EXPERIÊNCIAS NO LOCAL DE TRABALHO DE INDIVÍDUOS LGBTQ+ EM PORTUGAL: UM ESTUDO PILOTO DE MÉTODO MISTO by Henrique Pereira, Colleen Beatriz

“…Objectives: The purpose of this pilot study was to explore and characterize workplace discrimination and support experienced by LGBTQ+ workers in Portugal. Methods: This mixed-method study used online surveys to capture workplace satisfaction, experiences of “coming out” at work, and experienced support and discrimination in the workplace. …”
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Early Detection of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Bedside Tools by Sayed Gaber, Osama Tayeh, Khaled A. Wahab, Nader Mohamed, Tarek Essawy

“…Results By using CT chest as a golden method for diagnosis of pneumonia, 24 cases were found positive for VAP. …”
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Quality Indicators of Agaricus bisporus after Ultraviolet Treatment by Vladimir V. Kondratenko, Natalia E. Posokina, Natalia I. Fedyanina, Olga V. Karastoyanova, Nadezhda V. Korovkina

“…The quality indicators underwent a paired two-sample test, which defined the equality/inequality of variances in replicates and equality/inequality of means at a given error probability (α). …”
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ANXIETY AND EDUCATIONAL STYLE OF MOTHERS OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN by RUSNAC Svetlana, STRATAN Ala

“…The research represents a comparative study with two groups of subjects: 30 mothers of children with disabilities – the experimental group, and a control group that consisted of 30 mothers with healthy children, both having completed 2 methods: 1) State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI); 2) The Varga-Stolin method diagnosis of parental style. …”
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Evaluation of the effect of soil and irrigation water characteristics on the chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Mentha spicata L. essential oil: A plant used in tra... by Vajiheh Gandomi Hosnaroodi, Mansureh Ghavam

“…The highest number of compounds belonged to the essential oil of Lathor region equal to 50 compounds (99.98 %) and the lowest number of compounds related to the sample of Meshkat region was equal to 44 compounds (98.53 %). …”
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Thrombolytic and Anticoagulant Therapy for Pulmonary Embolism with High and Intermendiate Risk of Early Death. Part 3. An Effect on Pulmonary Perfusion with High and Intermediate R... by O. V. Nikitina, I. P. Mikhailov, N. Y. Kudryashova, E. V. Migunova, A. G. Dorfman, V. I. Avfukov

“…The accumulation deficit of an area equal to a segment was counted as a perfusion deficiency of 5% (subsegmental 2.5%), inferior lobe — 25%, an area equal to the right lung — 55%, the left lung — 45%.Characteristics of the sample In a sample of 503 patients who received treatment at the Intensive Care Unit for Surgical Patients of the N.V. …”
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A comparative study of GPT-4o and human ophthalmologists in glaucoma diagnosis by Junxiu Zhang, Yao Ma, Rong Zhang, Yanhua Chen, Mengyao Xu, Su Rina, Ke Ma

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Vision-Related Quality of Life among Patients Attending the Diabetes and Eye Clinics in Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya by Nerice Emade, Joseph Nyamori, Margaret Njuguna, Lucy Njambi, Stephen Gichuhi

“…Using a purposive consecutive sampling method, we enrolled 100 participants, 50 with diabetic retinopathy and 50 without diabetic retinopathy. …”
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A Novel Multi-Sensor Nonlinear Tightly-Coupled Framework for Composite Robot Localization and Mapping by Lu Chen, Amir Hussain, Yu Liu, Jie Tan, Yang Li, Yuhao Yang, Haoyuan Ma, Shenbing Fu, Gun Li

“…Additionally, we designed a fast approximation method for the nonlinear weighted fusion of features from infrared and RGB frames based on luminance values. …”
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The possibilities of the non-contrast MRI perfusion in the quantitative assessment of changes in cerebral blood flow by V. V. Popov, Yu. A. Stankevich, O. B. Bogomyakova, A. A. Tulupov

“…Aim of the study was to evaluate a comprehensive dynamic perfusion change in the brain in patients in the early post-stroke recovery period and conditionally healthy volunteers by the ASL. Material and Methods. A prospective observation of two groups was performed. …”
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Different Characteristics of Aquaporin-4 and Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-Seropositive Male Optic Neuritis in China by Honglu Song, Huanfen Zhou, Mo Yang, Junqing Wang, Hongjuan Liu, Mingming Sun, Quangang Xu, Shihui Wei

