Nurse leaders' perceptions of leadership development needs for strengthening the nursing workforce: a South African pilot study by Mirriam Matandela, Goitsemang Lucy Chisale, Vhothusa Edward Matahela

“…BackgroundNurses are central to South Africa's healthcare system, yet the sector faces ongoing challenges, including workforce shortages, high workloads, limited career progression, and weak institutional support. …”
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Unlocking Deep Learning: How Self-Regulated Learning Shapes Chinese Students’ Online Course Experiences by Lingli Li, Shuqing Chen, Pingping Tang, Kai Lv, Ping Li, Yunying Xu

“…However, appropriate workload and assessment in OCEQ were neither directly nor indirectly related with deep learning. …”
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S-MFAC Control of Posture and Position Tracking for Working-class ROV by QIAO Yuekun, ZHU Yinggu, YAN Yun, LUO Lingbo, HU Binwei

“…In addition, the control algorithm can reduce the workload of the navigator due to the optimization of the operation input.…”
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Knowledge, practice, and factors affecting peripheral intravenous catheters among nurses working in Dessie City public hospitals by Belachew Tegegne, Dawit Checkole, Mekuriaw Wuhib Shumye, Leul Mekonnen Zeru, Zemen Mengesha Yalew, Sewunet Ademe, Metadel Tegegne Shiferaw, Afework Edmealem

“…The availability of antiseptic solution, sex, age, working unit, workload, and training were significantly associated with knowledge. …”
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Simulation-based deep reinforcement learning for multi-objective identical parallel machine scheduling problem by Sohyun Nam, Young-in Cho, Jong Hun Woo

“…The performance of the proposed algorithm is validated in comparison to four priority rules (SSPT, ATCS, MDD, and COVERT) for various test scenarios with different workloads and levels of variability in processing time.…”
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Realisation of ethics in the activity of a social worker by Irena Leliūgienė, Violeta Andrijevska, Angelė Kaušylienė

“…Social workers identified five main reasons which cause violations of ethical standards in their practice: apathy of colleagues, heavy workload, lack of offices,  problematic clients and nervous tension at work. …”
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General Practitioners' Perspectives on Barriers to Communication With Specialists in the Referral System: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Synthesis by Hamed Fattahi, Faezeh Ghasemi Seproo, Arash Fattahi, Vahideh Rostami, Azad Shokri

“…Results Four central themes emerged: structural barriers (subthemes: inefficient health system, shortages in the number of specialists and heavy workload), regulatory and procedural barriers (subthemes: lack of comprehensive communication protocols, unclear delineation of roles and responsibilities, inadequate economic incentives, lack of continuity between providers, lack of interest in specialists, time consuming communication process), technological barriers (subthemes: ineffective methods for communication, challenges in using electronic medical records), and personal and interpersonal barriers (subthemes: having different approaches to healthcare, inappropriate specialists' perceptions of general practitioners' roles, lack of professional trust and respect, social anxiety disorder in the workplace). …”
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The burden of back pain on hospital staff in a maximum care facility in Germany – a survey by Josina Straub, Melanie Ardelt, Kristina Gerhardinger, Lisa Klute, Jonas Krueckel, Markus Rupp, Volker Alt, Siegmund Lang

“…Female gender (OR = 1.5; p = 0.003), living in a partnership (OR = 1.4; p = 0.02), chronic illnesses (OR = 6.4; p = 0.01) and excessive workload (OR = 3.0; p = 0.05) were identified as risk factors, whereas membership in a sports club (OR = 0.55; p = 0.05) was identified as preventive factor. …”
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Antibiotic use in Namibia: prescriber practices for common community infections by Dawn D. Pereko, Martie S. Lubbe, Sabiha Y. Essack

“…Management of infections was the same across all socio-demographic factors and was not influenced by patient workload. Conclusion: This survey revealed that first-line antibiotic choices of doctors are not informed by the Namibia Standard Treatment Guidelines and the local and regional antimicrobial sensitivity data. …”
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Human Performance-Aware Scheduling and Routing of a Multi-Skilled Workforce by Maikel L. van Eck, Murat Firat, Wim P. M. Nuijten, Natalia Sidorova, Wil M. P. van der Aalst

“…Their performance depends on a number of factors, including workload, stress, personal preferences, etc. In this article we describe an approach for scheduling activities of people that takes into account business rules and dynamic human performance in order to optimise the schedule. …”
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Implementing resilience-based interventions for healthcare employee well-being: evidence from the pandemic crisis by Ewa Agnieszka Kosycarz, Dorota Juszczak, Monika Raulinajtys-Grzybek, Anna Krejner-Nowecka

