Coaching Patients to Understand and Use Patient-Reported Outcome Data: Intervention Design and Evaluation by Martha Burla, Brocha Z Stern, Andrew BL Berry, Sarah Pila, Patricia D Franklin

“…Patient-reported outcomes (PROs), measures of health status, are regularly collected in clinical contexts and scores can be returned to patients in personalized decision aids. …”
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Digital Transformation in Higher Education: Enhancing Support Services Through Mobile Apps by Anusuyah Subbarao, Nasreen Khan, Aysa Siddika, Muhammad A. Fathullah, Mohd A. Sanwani, Fia F. Adam, Debrina V. Ferezagia, Melisa B. Altamira

“…The findings are intended to advise higher education institutions on integrating mobile apps to assist Generation Z better, eventually leading to increased student engagement and satisfaction. This study emphasizes the significance of mobile technology in current educational contexts and offers practical insights for universities looking to use digital technologies to improve campus support services. …”
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Kidnapping-Induced Trauma and secondary stress in armed conflicts: a comparative study among women in hostage families, volunteers, and the General Population by Shahar Livne, Ilana Feldblum, Sara Kivity, Naama Shamir-Stein, Einat Brand, Shir Cohen, Eran Rotman, Hagai Levine, Mor Saban

“…Fair/poor physical health status increased significantly in all groups during the war, with hostages’ families reporting the highest rate (61.6%). …”
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Development and Validation of a Depression Scale for Online Assessment: Cross-Sectional Observational Study by Minjeong Jeon, Hae-In Park, Yoorianna Son, Ji Won Hyun, Jin Young Park

“… BackgroundDespite increased awareness and improved access to care, depression remains underrecognized and undertreated, in part due to limitations in how current assessment tools capture emotional distress. …”
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Enhancing Linear Programming Education Through Comprehensive and Maritime Relevant Teaching Materials by Putri Nurul Hilda Syani, Fera Mirta, Siregar Nur Asma Riani

“…Furthermore, the teaching materials currently in use have not been integrated with maritime contexts, despite their significance for students living in the maritime-based region of the Riau Islands. …”
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Voltage-controlled magnetoelectric devices for neuromorphic diffusion process by Yang Cheng, Qingyuan Shu, Albert Lee, Haoran He, Ivy Zhu, Minzhang Chen, Renhe Chen, Zirui Wang, Hantao Zhang, Chih-Yao Wang, Shan-Yi Yang, Yu-Chen Hsin, Cheng-Yi Shih, Hsin-Han Lee, Ran Cheng, Kang L. Wang

“…Together with the non-volatility of magnetic memory, we can achieve high-speed and low-cost computing, which is desirable for the increasing scale of generative models in the current era. …”
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Exploring the operationalisation and implementation of outreach in community settings with hard-to-reach and hidden populations: protocol for a scoping review by Janina Krabbe, Sunny Jiao, Adrian Guta, Allie Slemon, Aman Ahluwalia Cameron, Vicky Bungay

“…The aim of this scoping review is to explore how outreach has been operationalised and implemented in various community settings with people underserved in current healthcare contexts. Understanding the state of knowledge pertaining to outreach as programming and as practice involving the engagement of people considered hard-to-reach will enable the identification of promising trends and limitations in the field.Methods and analysis This scoping review follows the Arksey and O’Malley’s framework. …”
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The Use of Digital Technologies in Construction Safety: A Systematic Review by Emmanuel Itodo Daniel, Olalekan S. Oshodi, Nnaemeka Idawarifa Nwankwo, Fidelis A. Emuze, Ezekiel Chinyio

“…This study identified critical knowledge gaps, specifically the limited understanding of digital technology trends in construction safety management across different economic contexts, the insufficient research on strategies to increase digital technology adoption in the construction sector, and the need for more comprehensive investigations into how the technology adoption divide can be bridged. …”
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Mpox: A case study for a one health approach to infectious disease prevention by David T.S. Hayman, Marion P.G. Koopmans, Andrew A. Cunningham, Salome A. Bukachi, Leandre Murhula Masirika, Wanda Markotter, Thomas C. Mettenleiter

“…This approach should encompass ecological studies to understand putative reservoir population dynamics and the potential for interventions, reducing activities that increase human-animal contacts, respectful community engagement to reduce spillover risk from cultural practices (such as hunting multiple species of wildlife for consumption), and socially acceptable and equitable access to medical and non-medical countermeasures to prevent or control ongoing human-to-human transmission. …”
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Assessing the Potential Distribution of Pseudoechthistatus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in China Under Climate Change Using Species Distribution Models by Liang Zhang, Ping Wang, Guang‐Lin Xie, Wen‐Kai Wang

