Validation of a questionnaire to assess complexity of palliative care needs in primary care in Malaga, Spain: a study protocol by Jose Miguel Morales-Asencio, Rafael Gomez-Garcia, Pilar Barnestein-Fonseca, Francisca Leiva-Fernandez, Auxiliadora Fernández-López, Maria Luisa Martín-Roselló, Virginia Patricia Aguiar-Leiva

“…This protocol was conducted without patient or public participation.Ethics and dissemination This study evaluates a novel, co-designed tool to diagnose PC complexity to inform practice recommendations for a more efficient allocation of resources that may be included in future clinical practice guidelines. …”
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Reconfiguring health purchasing for universal health coverage: insights from Nepal with relevance to low- and middle-income countries by Shyamkumar Sriram, Saroj Adhikari, Bhuvan Saud

“…Moreover, NHIP’s purchasing decisions are not guided by health technology assessments or cost-effectiveness analysis, raising concerns about the allocative efficiency of the benefit package. …”
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Optimization of electric power wireless communication technology by Xunwei ZHAO, Jie BAI, Gaoquan DING, Liyu XIANG

“…An optimized design for improving spectral efficiency was given for the case where the power wireless private network in the 230 MHz band continuously allocates carriers.By canceling the reserved guard band between carriers,continuous subcarrier frequency domain resource mapping,adaptive FFT and filtering processing were used,which reduced the amount of computation and improves the service rate.Aiming at the problem of unification of two technical standards of 230 MHz power wireless private network,the necessity and the preliminary analysis of the mature terminal and system equipment industry chain of public network were given.…”
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Effects of decentralisation on local public spending in Cameroon by Jean Raoul NKOUDOU BENGONO, Boniface Ngah EPO

“…The findings are robust across various model specifications and support the theoretical arguments of improved allocative efficiency and inter-jurisdictional competition under decentralised governance. …”
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A Retrospective Study Reviewing Timing to Onset of Habitual Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures in a Home Video Telemetry Cohort by Jade Cooper, Helen Chester, Arianna Fozzato, Elisaveta Sokolov

“…Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of our XLTEK database between 2019 and 2020. …”
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Are Your Kidneys Ok? Detect Early to Protect Kidney Health by Joseph A. Vassalotti, Anna Francis, Augusto Cesar Soares Dos Santos Jr, Ricardo Correa-Rotter, Dina Abdellatif, Li-Li Hsiao, Stefanos Roumeliotis, Agnes Haris, Latha A. Kumaraswami, Siu-Fai Lui, Alessandro Balducci, Vassilios Liakopoulos

“…Early-stage CKD is asymptomatic and simple to test for and recent paradigm-shifting CKD treatments such as sodium glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors dramatically improve outcomes and favor the cost-benefit analysis for screening or case-finding programs. Despite this, numerous barriers exist, including resource allocation, healthcare funding, healthcare infrastructure, and healthcare-professional and population awareness of kidney disease. …”
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Development and implementation of an “Internet ” integrated service model for antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care in maternal and child specialty hospitals: A randomized c... by Chen Shaochuan, He Lianci, Zhang Qiongyue, Wang Xin, Xie Huiqiong, Tan Ying, Feng Xiaohui, Li Huimin

“…It demonstrates significant advantages in optimizing medical resource allocation, improving the quality and efficiency of nursing services, and enhancing patients’ healthcare experiences and trust. …”
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Web-based spatial decision support system for optimum route to forest fires: A case of Viphya plantations by Harineck Mayamiko Tholo, Wilfred Kadewa, Chikondi Chisenga, Steve Gondwe, Emmanuel Zuza, Weston Mwase, Billy Kachingwe, Jabulani Nyengere

“…Efficient access to fire incidents is crucial for successful firefighting operations. …”
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More robust offshore wind energy planning through model ensembling by Daniel Depellegrin, Maurizio Ambrosino, Sanjoy Roy, Javier Sanabria, Carolina Martí Llambrich

“…Abstract This research performs an ex-ante assessment of the 19 high potential areas for offshore wind energy (HPA-OWE) allocated in four maritime spatial planning subdivisions of Spain. …”
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A Scalable Real-Time SDN-Based MQTT Framework for Industrial Applications by E. Shahri, P. Pedreiras, L. Almeida

