Therapeutic Potential of Stem Cells in Follicle Regeneration by Agnieszka Owczarczyk-Saczonek, Magdalena Krajewska-Włodarczyk, Anna Kruszewska, Łukasz Banasiak, Waldemar Placek, Wojciech Maksymowicz, Joanna Wojtkiewicz

“…Although an autologous transplant is regarded as the gold standard, its usability is limited, because of both a limited amount of material and a reduced viability of cells obtained in this way. …”
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Elucidating the Prognostic Role of BRAFV600E and the Activation Status of the Downstream MAPK Pathway in PTC: A Study from a Tertiary Centre in India by Nadeem Kocheri, Priti Chatterjee, Shipra Agarwal, Mehar C. Sharma, Sanjana Ballal, Chandrasekhar Bal, Sunil Chumber

“…The prognostic relevance of BRAFV600E and the usability of immunohistochemistry (IHC) for detecting the mutation were also assessed. …”
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Solving Truthfulness-Privacy Trade-Off in Mixed Data Outsourcing by Using Data Balancing and Attribute Correlation-Aware Differential Privacy by Abdul Majeed, Seong Oun Hwang

“…The joint application of these mechanisms to data blocks enables effective resolution of the truthfulness-privacy trade-off, and data usability is extremely high. Extensive experiments are performed on three benchmark datasets to demonstrate the effectiveness of our method in real scenarios. …”
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Novel Statistical Analysis Schemes for Frequency-Modulated Thermal Wave Imaging for Inspection of Ship Hull Materials by Ishant Singh, Vanita Arora, Prabhu Babu, Ravibabu Mulaveesala

“…In the field of thermal non-destructive testing and evaluation (TNDT&E), active thermography gained popularity due to its fast wide-area monitoring and remote inspection capability to assess materials without compromising their future usability. Among the various active thermographic methods, pulse compression-favorable frequency-modulated thermal wave imaging stands out for its enhanced detectability and depth resolution. …”
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Experimental Study on Fatigue Characteristics and Life Prediction of Rotating Restricted Short Suspender in Suspension Bridge by Lei Zhao, Zhili Yang, Xianneng Tong, Yang Zhang, Ruifeng Nie

“…Additionally, the fractured gap size is considered as the judgment basis for the usability of rotating restricted short suspenders. …”
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SensorDBSCAN: Semi-Supervised Active Learning Powered Method for Anomaly Detection and Diagnosis by Petr Ivanov, Maria Shtark, Alexander Kozhevnikov, Maksim Golyadkin, Dmitry Botov, Ilya Makarov

“…Unlike existing methods, SensorDBSCAN eliminates the need for manual labeling large amounts of data, cluster analysis, and pre-defining cluster numbers, providing greater usability in real-world cases. We validate the effectiveness of our method on the Tennessee Eastman Process (TEP) and its advanced simulations (TEP Rieth and TEP Rieker). …”
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Improvement Options and Directions for Crisis Management Exercises Organised by Local Governmental Administration on the Example of Podkarpackie Voivodship — Theoretical Assumption... by Bernard Wiśniewski, Andrzej Czupryński, Jan Ziobro, Karol Kujawa

“…Introduction: The analyses conducted by the above-mentioned team aimed at finding sources of knowledge and information related to the organisation of exercises by local governmental administration and determination of the practical usability of the related scientific theories. The works conducted involved such specific problems as: definition of the essentials of the organisation of crisis management pratice activities by local governmental administration, identification of organisation improvement needs related to crisis management by local governmental administration and definition of the conditions and perspectives for the improvement of the organisation of the subject exercises. …”
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Feasibility of NepaDengue mobile application for dengue prevention and control: user and stakeholder perspectives in Nepal by Eggi Arguni, Anita Mahotra, Yuvraj Pokhrel, Tulsi Ram Thapa, Riris Ahmad Andono

“…However, specific barriers were identified, including concerns about sustained usability, illiteracy and limited access to the internet and smartphones. …”
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Community-engaged artificial intelligence research: A scoping review. by Tyler J Loftus, Jeremy A Balch, Kenneth L Abbott, Die Hu, Matthew M Ruppert, Benjamin Shickel, Tezcan Ozrazgat-Baslanti, Philip A Efron, Patrick J Tighe, William R Hogan, Parisa Rashidi, Michelle I Cardel, Gilbert R Upchurch, Azra Bihorac

“…As healthcare delivery occurs primarily in community settings, investigators should consider engaging community stakeholders in user-centered design, usability, and clinical implementation studies to optimize generalizability.…”
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AirStrum: A virtual guitar using real-time hand gesture recognition and strumming technique by Beulah ARUL, Shashank PANDA, Tushar NAIR

