Decision-Making Process of Home and Social Care Professionals Using Telemonitoring of Activities of Daily Living for Risk Assessment: Embedded Mixed Methods Multiple-Case Study by Renée-Pier Filiou, Mélanie Couture, Maxime Lussier, Aline Aboujaoudé, Guy Paré, Sylvain Giroux, Hubert Kenfack Ngankam, Patricia Belchior, Carolina Bottari, Kevin Bouchard, Sébastien Gaboury, Charles Gouin-Vallerand, Faustin Armel Etindele Sosso, Nathalie Bier

“…ObjectiveThis paper aims to describe (1) how ADL telemonitoring data are used by clinicians to maintain care recipients with cognitive deficits at home and (2) the impact of ADL telemonitoring on home care service delivery. MethodsWe used an embedded mixed methods multiple-case study design to examine 3 health institutions located in the greater Montreal region in Quebec that offer public home care services. …”
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Designing and evaluating a patient decision aid for patients with locally advanced or locally recurrent rectal cancer: a national multicentre mixed methods study protocol by Martyn Evans, Hayley Anne Hutchings, Dean Anthony Harris, Deena Harji, Anwen Williams

“…The overall aim of this study is to produce a validated patient decision aid (PtDA) to assist patients considering radical pelvic exenteration for LARC and LRRC created in line with international minimum standards.Methods and analysis This study is a national, multicentre mixed methods project and has been designed in keeping with guidance from the International Patient Decision Aids Standard.This study is in four stages. …”
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Determinating clusters with a higher proportion of long-term care discharges from hospitals: a nationwide Portuguese study using clustering and decision tree methods by Ana Carreira, Diogo Martinho, Vítor Crista, Júlio Souza, Filipa Santos Martins, Goreti Marreiros, Alberto Freitas, João Vasco Santos

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Convergent parallel mixed-methods study to understand the impact of decision-making for congenital cardiac surgery patients at a tertiary paediatric hospital: a study protocol by Patricia Trbovich, Mark Fan, Azadeh Assadi, Osami Honjo, Sonia Pinkney, Leyi Yin, Yasmin Zahiri, Mjaye Mazwi

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Patient and Public Perceptions of 3D Technologies (Models and Images) to Facilitate Health Care Consultations: Exploratory, Mixed Methods Study by Harleen Kaur Rai, Morven Miller, Steve Leung, Euan Macleod, Marilyn Lennon

“… Abstract Background3D technology, including models and images, can facilitate health care consultations by promoting a better understanding of information by patients and shared decision-making. …”
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Application of Supervised Learning Methods and Information Gain Methods in the Determination of Asbestos–Cement Roofs’ Deterioration State by Manuel Saba, David Valdelamar Martínez, Leydy K. Torres Gil, Gabriel E. Chanchí Golondrino, Manuel A. Ospina Alarcón

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Detection of false data injection in electric energy metering platforms using gradient lifting decision trees and MLP neural networks by Yakui Zhu, Yangrui Zhang, Chao Zhang, Bingyu Zhang, Hongying Wang, Shaokang Feng

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Integrating energy justice principles in waste-to-energy conversion: A multi-criteria decision framework for sustainable urban waste management by Abbas Shekari, Davood shishebori, Ahmad Sadegheih, Zahra Alidoosti

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Comparison of machine learning methods for Predicting 3-Year survival in elderly esophageal squamous cancer patients based on oxidative stress by Jin-Biao Xie, Shi-Jie Huang, Tian-Bao Yang, Wu Wang, Bo-Yang Chen, Lianyi Guo

“…To construct a predictive model for 3-year overall survival (OS), machine-learning strategies including decision tree (DT), random forest (RF), and support vector machine (SVM) were employed. …”
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SELECTING THE OPTIMAL SCENARIO FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS APPLICATION OF DIAMOND WIRE CUTTING AND CHAINSAW MACHINES IN DIMENSIONAL STONE MINES USING SECA MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING M... by Abbas Amou, Majid Ataee-pour, Satar Mahdevari

“…In order to find the best scenario to achieve the optimal technical and economic conditions, the SECA decision-making method was used due to the presence of several influential criteria. …”
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A Water-Based Fire-Extinguishing Agent of Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery Fire via an Analytic Hierarchy Process-Fuzzy TOPSIS Decision-Marking Method by Shuai Yuan, Kuo Wang, Feng Tai, Donghao Cheng, Qi Zhang, Yujie Cui, Xinming Qian, Chunwen Sun, Song Liu, Xin Chen

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Group decision-making framework using generalized heronian mean operators in quasi rung orthopair fuzzy environment with applications by Muhammad Bilal, Jawad Ali, Muhammad Fawad Tariq, Mohammad Mehedi Hassan

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A grey-based multiple attribute decision making model for implementing circular supply chain in copper industries by Moazameh Mahmoudi, Payam Shojaei, Ehsan Javanmardi, Habibollah Mahmoudabadi

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A multi-criteria decision making approach to balance water supply-demand strategies in water supply systems by Géssica Maria Cambrainha, Marcele Elisa Fontana

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Co-designing a dashboard of predictive analytics and decision support to drive care quality and client outcomes in aged care: a mixed-method study protocol by Andrew Georgiou, Julie Ratcliffe, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Kristiana Ludlow, Johanna Westbrook, Joyce Siette, Jacqueline Close, Stephen R Lord, Melissa T Baysari, Wu Yi Zheng, Richard O Day, Amy Nguyen, Mikaela Jorgensen, Melissa Miao, Magdalena Z Raban, Karla Seaman, Elizabeth Beattie, Deborah Debono, Leonard C Gray, Cynthia Stanton, Alex Thompson, Kimberly E Lind, David Roffe, Jo Root, Libby O’Toole, Marcela Carrasco, Javed Shaikh, Jeffrey Wong, Rebecca Haddock

“…The dashboard will comprise integrated data to provide an ‘at-a-glance’ overview of aged care clients, indicators to identify clients at risk of fall-related hospitalisations and poor quality of life, and evidence-based decision support to minimise these risks. Longer term plans for dashboard implementation and evaluation are also outlined.Methods This mixed-method study will involve (1) co-designing dashboard features with aged care staff, clients, informal caregivers and general practitioners (GPs), (2) integrating aged care data silos and developing risk models, and (3) testing dashboard prototypes with users. …”
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Identifying and ranking indicators affecting the environment with the aim of providing a guide on the establishment and operation of exhibition sites using BWM multi-criteria decis... by Davoud Adineh, Reza Amirnezhad, Keyvan Saeb, Aptin x Aptin Rahnavard, Farid Gholamreza Fahimi

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CRITIC-WASPAS method for multi-attribute group decision-making based on T-spherical fuzzy projection model and its application to foreign fiber content grade evaluation by Xinlong Li, Yuhong Du, Ziqi Rong, Weijia Ren

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A New Approach to the Criteria-Weighted Fuzzy Soft Max-Min Decision-Making Method and Its Application to a Performance-Based Value Assignment Problem by Samet Memiş, Serdar Enginoğlu

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Multi attribute decision-making algorithms using Hamacher Choquet-integral operators with complex intuitionistic fuzzy information by Tehreem, Harish Garg, Kinza Ayaz, Walid Emam

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Racket, Rhythm, and Results: Assessment of Factors Leading to Transformation of Badminton Teaching Based on Intuitionistic Fuzzy Extended DEMATEL Method by Feifei Du

“…The proposed research extends the decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) through the combination of intuitionistic fuzzy sets (IFSs) and multiple decision-maker (DMK) participation. …”
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