The Problem of Methodological Fixation of Analytical Jurisprudence by D. G. Alova, A. A. Iljushkin

“…The first part of the work is devoted to the consideration of the latter as a heterogeneous method of analytical jurisprudence, in contrast to its limited understanding that prevails in current jurisprudence. The second and third parts trace the genesis of analytical jurisprudence from analytic philosophy. …”
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Accurate Needle Localization in the Image Frames of Ultrasound Videos by Mohammad I. Daoud, Samira Khraiwesh, Rami Alazrai, Mostafa Z. Ali, Adnan Zayadeen, Sahar Qaadan, Rafiq Ibrahim Alhaddad

“…In the second phase, the quantitative image is processed to identify the region of interest (ROI) that contains the needle. In the third phase, the ROI is processed using a custom-made Ranklet transform to accurately estimate the needle trajectory. …”
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IMAGE PROCESSING AT ELLIPSOIDAL PHOTOMETRY by M. A. Bezuglyi, N. V. Bezuglaya, A. B. Samilyak

“…That confirmed by comparing results of the numerical (direct Monte Carlo simulation) and the real experiment for samples different thickness of muscle porcine tissue in vitro. Parameters of the optical radiation, which used as input data for the simulation, correspond to a laser wavelength of 632.8 nm with a Gaussian distribution profile of power of 2 mW. …”
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Self-perceived middle-distance race pace is faster in advanced footwear technology spikes by Montgomery Bertschy, Victor Rodrigo-Carranza, Ethan W.C. Wilkie, Laura A. Healey, Jeremy Noble, Wayne J. Albert, Wouter Hoogkamer

“…Speed was similar between a third AFT spike model and the traditional spikes. …”
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Deep Feature Learning for Intrinsic Signature Based Camera Discrimination by Chaity Banerjee, Tharun Kumar Doppalapudi, Eduardo Pasiliao, Tathagata Mukherjee

“…We conduct experiments using three custom datasets: the first containing two cameras in an indoor environment where each camera may observe different scenes having no overlapping features, the second containing images from four cameras in an outdoor setting but where each camera observes scenes having overlapping features and the third containing images from two cameras observing the same checkerboard pattern in an indoor setting. …”
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Skok pokwitaniowy i budowa ciała dziewcząt z Meridy (Jukatan, Meksyk) jako sposób przystosowania do warunków życia by Anna Zielińska

“…The patterns of physical growth (stature, BMI, subscapular and arm fat-fold thickness, upper and lower extremity length, chest circumference, arm, and hip breadth, and age at menarche) were studied in 857 of Maya and Mestizo girls and 1314 of Creole girls aged 6-18 years. …”
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Effect of Alternate Treatment with Intravitreal Corticosteroid and Anti-VEGF for Macular Edema Secondary to Retinal Vein Occlusion by Young Hwan Bae, Seong Mi Kim, Jin Young Kim, So Hyun Bae, Hakyoung Kim, Dae Joong Ma

“…The alternate group demonstrated a reduction in the central macular thickness of 229.9-μm, while the anti-VEGF group achieved a reduction of 220.1 μm (P=0.887). …”
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Business or Security? Goals and Decision-Making Inside the French Oil Policy of the 1920s by I. E. Magadeev

“…Though the French authorities perceived the growing strategic importance of oil sharply, they were not prepared to follow the clear étatist economic policy and did not try to make a radical change of the established rules of oil policy both inside the Third Republic and in the relations with “Standard Oil” and “Royal Dutch-Shell.”…”
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Our Experience of Optimizing Outcomes in Open Globe Injuries: A Retrospective Case Series by Shilpa Umarani, Pooja Hatti, B N Nanda, Lekha Ravikumar

“…Cases 4-11 include various injuries, such as full-thickness corneal tears, hyphema, conjunctival lacerations, and lens dislocation, each managed with appropriate surgical intervention and postoperative care. …”
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Political and Institutional Approaches to Advancing International Religious Freedom in the U.S. Foreign Policy in 1998–2020 by V. A. Shchipkov

“…The article starts by reviewing the history of the emergence and development of the institutional infrastructure (legal acts, administrative entities, public and political organizations, think tanks, expert platforms, interdepartmental coordination formats, human rights projects, funding and grant programs, and new international organizations) that supported the US foreign policy advancing international religious freedom. …”
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Steganography in NFT images by Zichi WANG, Guorui FENG, Xinpeng ZHANG

