Biophilic Quality Matrix: A tool to evaluate the biophilic quality of a building during early design stage by Niranjika Wijesooriya, Arianna Brambilla, Lina Markauskaite

“…To fill this gap this study proposes a Biophilic Quality Matrix, to evaluate the biophilic quality that was developed adopting three techniques of 1) literature synthesis, 2) framework synthesis, and 3) expert knowledge that included a thorough analysing of the current tools. …”
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Impact of stain variation and color normalization for prognostic predictions in pathology by Siyu Lin, Haowen Zhou, Mark Watson, Ramaswamy Govindan, Richard J. Cote, Changhuei Yang

“…Abstract In recent years, deep neural networks (DNNs) have demonstrated remarkable performance in pathology applications, potentially even outperforming expert pathologists due to their ability to learn subtle features from large datasets. …”
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Surgical ergonomics among ophthalmologists at Alsaim Eye Hospital, Wad Madani, Sudan: a clinical audit by Imtinan Yousif, Khawla Jibreel, Mehera Mohammed

“…This study aimed to assess ophthalmologists’ surgical ergonomic practices and compared them to expert ophthalmologists’ recommendations published by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. …”
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Debates on the Role of the U.S. Theater Missile Defense in the Regional Deterrence of North Korea and Iran by O. O. Krivolapov

“…According to them, the high efficiency of regional missile defense facilitates regional deterrence of the DPRK and Iran.The second section examines debates in the U.S. expert community. The author identifies two main approaches. …”
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Use of ProMED as a Surveillance System for Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases in Brazil from 2015 to 2020 by Davi Carreiro Rocha, Luana Santos Louro, Hosana Ewald Oliveira, Bruno Cancian de Araujo, Sukhyun Ryu, Creuza Rachel Vicente

“…The Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED) is a virtual system with expert curation for monitoring health events, including those occurring in Brazil. …”
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Respecting dignity: A fundamental element of the ethical being's existence by Ljupcho Chakar*, Aleksandar Stankov, Goran Pavlovski, Natasha Bitoljanu, Viktorija Belakaposka Srpanova, Ana Ivcheva, Rosica Siamkouri, Zlatko Jakovski

“…In conclusion, the authors assert that establishing medical facts, or the truth ascertained through expert examination, serves justice by ensuring dignified treatment of the deceased, their family, and relatives. …”
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Government Support and Local Residents’ Behavior in E-waste Management: Evidence from Thailand by Peeranart Kiddee, Somsiri Decharat, Suttiporn Bunmak

“…Employing both quantitative and qualitative methods, this research involves expert government officers who are well versed in e-waste management and local residents. …”
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Foresight for Internationalization of Medical Sciences Universities in Iran in the 2040 horizon by Azadeh Ahmadzadeh Ghasab, Majid Heydari, Mohammad Arab

“…To develop the scenarios, a combination of futures study methods was employed, including a literature review, expert opinions, cross-impact analysis, morphological analysis, and balance impact analysis. …”
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Evaluating Functional Performance Tests in those with Non-arthritic Intra-articular Hip Pain: An International Consensus Statement by RobRoy L Martin, Amir Takla, Ashley Disantis, David Kohlrieser, Keelan Enseki, Liran Lifshitz, Louise Grant, Mario Bizzini, Mike Voight, Mark Ryan, Ryan McGovern, Timothy Tyler, Yael Steinfeld-Mass, Ashley Campbell, Yongni Zhang

“… # Study Design A modified Delphi technique was used with fourteen physical therapy experts, all members of the International Society for Hip Arthroscopy (ISHA). …”
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DEVELOPING A WORKER ENGAGEMENT MATURITY MODEL FOR IMPROVING OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (OSH) IN CONSTRUCTION by Kenneth Lawani, Billy Hare, Iain Cameron

“…The methods used to develop the framework discussed here involved qualitative interviews to gain accounts of episodes of worker engagement, which were categorised using NVivo and ranked based on feedback from expert focus groups. The meaningful discussion framework highlights the link that higher levels of worker and organisational maturity can have with higher levels of construction OSH performance. …”
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Controversies in the management of anti-TNF therapy in patients with Crohn’s disease: a Delphi consensus by Ignacio Marin-Jimenez, Guillermo Bastida, Daniel Carpio, Fernando Muñoz, Yago González-Lama, Elena Ricart, Daniel Ceballos, Daniel Ginard, Luis Menchen

