Cost-analysis of COVID-19 sample collection, diagnosis, and contact tracing in low resource setting: The case of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. by Amanuel Yigezu, Samuel Abera Zewdie, Alemnesh H Mirkuzie, Adugna Abera, Alemayehu Hailu, Mesfin Agachew, Solomon Tessema Memirie

“…The unit cost of COVID-19 diagnosis, excluding the cost for sample collection was USD 3.91. The unit cost of sample collection per COVID-19 positive individual was USD 11.63. …”
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The Effect of Financing Margin, Religiosity, and Family on the Decision to Financing BSI Pensiunan Berkah at Bank Syariah Indonesia KC. Padangsidimpuan by Rahul Al Fatah Suripto, Marliyah Marliyah, Nur Ahmadi Bi Rahmani

“…This study used a questionnaire with a sample of 96 respondents. The results of the study indicate that financing margin, religiosity, and family simultaneously influence the customer's decision to finance a blessed pension at Bank Syariah Indonesia Kc. …”
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MINIMIZATION OF RISK OF THE ERRONEOUS DECISION IN THE ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPORTANCE OF STATISTICAL RELATIONS OF TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC INDICATORS OF THE OBJECTS OF ELECTRIC POWER SY... by E. M. Farhadzadeh, A. Z. Muradaliyev, Yu. Z. Farzaliyev, T. K. Rafiyeva, S. A. Abdullayeva

“…The novelty consists in the application of fiducial approach; the calculation of critical values are fulfilled with the aid of computer technologies of simulation of possible realizations of the correlation coefficients for the two assumptions, viz. technical and economic indicators of the independent and dependent; simulation is fulfilled with the method of solving the “inverse problem”, which enables the possible implementation of the correlation coefficients for the really dependent and independent samples of random variables at a given sample size; the developed algorithms and programs for calculation made it possible to obtain the critical values of correlation coefficients for independent and dependent samples; in conditions of the sameness of the consequences of erroneous decisions it is proposed to make a decision not based on critical value but based on the boundary values of the correlation coefficients that correspond to the minimum total risk of erroneous decisions; the exemplification of the recommendations application was made on example of technical and economic parameters of boilers of power units of 300 MWt. …”
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Detection of Incipient Faults in Power Transformers using Fuzzy Logic and Decision Tree Models Based on Dissolved Gas Analysis by Felix Olowolafe, Kehinde Olukunmi Alawode

“…Notably, the Duval Triangle decision tree model attains the highest accuracy among the ten developed models, achieving a 98% accuracy rate when tested with 50 samples with known faults. …”
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Cultural interplay in end-of-life care decisions: comparing advance directive beliefs and preferences among adults in the U.S. and Taiwan by Duan-Rung Chen, Yuchi Young, Ashley Shayya, Taylor Perre, Thomas O’Grady

“…Results Compared to the Taiwanese sample, the U.S. sample had more males (37% vs. 21%), more individuals with a graduate education (53% vs. 22%), and fewer single/unmarried participants (38.9% vs. 46.4%). …”
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Worldviews and values of key societal actors influencing decision‐making around nature: The case of wild pollinator conservation in Europe by Zafarani Uwingabire, Adam J. Vanbergen, Florence L. P. Damiens, Tom D. Breeze, René van derWal, Juliette C. Young

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Effectiveness of a web-based decision aid for patients with Generalised Anxiety Disorder in Spain: a randomised controlled trial by Lilisbeth Perestelo-Pérez, Amado Rivero-Santana, Yolanda Álvarez-Pérez, Andrea Duarte-Díaz, Himar Gonzalez-Pacheco, Anthea Santos-Álvarez, Wenceslao Peñate-Castro, Vanesa Ramos García, María del Mar Trujillo-Martín, María Isabel Del Cura-González

“…Secondary outcomes include knowledge about GAD and its treatments, concordance between informed preference and 3 month actual choice, decision quality and GAD symptoms.Results There were no significant differences in decisional conflict at postintervention or 3 month follow-up in the intention-to-treat (ITT) or per-protocol sample (PPS). …”
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Do Profit-Sharing Rate, Promotion Media, Location, And Service Facilities Affect Muslim Decisions To Use Islamic Banks? by Nur Rizqi Febriandika

“…The purpose of this study was to determine whether profit-sharing rate, promotion media, location, service facilities affect the decisions of the Muslim community to use Islamic banks. …”
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Representing a Model Using Data Mining Approach for Maximizing Profit with Considering Product Assortment and Space Allocation Decisions by Manoochehr Ansari, Ali Heidari, Ali Setareh Gooran Abad

