Gerencia sin futuro. Caso, subsector de confecciones para ropa de bebé en Cali by Álvaro Camacho Caicedo

“…El artículo muestra la relación y contraste existente entre el campo teórico de la denominada gerencia competitiva y la evaluación del desempeño de 20 gerentes caleños ¿ 87% del universo - de pequeñas empresas del subsector de las confecciones para ropa de bebé.…”
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On the Role of Climate Forcing by Volcanic Sulphate and Volcanic Ash by Baerbel Langmann

“…To trigger future research on the effect of volcanic ash on the climate system via ocean iron fertilisation, this review paper describes the formation processes and atmospheric life cycles of volcanic sulphate and volcanic ash, contrasts their impact on climate, and emphasises current limitations in our understanding.…”
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El Instituto Latinoamericano de Estudios Críticos Animales como proyecto decolonial by Iván Darío Ávila Gaitán

“…En un segundo momento se contrasta, en términos de geopolítica y economía política del conocimiento, al ILECA con el ICAS y sus respectivas visiones de los Estudios Críticos Animales. …”
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Functionally important respiratory symptoms and continued cigarette use versus e-cigarette switching: population assessment of tobacco and health study waves 2-6Research in context by James D. Sargent, Kristin Lauten, Kathryn C. Edwards, Susanne E. Tanski, Todd A. MacKenzie, Laura M. Paulin, Mary F. Brunette, Maciej L. Goniewicz, Amanda Malasky, Debra Stark, Fernando B. de Moura, Holly Griffin, Kimberly H. Nguyen, Eric Backlund, Heather L. Kimmel, John H. Kingsbury, Jenny E. Ozga, K Michael Cummings, Andrew Hyland

“…Kimmel was substantially involved in the scientific management of and providing scientific expertise for contract nos. HHSN271201100027C and HHSN271201600001C.…”
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Detective Flow Imaging Endoscopic Ultrasonography for Evaluating Blood Flow Within Mural Nodules of Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms by Kazuki Endo, Haruo Miwa, Kazuya Sugimori, Kozue Shibasaki, Shoichiro Yonei, Yugo Ishino, Shotaro Tsunoda, Hayato Yoshimura, Akihiro Funaoka, Hiromi Tsuchiya, Ritsuko Oishi, Yuichi Suzuki, Satoshi Komiyama, Takashi Kaneko, Manabu Morimoto, Kazushi Numata, Shin Maeda

“…<b>Results:</b> CE-EUS showed a contrast effect in the MN in 24 cases. Among these, DFI-EUS detected blood flow signals in 20 cases; false-positive results were not observed. …”
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Método para la determinación de la densidad de una muestra de granos enteros de alubia por procesamiento digital de imágenes by M.S. CLEVA, G.M. SAMPALLO, C. RODRIGUES DA FONSECA, D.C. AQUINO, D.O. LISKA, F.R. VENTRE

“…La densidad obtenida con esta metodología para las muestras de validación se contrastó con la obtenida con el método de desplazamiento de tolueno siendo la diferencia relativa porcentual inferior al 5%.…”
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Passenger car market and regional price discriminations for new cars: Case study and empirical analysis for Poland 2004–2021 by Bielig Andreas

“…Poland disposes on a large stock of mostly aged private passenger cars. In contrast younger cars still play minor role in individual mobility. …”
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Local government broadband policies for areas with limited Internet access by Yoshio Arai, Sae Naganuma, Yasukazu Satake

“…A business model based on the Indefeasible Right of Use (IRU) contract between a private telecom carrier and a local government has been developed in recent years. …”
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Thymic Hyperplasia after Lung Transplantation Imitating Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder by Christina Maria Steger, Severin Semsroth, Thomas Hager, Ralf Rieker, Ludwig Müller

“…For the first time, we report a case of thymic hyperplasia in a patient 2 years after bilateral lung transplantation. Contrast-enhanced chest CT scan was highly suspicious for a posttransplant lymphoma or thymoma. …”
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Radiology in gastroenterology (According to data of the 16th Russian gastroenterological week, Moscow, October 11–13, 2010) by Z. A. Lemeshko

