Network approaches and interventions in healthcare settings: A systematic scoping review. by Ameneh Ghazal Saatchi, Francesca Pallotti, Paul Sullivan

“…The majority of the papers used SNA for descriptive purposes only. Only four studies adopted SNA as an intervention tool, and measured outcome variables.…”
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An Effective Robust Total Least-Squares Solution Based on “Total Residuals” for Seafloor Geodetic Control Point Positioning by Zhipeng Lv, Guorui Xiao

“…The conventional Robust TLS (RTLS) strategy is to adopt the selection weight iteration method based on each single prediction residual. …”
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Health belief model of parents’ COVID-19 vaccination intentions for children: perceived benefits and barriers in Indonesia by Eka Wuri Handayani, Eka Wuri Handayani, Dyah Aryani Perwitasari, Fredrick Dermawan Purba

“…This study aims to develop guidance for in-depth interviews for a future qualitative study based on a cross-sectional quantitative study of parents with school-age children.MethodsThis study adopted a cross-sectional design. The study population comprised parents of 6–11-year-old children in the Centra Java province who had received the COVID-19 vaccine or not. …”
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Eurointegration as a Trigger for the Serbian Ethnic Separatism in Bosnia and Herzegovina by A. M. Ponamareva

“…The paper draws on a vast body of both Russian and Western academic literature on the collapse of Yugoslavia, BiH under the Dayton Agreements, the possibilities of democracy building in divided societies, as well as on a range of official documents adopted by various EU institutions. On that basis the author assesses the prospects for BiH to survive in its current administrative-territorial borders. …”
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Numerical Shear Tests on the Scale Effect of Rock Joints under CNL and CND Conditions by Xige Liu, Wancheng Zhu, Lankun Li

“…Three different normal stresses were adopted in numerical shear tests with joint specimen lengths ranging from 100 mm to 800 mm. …”
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Setting and Reaching Targets with Computer-Assisted Cochlear Implant Fitting by Bart Vaerenberg, Geert De Ceulaer, Zoltán Szlávik, Patrizia Mancini, Andreas Buechner, Paul J. Govaerts

“…The paper aims to demonstrate the feasibility of defining a substantial set of psychoacoustic outcome measures with preset targets and to adopt a systematic methodology for reaching these targets in a large group of subjects, by more than one clinical centre. …”
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International Scope of Emergency Ultrasound: Barriers in Applying Ultrasound to Guide Central Line Placement by Providers in Nairobi, Kenya by Fareen Zaver, Keith Boniface, Benjamin Wachira, Grace Wanjiku, Hamid Shokoohi

“…While ultrasound (US) use for internal jugular central venous catheter (CVC) placement is standard of care in North America, most developing countries have not adopted this practice. Previous surveys of North American physicians have identified lack of training and equipment availability as the most important barriers to the use of US. …”
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SECTORAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS: RUSSIA AND BRAZIL ON THE REGIONAL JET MARKET by M. G. Yevtodyeva

“…In contrast to the Embraer – a company that has managed to implement a state-of-the-art design and manufacturing system, achieved better balance between military and civil aircraft programs, successfully adopted foreign experience in coinvestment, risk-sharing partnerships and clusters, thus proving to be an effective system integrator, – the UAC and SCA achieved comparatively smaller progress in the above areas. …”
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Level of elderly-supportive infrastructure, fine particulate matter and cardiovascular disease hospitalisations: a time-stratified case-crossover study in Wuhan by Mengxue Qin, Xingyuan Liu, Luyao Wang, Tengchong Huang, Xiuran Zuo, Yuliang Zou

“…Methods A time-stratified case-crossover design was adopted in which the K-means cluster analysis was applied to categorize elderly-supportive infrastructure. …”
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Effect of Moringa oleifera Seed Powder on the Clarity, Colloidal Particles, and Nutritional Contents of Cashew Apple Juice by Cajethan U. Ugwuoke, Felicitas G. Ugwuoke, Benedicta A. Omeje, Godwin E. Eze, Nnennaya S. Monwuba, Florence O. Ifeanyieze, Juliana A. Ukonze

“…The study was, therefore, aimed at finding out the effect of M. oleifera seed powder on the clarity and phytochemical and nutritional contents of cashew apple juice. The study adopted an experimental design where 5 g, 10 g, 15 g, and 20 g of M. oleifera seed powder were used to clarify 250 cm3 of cashew apple juice. …”
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A multi-scale rotated ship targets detection network for remote sensing images in complex scenarios by Siyu Li, Fei Yan, Yunqing Liu, Yuzhuo Shen, Lan Liu, Ke Wang

