Acceptability of digital vending machines to improve access to sexual and reproductive health in Brighton, UK: a qualitative analysis by Jaime H Vera, Richard Cooper, Syra Dhillon, John Mear, Gillian Louise Dean, Rhys D Wenlock

“…Stakeholders were staff on sites where the VM was placed. Data analysis took place on NVivo, using a thematic approach.Results 12 users completed the interview. 42% within the age 18–25 years with equal male and female identifying distributions. 33% were heterosexual, 25% homosexual and 33% bisexual. …”
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Exploring knowledge and attitudes toward electronic informed consent among clinical trial participants in China: a cross-sectional study by Ying Wu, Xing Liu, Xiaoying Ge, Xin Tan, Weiwei Yu, Xiaomin Wang

“…However, they also express concerns about data protection and privacy security in eIC. These findings provide a foundation for developing targeted strategies to enhance the adoption and acceptance of eIC among diverse populations.…”
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Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin: Uptake and challenges in rural Coimbatore by Iswarya Natarajan, Kathiravan Rajendran, Seetharaman Narayanan, Jeevithan Shanmugam

“…Quantitative data were analysed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) v23 and qualitative data using manual thematic content analysis. …”
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Multicountry research on comprehensive abortion policy implementation in Latin America: a mixed-methods study protocol by Guillermo Carroli, Antonella Lavelanet, Silvina Ramos, Mariana Romero, Rodolfo Gomez Ponce de Leon, Berenise Carroli, Celina Gialdini, Agustina Ramón Michel, Mercedes Vila Ortiz

“…Informed consent will be obtained from participants. Data will be treated with careful attention to protecting privacy and confidentiality. …”
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Arabic speaking women’s experience of postpartum contraceptive counselling in Sweden by Sofia Berglundh, Khadija Abunnaja, Sibylle Herzig van Wees, Elin C. Larsson, Helena Kilander

“…The FGDs were conducted in Arabic and translated to English. Data was analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. …”
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Enhancing technological sustainability in academia: leveraging ChatGPT for teaching, learning and evaluation by Labaran Isiaku, Abubakar Sadiq Muhammad, Hyelda Ibrahim Kefas, Fitzgerald Chidozie Ukaegbu

“…However, it also sheds light on the ethical issues and challenges associated with its use, including privacy and data protection, transparency and alignment with educational principles. …”
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Exploring unsupervised feature extraction algorithms: tackling high dimensionality in small datasets by Hongqi Niu, Gabrielle B. McCallum, Anne B. Chang, Khalid Khan, Sami Azam

“…Abstract Small datasets are common in many fields due to factors such as limited data collection opportunities or privacy concerns. …”
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Establishing a Collaborative Genomic Repository for Adult Burn Survivors: A Burn Model System Feasibility Study by Stephen Sibbett, Jamie Oh, Gretchen Carrougher, Lara Muffley, Nathaniel Ashford, Maiya Pacleb, Samuel Mandell, Jeffrey Schneider, Steven Wolf, Barclay Stewart, Nicole S. Gibran

“…We set out two primary objectives, namely (1) to develop standard operating procedures for genetic sample collection and storage, DNA isolation, and data integration into an existing multicenter database; and (2) to demonstrate the feasibility of correlating genetic variation to functional outcomes in a pilot study, using the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene. …”
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Availability and utilization of sexual and reproductive health services among adolescents of Godawari Municipality, Nepal: A cross-sectional study. by Laxmi Gautam, Aastha Maharjan, Harikrishna Bhattarai, Sujan Gautam

“…Only 13.22% of them had ever used ASRH services, and the reasons for not using services were the lack of realization of the need for services (60.39%), while 14.55% of them felt that privacy was not maintained at all. …”
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Empowering Healthcare: TinyML for Precise Lung Disease Classification by Youssef Abadade, Nabil Benamar, Miloud Bagaa, Habiba Chaoui

“…Recently, there has been growing interest in the automated analysis of lung sounds using Deep Learning (DL). Nevertheless, the execution of large DL models in the cloud often leads to latency, dependency on internet connectivity, and potential privacy issues due to the transmission of sensitive health data. …”
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Toward a Domain-Overarching Metadata Schema for Making Health Research Studies FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable): Development of the NFDI4Health Metadata Sch... by Haitham Abaza, Aliaksandra Shutsko, Sophie A I Klopfenstein, Carina N Vorisek, Carsten Oliver Schmidt, Claudia Brünings-Kuppe, Vera Clemens, Johannes Darms, Sabine Hanß, Timm Intemann, Franziska Jannasch, Elisa Kasbohm, Birte Lindstädt, Matthias Löbe, Katharina Nimptsch, Ute Nöthlings, Marisabel Gonzalez Ocanto, Tracy Bonsu Osei, Ines Perrar, Manuela Peters, Tobias Pischon, Ulrich Sax, Matthias B Schulze, Florian Schwarz, Carolina Schwedhelm, Sylvia Thun, Dagmar Waltemath, Hannes Wünsche, Atinkut A Zeleke, Wolfgang Müller, Martin Golebiewski

