Effects of Dual-Site Anodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Attention, Decision-Making, and Working Memory during Sports Fatigue in Elite Soccer Athletes by Fengxue Qi, Na Zhang, Michael A. Nitsche, Longyan Yi, Yingqiu Zhang, Tian Yue

“…This study investigated the effect of dual-site tDCS targeting the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) or primary motor cortex (M1) on attention, decision-making, and working memory in elite soccer athletes during sports fatigue. …”
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A Data-Driven Method for Supporting Self-Adapt Large-Scale Group Decision-Making: A Case Study on Resilient Design of Firm’s Product by Houxue Xia, Mingwei Liu, Jingyao Jiao, Huagang Tong, Haifeng Zhang

“…Large-scale group decision-making (LSGDM) has emerged as a prominent research area in various domains, such as high technology and complex engineering problems. …”
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A multi-attribute decision-making context for hospital site evaluation using distance measures under complex picture fuzzy soft set environment by Asghar Ali, Khan Khuram Ali, Rahman Atiqe Ur

Subjects: “…decision-making…”
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An Open Letter on Advancing HIV prevention: Augmenting an ecosystem-based approach to understand prevention decision-making [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Rosemary Pierce-Messick, Nishan Gantayat, James Baer, Alok Gangaramany

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Mapping decision-making pathways: Determination of intervention entry points for diagnostic tests in suspected serious infection [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Raasti Naseem, Sara Pretorius, Nicola Howe, Clare Lendrem, Cameron Williams, Enitan D Carrol, Philip Pallmann

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Managerial thinking in neonatal care: a qualitative study of place of care decision-making for preterm babies born at 27–31 weeks gestation in England by Neena Modi, Elizabeth S Draper, Miaoqing Yang, Sarah E Seaton, Kelvin Dawson, Vasiliki Bountziouka, Oliver Rivero-Arias, Thillagavathie Pillay, Natalie Armstrong, Alexis Paton, Elaine Boyle, Victor L Banda, Caroline Cupit, Bradley Manktelow, Abdul Qader T Ismail

“…In particular, we report that managerial considerations relating to demand and capacity organised decision-making; demand and capacity management was time-consuming and generated various pressures on families, and tensions between staff.Conclusions Researchers and policymakers should take account of the organisational context within which place of care decisions are made. …”
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Is Everyone Beating Around the Bush?: A Qualitative Study Examining the Status of Shared Decision-Making Between Veterans Affairs Providers and Surgical Patients in the ICU by M. Andrew Millis, MD, MPH, C. Ann Vitous, MA, MPH, Cara Ferguson, BS, Maedeh Marzoughi, BS, Erin Kim, BS, Sarah E. Bradley, PhD, MPH, CPH, Ashley Duby, MS, Pasithorn A. Suwanabol, MD, MS

“…We sought to determine if and how providers use elements of shared decision-making (SDM) in the care of surgical patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). …”
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Improving Quality Evaluation for Control Systems of Machining Line Product Processing With Smart Algorithmic Techniques in Intuitionistic Fuzzy Multiple-Attribute Group Decision-Making by Chunjiang He, Jian Jiang

Subjects: “…Multiple-attribute group decision-making (MAGDM)…”
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Complex Perioperative Decision-Making: Liver Resection in a Patient with Extensive Superior Vena Cava/Right Atrial Thrombus and Superior Vena Cava Syndrome by Benjamin Kloesel, Robert W. Lekowski

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Beyond Hormone Receptors: liquid biopsy tools to unveil new clinical meanings and empower therapeutic decision-making in Luminal-like metastatic breast cancer by Brenno Pastò, Riccardo Vida, Arianna Dri, Lorenzo Foffano, Serena Della Rossa, Lorenzo Gerratana, Fabio Puglisi

“…The present work aims to summarize the current evidence regarding the clinical meanings of hormone receptors and their downstream molecular pathways, alongside their implications for therapeutic decision-making in Luminal-like mBC.…”
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Returns to scale in decision-making units with integer-valued or mixed inputs and integer-valued or real outputs using radial models in data envelopment analysis by Zeinab Tavassoli, Mohsen Rostami-MalKhalifeh, Farhad Hosseinzadeh Lotfi, Tofigh allahVieanloo

