Factors associated with delayed referrals of patients with sepsis from primary to tertiary healthcare in Blantyre, Malawi: a qualitative study by Sylvester Kaimba, Eric Umar

“…Conclusions Patients’ delay and failure to access prompt and timely referral services result from the healthcare system’s lack of transport, communication problems, bad road networks and shortage of well-trained personnel. …”
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Making space for patients’ preferences in precision medicine: a qualitative study exploring perspectives of patients with rheumatoid arthritis by Bente Appel Esbensen, Karin Schölin Bywall, Jennifer Viberg Johansson, Inger Erlandsson, Marie Heidenvall, Marta Lason

“…Patients also identified two requirements of healthcare professional in precision medicine: a safe environment to express personal matters and two-way communication with healthcare professionals.Conclusion Communication between patients and healthcare professionals needs to be more focused on patients’ individual treatment preferences and expressed needs, in order to increase patient-centredness in treatment decisions, so shared decision-making can become a reality. …”
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Patient perspectives on health care models in cardiac surgery: a qualitative evaluation by Mona Elisabeth Schmid, Jannik Stumm, Sina Stock, Evaldas Girdauskas

“…Four main categories were established: Preoperative care, postoperative care and communication, patient participation and involvement, and rehabilitation and post-clinical course. …”
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Speech Emotion Recognition Model Based on Joint Modeling of Discrete and Dimensional Emotion Representation by John Lorenzo Bautista, Hyun Soon Shin

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Correlation Analysis of Japanese Literature and Psychotherapy Effects Based on an Equation Diagnosis Algorithm by Zhang Tingting

“…This paper takes the public and readers as different perspectives, based on the use and satisfaction theory and prospect theory, and uses interviews and questionnaires to study the communication effect of Japanese literature from the three dimensions of cognition, emotion, and behavior. …”
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Effective Underground Facilities Management in Virtual Reality by Applying a Cybersickness Reduction Technique Based on a Four-Degree-of-Freedom Motion Simulator by Namkyoo Kang, Sang-Woo Seo, Woo-Sug Jung, Jongchan Lee, Yong-Tae Lee

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Women’s preferences for testing to predict breast cancer risk – a discrete choice experiment by Yi Wang, Peh Joo Ho, Langming Mou, Jingmei Li

“…Insurance coverage increased willingness to undergo testing. Risk communication methods were not significant in influencing the decision of undergoing tests. …”
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Enhanced Performance of Microstrip Antenna Arrays through Concave Modifications and Cut-Corner Techniques by Salah eddine Boukredine, Elhadi Mehallel, Ahcene Boualleg, Oussama Baitiche, Abdelaziz Rabehi, Mawloud Guermoui, Abdelmalek Douara, Imad Eddine Tibermacine

“…This makes it highly suitable for high-performance wireless applications, including WLAN, mobile communications, and smart transportation systems. The design not only improves antenna efficiency but is also cost-effective and simple to fabricate, making it ideal for mass production in modern communication systems. …”
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Advance care planning readiness among older adults in aged service centers: A cross-sectional study by Kalok Wong, Haobin Yuan, Stephen Tee, Sinkei Cheong

“…Additionally, healthcare professionals should enhance communication and education with older adults during the medical care process.…”
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The utilization of technology in environmental education by Hamida Nurul Azizah

“…The results demonstrated that augmented reality, virtual reality, the Internet of Things (IoT), and ICT (Information and Communication Technology) based technologies enhance learners' comprehension and engagement with environmental issues in their immediate surroundings. …”
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SELECTION OF DIGITAL TOOLS FOR ORGANIZING STUDENTS' GROUP WORK IN DISTANCE EDUCATION by Olena G. Glazunova, Andrii M. Hurzhii, Valentyna I. Korolchuk, Tetiana V. Voloshyna

“…Our study identified three important criteria for selecting digital tools for group work with educational content, namely: design, functional-technological, education-communication ones. We determined the weight of the indicators for these criteria and assessed digital tools for group work with educational content in distance learning. …”
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Classification of RTV-coated porcelain insulator condition under different profiles and levels of pollution by Ali Ahmed Salem, Samir Ahmed Al-Gailani, Abdulrahman Ahmed Ghaleb Amer, Mohammad Alsharef, Mohit Bajaj, Ievgen Zaitsev, Razali Ngah, Sherif S. M. Ghoneim

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Developing a Fire Monitoring System Based on MQTT, ESP-NOW, and a REM in Industrial Environments by Miracle Udurume, Taewoong Hwang, Raihan Uddin, Toufiq Aziz, Insoo Koo

“…This paper presents a fire monitoring system utilizing lightweight communication protocols, a multi-hop wireless network, and anomaly detection techniques. …”
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Protocol for visual-acoustic intervention with service delivery in-person and via telepractice (VISIT) non-inferiority trial for residual speech sound disorder by Tara McAllister, Jonathan L. Preston, Elaine R. Hitchcock, Nina R. Benway, Jennifer Hill

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Urdu Lip Reading Systems for Digits in Controlled and Uncontrolled Environment by Amanullah Baloch, Mushtaq Ali, Lal Hussain, Touseef Sadiq, Badr S. Alkahtani

“…Lip reading technology can significantly benefit various domains, such as enhancing communication for the hearing impaired person, assisting in noisy environments, and improving security with silent password inputs. …”
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Terahertz Metamaterials Inspired by Quantum Phenomena by Ziheng Ren, Yuze Hu, Weibao He, Siyang Hu, Shun Wan, Zhongyi Yu, Wei Liu, Quanlong Yang, Yuri S. Kivshar, Tian Jiang

“…The study of many phenomena in the terahertz (THz) frequency spectral range has emerged as a promising playground in modern science and technology, with extensive applications in high-speed communication, imaging, sensing, and biosensing. Many THz metamaterial designs explore quantum physics phenomena embedded into a classical framework and exhibiting various unexpected behaviors. …”
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Joint Radio Resource Management of Channel-Assignment and User-Association for Load Balancing in Dense WLAN Environment by Hyun Seob Oh, Dong Geun Jeong, Wha Sook Jeon

“…IEEE 802.11-based wireless local area network (WLAN) is currently the most popular communication system and a lot of access points (APs) have been densely deployed over heavily populated areas. …”
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Exosomal miRNAs involvement in pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis by Mahvash Sadeghi, Jalil Tavakol Afshari, Afsane Fadaee, Mohammadreza Dashti, Fatemeh Kheradmand, Sajad Dehnavi, Mojgan Mohammadi

“…In RA, deregulated exosomal miRNA expression was observed to be involved in the intercellular communication between synovial cells, and inflammatory or regulatory immune cells. …”
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Nu—A Marine Life Monitoring and Exploration Submarine System by Ali A. M. R. Behiry, Tarek Dafar, Ahmed E. M. Hassan, Faisal Hassan, Abdullah AlGohary, Mounib Khanafer

“…Nu employs Long Range (LoRa), a low-power and long-range communication technology, enabling wireless operation via a manual controller. …”
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The A to E (ABCDE) Pit Crew Model: A Novel Approach to Team Based Care of Critical Patients in the Prehospital Setting by Ayanna Walker, Adam Oswald, Jessica Wanthal, Christine Van Dillen, Cherian Plamoottil, Parth Patel, Maria Tassone, Latha Ganti

“…Secondary outcomes included effectiveness of communication and overall team functioning. # Methods The study was conducted with a fire-based Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system with 233 paramedics and 115 Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT). …”
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