Patient Perspectives on Personalized Risk Communication Using Polygenic Risk Scores to Inform Colorectal Cancer Screening Decisions by Shauna R. Goldberg, MPH, Linda K. Ko, PhD, Li Hsu, PhD, Hang Yin, MS, Charles Kooperberg, PhD, Ulrike Peters, PhD, MPH, Andrea N. Burnett-Hartman, PhD, MPH

“…There is limited research on patient understanding of polygenic risk scores results and use of polygenic risk scores to inform colorectal cancer screening decisions. Methods: From May 2022 to June 2023, 20 Kaiser Permanente Colorado members aged 46–51 years who had been offered colorectal cancer screening but had never completed it signed consent to provide a saliva sample for colorectal cancer polygenic risk score analysis. …”
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A survey of pediatric dentists' caries-related treatment decisions and restorative modalities – A web-based survey by Hassan S. Halawany, Fouad Salama, Vimal Jacob, Nimmi Biju Abraham, Tarfa Nasser Bin Moharib, Abdulfatah Samih Alazmah, Jawaher Abdulaziz Al Harbi

“…Objective: To identify current practices and the preferred caries-related treatment decisions and restorative modalities of primary teeth among pediatric dental practitioners in Saudi Arabia. …”
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Black US military veterans respond favourably to a booklet using narratives to normalise shared decision-making by Anna M. Barker, Renda Soylemez Wiener, Joel Reisman, Lauren Kearney, Makayla Dones, Gemmae M. Fix

“…Mistrust caused by systemic racism can inhibit their participation in clinical conversations like shared decision-making (SDM). We sought to empower Black veterans to participate in SDM for LCS by normalising patients advocating for what matters most to them in clinical care decisions. …”
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Trust in Artificial Intelligence–Based Clinical Decision Support Systems Among Health Care Workers: Systematic Review by Hein Minn Tun, Hanif Abdul Rahman, Lin Naing, Owais Ahmed Malik

“… Abstract BackgroundArtificial intelligence–based clinical decision support systems (AI-CDSSs) have enhanced personalized medicine and improved the efficiency of health care workers. …”
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Less shared decision-making in consultations with lower health literate cancer patients: an observational mixed-methods study by Merel D. van Eick, Maartje Binnendijk, Hanneke W. M. van Laarhoven, Ellen M. A. Smets, Danielle R. M. Timmermans, Mark I. van Berge Henegouwen, Marijke Melles, Olga C. Damman

“…Background Shared decision-making (SDM) is now widely utilized in treatment decision-making for complex medical conditions like esophagogastric cancer. …”
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Patient Activation, Social Support, Physician Trust, and Shared Dialysis Decision-Making: A Cross-Sectional Investigation by Fahad Saeed, Basil S. Kazi, Musaib Syed, Kevin A. Fiscella, Paul R. Duberstein

“…Plain Language Summary: There is limited literature on the association between patient activation, social support, and physician trust with patient-reported shared dialysis decision-making. Therefore, we examined this association in a convenience sample of 222 people receiving maintenance dialysis. …”
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Ethical dilemmas concerning orthodontic treatment among orthodontists in a sample from Saudi Arabia: a pilot study by Nawaf H. Al Shammary, Abdulrahman K. Alshammari

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Enhancing Supplier Ealuation and Selection in Supply Chain Using a PROMETHEE-Based Decision-Making Support System by Marzieh Afshari, Hassan Farsijani

“…<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">The supplier selection process is considered one of the most relevant decisions in supply chain management owing to its effect on the product quality and buyer performance. …”
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Academic problems facing a sample of female students of theoretical colleges at King Abdulaziz University from their point of view by Jowana Abdullah Aljehani, Zaynah Ahmad alzahrani, Wejdan abdulrahman algarni, Maryam Ibrahim Ghabban

“…The descriptive method was used, and the study sample consisted of (277) female theoretical college students from the following levels (third - fourth - fifth - sixth) at King Abdulaziz University, and they were randomly chosen. …”
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Analysis of the Beliefs About Critical Competence in a Sample of Psychosocial and Socio-Educational Intervention Professionals in Master’s Degree Training by Francisco Jose Garcia-Moro, Diego Gomez-Baya

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A Research on Determination of Database and Software Tool in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Method: The Sample of Turkish Building Industry by Naide Sevim Koşan, Figen Beyhan

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Enhancing Health Mention Classification Through Reexamining Misclassified Samples and Robust Fine-Tuning Pre-Trained Language Models by Deyu Meng, Tshewang Phuntsho, Tad Gonsalves