“…Their results were discussed by expert gastroenterologists within a nominal group meeting, and a set of statements was proposed and tested in a Delphi process.Results Qualitative study. …”
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The Impact of Strategic Quality Orientation and Absorptive Capacity on Sustainable Business Growth: The Mediating Role of Innovation by Fatemeh Ashourijirkol, Mehrdad Hosseini Shakib, Abbas khamseh

“…The content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed using an expert's opinion, and Cronbach's alpha coefficient confirmed its reliability. …”
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Psychological effects of water scarcity on community members: a case study of Lephalale municipality, Limpopo province, South Africa by Mmakwena Linda Seretlo-Rangata, Tholene Sodi, Saraswathie Govender

“…Semi-structured in-depth interviews were used to collect data and interviews were audio recorded and later transcribed and translated by a language expert. Data were analyzed using content thematic analysis.ResultsThree main themes emerged from the study results: (1) emotional distress; (2) interpersonal conflicts; (3) disruptions in the activities of daily living. …”
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Minimum effort adaptation of automatic speech recognition system in air traffic management by Mrinmoy Bhattacharjee, Petr Motlicek, Srikanth Madikeri, Hartmut Helmke, Oliver Ohneiser, Matthias Kleinert, Heiko Ehr

“…This paves the way for “plug-and-play” customization with minimal expert intervention and eliminates the need for extensive fine-tuning of the universal ASR model. …”
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The usefulness of automated high frequency ultrasound image analysis in atopic dermatitis staging by Joanna Czajkowska, Adriana Polańska, Anna Slian, Aleksandra Dańczak-Pazdrowska

“…For reliable analysis, in further experiments, two experts annotated the HFUS images twice in two-week intervals. …”
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THE USSR AND FRG’S “NEW OSTPOLITIK” by A. M. Filitov

“…The examples of confronting those mindsets are cited – in particular, from the exponents of the nascent civil society in the USSR (the case of the “Spiegel” interview by the Soviet expert on Germany D.E. Melnikov in the first month of 1970). …”
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Designing a competency model for the succession of nursing managers, using the Fuzzy Inference System by Marzieh Khorasani-Gerdehkouhi, Seyed Mahmoud Taheri, Mohammad Ali Cheraghi

“…A census sampling method was used in this study with 14 matrons participating as experts. A three-level Fuzzy Inference System was designed by a competency model for mid-level nursing managers/supervisors, using the previous study. …”
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THE ACCEPTANCE OF AN EDUCATIONAL INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT TO LEARN PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS by Nor Farahwahida Mohd Noor, Aslina Saad, Abu Bakar Ibrahim, Norashady Mohd Noor

“…Based on this model, the requirement planning phase was carried out through the triangulation technique by applying qualitative approaches comprising a literature review supported by semi-structured interviews, document reviews, and content validation by expert programming lecturers. Subsequently, the design of the application was accomplished through the iterative prototyping process which was then followed by the application construction. …”
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Optimizing Breast Cancer Mammogram Classification Through a Dual Approach: A Deep Learning Framework Combining ResNet50, SMOTE, and Fully Connected Layers for Balanced and Imbalanc... by Abdullah Fahad A. Alshamrani, Faisal Saleh Zuhair Alshomrani

“…Mammogram scans provide detailed imaging but require expert interpretation, which is time-consuming. While deep learning shows promise in medical image analysis, the prevalence of imbalanced datasets in medical diagnosis hinders the development of accurate and reliable classification models. …”
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Opinions of Football Referees on the VAR System and VAR Training by Ozer Yıldız, Muhammet Munir Dadı

“…Under the categories of positive contribution and fair play; In their thoughts on the VAR System, which has been in practice in various leagues of the world and in our country for a short time, and the opinions of the referees on the training given to the referees; under the categories of gradual education, being advantageous, being useful and not being sufficient, respectively; increase in the levels of success and education of referees, expert educators and high level opportunity recognition, critical position analysis, upbringing equipped referees, gaining a different perspective and position uncertainty to be examined.…”
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