Evaluating methods to define place of residence in Canadian administrative data and the impact on observed associations with all-cause mortality in type 2 diabetes by Danielle K Nagy, Lauren C Bresee, Dean T Eurich, Scot H Simpson

“…Abstract Purpose An individual’s location of residence may impact health, however, health services and outcomes research generally use a single point in time to define where an individual resides. …”
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University Students’ Views on the Challenges Faced by Students with Difficulties by Sonia Ruiz de Azua, Naiara Ozamiz-Etxebarria, Maitane Picaza, Eneritz Jiménez-Etxebarria, Nahia Idoiaga

“…Results: The findings reveal that 2.5% of the students have experienced discrimination at some point, with 2.9% attributing such discrimination to their peers. …”
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Th role of counselling to reduce parental fears and anxiety about newborn screening for sickle cell disease in Northern Ghana by Enyonam Duah, Samuel T. Chatio, Lucy O. Ababio, Nicola Lister, Olufolake Egbujo, Kwaku Marfo, Isaac Odame, Patrick Ansah

“…The interviews were recorded with consent of participants, transcribed and coded into themes using QSR Nvivo 12 software before thematic analysis. …”
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New Method of Impact Localization on Plate-like Structures Using Deep Learning and Wavelet Transform by Asaad Migot, Ahmed Saaudi, Victor Giurgiutiu

“…Segmenting and transforming different PWAS signals into image-based data points led to data samples that had similar features. …”
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Impact of AI-Assisted Diagnosis on American Patients’ Trust in and Intention to Seek Help From Health Care Professionals: Randomized, Web-Based Survey Experiment by Catherine Chen, Zhihan Cui

“…Trust and intention to seek help (measured with a 5-point Likert scale and coded as 0‐1 with equal intervals in between) were highest when AI was explicitly absent (control group: mean 0.50; No AI group: mean 0.63) and lowest when AI was extensively used (Extensive AI group: mean 0.30; Moderate AI group: mean 0.34). …”
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Comparative analysis of single-view and multiple-view data collection strategies for detecting partially-occluded grape bunches: Field trials by Mar Ariza-Sentís, Hilmy Baja, Sergio Vélez, Rick van Essen, João Valente

“…This study compares two data acquisition methodologies for grape bunch detection and tracking in a commercial vineyard where leaf removal was not performed: a traditional single-view approach and a multiple-viewing method designed to mitigate fruit occlusion issues. The PointTrack algorithm, trained and validated using MOTS annotations, was employed to evaluate detection and tracking performance through metrics of three trials. …”
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A mobile app intervention to support nutrition education for heart failure management: co-design, development and user-testing by Bridve Sivakumar, Maria Ricupero, Anisha Mahajan, Katherine Jefferson, John Wenger, Jillianne Code, Alex Theodorou, JoAnne Arcand

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Socially-Assistive Robots Using Empathy to Reduce Pain and Distress during Peripheral IV Placement in Children by Margaret J Trost, Grace Chrysilla, Jeffrey I. Gold, Maja Matarić

“…Children and parents completed demographic surveys, and children used an adapted validated questionnaire to rate the robot’s empathy on an 8-point Likert scale. Survey scores were compared by the t-test or chi-square test. …”
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Barriers and facilitators to recommended physical activity in lower-limb osteoarthritis: protocol for a qualitative study exploring patients and physiotherapist perspectives using... by Alison Rushton, Matthew James Willett, Carolyn Greig, David Rogers, Sally Fenton, Joan Duda

“…In-depth semi-structured interviews will be undertaken following discharge from physiotherapy at a single time point. Participants’ perspectives of physiotherapy interventions, including barriers and facilitators to prescribed PA and techniques that they felt optimised adherence to physiotherapist PA prescription will be explored (phase I). …”
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Análisis de Vías Libres para mantenimiento partiendo de las Configuraciones de Aislamiento. // Analysis of free access for maintenance starting from isolation configurations. by A. Torres Valle, J. Rivero Oliva

