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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessComputer Science

Augmenting Immersive Telepresence Experience with a Virtual Body

Nikunj Arora, Markku Suomalainen, Matti Pouke et al. · 2022 · arXiv

We propose augmenting immersive telepresence by adding a virtual body, representing the user's own arm motions, as realized through a head-mounted display and a 360-degree camera. Previous research has shown the effectiveness of having a virtual body in simulated environments; however, research on whether seeing one's own virtual arms increases presence or preference for the user in an immersive telepresence setup is limited. We conducted a study where a host introduced a research lab while participants wore a head-mounted display which allowed them to be telepresent at the host's physical loc

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Can Large Language Models (LLMs) Describe Pictures Like Children? A Comparative Corpus Study

Hanna Woloszyn, Benjamin Gagl · 2025 · arXiv

The role of large language models (LLMs) in education is increasing, yet little attention has been paid to whether LLM-generated text resembles child language. This study evaluates how LLMs replicate child-like language by comparing LLM-generated texts to a collection of German children's descriptions of picture stories. We generated two LLM-based corpora using the same picture stories and two prompt types: zero-shot and few-shot prompts specifying a general age from the children corpus. We conducted a comparative analysis across psycholinguistic text properties, including word frequency, lexi

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No significant difference in risk of prolonged opioid use following outpatient versus inpatient total shoulder arthroplasty: A propensity matched analysis

Michelle Xiao, Daniel M Curtis, Emilie V Cheung et al. · 2021 · Shoulder & Elbow

Background The purpose of this investigation was to compare rates of filled opioid prescriptions and prolonged opioid use in opioid naïve patients undergoing total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) in inpatient versus outpatient settings.…

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A Robot by Any Other Frame: Framing and Behaviour Influence Mind Perception in Virtual but not Real-World Environments

Sebastian Wallkotter, Rebecca Stower, Arvid Kappas et al. · 2020 · arXiv

Mind perception in robots has been an understudied construct in human-robot interaction (HRI) compared to similar concepts such as anthropomorphism and the intentional stance. In a series of three experiments, we identify two factors that could potentially influence mind perception and moral concern in robots: how the robot is introduced (framing), and how the robot acts (social behaviour). In the first two online experiments, we show that both framing and behaviour independently influence participants' mind perception. However, when we combined both variables in the following real-world exper

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(065) Intraoperative Comparison of Bioflex With Hydrophilic Coating Versus Silicon / Mesh With Antibiotic Coating Cylinders in Inflatable Penile Prosthesis Replacement Surgery: Significant Difference in O.R. Time, Need for Advance Reconstruction and EBL

G Henry, S Pringle, R Griggs et al. · 2025 · The Journal of Sexual Medicine

Abstract Introduction Surgical replacement of an Inflatable Penile Prosthesis (IPP) carries a much higher risk of complications, especially infection, compared to the primary implantation. A fibrous tissue capsule forms around each implant…

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Time to adjust: Improving replicability in experimental psychology by adjustment for evident selective inference

Yoav Zeevi, Sofi Astashenko, Liad Mudrik et al. · 2020 · arXiv

The field of psychological sciences has been grappling with the replicability crisis. Various issues have been identified as potential sources of this problem. We bring to light a potential source that has largely been overlooked and demonstrate its significant contribution to the problem: the practice of multiple comparisons. We analyzed 88 papers from the Reproducibility Project in Psychology and found that multiple results are commonly reported in a single paper, ranging from 4 to 730 (M=77.7), without multiple comparison adjustments. We retroactively applied such an adjustment using a hier

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessEconomics, Econometrics and Finance

Affine term structure models : a time-changed approach with perfect fit to market curves

Cheikh Mbaye, Frédéric Vrins · 2019 · arXiv

We address the so-called calibration problem which consists of fitting in a tractable way a given model to a specified term structure like, e.g., yield or default probability curves. Time-homogeneous jump-diffusions like Vasicek or Cox-Ingersoll-Ross (possibly coupled with compounded Poisson jumps, JCIR), are tractable processes but have limited flexibility; they fail to replicate actual market curves. The deterministic shift extension of the latter (Hull-White or JCIR++) is a simple but yet efficient solution that is widely used by both academics and practitioners. However, the shift approach

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THE POSITIONAL RELEASE TECHNIQUE AND INFRARED INTERVENTION HAS NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE AS CONTRACT RELAX STRETCHING AND INFRARED INTERVENTION TO REDUCE PAIN IN HEADACHE DUE TO UPPER TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE TENSION ON EMPLOYEES

Made Kristira Yanti, Ni Luh Nopi Andayani, I Putu Adiartha Griadhi · 2018 · Majalah Ilmiah Fisioterapi Indonesia

