The Stress and Adversity Inventory for Adults (Adult STRAIN) in Korean: Initial Validation and Associations with Psychiatric Disorders by Eun Soo Kim, Yun Tae Kim, Kang-Seob Oh, Young Chul Shin, Sang-Won Jeon, Dong-Won Shin, Sung Joon Cho, George M. Slavich, Junhyung Kim

“…Results: The Korean STRAIN exhibited sufficient usability and acceptability; good concurrent validity with other measures of early adversity, life events, and perceived stress (<i>r</i>s = 0.48–0.61); and strong predictive validity in relation to anxiety and depressive symptoms (β = 0.08–0.47; ΔR2 = 0.11–0.21). …”
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Applicability of Retrospective and Prospective Gender Scores for Clinical and Health Data: Protocol for a Scoping Review by Lea Schindler, Hilke Beelich, Selina Röll, Elpiniki Katsari, Sylvia Stracke, Dagmar Waltemath

“…The protocol describes how relevant literature will be identified and how gender scores will be evaluated concerning applicability and usability in scientific investigations. …”
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Successful task shifting: a mixed-methods cross-sectional evaluation of an emergency obstetric care program to increase access to cesarean sections in rural Nepal by Rita Thapa Budhathoki, Abigail G. Knoble, Suresh Tamang, Bal Sundar Chansi Shrestha, Arpana BC Kalaunee, Indra Rai, Bikash Shrestha, Pravin Paudel, Ruma Rajbhandari, Archana Amatya

“…Methods A survey targeting all 234 ASBA graduates resulted in 93 usable surveys for multivariate regression. Additionally, seven rural government hospitals with ASBA graduates were selected for 13 in-depth interviews and 6 focus group discussions. …”
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Virtual Simulation Design Facing Smart Payment Screen on the Background of Artificial Intelligence by Yan Li, Xiao Wang

“…The evaluation results found that compared with the traditional payment screen, the use of smart payment screen for payment had the fastest improvement in security and the slowest improvement in usability, an increase of 4.2%; the youth group believed that the convenience of use of the smart payment screen based on virtual simulation technology has improved the fastest. …”
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Green Transportation and Environmental Sustainability in Selected Manufacturing Entities in Kampala District, Uganda by Rugasira, Jack, Moses, Agaba, Byarugaba Mbiito, Jotham, Makumbi, Rita, Kyotuheire, Jill, Asiime, Jane

“…Data were obtained from 186 usable questionnaires. The researcher applied Statistical Package for Social Scientists (SPSS) to test all four hypotheses. …”
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Differences in the response to TNF inhibitors at distinct joint locations in patients with psoriatic arthritis: results from nine European registries by Adrian Ciurea, Seraphina Kissling, Andrea Götschi, Lykke Midtbøll Ørnbjerg, Simon Horskjær Rasmussen, Bálint Tamási, Burkhard Möller, Michael J. Nissen, Bente Glintborg, Anne Gitte Loft, Almut Scherer, René Bräm, Karel Pavelka, Jakub Závada, Joao Madruga Dias, Paula Valente, Bjorn Gudbjornsson, Olafur Palsson, Vappu Rantalaiho, Ritva Peltomaa, Catalin Codreanu, Corina Mogosan, Florenzo Iannone, Marco Sebastiani, Gareth T. Jones, Gary J. Macfarlane, Isabel Castrejon, Ziga Rotar, Brigitte Michelsen, Johan K. Wallman, Irene van der Horst-Bruinsma, Oliver Distler, Mikkel Østergaard, Merete Lund Hetland, Raphael Micheroli, Caroline Ospelt

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Penerapan Metode K-Means Clustering dan Simple Moving Average untuk Memprediksi Jenis Penyakit di Provinsi Jawa Timur by Shynta Ayu Dwi Darmawan, Karmilasari

“…Uji fungsional dan kompatibilitas browser menunjukkan bahwa sistem berjalan sesuai harapan di berbagai lingkungan. Pengujian usability dengan metode WebQual 4.0 menunjukkan nilai rata-rata 4,34 (sangat baik), mengonfirmasi keberhasilan sistem dalam memenuhi kebutuhan pengguna. …”
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The Use of Voice Control in 3D Medical Data Visualization Implementation, Legal, and Ethical Issues by Miklos Vincze, Bela Molnar, Miklos Kozlovszky

“…Over the last decade, systems using voice control have made great progress, both in terms of accuracy of voice processing and usability. The topic of voice control is intertwined with the application of artificial intelligence (AI), as the mapping of spoken commands into written text and their understanding is mostly conducted by some kind of trained AI model. …”
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Impact of type 2 diabetes mellitus on results in the animal naming test in patients with and without liver cirrhosis. by Eva Maria Schleicher, Julia Tuchscher, Matthias Weber, Peter Robert Galle, Marcus-Alexander Wörns, Simon Johannes Gairing, Christian Labenz

