Impact of Standardised Order Sets on Functional Outcome of Acute Ischaemic Stroke Patients: A Research Protocol by Sarang Dilip Videkar, Tushar Patil

“…Qualitative data will be coded into quantitative variables as needed, and new variables will be created based on the collected data to facilitate analysis. …”
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AUTOMATIC SCORING OF KNOWLEDGE GAINED AND SHARED THROUGH DISCUSSION FORUMS: BASED ON THE COMMUNITY OF INQUIRY MODEL by P.A.L. Nadeesha, T.A. Weerasinghe, W.R.N.S Abeyweera

“…A weighted voting ensemble method was employed to combine the outputs of the individual classifiers. Our approach was trained and tested on two datasets comprising 781 messages containing 47,592 words. …”
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Comparative analysis of single-view and multiple-view data collection strategies for detecting partially-occluded grape bunches: Field trials by Mar Ariza-Sentís, Hilmy Baja, Sergio Vélez, Rick van Essen, João Valente

“…The PointTrack algorithm, trained and validated using MOTS annotations, was employed to evaluate detection and tracking performance through metrics of three trials. …”
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National utilization of rib fracture fixation in the geriatric population in the United States by Jennifer M. Brewer, Leah Aakjar, Kelsey Sullivan, Vijay Jayaraman, Manuel Moutinho, Elan Jeremitsky, Andrew R. Doben

“…. ≥80 years old), the presence of coding for flail chest, three or more rib fractures, and intervention (surgical vs. nonoperative management). …”
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Characteristics of children and adolescents presenting to the emergency department with self-inflicted injury: Retrospective analysis of two teaching hospitals by Tu-Hsuan Chang, Chun-Hsien Yu, Giou-Teng Yiang, Han-Yun Chang, Jun Yi Sim

“…Methods: Medical records of children 0–18 years old who visited the emergency department of Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital and Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan between 2016 and 2019 coded with relevant diagnoses were reviewed. Visits with documented self-inflicted injury were included. …”
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Using a co-created checklist to improve on-farm biosecurity: an observational pilot intervention with pig farmers and livestock field officers in Sumbawanga, Tanzania by Aashima Auplish, Kuboja Mjuberi, Kuboja Mjuberi, Henry Magwisha, Damian Tago, Anica Buckel, Ugo Pica Ciamarra, Melissa Mclaws, Martin Heilmann

“…Livestock field officers (LFOs) were trained to provide technical guidance to farmers to implement the checklist. …”
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Study of Surgical Costs Associated With Tibiotalar Fusion by Kade Wagers MK, Chong Zhang MS, Angela Presson PhD, Devon Nixon MD

“…Methods: Patients were retrospectively identified who had undergone primary fusion of the tibiotalar joint based on Current Procedural Terminology ( CPT ) codes from 2014 to 2020. Using the Value Driven Outcome (VDO) tool, we conducted an evaluation of both total direct costs and facility-related expenses. …”
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Decoding the shadows: multi-modal identity profiling in darknet markets using latent behavior feature fusion by Xuan Zhang, Pengfei Li, Xin Tong, K. P. Chow, DeYu Yuan, Si Chen, Bo Jin

“…However, the inherent anonymity of the Darknet, along with the use of jargon and coded language, presents significant challenges when relying solely on traditional textual features for vendor identification. …”
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Understanding challenges and enhancing the competency of healthcare providers for disability inclusive sexual and reproductive health services in rural Nepal. by Pabitra Neupane, Suyasha Adhikari, Sushma Khanal, Sulochana Devkota, Manasi Sharma, Anisha Shrestha, Amit Timilsina

“…Data collection was carried out till the data saturation was reached. Inductive coding was done using Dedoose software. The codebook was developed, sub-themes and themes were developed and presented as result of this study.…”
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Adolescent Emoji Use in Text-Based Messaging: Focus Group Study by Matt Minich, Bradley Kerr, Megan Moreno

“…MethodsWeb-based focus groups were conducted with a convenience sample of adolescents, in which participants responded to questions about their use and interpretation of emojis and engaged in unstructured interactions with one another. Two trained coders analyzed transcripts using a constant comparative coding procedure to identify themes in the discussion. …”
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Machine-Learning-Driven Approaches for Assessment, Delegation, and Optimization of Multi-Floor Building by Abtin Baghdadi, Harald Kloft