“…The conducted experiments demonstrate that AirStrum achieves an accuracy of 95.92%, and a brief preliminary survey related to its perceived utility and usability received a positive feedback rate of 58% from eight guitar players.…”
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ECC-Based Authentication Protocol for Military Internet of Drone (IoD): A Holistic Security Framework by Hyeon Choe, Dongsu Kang

“…However, stronger security through authentication often results in reduced usability and efficiency. This study acknowledges these challenges and proposes a protocol tailored to military environments, enabling participant authentication across all communication segments in the Internet of Drones environment. …”
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Panoramic radiographic features for machine learning based detection of mandibular third molar root and inferior alveolar canal contact by A. Canberk Ulusoy, Tuğçe Toprak, M. Alper Selver, Pelin Güneri, Betül İlhan

“…Future work should focus on developing automated segmentation algorithms for M3M and IAC on PRs, to identify relevant anatomical structures, thereby improving clinical usability. The dataset, feature extraction, and ML codes are available through the CONTACT grand challenge.…”
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Clinicians’ experience with infographic summaries from the BMJ Rapid Recommendations: a qualitative user-testing study among residents and interns at a large teaching hospital in S... by Thomas Agoritsas, Per Vandvik, Tiffany Hirschel

“…We assessed six facets of user experience using a revised version of Morville’s framework: usefulness, understandability, usability, credibility, desirability and identification.Setting Setting include Geneva’s University Hospital, a large teaching hospital in Switzerland.Participants Participants include a convenience sample of residents and interns without restriction regarding medical field or division of care.Results Most users reported a positive experience. …”
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OCF Bridging Techniques for UWB/LoRa IoT Ecosystems by Hyun Seob Oh, Wha Sook Jeon, Dong Geun Jeong

“…Three example use-cases are implemented for demonstrating the usability of the developed O2U and O2L bridges, which are proximity-based Zigbee device control combined with UWB, LoRa-based metering, and LoRaWAN as backhaul of UWB system. …”
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Cardiac Function and Fatigue During Exoskeleton-Assisted Sit-to-Stand Maneuver and Walking in People with Stroke with Moderate to Severe Gait Disability: A Pilot Cross-Sectional St... by Raimondas Kubilius, Darius Ruočkus, Vitalija Stonkuvienė, Rugilė Vareikaitė, Rebecca Cardini, Thomas Bowman

“…Only one participant scored over 70 points on the System Usability Scale. The TSQ-WT scores for conditions 2 and 3 were 62 (56.5–72.5) and 70 (66.5–75) points, respectively. …”
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A Comparative Evaluation of Augmented Reality Indoor Navigation versus Conventional Approaches by Tomáš Macháč, Petr Hořejší, Michal Šimon, Andrea Šimerová

“…In the context of Industry 4.0, augmented reality (AR) is becoming a key element for innovations in the field of lifetime usability of products and optimisation of production processes. …”
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QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF A USER INTERFACE BASED ON THE MENTAL TIME OF PERFORMING THE USER TASKS OF THE SUBJECT AREA by V. K. Grigoriev, A. S. Ilyushechkin, M. A. Ovchinnikov

“…Mental time is allocated as the characteristic that chiefly determines the usability of the user interface. Mental time is based on the total time of the step, the calculation time at this step, and the mechanical time required for a person to perform an action that causes the step to be performed. …”
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Making Complex Technologies Accessible Through Simple Controllability: Initial Results of a Feasibility Study by Pascal Müller, Hari Krishna Reddy Gali, Subashkumar Rajanayagam, Stefan Twieg, Patrick Jahn, Sebastian Hofstetter

“…One proposed solution to the usability issues of DAT is to develop a platform with an interface for non-programmers to create individual interventions using everyday controls and a few intuitive steps. …”
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An Interactive Computational Pipeline to Investigate Ventricular Hemodynamics with Real‐Time Three‐Dimensional Echocardiography and Computational Fluid Dynamics by Jan‐Niklas Thiel, Daniel Verhülsdonk, Ulrich Steinseifer, Katharina Linden, Ulrike Herberg, Ingeborg Friehs, Daniel Diaz‐Gil, Michael Neidlin

“…This leads to a lack of reproducibility and usability of the existing computational models. In this work, we introduce IP‐HEART—an interactive and open‐source computational pipeline to perform geometry processing for CFD models of ventricular blood flow. …”
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Open government data in health sector: a systematic literature review by Patrícia Nascimento Silva, Sarah Nascimento Silva

“…Most publications evaluated quality and usability requirements, with five related to the COVID-19 pandemics. …”
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