(1) Background: Let the continuous parameter 7A X be a proxy variable for the outcome of an intervention R.Quasi-experimental studies are designed to evaluate the effect of R over X when forming a randomized control group (without the intervention) is impractical or/and unethical.The most popular quasi-experimental design, the difference-in-differe
The Scandinavian activity in Russia during the Viking Age has left traces in both the archaeological and the written material.In the 13th century Russian annals, "The Primary Chronicle", a story is told ofhow Eyeshadow Brushes "Varangians from beyond the sea" founded the first Russian realm.The Varangians have been interpreted as Scandinavians, and
Abstract Objectives The aims of this study are to better understand phenotypic differences between male and female rats during sepsis, to characterise the contribution of the beta1-adrenergic blocker landiolol to septic cardiomyopathy and to determine why landiolol induces divergent effects in males and females.Methods The myocardial transcriptiona
The application of the combination of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and artificial intelligence is a hot topic in the intelligent inspection of substations, and meter reading is a very challenging task.This paper proposes a method based on the combination of YOLOv6n object detection and Deeplabv3[Formula: see text] image segmentation and performs