Construction Site Layout Planning Using a Simulation-Based Decision Support Tool by SeyedReza RazaviAlavi, Simaan AbouRizk

“…<i>Methods</i>: To improve site layout planning, this study aims to develop a simulation-based decision support tool (DST) that enables planners to consider the following: (1) construction uncertainties, (2) construction resources (i.e., material, equipment, and workers), (3) site layout constraints, and (4) mutual impacts between site layout and construction plan variables, for site layout planning of construction projects. …”
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Exploring intentions: factors influencing international study decisions in healthcare bachelor degree programs by Ann Kristin Bjørnnes, Astrid Torbjørnsen, Björg Sigridur Anna Thordardottir, Anne Lund, Olav Johannes Hovland, Lisebet Skeie Skarpaas

“…Understanding students’ characteristics, preferences, and knowledge about exchange opportunities is important for supporting students and developing strategies to facilitate exchange. Methods This study conducted a cross-sectional survey among students enrolled in four 3-year professional health bachelor’s programs in Norway. …”
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Applying decision-making capacity criteria in practice: A content analysis of court judgments. by Nuala B Kane, Alex Ruck Keene, Gareth S Owen, Scott Y H Kim

“…<h4>Results</h4>The typology had nine categories (reliability: kappa = 0.63): 1) to grasp information or concepts, 2) to imagine/ abstract, 3) to remember, 4) to appreciate, 5) to value/ care, 6) to think through the decision non-impulsively, 7) to reason, 8) to give coherent reasons, and 9) to express a stable preference. …”
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Personalized decision making for coronary artery disease treatment using offline reinforcement learning by Peyman Ghasemi, Matthew Greenberg, Danielle A. Southern, Bing Li, James A. White, Joon Lee

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Evaluation of Clinical Decision Rules for Bone Mineral Density Testing among White Women by Michael E. Anders, Lori Turner, Jeanne Freeman

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The impact of conversational AI on consumer decision-making: A systematic review and cluster analysis by David Lopez-Lopez, Marc Bara Iniesta

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The clinical assessment of studies on orphan drugs in relation to the EMA’s authorization marketing decisions in Europe by Szczepan Jakubowski, Krzysztof Piotr Malinowski, Paweł Kawalec

“…However, it was more likely for phase II/III trials (p = 0.039), those with a treatment duration of 3–12 months (p = 0.03), and those with a safety and efficacy follow-up longer than 6 months (p = 0.022 and p = 0.047, respectively).ConclusionThe types of clinical trials and their methodological characteristics are correlated with the EMA’s decisions. …”
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Decision Support System to Solve Single-Container Loading Problem Considering Practical Constraints by Natalia Romero-Olarte , Santiago Amézquita-Ortiz, John Willmer Escobar, David Álvarez-Martínez

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Decision support systems for lower limb rehabilitation using electrical stimulation—A review by Tiago Franco, Pedro Rangel Henriques, Paulo Alves, Maria João Varanda Pereira

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Factors influencing a patient's decision to choose the type of treatment to improve dental esthetics by Gržić Renata, Špalj Stjepan, Lajnert Vlatka, Glavičić Snježana, Uhač Ivone, Kovačević-Pavičić Daniela

“…Methods. A total of 700 Caucasian subjects participated in the crosssectional study (261 men, 439 women, aged 18-86 years, mean age 46.2 ± 18.6). …”
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scRL: Utilizing Reinforcement Learning to Evaluate Fate Decisions in Single-Cell Data by Zeyu Fu, Chunlin Chen, Song Wang, Junping Wang, Shilei Chen

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Evaluating the impact of local alcohol licensing decisions on outcomes for the community: a systematic review by Elizabeth Goyder, Mark Clowes, Lindsay Blank, Emma Hock, Marie Rogerson

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Decision-making process of tomatoes purchase by generation Z: case study in the Slovak Republic by Michaela Šugrova, Marek Plachy, Ľudmila Nagyova, Jozef Šumichrast

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Decision-making process of tomatoes purchase by generation Z: case study in the Slovak Republic by Michaela Šugrova, Marek Plachy, Ľudmila Nagyova, Jozef Šumichrast

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Cognitive biases in clinical decision-making in prehospital critical care; a scoping review by Adam Awanzo, Julian Thompson

“…Cognitive biases have been identified as a common cause of these systematic errors in the hospital environment and these studies inspired the aim of this article to map current evidence and investigate, “What cognitive biases affects clinical decision-making in prehospital critical care”. Materials and methods A scoping review was conducted following Joanna Briggs Institute`s framework, by searching OVID MEDLINE and PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane for articles, no restrictions were set for type of article. …”
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Physicians’ opinion of patients’ CPR decision: Secondary analysis from a pilot RCT by Stephanie Ji, Alexa Pisciotti, Mitsu Patel, Catherine Chen, Michael B. Steinberg, Karthik J. Kota

“…Results: Physicians agreed with patients’ code status decisions 88.3% of the time. Physician agreement with code status was not correlated with GO-FAR or CCI scores. …”
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Treatment decision-making and treatment experiences in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer by Sandra Doveson, Per Fransson, Lena Axelsson, Agneta Wennman-Larsen

“…Hence, this study aimed to describe men’s satisfaction with TDM and treatment experiences during the first 12 months of a life-prolonging treatment of mCRPC. Patients and methods: This prospective study included 104 men with mCRPC who started and remained on the same life-prolonging treatment for 12 months. …”
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Development and evaluation of a clinical nursing decision support system for the prevention of neonatal hypoglycaemia by Qiaoyan Liu, Lulu Sun, Jie Yang, Wei Yin, Songmei Cao

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Utility of computerized tomography in clinical staging and surgical decision making in patients with uterine cancer by Andrew Tannous, Alexzandra Adler, Jeanelle Sheeder, Rebecca J. Wolsky, Jill Alldredge

“…Objective: We investigated the utility of pre-operative computerized tomography (CT) abdomen and pelvis on clinical staging and surgical decision making for uterine carcinoma. Methods: This retrospective cohort study included patients treated surgically for uterine carcinoma between 2010 and 2021 at a single academic center. …”
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Variability of clinical practice decisions on Latin American mobile medical service trips (MSTs) by Christopher Dainton, Charlene H Chu, Henry Lin, Lawrence C Loh

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