Demand side management with wireless channel impact in IoT-enabled smart grid system by Md. Farhad Hossain, Kumudu S. Munasinghe, Nishant Jagannath, Khandakar Tanvir Ahmed, Md. Nabid Hasan, Ibrahim Elgendi, Abbas Jamalipour

“…A Zigbee-based Internet of Things (IoT) model is considered for the communication infrastructure of the NAN. A sample NAN employing XBee and Raspberry Pi modules is also implemented in real-world settings to evaluate its reliability in transferring smart grid data over a wireless link. …”
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Awareness of risk when prescribing and taking combined hormonal contraceptives (CHCs): a qualitative study with women and health professionals in three European countries by Irene Petersen, Vera Ehrenstein, Fiona A Stevenson, Paula Cristina Gomes Alves, Iveta Nagyova, Zuzana Katreniaková

“…We also focused on information sources consulted by women for their decision-making process regarding contraceptives.Design Qualitative semistructured face-to-face interviews were conducted with 24 women and 16 health professionals. …”
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Factors affecting uptake of private health insurance in the Philippines by Excellces Dee Montemayor, Patricia Anne P. Chua, Leivanne S. Delos Santos, Danica Isabel S. Perez, Regina Louise A. Bumatay, Jonas Francis D. Kosca, Gianella Bianca C. Samonte, Veincent Christian F. Pepito

“…However, these findings should be interpreted with caution due to potential sample bias from online recruitment and missing data. …”
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Optimizing anticoagulant use for stroke prevention: a systematic review of machine learning interventions by Feras Almarshad, Abdurrahman Mohammad Alshahrani, Abdurrahman Saad Al Faiz, Aamir Abbas, Muhammad Shabbir

“…Data were extracted on study design, sample size, machine learning models used, and focus areas. …”
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Performance analysis of municipal solid waste management using technical indicators by Deval Jugraj Singh, Anil Kumar Dikshit, Mohan B. Dangi, George Tchobanoglous, Sunil Kumar

“…However, these efforts are hindered by the lack of reliable, comprehensive, and high-quality data, which are crucial for informed decision-making and effective system improvements. …”
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Distribution and clinicopathological characteristics of G-CSF expression in tumor cells and stromal cells in upper tract urothelial carcinoma by Go Kobayashi, Yohei Sekino, Hikaru Nakahara, Kohei Kobatake, Keisuke Goto, Tetsutaro Hayashi, Kazuhiro Sentani, Nobuyuki Hinata

“…Notably, stromal G-CSF expression showed significant prognostic value, even when compared to major clinicopathological factors, suggesting that the evaluation of G-CSF expression may contribute to clinical decision-making in patients with UTUC.…”
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Determinants of smoking prevention behavior of senior high school students: A short report by Muthmainnah Muthmainnah, Galuh Mega Kurnia, Avinka Nugrahani

“…Methods This cross-sectional pilot study, conducted in 2022 with 90 samples of grade 10–11 students at SMA Negeri 1 Taman Sidoarjo East Java Indonesia, examined variables such as perceived vulnerability (the belief about the risk of experiencing a health issue), severity (the belief about the seriousness of the health issue), benefits (the belief in the benefit of taking preventive actions), barriers (the perceived obstacles to performing preventive behaviors), self-efficacy (the confidence in one's ability to perform preventive behaviors successfully), and cues to action (factors that trigger the decision to engage) in relation to health behaviors. …”
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Performance expectation fallout, knowledge search, and corporate dual innovation by Li Zheng, Yuanyuan Wang, Kang Fang

“…This paper analyzes the decision-making process known as ''assessment-search-innovation'' that businesses use in response to performance feedback. …”
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Development of Mathematical and Computational Models for Predicting Agricultural Soil–Water Management Properties (ASWMPs) to Optimize Intelligent Irrigation Systems and Enhance Cr... by Brigitta Tóth, Oswaldo Guerrero-Bustamante, Michel Murillo, Jose Duque, Rodrigo Polo-Mendoza

“…Understanding Agricultural Soil–Water Management Properties (ASWMPs) is therefore essential for optimizing water availability, enhancing harvest resilience, and enabling informed decision-making in intelligent irrigation systems, particularly in the face of climate variability and soil degradation. …”
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Structural equation modeling of the relationship between character strengths and marital relationship quality: The mediating role of integrative self-knowlege by Hannaneh Sadeghi, Mehrangiz Shoaa kazemi, Jaafar Moharami