“…The methodology combines MATLAB-based coding, interpolation from verified reference diagrams, and iterative stiffness adjustment across floors, offering transparency and accuracy. …”
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Parents knowledge, attitude, and practice on nutrition of child with severe acute malnutrition in Awi Zone public Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia, 2023 by Birhaneslasie Gebeyehu Yazew, Yeneabat Birhanu Yohanes, Daniel Adane Endalew, Zewdu Bishaw Aynalem

“…The collected data were checked, coded, and entered into Epi-info version 7 and exported to SPSS version 23 for further analysis. …”
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Pretrained patient trajectories for adverse drug event prediction using common data model-based electronic health records by Junmo Kim, Joo Seong Kim, Ji-Hyang Lee, Min-Gyu Kim, Taehyun Kim, Chaeeun Cho, Rae Woong Park, Kwangsoo Kim

“…For pretraining, the model was trained to infer randomly masked tokens using preceding and following history. …”
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Pain management in trauma: the need for trauma-informed opioid prescribing guidelines by Ben L Zarzaur, Suresh Agarwal, Colleen Trevino, Amelia Baltes, David M Horton, Julia Malicki, Randall T Brown

“…As part of the parent study, focus groups were conducted at each study site to explore the facilitators and barriers of implementing a novel screening tool, as well as to examine the current opioid prescribing guidelines, trainings, and resources available for trauma and acute care providers. …”
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Adaptations of an online cognitive-behavioral therapy intervention for binge type eating disorders in publicly-insured and uninsured adults: a pilot study by Siena S. Vendlinski, Agatha A. Laboe, Peyton Crest, Claire G. McGinnis, Molly F. Steinhoff, Denise E. Wilfley, C. Barr Taylor, Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft, Erin C. Accurso

“…Participants endorsed facing barriers to healthcare, such as poor insurance coverage and a lack of trained providers, and interest in a coach to increase treatment accountability. …”
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Changes in medication administration error rates associated with the introduction of electronic medication systems in hospitals: a multisite controlled before and after study by Ling Li, Johanna I Westbrook, Peter Gates, Amanda Woods, Magdalena Z Raban, Neroli S Sunderland

“…Intervention wards used an EMS with no bar-coding. Independent, trained observers shadowed nurses and recorded medications administered and compliance with 10 safety procedures. …”
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Barriers and facilitators to patient utilization of noncommunicable disease services in primary healthcare facilities in Nepal: a qualitative study by Sushmita Mali, Elizabeth C. Rhodes, Chandani Singh Nakarmi, Soniya Shrestha, Aarati Dhakal, Alina Bharati, Anupama Bishwokarma, Asmita Adhikari, Bikram Poudel, Binuka Kulung Rai, Sangita Manandhar, Surakshya KC, Dinesh Timalsena, Sashi Silwal, Meghnath Dhimal, Phanindra Prasad Baral, Felix Teufel, Sanju Bhattarai, Donna Spiegelman, Archana Shrestha

“…The interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, coded inductively and deductively, and analyzed by a framework approach using Dedoose software. …”
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GT-NMR: a novel graph transformer-based approach for accurate prediction of NMR chemical shifts by Haochen Chen, Tao Liang, Kai Tan, Anan Wu, Xin Lu

“…Therefore, while employing GT-NMR or other graph-based methods for the rapid and routine prediction of NMR chemical shifts, it is advisable to utilize nSPS to assess their suitability. The source codes and trained model of GT-NMR are publicly available at GitHub. …”
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A Fog Computing-Based Cost-Effective Smart Health Monitoring Device for Infectious Disease Applications by Saranya Govindakumar, Vijayalakshmi Sankaran, Paramasivam Alagumariappan, Bhaskar Kosuru Bojji Raju, Daniel Ford

“…Additionally, a convolutional neural network (CNN)-based deep learning algorithm was coded inside the Raspberry PI and was trained with normal and COVID-19 cough sounds from the KAGGLE database. …”
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Facial expression recognition through muscle synergies and estimation of facial keypoint displacements through a skin-musculoskeletal model using facial sEMG signals by Lun Shu, Victor R. Barradas, Zixuan Qin, Yasuharu Koike

“…The development of facial expression recognition (FER) and facial expression generation (FEG) systems is essential to enhance human-robot interactions (HRI). The facial action coding system is widely used in FER and FEG tasks, as it offers a framework to relate the action of facial muscles and the resulting facial motions to the execution of facial expressions. …”
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