“…Research population was transactional data of a store, the sample included transactional data of one-month period in the time series. …”
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Self-Efficacy and Push-Pull Factors in International Student Mobility: A Study of Chinese Students’ Decision to Study in Malaysia by Meng Na, Mazzlida Mat Deli, Ummu Ajirah Abdul Rauf

“…Understanding the decision-making process behind international student mobility requires an integrated analysis of both external and internal drivers. …”
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Halal labelization, word of mouth and halal awareness on purchase decisions of pharmaceutical products (case study of Yogyakarta muslim students) by Nur Aisyah Indarningsih, Suci Wulandari Siregar

“…The sample for this research is 100 respondents spread across several campuses. …”
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Autonomous Maneuver Decision of UCAV Air Combat Based on Double Deep Q Network Algorithm and Stochastic Game Theory by Yuan Cao, Ying-Xin Kou, Zhan-Wu Li, An Xu

“…Aiming at the problem that unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) is difficult to quickly and accurately perceive situation information and make maneuvering decision autonomously in modern air combat, which is easily affected by complex factors, a maneuvering decision algorithm of UCAV combined with deep reinforcement learning and game theory is proposed in this paper. …”
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Induction of Convolutional Decision Trees for Semantic Segmentation of Color Images Using Differential Evolution and Time and Memory Reduction Techniques by Adriana-Laura López-Lobato, Héctor-Gabriel Acosta-Mesa, Efrén Mezura-Montes

“…Convolutional Decision Trees (CDTs) are machine learning models utilized as interpretable methods for image segmentation. …”
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Coping with global climate change in the post-COVID-19 pandemic: the roles of business perception and resources in adaptation strategy decisions by Vu Minh Ngo, Huan Huu Nguyen, Giang Huong Thi Vuong

“…Using the resource-based view and a sample of 335 businesses in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam, this study identifies key factors influencing these adaptation strategies. …”
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Wood Species Recognition Based on Visible and Near-Infrared Spectral Analysis Using Fuzzy Reasoning and Decision-Level Fusion by Peng Zhao, Zhen-Yu Li, Cheng-Kun Wang

“…The visible/near-infrared (VIS/NIR) spectral reflectance curve of a wood sample’s cross section was captured using a USB 2000-VIS-NIR spectrometer and a FLAME-NIR spectrometer. …”
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Personalized Instructional Strategy Adaptation Using TOPSIS: A Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Approach for Adaptive Learning Systems by Christos Troussas, Akrivi Krouska, Phivos Mylonas, Cleo Sgouropoulou

“…This paper presents a learner-centered decision support system for selecting adaptive instructional strategies, that embeds the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) in a real-time learning environment. …”
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Nurses’ personality traits and decision-making as factors related to missed nursing care: a structural equation modeling approach by Ivo Cristiano Soares Paiva, Eduardo José Ferreira dos Santos, Filipa Isabel Quaresma Santos Ventura, António Carlos Lopes Vilela, Isabel Maria Pinheiro Borges Moreira

“…Methods Quantitative cross-sectional descriptive-correlational study. A convenience sample of 296 nurses completed a questionnaire developed for this study consisting of the European Portuguese versions of the MISSCARE Survey, the Nursing Decision-Making Instrument (NDMI-PT), and the Ten-Item Personality Inventory (TIPI-P). …”
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Improved Confidence-Interval Estimations Using Uncertainty Measure and Weighted Feature Decisions for Cuff-Less Blood-Pressure Measurements by Soojeong Lee, Mugahed A. Al-antari, Gyanendra Prasad Joshi

“…The study confirmed that the BP estimates were within the CI based on the test samples of almost all subjects. The weighted feature decisions combining GPR and GBA were more accurate and reliable for cuff-less BP estimation.…”
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Predictive factors of alcohol initiation among Brazilian adolescents: assessing the role of attitudes, decision-making, communication, and resistance skills by Juliana Y. Valente, Sheila C. Caetano, Miguel Henrique da Silva dos Santos, Zila M. Sanchez

“…Methods: In a longitudinal sample of 1,103 seventh-grade students from 15 Brazilian public schools, we explored if attitudes toward drug use and decision-making, communication, and alcohol resistance skills at baseline predicted alcohol outcomes 9 months later. …”
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The Utility of Infectious Disease Prevalence Studies to Inform Public Health Decision-Making in the Samoan Islands: A Systematic Review by Beatris Mario Martin, Alison Brown, Filipina Amosa-Lei Sam, Aifili Tufa, Luis Furuya-Kanamori, Colleen L. Lau

“…We conducted a systematic review of infectious disease (ID) prevalence studies in the Samoan Islands from 2000 to 2024 and aimed to synthesise the prevalence of IDs, the purpose of the studies, and the potential utility of survey results for informing public health decision-making. We searched five academic databases, the Western Pacific Region Index Medicus, and grey literature up until April 2024. …”
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