Reimagining Student Success through Engagement and Soft Outcomes: Learning from a Capstone Course in a Canadian Polytechnic by Clare Mulcahy, Ashique Khan

“…In this course, students, guided by faculty advisors, work in teams to address real-world projects solicited by individuals or organizations. Over two years, feedback was gathered through interviews and surveys with graduating students and alumni to identify opportunities for improvement and to gain deeper insight into students’ learning experiences. …”
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IN THIS ISSUE: Indigenous knowledge at the food systems forefront by Duncan Hilchey

“…We see this column and the first special collection of papers as the beginning of an ongoing effort to solicit and publish the work of Indigenous food system researchers, and we are grateful for the support of First Nations Development Institute to make this happen. …”
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Is digital crime victimization increasing in Iceland – may the Me-too movement influence how victimization is experienced by Helgi Gunnlaugsson, Jónas Orri Jónasson

“…As before, the survey was conducted online in cooperation with the Social Sciences Research Institute and solicited information from a sample of circa 2,000 respondents representative of the Icelandic population ages 18 years and older. …”
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Unlocking AI-Powered Tools Adoption among University Students: A Fuzzy-Set Approach by Mohamed Soliman, Reham Adel Ali, Imran Mahmud, Tawat Noipom

“…Three hundred forty university students were solicited to complete a questionnaire to collect data for the proposed model. …”
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A modified Delphi study towards developing a guideline to inform policy on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in South Africa: a study protocol by Ferdinand C Mukumbang, Babatope O Adebiyi, Kufre J Okop, Anna-Marie Beytell

“…In phase III, using the developed prototype, we will apply the Delphi approach with experts on FASDs, soliciting their opinions on the nature and content of the proposed guidelines for policies. …”
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Types, design, implementation, and evaluation of nutrition interventions in older people in Africa: A scoping review protocol. by Anthony Manyara, Tadios Manyanga, Rudo Chingono, Shane Naidoo, Kate Mattick, Grace Pearson, Opeyemi Babatunde, Niri Naidoo, Kate A Ward, Celia L Gregson

“…<h4>Methods</h4>The review will involve: a review of available reviews on nutrition in older people in Africa (Phase 1); a review of nutrition interventions developed or implemented among older people in Africa (Phase 2); and consultation with local nutrition stakeholders in Zimbabwe, and The Gambia to contextualise Phase 1 and 2 findings and solicit insights not in the published literature (Phase 3). …”
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Bridging the communication gap in agrometeorological services: Enhancing the uptake and effectiveness for users in developing countries by Vieri Tarchiani, Sebastian Grey

“…Future directions include enhancing the legitimacy and salience of services by integrating local knowledge, expanding scope to include herders and off-farm stakeholders, building capacity among intermediaries and users, soliciting feedback, and fostering public–private partnerships for scaling and sustainability.…”
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Influence of Social Capital on Small and Medium Enterprises Performance in Wakiso District, Uganda. by Mbowa, Henry Stanley, Businge, Mbabazi Phelix, Ssemaluulu, Paul, Eton, Marus

“…Research methodology: Using qualitative and quantitative methodologies, the study solicited data from 40 participants through interviews and a self-administered questionnaire. …”
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Optimizing feedback reception: a scoping review of skills and strategies for medical learners by Jennifer Rowe, Diane Bouchard Lamothe, Teagan Haggerty, Jake Engel, Cole Etherington, Manvinder Kaur, Etienne Vincent, Nibras Ghanmi, Preet Gujral, Valentina Ly, Sylvain Boet

“…Nine strategies and seven tools were identified, focusing on general approach, soliciting or evaluating feedback.  Conclusion: The six included studies outline nine strategies and seven skills for improved learner feedback reception, focusing on overall approach and agentic behaviours without evaluation of the strategies or skills in practice. …”
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A simulation study to quantitatively assess the performance of electronic prescribing systems in English NHS Hospital Trusts by Stephanie Klein, Athanasios Tsanas, Jamie Coleman, Rebecca Osselton, Jude Heed, Ann Slee, Neil Watson

“…We developed the web-based Electronic Prescribing Risk and Safety Evaluation (ePRaSE) tool, which comprises a bank of prescribing scenarios to evaluate the performance of EP systems. We solicited ePRaSE testing: 68 pharmacists from across 45 English NHS Trusts, utilising 13 different EP systems volunteered for the study. …”
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Content of a wound care mobile application for newly graduated nurses: an e-Delphi study by Julie Gagnon, Julie Chartrand, Sebastian Probst, Michelle Lalonde

“…The first round, which was qualitative, included a mandatory open-ended question solicitating suggestions for items to be included in the mobile application. …”
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USING TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL TO ANALYSE THE SUCCESSFUL CROWDFUNDING LEARNING GAME CAMPAIGNS by Hong Huang, Han Yu, Wanwan Li, Jinxuan Ma

