Optimising standard setting in medical education: The critical role of the assessment committee by Zaw Phyo, Titi Savitri Prihatiningsih, Ye Phyo Aung, Tun Tun Naing

“…Results: It shows that most committee members acknowledge the advantages of standard settings, such as improved teaching and learning defect identification, staff knowledge application, enhanced educational programs, and personal contributions to education quality. …”
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Deep Q-Networks for Minimizing Total Tardiness on a Single Machine by Kuan Wei Huang, Bertrand M. T. Lin

“…Due to its computational intractability, exact approaches such as dynamic programming algorithms and branch-and-bound algorithms struggle to produce optimal solutions for large-scale instances in a reasonable time. …”
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Status of self- care ability of patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Mahsa Ebrahimi, MohammadTaghi Moghadamnia, Rabiolah Farmanbar, Seyed Habib Zayeni, Ehsan Kazem Nejad Leili

“…Rheumatoid Arthritis as a chronic disease causes pain, fatigue, limited mobility and daily activity, physical function disorder and disability. …”
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Improving Regional Welfare Through Stakeholder Management by Cavin Ornando Simorangkir, Fitri Yuniawati, Monica Adellia, Affra Nabilla, Dewi Purba

“…The study suggests strategies to address these issues, including creating inclusive recruitment processes, implementing routine professional development programs, establishing fair wages, integrating health and employment insurance, improving infrastructure, and promoting sustainable practices. …”
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Influence of physical exercise on health improvement in older adult cancer patients: a systematic review by Rafael Corrêa, Cristina Vaz de Almeida, Vasco da Fonseca, Benjamin Miranda Tabak

“…Exercise interventions show evidence that individual, group, and home exercise, as well as multimodal exercise programs, have positive outcomes for the physical and mental health and quality of life (QL) of older adult cancer patients. …”
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Beyond bans: A political economy of used vehicle dependency in Africa by Festival Godwin Boateng, Jacqueline M. Klopp

“…Transport and land-use planning reforms and investment prioritizing public transit including minibus recapitalization programs, as well as mixed land use and transit-oriented development can help reduce used vehicle dependency and the harms it brings. …”
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Oculomotor-Related Measures Are Predictive of Reading Acquisition in First Grade Early Readers by Avi Portnoy, Sharon Gilaie-Dotan

“…However, national vision evaluation programs worldwide are often limited to distance visual acuity (dVA), not testing for OMD despite its high prevalence and the ease of detecting it in brief optometric evaluations. …”
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ChatGPT as a data analyst: an exploratory study on AI-supported quantitative data analysis in empirical research by Dimitri Prandner, Daniela Wetzelhütter, Sönke Hese

“…Social scientists are faced with the challenge of designing complex studies and analyzing collected data via various programs such as R, Stata, SPSS, or Python. This often requires the use of analytical procedures and specific software packages that are beyond an individual’s established skillsets and technical knowledge. …”
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AI Chatbots in Education: Challenges and Opportunities by Narius Farhad Davar, M. Ali Akber Dewan, Xiaokun Zhang

“…The paper then delves into the challenges and limitations associated with the integration of AI chatbots into education. …”
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Experiences of Participants in An Agricultural Livelihood Support Initiative for People Living With HIV In Central Uganda. by Tumwine, Christopher, Addo, Isaac Yeboah, Zakumumpa, Henry, Seeley, Janet, Oucul, Lazarus

“…Some participants experienced challenges including animal/poultry diseases, livestock theft, “low quality” agricultural inputs, unfavorable weather conditions, limited finance and land to support livelihood activities, and difficulties working in groups. …”
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Assessing the Utilization of Technology in the Teaching and Learning of English Language in Selected Secondary Schools in Kabale Municipality. by Ariho, Pretty

“…The study recommended implementing peer mentoring programs where experienced technology users guide less experienced colleagues in integrating technology into their teaching practices. …”
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Effect of Male Involvement in Parenting and the Moral Development of Children in Southern Division Kabale Municipality. by Tumuhimbise, Shallot

