A rapid review of adolescent engagement in massive open online courses (MOOCS) in health and education: Content, engagement strategies and evaluation methods by Putu Novi Arfirsta Dharmayani, Allyson R. Todd, Jennifer Dam, Josephine Y. Chau, Sara Wardak, Katrina E. Champion, Seema Mihrshahi, Stephanie R. Partridge

“…A narrative synthesis method was used to summarise findings based on the following themes: topics covered in MOOCs, engagement strategies and MOOC content, and evaluation methods.Results Twenty-three studies were included in this review, with six health-related topics. …”
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Methods of Increasing the Reliability of the Received Data of the Photon Counter Based on the Analysis of the Pulse Counting Rate During the Transmission of Binary Symbols «0»... by A. M. Timofeev

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Stop to smell the virtual roses: a mixed-methods pilot study on the impact of multisensory virtual reality nature experiences on feelings of relaxation by Marilia Karla Soares Lopes, Belmir Jose De Jesus, Olivier Manuel Rosanne, Susanna Pardini, Lora Appel, Lora Appel, Lora Appel, Christopher Smith, Christopher Smith, Tiago Henrique Falk

“…IntroductionThis study aimed to investigate the psychological and physiological impacts of audio-visual (AV) and audio-visual-olfactory (AVO) stimuli within an immersive virtual nature environment.MethodsTwenty-two nurses from the mental health in-patient ward of a Canadian hospital participated in the study. …”
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Determination of the tangential component of cutting resistance during frozen sedimentary rock cutting using blocked, deeply blocked and cell cutting methods by Stanislav A. Shemyakin, Evgenii A. Shishkin

“…The numerical explanation of the choice of cell cutting in relation to blocked and deeply blocked cutting is given. For all three methods of cutting, under equal geometrical parameters of the cutting tool and the physical and mechanical properties of the frozen rock, the numerical value of the tangential component of cutting resistance is obtained. …”
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On the applicability of semi-empirical methods for calculating the operating processes of a single-stage long-stroke reciprocating compressor in the sphere of wet steam by V. L. Yusha

“…The issues of applicability of well-known semi-empirical methods for calculating the operating processes of low-speed reciprocating compressors for the theoretical study of these processes in the field of wet steam are considered. …”
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Impact and feasibility of a tailor-made patient communication quality improvement programme for hospital-based physiotherapists: a mixed-methods study by Thomas J Hoogeboom, Rudi A Steenbruggen, Marjo Maas, Paul Brand, Philip van der Wees, Linda AG van Heusden-Scholtalbers

“…Background In tailoring a quality improvement programme for hospital-based physiotherapy, the original use of video recordings was replaced by using the tracer methodology.Objective To examine the impact of a tailor-made quality improvement programme addressing patient communication on the professional development of hospital-based physiotherapists, and to evaluate barriers and facilitators as determinants of feasibility of the programme.Methods A mixed-methods study was conducted. Participants were clustered in groups per hospital and linked with an equally sized group in a nearby hospital. …”
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Do education and use of family planning methods empower women? Evidence from the Nepal Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) 2016 and 2022 by Yogendra B Gurung, Kamala Lamichhane, Bidhya Shrestha, Tara Lal Shrestha, Rita Karki, Sharadha Hamal

“…To fulfil Sustainable Development Goal 5—achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls—government must ensure intersectional strategies that remove barriers to education and reproductive autonomy.…”
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“A good physician works full-time?” – a mixed-methods study on (mis)conceptions about part-time work in hospitals by Barbara Jarmila Germann, Julia Frey, Alain Soltermann, Janna Küllenberg

“…This study aims to examine the attitudes of hospital physicians across various specialties and positions towards part-time employment, and to identify factors that hinder or facilitate the successful implementation of part-time arrangements in hospital settings. METHODS: We conducted an exploratory mixed-method study, combining a qualitative interview study with reflexive thematic analysis of 19 participants, and an online quantitative survey of 553 physicians. …”
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Access, inequalities and annual health checks (AHCs) for adults living with severe mental illness in the UK: a mixed-methods systematic review by Karina Lovell, Chunhu Shi, Rathi Ravindrarajah, Gill Norman, Elinor Hopkin, Janine Owens, Penny E Bee

“…Objectives Individuals living with severe mental illness (SMI) are at a significantly higher risk of mortality. This mixed-methods systematic review identifies and explores factors, including access inequalities to annual health checks (AHCs), for people living with SMI sharing protected characteristics in the UK, as identified in Core20PLUS5.Design Mixed-methods systematic review.Data sources MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, ASSIA, Google Scholar and the grey literature were searched from 1 January 2004 to 30 January 2025.Eligibility criteria Inclusion criteria were adults >18 years of age living with SMI. …”
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The Effects of Active Teaching and Learning Methods on The Pupils' Academic Performance in Four Selected Primary Schools in Bugamba Sub-County in Rwampara District. by Ampurire, Motion

“…The study examined effects of active teaching and learning methods on the pupils' academic performance in four selected primary schools of Bugamba sub county Rwampara district following the study objective which included to find out factors that influence active teaching and learning methods on the pupils' academic performance in primary schools of Bugamba sub county Rwampara district, to find out whether teachers apply or use active teaching and learning methods in primary schools of Bugamba sub county Rwampara district and to establish a relationship between active teaching learning methods and pupils' academic performance in primary schools of Bugamba sub county Rwampara district. …”
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Analysis of Splicing Manipulation in Digital Images using Dyadic Wavelet Transform (DyWT) and Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) Methods by Zumratul Muhidin, Muh. Nasirudin Karim, Muhamad Masjun Efendi

