Unmet need for healthcare in the Russian Federation: subnational retrospective modelling analysis (2014–2018) by Elias Mossialos, Vladimir M Shkolnikov, Zlatko Nikoloski, Aparnaa Somanathan, Igor Sheiman

“…High demand and supply of inpatient care do not compensate for the structural imbalances of the current healthcare model. …”
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Condition Monitoring of Marine Diesel Lubrication System Based on an Optimized Random Singular Value Decomposition Model by Shuxia Ye, Bin Da, Liang Qi, Han Xiao, Shankai Li

“…Additionally, a new noise-resistant monitoring index is introduced to enhance monitoring reliability. The paper is structured into two main sections for validation. The first section addresses advanced data preprocessing, where the Improved Sparrow Search Algorithm (ISSA) is employed to optimize the parameters of Random Singular Value Decomposition (RSVD). …”
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Psychometric Properties of the Bangla Version of the Beck Depression Inventory‐II (BDI‐II) With University Students in Bangladesh: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Md. Torun Hasan, Mozibul H. A. Khan

“…Methods The sample consisted of 1128 undergraduate students (55.9% males) aged from 18 to 28 (M = 22.35, SD = 1.41) from the university of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. The factor structure of the BDI‐II was investigated through confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). …”
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Comparison of a Virtual and in-Person OSCE on Advanced Communication Skills: Qualitative Insights from Medical Student Debrief Transcripts by Alex Choi, Tanya D. Murtha, Laura J. Morrison, Jaideep S. Talwalkar

“…Differences may be attributable to the additional cognitive load in the virtual setting, inadequate structural safeguards, and/or other limitations of virtual communication.…”
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A Comprehensive Evaluation of Radiomic Features in Normal Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Investigating Robustness and Region Variations by Mahsa Shakeri, Ahmad Mostaar, Arash Zare Sadeghi, Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini, Ali Yaghobi Joybari, Hossein Ghadiri

“…Conclusion: Our results indicated the baselines of the repeatable texture features in healthy brain structural MRI highlighting inter-scanner stability. …”
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Cross fan-shaped roof-cutting blasting technology for preventing rockbursts in gob-side mining roadways by PAN Junfeng, LIU Shaohong, MA Wentao, GAO Jiaming, MA Hongyuan

“…The interaction between these areas formed a right-angle fan-shaped hanging roof structure. The large hanging roof provided static load, which triggered rockbursts, and dynamic load when ultimate collapse occurred, thus acting as the load source for the occurrence of rockbursts. …”
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Exploring the charge storage ability of the spinel-type high entropy oxide (MnFeCoNiZn)3O4 nanoparticles for supercapacitor applications by Arun S R, George Jacob

“…High entropy materials have grabbed more attention in recent years on account of their unique crystal structure, large compositional design space, and complex chemistry enabling the enormous and unexplored properties in the different fields. …”
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HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for women: Claiming risk and recognizing responsibility to end the AIDS epidemic in New York by Lauren SUCHMAN

“…Participant obser- vation was conducted at public meetings and events related to ETE and 37 semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with direct participants in the campaign, as well as with members of affected communities. …”
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Apropiación del Plan de Estudio para la educación básica 2022: un estudio de caso by Fernando Iván Ceballos Escobar

“…It`s a qualitative, interpretive study carried out through semi-structured interviews and a focus group. Through a narrative analysis, the findings reveal situated and heterogeneous evaluations with respect to different elements of the curricular proposal and some resonances of previous plans in the discourse and actions of the subjects, as well as accompanying actions that are not close to the interests and needs of the teaching staff. …”
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Cells Grouping Detection and Confusing Labels Correction on Cervical Pathology Images by Wenbo Pang, Yi Ma, Huiyan Jiang, Qiming Yu

“…Specifically, we utilize clinical prior knowledge to break down the detection task into multiple sub-tasks for cell grouping detection, aiming to more effectively learn the specific structure of cells. Subsequently, we merge region proposals from grouping detection to achieve refined detection. …”
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IELTS and TOEFL Applicants’ Self-assessment and Actual Test Performance: A Mixed-Methods Study of Relationship and Variation by Reza Rezvani, Farshad Khadivikia

