Toward Semi-Autonomous Robotic Arm Manipulation Operator Intention Detection From Force Data by Abdullah S. Alharthi, Ozan Tokatli, Erwin Lopez, Guido Herrmann

“…Our experiments validated the model using the dataset, focusing on tasks such as radiation surveys and object grasping. The proposed approach demonstrated an F1-score of 89% for task classification and an F1-score of 86% classification forecasted operator intentions over a 5-second window. …”
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Depression among Tibetan residents in the Southeastern region of Qinghai-Tibet plateau: a cross-sectional study by Yuji Chen, Ga Long, Qing Huang, Ping Zhang, Nie Xu

“…A total of 600 Tibetan residents from the Dege area of Garze Prefecture, Sichuan, China, participated in the survey. The mean age is 56.81 years, males comprising 52.8% and females 47.2% of the sample. …”
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Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais (LGPD) nº 13.709/2018: percepção dos prestadores de serviços contábeis by Gabriella Aline Sampaio da Silva, Graziele Oliveira Aragão Servilha, Josiane Silva Costa dos Santos, Sonia Aparecida Beato Ximenes de Melo

“…Metodologia: Trata-se de um estudo descritivo com abordagem quali-quantitativa, classificada pela técnica de levantamento survey, tendo uma amostra compreendida em 33 empresas. …”
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Infections with Giardia duodenalis and Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar as Hidden and Prevalent Conditions in Periurban Communities in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Deiviane A. Calegar, Kerla J. L. Monteiro, Andressa B. Gonçalves, Márcio N. Boia, Lauren H. Jaeger, Beatriz C. Nunes, Filipe A. Carvalho-Costa

“…A community-based cross-sectional survey (n = 479) was carried out. Prevalence of infection with G. duodenalis and E. histolytica/E. dispar was 8.6% (n = 41) and 13.4% (n = 64), respectively. …”
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Human Capital and Social Capacity of the Regional Space of Arctic Karelia by Alexander D. Volkov, Aleksandr O. Averyanov, Natalia A. Roslyakova, Polina A. Golomydko

“…Information bases: Rosstat data, SPARK data, results of the population survey (autumn 2023). A comparative analysis of spatial aspects of the distribution of conditions for the reproduction of human capital and population estimates was carried out. …”
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Using STEAM Projects in Teaching Physics: Student Interest in the Field of Solar Energy by Amin Pattayev, Naci Genc, Sherzod Ramankulov, Serik Polatuly, Meirbek Tuiyebayev, Indira Usembayeva, Gulnara Rizakhojayeva

“…In this feature, pre- and post-participation calculations, especially surveys, and progress calculations are used to create a student score. …”
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The Prevalence of Star-forming Clumps as a Function of Environmental Overdensity in Local Galaxies by Dominic Adams, Hugh Dickinson, Lucy Fortson, Kameswara Mantha, Vihang Mehta, Jürgen Popp, Claudia Scarlata, Chris Lintott, Brooke Simmons, Mike Walmsley

“…To obtain our clump sample, we use a Faster R-CNN object detection network trained on the catalog of clump labels provided by the Galaxy Zoo: Clump Scout project, then apply this network to detect clumps in approximately 240,000 Sloan Digital Sky Survey galaxies (originally selected for Galaxy Zoo 2). …”
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Tax Incentives and Entrepreneurship Development in Nigeria by Iyen Don-Pedro Izevbigie

“… This broad objective of this study is to investigates the relationship between tax incentives and entrepreneurship development in Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research design approach through administration of questionnaire to infinite population which comprises of entrepreneurs drawn from highly commercialised States (including Lagos, Edo, Kano, Rivers, Anambra, and Federal Capital Territory) in Nigeria, staff of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), staff of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), and staff of Bank of Industries (BOI) respectively. …”
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Deep Learning for Identification and Characterization of Ca ii Absorption Lines: A Multitask Convolutional Neural Network Approach by Yang Liu, Jie Li, Linqing Gao, Haotong Zhang, Zhenghua Xu, Yu Wang, Wenbin Lin

“…In real-world applications on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR7 and DR12, our model successfully rediscovered 321 known Ca ii absorbers while identifying potential candidates in an additional 381 spectra. …”
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Managing cognitive impairment in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Saudi Arabia: what are the current practices? by Rayan A. Siraj, Ahmed M. Alrajeh, Mushabbab A. Alahmari, Fahad H. Alahmadi, Abdulelah M. Aldhahir, Abdullah A. Alqarni, Jaber S. Alqahtani, Saeed M. Alghamdi, Turki M. Alanazi, Abdullah Alruwaili, Saleh S. Algarni, Abdulrhman S. Alghamdi, Tawah H. Alsindi, Mohammed M. Alyami, Faisal A. Alshehri, Talal Alshammari, Rehab Alhasani, Khalid Alrashed, Nawaf E. Sabir, Ataa F. Mesbah

“…The collected responses were analysed using descriptive statistics.Results A total of 808 physicians completed the online survey. Of whom, only 19% indicated receiving adequate training for managing cognitive impairment. …”
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Clinical-epidemiological Characterization of Suicide in Elder Adults by Wilfredo Valiente Morejón, Bárbara Junco Sena, Yoel Padrón Vega, Yisel de la Caridad Ramos Águila, Alina Rodríguez Méndez

