Development and validation of an instrument for assessing secondary students’ transdisciplinary STEM practices by Kai-Lin Yang, Su-Chi Fang, Szu-Chun Fan

“…The goodness of fit indices indicated that a two-parameter logistic (2PL) graded response model could fit the data well. The discrimination parameters indicated that most of the items for different grades performed well in distinguishing between students with various ability levels. …”
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Salivary Metabolomics of Well and Poorly Controlled Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes by Sompop Bencharit, James Carlson, Warren C. Byrd, Escher L. Howard-Williams, Jackson T. Seagroves, Susan McRitchie, John B. Buse, Susan Sumner

“…Unsupervised principal components analysis (PCA) and orthogonal partial least squares regression discrimination analysis (OPLS-DA) were used to define unique metabolomic profiles associated with well and poorly controlled diabetes based on A1C levels. …”
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Molecular Typing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolates by Opa-Typing and Ribotyping in New Delhi, India by Pejvak Khaki, Preena Bhalla, Ahmad Mir Fayaz, Sohiela Moradi Bidhendi, Majid Esmailzadeh, Pawan Sharma

“…The technique even with a single restriction enzyme has a high level of discrimination (99.9%) between epidemiologically unrelated isolates. …”
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A nomogram for postoperative pain relief in patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture treated with polymethylmethacrylate bone cement by Shirong Lu, Xudong Xia, Xu Shi, Xiaoli Qin, Chunguang Wang, Wei Wei

“…The AUC, DCA, and calibration curves demonstrated good model discrimination and accuracy. The clinical impact plot highlighted the model’s practical value. …”
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TRANSMETACARPAL REPLANTATION. ELEVEN YEARS LATER by Binka Popova, Elena Mateva, Kevork Kaykchian, Deyan Sokolov

“…The skin sensitivity is examined by Weber static two-point discrimination test (2pdt):12 mm for 2nd and 3rd fingers, 15 mm for the 4th finger and one point for the pulps of the 5th finger and the thumb; 2pdt, carried out on the palm, in the base of the fingers, is 10 mm.     …”
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Beyond minutiae: inferring missing details from global structure in fingerprints by Rachel A. Searston, Matthew B. Thompson, Samuel G. Robson, Jason M. Tangen

“…This research provides insight into how perceptual expertise supports accurate visual discrimination in a high-stakes, real-world task with broader implications for theoretical models of visual cognition.…”
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Leveraging deep feature learning for handwriting biometric authentication by Parvaneh Afzali, Abdoreza Rezapour, Ahmad Rezaee Jordehi

“…Additionally, a combined loss function is employed to achieve more accurate discrimination between the handwriting styles of different writers. …”
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The icon of Ukrainian Nazis: on the question of the historical assessment of the «heroes» under the Protection of the Virgin Mary and their modern admirers by A. V. Sushko

“…The author emphasizes that people who publicly glorify Ukrainian nationalists through an icon are subject to Article 4 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which requires states parties to the Convention to prosecute them.…”
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Children with HIV: A scoping review of auditory processing skills. by Gouwa Dawood, Daleen Klop, Elrietha Olivier, Haley Elliott, Mershen Pillay

“…Three studies reported on localization abilities, while gap detection thresholds, performance on dichotic tasks and speech discrimination scores were reported in one article each. …”
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Reflections of Asabiyyah Effect on Social Differentiation in Social Media: The Case of the July 15th Military Coup Attempt by Mustafa Sami Mencet, Onur Ertürk

“…Findings summarizes factorsthat are threating the social peace and reinforcing discrimination; and furthermore, they show why it isimportant to adopt the Asabiyyah theory to understand such social events.…”
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Counteracting Mobbing in Labor Legal Relations by V. V. Honcharuk

“…It has been offered to consider mobbing as a form of discrimination, which is used as psychological terror by the whole team or its member against an employee. …”
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Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Service Utilization among Pregnant Women in Northeast Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Survey by Betregiorgis Zegeye, Gorems Lemma, Abebe Balcha, Mitku Mammo Taderegew

“…The most frequently mentioned reasons for not utilization of services were fear of stigma and discrimination (42.6%), fear of rejection by partner (19.1%), fear of positive test results (17.0%), lack of awareness (12.7%), and wastage of time (8.5%). …”
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Cultural Aspects of Type-2 Diabetes-related Social Stigma: A Cultural Epidemiological Study among General Community Members in Urban Pune, India by Abhay Machindra Kudale, Mayuri Dnyandeo Ghawat, Akshada Vikram Gopale, Mugdha Sharad Phutane, Saju Joseph

“…The milder stigma for type-2 diabetes was revealed through the preference to hide, problems in arranging marriages, difficulties in ongoing marriages, and discrimination instances at the workplace. Adjusted logistic regression (AOR) across stigma indicators showed a tendency to hide diabetes across marital status (AOR = 8.39) and difficulty forming marriage alliances across religions (AOR = 3.10). …”
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Molecular and Biochemical Characterization of the Greek Pepper ( Capsicum annuum ) Cultivars ‘Florinis’ and ‘Karatzova’ by Niki Mougiou, Foteini Trikka, Sofia Michailidou, Mariana Pantoura, Anagnostis Argiriou

“…The molecular protocol established during this study may successfully discriminate the original ‘Florinis’ cultivar from the ‘Florinis’-type peppers. …”
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A Critical Review of Social Exclusion and Inclusion among Immigrant and Refugee Women by J. Crawford, N. Kapisavanhu, J. Moore, C. Crawford, T. Lundy

“…The first theme considers the causes and outcomes of social exclusion represented as social determinants in the context of settlement and includes social environment, social supports, language ability, discrimination and racism, settlement and identity, income and employment, education and professional credentials, institutions, and government services. …”
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Pervasive systemic disparities: medical-related gaslighting, trauma, and distrust among LGBTQ+ people in the United States by Dustin Z. Nowaskie, Dehandra Blackwood, Frank Garcia

“…IntroductionHistorically, LGBTQ+ people have and continue to endure discrimination across many contexts, including healthcare. …”
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Education of migrant children as a contribution to Russia’s future by A. Kh. Rakhmonov

“…Accordingly, Russia faces a big challenge, led by migrant children, from whom it can get a big contribution in the future, if they get a good education.The main problems faced by migrant children in Russian schools are lack of knowledge of the Russian language, discrimination, refusals of enrolment, etc. The aim of the study is to examine the educational situation of migrant children in Russian schools, as well as their education as a contribution to the future of Russia.…”
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Development and Validation of Analytical Procedure for Elemental Impurities in Rosuvastatin Calcium Tablets by ICP-MS and Microwave Digestion by Yajie Hao, Guang Yin, Xuemei Wang, Juan Fu, Qihui Cao, Qinyong Sun, Guimin Zhang, Zhong Feng

“…The measurement mode was collision cell mode with kinetic energy discrimination (KED). 209Bi+, 115In+, and 89Y+ were chosen as internal standard elements. …”
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Diagnostic Role of Chromosomal Instability in Melanoma by Nitika Dabas, Diana M. Byrnes, Ashley M. Rosa, Mark S. Eller, James M. Grichnik

“…Early diagnosis gives melanoma patients the best chance for long term survival. However discrimination of an early melanoma from an unusual/atypical benign nevus can represent a significant challenge. …”
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Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Mandarin version of the BDDQ-AS for rhinoplasty patients by Wilson A. Wijaya, Yu Liu, Min Zhou, Yong Qing, Zhengyong Li

“…Besides, based on IRT analysis, the discrimination abilities of all the items were good (over 2.0), and their difficulty estimates were reasonable. …”
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