Virtual consultation in kidney care: a mixed-methods study on a model for safe and effective integration into routine clinical care by Aminu K Bello, Stephanie Thompson, Deenaz Zaidi, Scott Klarenbach, Feng Ye, Terry J Smith, Mark Courtney

“…The rapid advancements in e-health technology facilitated options for virtual care, including asynchronous data transfer in virtual clinic models and patient-facing smartphone applications for communications and self-care. However, the clinical benefits of virtual consultation have not been consistently demonstrated in all facets of kidney care, and the adoption of this innovation alters workflows and health professionals’ perceptions of care delivery. …”
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P2P and MPEG FGS Encoding: A Good Recipe for Multipoint Video Transmission on the Internet by Alfio Lombardo, Diego Reforgiato, Giovanni Schembra

“…The most of existent protocols for video communications over P2P mainly focus on tree topology maintenance, without paying any attention to the encoding problem. …”
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Taxonomic Blind Spots: A Limitation of Environmental DNA Metabarcoding‐Based Detection for Canadian Freshwater Fishes by Kevin C. Morey, Erika Myler, Robert Hanner, Gerald Tetreault

“…ABSTRACT With increasing utilization of eDNA metabarcoding for fish community assessment, it is critical to identify, address, and communicate its capabilities and limitations. One limitation of great concern is the reliability of taxonomic coverage. …”
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STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, CHALLENGES AND COPING MECHANISMS IN HIGH SCHOOL ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC by Aurielle Lisa Z. Maypa, Dave E. Marcial, Jade O. Montemayor

“…In terms of coping, the result indicates that daily login and breaking down responsibilities were the most common mechanism. Communicating with the teachers yielded the lowest coping mean. …”
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Framing discomfort on YouTube: Narratives of non-binary dysphoria by Letizia Paglialunga

“…The dataset includes YouTube videos from five channels owned by non-binary YouTubers, which could be considered, by virtue of their content and stated purpose, as explicit non-binary communicative gender performances. The paper primarily investigates how discourse surrounding suffering and discomfort contributes to the portrayal of non-binary identities in online spaces, and seeks to observe whether the expression of this discomfort can be construed as a means of seeking validation for these identities within the social-media domain.…”
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Using artificial intelligence to predict post-operative outcomes in congenital heart surgeries: a systematic review by Ida Mohammadi, Shahryar Rajai Firouzabadi, Melika Hosseinpour, Mohammadhosein Akhlaghpasand, Bardia Hajikarimloo, Sam Zeraatian-Nejad, Peyman Sardari Nia

“…Abstract Introduction Congenital heart disease (CHD) represents the most common group of congenital anomalies, constitutes a significant contributor to the burden of non-communicable diseases, highlighting the critical need for improved risk assessment tools. …”
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Distributed public service broadcasting as an alternative model for public service broadcasting in South Africa by Pieter Jacobus Fourie

“…The justification is done against the background of a description of the changed and converged new media environment brought about by technological developments with the concomitant new production, content and distribution challenges and with interactivity as the new foundation of communicator-audience relationships. It is argued that the new media environment requires new thinking about public service broadcasting (PSB). …”
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Defensive response to humans in farm-bred sables (Martes zibellina) by E. G. Sergeev

“…Animals avoiding contact were scored zero. Animals communicating with the experimenter and demonstrating calm behavior (friendly response) were scored +1 to +5. …”
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Ensemble Learning for Three-dimensional Medical Image Segmentation of Organ at Risk in Brachytherapy Using Double U-Net, Bi-directional ConvLSTM U-Net, and Transformer Network by Soniya Pal, Raj Pal Singh, Anuj Kumar

“…Materials and Methods: The dataset comprised computed tomography (CT) scans of 60 patients obtained from our own institutional image bank and 10 patients from the other institute, all in Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine format. Experienced radiation oncologists manually segmented four OARs for each scan. …”
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Applying social cognitive theory to predict physical activity and dietary behavior among patients with type-2 diabetes by Ann Tresa Sebastian, Eslavath Rajkumar, P Tejaswini, R Lakshmi, J Romate

“…# Introduction Non-communicable diseases, arising out of changing lifestyle habits of people, are the foremost causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. …”
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Interpretation of Recent Unrest Events (Bradyseism) at Campi Flegrei, Napoli (Italy): Comparison of Models Based on Cyclical Hydrothermal Events versus Shallow Magmatic Intrusive E... by A. Lima, R. J. Bodnar, B. De Vivo, F. J. Spera, H. E. Belkin

“…The hydrothermal system also communicates episodically with a cooling and quasi-steady-state long timescale (103-104 yr) magmatic system enclosed by an impermeable carapace (A layer). …”
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Maintaining operability at a high personal cost – a mixed method study on maternal healthcare workers’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic by Magnus Akerstrom, Anna Wessberg, Emina Hadžibajramović, Sofie Graner, Ylva Carlsson, Ola Andersson, Maria Jonsson, Elin Naurin, Malin Veje, Verena Sengpiel, Karolina Linden

“…To balance these demands, new working routines were introduced, and managers increased their efforts to communicate and support the employees. Collegial support also grew. …”
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Exploring socio-demographic determinants of obesity in Jordanian women of reproductive age: insights from a nationwide survey by Mahmoud Shaaban Abdelgalil, Sara Hosny El-Farargy, Mohamed Adel Dowidar, Mohamed Abd-ElGawad

“…This rising trend, exacerbates the burden of non-communicable diseases and places increasing strain on the healthcare system. …”
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Modeling Concrete Compressive Strength Variation with Age Using Origin Pro Software. by Nabaweesi, Alice

“…These were taken from compressive strength data for the concrete cast for the upgrading to paved standard of 9.5km of roads, reconstruction of 6.72km of roads including signalization of junctions and channelization of 3.9km of drainages in Lubaga, Kawempe, Makindye Division, and Wakiso district, a project by the Korea Consultants International as the Consultant, China Communications Construction Company as the Contractor and KCCA as the client. …”
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The Adaptation, Implementation, and Performance Evaluation of Intake24, a Digital 24-h Dietary Recall Tool for South Asian Populations: The South Asia Biobank by Divya Bhagtani, Birdem Amoutzopoulos, Toni Steer, David Collins, Suzanna Abraham, Bridget A Holmes, Baldeesh K Rai, Rajendra Pradeepa, Sara Mahmood, Abu Ahmed Shamim, Poorvee Mathur, Lathika Athauda, Laksara De Silva, Khadija I Khawaja, Vinitaa Jha, Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Prasad Katulanda, Malay K Mridha, Ranjit M Anjana, John C Chambers, Polly Page, Nita G Forouhi

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Impact of ambient temperatures on Alzheimer's disease and other dementia mortality among elderly patients aged 60 years and older in China by Rui Zhang, Lu Sun, Ai-Nan Jia, Si-Yuan Wu, Yu Wang, Song-Wang Wang, Qing Guo, Yu-Jie Meng, Juan Liang, Wan Huang, Yong-Hong Li, Jing Wu

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Multi-stage detection method for APT attack based on sample feature reinforcement by Lixia XIE, Xueou LI, Hongyu YANG, Liang ZHANG, Xiang CHENG

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