ethnocentrism by Dwi Kartikasari, Sri Zuliarni, Shinta Wahyu Hati, Ria Anggraini, Desi Ratna Sari, Nur Rahmah Andayani

“…Conclusions: In our structural model, we stress how vital consumer ethnocentrism and subjective norms are as internal and external factors for consumers. …”
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Effects of Age and Gender on Hand Motion Tasks by Wing Lok Au, Irene Soo Hoon Seah, Wei Li, Louis Chew Seng Tan

“…Methods. 80 healthy subjects performed hand motion tasks twice for each hand, with movements measured using a wireless motion sensor device (Kinesia, Cleveland Medical Devices Inc., Cleveland, OH). …”
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Psychological Distress during Ovarian Cancer Treatment: Improving Quality by Examining Patient Problems and Advanced Practice Nursing Interventions by Cynthia Kline O'Sullivan, Kathryn H. Bowles, Sangchoon Jeon, Elizabeth Ercolano, Ruth McCorkle

“…High distress subjects who refused mental health intervention had more income and housing problems than the other subjects, received the fewest interventions at baseline, and progressively more throughout the study, exceeding the other sub-samples by study completion. …”
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OVERVIEW OF THE EPIDEMIC SITUATION ON CERTAIN INFECTIOUS ANIMAL DISEASES IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN 2018 by N. S. Bardina, A. V. Varkentin, A. K. Karaulov

“…The paper presents data on the specified diseases situation in the Russian Federation, broken down by Subjects, and also provides a comparative description of the data for 2017 and 2018. …”
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Lower Extremity Kinematics of the Y-Balance Test in Healthy and ACL Injured Adolescent Females by Alison Bulow, Alixandra Bellemare, Judy E Anderson, Jeff R S Leiter, Peter B MacDonald, Jason D Peeler

“… # Results Healthy and ACL-injured subjects demonstrated similar YBT scores and lower extremity kinematic data. …”
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The amygdala and the pursuit of future rewards by S. Tobias Johnson, Fabian Grabenhorst

“…Importantly, amygdala neurons integrate the subjective value of a future reward with delay and effort costs inherent in pursuing it. …”
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The Accuracy of Ankle Eccentric Torque Control Explains Dynamic Postural Control During the Y-Balance Test by Shojiro Nozu, Kristin A. Johnson, Tsukasa Tanaka, Mika Inoue, Hirofumi Nishio, Yuji Takazawa

“…Subjects were then instructed to eccentrically contract the dorsiflexors and plantar flexors to generate torque while the ankle joint rotated. …”
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Methods of the Verification of the Expert’s Opinion within Criminal Procedure of Ukraine by B. V. Shabarovskyi

“…As the result of the study, the author has provided, for the first time, all methods of verifying the expert’s opinion available to an investigator, a prosecutor, a suspect, an accused (defendant), the person, who is the subject of compulsory measures of medical or educational character application, their defenders and legal representatives, a victim, his representative and legal representative, the civil plaintiff, his representative and legal representative, a civil defendant and his representative, a representative of the legal entity who is the subject of the proceedings. …”
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Efficacy of dexamethasone implant in the management of chronic central serous chorioretinopathy without choroidal neovascularization by Umesh Chandra Behera, Anand S Brar, Anup Kelgaonkar, Jyotiranjan Sahoo, Raja Narayanan, SriniVas R Sadda

“…Methods: In this study, subjects with chronic CSC without signs of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) received intravitreal DEX implant therapy. …”
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Competitive strategies of internationalization, searching and creating markets by O. V. Mickhailov

“…Actuality, content and advantages of strategies of the business internationalization, detecting and creating new markets are often remaining underestimating and ignoring of many subjects of the world economy. During formation of strategies and competitive advantages are missed the problems and possibilities of the world market and competition for the accelerated and outstriped self-developing of the business subjects. …”
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