Trends in international human rights law have challenged States globally to rethink involuntary mental health interventions from a non-discrimination perspective. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in part...
Background/Objectives: Adolescence is a critical period for the early detection of metabolic syndrome (MetS), a condition that increases the risk of cardiometabolic diseases in adulthood. Timely identification of at-risk adolescents enables targeted...
1 January 2016
How the law can discriminate unfairly against subjects suffering from mental illness, as illustrated by the legal system from England and Wales Conventional mental health legislation, England and Wales being an example, discriminates against people w...
As CNNs have a strong capacity to learn discriminative facial features, CNNs have greatly promoted the development of face recognition, where the loss function plays a key role in this process. Nonetheless, most of the existing loss functions do not...
Previous reports on phytochemicals in green tea (GT) and processed teas mainly focused on more representative compounds such as catechins. Here, we focus on the insignificantly studied non-catechin components in tea extracts, and explore the multivar...
Tea (Camellia sinensis L.) is a traditional plant and consumed as a beverage or medicinal drink. Camellia sinensis teas exhibit in vitro xanthine oxidase (XOD) inhibitory activity. The total phenols, total flavonoids, antioxidant capacity, and inhibi...
Functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is increasingly used for investigating cognitive processes. To provide converging evidence for the validity of fNIRS recordings in cognitive neuroscience, we investigated functional activation in the fron...
The aim here was to explore the potential of visible and near-infrared (Vis/NIR) hyperspectral imaging (400–1000 nm) to classify fresh chicken breast fillets into different water-holding capacity (WHC) groups. Initially, the extracted spectra and ima...
The Children’s Communication Checklist (CCC-2) has demonstrated its usefulness as an instrument to assess discrepancies between the use of structural dimensions of language and the pragmatic and sociointeractive uses of language. The aims of the pres...
Oxidative stress (OS) and inflammation are common causes of male infertility; antioxidants in spermatozoa and especially in seminal plasma play a protective role. The study aims to evaluate whether OS lipid mediators (F2-isoprostanes: F2-IsoPs; Resol...
This study, conducted over two consecutive seasons (2018–2019), evaluates the yield and fruit physico-chemical traits of five commercial cultivars (‘Mollar’, ‘Dente di Cavallo’, ‘Acco’, ‘Jolly red&rsquo...
We consider a basic joint communication and sensing setup comprising a transmitter, a receiver and a sensor. The transmitter sends a codeword to the receiver through a discrete memoryless channel, and the receiver is interested in decoding the transm...
The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that both the winter triticale genotype and salinity treatment influence the photosynthesis efficiency and content of metabolites and proteins, including antioxidant enzymes, under field conditions, as...
24 June 2021
The purpose of this study was to analyze the changes in visual functions under the effects of moderate–high breath alcohol concentrations (BrACs), and the influence of biological sex on visual deterioration, considering different factors. A total of...
Advancements in techniques to rapidly and non-destructively detect the impact of tropospheric ozone (O3) on crops are required. This study demonstrates the capability of full-range (350–2500 nm) reflectance spectroscopy to characterize response...
Traditional Romanian Pălincă is a protected fruit spirit obtained from fermented fruit matrices, whereas honey- and botanical-enriched Pălincă-based beverages require integrated compositional and technological characterization. Th...
To address the conceptual ambiguity surrounding climate carrying capacity and the lack of a unified quantitative assessment method, here we integrate existing concepts and propose a comprehensive evaluation framework for climate carrying capacity, em...
Beer has been highly appreciated due to its phenolic composition and antioxidant capacity conjugated with its low alcohol content. Although some studies exist regarding the phenolic composition and antioxidant capacities of beers, there are no studie...
Once believed to be a human prerogative, the capacity to discriminate between quantities now has also been reported in several vertebrates. To date, only two studies investigated numerical abilities in horses (Equus caballus) but reported contrasting...
There is a debate if electricity markets on the basis of energy-only markets ensure a sufficient generation capacity. Various capacity mechanisms are discussed to tackle this potential problem. Capacity auctions with reliability options are seen as o...
Background: Childhood obesity is a global issue, influenced by energy-dense foods and powerful cues that affect brain areas regulating food intake. The olfactory system, linked to food preferences and consumption, is inversely related to body mass in...
The aim of this work was to characterize the pistachio oil of the Greek variety, “Aegina”, evaluate its various quality indices, and investigate the potential use of FTIR as a tool to discriminate different oil qualities. For this purpose...
Spatial variability of crop growth and yields is the result of many interacting factors. The contribution of the factors to variable yields is often difficult to separate. This work studied the relationships between the 13C discrimination (Δ13C...
Background/Objectives: The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) and SpineSageTM risk calculators are automated online tools to predict short-term complications for surgical procedures. The objective o...
Wine quality is determined by the particular yeast strains prevailing at various stages of fermentation. Therefore, the ability to make an easy, fast, and unambiguous discrimination of yeasts at the strain level is of great importance. Here, the tand...
