Lung-AttNet: An Attention Mechanism-Based CNN Architecture for Lung Cancer Detection With Federated Learning by Chamak Saha, Somak Saha, Md. Asadur Rahman, Md. Mahmudul Haque Milu, Hiroki Higa, Mohd Abdur Rashid, Nasim Ahmed

“…Furthermore, to address medical data sensitivity and privacy concerns, the model is deployed in a Federated Learning (FL) framework, where the global model is trained using weights from local models rather than sharing raw data. …”
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Hybrid Transformer-KAN Within Federated Learning Framework: A Novel Machine Learning Approach for Improved Short-Term Weather Forecasting by Shuai Jin, Qiang Li, Sanqiu Liu, Olebogeng Kevin Joel, Xiaohu Ge

“…Furthermore, federated learning is applied to the proposed method to exploit the spatio-temporal dependencies while protecting data privacy. As a result, a novel framework of Federated-Transformer-KAN is proposed to collaboratively forecast weather variables in a distributed manner, without sharing data that is collected by the intelligent sensors equipped at each weather station locally. …”
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Assessment of breastfeeding self-efficacy in nursing mothers following earthquakes: A case study of the Kahramanmaraş earthquakes in Turkey by Sinem Güven Dinmez, Ozen Karaman, Emine Bakir

“…During the study period, all eligible mothers visiting the polyclinic who met the inclusion criteria were evaluated. Data were collected using a "Descriptive Data Form" and the "Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Short Form Scale." …”
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A cross-sectional study assessing customers’ perception, satisfaction, and attitude toward e-pharmacy services in Saudi Arabia by Ahmed Khaled Bahamdan, Mona Almanasef

“…A self-administered online questionnaire was distributed via social media, and convenience sampling was used to collect data from December 2022 to January 2023. …”
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Contrastive Self-Supervised Learning for Sensor-Based Human Activity Recognition: A Review by Hui Chen, Charles Gouin-Vallerand, Kevin Bouchard, Sebastien Gaboury, Melanie Couture, Nathalie Bier, Sylvain Giroux

“…Next, we comprehensively review data augmentation methods for sensor data and commonly used benchmark datasets for activity recognition. …”
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How Gender-Sensitive Disaster Management is Addressed in the Turkish Parliament: A Qualitative Study from Feminist Bioethics Perspective by Fatma Gulsum Onal, Bahar Marangoz

“…The data were systematically retrieved using the keywords “earthquake,” “disaster,” “gender,” “women,” and “health.” …”
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Reinforcement Learning With Deep Features: A Dynamic Approach for Intrusion Detection in IoT Networks by Mohamad Khayat, Ezedin Barka, Mohamed Adel Serhani, Farag Sallabi, Khaled Shuaib, Heba M. Khater

“…As IoT devices continue to advance, securing interconnected systems against malicious attacks is essential to ensure data privacy, system integrity, and user safety. …”
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What is the Role of Medical Informatics in Digital Healthcare? by Mihai TĂRÂŢĂ

“…. • Cybersecurity & Privacy in Healthcare – Implementing robust security solutions (e.g., encryption, blockchain) to safeguard sensitive patient data and ensure compliance with regulations like HIPAA (USA), GDPR (EU), and local healthcare laws…”
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Low Saturation Confidence Distribution-based Test-Time Adaptation for cross-domain remote sensing image classification by Yu Liang, Shilei Cao, Juepeng Zheng, Xiucheng Zhang, Jianxi Huang, Haohuan Fu

“…However, most UDA approaches require access to source data, which may be infeasible due to data privacy or transmission constraints. …”
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BESPOKE study protocol: a multicentre, prospective observational study to evaluate the impact of circulating tumour DNA guided therapy on patients with colorectal cancer by Scott Kopetz, Axel Grothey, Shifra Krinshpun, Meenakshi Malhotra, Paul Billings, Angel Rodriguez, Alexey Aleshin, Sarah Sawyer, Michelle Munro, Pashtoon Murtaza Kasi, Jessica Guilford, Sascha Ellers, Jacob Wulff, Nicole Hook, Allyson Koyen Malashevich, Solomon Moshkevich

“…The secondary endpoints are MRD clearance rate (MRD+ to MRD−) during or after adjuvant chemotherapy, percentage of patients that undergo surgery for oligometastatic recurrence, survival of MRD-negative patients treated with adjuvant chemotherapy versus no adjuvant chemotherapy (active surveillance), overall survival, examine the number of stage I CRC that have recurrent disease detected postsurgery, and patient-reported outcomes.Ethics and dissemination This study has received ethical approval from the Advarra Institutional Review Board (IRB) protocol: Natera—20-041-NCP/3766.01, BESPOKE Study of ctDNA Guided Therapy in Colorectal Cancer (BESPOKE CRC) (Pro00041473) on 10 June 2021. Data protection and privacy regulations will be strictly observed in the capturing, forwarding, processing and storing of patients’ data. …”
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Dimensions related to telemedicine and telehealth competencies of health professionals: A scoping review by Jacqueline Ibarra-Peso, Marcela Hechenleitner-Carvallo, Carlos Zúñiga-San Martín, Angelica Avendaño-Veloso, Eileen Sepúlveda-Valenzuela

