DVL2024: A Larger Ultra-High-Definition Video Dataset for Perceptual Quality Study by Jiefeng He, Jinchun Yuan, Fengchuang Xing

“…The dataset comprises a diverse collection of 643 4K UHD video sequences, each spanning 10 seconds and captured at a high frame rate of 50 frames per second (fps). The videos are stored in raw 10-bit 4:2:0 YUV format, ensuring their fidelity and authenticity. …”
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Identification of potential accident concentrations due to traffic violations by drivers, taking into account the human factor by I. E. Ilyina, E. E. Vitvitsky, K. A. Perekusikhina, V. I. Rassokha

“…The reason for the high accident rate in motor transport in the vast majority of cases is the violation of traffic rules by drivers of vehicles. …”
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Microstructure and Tribological Properties of Laser Cladding NiCrMo and NiCrBSi Alloy Coatings by CAO Si - long, WANG Ling - qian, ZHOU Jian - song

“…However, a large amount of metal oxides and NiMoO4 complex on the worn surface of NiCrMo alloy coating could form a continuous and compact oxide enamel film, which reduced the friction and wear rate, and thus NiCrMo alloy exhibited better wear resistance at high temperature.…”
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Characterization of a broadly specific cadaverine N-hydroxylase involved in desferrioxamine B biosynthesis in Streptomyces sviceus. by Lesley-Ann Giddings, George T Lountos, Kang Woo Kim, Matthew Brockley, Danielle Needle, Scott Cherry, Joseph E Tropea, David S Waugh

“…This enzyme catalyzes the first committed step in the biosynthesis of desferrioxamine B, a clinical drug used to treat iron overload disorders. …”
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Socio-economic and Geo-Map analysis of the role of reuse and recycling management in reducing daily waste production by A. Ratnadewati, E. Gravitiani, N. Widiastuti

“…One of the factors that caused the high rate of waste production is the quality of the population, the existing condition of the community, the population, and environmental management, especially waste. …”
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Evaluation of Radiological Risks From Radionuclides in Fish and Sediment of Eleyele Reservoir, Ibadan, Nigeria by James Silo Sunday, Akindayo Abiodun Sowunmi, Idowu Richard Akomolafe, Nnamdi Norbert Jibiri

“…The average activity concentrations for 40 K, 226 Ra and 232 Th in the sediment samples were found to be 597.75 ± 27.50, 40.66 ± 5.75 and 261.84 ± 5.75 Bq kg −1 , respectively, for the upstream and 114.92 ± 5.96, 16.11 ± 2.29 and 81.48 ± 2.29 Bq kg −1 , for the downstream; while 0.22 mSv/year was calculated for the annual effective dose. The absorbed dose rate has an overall mean of 181 nGy/h, which is significantly higher than the global average value of 59 nGy/h. …”
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Environmental Sustainability, Value Re-Orientation as Panacea to Gender-Based Violence and Culture of Silence Among Adolescent Girls by Florence Adeoti Yusuf, Adesile Moshood Imran, Peter Sanjo Adewale

“…Results show that the girl child is highly vulnerable to GBV while urban-rural divide and religious demographics influence rate of GBV. Environmental stressors, power imbalances, gender inequalities and social norms were identified as major causes of GBV that result in physical, reproductive, and mental health consequences for victims. …”
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Sentiment Analysis of Pro-Israel Product Boycott Action Using IndoBERT Method on Unbalanced Data by Auliana Rizky Puspita Dewi, Slamet Riyadi, Cahya Darmajati, Nor Ashidi Mat Isa, Annisa Divayu Andriyani

“…A boycott was an act taken to stop the purchase or use of a particular product or service as a form of public protest against a particular company or group committing a deviation. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which had been ongoing since 1948, peaked in October 2023 and had claimed more than 35,000 Palestinian lives. …”
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Factors influencing uptake of COVID-19 diagnostics in Sub-Saharan Africa: a rapid scoping review. by Mackwellings Maganizo Phiri, Yasmin Dunkley, Elizabeth Di Giacomo, Wezzie Lora, Moses Kumwenda, Itai Kabonga, Elvis Isere, John Bimba, Euphemia Sibanda, Augustine Choko, Karin Hatzold, Liz Corbett, Nicola Desmond

“…Low testing frequency led to low-rate assumptions, which in turn generated denial and othering narratives. …”
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Employee Motivation and Job Performance in the Public Service of Uganda: The Case of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions by Batson, Baguma

