Canadian Physicians’ Choices for Their Own Colon Cancer Screening by Mamoon Raza, Charles N Bernstein, Alexandra Ilnyckyj

“…The aim of the present survey was to determine whether Canadian physicians older than 50 years were pursuing colon cancer screening. …”
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British University System: Historical and Pedagogic Aspects by O. O. Chertovskikh

“…The article offers a historical survey of the British university system as part of the history of education. …”
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THE PROBLEM OF MIGRATION OF YOUTH OF MONOTOWNS by Irina N. Bogdanova, Khaniya R. Kadyrova

“…The article presents the results of sociological survey: questioning of graduates of the professional educational organizations of Zelenodolsk town, analyzes the main reasons of youth migration from small towns to megalopolises. …”
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The Sex Factor: Epidemiology and Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in British Columbia by Pat G Camp, Munaza Chaudhry, Howard Platt, Michael Roch, Jeremy Road, Donald Sin, Robert D Levy

“…These predictions are based in part on data from surveys using self-reports of a COPD diagnosis. Whether these predictions have been realized is unknown.…”
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Quality of Service of Routing Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Review by Muhammad Asif, Shafiullah Khan, Rashid Ahmad, Muhammad Sohail, Dhananjay Singh

“…Finally, we also survey some computational intelligence (CI) techniques and find the basic requirements of such techniques. …”
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The Impact of Islamic Financing on the Economic Development of Aden governorate (A Field Study at Saba, Al-kurimi and Tadhamon banks) by Iskander A. Sattar, Ammar Saleh, Omar Hubaishan

“…Using a qualitative methodology, including a (50) individual sample survey. A questionnaire is used for data collection, which was analyzed with SPSS program.     …”
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The butterfly (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) diversity of Mt. Mosor in Dalmatia, Croatia by Toni Koren, Ivona Burić, Gordana Glavan, Rudi Verovnik

“…During our surveys from 2011 to 2020, we recorded 96 butterfly species at 60 localities. …”
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CONSTRUCTION OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES TOWARDS NUSANTARANOLOGY by Kamaruzzaman Bustamam Ahmad, Fitri Zulfidar Ibrahim

“…Based on a bibliographic survey and the authors' experiences in research development, it appears that Indonesia has a very strong scientific foundation compared to other countries. …”
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Current Status of Trace Metal Pollution in Soils Affected by Industrial Activities by Ehsanul Kabir, Sharmila Ray, Ki-Hyun Kim, Hye-On Yoon, Eui-Chan Jeon, Yoon Shin Kim, Yong-Sung Cho, Seong-Taek Yun, Richard J. C. Brown

“…The geoaccumulation index (Igeo), calculated to estimate the enrichment of metal concentrations in soil, showed that the level of metal pollution in most surveyed areas is significant, especially for Pb and Cd. …”
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Do socio-demographic characteristics affect graduates’ employment status? by Nusrat Jafrin, Deboshree Ghosh, Abu Naser Mohammad Saif

“…To achieve this objective, a questionnaire survey was conducted. Through the survey, data were collected from 415 respondents and analyzed using a Forward Likelihood Ratio binary logistic regression. …”
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Expert perspectives on tuberculosis screening procedures for migrants by Marina Pinheiro, David N Moreira, Ana Aguiar, Raquel Duarte

“…Data were collected by using electronic, anonymized surveys with experts in tuberculosis in seven different countries within two World Health Organization regions (Europe and Africa). …”
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A New Graphical Method for Displaying Two-Dimensional Echocardiography Results in Dogs: Comprehensive Analysis of Results of Diagnostic Imaging Organized in a BOX (CARDIOBOX) by Federico J. Curra-Gagliano, Martín Ceballos, José I. Redondo, Javier Engel-Manchado

“…Validation of the method was performed by a survey of 55 veterinarians, who compared the use of CARDIOBOX with the use of numerical tables. …”
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Woody flora of the Prof. Dr. Karl Arens Reserve, Corumbataí, São Paulo, Brazil by Lilian Santos, Pedro Luís de Moraes

“…Thus, the objective of this work was to undertake a floristic survey of the woody species in the Reserve, based on herbarium specimens and fieldwork.The survey in HRCB recorded 510 exsiccatae belonging to 160 species and 44 families. …”
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OPTIMIZATION OF MEDICAL EVALUATION STRATEGIES IN VACCINATED WOMEN ANTI COVID-19, IN ROMANIA, TO IMPROVE THE LEVEL OF HESITATION AGAINST THE BENEFIT OF VACCINATION by Andreea Roxana Luca, Ramona Elena Teiu, Tudor Florin Ursuleanu, Roxana Grigorovici, Hlescu Cristian Stefan, Maria Paula Comanescu, Alina Ionela Calin, Alexandru Grigorovici

“…This aspect required a survey. The general principles of the strategy will continue to apply, namely, the continuation of screening by popularizing the survey with the aim of raising patient awareness and increasing timely addressability to avoid complications. …”
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Fast Local Laplacian-Based Steerable and Sobel Filters Integrated with Adaptive Boosting Classification Tree for Automatic Recognition of Asphalt Pavement Cracks by Nhat-Duc Hoang, Quoc-Lam Nguyen

“…Effective road maintenance requires adequate periodic surveys of asphalt pavement condition. The manual process of pavement assessment is labor intensive and time-consuming. …”
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Passenger Satisfaction Analysis of an Urban Subway Based on Travel Behaviour Characteristics by Fuquan PAN, Shuai CHENG, Lixia ZHANG, Xiaoxia YANG, Jinshun YANG

“…A total of 6340 valid questionnaires were obtained through the combination of online surveys and on-site random surveys. By using the fuzzy synthetic evaluation, the overall score of passenger satisfaction with the Qingdao subway is determined. …”
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Exploring the value of digital twins for information management in highway asset maintenance by Mengtian Yin, Varun Kumar Reja, Ran Wei, Ioannis Brilakis, Brian Sheil, Federico Perrotta, Alix Marie d'Avigneau, Linjun Lu

“…This paper describes results from a survey exploring DTs' potential in highway maintenance, starting with interviews with 20 experts to understand current processes, followed by a questionnaire survey to identify phases, features, applications, and use cases perceived as important by practitioners for road DTs. 183 responses reveal that DTs are widely deemed useful for asset deterioration prediction, strategy-making for routine maintenance planning, and scenario design for road investigation and repair in project-level maintenance.…”
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Imbalanced Data Problem in Machine Learning: A Review by Manahel Altalhan, Abdulmohsen Algarni, Monia Turki-Hadj Alouane

“…One of the prominent challenges encountered in real-world data is an imbalance, characterized by unequal distribution of observations across different target classes, which complicates achieving accurate model classifications. This survey delves into various machine learning techniques developed to address the difficulties posed by imbalanced data. …”
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Perceptions of Corruption in Higher Education among Alumni of the Leading Russian Universities by O. S. Deyneka, L. N. Dukhanina, D. V. Krylova, A. A. Maksimenko

“…Classifications of corruption abuse, the structure of corruption indicators in universities, problems of studying attitudes towards corruption in the higher education system and the reflection of abuse in the media are discussed. The results of a survey of graduates of seven leading Russian universities for the period from September 2019 to January 30, 2020 are presented. …”
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A Population-Based Study of Peyronie's Disease: Prevalence and Treatment Patterns in the United States by Dana Britt DiBenedetti, Dat Nguyen, Laurie Zografos, Ryan Ziemiecki, Xiaolei Zhou

“…Methods. 11,420 US males ≥18 years old completed a brief web-based survey regarding the presence of PD, past treatments, and penile symptoms (Phase 1). …”
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