“…Introduction Telehealth and telemedicine have proven to be useful in complementing face-to-face care, especially when long distances exist or when it is difficult to access specialists. …”
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Implementing a chatbot to promote hereditary breast & ovarian cancer genetic screening in women’s health: identifying barriers and facilitators to screening adoption by Easton N. Wollney, Shireen Madani Sims, Luisel J. Ricks-Santi, Elizabeth Eddy, Daniel Wiesman, Carla L. Fisher

“…Findings illustrate how each factor functioned as a facilitator and/or barrier in women’s uptake (e.g., technology being trusted for accuracy versus concerns for data privacy and security). Conclusions While chatbots can extend women’s cancer risk screening access, particularly in rural regions and with college-educated women, systems-level (cost) and individual-level factors (perceived risk, misconceptions about repeating genetic testing) should be addressed to promote adoption. …”
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HealthPass: a contactless check-in and adaptive access control system for lowering cluster infection risk in public health crisis by Guofeng Luo, Yufei Wang, Linghong Hong, Xin He, Jiaru Wang, Qu Shen, Cheng Wang, Longbiao Chen

“…IntroductionEnsuring effective measures against the spread of the virus is paramount for educational institutions and workplaces as they resume operations amidst the ongoing public health crisis. A touchless and privacy-conscious check-in procedure for visitor assessment is critical to safeguarding venues against potential virus transmission.MethodsIn our study, we developed an interaction-free entry system featuring anonymous visitors who voluntarily provide data. …”
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Exploring the role of digital technology for feedback exchange in clinical training: a scoping review by Veena S. Singaram, Rayishnee Pillay, Esther L. Mbobnda Kapche

“…The incorporation of virtual reality and artificial intelligence presents promising opportunities for personalized, real-time feedback, but requires vigilant governance to ensure data integrity and privacy. Scoping review protocol https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-022-02151-8…”
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Large language models aided patient progression documentation according to the ICD standard by Nuria Lebeña, Arantza Casillas, Alicia Pérez

“…In previous works, this task has been carried out using structured data, such as, ICD-coded diagnoses, overlooking unstructured textual information in EHRs. …”
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Sustainable financial infrastructure and governance: A fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making analysis of open service innovation in unstable economies by Homa Molavi, Lihong Zhang, Mohammad Khanbabaei

“…Regulatory sandboxes and innovation clusters can foster collaboration between banks, fintech companies, and regulators, enhancing trust and compliance. Strict data governance frameworks aligned with global standards are essential to balancing innovation with privacy.…”
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Factors Influencing the Implementation and Adoption of Digital Nursing Technologies: Systematic Umbrella Review by Stefan Walzer, Christoph Armbruster, Sonja Mahler, Erik Farin-Glattacker, Christophe Kunze

“…MethodsWe used an umbrella review methodology to synthesize the evidence on DNTs and the complexities of their implementation. …”
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A hybrid explainable federated-based vision transformer framework for breast cancer prediction via risk factors by Aymen M. Al-Hejri, Archana Harsing Sable, Riyadh M. Al-Tam, Mugahed A. Al-antari, Sultan S. Alshamrani, Kaled M. Alshmrany, Wedad Alatebi

“…These models are assessed on binary, multi-class, and Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) classification tasks using a unique dataset encompassing real-world risk factors. …”
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The Human Voice as a Digital Health Solution Leveraging Artificial Intelligence by Pratyusha Muddaloor, Bhavana Baraskar, Hriday Shah, Keerthy Gopalakrishnan, Divyanshi Sood, Prem C. Pasupuleti, Akshay Singh, Dipankar Mitra, Sumedh S. Hoskote, Vivek N. Iyer, Scott A. Helgeson, Shivaram P. Arunachalam

“…The primary ethical challenge when incorporating voice as a diagnostic tool is that of privacy and security. To eliminate this, encryption methods exist to convert patient-identifiable vocal data into a more secure, private nature. …”
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Smart cities and electrical and electronic waste management: a review of challenges and opportunities by Deividson Sá Fernandes de Souza, Simone Sehnem, Patricia Guarnieri, Thyago Celso Cavalcante Nepomuceno, Fernando Henrique Taques, Lucio Camara e Silva

“…Design/methodology/approach – A systematic literature review was conducted using the Methodi Ordinatio. Articles published between 2012 and 2022 were analyzed, totaling 149 references, of which 30 were included in the final review. …”
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