“…The images with non-fungible token (NFT) are employed as the digital artistic works in metaverse for creation, transaction, sharing, and collection.Being different from natural images, the content of NFT images is defined by user and distributed in the digital space widely.It is convenient for the hidden of secret data.In this case, covert communication with NFT images is a new branch of image steganography.Then, a steganographic method for NFT images was proposed accordingly.Given a NFT image, the regions of its profile and the components with high frequency were enhanced firstly to enrich the details which were beneficial to hide the modification trace of steganography.In this way, the enhanced image was used as cover since it is more suitable for steganography.Then, the tendency modification direction of each pixel was determined by the differences between the enhanced image and the given image.The differences were also used to determine the cost value of modification amplitude.Thus, the undetectability of steganography can be increased further.Secret data was embedded into the cover image using the popular steganographic coding schemes.Experimental results showed that the proposed method had imporoved undetectability on NFT images compared with existing digital steganographic schemes.Compared with HILL, MiPOD, and DEFI, the proposed method can increase the detection error P_E of steganalysis by 8.7%, 9.2% and 6.2%, respectively (the average value for the cases of different payload and steganalytic features).Therefore, the proposed method is suitable for NFT images and it provides targeted steganographic method for the third kind of images, i.e., NFT images, except of natural images and generated images.For further study, the deep learning-based steganographic method can be designed for NFT images using the strong fitting and learning ability of neural networks.…”
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Dynamic changes in soil erosion and challenges to grain productivity in the black soil region of Northeast China by Jiawang Zhang, Ming Wang, Kai Liu, Zhan’ao Zhao

“…The expansion of cities over the last 30 years has resulted in the encroachment of 7,936 km2 of cropland. The average thickness of soil complex erosion reached 48.48 mm/a, affecting 25.23 million hectares and 1.90 million tons grain yield. …”
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Biology of selective caries removal: a systematic scoping review protocol by Helge Knüttel, Matthias Widbiller, Rita Weiler, Kerstin M Galler, Wolfgang Buchalla, Konstantin J Scholz

“…During the entire procedure, two reviewers independently screened the articles, and controversies were mediated by vote of a third reviewer. Eventually, it became apparent that different biological explanations can be organised into four categories: pulp response, cavity seal, remaining bacteria and cavity liner. …”
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Pharmaceutical Humanities and Narrative Pharmacy: An Emerging New Concept in Pharmacy by Mita Banerjee, Thomas Efferth

“…., cancer, neurological diseases, and mental disorders) remain uncurable for many patients by current pharmacotherapies, and the old beaten paths in our therapeutic thinking may at least partly have to be left behind. …”
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Effectiveness of combined techniques vs passive recovery in competitive squash players: A crossover study by Wilder Geovanny Valencia-Sánchez, Jorge M. Celis-Moreno, Nelson Esteban Valle Graciano

“…Results: Significant differences were observed in pre-match lactate levels between the first and third weeks (t = -5.81; p < .01) and in post-match lactate levels (t = -2.42; p < .03). …”
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Construction of Evaluation Index System for Suitability of Sunshine and Thermal Environment of Public Activity Space for the Elderly with Young Children by Minmin Yang, Yu Liu

“…Secondly, on the basis of field research and expert interviews, these indices were revised and finalized, mainly with regard to the sunshine and thermal environment suitability for the elderly with young children in the urban residential area, so as to make the indices more in line with the actual research problems. Thirdly, a scoring method for each of the finalized indexes was proposed, resulting in a comprehensive evaluation index system. …”
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Clinicogenetic characterization and response to disease-modifying therapies in spinal muscular atrophy: real-world experience from a reference center in Southern Brazil by Ana Letícia Amorim de Albuquerque, Júlia Kersting Chadanowicz, Isabela Possebon Bevilacqua, Ana Lucia Portella Staub, Pablo Brea Winckler, Patricia Zambone da Silva, Simone Chaves Fagondes, Renata Salatti Ferrari, Claudia Denise de Oliveira Trojahn, Viviane Zechlinski Sacharuk, Thayne Woycinck Kowalski, Karina Carvalho Donis, Michele Michelin Becker, Jonas Alex Morales Saute

“…Most patients with SMA type 1 were on disease-modifying treatment, whereas only slightly over a third of patients with type 2 and about 10 % of type 3 were receiving such treatments. …”
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A Comparative Analysis of Laser-Ablated Surface Characteristics Between the Si Face and C Face of Silicon Carbide Substrates by Hsin-Yi Tsai, Yu-Hsuan Lin, Kuo-Cheng Huang, J. Andrew Yeh, Yi Yang, Chien-Fang Ding

“…Silicon carbide (SiC) has significant potential as a third-generation semiconductor material due to its exceptional thermal and electronic properties, yet its high hardness and brittleness make processing costly and complex. …”
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Rudy Kelly’s Eyes: Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco’s Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt by Øyvind Vågnes

“…Interrogating the ethics of the drawn documentary image inevitably implies addressing its peculiar, somewhat paradoxical authenticity, and to think of how drawings differ from photographs in how they depict the world. …”
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On the Conditions for the Introducing Distance Learning in Russian Universities by A. V. Borovskikh

“…The first contains an explicitly formulated framework in which the introducing distance learning makes sense; the second and third represent the research and development program necessary for the implementation of distance learning. …”
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