“…However, this can lead to negative impacts, including visual deception. This research aims to detect splicing type image manipulation using Dyadic Wavelet Transform (DyWT) and Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) methods. …”
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REAL-TIME ELASTOGRAPHY AND ITS CLINICAL APPLICATION COMPARED WITH OTHER METHODS FOR EVALUATION OF THE LIVER FIBROSIS DEGREE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS C by M. A. Belopolskaya, V. Yu. Avrutin, O. D. Denisova, E. V. Lichnaya, E. Yu. Yushina, S. I. Gurina, A. V. Dmitriev, A. A. Yakovlev

“…Due to the possibility to visualize a larger area under study, the RTE method has clear advantages in evaluating the degree of fibrosis in liver tissue in patients with focal changes in the liver. …”
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Feature-based ensemble modeling for addressing diabetes data imbalance using the SMOTE, RUS, and random forest methods: a prediction study by Younseo Jang

“…Methods Using the Scikit-learn diabetes dataset (442 samples, 10 features), we binarized the target variable (diabetes progression) at the 75th percentile and split it 80:20 using stratified sampling. …”
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Performance of Dental Students in Understanding and Retention of Oral Pathology Concepts: A Comparative Analysis of Traditional versus Live-Field Teaching Methods by Anitha Salian, Swathi Sanal Kumar, Srikant Natarajan, Amitha J. Lewis, Nidhi Manaktala, Dilip G Naik, Karen Boaz, Nandita KP, Shweta Yellapurkar

“…Understanding oral aspects of pathology by traditional techniques has always been a paradigm in the field of dental education. Traditional methods of teaching include interaction using black board, projectors, and alternate methods of teaching such as a student-centered approach where live-field demonstrations, audio visual aids, and student interaction are also gaining importance, ultimately promoting active education. …”
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Predicting Methods for Analyzing Data on Fatal Outcome Possibility in the Combination of Acute Coronary Syndrome and Atrial Fibrillation According to the Krasnodar Region Registry by Z. G. Tatarintseva, E. D. Kosmacheva, S. V. Kruchinova, V. A. Akinshina, A. A. Khalafyan

“…In this regard, there is great interest in developing models of risk stratification to identify adverse outcomes in these patients with a view to more careful monitoring of patients in this group.Material and methods. For the construction of predictive models, a statistical method was used for the classification trees and, the procedure for neural networks implemented in the STATISTICA package. …”
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User-centred design of ChestCare: mHealth app for pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with COPD; a mixed-methods sequential approach by Suad J. Ghaben, Arimi Fitri Mat Ludin, Nazlena Mohamad Ali, Devinder Kaur Ajit Singh

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Cognitive weaknesses or impairments on the NIH toolbox cognition battery in children and adolescents: base rates in a normative sample and proposed methods for classification by Nathan E. Cook, Nathan E. Cook, Nathan E. Cook, Grant L. Iverson, Grant L. Iverson, Grant L. Iverson, Grant L. Iverson, Justin E. Karr

“…., vocabulary and word reading) and fluid cognition (i.e., working memory, visual episodic memory, processing speed, and executive functions). …”
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Do Meta‐Analyses of Total Hip Arthroplasty Produce Reliable Results? A Systematic Review and Meta‐Epidemiological Study of Statistical Methods by Nikolai Ramadanov, Maximilian Voss, Radharani Michelle Diallo, Jonathan Lettner, Hassan Tarek Hakam, Robert Prill, Roland Becker, Robert Hable

“…However, the reliability of their results and conclusions depends heavily on the use of appropriate statistical methods. Therefore, the aim was to test the reliability of statistical methods in meta‐analyses of THA by examining the degree of heterogeneity, the effect of different between‐study variance estimators, and the equality of sample size of pooled primary studies. …”
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Among Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Methods, Automated Gradient-Boosting Models Accurately Score Intraoral Plaque in Non-Standardized Images by Eric Coy, William Santo, Bonnie Jue, Helen Betts, Francisco Ramos-Gomez, Stuart A. Gansky

“…The objectives were to develop and test automated image selection and intraoral plaque-scoring (primary outcome measure in a prevention trial for preschoolers).Methods Evaluating 1650 plaque-disclosed primary teeth (teeth D, E, F, G) from 435 photographs from UCSF/UCLA clinical trials, data were cleaned, transformed, and modeled with statistical and machine learning (ML) algorithms; data visualizations utilized Jupyter Notebooks, Python, OpenCV, and Sci-kit Learn libraries, with Laplacian filter preprocessing. …”
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Development of an Online Scenario-Based Tool to Enable Research Participation and Public Engagement in Cystic Fibrosis Newborn Screening: Mixed Methods Study by Louise Moody, Samantha Clarke, Matt Compton, Rachael Hughson-Gill, Felicity Boardman, Corinna Clark, Pru Holder, James R Bonham, Jane Chudleigh

“…Stakeholders were recruited to take part in the development workshops via purposeful and snowball sampling methods to achieve a diversity of views across roles and organizations, with email invitations sent to representative individuals with lived, clinical, and academic experience related to CF and screening. …”
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