The impact of social security systems on public health outcomes: an economic perspective on machine translation applications by Shuhua Niu, Weihua Li, Li-Li

“…However, traditional methods for evaluating these systems often fail to capture the complex dynamics of policy interventions over time.MethodsTo address this, we propose an advanced economic policy modeling framework that integrates dynamic optimization techniques with machine translation applications. …”
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Generative AI mitigates representation bias and improves model fairness through synthetic health data. by Raffaele Marchesi, Nicolo Micheletti, Nicholas I-Hsien Kuo, Sebastiano Barbieri, Giuseppe Jurman, Venet Osmani

“…As a consequence, underrepresented subpopulations, such as those from specific ethnic backgrounds or genders, do not benefit equally from clinical discoveries. Several approaches have been developed to mitigate representation bias, ranging from simple resampling methods, such as SMOTE, to recent approaches based on generative adversarial networks (GAN). …”
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Special Aspects of Fixing Interfering Source Located in Close Proximity to Radio-Electronic Equipment with Multi-Channel Receiver and Estimate of Accuracy by S. G. Borovikov, A. A. Ivensky

“…The schemes displaying the problem geometry for phase and difference-distance-measuring methods for determining of jammer position are presented. …”
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The Effect of Multimodal Exercise on the Levels of BDNF and GDNF in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by Abbas Abdulameer Naser, Khosro Jalali Dehkordi, Mahmoud Nasser Radhi, Farzaneh Taghian, Ahmad Chitsaz

“…Demographic data were collected using the demographic questionnaire outlined in the Methods section. Thirty patients were randomly divided into two equal groups of multimodal exercise and control, with no significant differences in age, weight, and height. …”
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DETERMINISTIC CHARACTER OF CHANGES OF THE CASPIAN SEA LEVEL AND ITS QUANTITATIVE PARAMETERS by U. G. Magomedbekov

“…The analysis conducted by methods of nonlinear dynamics shows deterministic character of Caspian Sea level changes for 1931–2009 and realization of dynamic chaos.…”
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Generating Automatically Print/Scan Textures for Morphing Attack Detection Applications by Juan E. Tapia, Maximilian Russo, Christoph Busch

“…Our proposed methods achieve an Equal Error Rate (EER) of 3.84% and 1.92% on the FRGC/FERET database when incorporating our synthetic and texture-transferred print/scan images at 600 dpi alongside handcrafted images, respectively.…”
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Contribution of Hot Springs to Community Development in Rubanda District: A Case Study of Nyamasizi Hotsprings in Hamurwa Subcounty. by Tahinduka, Merisah

“…The research used 50 respondents as the sample size, and both qualitative and quantitative methods and data analysis were employed. The researcher used simple random sampling techniques in collecting and analyzing data and was used to provide equal chances to the sample size. …”
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An iterative approach to identify key predictive features of fear reactivity and fearfulness in horses (Equus caballus) by Elena Gobbo, Oleksandra Topal, Inna Novalija, Dunja Mladenić, Manja Zupan Šemrov

“…Abstract This study extends previous findings by applying artificial intelligence (AI) methods to a larger dataset to identify key features that predict fear reactivity (i.e., immediate reaction to fear inducing stimuli) and fearfulness (i.e., a stable personality trait) in 101 Lipizzan horses. …”
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Schoolyards greening for connecting people and nature: an example of nature-based solutions? by Nathalie Blanc, Celine Clauzel, Cedissia About, Anne-Laure Riché, Mélanie Gippet, Sarah Bortolamiol

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Enhancing user experience in online learning environments: Design, evaluation, and usability techniques by Yaw Ofosu-Asare

“…Various evaluation methods, including heuristic evaluation, guideline reviews, and cognitive walkthroughs, were employed. …”
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The perception of code-switched vs. monolingual sentences in TTS voices by Tyler Méndez Kline, Georgia Zellou

“…This study examines the intelligibility of English and Spanish lexical items in code-switched utterances across different text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis methods. Using stimuli generated with neural and concatenative TTS, 49 Spanish-English bilingual participants listened to 96 sentences, mixed with noise, and typed the phrase-final keyword. …”
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Strategies to investigate and mitigate collider bias in genetic and Mendelian randomisation studies of disease progression. by Ruth E Mitchell, April E Hartley, Venexia M Walker, Apostolos Gkatzionis, James Yarmolinsky, Joshua A Bell, Amanda H W Chong, Lavinia Paternoster, Kate Tilling, George Davey Smith

“…We then illustrate how three methods to minimise bias can be used in practice with two applied examples. …”
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The System of Forensic Activity Digitalization Theory by E. R. Rossinskaya

“…In addition, the author notes changes in the methodology and technologies for developing expert methods in connection with the introduction of artificial intelligence algorithms. …”
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Research into the Impact of Phase Shifter Failures on the Characteristics of Slotted Waveguide Array Antenna by M. R. Bibarsov

“…To investigate the characteristics of a SWAA in the event of PS failures, when their phase takes a value equal to zero instead of the required value.Materials and methods. …”
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Logical optimization of Boolean nets using Shannon expansion by P. N. Bibilo, Yu. Y. Lankevich

“…A number of methods and programs were developed using graphical representations of Shannon expansions – BDD representations. …”
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PHARMACOECONOMIC STUDY OF OLMESARTAN/LERCANIDIPINE AND OFENOPRIL/LERCANIDIPINE COMBINATIONS IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION by D. S. Kaskaeva, M. M. Petrova, O. V. Zimnitskaya

“…Pharmacoeconomic analysis of the use of combinations of antihypertensive drugs were olmesartan/lercanidipine and zofenopril/lercanidipine in patients with essential hypertension II-III stage.Materials and methods. The authors performed prospective randomized uncontrolled study. …”
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EFL University Students’ Attitudes Towards the Effect of Implementing Contextualized Grammar Teaching on Developing their Writing Skills by Paiman Omer Mustafa, Fatimah Rasheed Hasan Al Bajalani

“…The analysis revealed that the students stated positive attitudes towards the use of both methods for developing their writing skills. Nevertheless, contextualized explicit grammar teaching received a higher level of the students’ agreement. …”
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Phase Characteristics of Models of GaAs Gyroelectric Waveguides with Temperature Sensitive Anisotropic Dielectric Layers in Case of One Layer by Plonis Darius, Katkevičius Andrius, Belova-Plonienė Diana

“…Differential Maxwell’s equations, coupled mode and partial area methods have been used to obtain complex dispersion equation of the models of gyroelectric-anisotropic-gyroelectric waveguides with or without the temperature sensitive external anisotropic dielectric layer. …”
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Economic Burden of Drug Use in Patients with Acute Burns: Experience in a Developing Country by Kolawole Olubunmi Ogundipe, Ismaila Abiona Adigun, Babatunde Akeeb Solagberu

“…Methods. The financial implication of drug use in the management of 69 consecutive patients admitted by the burn unit over a period of two years was retrospectively analysed. …”
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A Coverage Hole Healing Strategy with Awareness of Data Delivery Time in Wireless Sensor Networks by Fu-Tian Lin, Tien-Wen Sung, Chu-Sing Yang

“…This path is determined based on the proposed EDPS (equally divided path selection) algorithm. Simulation results show the superiority of the proposed hole healing scheme over other general methods.…”
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