“…The study further on the possible strategies to improve male involvement in parenting and the moral development of children, it was revealed that the respondents mentioned encouraging positive male role models in the community who actively engage in child upbringing through creating mentorship programs that pair experienced fathers with new or expectant fathers to provide guidance, support, and practical advice on engaging in child upbringing and being positive role models. …”
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Assessing the Accessibility and Utilization of Agricultural Credit Facilities in Ruhinda Sub-County Rukungiri District. by Tukahirwa, Horus

“…The findings revealed that 70% of farmers were aware of agricultural credit facilities, with government-sponsored programs being the most recognized. However, significant barriers such as high interest rates, lack of collateral, and complex application procedures hindered access to these credits. …”
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Signing On: A New Chapter in Medical Education for Inclusive Care; Scoping Review by Stefan Sampy

“…Despite this, only a limited number of medical schools incorporate formal education on Deaf awareness into their curricula. …”
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Identification and characterization of a novel QTL for barley yellow mosaic disease resistance from bulbous barley by Yi Hong, Hui Zhou, Mengna Zhang, Yuhang Zhang, Juan Zhu, Chao Lv, Baojian Guo, Feifei Wang, Qingliang Li, Jie Sun, Rugen Xu

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Efficacy and safety of lifileucel, a one-time autologous tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) cell therapy, in patients with advanced melanoma after progression on immune checkpoint... by Jessica C Hassel, James Larkin, Madan Jagasia, Harriet Kluger, Omid Hamid, Jeffrey Weber, Jason Chesney, Amod Sarnaik, John M Kirkwood, Eric Whitman, Martin Wermke, Evidio Domingo-Musibay, Theresa Medina, Sajeve Thomas, Wen Shi, Xiao Wu, Nikhil I Khushalani, Parameswaran Hari, Marlana Orloff, Mike Cusnir, Giao Q Phan, Andrew J S Furness, Michael E Egger, Friedrich Graf Finckenstein, Giri Sulur

“…Patients had received a median of 3.0 lines of prior therapy (81.7% received both anti-programmed cell death protein 1 and anti-cytotoxic lymphocyte-associated protein 4) and had high disease burden at baseline (median target lesion sum of diameters (SOD): 97.8 mm; lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) >upper limit of normal: 54.2%). …”
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Understanding Patient Perspectives in Treatment and Management of Care in Asthma by Hicks A, George MJ, Benjamin M, Lacoste E, Orr HC, Melendez A, Gardner DD

“…Teaching patients with asthma management resources, programs that help afford medicine, routine breathing tests, and regular check-ups can make a big difference in asthma care.The information collected from patients during online meetings has also helped Sanofi design better medicines for asthma by integrating patient priorities into its development programs, designing less burdensome clinical trials, and generating the types of data patients say are most important and relevant to them.Keywords: asthma, patient advocacy groups, patient-focused drug development…”
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The effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicine therapy in reducing pain in diabetic neuropathy: A systematic review by St Syahriyani, Saldy Yusuf, Yuliana Syam

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INBRX-120, a CD8α-targeted detuned IL-2 that selectively expands and activates tumoricidal effector cells for safe and durable in vivo responses by Jason Ho, Chelsie Macedo, Garrett Cyprus, Rajay Pandit, Anya Polovina, Nadja Kern, Abrahim Hussain, Sae Jeong Ahn, William Crago, Emily Rowell, Florian J Sulzmaier, John C Timmer, Brendan P Eckelman

“…Despite promising activity in a subset of patients, wider therapeutic utility of IL-2 (aldesleukin) has been hampered by severe dose-limiting toxicities, the expansion of immunosuppressive regulatory T cells and a poor pharmacokinetic (PK) profile. …”
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Regional and patient-level determinants of endoscopic utilization in rural healthcare: a multi-level analysis by Muye Ma, Pengfei Li, Zhengyang Lu, Nan Zhang, Suzhen Wang, Youhua Lu, Jinming Yu

“…ObjectiveDespite numerous studies on endoscopic services in urban settings, tailored assessments in rural healthcare remain limited, creating a gap in our understanding of resource-constrained environments. …”
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