Reflections on the crisis management of selected municipal and city authorities during the coronavirus pandemic by Martin Šikýř, Kateřina Tomešková, Radim Bureš

“…This aim is accomplished through a literature review of public sources and scientific papers on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on public administration, as well as the results of interviews with representatives of the selected authorities. The results confirmed that the selected authorities were able to rapidly overcome the initial lack of relevant information and unpreparedness to implement anti-coronavirus measures and maintain the standard level of public services provided, albeit in a limited capacity. …”
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Treatment of hemorrhoids in a comorbid patient: selection of a preparation of plant origin by E. N. Degovtsov, D. I. Trukhan, L. V. Belkina

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Transmission selects for HIV-1 strains of intermediate virulence: a modelling approach. by George Shirreff, Lorenzo Pellis, Oliver Laeyendecker, Christophe Fraser

“…The maximum likelihood estimates of the parameters produced a model in which SPVL converged from any initial conditions to observed values within 100-150 years of first emergence of HIV-1. …”
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Modeling Porosity Surface of 3D Selective Laser Melting Metal Materials by Matej Babič, Roman Šturm, Teofil-Florin Gălățanu, Ildikó-Renáta Száva, Ioan Száva

“…The most popular method for additively printing metal components is selective laser melting (SLM), which works well for creating working models and prototypes. …”
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Development and Analysis of a Methodology for Selecting Infrastructure Metrics for Predictive Incident Monitoring by Andrew Egorkin

“…Experimental validation was conducted on a 14-day fragment of Prometheus metrics from the industrial cluster of the "Sber Antifraud" system (≈7 billion data points, 1379 initial metrics). The results showed a 43% reduction in the Mean Absolute Error (MAE) of 30-minute CPU utilization forecasts, a 14-fold decrease in input time series, and an 89% reduction in model inference time. …”
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Selective estrogen receptor modulators and aromatase inhibitors in the treatment of functional male hypogonadism by Jakub Wydra, Arnika Wydra, Piotr Kucharczyk, Grzegorz Kapuściński, Wojciech Zgliczyński, Michał Rabijewski

“…This review aims to update information about selective estrogen receptor modulators and aromatase inhibitors in the treatment of functional male hypogonadism.…”
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Selection of brake control valves for brake system of freight car by set of criteria by D. A. Kazarinova, G. V. Gogrichiani

“…Initial data when assigning criteria for the objective selection of the diffuser (a complex device having a mandatory fully determined and specific properties and meet the same specific requirements, including controversial) are applicable regulatory documents, publications, test results and other published materials.…”
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Double Sided Band-pass Frequency Selective Surface Based on Matryoshka Geometry by Marina de O. Alencar, Alfredo G. Neto, Marcos T. de Melo, Amanda G. Barboza

“…Abstract This paper describes the development of a double-sided band-pass frequency selective surface based on Matryoshka geometry, preserving features such as miniaturization, multiband operation and stability of polarization and angle of incidence. …”
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Modal Shapes Selection Criterion for Modal Reconstruction Aimed at Structural Health Monitoring by Gabriele Liuzzo, Miriam Parisi, Pierluigi Fanelli

“…This paper aims to demonstrate the applicability of a modal selection criterion based on strain energy potential for describing static deformations in a commonly used engineering geometry, specifically a circular plate. …”
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An Adaptive View Selection Algorithm for Large-scale Cone-Beam CT Reconstruction by Jingsong Lin, Singanallur Venkatakrishnan, Obaidullah Rahman, Gregery T. Buzzard, Amirkoushyar Ziabari, Charles A. Bouman

“…Our approach strategically selects the most informative views by assessing their alignment with the object’s long edges while ensuring that the selected projections maintain sufficient diversity. …”
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Effects of the German Due Diligence Act on Supplier Selection in the Agri-Food Sector by Jürgen von Heyden, Vicco von Bülow, Sarah Iweala, Achim Spiller

“…This study aims to provide initial insights into how the LkSG affects supplier selection in the agri-food sector. …”
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Determining the importance levels of criteria in selection of sustainable building materials and obstacles in their use by Gülnaz Şengül Güneş, Serkan Yıldız

“…The study revealed the criteria for sustainable material selection and the barriers to sustainable material use in a holistic manner. …”
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A navigation satellite selection algorithm for optimized positioning based on Gibbs sampler by Na Xia, Qinan Zhi, Menghua He, Yunqing Hong, Huazheng Du

“…The group is regarded as an initial combination selection scheme. Then, the geometric dilution of precision is chosen as an objective function to evaluate the scheme’s quality. …”
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Variable selection in omics data: A practical evaluation of small sample sizes. by Alexander Kirpich, Elizabeth A Ainsworth, Jessica M Wedow, Jeremy R B Newman, George Michailidis, Lauren M McIntyre

“…In omics experiments, variable selection involves a large number of metabolites/ genes and a small number of samples (the n < p problem). …”
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Digital vs. Traditional: Selected Views on Creating Optimal Marketing Communication Mix by František Pollák, Peter Markovič, Kristián Kalamen

“…To better examine the selected context, graphical representations of differences based on cluster analysis using the Pearson correlation coefficient were employed. …”
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Gonadotropin dose selection for repeat IVF cycles in POSEIDON Groups 1 and 2 by Hao Wei, JinLiang Duan, SiShi Wang, BaoPing Zhu, HaiLing Jiang

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Surface Characteristics of Selected Wood Species after Treatment with Tannin and Ammonia Vapor by Amin Jorbandian, Amir Ghavidel, Hadi Gholamiyan, Reza Hosseinpourpia

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Effect of selective plasmadsorption on systemic inflammatory response and cytokine levels in obstructed jaundice by А. M. Fomin

“…All patients were exposed to selective plasmadsorption before biliodigistic surgery and twice in the early postoperative period. …”
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Selection of genotypes of Coffea arabica for drought tolerance based on anatomical and physiological characteristics by Cyntia Stephânia dos Santos, Ana Flávia de Freitas, Glauber Henrique Barbosa da Silva, Maria Clara dos Santos Tavares, Milene Alves de Figueiredo Carvalho, Meline de Oliveira Santos, Gladyston Rodrigues Carvalho, Vânia Aparecida Silva

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Sequential selection and calibration of video frames for 3D outdoor scene reconstruction by Weilin Sun, Manyi Li, Peng Li, Xiao Cao, Xiangxu Meng, Lei Meng

“…It divides the scene reconstruction task into three stages: initial prediction, refinement, and fusion stage. …”
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