“…Serum antibody may be a potential biomarker for determining visual prognosis in male ON.…”
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Digital Image Speckle Correlation (DISC): Facial Muscle Tracking for Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders by Shi Fu, Pawel Polak, Susan Fiore, Justin N. Passman, Raphael Davis, Lucian M. Manu, Miriam Rafailovich

“…This study explored the application of Digital Image Speckle Correlation (DISC) in detecting enervation of facial musculature and assessing reaction times in response to visual stimuli. <b>Methods</b>: A consistent video recording setup was used to capture facial movements of human subjects in response to visual stimuli from a calibrated database. …”
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A novel random forest-based approach for the non-destructive and explainable estimation of ammonia and chlorophyll in fresh-cut rocket leaves by Stefano Polimena, Gianvito Pio, Maria Cefola, Michela Palumbo, Michelangelo Ceci, Giovanni Attolico

“…Machine learning (ML) approaches based on image analysis have been recently proposed to overcome the poor efficiency and subjectivity of human visual evaluation as well as the expensiveness and destructiveness of physical and chemical methods that measure internal indicators. …”
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Brain tumor detection through image fusion using whale optimization and edge preserving filter by Bhattiprolu Nagasirisha, Venkatesh Munagala, Ramakrishna Reddy Eamani, Mocherla Venkata Srikanth, Asileti Suneel Kumar, Varre Venkata Kanaka Durga Prasad

“…While the detail layers are fused based on maximum energy assessed using the Krisch compass operator, the base layers are fused based on the whale optimization method,  for which the objective function is maximization of entropy, edge strength and pixel intensity. …”
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Multi-Layered Security Framework Combining Steganography and DNA Coding by Bhavya Kallapu, Avinash Nanda Janardhan, Rama Moorthy Hejamadi, Krishnaraj Rao Nandikoor Shrinivas, Saritha, Raghunandan Kemmannu Ramesh, Lubna A. Gabralla

“…The framework leverages advanced methods such as encrypted data embedding in images, DNA sequence coding, QR codes, and least significant bit (LSB) steganography. …”
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Developing Computer Vision Models for Classifying Grain Shapes of Crushed Stone by Alexey N. Beskopylny, Evgenii M. Shcherban’, Sergey A. Stel’makh, Alexandr A. Shilov, Irina Razveeva, Diana Elshaeva, Andrei Chernil’nik, Gleb Onore

“…In the construction industry, along with traditional approaches for the visual and instrumental assessment of building materials, methods based on intelligent algorithms are increasingly appearing; in particular, machine learning and neural network technologies. …”
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Rainfall-Runoff Modelling for Sustainable Water Resource Management in the Louisiana State by J. D. Osei, Y. A. Twumasi, Z. H. Ning, E. Dadzie, D. T. Gyan, P. M. Loh, R. N. D. Armah

“…The analysis uses the Soil Conservation Service Curve Number (SCS CN) method, factoring in precipitation and antecedent moisture, and visualizes spatial distributions of CN, precipitation, soil, and runoff. …”
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TPP-SAM: A Trajectory Point Prompting Segment Anything Model for Zero-Shot Road Extraction From High-Resolution Remote Sensing Imagery by Tao Wu, Yaling Hu, Jianxin Qin, Xinyi Lin, Yiliang Wan

“…The segment anything model (SAM) enables zero-shot or interactive segmentation of visual content and has shown remarkable performance with natural images. …”
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CONNECTIVITY OF BIVALVES BETWEEN MANGROVE AND SEAGRASS ECOSYSTEMS IN KELAPA DUA ISLANDS by Endang Sunarwati Srimariana, Azizah Lutfia Ningtyas, Dea Fauzia Lestari, Beginer Subhan, Neviaty Putri Zamani, Tumpak Sidabutar

“…Line transect and plot methods were used for mangrove observation, while the Seagrass Watch method was applied for seagrass observation. …”
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Will the machine perfusion of the liver increase the number of donor organs suitable for transplantation? by V. A. Gulyaev, S. V. Zhuravel’, M. S. Novruzbekov, O. D. Olisov, K. n Lutsyk, M. G. Minina, A. S. Mironov, N. K. Kuznetsova, K. M. Magomedov, M. Sh Khubutiya

“…There is always uncertainty about the viability of the organ. Modern methods for assessing donor organs such as donor history, laboratory data, visual examination and morphology, do not reliably predict liver function after transplantation. …”
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