“…The statistical population of this research consisted of all married men and women living in Tehran in 1402. The sample was 392 people who were randomly selected in a multi-stage cluster. …”
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Effect of Educational Empowerment on Student Nurses’ Knowledge, Practice, and Attitude toward Genomic Counselling by Amal T. A. Alsharkawy, Safaa F. Draz, Ghada S. Hassan, Mohamed A. Alhofi

“…There was a highly significant difference between studied students' attitudes toward genetic disease, health history benefits, genetic examination benefits, genomic counseling, follow-up, and decision-making process domains at pre and post-educational program at p-value <0.001. …”
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THE IMPACT OF SERVICE QUALITY ON STUDENT SATISFACTION IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN SERBIA by Mirjana Dunić, Njegoš Dragović

“…In order to conduct the research, a scale for evaluating the quality of services at faculties was created, and the study was carried out on a sample of 1,212 respondents. The research encompassed 13 higher education institutions at the Universities in the cities of Belgrade, Nis and Kragujevac. …”
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Prediction of stunting and its socioeconomic determinants among adolescent girls in Ethiopia using machine learning algorithms. by Alemu Birara Zemariam, Biruk Beletew Abate, Addis Wondmagegn Alamaw, Eyob Shitie Lake, Gizachew Yilak, Mulat Ayele, Befkad Derese Tilahun, Habtamu Setegn Ngusie

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 3156 weighted samples of adolescent girls aged 15-19 years were used from the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey dataset. …”
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A machine learning-based recommendation framework for material extrusion fabricated triply periodic minimal surface lattice structures by Sajjad Hussain, Carman Ka Man Lee, Yung Po Tsang, Saad Waqar

“…Initially, a dataset of 144 samples was created using the Material Extrusion (ME) technique. …”
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La realidad de los deportes colectivos en la Enseñanza Secundaria. Cómo planifican e intervienen los profesores de Murcia (The reality of sports game in the Secondary School. How... by Nuria Ureña Ortín, Francisco Alarcón López, Fernando Ureña Villanueva

“…Abstract: The purpose of this investigation was to determine the situation of sports in schools in the Secondary School of Murcia. We analyzed a sample of 25 teachers who were presented a questionnaire which examined how to planning and involved of sports game. …”
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Enhancing Agricultural Futures Return Prediction: Insights from Rolling VMD, Economic Factors, and Mixed Ensembles by Yiling Ye, Xiaowen Zhuang, Cai Yi, Dinggao Liu, Zhenpeng Tang

“…However, current research that uses full-sample decomposition to predict agricultural futures returns suffers from data leakage, and the resulting forecast bias leads to overly optimistic outcomes. …”
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Implementation of New Technologies in an Aged Care Social Day Program: Mixed Methods Evaluation by Dannielle Post, Kathleen Whitson, Gaynor Parfitt

“…Data were triangulated across the sample. ResultsForty-eight observation periods were completed, totaling 126.5 observation hours. …”
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Investigating the contributory factors influencing speeding behavior among long-haul truck drivers traveling across India: Insights from binary logit and machine learning technique... by Balamurugan Shandhana Rashmi, Sankaran Marisamynathan

“…A total of 756 valid samples were collected and utilized for analysis purposes. …”
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PREDICTION INTERVALS IN MACHINE LEARNING: RESIDUAL BOOTSTRAP AND QUANTILE REGRESSION FOR CASH FLOW ANALYSIS by Wa Ode Rahmalia Safitri, Farit Mochamad Afendi, Budi Susetyo

“…While point predictions are commonly used, they may not adequately capture this uncertainty, especially in financial systems where forecasting accuracy directly impacts decision-making. Prediction intervals offer a solution by providing a range of likely outcomes rather than single-point estimates. …”
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Measuring Quality of Life in Stroke Survivors: Validity and Reliability of the Spanish COOP/WONCA Scale by Trinidad Sentandreu-Mañó, Adrián García-Mollá, Inmaculada Oltra Ferrús, José M. Tomás, José Ricardo Salom Terrádez

“…While health-related quality of life (HRQoL) assessments are essential for patient-centered care and clinical decision-making, many existing tools are limited by cultural biases or practical constraints. …”
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