“…The National Research Data Infrastructure for Personal Health Data (NFDI4Health) seeks to optimize data sharing among the clinical, epidemiological, and public health research communities while preserving privacy and ethical regulations. …”
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Advancing sustainability: The impact of emerging technologies in agriculture by Ashoka Gamage, Ruchira Gangahagedara, Shyamantha Subasinghe, Jeewan Gamage, Chamini Guruge, Sera Senaratne, Thevin Randika, Chamila Rathnayake, Zammil Hameed, Terrence Madhujith, Othmane Merah

“…However, it is important to carefully address ethical and socio-economic considerations, including accessibility and data privacy, to manage these effects effectively. …”
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Effects of Virtual Care on Patient and Provider Experience of the Clinical Encounter: Qualitative Hermeneutic Study by Graham McCaffrey, Erin Wilson, Lela V Zimmer, Anurag Singh, Steinunn Jonatansdottir, Peter Zimmer, David Snadden, Ian D Graham, Martha MacLeod

“…A total of 17 patients and 10 providers from various disciplines were interviewed by phone as part of a study on health care implementation in the context of a kidney care service in northern British Columbia, Canada. The interview data were analyzed using a hermeneutic approach, which emphasizes careful attention to reported experiences in relation to the relationships and contexts of care. …”
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Apical extrusion of debris with different rotary and reciprocating single-file endodontic instrumentation systems: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol by Muhammad Zubair Ahmad, Durre Sadaf, Marcy McCall MacBain, Ahmed Nabil Mohamed

“…We will measure the statistical heterogeneity by applying the Cochrane Q test and quantify using the I2 statistic. Existence of covariates and any potential heterogeneity will be explored through prespecified subgroup and sensitivity analyses.Ethics and dissemination Approval from an ethical research committee is not required because it will be done using data that have been already published and have no concerns related to the privacy of patients. …”
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Barriers and facilitators to oral pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake among adolescents girls and young women at elevated risk of HIV acquisition in Lilongwe, Malawi: A qualitative stu... by Simon C Nicholas, Maureen Matewere, Agatha Bula, Mercy Tsidya, Mina C Hosseinipour, Mitch Matoga, Alinane Linda Nyondo Mipando

“…The data were digitally recorded, managed using NVivo software and analysed using a thematic approach guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR). …”
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A clinically accessible small multimodal radiology model and evaluation metric for chest X-ray findings by Juan Manuel Zambrano Chaves, Shih-Cheng Huang, Yanbo Xu, Hanwen Xu, Naoto Usuyama, Sheng Zhang, Fei Wang, Yujia Xie, Mahmoud Khademi, Ziyi Yang, Hany Awadalla, Julia Gong, Houdong Hu, Jianwei Yang, Chunyuan Li, Jianfeng Gao, Yu Gu, Cliff Wong, Mu Wei, Tristan Naumann, Muhao Chen, Matthew P. Lungren, Akshay Chaudhari, Serena Yeung-Levy, Curtis P. Langlotz, Sheng Wang, Hoifung Poon

“…Abstract Large foundation models show promise in biomedicine but face challenges in clinical use due to performance gaps, accessibility, cost, and lack of scalable evaluation. …”
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AI-Driven Advancements in Orthodontics for Precision and Patient Outcomes by David B. Olawade, Navami Leena, Eghosasere Egbon, Jeniya Rai, Aysha P. E. K. Mohammed, Bankole I. Oladapo, Stergios Boussios

“…While AI offers tremendous potential, challenges remain in areas such as data privacy, algorithmic bias, and the cost of adopting AI technologies. …”
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Survey Influencing Factors on Prenatal Care in mothers referring to health care ‎centers in Rasht city in ‎‏2008‏ by fataneh bakhshi, nasrin mokhtari, shahin jefruodi, jila shekani, moohamad abasi, zahra atrkarruoshan

“…‎ Conclusion: In existence of prenatal care in health centers, almost half of women do not use these ‎care provided. Among barriers to utilization of care were not knowing the manner and number of ‎prenatal care, compliance with the women's privacy in time of providing care and providers manner ‎of communication in health centers. …”
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Fighting Fire with Fire: Reclaiming Social Media to Promote Healthy Eating Behaviors among Children by Babu George, Martha Ravola

“…The paper emphasizes the importance of ethical considerations in implementing social media interventions for children, addressing privacy concerns, data security, and the need for age-appropriate, culturally sensitive content. …”
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A Web-Based Interface That Leverages Machine Learning to Assess an Individual’s Vulnerability to Brain Stroke by Divyansh Bhandari, Arnav Agarwal, R. Reena Roy, Rajaram Priyatharshini, Rodriguez Rivero Cristian

“…To bridge the gap between complex predictive models and end-users, we deploy this model in an intuitive web interface (built with Streamlit) that non-technical individuals and healthcare providers can easily use. This interface requires no specialized knowledge, preserves user privacy by avoiding any data storage, and provides clear explanations of results. …”
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