“… Due to the limited opportunities for financial supports to educators, Crowdfunding can be an effective channel to solicit funding sources for educators to develop new learning games. …”
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Influence of Social Capital on Small and Medium Enterprises Performance in Wakiso District, Uganda by Mbowa ,Henry Stanley, Mbabazi,Phelix Businge, Ssemaluulu, Paul, Eton, Marus

“…Research methodology: Using qualitative and quantitative methodologies, the study solicited data from 40 participants through interviews and a self-administered questionnaire. …”
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Library and Information Service Delivery in Secondary Schools: A Cases Study of St. Pauls S.S in Bukunda Sub-County Kabale District. by Edrida, Katusiime

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Dermal fibroblast-derived extracellular matrix (ECM) synergizes with keratinocytes in promoting re-epithelization and scarless healing of skin wounds: Towards optimized skin tissue... by Xiangyu Dong, Han Xiang, Jiajia Li, Ailing Hao, Hao Wang, Yannian Gou, Aohua Li, Saidur Rahaman, Yiheng Qiu, Jiahao Li, Ou Mei, Jiamin Zhong, Wulin You, Guowei Shen, Xingye Wu, Jingjing Li, Yi Shu, Lewis L. Shi, Yi Zhu, Russell R. Reid, Tong-Chuan He, Jiaming Fan

“…The imDFs-derived ECM solicited no local immune response. While the ECM and to a lesser extent imDFs enhanced skin wound healing with excessive fibrosis, a combination of imDFs-derived ECM and iKera cells effectively promoted the re-epithelization and scarless healing of full-thickness skin wounds. …”
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Heterologous cAd3-Ebola and MVA-EbolaZ vaccines are safe and immunogenic in US and Uganda phase 1/1b trials by Myra Happe, Amelia R. Hofstetter, Jing Wang, Galina V. Yamshchikov, LaSonji A. Holman, Laura Novik, Larisa Strom, Francis Kiweewa, Salim Wakabi, Monica Millard, Colleen F. Kelley, Sarah Kabbani, Srilatha Edupuganti, Allison Beck, Florence Kaltovich, Tamar Murray, Susanna Tsukerman, Derick Carr, Carl Ashman, Daphne A. Stanley, Aurélie Ploquin, Robert T. Bailer, Richard Schwartz, Fatim Cham, Allan Tindikahwa, Zonghui Hu, Ingelise J. Gordon, Nadine Rouphael, Katherine V. Houser, Emily E. Coates, Barney S. Graham, Richard A. Koup, John R. Mascola, Nancy J. Sullivan, Merlin L. Robb, Julie A. Ake, Kirsten E. Lyke, Mark J. Mulligan, Julie E. Ledgerwood, Hannah Kibuuka, the VRC 208 and RV 422 study team

“…All tested vaccines and regimens were safe and well tolerated with no serious adverse events reported related to study products. Solicited local and systemic reactogenicity was mostly mild to moderate in severity. …”
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Medication-related experiences of patients with polypharmacy: a systematic review of qualitative studies by Anne Frølich, Christian Ulrich Eriksen, Stavros Kyriakidis, Line Due Christensen, Ramune Jacobsen, Jannie Laursen, Mikkel Bring Christensen

“…Thus, when dealing with polypharmacy patients, it is crucial that healthcare professionals actively solicit individual patients’ perspectives on challenges related to polypharmacy. …”
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An assessment of South African policy and strategic framework for the development of a sufficient, equitably distributed and well-performing health workforce for the implementation... by S V Mokoena, P Naidoo

“…A cross-sectional descriptive quantitative study was undertaken using pretested anonymous questionnaires to solicit responses about the ability, strategies and policies needed to address health workforce challenges. …”
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Hybrid recommender system model for digital library from multiple online publishers [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Thammarat Panityakul, Dulyawit Prangchumpol, Kittiya Poonsilp, Pijitra Jomsri

“…The evaluation of the experiments involved soliciting feedback from system users and comparing the results with conventional recommendation methods. …”
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Una mirada a medio siglo de cimentaciones laminares, métodos de cálculo e investigaciones asociadas en Cuba A look at half a century of shells foundations, methods of calculation a... by Ángel Emilio Castañeda, William Cobelo, Yoermes González, José Álvarez

“…<br>The work shows a summary of the most significant shells foundations built in Cuba in the last decades and the developments related to these in term of methods of calculation of plates and shells of complex geometry using reference surfaces and reference bodies, from the generalization of the projected solicitations method (Pücher, 1934) with the use of referential surfaces (Hernández, 1970) and other developments made in the mechanics of deformable solid by the Method of Duality (Rianitsiyn, 1974; Castañeda, 1993) and the Static-Geometric Analogy in the mechanics of the deformable solid (Castañeda, 1985).It also includes a summary of the research developed in recent years on the stress-strain states of soil under and inside shell foundations for chimneys of 74.5 m in sugar industries (Cobelo, 2004), comparative studies made of these with the use of the FEM (González, 2010) and other research projects currently running (Álvarez, 2010 ).…”
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