Development and initial validation of a scale to measure attitudes and beliefs of pharmacists toward their work with patients by Jocić Dragana, Krajnović Dušanka

“…The initial 5- point Likert type scale of 30 items was constructed and after initial validation its revised form developed. …”
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Priority actions for Fusarium head blight resistance in durum wheat: Insights from the wheat initiative by Ambra Viviani, Jemanesh K. Haile, W. G. Dilantha Fernando, Carla Ceoloni, Ljiljana Kuzmanović, Dhondup Lhamo, Yong‐Qiang Gu, Steven S. Xu, Xiwen Cai, Hermann Buerstmayr, Elias M. Elias, Alessia Confortini, Matteo Bozzoli, Gurcharn Singh Brar, Yuefeng Ruan, Samia Berraies, Walid Hamada, Safa Oufensou, Malini Jayawardana, Sean Walkowiak, Salim Bourras, Monika Dayarathne, Julio Isidro y Sánchez, Fiona Doohan, Agata Gadaleta, Ilaria Marcotuli, Xinyao He, Pawan K. Singh, Susanne Dreisigacker, Karim Ammar, Valentyna Klymiuk, Curtis J. Pozniak, Roberto Tuberosa, Marco Maccaferri, Barbara Steiner, Anna Maria Mastrangelo, Luigi Cattivelli

“…QTL, closely linked markers and durum wheat lines carrying the useful alleles, can be selected to design an effective breeding program. Finally, we highlight the priority actions that should be implemented to achieve satisfactory resistance to FHB in durum wheat.…”
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Qualitative exploration of the perceptions of exercise in patients with cancer initiated during chemotherapy: a meta-synthesis by Karin Piil, Anders Larsen, Mary Jarden, Tom Møller, Lis Adamsen, Hanne Baekgaard Larsen, Christina Andersen, Christina Sadolin Damhus, Malene Missel

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Chronic subdural hematoma with mild to moderate symptoms: The effect of initial treatment approach on clinical outcome by Merijn Foppen, Roger Lodewijkx, Mariam Slot, William P. Vandertop, Dagmar Verbaan

“…Conclusion: In this selected cohort of cSDH patients with mild to moderate symptoms, a conservative approach was associated with less complications and hospital stay. …”
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18F-FDG PET/CT in breast cancer: Evidence-based recommendations in initial staging by Ana Paula Caresia Aroztegui, Ana María García Vicente, Soledad Alvarez Ruiz, Roberto Carlos Delgado Bolton, Javier Orcajo Rincon, Jose Ramon Garcia Garzon, Maria de Arcocha Torres, Maria Jose Garcia-Velloso

“…We critically reviewed the selected articles and elaborated evidence tables structuring the summarized information into methodology, results, and limitations. …”
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Patient Delay in Initiating Tuberculosis Treatment and Associated Factors in Oromia Special Zone, Amhara Region by Muhammed Abdu, Awraris Balchut, Eshetu Girma, Wondwosen Mebratu

“…The simple random sampling method was used to select health facilities and study participants. Data were entered using Epi Info version 7.2 and analyzed by SPSS version 23. …”
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Outcomes of ophthalmology telemedicine in a large health care system beyond initial pandemic crisis by Elaine I. Wu, Mary Reed, Bradley Frueh, Weilu Wu, H. Jane Kim

“…Charts of selected televisits with return in-person visits were reviewed for diagnostic accuracy of telemedicine. …”
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A qualitative study on the management system for investigator-initiated studies in healthcare institutions in Beijing, China by Xiayan Chen, Jiaxue Meng, Hongling Chu, Yangfeng Wu, Huijuan Li

“…Abstract Background The Measures for Management of Investigator-Initiated Studies (IISs) Conducted by Healthcare Institutions (trial version) (referred to as Management Measures) has been piloted successively in 12 provincial regions across China since 1 October 2021 and took effect nationwide on 1 October 2024. …”
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Radiofrequency Ablation for Locoregional Structural Incomplete Response in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Initial Experience in Greece by George Simeakis, Aikaterini Kapama, Rodis D. Paparodis, Pyrros Gkousis, Panayiotis Koursaros, Christos Kokkinis, Maria Zozolou, Myrsini Gkeli

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Carbon footprint associated with a small-scale emissions reduction initiative for sustainable event management by V. de cadenet, P. Parinyakulset, W. Komkum, P. Boondaeng, P. Raksa

