Designing a Knowledge-Based Chatbot to Elevate Business Licensing Services in Indonesia by Husain Husain, Ridwan Afandi, Dana Indra Sensuse, Sofian Lusa, Nadya Safitri, Damayanti Elisabeth

“…The findings identified 8 key features expected in the chatbot, including real-time information access, problem reporting, business licensing guidance, a tracking system, personalized simulation, a feedback mechanism, multilingual support, and the ability to connect with a contact center agent. …”
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Integrating AI in college education: Positive yet mixed experiences with ChatGPT by Xinrui Song, Jiajin Zhang, Pingkun Yan, Juergen Hahn, Uwe Kruger, Hisham Mohamed, Ge Wang

“…The findings indicate that ChatGPT offers significant advantages such as improved information access and increased interactivity, but its adoption is accompanied by concerns about the accuracy of the information provided and the necessity for well-defined guidelines to optimize its use.…”
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Value Chain Analysis of Highland Bamboo (Yushania alpina) in Banja District, Awi Zone, Ethiopia by Mulat Mengstu, Asmamaw Alemu, Chernet Worku, Sosina Bezie

“…Based on the findings of this study, designing policies help to increase farmers’ knowledge and skills through capacity building and help to improve information access, silviculture management practice, and market supply of culm.…”
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Access to Finance and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Uganda: A Case of Selected Smes in Kabale Municipality by Esperance, Nyiratebuka

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“No miracle cure” interface evaluation of a UK suicide prevention app in a Norwegian context by Kari Dakota Aasheim, Thea Heggeli Bråthen, Kristine Brandager Reiersen, Mimi Alexandra Erichsen, Kristina Sande Storevik, Anne Lund

“…Self-help apps may potentially reach and support suicidal individuals, next of kin, bereaved and professionals with educational information, access to suicide emergency help, hotlines, and coping tools. …”
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Factors Influencing the Uptake and Sustainable Use of Soil and Water Conservation Measures in Bubaare Micro-Catchment, Kabale District, South Western Uganda by Willbroad, Byamukama, Ssemakula, E, Kalibwani, R

“…In this regard, several key recommendations were made which involved extending financial services to the farmers, communication and information access, training and experience sharing, strengthening research and development, education and awareness, providing technical and financial support.…”
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Leveraging ICT to Enable Value Addition and Comprehensive Value Chain Participation for Smallholder Farmers in Kigezi Region: A Case Study of Potato Growers by Byamukama Mpora, Eliab, Sunday,Arthur, Mugalul,George, Turyahebwa,Abanis, Kaaya, Siraj, Turyasingura, Benson, Nakero, Sarah

“…Age (Adjusted R² = 0.713) affected tailored information access; farm size (Adjusted R² = 0.697) impacted ICT infrastructure access; and digital literacy (Adjusted R² = 0.527) with the age. …”
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Barriers and facilitators for healthcare access among immigrants in Japan: a mixed methods systematic review and meta-synthesisResearch in context by Yu Par Khin, Floret Maame Owusu, Nobutoshi Nawa, Pamela J. Surkan, Takeo Fujiwara

“…Interpretation: Findings highlight the critical importance of a multidimensional approach to support immigrants in Japan, ranging from improving healthcare information access to creating immigrant-friendly health systems. …”
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Assessing Health Disparities in Digital Services and Technologies During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Pooled Cross-Sectional Analysis Using HINTS Data by Shih HJ, Min H, Chang J

“…Patient portals improve physician connections and patient health information access, increasing health outcomes. Digital divide—lack of internet, digital literacy, and SDOH—may inhibit fair adoption. …”
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Large Language Model Approach for Zero-Shot Information Extraction and Clustering of Japanese Radiology Reports: Algorithm Development and Validation by Yosuke Yamagishi, Yuta Nakamura, Shouhei Hanaoka, Osamu Abe

“…Previously used in the NTCIR-16 (NII Testbeds and Community for Information Access Research) shared task for clustering performance competition, this dataset was ideal for comparing the clustering ability of our algorithm with those of previous methods. …”
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Adopting Positive Selection Technology and Improving Seed Quality in Smallholder Potato Farmers in South-Western Uganda. by Kajura, Tibanyendera Deo

