Barriers and Facilitators to the Preadoption of a Computer-Aided Diagnosis Tool for Cervical Cancer: Qualitative Study on Health Care Providers’ Perspectives in Western Cameroon by Magali Jonnalagedda-Cattin, Alida Manoëla Moukam Datchoua, Virginie Flore Yakam, Bruno Kenfack, Patrick Petignat, Jean-Philippe Thiran, Klaus Schönenberger, Nicole C Schmidt

“…CAD technology can aid diagnostic objectivity; however, data management, workflow adaptation, and infrastructure limitations must be addressed to avoid “pilotitis”—the failure of digital health tools to progress beyond the pilot phase. …”
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Chemical analysis of buffalo meat in a self-consumption system in northeastern of Argentina by Gladis Rébak, Gladys Obregón, Diego Gómez, Laura Vázquez-Acosta, Mariano Pino, Julia Obregón, Rosa Molina, Victoria Cantero, Luz Segovia-Espinola

“…The exploitation of buffaloes is presented as an alternative for meat production, as it adapts to special agro-ecological conditions due to waterlogging of the land, the presence of low-digestibility pastures and ectoparasites in which beef cattle do not always express their maximum potential. …”
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Neonatal indicator data in Tanzania District Health Information System: evaluation of availability and quality of selected newborn indicators, 2015-2022 by Josephine Shabani, Nahya Salim, Christine Bohne, Louise Tina Day, Claud Kumalija, Ahmad Mohamed Makuwani, Felix Bundala, Habib Ismail, Joy E. Lawn, Eric O. Ohuma

“…World Health Organization’s (WHO) data quality framework was adapted to examine four dimensions: (a) availability of indicators, (b) completeness of indicator reporting, (c) internal consistency of related indicators, and (d) indicator plausibility by comparing DHIS2 data with population-based Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data. …”
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A User-Centered Design Approach for a Screening App for People With Cognitive Impairment (digiDEM-SCREEN): Development and Usability Study by Michael Zeiler, Nikolas Dietzel, Fabian Haug, Julian Haug, Klaus Kammerer, Rüdiger Pryss, Peter Heuschmann, Elmar Graessel, Peter L Kolominsky-Rabas, Hans-Ulrich Prokosch

“…ResultsThe translation process during test development took linguistic and cultural aspects into account. The texts were also adapted to the German-speaking context. Additional instructions were developed and supplemented. …”
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Persistently high concentrations of β-hydroxybutyrate affect hepatic SOD2 expression and blood SOD activity in high-yielding dairy cows by Dominika Grzybowska, Katarzyna Żarczyńska, Przemysław Sobiech, Paweł Brym, Dawid Tobolski

“…By week 7, hepatic SOD2 expression began to normalize, indicating a transient response or adaptation. No significant changes were observed in hepatic SOD1, SOD3, or GPX3 expression between groups. …”
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The impact of Covid-19 on harm reduction policies in Iran: an interrupted time series analysis by Siavash Beiranvand, Meysam Behzadifar, Aidin Aryankhesal, Seyed Jafar Ehsanzadeh, Masoud Behzadifar

“…Abstract Background The global emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2019 posed unprecedented challenges to healthcare systems, disrupting routine services and necessitating swift adaptations. Harm reduction programs, vital for addressing substance use-related health risks, faced unique challenges during the pandemic, impacting vulnerable populations. …”
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WHO public health laboratories webinar series – an online platform to disseminate testing recommendations and best practices during health emergencies by Céline Barnadas, Lisa Stevens, Natacha Milhano, Ana Carolina Barbosa de Lima, Bruce Struminger, Lauren Burke, Sébastien Cognat

“…The series utilized sessions on cross-cutting topics to run routinely and to keep a high level of engagement with laboratory professionals globally. This enabled it to act as an adaptable tool that was leveraged effectively and quickly during health emergencies for just-in-time learning.…”
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A Blueprint for the Problem Formulation Phase of EPA-Type Ecological Risk Assessments for 316(b) Determinations by Webster Van Winkle, William P. Dey, Steve M. Jinks, Mark S. Bevlhimer, Charles C. Coutant

“…Our management objectives, assessment endpoints, conceptual model, and generic analysis plan apply to all existing facilities. However, adapting the problem formulation process for a specific facility requires consideration of the permitting agency’s guidelines and level of regulatory concern, as well as site-specific ecological and technical differences. …”
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Increasing vulnerability of an endemic Mediterranean-climate conifer to changing climate and fire regime by Frank W. Davis, Anne-Marie Parkinson, Max A. Moritz, Max A. Moritz, Isaac W. Park, Carla M. D’Antonio

“…Restricted-range species may be especially vulnerable to environmental change and are a high priority for climate change assessment and adaptation management. We used species distribution modeling and wildfire probability models to assess the potential vulnerability of Pseudotsuga macrocarpa (Bigcone Douglas fir, hereafter BDF), a restricted-range conifer of southern California mountains that is a species of concern because of its ecological importance and recent mortality due to drought and wildfire. …”
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Zero-BertXGB: An Empirical Technique for Abstract Classification in Systematic Reviews by Mohammad Shariful Islam, Mohammad Abu Tareq Rony, Md Rasel Hossain, Samah Alshathri, Walid El-Shafai

“…A significant research gap in abstract classification has been identified in previous literature, particularly in comparing Large Language Models (LLMs) with traditional ML and Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques regarding scalability, adaptability, computational efficiency, and real-time application. …”
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Insights from a Pilot Study of Naloxone Education