Several studies have investigated the capacity of ATR-FTIR spectroscopy for fungal species discrimination. However, preparation methods vary among studies. This study aims to ascertain the effect of sample preparation on the discriminatory capacity o...
Background: A prompt and accurate diagnosis of developmental defects of enamel (DDE) is mandatory for proper treatment management. This cross-sectional survey, designed and carried out using anonymous self-administered questionnaires, aimed to assess...
Brazilian stingless bee species produce honey with distinct physicochemical and bioactive properties shaped by environmental factors. This study investigated the effects of the rainy and dry seasons on the physicochemical characteristics, chemical fi...
Objectives: The objective of this study was to develop and validate the short version of The Joint Assessment of Equilibrium and Neuromotor Status Scale (JAEN scale) for use in women with Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) to make the balance disorder measu...
Background: The process of talent identification in ice hockey occurs during middle adolescence when players are selected to participate in “off-season” evaluation camps, where coaches observe their fitness levels and status of developmen...
Today, the palindromic analysis of biological sequences, based exclusively on the study of “mirror” symmetry properties, is almost unavoidable. However, other types of symmetry, such as those present in friezes, could allow us to analyze...
Exercise capacity is an important component of risk assessment for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). We investigated the association of the Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) with peak oxygen consumption (peakVO2) and explored whether the DASI ca...
One-hundred and seven different volatile compounds were identified in the samples of Arctostaphylos uva-ursi collected from nine locations in Spain. This plant is commonly brewed and used as tea. Volatile compounds profile was detected using solid-ph...
The effects of hesperidin and different casings on pH, moisture content, water-holding capacity, and total viable count (TVC) of sausages stored for 171 days were evaluated by principal component analysis (PCA) and discriminant analysis (DA). Sausage...
Antioxidant capacity and sensory analysis of olive oils of different quality grades (Extra virgin, Virgin, Ordinary and Lampante) were investigated to define their possible differences useful for quality discrimination. Total phenolic content discrim...
This study evaluates the factors associated with municipal solid waste management performance under a circular economy approach in the municipalities of Cajamarca, Peru. A hybrid analytical design was applied to 120 municipal observations, combining...
For the discrimination of false targets, the discrimination probability can be improved by increasing the number of radar stations. However, that may result in a serious waste of equipment resources when too many radars are involved. An asymptotic su...
Raman spectroscopy recently proved a tremendous capacity to identify disease-specific markers in various (bio)samples being a non-invasive, rapid, and reliable method for cancer detection. In this study, we first aimed to record vibrational spectra o...
The sensor selection problem was investigated for the application of classification of a set of ginsengs using a metal-oxide sensor-based homemade electronic nose with linear discriminant analysis. Samples (315) were measured for nine kinds of ginsen...
6 August 2021
Mixed states are highly prevalent in patients with bipolar disorder and require comprehensive scales. Considering this, the current study aims to develop a measure to assess the full spectrum of clinical manifestations of bipolar disorder. A sample o...
Honey is a very appreciated product for its nutritional characteristics and its benefits for human health, comprising antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antifungal, and antibacterial activities. These attributes depend on the specific composition of eac...
It is a challenge to manage and assess heart failure with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (HFpEF) patients. Six-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) is used in this clinical population as a functional test. The objective of the study was to assess ga...
Magnolia officinalis Rehd. et Wils. and Magnolia officinalis Rehd. et Wils. var. biloba Rehd. et Wils, as the legal botanical origins of Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex, are almost impossible to distinguish according to their appearance traits with resp...
In recent years pollution due to hydrocarbon spills has increased markedly as a result of the numerous advances in technologies and industrial processes. Anthropogenic activities (accidental or illegal) are responsible for most of these incidents. In...
To clarify the potential failure modes of reinforced concrete (RC) beams under impact and understand their impact resistance safety, a comprehensive study was conducted by focusing on the failure mode discrimination and failure probability of RC beam...
Paediatric glaucoma leads to a decreased thickness of the peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer (pRNFL) and of the macula. These changes can be precisely quantified using spectral domain-optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). Despite abundant repor...
A selective fault clearing scheme is proposed for a hybrid voltage source converter (VSC)-line commutated converter (LCC) multi-terminal high voltage direct current (HVdc) transmission structure in which two small capacity VSC stations tap into the m...
26 January 2022
Evidence from several longitudinal studies has established the relevance of the approach of evolutionary criminology to understanding and intervening with adolescent criminal offenders, seeking to halt the criminal behavior before its potential conso...
The aim of this research is to find out what type of task interdependence is generated in work teams in university contexts and to analyze the capacity to discriminate the type of task interdependence of some of the variables that are decisive for th...
Optical “fingerprints” are widely used for chemometrics-assisted recognition of samples of different types. An emerging trend in this area is the transition from obtaining “static” spectral data to reactions analyzed over time...
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