“…The study recommends that the ODPP needs to consider practical measures to improve on the motivation of its employees and enhance performance through Salary policy review for overtime rate for all employees; there is a need for a workload and job description review. …”
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COVID-19 – if the cure is worse than the disease. The Italian chaos by Giuseppe FERRARI

“…It is clear that although also young people can be severely infected by the virus, the mortality rate is higher among the elderly and often worsen by risk factors like hypertension and obesity. …”

Estimating induced abortion incidence and the use of non-recommended abortion methods and sources in two provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa and Kongo Centr... by Pierre Akilimali, Caroline Moreau, Meagan Byrne, Dynah Kayembe, Elizabeth Larson, Suzanne O. Bell

“…The fully adjusted one-year friend abortion rate was 105.3 per 1000 women of reproductive age in Kinshasa and 44.3 per 1000 in Kongo Central in 2021; these were substantially higher than corresponding respondent estimates. …”
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Public opinion on civil war in the USA as of mid-2024: findings from a nationally representative survey by Garen J. Wintemute, Yueju Li, Mona A. Wright, Andrew Crawford, Elizabeth A. Tomsich

“…Results The Wave 3 completion rate was 88.4% overall and 91.6% for respondents to Waves 1 and 2; there were 8185 respondents in the analytic sample. …”
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Withholding diagnostic and prognostic information from patients in Pakistan: ethical and cultural perspectives by Muhammad Osama Bhatti, Ameer Hamza, Noor Ul Eman

“…A significant portion of Pakistan's population—about 61%—resides in rural areas, where the literacy rate is approximately 59% [2,3]. Additionally, socio-economic factors play a major role, with over 37% of the population living below the poverty line [1]. …”
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Reconstruction of Maqâshid al-Syarî`ah As an Approach to Constitutional Law in Overcoming Crime in Indonesia by Sudirman Suparmin, Ramadani Ramadani

“…In Indonesia, the crime rate still reaches 1.01% in 2020, but crime still exists and is a state concern. …”
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PASTA kinase signaling regulates peptidoglycan synthesis in Enterococcus faecalis by direct inhibition of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 1-carboxyvinyl transferase activity by Carly A. Mascari, Dušanka Djorić, Christopher J. Kristich

“…ABSTRACT Proper control of bacterial peptidoglycan (PG) synthesis is critical to balance growth, cell division, and stress responses with other energetic needs of the cell. The first committed step of the PG biosynthetic pathway is catalyzed by UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 1-carboxyvinyl transferases (UNAG-CTases). …”
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Hubungan Pelaksanaan Strategi Directly Observed Treatment Short Course dengan Hasil Pengobatan Tuberkulosis Paru Puskesmas Padang Pasir Kota Padang 2011-2013 by Nurmadya ., Irvan Medison, Hafni Bachtiar

“…InTB controlefforts, Indonesia hasadopted theDOTS strategysince 1995.Based on the annual report of Padang City Health Department in 2011, the treatment success rate in Padang Pasir Health Center is 71.43% and this figure has not reached the national target. …”
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IN VITRO ACTIVATION OF EARLY-STAGE APOPTOSIS OF T LYMPHOCYTES BY TRANSFERRING APOPTOTIC AUTOLOGOUS CELL CULTURE COMPONENTS IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS by T. Ya. Abramova, V. A. Tsura, E. A. Blinova, A. Yu. Morenkova, V. A. Kozlov

“…., an excessive accumulation of cells in conjunction with a depleted medium leads to cellular excess, thus causing effect of cells already committed to apoptosis upon surrounding cells, by morphogenetic damage due to mechanical forces. …”
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Do Environmental Tax and Energy Matter for Environmental Degradation in the UK? Evidence from Novel Fourier-Based Estimators by Kwaku Addai, Souha Hanna Al Geitany, Seyed Alireza Athari, Panteha Farmanesh, Dervis Kirikkaleli, Chafic Saliba

“…Assuming that the UK emissions unceasingly decline at a given rate annually towards achieving net zero by 2050, its economy would need to ensure a reduction of 105 MtCO2 per year of its emissions from the current 2021 levels. …”
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The Monitoring of European Territorial Cooperation Projects in Italy: Critical Aspects and Innovative Solutions by Viviana Russo, Filippo La Vecchia, Agostina Rita Rocca, Simona Trento, Paolo Galletta

“…In 2018, the number of approved projects raised up to 1.100 and the level of expenditure commitments grew to the percentage of 66%. What it is of absolute interest is the participation rate of Italian partners to ETC projects. …”
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