“…Data collection involved the applicants' self-assessments, their test scores, and semi-structured interviews. Quantitative data were analysed using correlation and regression analyses, while qualitative data were examined through thematic content analysis. …”
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Nanoparticles in Soil Reclamation: A Review of Their Role in Reducing Soil Compaction by Hasan Alkhaza’leh, Michel Rahbeh, Imad Hamadneh, Habes AL-Mashakbeh, Zohuir Albalawna

“…Some of the NPs such as Carbon nanotubes, nanolites, nanosilica, and nanoclay have been demonstrated to increase soil fertility, water retention, and structural stability. NPs can reduce environmental pollutants while improving soil quality. …”
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Quantitative Modeling of High-Energy Electron Scattering in Thick Samples Using Monte Carlo Techniques by Bradyn Quintard, Xi Yang, Liguo Wang

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Modernization of the mechanism of the financial services market cybersecurity legal support by O. V. Brusakova, O. P. Getmanets

“…In particular, the comparative legal method, the system and structural method, the statistical method, the logical legal method, the formal legal method and the method of analogy were used. …”
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Metagenomics Analysis of Microbial Species and Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARGs) in Untreated Wastewater from Different Types of Hospitals in Hangzhou by Song Chen, Yi Zhou, Lu Song, Yanli Yang, Fuming He, Qianming Chen, Xi Cheng

“…A comprehensive understanding of the microbiological structure and the distribution of ARGs in hospital wastewater can facilitate appropriate treatment of such wastewater and can improve our understanding of the pathophysiology of several epidemic illnesses. …”
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Green extraction cascade of UV-absorbing compounds, alginate, and fucoidan from Sargassum using ethanol and natural deep eutectic solvents by Santiago Guerrero-Higareda, Danay Carrillo-Nieves

“…FTIR-ATR analysis confirmed that the extracted fucoidan structure was consistent with that of Sargassum spp., although further purification and characterization are needed to determine whether its known bioactive properties are preserved. …”
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Designing a National Model for Evaluating and Financing Industrial Investment Projects in Iranian Towns and Industrial Areas by Naser Seifollahi

“…The Strauss and Corbin method, paradigm model, and MAXQDA software were used for data analysis.Findings: After analyzing the interview data, the development model of funding for investment in industrial towns has been extracted by determining the causal conditions (venture investment, suitable financing model, management abilities, company size, capital structure, laws and policies of the government), background conditions (financial issues, infrastructure, political and legal factors), intervening conditions (social capital, available resources and facilities, liquidity variables), central category (value creation, financing) public-private partnership, technology development), strategies (borrowing, investment, micro-financing, external financing, internal financing, Islamic financing) and consequences (efficiency and effectiveness of industrial units, improving competitiveness, employment generation).Originality/Value: With this model's help and complete implementation, Iran's towns and industrial areas can take advantage of its benefits, improve their competitive position, and increase productivity in their organizations.…”
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An evaluation of the severe acute respiratory infection surveillance system in Ireland by Louise Marron, Roisin Duffy, Joan O’Donnell, Lisa Domegan

“…SARI surveillance data were analysed to assess completeness and timeliness. Semi-structured focus group discussions and key informant interviews and an online stakeholder questionnaire, evaluated usefulness, simplicity, flexibility and acceptability. …”
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Influence of Zn in the CdS Crystal Lattice and Its Impact over the Catalytic Activity in the H2 Production by Luis Fernando Morelos-Medina, Rufino Nava-Mendoza, Carlos Martín Cortés-Romero, Rodrigo Rafael Velázquez-Castillo, J. Santos-Cruz, María de los Ángeles Cuán-Hernandez

“…For the water splitting to hydrogen production, the separation of the charge carriers promoted by the incorporation of Zn in addition to the shallow trap emissions generated defects in the catalyst structure; such processes are important factors found which increased with the sonochemical method, as well as the potential matched positions.…”
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BUDGET USE AND PERFORMANCE OF MANUFACTURING SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMEs) IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA by Mubaraq Sanni, Oladipo Oluwafolakemi Fasesin

“…Data were sourced through a structured questionnaire from the selected 397 managers. …”
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