Factors affecting general practitioners’ referrals of patients to hip and knee arthroplasty: a focus group study from Northern Norway by Bodil H. Blix, Veronica Hovind, Tor Ingebrigtsen

“…There is considerable regional variation in mobility – ‘patient leakage’ – out of a regional health authority for patients seeking these surgical procedures. …”
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Experimental Analysis on the Feasibility of Bamboo Reinforcement in Concrete Mix Design and Comparison with Steel Reinforced Concrete by R. Sivakumar, R. Ganesan, A. Latha, Karan Moolchandani, Anuj Kumar Sharma, Sri Ram Krishna Mishra, Farhan Khan, Amit Kumar Yadav, Lijalem Ayele

“…Bamboo, as one of the probable alternate structural materials, not only promises a sustainable and sturdy option but also reduces the environmental carbon footprint. …”
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A novel 5.1–7.1 GHz front-end power amplifier for wireless applications with −35 dB Error Vector Magnitude by Pawankumar B., Prashantha Kumar H.

“…The design involves a two-stage configuration, initial stage adopts a linear driver, while the subsequent amplification stage is structured as a differential cascode. UMC 65 nm CMOS process technology is used to design a PA in commercial Cadence platform. …”
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Tele-nursing awareness, needs, and related influences in T2DM patients: qualitative descriptive study by Jian Zhou, Xinxin Fan, Qiulin Xie, Hong Qi, Zongting Luo

“…From June to August 2023, a purposive sampling method was used to select 20 T2DM patients from a hospital, following the principle of maximum variation. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, and the data were analyzed using thematic analysis. …”
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Electronic Human Resource Management (e-HRM) and Organisational Performance by Olufemi Epebinu, Adeyemi Adepoju, Modupe Ajayi

“…Data collected was analysed using inferential statistical techniques of Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modelling to test the significance of e-HRM on organizational performance. …”
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CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SERVICE FIRMS’ PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA by Moruff Sanjo Oladimeji, Adebiyi Julius Abosede, Benneth Uchenna Eze

“…The study employed a survey research design through the administration of a structured questionnaire on 636 employees of 21 service firms, purposively selected. …”
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The Global Impact Index as a Tool for Assessing Inclusion and Social Effectiveness: Arcobaleno Social Cooperative’s case by Daniel Iannaci, Roberto Gambassi, Giovanni Iozzi, Giovanni Porquier

“…This study presents Global Impact Index (GII Italian version IGI), an evaluation model designed to meet needs of type B social cooperatives, with a particular focus on reality of Arcobaleno Social Cooperative. GII is structured around three fundamental dimensions: environmental, managerial, and social. …”
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Strengthening Urban Infrastructure with the Impact of Building a Water Park in Hamedan City to Increase and Attract Tourists by Mohammadreza Feizmanesh

“…Using a quantitative research method and collecting data through structured questionnaires, the impact of the water park on tourist satisfaction, destination image, economic growth, and tourist mobility was assessed. …”
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Integrated OVMD-BiGRU-SMAC Framework for Forecasting Construction Accidents in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by Badr T. Alsulami, Afaq Khattak

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Mechanical and Bond-Slip Properties of Steel-Fiber-Reinforced Geopolymer Recycled-Aggregate Concrete by Jianhua Ji, Zening Zhang, Yi Zhang, Xi Liu

“…Steel-fiber-reinforced geopolymer recycled-aggregate concrete (SFGRC) represents a promising low-carbon building material, yet data on its bond behavior remains scarce, limiting its structural application. To study the mechanical properties and bond strength of SFGRC, five groups of different mix proportions were designed. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 on municipal government employees and Well-being in Limpopo Province, South Africa by Malebajoa Anicia Maoela, Godwell Nhamo

“…The questions were primarily closed-ended, with some structured open-ended questions to capture additional insights. …”
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Local pattern aware 3D video swin transformer with masked autoencoding for realtime augmented reality gesture interaction by Suli Wang

“…Using weighted Euclidean distance and structural similarity optimization, the paper proposes an image denoising model based on maximum a posteriori probability that effectively reduces noise interference in gesture image analysis. …”
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Good practices for dialysis education, treatment, and eHealth: A scoping review. by Anita van Eck van der Sluijs, Sanne Vonk, Brigit C van Jaarsveld, Anna A Bonenkamp, Alferso C Abrahams

“…Relevant articles were structured according to the categories dialysis education, dialysis treatment or eHealth, and assessed for content and results.…”
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Unmet need for healthcare in the Russian Federation: subnational retrospective modelling analysis (2014–2018) by Elias Mossialos, Vladimir M Shkolnikov, Zlatko Nikoloski, Aparnaa Somanathan, Igor Sheiman

“…High demand and supply of inpatient care do not compensate for the structural imbalances of the current healthcare model. …”
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Coupling Effects of Yaw Damper and Wheel-Rail Contact on Ride Quality of Railway Vehicle by Hai Zhang, Xiangrui Ran, Xiugang Wang, Fengtao Lin, Qi Jiang

“…Appropriate additional stiffness which is oil stiffness in parallel with structural damping in the equivalent parameter model of the yaw damper can improve the vehicle ride quality. …”
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The Tanaidacea challenge to invasion science: taxonomic ambiguities and small size result in another potential overlooked introduction to the Iberian coast and nearby areas by Anna Stępień, Anna M. Jażdżewska, Romeu S. Ribeiro, Rafael Santos, Macarena Ros

“…The small size and large intraspecific variation of tanaidids generate a high taxonomic uncertainty, as in the case of Zeuxo turkensis. …”
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Dual tolerance to soil drought and excess moisture stresses in cowpea genetic resources assessed using multiple indicators by Kohtaro Iseki, Olajumoke Olaleye

“…As a factor underlying dual tolerance, we focused on the root morphological plasticity, allowing dynamic structural adjustments to different soil water conditions. …”
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Microstructural integrity within the damaged region of the residual corticofugal projection from primary motor cortex predicts the effect of noninvasive neuromodulation targeting t... by Michael A. Urbin, Fang Liu, Chan Hong Moon

“…Distal limb impairment after neurological injury is largely a consequence of damage to descending tracts that structurally and functionally connect cortical motor areas with spinal motor neuron pools. …”
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Perspectives of disabled adults on healthcare professionals role in promoting physical activity in China A reflexive thematic analysis by Wei Wang, Jie Xiang, Yang Huo, Husam Alfaifi, Stacey Pope, Brett Smith

“…Forty-one Chinese disabled adults participated in one-to-one semi-structured interviews, recruited by three purposive sampling strategies: maximum variation, criterion-based and snowball sampling. …”
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Genome wide association mapping of grain arsenic, copper, molybdenum and zinc in rice (Oryza sativa L.) grown at four international field sites. by Gareth J Norton, Alex Douglas, Brett Lahner, Elena Yakubova, Mary Lou Guerinot, Shannon R M Pinson, Lee Tarpley, Georgia C Eizenga, Steve P McGrath, Fang-Jie Zhao, M Rafiqul Islam, Shofiqul Islam, Guilan Duan, Yongguan Zhu, David E Salt, Andrew A Meharg, Adam H Price

“…This analysis highlights a number of genomic regions and candidate genes for further analysis as well as the challenges faced when mapping environmentally-variable traits in a highly genetically structured diversity panel.…”
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