Healthcare access for children in a low-income area in Cape Town: A mixed-methods case study by Luke B. Profitt, Graham Bresick, Liezel Rossouw, Ben Van Stormbroek, Tasleem Ras, Klaus Von Pressentin

“…This study aimed to uncover the access barriers and facilitators underlying this high burden of out-of-hospital deaths. Methods: An exploratory mixed-methods case study design employed three data collection strategies: a quantitative survey with randomly sampled community members, semi-structured interviews with purposively sampled caregivers whose children presented critically ill or deceased (January 2017 – December 2020) and a nominal group technique (NGT) to build solution-oriented consensus among purposively sampled health workers, representing different levels of care in the local health system. …”
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Biomechanical effects of loading methods on the patellofemoral joint during stair climbing: based on statistical parametric mapping analysis by Hongwen Zhang, Xingchen Zhang, Jing Ma, Na Sun, Litai Zhang, Yuan Gao

“…Kinematic (200 Hz), kinetic (2000 Hz), and electromyographic (2000 Hz) data were synchronized to compute patellofemoral joint stress(PFJS), center of pressure (COP) trajectories, and muscle co-activation indices across stair phases.ResultsHCC generated significantly greater patellofemoral joint stress during most stair phases compared to SLC (P < 0.05), while SLC exhibited transient stress elevation only during initial double-support phase.DiscussionHCC particularly increased joint stress during single-support and second double-support phases, with concomitant increases in COP displacement distances and reduced lower-limb co-cativation indices (CCI) collectively compromising joint stability. …”
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Acceptability, Feasibility, and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Wellbeing Coordination Program in an Integrated Health and Social Care Hub: A Mixed Methods Study by Lingling Chen, Natalie White, Emma Patten, Danielle Barth, Leanne N. Constable, Teresa Hall, Ashraful Kabir, Harriet Hiscock, Sarah Loveday

“…The program combined care navigation and social prescribing within an integrated health and social care Child and Family Hub. Methods: Mixed-methods design, with data collected through surveys and interviews from: 1) caregivers who participated in the WBC program (n = 11) and those who did not (n = 18), and 2) practitioners working in the Hub (n = 21). …”
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A Narrative-Gamified Mental Health App (Kuamsha) for Adolescents in Uganda: Mixed Methods Feasibility and Acceptability Study by Julia R Pozuelo, Christine Nabulumba, Doreen Sikoti, Meghan Davis, Joy Louise Gumikiriza-Onoria, Eugene Kinyanda, Bianca Moffett, Alastair van Heerden, Heather A O'Mahen, Michelle Craske, Munshi Sulaiman, Alan Stein

“…The feasibility and acceptability of the intervention were evaluated using an explanatory sequential mixed methods approach. Feasibility was assessed by collecting data on trial retention rates and treatment adherence rates. …”
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Testing approaches to sharing trial results with participants: The Show RESPECT cluster randomised, factorial, mixed methods trial. by Annabelle South, Nalinie Joharatnam-Hogan, Cara Purvis, Elizabeth C James, Carlos Diaz-Montana, William J Cragg, Conor Tweed, Archie Macnair, Matthew R Sydes, Claire Snowdon, Katie Gillies, Talia Isaacs, Barbara E Bierer, Andrew J Copas

“…Patients' reported satisfaction was measured using a 5-point scale, analysed by ordinal logistic regression estimating main effects for all 3 interventions, with random effects for site, restricted to those who reported receiving the results and assuming no interaction. Data collection took place in 2018 to 2019. Questionnaires were sent to 275/384 randomly selected participants and returned by 180: 90/142 allocated Basic Webpage, 90/133 Enhanced Webpage; 91/141 no Mailed Printed Summary, 89/134 Mailed Printed Summary; 82/129 no Email List Invitation, 98/146 Email List Invitation. …”
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Quality Evaluation of Iranian Honey Collected from Khorasan Province, Iran by Asma Afshari, Mahdi Ram, Sara Mohamadi

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Current Use and Barriers to Healthcare Service Utilization Among Afghan Women Refugees: A Mixed-Method Study by Zahra Moudi, Sedighe S. Mollashahi, Narges Nouri, Maryam Zaboli, Leyla Arabnezhad

“…In this regard, the present study aimed to explore current use and barriers to healthcare service utilization among Afghan women refugees. Materials and Methods: This sequential explanatory study with a mixed-method design combined two sources of data, namely quantitative data based on data routinely collected from March 2022 to March 2023 in Zahedan city and qualitative data collected from interviews with Afghan women (n = 10) and local managers (n = 6). …”
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Virome analysis of field-collected chilli samples reveals diverse viruses by Vamsidhar Reddy Netla, Shridhar Hiremath, Mantesh Muttappagol, H. D. Vinay Kumar, S. Koti Prasanna, T. L. Mohan Kumar, C. R. Jahir Basha, V. Venkataravanappa, K. S. Shankarappa, M. N. Maruthi, C. N. Lakshminarayana Reddy