“…Furthermore, it demonstrated that an increase in workload does not necessarily lead to an increase in employee expectations of recognition and appreciation. …”
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Analysis of risk factors for subjective stress among nurses caring for patients with delirium: a cross-sectional, multicentre survey by Tianxiang Jiang, Yangling Ge, Wei Zhang, Xiaoqiong Wang, Weili Zhao, Xiaotong Yuan, Haochong He, Xiuzhi Zhang

“…Receiving training regarding delirium, having an intermediate title or above, working in a department with a standardized delirium management process, lower workload and more positive attitudes towards delirium were associated with lower levels of subjective stress among nurses caring for patients with delirium, accounting for 83.5% of the total variance. …”
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Automated attendance management with RFID and geospatial visualization by Jilbert C. Bati-On, Kyle P. Kuizon, Krischel Ann Y. Catulpos, Johnloyd B. Bonghanoy, Jose Jr. Costillas Agoylo

“…The system is designed to enhance accuracy, reduce administrative workload, improve campus security, and offer location-aware monitoring by providing a digital solution to replace manual attendance recording at Matalom National High School. …”
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GLOPS: A Hybrid Approach for Enhanced Scheduling in Cloud Computing Environments via Machine Learning-Based Process Prediction by Syed Abu Ammar Muhammad Zarif, Layla Kader Suma, Md. Sadat Rahman, Md. Motaharul Islam, Phuoc Hung Pham, Phong Dung Thi Nguyen, Nguyen Thanh Binh

“…However, effective resource allocation strategies are crucial to ensuring optimal utilization and meet dynamic workload demands. Traditional heuristic approaches often lead to suboptimal decisions, performance degradation, and resource wastage in dynamic cloud environments due to multifarious shortcomings. …”
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Yaw Motor Speed Monitoring Method for Wind Turbines Based on Inductive Proximity Switch by LI Xiaopeng, CHEN Langping, LI Qikai, CHEN Wuxiong, LI Yali, LI Liji

“…With the rapid development of the wind power industry, wind turbines has experienced rapid growth in installed capacities and a gradual shift from onshore to offshore deployment, leading to increased workload and challenges in their operation and maintenance. …”
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“Light Cavalry” of Komsomol in Mid-1930s: a Change of Priorities by A. S. Anatoly

“…It is concluded that the widespread opposition to many undertakings of the members of the organization, coupled with a lack of material interest and a workload of other assignments, leveled the decisive attitude not only of many activists, but also of those who were called upon to follow their example.…”
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The staff perspectives of facilitators and barriers to implementing virtual reality for people living with dementia in long-term care by Joey Wong, Joey Wong, Karen Lok Yi Wong, Karen Lok Yi Wong, Winnie Kan, Winnie Kan, Catherine Wu, Mona Upreti, Mona Upreti, Mary Van, Mary Van, Alisha Temirova, Alisha Temirova, Hadil Alfares, Hadil Alfares, Kayla Wen, Kayla Wen, Vaishali Sharma, Vaishali Sharma, Christine Wallsworth, Jim Mann, Lily Wong, Lillian Hung, Lillian Hung

“…Barriers include (1) staff concerns about VR use, (2) financial burden and competing priorities, (3) lack of infrastructure and physical spaces, and (4) staff workload and limited leadership support.DiscussionThis study contributes to the field with staff perspectives on facilitators and barriers to VR implementation. …”
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Design and Application of an Automatic Data Analysis Module for Urban Rail Vehicles by DEND Jian

“…Due to the different module equipment and signal points involved in different types of vehicles, data protocols of different vehicle types are different.Data parsing by writing data parsing code is of heavy workload and cannot be reused for other vehicle types, so it is difficult to support large-scale project applications. …”
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Case reports of incidental findings in COVID-19 CT-diagnostics by P. M. Zelter, S. S. Pervushkin, E. A. Sartakova

“…During the pandemic, the global health care workload increased significantly, and there was a significant increase in thoracic CT studies. …”
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Implementing a structured triage system at a community health centre using Kaizen by Abdul A. Isaacs, Derek Hellenberg

“…This leads to frustration, and a resultant increased workload for doctors; management is concerned with the medicolegal risk of deferring patients who have not been triaged in accordance with the guidelines; and patients are unhappy with the quality of service they receive. …”
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