“…The calculation was done on the bases of mortality data and typification survey of suicidal behavior of the non-transmissible diseases department of the Provincial Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology. …”
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PUPIL DIAMETER AND MACHINE LEARNING FOR DEPRESSION DETECTION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY WITH DEEP LEARNING MODELS by Islam MOHAMED, Mohamed EL-WAKAD, Khaled ABBAS, Mohamed ABOAMER, Nader A. Rahman MOHAMED

“…Most methods for detecting depression rely on clinical diagnoses and surveys. However, the American Psychiatric Association reports that over 50% of patients do not receive appropriate treatment. …”
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Global burden of colorectal cancer: epidemiology, risk factors by E. A. Medvedeva, G. G. Maryin, A. A. Leshchenko, M. V. Chernogorova, M. B. Dolgova, D. A. Nazarov, S. A. Ivanov

“…The practitioner needs to be aware of the risk factors leading to CRC and the various stages of disease progression in order to recommend appropriate screening strategies. The use of a surveys that includes risk factors in the collection of anamnesis will reduce economic costs and not miss a cohort of patients who need a detailed examination. …”
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Perinatal Factors Associated with Cardiovascular Disease Risk among Preschool-Age Children in the United States: An Analysis of 1999–2008 NHANES Data by Sarah E. Messiah, Kristopher L. Arheart, Steven E. Lipshultz, Emmalee S. Bandstra, Tracie L. Miller

“…The population-based sample included 3,644 3-to-6-year-old Non-Hispanic White (NHW), Hispanic, and Non-Hispanic Black (NHB) children who participated in the 1999–2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. Analysis showed that breastfeeding was significantly protective against early childhood obesity (OR 0.43, 95% CI, 0.27–0.69) and the highest quintile for WC (OR 0.58, 95% CI, 0.37–0.32) among NHW, and against the highest quintile of non-HDL cholesterol among NHB (OR 0.56, 95% CI, 0.32–0.98). …”
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Non-small cell lung cancer and the tumor microenvironment: making headway from targeted therapies to advanced immunotherapy by Anna De Lucia, Lucia Mazzotti, Lucia Mazzotti, Anna Gaimari, Anna Gaimari, Matteo Zurlo, Roberta Maltoni, Claudio Cerchione, Sara Bravaccini, Angelo Delmonte, Lucio Crinò, Patricia Borges de Souza, Luigi Pasini, Fabio Nicolini, Fabrizio Bianchi, Manel Juan, Hugo Calderon, Chiara Magnoni, Chiara Magnoni, Luca Gazzola, Luca Gazzola, Paola Ulivi, Massimiliano Mazza

“…In this review, we discuss how the understanding of this intricate relationship is crucial for the success of immunotherapy and survey the current state of immunotherapy intervention, with a focus on forthcoming and promising chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapies in NSCLC. …”
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Oral Hygiene Practices among Saudi Arabian Children and Its Relation to Their Dental Caries Status by M. F. A. Quadri, M. A. Shubayr, A. H. Hattan, S. A. Wafi, A. H. Jafer

“…Dental caries is one of the most common preventable diseases occurring among children. The aim here is to survey the oral hygiene practices that are commonly followed by Arab children and to see its relationship with their dental caries status. …”
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Adapting the World Health Organization’s Surgical Safety Checklist to High-Income Settings: A Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial Protocol by Nathan Turley, MA, MBA, Karolina Kogut, BA, Barbara Burian, PhD, Rachel Moyal-Smith, DrPH, PA-C, James Etheridge, MD, MPH, Yves Sonnay, MScPH, William Berry, MD, MPH, Alan Merry, MD, MBChB, Alexander Hannenberg, MD, Alex B. Haynes, MD, MPH, Roger D. Dias, MD, PhD, MBA, Kathryn Hagen, MD, George Molina, MD, MPH, Lisa Spruce, DNP, RN, Carla Williams, RN, MHSM, Mary E. Brindle, MD, MPH, FRCSC

“…This mixed-methods study includes quantitative and qualitative data derived from surveys, semi-structured interviews, patient focus groups, and SSC performance observations. …”
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STATISTICAL METHODS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF CLINICAL AUDIT RESULTS by Taras Gutor, Andriy Zimenkovsky, Zoriana Mysak

“…The spectrum of statistical methods was extended by the analysis of the example of a sociological survey of patients (n=405) regarding the quality assessment of medical care. …”
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Prevalence, Causes, and Factors Associated with Visual Impairment and Blindness among Registered Pensioners in Ghana by Benjamin D. Nuertey, Kwesi Nyan Amissah-Arthur, Joyce Addai, Victor Adongo, Augustine D. Nuertey, Clement Kabutey, Isaac Asimadu Mensah, Richard Bekoe Biritwum

“…This study was part of the analysis on data obtained in the pensioners’ medical survey conducted among members of the National Pensioners Association in Ghana. …”
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Epidemiological and Clinical Profile of Dermatoses Observed in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients at the National Teaching Hospital (NTH-HKM) of Cotonou, Benin by Hugues Adégbidi, Fabrice Akpadjan, Odile Houngbo, Jacques Vigan, Bérénice Dégboé, Nadège Agbessi, Christiane Koudoukpo, Félix Atadokpèdé

“…Chronic hemodialysis patients who did not wish to participate in the survey were excluded. Results. 87 patients were included in the study for a hospital frequency of 33.8%. …”
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