“…Additionally, future climate change will significantly alter its distribution pattern, with Pseudoechthistatus predicted to decrease its suitable area by 6.64%–28.01% under the BCC‐CSM2‐MR model and increase its suitable area by 6.14%–18.61% under the MIROC6 model. …”
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Influence of a new design of brush holders on the service life of traction electric motor brushes of electric locomotives by D. N. Khomchenko

“…Using the example of a new brush contact configuration, it is shown that the brush contact, namely its design and geometric dimensions, has a significant effect on the nature of current commutation in collector traction motors.…”
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National survey evaluating the introduction of new and alternative staffing models in intensive care (SEISMIC-R) in the UK by Peter Griffiths, Natalie Pattison, Susie Pearce, Ruth Endacott, Chiara Dall’Ora, Christina Saville, Clare Leon-Villapalos, Paul R Mouncey, Suzanne Bench, Melanie Handley, Jeremy Dearling, Jenny Gordon, Niamh Bohnacker, Rebecca Hadley, Burcu Dogan, Niamh Wood, Tom Monks, Helena Wythe, Lisa Whiting

“…Objective To report on the findings from a national survey of UK intensive care units (ICUs) exploring nurse staffing models currently in use and changes since COVID-19.Design A survey was designed and distributed using a web-based platform to senior unit leads via Intensive care national audit & research centre contacts.Participants Senior nurses representing the 331 National Health Service adult ICUs across the UK (across 231 hospitals/155 trusts), including the Channel Islands and Isle of Man.Outcome measures A 15-item survey.Results A total of 196 survey responses representing 300 units, majority general and single units, resulting in a 90.6% unit-level response rate. …”
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The legal nature of crypto assets and its reflection in the civil and tax legislation of the Russian Federation by A. O. Simonov

“…Without clear and unambiguous legal regulation, it is difficult to ensure proper control and taxation of transactions with crypto assets, which can lead to significant tax losses and a decrease in budget revenues.Moreover, the concept of “digital currency” used in Russian legislation does not correspond to the generally accepted meaning in international practice and is mainly considered in an economic context, rather than in a legal one. …”
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Political Communication in the Age of Platforms by Stylianos Papathanassopoulos, Iliana Giannouli

“…It further explores the challenges that accompany these transformations, such as the spread of disinformation, rising political polarization, increasing incivility, and privacy concerns stemming from advanced digital marketing techniques in political contexts.…”
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Fostering Educational Change at the Intersection of Macro-Level Institutional Narratives and Micro-Level Classroom Experiences by Marta Guarda

“…By highlighting the role of teachers’ agency in challenging macro-level narratives from below, the study addresses the imbalances of power between institutionalised and non-institutionalised languages, and contributes to research framing plurilingual education as a socially engaged phenomenon in increasingly multilingual contexts.…”
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G‐space versus E‐space: Are hornets (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) at equilibrium with honeybees in Asia? by Ehsan Rahimi, Chuleui Jung

“…We found that Vespa velutina currently exhibits a moderate geographic niche overlap (G‐space) of 0.63 with both honeybee species. …”
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Strategizing Soft Skills Resilience: A Holistic Approach to Mitigating COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Workforce Development by Mariia Vesolovska, Lyubomyr Shved

“…They also have a crucial impact on the economy, as the acquisition of soft skills contributes to the more efficient functioning of enterprises and the economy as a whole. However, in the current context, due to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, certain difficulties have arisen in their development in countries around the world. …”
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Comparative Assessment of Preventable Socioeconomic Damage in Different Approaches to the Prevention of Vaccine-Controlled Infections in the Framework of the National Vaccination S... by N. I. Briko, L. D. Popovich, A. Ya. Mindlina, O. I. Volkova, E. O. Kurilovich

“…Extending the five-component vaccine coverage to 60% of children in the 3-to 18-month age group will reduce losses to 20,215 years, saving 10,263 years of life (33.7% more than the current algorithm), and even more if coverage is close to 100%: annual losses will decrease to 2,134 years, which can provide 28,344 saved years of life (93% more than the current algorithm). …”
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Fostering global primary care research: a capacity-building approach by Amanda Howe, Felicity Goodyear-Smith, Michael Kidd, Sherina Mohd Sidik, Chris van Weel, David Ponka, Megan Coffman, Krystle Elizabeth Fraser-Barclay, Richard D W Fortier, Robert P Lennon, Jeremiah K A Madaki, Bob Mash, Kristina Zawaly

“…Our aim is to explore the current risks or barriers to primary care research capacity building, identify the ongoing tensions that need to be resolved and offer some solutions, focusing on emerging contexts. …”
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Tick Control Strategies: Critical Insights into Chemical, Biological, Physical, and Integrated Approaches for Effective Hard Tick Management by Tsireledzo Goodwill Makwarela, Nimmi Seoraj-Pillai, Tshifhiwa Constance Nangammbi

“…This review critically examines the current control strategies, focusing on chemical, biological, physical, and integrated pest management (IPM) approaches. …”
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