ABSTRACTHeadache can be caused by increased tension in upper trapezius muscle. This headache is characterized bytrigger point and upper trapezius muscle tautband. The purpose of this study was to compare the positional releasetechnique and…

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(159) Intraoperative Comparison of Bioflex with Hydrophilic Coating Versus Silicon/Mesh with Antibiotic Coating Cylinders in Inflatable Penile Prosthesis Replacement Surgery: Significant Difference in O.R. Time, Need for Advance Reconstruction and EBL

G Henry, S Pringle, R Griggs et al. · 2026 · The Journal of Sexual Medicine

Abstract Introduction Surgical replacement of an Inflatable Penile Prosthesis (IPP) carries a much higher risk of complications, especially infection, compared to the primary implantation. A fibrous tissue capsule forms around each implant…

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COVID-19 significant effect on global international economic relations

Tariro Portia Tendengu, Fadzai Mahere · 2021 · International Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing Practice

The purpose of this paper is to reach the augment of COVID-19 effects on international economic relations. The globe has become a cohesive economic community with interdependence being fuelled by rising economies and the need to exchange…

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STUDY OF SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE CONSIDERING PERSONAL TUITION AND PARENTAL CARE IN RELATION TO ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS ENGLISH AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY STUDENTS

Wangnen Lampa, Geyin Boli, Boa Reena Tok · 2024 · GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS

The present study focuses on nding out how senior secondary students of Tirap district, Arunachal Pradesh, India are performing in English and to nd out the signicant difference in the attitude and achievement levels of these students…

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FP10.6 Hip Arthroscopy for Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome Demonstrates Significant Improvements in Patient-Reported Outcomes with No Difference in Reoperation Rates in Patients Over 50-Years Old at Minimum 10-Year Follow-Up

Larry Chen, Emily Berzolla, Griffith Gosnell et al. · 2025 · Journal of Hip Preservation Surgery

Abstract Background While hip arthroscopy (HA) has improved outcomes in femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS), advanced age has been considered a negative predictor of outcomes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate long-term…

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Significant Vertical Difference in Aerosol Chemistry Within Urban Boundary Layer Triggered by Cold‐Air Pool: Insights From Simultaneous Mountain‐Valley Measurements

Xinghua Zhang, Jianzhong Xu, Chongshui Gong et al. · 2025 · Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Abstract Valley‐basin terrains represent one of Earth's most prominent landforms and host numerous urban settlements. However, these topographically constrained regions frequently experience severe winter aerosol pollution. One critical…

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Clinical Implications of ChatGPT-assisted Multimodal Pre-operative Assessment in Elderly Pertrochanteric Fracture Patients: An Exploratory Study.

Noda, Takahara, Hayashi et al. · 2026 · Journal of orthopaedic case reports

Given the high mortality associated with femoral trochanteric fractures, reliable pre-operative estimation of post-operative death risk is essential. Commonly used scoring systems demonstrate only moderate predictive ability, largely…

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Influence of significant difference in diameters of ureters on the possibility and effectiveness of ureteroureterostomy in the treatment of obstructive uropathies of the duplicated kidney

Iliya M. Kagantsov, Evgeniya A. Kondrateva, Svetlana A. Karavaeva et al. · 2024 · Urology reports (St. - Petersburg)

BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic ureteroureterostomy is increasingly used as a surgical correction method for obstructive uropathies of the duplicated kidney. A complicating factor for this technique may be a significant difference between the…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessComputer Science

Searching for dynamical fermion effects in UKQCD simulations

Chris Allton · 2001 · arXiv

We present recent results from the UKQCD collaboration's dynamical QCD simulations. This data has fixed lattice spacing but varying dynamical quark mass. We concentrate on searching for an unquenching signal in the mesonic mass spectrum where we do not find a significant effect at the quark masses considered.

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Is There a Significant Difference in Acute Kidney Injury Incidence Among Patients Treated with Vancomycin Combined with Cefepime or Meropenem?

W Cliff Rutter, David S Burgess · 2017 · Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Abstract Background Acute kidney injuries (AKIs) are common among patients receiving concomitant vancomycin (VAN) and piperacillin-tazobactam, especially compared with cefepime (FEP) with vancomycin. It is unknown if there is a significant…

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Deleuze and New Materialism

A. Janae Sholtz · 2025 · Philosophy Today

Deleuze and Guattari provide a sophisticated account of ontological relationality, many facets of which have been annexed into new materialist theory. It is worth asking how this happens and with what degree of accuracy. Deleuze’s…

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“Scratch a Russian, Find a Turk”

Charles J. Halperin · 2018 · Russian History

In this first-rate monograph, Cornelia Soldat confirms earlier impressionistic assertions that the portrayal of Ivan iv as a tyrant and the Muscovites as barbarians in German-language pamphlets (Flugschriften) written as propaganda during…

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