Feasibility and acceptability of a contextualized brief psychological intervention for people with bipolar disorder in rural Ethiopia by Mekdes Demissie, Charlotte Hanlon, Lauren C. Ng, Rosie Mayston, Abebaw Fekadu

“…We conducted a mixed-method evaluation, including in-depth qualitative interviews, fidelity ratings of a random selection of 25% of the audio recorded intervention sessions, and self-reported change in symptom severity. We used thematic analysis for qualitative data and descriptive analysis for quantitative data. …”
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Opportunities and challenges of social media for oral health literacy improvement: a qualitative investigation based on Iranian dentists’ perspectives by Hossein Ghalavand, Sirous Panahi, Mohsen Nouri

“…Methods In the current qualitative investigation, a semi-structured interview was conducted with 24 dentists utilizing a purposive snowball sampling method. The analysis of the data was performed using thematic analysis in the MAXQDA 10 software. …”
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Engaging Stakeholders in the Development of a National Digital Mental Health Strategy: Reflexive Thematic Analysis by Sarah Kennedy, Robyn Fitzgerald, Ruth Melia

“…Invited stakeholders included experts in DMH research, clinical practice, and mental health advocacy and policy, together with those with lived experience of accessing mental health services. Qualitative data were analyzed using a reflexive thematic analysis approach. …”
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Federated learning with integrated attention multiscale model for brain tumor segmentation by Sherly Alphonse, Fidal Mathew, K. Dhanush, V. Dinesh

“…However, traditional brain tumor segmentation techniques usually rely on centralized data storage and analysis, which might result in privacy issues and violations. …”
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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Students’ Academic Development by Aniella Mihaela Vieriu, Gabriel Petrea

“…However, challenges such as over-reliance on AI, diminished critical thinking skills, data privacy risks, and academic dishonesty were also identified. …”
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Application progress of artificial intelligence in managing thyroid disease by Qing Lu, Yu Wu, Jing Chang, Li Zhang, Qing Lv, Hui Sun

“…Despite the broad prospects of AI applications, challenges related to data privacy, model interpretability, and clinical applicability remain. …”
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An efficient ECC and fuzzy verifier based user authentication protocol for IoT enabled WSNs by T. Sudhakar, R. Praveen, V. Natarajan

“…Ensuring integrity and privacy of data while transmitting it from sensors to the data analytics servers is crucial in open network. …”
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Mapping the landscape of machine learning in chronic disease management: A comprehensive bibliometric study by Shiying Shen, Wenhao Qi, Sixie Li, Jianwen Zeng, Xin Liu, Xiaohong Zhu, Chaoqun Dong, Bin Wang, Qian Xu, Shihua Cao

“…Conclusion ML is rapidly integrating into personalized medicine, real-time monitoring, and multimodal data fusion. However, challenges such as limited collaboration, weak model generalization, and data privacy persist. …”
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Efficient Elliptic-Curve-Cryptography-Based Anonymous Authentication for Internet of Things: Tailored Protocols for Periodic and Remote Control Traffic Patterns by Shunfang Hu, Yuanyuan Zhang, Yanru Guo, Yanru Chen, Liangyin Chen

“…IoT-based applications require effective anonymous authentication and key agreement (AKA) protocols to secure data and protect user privacy due to open communication channels and sensitive data. …”
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Machine learning for post-diploma educational and career guidance: a scoping review in AI-driven decision support systems by Flavio Manganello, Elisa Rasca, Alberto Villa, Andrea Maddalena, Giannangelo Boccuzzi

“…This scoping review maps the application of ML in post-diploma guidance by examining the types of models used, data sources, reported outcomes, and ethical considerations related to fairness, privacy, and transparency. …”
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Hybrid biometric template protection: Resolving the agony of choice between bloom filters and homomorphic encryption by Amina Bassit, Florian Hahn, Raymond Veldhuis, Andreas Peter

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Transforming higher education with robotic process automation: enhancing efficiency, innovation, and student-centered learning by Vivek Bhardwaj, Mukesh Kumar

“…Inclusion criteria focused on studies published between 2020 and 2024 that addressed RPA applications in education. Data analysis was conducted using thematic synthesis to identify key trends across the selected studies.…”
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A Netnographic Analysis of ChatGPT Usage in Technology Forums in The Context of Society 5.0 by Serdar Pirtini, Songül Bilgili Sülük

“…However, users also expressed notable concerns about issues such as data security, privacy, and ethical considerations, underlining the dual nature of its societal impact. …”
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ChatGPT in orthodontics: limitations and possibilities by Lima Nara Grazieli Martins, Costa Lavínia, Santos Patrícia Bittencourt

“…ChatGPT sometimes produces nonsensical responses and poses privacy risks associated with patient data. Generated medical advice might not therefore match professional expertise. …”
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Advances in Infant Cry Paralinguistic Classification—Methods, Implementation, and Applications: Systematic Review by Geofrey Owino, Bernard Shibwabo

“…ConclusionsThe evolution of infant cry classification methods has progressed from traditional classical statistical methods to machine learning models but with minimal considerations of data privacy, confidentiality, and ultimate deployment to practical use. …”
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The Application of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Diagnostics: Implications for Sports Medicine by Michał Bolek, Dominika Musialska, Aleksandra Kędzia, Bartosz Jagieła, Monika Fidyk, Magda Minkiewicz, Maciej Dyda

“…However, their integration into healthcare raises critical ethical concerns related to data privacy, algorithmic bias, and transparency. …”
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FedDyH: A Multi-Policy with GA Optimization Framework for Dynamic Heterogeneous Federated Learning by Xuhua Zhao, Yongming Zheng, Jiaxiang Wan, Yehong Li, Donglin Zhu, Zhenyu Xu, Huijuan Lu

“…Federated learning (FL) is a distributed learning technique that ensures data privacy and has shown significant potential in cross-institutional image analysis. …”
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Trusted execution environments for quantum computers by Theodoros Trochatos, Chuanqi Xu, Sanjay Deshpande, Yao Lu, Yongshan Ding, Jakub Szefer, Jakub Szefer

“…The cloud-based environments in which today's and future quantum computers will operate raise concerns about the security and privacy of user's intellectual property, whether code, or data, or both. …”
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Integrating artificial intelligence in drug discovery and early drug development: a transformative approach by Alberto Ocana, Atanasio Pandiella, Cristian Privat, Iván Bravo, Miguel Luengo-Oroz, Eitan Amir, Balazs Gyorffy

“…Ethical and regulatory issues, such as data privacy, also challenge the implementation of AI. …”
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Advancing Pediatric Growth Assessment with Machine Learning: Overcoming Challenges in Early Diagnosis and Monitoring by Mauro Rodriguez-Marin, Luis Gustavo Orozco-Alatorre

“…Unlike complex machine learning models, it offers parsimony in transparency, efficiency, and reproducibility, making it ideal for clinical settings where explainable, data-driven decisions are essential. Methods: A logistic regression model was developed using R to analyze biometric and demographic data from a cross-sectional dataset, including real-world data from public institucions. …”
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