Analysis of factors influencing hookwire dislodgement in CT-guided hookwire localization: a retrospective study using variable importance analysis with a random forest model by Kiook Baek, Jin Young Kim, Jung Hee Hong

“…Computed tomography (CT)-guided hookwire localization promotes the success rates of VATS, but faces issues with hookwire dislodgement, potentially losing intraoperative tumor reference. …”
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Village Tourism: From Vector for Local Sustainable Development to Victim of its Own Success by Ilaria Marotta, Salvatore Monaco, Marina Novelli

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Erratum: Role of scintimammography in assessing the response of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced breast cancer

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Géopolitique africaine et rébellions touarègues. Approches locales, approches globales (1960-2011) by Pierre Boilley

“…By analyzing the facts we were able to place these realities back in their contexts and better understand the progress and failures of these struggles. Local approaches must give way to comprehensive approaches.…”
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Editorial: Education 2030 & Adult Learning: Global Perspectives and Local Communities – Bridges or Gaps? by Rob Evans

“…This thematic issue of Studies in Adult Education and Learning was born out of the work done at the 10th Conference of the ESREA Research Network Between Global and Local: Adult Learning and Communities (BGL-ALC) which was held in Opatija in Croatia, from the 7th to the 10th of June 2018, organised by the Adult Education Institution DANTE (Ustanova za obrazovanje odraslih), an institution with vigorous roots in local and regional educational networks and active at a European level in numerous EU projects and cooperative efforts. …”
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Sampled-Data-Based Local Stability of Neutral Time-Delay Systems With Actuator Saturation by Dapeng Li, Shuiqing Ye, Chao Ge

“…In this work, the local stability issue of neutral delay system with actuator saturation under sampled-data controller is studied. …”
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Attitudes and Perceptions of Agricultural Water Use in Florida Expressed by the General Public and Local Officials by Courtney T. Owens, Alexa J. Lamm, Ricky W. Telg

“…This 4-page fact sheet discusses the media’s influence on perceptions of agricultural water use, the measurement of attitudes and perception towards agricultural water use, and ways to educate the general public and local officials on this issue. Written by Courtney T. …”
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Local/global non-intrusive coupling strategy for robust design: a first attempt by Léa Karaouni, Ludovic Chamoin, Olivier Allix, Stéphane Guinard

“…The objective is to propagate uncertainties from the local to the global scale using non-intrusive techniques, in order to estimate how local variabilities impact global quantities. …”
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The diversity of local political agendas during COVID-19: A comparison of Mexican states by Enrique García-Tejeda, Juan Guillermo Vieira-Silva

“…The Mexican case allows us to analyze recent hypotheses of comparative studies on this issue, which propose that the size of the population and the scale and socioeconomic structure of the administrations may be factors that explain the scope and diversity of local agendas. …”
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Hydrogel local drug delivery systems for postsurgical management of tumors: Status Quo and perspectives by Ziqiao Zhong, Lu Gan, Ziyi Feng, Wenhao Wang, Xin Pan, Chuanbin Wu, Ying Huang

“…However, the incomplete resection of tumor cells and the immunosuppressive microenvironment make the issue of postsurgical tumor recurrence a great challenge. …”
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Application of Generative Adversarial Networks Based on Global and Local Feature Information in Hippocampus Segmentation by WEI Zhihong, KONG Xudong, KONG Yan, YAN Shiju, DING Yang, WEI Xianding, KONG Dong, YANG Bo

“…Due to the complex structure and small size of the hippocampus, precise segmentation of the hippocampus remains challenging. To address this issue, this study proposes a generative adversarial network (GAN) based on global and local feature information (GLGAN) for hippocampus segmentation. …”
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MapAgora, civic opportunity datasets for the study of American local politics and public policy by Jae Yeon Kim, Milan de Vries, Hahrie Han

“…These datasets offer new tools for understanding civic infrastructure, local democracy, and public policy.…”
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Improving Search Accuracy in Large-Scale Biased Multiobjective Optimization Through Local Search by Feng Yin, Bin Cao

“…Abstract Biased multiobjective optimization problems pose a challenge for evolutionary algorithms in obtaining high-accuracy solutions, and as the number of decision variables increases, this challenge becomes increasingly difficult to overcome. To address this issue, we propose a three-particle-based local search method (TPS) for multiobjective evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs). …”
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DIFFICULTIES OF TUBERCULOSIS DETECTION BY A LOCAL PHISICIAN IN THE PERIOD OF THE EPIDEMIC OF INFLUENZA (CLINICAL CASE) by E. A. Borodulina, A. T. Inkova, E. V. Borodulina, P. M. Zelter, T. N. Matkina

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Methods for stunting education in impoverished rural areas using illustrated modules in local languages by Cashtri Meher, Fotarisman Zaluchu

“…This paper presents a novel approach to addressing the challenge of stunting in impoverished rural areas of North Sumatra, Indonesia, through the use of illustrated educational modules in the local Nias language. Stunting, a significant health issue affecting young children's physical and cognitive development, is prevalent in these communities. …”
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Image Retrieval Using Low Level and Local Features Contents: A Comprehensive Review by Jaya H. Dewan, Sudeep D. Thepade

“…The explosive increase in multimedia data, especially images and videos, has created an issue of searching and retrieving the relevant data from the archive collection. …”
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Desafiando los peligros de la democracia: repertorios prefigurativos a nivel local by Gaard Kets, Juan Mérida

“…Ante esta situación, el siguiente special issue propone la prefiguración política local como un tipo de repertorio democrático que permite actuar en el presente para imaginar sociedades del mañana. …”
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A Unified Deep-Domain Adaptation Framework: Advancing Feature Separability and Local Alignment by Pranav Kumar, Jimson Mathew, Rakesh Kumar Sanodiya, Avinash Kumar Chouhan, Rahul Reddy Bukkasamudram, Chandra Sai Teja Adhikarla

“…Aligning the source and target domains is a solution, but due to alignment, the intrinsic properties of the data may be altered. To address this issue of domain shift, we introduce a novel method, called “A Unified Deep-Domain Adaptation Framework: Advancing Feature Separability and Local Alignment” (DDASLA) that incorporates an attention mechanism into the ResNet18 model to improve its feature extraction capability. …”
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Local Turbulent Energy Dissipation Rate in a Vessel Agitated by a Rushton Turbine by Šulc Radek, Pešava Vít, Ditl Pavel

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Transformative Local Governments: Addressing Social Urban Challenges by Bringing People and Politics Together by Jua Cilliers, Ana Maria Vargas Falla, Gareth Wall, Paula Barros

“…Through innovative case study analyses from around the world, the 12 contributions in this thematic issue delve into the multifaceted ways in which local governments can bridge the gap between people and politics, offering innovative perspectives on participatory governance, co-creation, and collaborative decision-making for inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable cities. …”
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