Quality circles for quality improvement in primary health care: Their origins, spread, effectiveness and lacunae- A scoping review. by Adrian Rohrbasser, Janet Harris, Sharon Mickan, Kali Tal, Geoff Wong

“…Because reports of the effect of quality circles on behaviour are variable, we recommend theory-driven research approaches to analyse and improve the effectiveness of this complex intervention.…”
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A field theory representation of sum of powers of principal minors and physical applications by Morteza Nattagh Najafi, Abolfazl Ramezanpour, Mohammad Ali Rajabpour

“…This work not only bridges theoretical gaps in understanding principal minors within quantum systems but also sets the stage for future explorations in more complex quantum and statistical physics models.…”
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Authentic leadership for creativity and innovation: The moderating role of motivating language by Yuni Siswanti, Muafi Muafi

“…Orientation: Creativity and innovation are essential in coping with a complex business environment that becomes more complex and rapidly changing. …”
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Economic Management within the Cossack Frontier in the Second Half of the 19th Century (Based on the Example of the Don and Azov Cossack Troops) by Petr A. Kolpakov, Ivan Yu. Yurchenko

“…This article reconstructs the historical practices of economic management in the territories of the Don and Azov Cossack armies in the second half of the 19th century. The study fills the gaps in scientific knowledge by presenting the Cossacks not only as a separate service class, but also as a complex socio-economic system. …”
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Not just "sweet old ladies" - challenges in voluntary work in the long-term care services by Laila Tingvold, Nina Olsvold

“…Discussion: Care is seen as a complex task requiring time, effort, and technical and social skills. …”
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Critical Review and Benchmark Proposal on FE Modeling for Patch Loading Resistance of Slender Steel Plate Girders in Launched Bridges by Marck Anthony Mora Quispe

“…To bridge this gap, this paper introduces an advanced FE modeling approach. …”
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Reinforcement learning in artificial intelligence and neurobiology by Tursun Alkam, Andrew H Van Benschoten, Ebrahim Tarshizi

“…Growing evidence suggests it does.To bridge this interdisciplinary gap, this review introduces core RL concepts to neuroscientists and clinicians with limited AI exposure. …”
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Does ChatGPT-Integrated Learning Affect Indonesian EFL Learners’ Grammar Achievement? by Taufik Akbar Azwar, Iis Sujarwati

“…To address this significant gap, this study aims (1) to investigate the effect of ChatGPT-integrated learning on English grammar achievement and (2) to explore learners’ experiences and perceptions after engaging with ChatGPT to learn English grammar concepts. …”
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Modeling interpersonal perception in dyadic interactions: towards robot-assisted social mediation in the real world by Hifza Javed, Weinan Wang, Weinan Wang, Affan Bin Usman, Nawid Jamali

“…Traditional affect recognition methods, primarily focus on individual affect, and may fall short in capturing interpersonal dynamics crucial for social mediation. To address this gap, we propose a multimodal, multi-perspective model of relational affect, utilizing a conversational dataset collected in uncontrolled settings. …”
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How Ambivalence Toward Digital–AI Transformation Affects Taking-Charge Behavior: A Threat–Rigidity Theoretical Perspective by Xueliang Pei, Jianing Guo, Tung-Ju Wu

“…Digital–AI transformation is revolutionizing the modern workplace, yet its complexity has left many aspects of employee responses underexplored. …”
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Certified Robustness of Antenna Selecting Neural Networks for Massive MIMO Wireless Communications by Jaekwon Kim, Hyo-Sang Lim, Kwanghoon Choi

“…Recently, neural network-based approaches have shown promise over traditional symbolic methods, offering fixed complexity in inference and suitability for hardware implementation. …”
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Musical Preferences are Linked to Cognitive Styles. by David M Greenberg, Simon Baron-Cohen, David J Stillwell, Michal Kosinski, Peter J Rentfrow

“…Research has shown that musical preferences and personality are linked, yet little is known about other influences on preferences such as cognitive styles. To address this gap, we investigated how individual differences in musical preferences are explained by the empathizing-systemizing (E-S) theory. …”
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Student standpoints relevant for future reproductive behavior by Kuburović Ankica

“…This paper deals with the various standpoints of students on their motivation for parenthood, planning and deciding on birth giving, influence between marriage and parenthood, parent role complexity and responsibility, on the knowledge of effect and consequences of the problem of insufficient birth giving, with an aim of getting to know the main characteristics of their possible reproductive behavior. …”
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Toward learning recovery: challenges of international students in China during COVID-19 online learning experience by Nilo Jayoma Castulo

“…Originality/value – This study addresses the existing gap in proper support for international students, particularly during times of crisis. …”
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A New Hjorth Distribution in Its Discrete Version by Hanan Haj Ahmad, Ahmed Elshahhat

“…The proposed discrete Hjorth distribution preserves the essential statistical characteristics of its continuous counterpart, such as percentiles and quantiles, making it a valuable tool for modeling lifetime data. The complexity of the transformation requires numerical techniques to ensure accurate estimations and analysis. …”
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Methodological recommendations for assessing the impact of adaptations on outcomes in implementation research by Kelly A. Aschbrenner, Borsika A. Rabin, Stephen J. Bartels, Russell E. Glasgow

“…Abstract Background A major gap in implementation research is guidance for designing studies to assess the impact of adaptations to interventions and implementation strategies. …”
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Hybrid machine learning applications in pavement engineering: predicting spalling with PSO-GBM by Ali Alnaqbi, Ghazi G. Al-Khateeb, Waleed Zeiada

“…Existing predictive models frequently fail to effectively estimate spalling despite a wealth of data on pavement performance because of the complexity of contributing elements, including as traffic, climate, and structural conditions. …”
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Accelerated Bayesian optimization for CNN+LSTM learning rate tuning via precomputed Gaussian process subspaces in soil analysis by Xiaolong Chen, Hongfeng Zhang, Cora Un In Wong, Zhengchun Song

“…By projecting the hyperparameter search space onto a dominant subspace derived from Nyström approximations, our method reduces the computational complexity from cubic to linear in the number of observations. …”
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Challenges of palliative care integration into routine hospital care in Iran: A Q-method inquiry on key healthcare providers’ prospects by Seemin Dashti, Hassan Mahmoodi, Abdolreza Shaghaghi

“…Nonetheless, an evidence gap exists about explicit barriers and operational complexities that might prevent embeddedness of PlaC in the Iranian National Healthcare System (INHS) and this was the main impetus for the conception of the current research. …”
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Road safety studies at micro, meso, and macroscopic levels: A systematic review by Parveen Kumar, Geetam Tiwari, Sourabh Bikas Paul

“…Another significant gap is the lack of a scale of adjacent street networks in mesoscopic studies. …”
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