“…Using HTS, we investigated virome analyses to identify known and novel viruses in chilli. Methods In 2021–22, 19 leaf samples were collected from chili plants in farmer fields in Karnataka, India, showing symptoms such as leaf curling, vein banding, mosaic, mottling, filiform, leathery, dull-colored, and bunchy leaves. …”
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Assessment of unsafe behavior types by safety behavior sampling method in oil refinery workers in 2009 and suggestions for control by N Hashemi Nejad, I Mohammad Fam, R Jafari Nodoshan, E Dortaj Rabori, H Kakaei, H Kakaei

“…Data were collected using direct observation of workers’ behaviors, checklist, interview techniques and review of previous health and medical records. …”
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The Clinical Learning Environment Experience of the Student Nurse of the Generation Z: a Convergent Parallel Mixed Method Study by Marzia Lommi, Giuliana Covelli, Dhurata Ivziku, Giorgia Barretta, Gianluca Pozzuoli, Barbara Porcelli, Luca Guarente, Simona Ricci

“…Methods. Quantitative and socio-demographic data were collected with a questionnaire that included the Clinical Learning Environment and Supervision plus Nurse Teacher (CLES-T) scale. …”
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A Method of Communication Delay Compensation for Urban Transit SystemBased on Long-term and Short-term Memory by HUANG Zihao, LI Hongbo, ZHANG Chao, XU Dongsheng

“…A real-time rolling load forecasting method based on long-term and short-term memory network (LSTM) is proposed after analyzing the train power data, which improves the prediction accuracy by forecasting the power based on real-time power (short-term data) and adjacent power (long-term data). …”
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Application of Collective Intelligence of Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm in Optimization of Estimation and Zoning of Wind Erosion Intensity Using Geomorphological data (Case Study... by Mehdi Saghafi, Moohamadali Moodaresi

“…In this paper, the data obtained from the experimental model of forests and rangelands of Iran (IRIFR) is optimized using collective intelligence artificial bee colony algorithm. …”
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FedeAMR-CFF: A Federated Automatic Modulation Recognition Method Based on Characteristic Feature Fine-Tuning by Meng Zhang, Jiankun Ma, Zhenxi Zhang, Feng Zhou

“…Specifically, the clients extract representative features through distance-based metric screening, and the server aggregates model parameters via the FedAvg algorithm and fine-tunes the model using the collected features. This method not only safeguards client data privacy but also facilitates effective knowledge transfer across distributed datasets while significantly mitigating the non-independent and identically distributed problem. …”
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Prediction of 1p/19q state in glioma by integrated deep learning method based on MRI radiomics by Fengda Li, Zeyi Li, Hong Xu, Gang Kong, Ze Zhang, Kaiyuan Cheng, Longyuan Gu, Lei Hua

“…Abstract Purpose To predict the 1p/19q molecular status of Lower-grade glioma (LGG) patients nondestructively, this study developed a deep learning (DL) approach using radiomic to provide a potential decision aid for clinical determination of molecular stratification of LGG. Methods The study retrospectively collected images and clinical data of 218 patients diagnosed with LGG between July 2018 and July 2022, including 155 cases from The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA) database and 63 cases from a regional medical centre. …”
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The stressed state of the Earth’s crust in the Altai-Sayan mountain region: reconstruction based on the modified algorithms of the cataclastic method by @Rebetsky, Yuri L., Sycheva, Naylya A.

“…The article presents the results of a new reconstruction of stress in the Earth’s crust in the Altai-Sayan mountain region and their adjacent territories based on seismological data, and using a new modification of the method of cataclastic analysis (MCA) of fault displacements by Yu.L. …”
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What makes a microsaccade? A review of 70 years research prompts a new detection method by Anna-Katharina Hauperich, Laura K. Young, Hannah E. Smithson

“…We have additionally applied our method to eye-movement data collected using an adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscope (AOSLO), to show its adaptability to a fundamentally different method of data capture. …”
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From print to perspective: A mixed-method analysis of the convergence and divergence of COVID-19 topics in newspapers and interviews. by Qingqing Chen, Andrew Crooks, Adam J Sullivan, Jennifer A Surtees, Laurene Tumiel-Berhalter

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Exploring Adolescent Mental Health Issues and Primary Service Needs in Wetland Areas: A Mixed-Method Study by Nurhannifah Rizky Tampubolon, Masrina Munawarah Tampubolon, Niken Yuniar Sari

“…A convergent parallel mixed methods approach was employed. Quantitative data were gathered using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) to assess the mental health status of 276 adolescents. …”
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A Comparative Study of Transfer Learning and Fine-Tuning Method on Deep Learning Models for Wayang Dataset Classification by Ahmad Mustafid, Muhammad Murah Pamuji, Siti Helmiyah

“…The general issue in deep learning is data-hungry, which require a plethora of data to train some model. …”
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Uncertainty‐aware nuclear power turbine vibration fault diagnosis method integrating machine learning and heuristic algorithm by Ruirui Zhong, Yixiong Feng, Puyan Li, Xuanyu Wu, Ao Guo, Ansi Zhang, Chuanjiang Li

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