“…Attention is drawn to necessity of contrast agents application, software improvements and conservation of obtained information is inverted.Conclusion. …”
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Correlation of Image Quality Metrics with Expert Perception for Industrial Computed Tomography by Lukas Behammer, Patrick Weinberger, Lukas Nepelius, Bernhard Fröhler, Miroslav Yosifov, Johann Kastner, Sascha Senck

“…By comparing multiple metrics and correlating their scores with human expert ratings on image attributes such as noise, contrast, and sharpness, we aim to identify metrics that closely align with human visual judgment. …”
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O narrador e a paisagem: Milton Hatoum, Bernardo Carvalho e o fim do projeto de uma literatura nacional by Pedro Dolabela Chagas, Dárley Suany Leite dos Santos

“…Then, we analyze Süssekind’s characterizations of fictional narrators that consolidated that function in Bra zil until the 20th century. In contrast, in Hatoum’s and Carvalho’s works, the multiplication of voices, the fragmentation of truths and the self - observation of the narrator block the mobilization of the landscape for an identity - function, in a deviation o f the founding assumptions of a national literature which indicates its demise as a common project – an important historical transition for the Brazilian novel.…”
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SegChaNet: A Novel Model for Lung Cancer Segmentation in CT Scans by Mehmet Akif Cifci

“…Accurate lung tumor identification is crucial for radiation treatment planning. Due to the low contrast of the lung tumor in computed tomography (CT) images, segmentation of the tumor in CT images is challenging. …”
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Concrete Image Segmentation Based on Multiscale Mathematic Morphology Operators and Otsu Method by Sheng-Bo Zhou, Ai-Qin Shen, Geng-Fei Li

“…The paper proposes a new segmentation method, by combining multiscale noise suppression morphology edge detector with Otsu method, which is more appropriate for the segmentation of Computed Tomography concrete images with low contrast. This method cannot only locate the boundaries between objects and background with high accuracy, but also obtain a complete edge and eliminate noise.…”
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Immune Evasion Strategies of Pre-Erythrocytic Malaria Parasites by Hong Zheng, Zhangping Tan, Wenyue Xu

“…Blood-stage infection is the exclusive cause of clinical symptoms of malaria. In contrast, the pre-erythrocytic stage is clinically asymptomatic and could be an excellent target for preventive therapies. …”
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Legal Regulation of Economic Processes at the Macro Level by M. N. Semyakin, A. V. Gubareva, S. P. Stepkin

“…Recommendations are made aimed at strengthening the role of the contract in economic management, improving legislation, and eliminating excessive administration of the activities of economic entities.…”
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The institutionalisation of populist political discourse and conservative uncivil society in the European Union by Ruzza Carlo

“…Progressive civil society reacts to the threat of a loss of standing and attempts to retain its historical centrality, legitimacy, and access. In contrast, conservative civil society groups seek to establish themselves in a political environment previously off-limits to them.…”
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Online Parameter Estimation in Digital Twins for Real-Time Condition Monitoring by Agus Hasan

“…The deterministic approach utilizes an exponential forgetting factor adaptive observer, while the stochastic approach involves an adaptive Kalman filter. In contrast to conventional methods, these online algorithms demonstrate robustness against variations in initial conditions and measurement noise. …”
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Methodology and algorithms for obtaining long-range 3D-portraits of objects based on 2D-intensity distributions of truncated realizations of reflected laser radiation by V.I. Ivanov

“…Relationships between the relief resolution and optical contrast of the object surface are obtained. It is shown that the resolution can be less than 1 cm. …”
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A Giant Left Atrial Myxoma Neovascularized from the Right Coronary Artery by Demet Menekse Gerede, Irem Muge Akbulut, Sadık Ersoz, Mustafa Kilıckap

“…On the other hand, imaging of a myxoma by contrast dye during coronary angiography is a rare sign, which displays the vascular supply of the tumor. …”
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