Transferability of new methods for health technology assessment in the field of diabetes between early and late adopters’ countries by Konstantin Tachkov, Francisco Somolinos-Simón, Jose Tapia-Galisteo, Maria Elena Hernando, Gema García-Sáez, Maria Dimitrova, Maria Kamusheva, Zornitsa Mitkova, Zsuzsanna Petyko, Bertalan Nemeth, Zoltan Kalo, Tomas Tesar, Marian-Sorin Paveliu, Oresta Piniazhko, Iga Lipska, Adina Turcu-Stiolica, Alexandra Savova, Manoela Manova, Rok Hren, Petra Došenović Bonča, Saskia Knies, Michal Stanak, Tomáš Doležal, Dinko Vitezic, Guenka Petrova

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Digital Technologies and Trade Facilitation in Ethiopia: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Blockchain, AI, and IoT Adoption by Chekole Sete Demeke

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Predicting Travel Insurance Purchases in an Insurance Firm through Machine Learning Methods after COVID-19 by Shiuh Tong Lim, Joe Yee Yuan, Khai Wah Khaw, XinYing Chew

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Offshoring Location Decision in Fuzzy Environment by Mehmet Şahin

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In Search of Suitable Methods for Cost-Benefit Analysis of Cyber Risk Mitigation in Offshore Wind: A Survey by Yvonne Hwei-Syn Kam, Kevin Jones, Robert Rawlinson-Smith, Kimberly Tam

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Automatic identification and characteristics analysis of crack tips in rocks with prefabricated defects based on deep learning methods. by Mingtao Gao, Minhui Li, Lu Chen, Zihao Guo, Chengyang Guo, Liping Li, Changsen Bu

“…In complex geological environments, the morphology, orientation and distribution characteristics of cracks in the rock directly affect the stability assessment for rock masses and engineering safety decisions. However, the traditional manual interpretation method is inefficient and influenced by subjective factors, which makes it tough to fulfill the requirements for high-precision and automated detection. …”
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Construction of Analogy Indicator System and Machine-Learning-Based Optimization of Analogy Methods for Oilfield Development Projects by Muzhen Zhang, Zhanxiang Lei, Chengyun Yan, Baoquan Zeng, Fei Huang, Tailai Qu, Bin Wang, Li Fu

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A review of machine learning and internet-of-things on the water quality assessment: Methods, applications and future trends by Gangani Dharmarathne, A.M.S.R. Abekoon, Madhusha Bogahawaththa, Janaka Alawatugoda, D.P.P. Meddage

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Developing an evaluation tool for the impact of consumer partnerships in healthcare governance: a coproduced mixed methods study by Ruth Cox, Jodie Nixon, Rae Parker, Faiza El-Higzi, Melanie Lynch

“…This study aimed to coproduce an impact evaluation tool for healthcare governance committee partnerships.Methods This study used a coproduced mixed methods cross-sectional design conducted in two phases. …”
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Initial evaluation of an intervention to address provider implicit bias in pediatric sickle cell disease pain care: A mixed methods pilot study by Siddika S. Mulchan, Christopher B. Theriault, Susan DiVietro, Mark D. Litt, Emily O. Wakefield, Javeed Sukhera, Paula Tanabe, Hannah R. Thomas, Melissa Santos, William T. Zempsky, Donna Boruchov, Adam T. Hirsh

“…Background Health care provider (HCP) implicit bias can impact health outcomes for youth with sickle cell disease (SCD).Aims : The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary impact of an individuation and perspective-taking (IPT) intervention to decrease implicit bias and improve pain treatment clinical decision making in pediatric SCD HCPs.Methods This mixed methods pilot randomly assigned HCPs (N = 36) to an intervention (n = 17) or control condition (n = 19). …”
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Application of intuitive fuzzy MABAC method in optimizing favorable areas of low permeability carbonate gas reservoirs by MIN Chao,LI Yingjun,LI Xiaogang,HUA Qing,ZHANG Na

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Development and psychometric evaluation of the child marriage cognitive determinants questionnaire (CMCDQ): a mixed-methods study by Bahman Baraie, Haidar Nadrian, Mehdi Rezaei, Abdolrasoul Safaiyan, Hossein Matlabi

“…An exploratory sequential mixed methods research design was conducted from 2021 to 2022 in Sanandaj, Iran. …”
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Implementation of medication reviews to optimize the use of medications in Swiss nursing homes: a mixed-methods study by Stephanie Mena, Julie Dubois, Marie Schneider, Anne Niquille

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the implementation and impact of the MRNH project in order to gain a better understanding of the processes involved in implementing MR in nursing homes. Methods This observational study followed a Type 3 hybrid implementation-effectiveness design using quantitative and qualitative analyses. …”
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Aligning the principles and practice of research integrity and research fairness in global health: a mixed-methods study by Sandra Alba, Rutuja Patil, Martijn Wienia, Masja Straetemans, Francis Kombe, Gowri Gopalakrishna, Harry Coleman, Nima Yaghmaei, Joseph Bukulu Sempa, Jake D Mathewson, Hannah Kabelka, Preeti Sohoni

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Detection of Adversarial Attacks Using Deep Learning and Features Extracted From Interpretability Methods in Industrial Scenarios by Angel Luis Perales Gomez, Lorenzo Fernandez Maimo, Alberto Huertas Celdran, Felix J. Garcia Clemente

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Enhancing credit card fraud detection: the impact of oversampling rates and ensemble methods with diverse feature selection by Mohamed Akouhar, Abdallah Abarda, Mohamed El Fatini, Mohamed Ouhssini

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Better methods, better data: landscaping the priorities for improving methodologies in vector control [version 2; peer review: 4 approved] by Rosemary Susan Lees, Katherine Gleave, Giorgio Praulins

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A Study on the Infrageneric Classification of <i>Hordeum</i> Using Multiple Methods: Based on Morphological Data by Nayoung Ro, Pilmo Sung, Mesfin Haile, Hyemyeong Yoon, Dong-Su Yu, Ho-Cheol Ko, Gyu-Taek Cho, Hee-Jong Woo, Nam-Jin Chung

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Addressing treatment switching in the ALTA-1L trial with g-methods: exploring the impact of model specification by Amani Al Tawil, Sean McGrath, Robin Ristl, Ulrich Mansmann

“…Their sensitivity analysis using Inverse Probability of Censoring Weights (IPCW), reported a Hazard Ratio (HR) of 0.50 (95% CI, 0.28-0.87), while their initial ITT analysis estimated an HR of 0.81 (0.53-1.22). Methods We used a directed acyclic graph to depict the clinical setting of the ALTA-1L trial in the presence of treatment switching, illustrating the concept of treatment-confounder feedback and highlighting the need for g-methods. …”
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of detailed anomaly ultrasound screening in the first trimester: a mixed-methods study by Jehan N Karim, Helen Campbell, Pranav Pandya, Edward C F Wilson, Zarko Alfirevic, Trish Chudleigh, Elizabeth Duff, Jane Fisher, Hilary Goodman, Lisa Hinton, Christos Ioannou, Edmund Juszczak, Louise Linsell, Heather L Longworth, Kypros H Nicolaides, Anne Rhodes, Gordon Smith, Basky Thilaganathan, Jim Thornton, Gillian Yaz, Oliver Rivero-Arias, Aris T Papageorghiou

“…Prospective survey of parental opinions. Probabilistic decision-analytic model for cost-effectiveness. Value-of-information analysis. …”
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