“…However, some factors constitute common points namely:<br />isolating configurations during the work protection code and human errors associated with its violation. …”
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The Model of Rational Education and Training Based on Islamic Teachings In Line With the Productivity of Human Resources in Prison Using the Meta-Synthetic Method by Mikael Jamalpour, Karim Esgandari, Shadi Orafaye Jamshidi

“…After confirming the initial research model by indicators related to relative coefficient of content validity (CVR), in the next step, the researcher set questions to measure the research codes. One question was set for each code. Questionnaire number two was given to the experts in order to relate regulatory questions with extracted codes. …”
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Localized Heating and Dynamics of the Solar Corona due to a Symbiosis of Waves and Reconnection by A. K. Srivastava, Sripan Mondal, Eric R. Priest, Sudheer K. Mishra, David I. Pontin, R.Y. Kwon, Ding Yuan, K. Murawski, Ayumi Asai

“…The present numerical simulations show how the propagation of magnetic disturbances toward a null point or separator can lead to the accumulation of the electric currents. …”
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The impact of economic sanctions on cancer diagnosis and treatment in Iran: a qualitative study by Leila Haghjou, Leila Mounesan, Aziz Shamsi, Maryam Nazari, Najmeh Bahmanziari, Mohammad Shirkhoda, Saeid Amanpour, Alireza Abdollahi, Kazem Zendehdel, Hamideh Rashidian

“…Results A total of 900 codes were identified, categorized into three primary groups—input, process, and output—and further divided into 13 subcategories. …”
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Comparison of Acceptance and Preference Between Rabbit Burgers and Other Lean Meat Burgers by Young Consumers by Elena Lacalle-ruiz, Pedro González-redondo

“…Overall acceptance and sensory attribute ratings differed between cooked burgers, except for texture (6.9 points for rabbit burger). Odour was rated better in the cooked rabbit (6.8 points) and turkey burgers, worst in the pork burger, and intermediate in the chicken burger. …”
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Looking at Infrared Background Radiation Anisotropies with Spitzer: Large-scale Anisotropies and Their Implications by A. Kashlinsky, Richard G. Arendt, M. L. N. Ashby, J. Kruk, N. Odegard

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Evaluation of the status of scientific journals, rank A, of MSRT, based on the desired indicators of Scopus and WoS by Ehsan Ehteshamnejad, Mehdi Ramezani, Mehdi Pakzad bonab

“…Meanwhile, the range of points obtained for journals with the Scopus index was between 0.5 and 1.21 and for other journals between 0.44 and 1.06. …”
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Appendices to the statement of claim: between demanding and exces-sive condency by L. A. Terekhova, I. V. Merenkov

“…The court has the right to point out the shortcomings of the statement of claim, which is carried out by issuing a ruling on leaving the statement of claim without movement, indicating the deadlines for execution. …”
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Perspectives from Systems-Level Key Informants on Optimizing Opioid Use Disorder Treatment for Adolescents and Young Adults by Jasper Yeh, Crosby Modrowski, Isabel Aguirre, Samantha Portis, Robert Miranda, Melissa Pielech

“…Interviews were transcribed and independently double coded. Template-style thematic analysis methods were used and revealed seven themes. …”
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Experiment and Numerical Study on the Flexural Behavior of a 30 m Pre-Tensioned Concrete T-Beam with Polygonal Tendons by Bo Yang, Chunlei Zhang, Hai Yan, Ding-Hao Yu, Yaohui Xue, Gang Li, Mingguang Wei, Jinglin Tao, Huiteng Pei

“…These results confirmed that the beam satisfied design code requirements for serviceability stiffness and crack control, exhibiting favorable elastic recovery characteristics. …”
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High-quality one-shot interactive segmentation for remote sensing images via hybrid adapter-enhanced foundation models by Zhili Zhang, Xiangyun Hu, Yue Yang, Bingnan Yang, Kai Deng, Hengming Dai, Mi Zhang

“…Furthermore, the proposed OSISeg integrates point, box, and scribble prompts, facilitating high-quality segmentation only using one prompt through a lightweight decoder. …”
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