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Cross-sectional survey on cancer patients’ concerns and consultation needs with pharmacists at the time of initial diagnosis by Tomofumi Watanabe, Atsunobu Sagara, Tomoya Abe, Masato Komuro, Koharu Yubune, Satoshi Yoshikawa, Hiroyuki Terakado

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Strategies for involving patients and the public in scaling initiatives in health and social services: A scoping review by Roberta deCarvalho Corôa, Ali Ben Charif, Vincent Robitaille, Diogo G. V. Mochcovitch, Mamane Abdoulaye Samri, Talagbe Gabin Akpo, Amédé Gogovor, Virginie Blanchette, Lucas Gomes Souza, Kathy Kastner, Amélie M. Achim, Robert K. D. McLean, Andrew Milat, France Légaré, The RePOS Network

“…We found 236 mutually nonexclusive PPI strategies among 120 scaling initiatives. Twenty‐four initiatives did not target a specific country; but most of those that did so (n = 96) occurred in higher‐income countries (n = 51). …”
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Grey Wolf Optimizer Termodifikasi Menggunakan Chaotic Uniform Initialization Untuk Estimasi Effort Cocomo by Ardiansyah, Sri Handayaningsih, Deva Fathurrizki

“…Each candidate solution in the two populations is selected based on a certain fitness value which will ultimately produce an initial population that has better diversity. …”
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Establishment of genetic transformation system and initial report of transform BIO and bio gene in Petunia hybrida by LI Ying, LIU Jiyan, HU Jiangqin, CHEN Zhehao, HU Lingzhi, WANG Lilin

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Understanding the political economy of reforming global health initiatives – insights from global and country levels by Sophie Witter, Natasha Palmer, Rosemary Jouhaud, Shehla Zaidi, Severine Carillon, Rene English, Giulia Loffreda, Emilie Venables, Shifa Salman Habib, Jeff Tan, Fatouma Hane, Maria Paola Bertone, Seyed-Moeen Hosseinalipour, Valery Ridde, Asad Shoaib, Adama Faye, Lilian Dudley, Karen Daniels, Karl Blanchet

“…Abstract Introduction Since 2000, the number and role of global health initiatives (GHIs) has been growing, with these platforms playing an increasingly important role in pooling and disbursing funds dedicated to specific global health priorities. …”
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Nonlocal flat optics for size-selective image processing and denoising by Sandeep Kumar Chamoli, Chunqi Jin, Yandong Fan, Mehdi Kiani, Heedong Goh, Chen Huang, Shuyu Guo, Yuntong Wang, Fei Zhu, Guohua Xing, Bo Li, Tian Bai, Andrea Alù, Wei Li

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Multicriteria-Based Crowd Selection Using Ant Colony Optimization by Guan Wang, Farhad Ali, Jonghoon Yang, Shah Nazir, Ting Yang, Abdullah Khan, Muhammad Imtiaz

“…The task is usually posted online as an open call, and members of the crowd self-select a task to be carried out. Crowdsourcing involves initiators or crowdsourcers (an entity usually a person or an organization who initiate the crowdsourcing process and seek out the ability of crowd for a task), the crowd (online participant who is a having a particular background, qualification, and experience for accomplishing task in crowdsourcing activity), crowdsourcing task (the activity in which the crowd contribute), the process (how the activity is carried out), and the crowdsourcing platform (software or market place) where requesters offer various tasks and crowd workers complete these tasks. …”
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A method for selecting optimal sections for members of skeletal structures by Chu Duc Nha

“… This paper presents a simple method for selecting optimal sections for members of skeletal structures from an initially given set of sections. …”
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Selecting the Strategic Port of “the Belt and Road” Based on the Global Network by Zihui Yang, Qingchun Meng, Chanjuan Li

“…Under “the Belt and Road” initiative, China promoted cooperation between domestic enterprises and international ports vigorously, which brought back fruitful results, while the rational selection of strategic pivots ports and the optimization of the layout of the port network are important guarantees to a further promotion to the economic development of “the Belt and Road” ports and give full play to the driving and radiation role of strategic pivots ports. …”
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Motivation Levels of Administrative Employees at a Selected Government Department by Ashley Ntombi Bhuda, Cornelia Harmse

“…A structured questionnaire utilising a 5-point Likert scale was used to gather quantitative data. Initially, the preliminary study involving 20 administrative employees was conducted using a closed-ended questionnaire distributed through Google Forms. …”
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