“…Institutional factors that had significant effect were information access, awareness and extension services. Study findings indicated that adoption of Positive Selection Technology was influenced by demographic, socio-economic, institutional and technological factors. …”
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Tax and income transparency in Norway from 2001 to 2014 by Czarny Bogusław

“…The digitization of relevant data and publishing it on the Internet made all of this information accessible directly from a home computer. I have provided an overview of the historical and cultural background, as well as the direct causes of the changes introduced in Norway and their consequences. …”
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Investigating ACF Policy Change Theory in a Unitary Policy Subsystem: The Case of Ghanaian Public Sector Information Policy by B. Timothy Heinmiller, Emmanuel M. Osei, Eugene Danso

“…Prior to this legislation, access to public sector information was not formally regulated and the new legislation provided a legal framework for making public sector information accessible to the general public. From an Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) perspective, the passage of the Right to Information Act represents a major policy change and provides a case in which the ACF theory of major policy change can be investigated. …”
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Digital Health Literacy and Surgical Information - Seeking Behaviour: A Cross Sectional Survey by Mayank Asmit, Bhartendu Kumar, Tauseef Kibria, Soofia Firdaus, Md Khalid Tanweer, Sadaf Kibria

“…Background: In an era marked by technological advancements and increased digital information accessibility, digital health literacy has emerged as a pivotal factor in healthcare decision-making. …”
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Evaluation of Documentation Management and Business Continuity in Financial Institutions: A Case Study of Unique Sacco In Kabale Municipality. by Komugisha, Susan

“…The study on the relationship between documentation management and business continuity were; enables the SACCOs to operate effectively, assists in the planning of the organization, help to improve in service delivery, improves on the efficiency and productivity of the SACCO, essential informational resource, inventory is effectively managed and ensures easily information accessibility. The study recommended there should be employment of skilled workers to enable provision of effective and efficient services in document management at Unique SACCO for easy access and retrieval of the documents, the SACCO should provide enough capital to help the records department to perform its duties in document management effectively and there should be provision of enough storage space for expansion to facilitate proper documents management at Unique SACCO.…”
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Dissipation Alters Modes of Information Encoding in Small Quantum Reservoirs near Criticality by Krai Cheamsawat, Thiparat Chotibut

“…Using Partial Information Decomposition (PID), we examine how different dynamical regimes encode input drive signals in terms of <i>redundancy</i> (information shared by each oscillator) and <i>synergy</i> (information accessible only through their joint observation). …”
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Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to sexual and reproductive health services for women and gender-diverse people with disabilities in Canada: a qualitative study by Meredith Evans, Alexandra Rego, Nkem Ogbonna, Kate Welsh, Sidrah K. Zafar, Lucy C. Barker, Anne Berndl, Janice Du Mont, Yona Lunsky, Amy McPherson, Lesley A. Tarasoff, Ashley Vandermorris, Hilary K. Brown

“…Comprehensive disability community engagement is necessary to inform accessible SRH services and policies, both during and beyond a pandemic.…”
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The Impact of Critical Listening and Critical Reading on Critical Thinking by Yasemin Baki

“…Critical thinking, which is a productive language skill, provides a framework for these two receptive language skills and enables the evaluation of the accuracy of information accessed through critical listening and critical reading, analyzing different perspectives and making inferences to reach correct conclusions. …”
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The Development of Open Banking and the Analysis of Third-Party Providers in Azerbaijan by Aliakbar Abbasov

“…The primary research objective is to provide an overview of the open banking landscape in Azerbaijan, enhance information accessibility, and position it as a subject for comparative analysis with open banking practices adopted in various global regions. …”
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Do you think medicines can be prescribed in a more eco-directed, greener way? A qualitative study based on public and prescriber focus groups on the impact of pharmaceuticals in Sc... by Claire Anderson, Lydia Niemi, Naoko Arakawa, Mark Taggart, Stuart Gibb, Sharon Pfleger

“…Although the public representatives were generally open to the concept of EDSP, this decision required weighing pros/cons considering personal health choices, information accessibility and transparency, and trust in and time with prescribers.Conclusions This study identified new insights from prescribers and the public related to the concept of, and barriers to, EDSP in Scotland, as well as perspectives regarding knowledge support tools and information communication. …”
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