Systematic Analysis of Retrieval-Augmented Generation-Based LLMs for Medical Chatbot Applications by Arunabh Bora, Heriberto Cuayáhuitl

“…Experiments are reported for response generation and multiple-choice question answering. The latter uses two distinct methodologies: Type A, as standard question answering via direct choice selection; and Type B, as language generation and probability confidence score generation of choices available. …”
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Development of a Consensus-based Agenda to Identify Priorities for Clinical Research in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery by A. Noelle Larson, MD, Ria Paradkar, Matthew Schmitz, MD, Raymond Liu, MD, Neeraj M. Patel, MD, MPH, MBS, Henry Ellis, MD, Todd A. Milbrandt, MD, Dan Sucato, MD, Kevin Shea, MD, Jennifer Laine, MD

“…Background: There is a need for additional high quality studies in children’s orthopaedic surgery to answer important clinical research questions. The purpose of this study was to develop a consensus-based research agenda to identify top clinical questions to prioritize in pediatric orthopaedics. …”
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The effectiveness of diabetes training of psychiatric health professionals on individuals with diabetes and psychiatric disorders – a pragmatic controlled trial in Denmark by Lenette Knudsen, Gregers Stig Andersen, Lene Eide Joensen, Lars Jorge Diaz, Kim Katrine Bjerring Clemmensen, Lone Lindegaard Nordin, Anna Jessen, Mette Andersen Nexø, Kirsten Lomborg, Marit Eika Jørgensen, Dorte Lindqvist Hansen

“…Results Psychiatric health professionals (n = 64) had more correct answers after completing the course, with a mean increase of 6.3 [95% CI 5.6 to 7.0] correct answers. …”
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Tourism planning in the Azores and feedback from visitors by João Crispim Ponte, Gualter Couto, Pedro Pimentel, Áurea Sandra Toledo de Sousa, André Oliveira

“…This study aims to analyse the improvements that, in the opinion of visitors, should be implemented in Ponta Delgada, the largest hub of tourism activity in the Azores (Portugal), detecting differences between specific groups of visitors, in order to contribute to territorial organisation and the optimisation of tourism experiences. 400 answers to a survey distributed among tourists who visited this Azorean municipality were analysed, using several statistical methods, such as the chi-square test of independence and some Hierarchical Cluster Analysis algorithms. …”
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A Qualitative Research on Civil Servants’ Motivation from Romanian Public Administration by PROFIROIU Alina-Georgiana, SABIE Oana-Matilda, NASTACĂ Corina-Cristiana

“…The results show a difference in the respondents’ answers regarding the system of motivation for civil servants. …”
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Economic expectations of financial sector agents in the context of central bank communication policy by A.V. Buriak, Ya.M. Kryvych, K.V. Serdiuk

“…In addition, they are constantly being improved. The complexity of researching economic expectations can be explained by their dependence on many factors, one of which is the ability of respondents to evaluate changes in the economy and provide answers that will not depend on their impulsiveness and impartiality of thought. …”
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Evaluating an intervention to promote access to mental healthcare for low language proficient migrants and refugees across Europe (MentalHealth4All): study protocol for a pretest–p... by Fang Wang, Mike Mösko, Demi Krystallidou, Yuhui Chen, Liza G G van Lent, Saskia Hanft-Robert, Ilaria Galasso, Barbara Schouten, Antoon Cox, Sona Hodakova, Chiara Rao, Koen Kerremans, Raquel Lázaro Gutiérrez, Özlem Temizöz, Dalia Mankauskienė, Łucja Biel, Emilio Di Maria, Julia van Weert, Melanie de Looper, Gian Hernandez, Gaukhar Orkashbayeva, Tobias Kleineidam, Angeliki Tsoukaneli, Mehmet Uygun, Ily Hollebeke, Beatrice Bünsch, Leon Köchel, Mia Mengtong Li, Mara Morelli, Stefania Muzi, Cecilia Serena Pace, Carlotta Gualco, Nijolė Maskaliūnienė, Katarzyna Czarnocka-Gołębiewska, Urszula Okulska-Łukawska, Argnieszka Biernacka, Aleksandra Kalata-Zawłocka, Agnieszka Słopień, Natalia Pytlińska, Monika Šavelová, Andrej Birčák, Daniela Müglová, Carmen Valero Garcés, Carmen Pena Díaz, Elena Alcalde Peñalver, Cristina Álvaro Aranda, Silvia Damianova Radeva, Sabine Braun, Jaleh Delfani, Graham Hieke, Elena Davitti, Constantin Orasan, Lieven Buysse

“…If successful, the MentalHealth4All platform will be made publicly available to help improve access to mental healthcare services, as well as HSCPs’ cultural competencies in delivering such services, for any LLP migrants and refugees across Europe (and beyond). …”
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CATHETER II: a randomised controlled trial comparing the clinical effectiveness of various washout policies versus no washout policy in preventing catheter-associated complications... by John Norrie, Graeme Maclennan, David Cooper, Paul Little, Peter Murchie, Phyo Kyaw Myint, Mohamed Abdel-fattah, Mary Kilonzo, Muhammad Imran Omar, Diana Johnson, Sara J Maclennan, James N'Dow, Graham Scotland, Amanda Young, Seonaidh Cotton, James Larcombe, Nikesh Thiruchelvam, Catherine Paterson, Lynda Constable, Hashim Hashim, Sheela Tripathee, Konstantinos Dimitropoulos, Suzanne Evans, Karen Powell