“…Purpose: The current paper tries to determine the type of returns to scale in a decision-making unit under the condition that integer-valued inputs or outputs are present.Methodology: This paper introduces radial models for determining the value and type of Returns to Scale (RTS) in 4 scenarios, including single integer-valued input – single real output (scenario one), mixed inputs – exclusively real outputs (scenario two), exclusively integer-valued inputs – exclusively real outputs (scenario three), and exclusively integer-valued inputs – exclusively integer-valued outputs (scenario four); in each scenario, the values of the left RTS and right RTS are determined, and the RTS type is then determined on that basis. …”
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Optimizing Red Blood Cell Consumption Using Markov's Decision-Making Process (Case study: Blood Bank of Zanjan Province Blood Transfusion Center) by Mahdi Yousefi Nejad, Mehran Khayat Rasouli, Zohreh Khalilpour

“…Ultimately, after solving the above problems, the collected data are entered into the formulation of Markov’s decision-making process and solved using the successive approximation approach. …”
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Multi-criteria group decision-making with extended ELECTRE III method and regret theory based on probabilistic interval-valued intuitionistic hesitant fuzzy information by Chuanyang Ruan, Shicheng Gong, Xiangjing Chen

Subjects: “…Multi-criteria group decision-making…”
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Enhancing Stock Portfolio Selection with Trapezoidal Bipolar Fuzzy VIKOR Technique with Boruta-GA Hybrid Optimization Model: A Multicriteria Decision-Making Approach by Sunil Kumar Sharma

“…The analysis has been made with the VIKOR method and its integration with trapezoidal bipolar fuzzy sets. Financial decision-making can be very hard for investors who have access to big data due to the overwhelming amount of information they are required to interpret. …”
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Engaging health system, service and consumer representatives in the co-design of a multi-criteria decision-making framework for commissioning overweight and obesity programs and services by Laura Thomas, Suzanne Robinson, Sharyn Burns, Helen Mitchell, Andrea Begley

“…However, although research on health commissioning is available internationally and is growing within the Australian context, no evidence exists of a multi-criteria decision-making framework to address the complexity required for effective commissioning of overweight and obesity early intervention and weight management programs or services. …”
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Application of Doctor-Nurse-Patient Co-Decision-Making Nursing Intervention Based on Evidence-Based Problems in the Rehabilitation of Acute Ankle Lateral Collateral Ligament Injury by Nian Wei, Yuehui Du, Shiyu Chen

“…The aim of this study is to study the application effects of doctor-nurse-patient co-decision-making nursing intervention based on evidence-based problems in the rehabilitation of acute ankle lateral collateral ligament injury. …”
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Enhancing patient engagement: the influence of an in-consult patient decision aid on shared decision-making for lung tumour radiation – protocol for the randomised trial ‘SDM Lung SBRT’ by Karina Dahl Steffensen, Signe Timm, Torben Frøstrup Hansen, Thomas Leth Fink, Charlotte Kristiansen, Torben Schjødt Hansen, Rune Slot Thing

“…The primary outcome is patient engagement in decision-making measured by the validated observer-rated OPTION-12 score. …”
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Identifying and ranking indicators affecting the environment with the aim of providing a guide on the establishment and operation of exhibition sites using BWM multi-criteria decision making method by Davoud Adineh, Reza Amirnezhad, Keyvan Saeb, Aptin x Aptin Rahnavard, Farid Gholamreza Fahimi

“…For this purpose, the most important environmental criteria influenced by the industry were first identified through the Delphi method and were then classified into nine main priority groups based on multi-criteria decision-making and the best/ worst method(BWM[1]) method. …”
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Shepherding parents to prepare for end-of-life decision-making: a critical phenomenological study of the communication approach of paediatricians caring for children with life-limiting conditions in Australia by Katrina Williams, Lynn Gillam, Jenny Hynson, Sidharth Vemuri, Jenny O'Neill

“…Background/objectives Shared decision-making is widely accepted as the best approach for end-of-life decision-making for children with life-limiting conditions. …”
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Impaired creatinine-based estimated glomerular filtration rate in Thai individuals switching to dolutegravir: illustrating the role of cystatin C testing to aid clinical decision making by Carlo Sacdalan, Curtis Austin, Aswathy Varma, Suteeraporn Pinyakorn, Eugène Kroon, Donn J. Colby, Phillip Chan, Orlanda Goh, Krittaporn Pornpaisakul, Jintana Intasan, Tassanee Luekasemsuk, Merlin L. Robb, Nitiya Chomchey, Nittaya Phanuphak, Jintanat Ananworanich, Sandhya Vasan, Denise Hsu, the SEARCH 010/RV254 study group

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