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>S-ANT1 seems to be usable for screening for MHE in patients with cirrhosis and type 2 diabetes mellitus, while one might be more cautious when interpreting results in patients with diabetes-related complications.…”
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Assessing the Complexity of Potential Bicycle Interference on Vehicles on Urban Road Segments by Shihan Wang, Ying Ni, Jianqiang Li

“…The quantile regression model was applied to analyze the environmental factors influencing different interference frequencies separately and further establish the assessing model of the potential bicycle interference complexity, and the usability of the model has been demonstrated with a case study. …”
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Evaluating mobile apps for sun protection: content analysis and user preferences in a two-part study by Angela M. Rodrigues, Faye L. Doughty, Caroline Charlton, Sarah Woodhouse, Elizabeth Sillence

“…Part 2 explored user preferences and usability post-initial use and two weeks later.Results: Part 1 identified 1294 apps; after applying exclusion criteria, 87 apps were downloaded, with 48 included for analysis. …”
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Evaluation of Novel Stereotactic Cannula for Stem Cell Transplantation against Central Nervous System Disease by Masahito Kawabori, Aki Tanimori, Shinri Kitta, Hideo Shichinohe, Kiyohiro Houkin

“…We compared cannulas for cell delivery used in clinical trials, the Pittsburg and Mizuho cannulas, to a newly designed one, MK01, to assess their usability. MK01 has a spherical-shaped tip with a fan-like open orifice on the side of the cannula, which prevents vessel damage, clogging of brain debris, and jet flow phenomenon. …”
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Advancements in nanosensors for cancer detection by Dinesh Bhatia, Tania Acharjee, Monika Bhatia

“…Due to its capacity to quickly and automatically identify biological changes, ultra-sensitive biosensing systems utilizing single chips have revolutionized cancer detection. …”
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Viability of flax particles to develop cellular construction materials: Physico-mechanical characterisation by Mohamed Hamadou-Ali, Amar Benazzouk, Haikel Ben Hamed

“…The study reported in this paper was undertaken to investigate the physico-mechanical properties of cellular materials based on flax particles, in order to produce usable materials in cellular concrete applications. …”
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Numerical Simulation Study on Fish Habitats in the Downstream Section of Yangqu Hydropower Station by Qiaoling Zhang, Youjie Ou, Weiying Wang, Guoyong Zhang, Zijun Liu, Shanshan Li, Guodong Li

“…The habitat quality of the target fish species was graded by the fuzzy logic method with suitable flow velocity and water depth as conditions. The Weighted Usable Area (WUA)—flow response relationship of fish habitats under different qualities was studied, and the ecological flow required by the target fish species was obtained. …”
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Writing Johannesburg: Between the Labyrinth and the Map by Richard Samin

“…Cette ambiguïté fondamentale structure le discours fictif où se combinent et s’opposent la proximité et la distance, le désir de s’intégrer, de faire partie de la vie intense de la cité, ou au contraire la tentation de s’en éloigner, de s’isoler, de voir la ville depuis un point de vue extérieur afin d’essayer de la saisir dans sa globalité et d’en cerner le sens possible. …”
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Electroosmotic Dewatering of Iron Ore Tailings: A Laboratory Study to Improve Geotechnical Properties by Salih Yüksek

“…Minerals are subjected to ore processing to turn them into usable and saleable raw materials. First of all, the ore is reduced to the smallest size with the crushing-grinding process, and after using water and chemical additives, according to the characteristics of the ore, useful minerals are taken, and unwanted minerals are stored in the tailings pools. …”
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Mapping decision-making pathways: Determination of intervention entry points for diagnostic tests in suspected serious infection [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Raasti Naseem, Sara Pretorius, Nicola Howe, Clare Lendrem, Cameron Williams, Enitan D Carrol, Philip Pallmann

“…The “ideal” test should be rapid, point-of-care, cheap to procure, have capacity for high usability, and ability to be performed and interpreted by all staff. …”
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Cohort profile: the Halland osteoarthritis (HALLOA) cohort–from knee pain to osteoarthritis: a longitudinal observational study in Sweden by Ann Bremander, Maria L E Andersson, S Bergman, Katarina Aili, Emma Haglund

“…We also found that modifiable factors as increased visceral fat and total body fat were associated with increased pain sensitivity among individuals with knee pain.Future plans By studying possible pathophysiological mechanisms of OA over time, we aim to provide new insights on OA progression, identify usable preventive measures helping the clinicians in the management of the disease and improve health for the patients. …”
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Willingness-to-pay to access Ingenol Mebutate Gel for Actinic Keratosis Treatment in the U.S. Setting by Michael Willis, Sandra Erntoft, Sofie Persson, Jenny M. Norlin, Ulf Persson

“…**Results:** 103 subjects provided usable answers. Between 48% and 63% of subjects were willing to pay extra to gain access to treatment with the ingenol mebutate gel profile instead of the comparators, and the mean incremental WTP ranged from $475 to $518. …”
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