“…The trial closed before reaching target recruitment due to reduced research capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic.Conclusions Early closure and small sample size limits our ability to provide a definite answer. However, the observed non-statistically significant differences over control are favourable for lower rates of LTC blockages without a concomitant rise in S-CAUTI. …”
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Blog for schoolchildren about people with disabilities: evaluation of learning by Karine Moreira de Melo, Ana Talyne Pessoa, Cristiana Brasil de Almeida Rebouças, Maguida Gomes da Silva, Paulo César de Almeida, Lorita Marlena Freitag Pagliuca

“…Questions about visual and auditory impairment, history and citizenship (p=0.001) improved the proportion of correct answers after the intervention. …”
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Pengaruh Kepribadian Proaktif dan Berbagi Pengetahuan terhadap Perubahan Sosial dan Implikasinya pada Kinerja Guru SD Swasta di Kota Serang by Agus Syabarrudin, susilawati, eva mutiah, basrowi

“…For this reason, teacher performance needs to be improved to be able to motivate students in achieving maximum learning outcomes and to pay attention to the supporting factors for improving teacher performance so that the teaching and learning process can be carried out properly.The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of proactive personality and knowledge sharing on social change and the implications for the performance of private elementary school teachers in Serang. …”
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Unlocking the Potential: Assessing the Influence of Electronic Human Resource Management on Innovative Performance, Productivity, and Cost Efficiency with Employee Satisfaction as... by Faiz Ahmed, Hamza Hakim, Aqil Shakoor, Qassia Shoaib

“…It can assist the organization in achieving its objective, which may be improved organizational performance. …”
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Determination of Nutrition Habits and Food Supply Changes During Covid-19 Pandemic by Nilgün Budak

“…For this reason, it has been determined that the infrastructures of producers, carriers and sellers in the food supply chain should be improved in order to meet the needs of people.…”
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Nurses’ Experiences of Nonpatient Factors That Affect Nursing Workload: A Study of the PAONCIL Instrument’s Nonpatient Factors by Lisbeth Fagerström, Paula Vainikainen

“…The data material consisted of PAONCIL questionnaires from 38 units and 37 outpatient clinics at 11 strategically selected hospitals in Finland, and included nurses’ answers (n=1307) to the question of which factors, other than nursing intensity, affect total NWL. …”
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The Development of an Emotional Embodied Conversational Agent and the Evaluation of the Effect of Response Delay on User Impression by Simon Christophe Jolibois, Akinori Ito, Takashi Nose

“…The system generates answers in real time based on media content. The development was supported by a case study of artwork images with the agent playing the role of a museum curator, where the user asks the agent for information on the artwork. …”
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Comportamiento del acabado superficial de la pieza y el desgaste de la herramienta al fresar aluminio con altas velocidades de corte en fresadoras cnc convencionales. // Superficia... by F. Martínez Aneiro, T. Sánchez Battaille, G. Frías Figueroa

“…The results stated, that within the studied<br />parameters, that the durability of the tool and the surface roughness improve and that the behavior of the machine is stable<br />in spite of not being conceived for high speeds.…”
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أثر إدارة المراسم والاتيكيت في تحقيق النجاح الاستراتيجي لمنظمات الضيافة by نوفل عبد الرضا الكمري, عماد حسين سعود

“…Abstract   Purpose: The objective of the study is to identify the nature of the philosophical and scientific relationship between the study variables represented by (protocol management, etiquette, and strategic success), and the extent to which the nature of the relationship is reflected in the field reality to improve hospitality organizations and their success.  …”
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Investigating the Factors Influencing the Resilience Capacity of Rural Households Affected by Drought: A Case Study of the Villages of Zehak City by A.R. Sani Heidary, M. Daneshvar Kakhki, M. Sabouhi, H. Mohammadi

“…Therefore, considering the sensitivity of the issue of resilience as a dominant approach effective on the dimensions of life and livelihood of rural households on the one hand and the lack of a comprehensive study on its underlying factors, on the other hand, this research seeks to answer two questions: First, what is the resilience level of rural households against drought? …”
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QUERY2BERT: Combining Knowledge Graph and Language Model for Reasoning on Logical Queries by Truong H. V. Phan, Phuc do

“…Finally, we used nearest neighbor search on K-D tree to retrieve neighbor-embedded nodes and implemented logical operations like projection, intersection, union, and negation to find answers to complex questions. We tested our model on three benchmark knowledge graph datasets and showed that QUERY2BERT significantly improved accuracy and speed compared to other state-of-the-art models.…”
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Presenting the Model of Effective Factors on Smart Governance in the Country by Ghaem Gheiravani, Mohammad Montazeri, Shams Sadat Zahedi

“…Based on this, the researcher of the present study intends to answer the main question: what model of effective factors is suitable for smart governance in the country? …”
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Novel cultivation techniques for water lily (Nymphaea micrantha Guill. & Perr) production based on in vitro technology by Fei Lin, Yong Kang, Arwa Abdulkreem AL-Huqail, Dikhnah Alshehri, Yamei Li, Yuhua Guo, Guangsui Yang, Fenling Tang, Junmei Yin, Zheli Ding, Mamdouh A. Eissa

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