“…To address these issues, this paper proposes a Multi-Scale Rotated Detection Network (MSRO-Net) for detecting rotated ship targets in remote sensing images. The network adopts a CNN-Transformer hybrid architecture for collaborative feature extraction and integrates our proposed Coordinate-Aware Pyramid Feature Aggregation module (CAPP). …”
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Efficacy of 0.5% Levofloxacin and 5.0% Povidone-Iodine Eyedrops in Reducing Conjunctival Bacterial Flora: Metagenomic Analysis by Caixia Fan, Baoxia Yang, Yusen Huang

“…Despite the use of preoperative antisepsis regimens, the ocular surface of patients receiving cataract surgery could not be rendered completely aseptic, indicating that more strict disinfection methods need to be adopted to reduce the risk for anterior chamber contamination and endophthalmitis after cataract surgery.…”
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Development of Stacked Long Short-Term Memory Neural Networks with Numerical Solutions for Wind Velocity Predictions by Chih-Chiang Wei

“…To ensure model accuracy, we used, as variable input, simulated values from the Weather Research and Forecasting model of the numerical weather prediction system in addition to adopting deeper neural networks that can deepen neural network structures in the construction of estimation models. …”
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Experimental and Techno-Economic Analysis of Solar-Geothermal Organic Rankine Cycle Technology for Power Generation in Nepal by Suresh Baral

“…Temperature of hot spring can also further be increased by adopting the solar collector for rising the temperature. …”
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Performance Evaluation of Reducing Consumption of Energy in the Yangtze River Delta under the Background of Low-Carbon Economy by Chenguang Sun, Bo Miao

“…The Yangtze River Delta is a major province in China in terms of energy consumption and pollutant emissions. After adopting a series of energy-saving and emission-reduction measures, the Yangtze River Delta has achieved certain results. …”
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Occupational Therapy for People with Early Parkinson’s Disease: A Retrospective Program Evaluation by Alan Sadural, Jillian MacDonald, Joelle Johnson, Kavita Gohil, Miriam Rafferty

“…After one year, only two occupational therapists at one clinic had adopted the program, and the program is maintained in the organization. …”
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Epidemiology of paediatric intensive care unit admissions, deaths and organ donation candidacy: A single-centre audit by John Zhong Heng Low, Joel Kian Boon Lim, Herng Lee Tan, Rudimar Martinez Fernandez, Samsudin Bin Nordin, Yee Hui Mok, Judith Ju-Ming Wong

“…We aimed to describe PICU admission characteristics and outcomes, determine risk factors for mortality, and perform an independent assessment of missed organ donation opportunities. Method: We adopted a clinical audit design recruiting consecutive patients admitted to a single-centre multidisciplinary PICU from June 2020 to December 2023. …”
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Pixel and region-oriented classification of Sentinel-2 imagery to assess LULC dynamics and their climate impact in Nowshera, Pakistan by Farnaz, Nuthammachot Narissara, Shabbir Rabia, Iqbal Benazeer

“…To ensure that it is safe to monitor the changes over time and to adopt the right forceful changes in our area, remote sensing is one of the ways to monitor the local and regional level land use, land cover patterns, and landscape changes. …”
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Individualized Corneal Patching for Treatment of Corneal Trauma Combined with Tissue Defects by Ting Zhang, Yanni Jia, Suxia Li, Weiyun Shi

“…For corneal perforation or irregular tissue defects, if the diameter or length was ≥3.0 mm, traditional penetrating keratoplasty (PK) or lamellar keratoplasty (LK) was adopted; if the diameter or length was ＜3.0 mm, a conical or irregular patch consistent with the defects was used. …”
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The impact of combined age-related vision loss and dementia on the participation of older adults: A scoping review. by Colleen McGrath, Inaara Karsan, Ann Marie Corrado, Taylor Ashley Lyons, Melanie Blue

“…<h4>Results</h4>Following detailed thematic analysis of the empirical and grey literature sources, four themes emerged regarding the impact of combined ARVL and dementia on the participation of older adults including: 1) Managing the pragmatic aspects of a dual diagnosis; 2) Diverse approaches to risk assessment and management; 3) Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach to facilitate care and; 4) Using compensatory strategies to facilitate participation.…”
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