“…Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is the forefront traffic management paradigm that offers flexibility for complex industrial networks, enabling efficient resource allocation and dynamic reconfiguration. …”
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Physiological and Ecological Responses of <i>Anoectochilus formosanus</i> to Different Light Intensities by Rui Li, Caihui Cen, Xuan Chu, Hongyu Wei, Yinghui Mu, Song Gu, Hongli Liu, Zhiyu Ma

“…Growth and biomass allocation peaked at moderate light intensity (70 μmol·m⁻²·s⁻¹). …”
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Optimization of electric power wireless communication technology by Xunwei ZHAO, Jie BAI, Gaoquan DING, Liyu XIANG

“…An optimized design for improving spectral efficiency was given for the case where the power wireless private network in the 230 MHz band continuously allocates carriers.By canceling the reserved guard band between carriers,continuous subcarrier frequency domain resource mapping,adaptive FFT and filtering processing were used,which reduced the amount of computation and improves the service rate.Aiming at the problem of unification of two technical standards of 230 MHz power wireless private network,the necessity and the preliminary analysis of the mature terminal and system equipment industry chain of public network were given.…”
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Patients’ experiences regarding self-monitoring of the disease course: an observational pilot study in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases at a rheumatology outpatient cl... by Lisanne Renskers, Sanne AA Rongen-van Dartel, Anita MP Huis, Piet LCM van Riel

“…Patients were able to and willing to self-monitor their disease, which could contribute to a more efficient allocation of outpatient consultations in the future.…”
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Coupled effects of different sulfuric acid concentrations and treatment methods on the corrosion rate of concrete materials by Feifei He, Xiang Wang, Caihong Zhang, Yiqun Hou, Yuting Liu

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Development and prospect of oil & gas pipeline engineering from the perspective of the philosophy of engineering by Pengchao CHEN, Zhongyuan GUAN

“…Results Oil and gas pipeline engineering represents a range of technologies in pipeline science, which incorporate the selection, integration, and synergy of relevant scientific and technological knowledge and are utilized in constructing structured, functional, and efficient engineering systems, through the optimal allocation of economic factors, to reflect the value orientation of "energy transportation carriers". …”
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Enhancing epidemic preparedness: a data-driven system for managing respiratory infections by Moslem Sarani, Katayoun Jahangiri, Manoochehr Karami, Mohammadreza Honarvar

“…A relational database schema ensures efficient data retrieval, facilitating comprehensive analysis. …”
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Real-Time Triage, Position, and Documentation (TriPoD) During Medical Response to Major Incidents: Protocol for an Action Research Study by Monica Rådestad, Torkel Kanfjäll, Veronica Lindström

“…The outcome of this analysis will form the basis for the design and development of a new information technology system. …”
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Obstacle Avoidance in Healthy Adults and People With Multiple Sclerosis: Preliminary fNIRS Study by Fares Al-Shargie, Michael Glassen, John DeLuca, Soha Saleh

“…Healthy individuals displayed lower cortical activations in the bilateral motor cortex (MC) during non-predictable obstacle avoidance, indicating efficient neural processing. On the other hand, pwMS exhibited lower cortical activations across most brain areas during non-predictable tasks, suggesting potential limitations in neural resource allocation. …”
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Is mechanism of injury associated with outcome in spinal trauma? An observational cohort study from Tanzania. by Chibuikem Anthony Ikwuegbuenyi, Julie Woodfield, François Waterkeyn, Scott L Zuckerman, Beverly Cheserem, Andreas Leidinger, Albert Lazaro, Hamisi K Shabani, Roger Härtl, Halinder S Mangat

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A retrospective analysis was conducted using a neurotrauma registry from the Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute (MOI) in Tanzania, a national referral center for spinal injuries. …”
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Shift work, workload, and professionalism related motivators affecting job satisfaction: An empirical study among medical laboratory technicians by Durairaj Rajan

“…The analysis of the data have discovered that majority of the respondents has perceived the following factors as “highly dissatisfied”: two-shift work system with 12-hour duty, equality in allocation of work load, unambiguous job description, and clarity of what management expects from employees, performing multiple tasks at the same time, respect from higher authorities and medical personnel, receiving orders from multiple sources bypassing the hierarchy. …”
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