A valid and reliable self-peace scale with indicators of love, care and fearlessness for adolescent drug users by Agus Supriyanto, Mungin Eddy Wibowo, Mulawarman Mulawarman, Muhammad Japar

“…Qualitative descriptive analysis compiles grids and statement items and provides expert input in developing the self-peace scale. Quantitative data analysis from the expert assessment with Aikan-V and instrument testing with confirmatory factor analysis will be used to determine the validity and reliability of the self-peace scale. …”
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How did the Beatles impact cultural movement on different generations? by Claudiu Coman, Luiza Meseșan-Schmitz, Ada Dobrescu, Vlad Bătrânu-Pințea

“…MethodsIn order to conduct the study, a mixed method design was used, specifically the preliminary quantitative input variant. In the first stage we collected data to identify whether there are differences in perceptions among generations about the impact of the Beatles through an online questionnaire, with closed and open-ended questions. …”
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Sediment Maps for the Continental Shelf of the US Gulf of America and South Atlantic Bight Using Compositional Kriging by Iliana Chollett, Christopher Gardner, Larry Perruso, John F. Walter III

“…Input data were extracted from the databases usSEABED and dbSEABED, and were in the form of 167,854 sediment samples with the percentage composition of sand, mud and gravel. …”
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An ecological framework for informing permitting decisions on scientific activities in protected areas. by Emily T Saarman, Brian Owens, Steven N Murray, Stephen B Weisberg, Richard F Ambrose, John C Field, Karina J Nielsen, Mark H Carr

“…We also conducted sensitivity analyses to examine the relationships between model input parameters and estimated impacts to understand the dominant drivers of the ecological impact estimates. …”
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Using a modified Delphi approach to develop and validate a digital self-management support checklist in bariatric surgery aftercare by John Roger Andersen, Janne-Merete Torset Øien, Eli Natvik

“…This knowledge will be combined with best-practice evidence and stakeholder input to generate candidate checklist attributes, that is, principles, items and features. …”
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Assessment of the Influence of Natural Conditions on the Accumulation of Human Capital in the Eastern Regions of the Russian Empire in the Late 19th — Early 20th Century by D. V. Didenko, E. S. Grishin

“…The article presents a methodology for quantitative analysis of the influence of the natural-geographical environment on the accumulation of human capital and its testing on the data from the Asian part of the Russian Empire in the late 19th — early 20th centuries. …”
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Investigating the stability of the yield strength of the friction stir welding joint of similar amorphous thermoplastic based on the Ordered Weighted Averaging operators by N. Sadeghian, A.R. Chaji

“…For this purpose, an analytical approach to risk assessment is employed, which is based on the weighting of ordered input variables. The obtained results are presented in both qualitative and quantitative graphs. …”
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A hue-preserving unsharp masking with adjustable saturation using logarithmic ratio operations by Mashiho Mukaida, Aoi Kamehara, Takanori Koga, Noriaki Suetake

“…The proposed method first applies an unsharp masking technique with logarithmic ratio operations to each RGB component of the input image to obtain a sharpened image with a reduced loss of detailed patterns. …”
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Single view generalizable 3D reconstruction based on 3D Gaussian splatting by Kun Fang, Qinghui Zhang, Chenxia Wan, Pengtao Lv, Cheng Yuan

“…Among these studies, tasks involving sparse input data have been further classified, with the most challenging scenario being the reconstruction of 3D structures and synthesis of novel views from a single input image. …”
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In-situ preheating: Novel insights into thermal history and microstructure of directed energy deposition-arc of hot-work tool steels by Ulf Ziesing, Santiago Benito, Sebastian Weber, Jonathan Lentz

“…By employing an innovative statistical approach that incorporates quantitative EDS data, the distribution of chemical elements was investigated. …”
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Exploring the Acceptance and Opportunities of Using a Specific Generative AI Chatbot to Assist Parents in Managing Pediatric Rheumatological Chronic Health Conditions: Mixed Method... by Cheryl W Y Lau, Klaudia Kupiec, Polly Livermore

“…Pediatric rheumatology conditions require intense family input, which can often leave families struggling to navigate disease flares, pain, fatigue, medication side effects and adherence, and support of their child, often when pediatric rheumatology departments are shut. …”
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Simultaneous Method for Solving Certain Systems of Matrix Equations with Two Unknowns by Predrag S. Stanimirović, Miroslav Ćirić, Spyridon D. Mourtas, Gradimir V. Milovanović, Milena J. Petrović

“…Quantitative bisimulations between weighted finite automata are defined as solutions of certain systems of matrix-vector inequalities and equations. …”
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Decentralized Revenue Management and Health Service Delivery in Local Governments in Uganda: A Case Study of Kabale District Local Government by Christine, Nayebare

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Random features and polynomial rules by Fabián Aguirre-López, Silvio Franz, Mauro Pastore

“…They are in accordance with rigorous bounds known for certain particular learning tasks and are in quantitative agreement with numerical experiments performed over many order of magnitudes of $N$ and $P$. …”
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Algorithm Comparison and Evaluation of GAN Models Based on Image Transferring from Desert to Green Field by Zhenyu Liu, Hongjun Li

“…In this paper, after comparing seven generative adversarial network (GAN) models in the way of theory analysis, we propose a method for generating green fields using desert images as input data, and a comprehensive comparison is presented on how GANs are currently applied to solve the desert-to-oasis problem. …”
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Inferring stellar compositions by Korn Andreas J.

“…Inferring accurate birth-cloud compositions as input for chemical-evolution models thus remains challenging.…”
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On the Readability of Kernel-based Deep Learning Models in Semantic Role Labeling Tasks over Multiple Languages by Daniele Rossini, Danilo Croce, Roberto Basili

“…Sentence embeddings are effective input vectors for the neural learning of a number of inferences about content and meaning. …”
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OmniSegger: A time-lapse image analysis pipeline for bacterial cells. by Teresa W Lo, Kevin J Cutler, H James Choi, Paul A Wiggins

“…In this paper, we describe the OmniSegger pipeline developed as an open-source, modular, and holistic suite of algorithms whose input is raw microscopy images and whose output is a wide range of quantitative cellular analyses, including dynamical cell cytometry data and cellular visualizations. …”
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An Allometric Algorithm for Fractal-Based Cobb-Douglas Function of Geographical Systems by Hongyu Luo, Yanguang Chen

“…The generalized Cobb-Douglas production function has been derived from a general input-output relation based on fractality assumptions. …”
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Mammography Images Segmentation Based on Fuzzy Set and Thresholding by Ali Mohammed Salih, Mohammed Y. Kamil

“…Firstly, it was used data set (mini-MIAS) for evaluate algorithm. it was preprocessing the data set to remove noise and propose a fuzzy set by using fuzzy inference system by generated two input parameters (employs image gradient), then used thresholding filter. …”
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