“…To address this challenge, our research introduces an innovative method that enhances the accuracy and robustness of pre-trained language models for HMC by employing a misclassified samples replay buffer and applying controlled perturbations to data representations. …”
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GROWTH PARAMETERS AND YIELD PER RECRUIT ANALYSIS FOR THE ARMOURED CATFISH Pterygoplichthys pardalis SAMPLED IN THE LOW REACH OF THE AMAZONAS RIVER by Raniere Garcez Costa SOUSA, Cidiane Melo OLIVEIRA, Igor Rechetnicow Alves SANT'ANNA, Bruce Gavin MARSHALL, Carlos Edwar de Carvalho FREITAS

“… Armoured catfish Pterygoplichthys pardalis is an endemic fish from the Amazon basin (Brazil) and currently is the top ten target species in the regional fisheries. A total of 1200 samples were collected monthly from March 2011 to February 2012 with an average length of 28 ± 2.57 cm and average weight of 441.57 ± 103.37 g. …”
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A Multi-Scale Adaptive Fusion Network: End-to-End Interpretable Small-Sample Classifier for Motor Imagery EEG by Qiulei Han, Yan Sun, Ze Song, Hongbiao Ye, Tingwei Chen, Jian Zhao

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Evaluating spatiotemporal dynamics of snakebite in Sri Lanka: Monthly incidence mapping from a national representative survey sample. by Dileepa Senajith Ediriweera, Anuradhani Kasthuriratne, Arunasalam Pathmeswaran, Nipul Kithsiri Gunawardene, Shaluka Francis Jayamanne, Kris Murray, Takuya Iwamura, Geoffrey Isbister, Andrew Dawson, David Griffith Lalloo, Hithanadura Janaka de Silva, Peter John Diggle

“…We used a nationally representative population sample to evaluate spatiotemporal patterns of snakebite in Sri Lanka.…”
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Patient and Healthcare Professional Reflections on Consenting for Extra Bone Marrow Samples to a Biobank for Research—A Qualitative Study by Stuart G. Nicholls, Erika Camilleri, Taryn Chesser, Gary Davis, Katya Godard, Grace Fox, Madeleine Jane Gordon, Krystina B. Lewis, Jocelyn Lepage, Oksana Motalo, Wendy Nuttall, Craig Peleshok, Caryn Y. Ito, Pierre J. A. Villeneuve, Mitchell Sabloff

“…Despite time pressure and anxiety, the decision to donate a research sample did not require much deliberation. …”
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Vaccine antigen-based genotyping of Bordetella pertussis by direct Sanger sequencing of clinical samples in Peru from 2018 to 2019 by Eduardo Juscamayta-López, Betsabé Vega-Abad, Faviola Valdivia, María Pía Soto, Helen Horna, Ruth García-de-la-Guarda

“…This study provides valuable insights into the genotypic variability of B. pertussis in Peru from 2018 to 2019, employing an isolation-free genotyping method allowing the direct Sanger sequencing of vaccine antigen genes from clinical samples. These findings can enhance public health decision-making by improving our understanding of the genetic changes that drive severe pertussis outbreaks, particularly in developing countries that use whole-cell vaccines. …”
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Addressing Sensor Data Heterogeneity and Sample Imbalance: A Transformer-Based Approach for Battery Degradation Prediction in Electric Vehicles by Bi Wu, Shi Qiu, Wenhe Liu

“…Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed solution significantly improves battery degradation prediction accuracy, achieving a 21.3% increase in accuracy when processing heterogeneous data and a 24.5% improvement in prediction capability for imbalanced samples compared to traditional methods. Additionally, through case studies, we validate the applicability of this method in actual electric vehicle battery management systems, providing reliable data support for battery preventive maintenance and replacement decisions. …”
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Does Gender Matter for Electronic Word-of-Mouth Interactions in Social Media Marketing Strategies? An Empirical Multi-Sample Approach by Simona Vinerean, Alin Opreana, Camelia Budac, Diana Marieta Mihaiu

“…This research aims to explore the gender-specific dynamics of eWOM drivers in social media marketing, by validating a proposed model of key predictors for two samples (of female and male respondents). Data were gathered from two samples of social media users. …”
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Proliferation in Minimal Invasive Samples of Canine Lymphomas: Ki67 Index in Previously Stained Cytology and Paired Cell Blocks by Filipe Sampaio, Carla Marrinhas, Luísa Fonte-Oliveira, Ricardo Marcos, Pedro N. Oliveira, Marta Santos

“…These findings highlight the potential of Ki67 quantification in CBs for supporting treatment decisions.…”
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