“…La educación sobre sobredosis o naloxona debe emplear un formato flexible que se adapte a las necesidades de los estudiantes y fomente el apoyo entre pares.   …”
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Deciphering the effect of exercise timing on glucose metabolism: a randomised controlled trial by Fabienne Bruggisser, Denis Infanger, Henner Hanssen, Raphael Knaier

“…Exercise timing may have a notable influence on metabolic adaptations, as distinct patterns were observed between exercise groups. …”
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Bio-impedancemetry an essential tool in the obesity screening of patients with chronic renal failure [La bio-impédancemétrie un outil indispensable dans le dépistage de l’obésité c... by Samia BOUDANI, Faiza ZERDOUMI, Naouel FZ. BOUMANSOUR, Abbou KADDOUS, Bachir M. GUELLIL

“…C’est une étude observationnelle descriptive portant sur 125 patients ayant une IRC avant le stade de dialyse. Des paramètres nutritionnels anthropométriques (IMC, impédancemétrie) ont été mesurés. …”
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Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) implementations to control cholera outbreak in Oromia region, Ethiopia by Dabesa Gobena, Esayas Kebede Gudina, Getahun Fetensa, Tizta Tilahun Degfie, Tessema Debela, Afework Tamiru, Zenebu Begna Bayissa, Dereje Diriba, Tarekegn Sarbessa, Daniel Bekele, Natinel Teferi, Achalu Layesa, Abate Zewdie, Dawit Worku Ayele, Meron Debebe Mersha, Chala Bafikadu, Senahara Korsa Wake, Lemi Abebe, Tesfaye Kebebew, Tefera Goshu, Birhanu Kenate, Yadeta Dessie, Zeleke Mekonnen

“…Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) activities were assessed using standard questionnaires adapted from national cholera guideline later categorized as poor, satisfactory and good. …”
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Spectroscopic analysis (UV-VIS-NIR) for predictive modeling of macro and micronutrients in grapevine leaves by J.I. Manzano, M. Rodríguez-Febereiro, M. Fandiño, M. Vilanova, J.J. Cancela

“…The ultraviolet (UV) range played a minor role, highlighting the predominant importance of the VIS-NIR regions in spectroscopic analyses.Finally, the results support the potential of this technique for swiftly and non-invasively predicting both macro and micronutrient levels in grapevine plants, and facilitate the fertilization planning using variety-specific reference levels, or precision viticulture adapted to site-specific demands, including spatial intra-plot variability.…”
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Causally inferred evidence of the impact of green and blue spaces (GBS) on maternal and neonatal health: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Rukun K S Khalaf, Selin Akaraci, Faye D Baldwin, Rebecca S Geary, Ruwanthi Kolamunnage-Dona, Ruth F Hunter, Sarah E Rodgers

“…Our risk of bias assessment framework was adapted from the ROBINS-E tool. We conducted narrative syntheses of studies examining maternal, prenatal, and/or neonatal outcomes. …”
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Dynamic selectout and voting-based federated learning for enhanced medical image analysis by Saeed Iqbal, Adnan N Qureshi, Musaed Alhussein, Khursheed Aurangzeb, Atif Mahmood, Saaidal Razalli Bin Azzuhri

“…In order to improve parameter aggregation and client selection unpredictability and increase the model’s adaptability to imbalanced and heterogeneous datasets, our proposed FedVoteNet model introduces SelectOut techniques based on voting methodology. …”
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TÜKETİCİ BAKIŞAÇISIYLA İŞLETMELERİN ETİK DAVRANIŞLARIÜZERİNE BİR ARAŞTIRMA by Vural Çağlıyan, Ömer Akkaya

“…Bu çalışmada genel olarak tüketici bakışaçısıyla işletme etiği, bir başka deyişle işletmelerin sergiledikleri etik davranışların müşteri algısıüzerindeki etkisi irdelenmektedir. Bu çalışmanın temel amacı“Gıda sektöründe faaliyet gösteren işletmelerin sergiledikleri etik davranışların üniversite öğrencilerinin satın alma davranışıüzerindeki etkisini” incelemektir. …”
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Cyberinfrastructure for machine learning applications in agriculture: experiences, analysis, and vision by Lucas Waltz, Sushma Katari, Chaeun Hong, Adit Anup, Julian Colbert, Anirudh Potlapally, Taylor Dill, Canaan Porter, John Engle, John Engle, Christopher Stewart, Hari Subramoni, Scott Shearer, Raghu Machiraju, Osler Ortez, Laura Lindsey, Arnab Nandi, Sami Khanal

“…These components included (1) a UAS imagery pipeline that reduced processing time and improved image quality over standard methods, (2) a tabular data pipeline that aggregated data from multiple sources and temporal resolutions and aligned it with a common temporal resolution, (3) an approach to adapting the model architecture for a vision transformer (ViT) that incorporates agricultural domain expertise, and (4) a data visualization prototype that was used to identify outliers and improve trust in the data.DiscussionFurther work will be aimed at maturing the CI components and implementing them on high performance computing (HPC). …”
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Türkiye’de Otizmli Bireylere Yönelik Eğitim Politikalarında Üniversiteler ve Yerel Yönetimler İşbirliği: Sobe Örneği by Erdal Bayrakcı, Selçuk Kahraman, Selçuk Dinçer

“…Türkiye, gönüllü çaba ve çalışmaların verdiği başarıları iyi değerlendirmek ve desteklemek konusunda bu alandaki politikalarını tekrar gözden geçirmelidir.Bu çalışmanın amacı Türkiye’de otizmli bireylere yönelik olarak üniversiteler ve belediyeler arasındaki işbirliği çabalarının kurumsal düzeyde ulaştığı boyutlara dikkat çekmektir. …”
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