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A content-aware quantisation mechanism for transform domain distributed video coding [PDF]
, 2018 The discrete cosine transform (DCT) is widely applied in modern codecs to remove spatial redundancies, with the resulting DCT coefficients being quantised to achieve compression as well as bit-rate control. In distributed video coding (DVC) architectures
Dooley, Laurence S. +2 more
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Transcultural adaptation of the children's anxiety questionnaire in Brazil
Nursing Open, 2021 Aim To describe the transcultural adaptation process of the Children's Anxiety Questionnaire (CAQ) for the Brazilian culture. Design This is a methodological study of cross‐cultural adaptation.
Josiane Ramos Garcia Rodrigues +5 more
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Modeling desorption kinetics of a persistent organic pollutant from field aged sediment using a bi-disperse particle size distribution [PDF]
, 2010 Purpose With the predicted climate change, it is expected that the chances of river flooding increase. During flood events, sediments will resuspend and when sediments are polluted, contaminants can be transferred to the surrounding water.
Bruning, H. +3 more
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The factor structure of the cardiac anxiety questionnaire, and validation in a post-MI population
BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2022 Background CVD-patients with higher levels of cardiac anxiety suffer psychologically, as well as being at increased risk for cardiac morbidity and mortality. Therefore it is important to be able to assess CA in a clinical setting.
Philip Leissner +3 more
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Spectral analysis of the Gram matrix of mixture models [PDF]
, 2016 This text is devoted to the asymptotic study of some spectral properties of the Gram matrix $W^{\sf T} W$ built upon a collection $w_1, \ldots, w_n\in \mathbb{R}^p$ of random vectors (the columns of $W$), as both the number $n$ of observations and the ...
Benaych-Georges, Florent +1 more
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FINANCIAMENTO DA ESCOLA PÚBLICA DE EDUCAÇÃO BÁSICA: A PROPOSTA DO SIMULADOR DE CUSTO-ALUNO QUALIDADE [PDF]
Educação & Sociedade, 2019 RESUMO: Este artigo apresenta o Simulador de Custo-Aluno Qualidade (SimCAQ) como instrumento de planejamento orçamentário, articulando tal discussão ao custo do financiamento da educação em condições de qualidade no Brasil.
Thiago alves +3 more
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中西医结合护理, 2021 Objective To investigate the pregnant women's fear of childbirth and its influencing factors, and analyze the relationship between fear of childbirth and social support. Methods A convenient sample of 101 pregnant women were recruited and investigated by
JIN Zijun (靳紫君) +4 more
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The Pan African Medical Journal, 2018 INTRODUCTION: cette étude visait à évaluer la performance du système de gestion logistique (SGL) des intrants de lutte contre le paludisme (ILP) dans le Département du Littoral, au Bénin, en 2017.Méthodes: il s’agissait d’une étude transversale ...
Abdou-Rahim Ouro-Koura +6 more
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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2020 Background Psychological flexibility is considered a fundamental aspect of health. It includes six interrelated facets: 1) cognitive defusion, 2) acceptance, 3) contact with the present moment, 4) self-as-context, 5) values, and 6) committed action.
Yannik Terhorst +3 more
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Genetic Architecture and Signatures of Selection in the Caqueteño Creole (Colombian Native Cattle)
Diversity, 2022 Evolutionary mechanisms have shaped the genomic architecture of Colombian Creole cattle breeds. The mating and selection processes have impacted several traits, promoting differences within and between populations.
Alejandra M. Toro-Ospina +6 more
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