Analysis of the notifications of adverse drug events in a Brazilian public hospital by Larissa Duarte SANTOS, Helena Márcia MORAES, Cassia Lima FERREIRA, Gabriela Guimarães RODRIGUES, Mariana Gonzaga NASCIMENTO, Caryne Margotto BERTOLLO

“…Of those, 14 (18.9%) were ADR; seven (9.4%) were prescription errors; 11 (14.9%) were dispensing errors and 42 (56.8%) were administration errors. …”
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Dropping the baton: Cognitive biases in emergency physicians. by Mingwei Ng, Evelyn Wong, Guek Gwee Sim, Pek Jen Heng, Gareth Terry, Foo Yang Yann

“…In the last, the EP is under immense pressure to follow conventional wisdom, comply with clinical protocols and not challenge inpatient specialists.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Cognitive biases and errors in clinical decision-making can arise due to lapses in distributed team cognition. …”
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Transfer accuracy of partially enclosed single hard vacuum-formed trays with 3D-printed models for lingual bracket indirect bonding: A prospective in-vivo study. by Viet Anh Nguyen, Thuy Anh Nguyen, Hong Le Doan, Thi Hanh Pham, Bich Ngoc Doan, Thi Thanh Thuy Pham, Viet Hoang

“…Frequencies of acceptable transfer errors were 100%, 100%, 99.3%, 93.1%, 78.3%, and 54.0%, respectively.…”
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Iatrogenesis in the Intensive Care by Oksana I. Kosukhina, Ekaterina S. Kachenkova, Gennadiy N. Germanov, Yuliya V. Zbrueva

“…The problem of iatrogenesis in the medical practice is still urgent: according to published data, in healthcare institutions of the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation, about 50.0% of errors in medical care are made by surgeons; among these errors, diagnostic errors prevail (80.0 %) due to improper examination of patients and lack of follow up. …”
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A Calibration Algorithm for Microelectromechanical Inertial Sensors by Nguyen Trong Yen, Nguyen Quoc Khanh, Ha Manh Thang

“…Uncompensated sensor errors accumulate over time as motion state errors, thus reducing the overall accuracy of SINS. …”
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Verification of Phase Shifter Measurements of a Reflective Array Antenna by M. D. Parnes

“…In addition, the S-parameters of the superposition section were calculated. The extrema of the error function were used to determine the maximum errors in measuring the phase and amplitude.Conclusion. …”
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Perceptions of Patient Safety Culture among Operating Room Staff in Iran: A Questionnaire-Based Study by Roohangiz Norouzinia, Leyla Sadati, Hosein Ghasemi

“…Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 22.Results: The findings revealed a moderate level of patient safety culture, with 85.4% of respondents reporting no errors in the past year. Supervisor/manager expectations and actions received the highest mean score, while non-punitive response to errors scored the lowest. …”
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A Few Remarks on the Stochastic Structure of the Unemployment Rate in Poland by Gender by Stanisław Jaworski

“…After the model was fitted to the data, a conclusion about the specificity of the unemployment rate with respect to gender was drawn. …”
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Literature review of medication administration problems in paediatrics by parent/caregiver and the role of health literacy by David Terry, Chi Huynh, Dania Talaat Dahmash, Zakia B Shariff, Daniel J Kirby

“…Objective To identify studies that highlighted medication administration problems experienced by parents and children, which also looked at health literacy aspect using a validated tool to assess for literacy.Study design Ten electronic databases were systematically searched and supplemented by hand searching through reference lists using the following search terms: (1) paediatric, (2) medication error including dosing error, medication administration error, medication safety and medication optimisation and (3) health literacy.Results Of the (1230) records screened, 14 studies were eligible for inclusion. …”
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Problem of Ametropia in Children in Russian Federation by El Yu. Markova, L. Yu. Bezmel’nitsyna, O. V. Kurganova, N. A. Pron’ko, L. V. Venediktova

“…With regard to non-medical costs, we established that a reduction the frequency of courses in vision office and operational treatment results in a reduction in payments to parents on temporary incapacity sheets.Conclusion: the optimal age for diagnostics of refractive errors in up to 1year from both clinical and economic perspective.…”
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Technical quality of root canal treatment performed by undergraduate students using rotary instruments versus hand instruments: A Retrospective Study by Seyda Ersahan, Nur Sena Arıkan, Yelda Erdem Hepşenoğlu, Alperen Tekin

“…However, occurrence of ledge formation was higher in manual group than that of rotary group (p = 0.007). Conclusion: In view of our findings, RCT performed by undergraduate dental students using rotary instrumentation systems is of higher technical quality and also has fewer procedural errors than manual instrumentation.…”
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Memory Monitoring Recognition Test (MMRT), a new measurement of stimular source monitoring: Software and comprehension. by Pedro C Martínez-Suárez, José Alejandro Valdevila Figueira, Joselyn M Luna-Cambi, Carlos E Guerrero-Granda, Rocío Valdevila Santiesteban

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Preliminary applications suggest its usefulness in identifying early cognitive markers of schizophrenia, facilitating the measurement of reality monitoring through attribution errors. …”
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Distinctive features of eye pathology in elderly and senile people in Arkhangelsk region by R. N. Zelentsov, V. V. Popov, I. A. Novikova, A. A. Trofimova

“…In the age group of 60 to 74 years, the most common pathologies included glaucoma, diabetic angioretinopathy, retinal conditions and refractive errors; in the people of advanced age (75—89 years), lens pathologies and age-related macular degeneration occurred more frequently than in the younger age group while glaucoma, diabetic angioretinopathy, retinal conditions and refractive errors occurred less frequently. …”
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Effect of Footwear Versus Barefoot on Double-Leg Jump-Landing and Jump Height Measures: A Randomized Cross-Over Study by Kim Hébert-Losier, Caleb Boswell-Smith, Ivana Hanzlíková

“… # Purpose The aim was to compare overall Landing Error Scoring System (LESS) scores, injury risk categorization, specific LESS errors, and jump heights between habitual athletic footwear and barefoot conditions…”
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Palliative patient safety by Tânia dos Santos Afonso, Lurdes Martins, Manuel Luís Capelas

“…Conclusion: Predominance of the association between safety and mention of errors in medication use. …”
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Personalization of closed-chain shoulder models yields high kinematic accuracy for multiple motions by Claire V. Hammond, Heath B. Henninger, Benjamin J. Fregly, Jonathan A. Gustafson

“…The closed-chain shoulder model demonstrated high accuracy (average: 0.9 mm; maximum: 5.7 mm) and consistency across subject in cross-validation tests (average marker distance errors = 1.0–1.4 mm). Models personalized with synthetic noise representative of skin-based marker data resulted in slightly increased, yet acceptable marker errors (average: 3.4 mm).ConclusionOur personalized, closed-chain shoulder modeling framework significantly improves the accuracy and anatomical fidelity of shoulder kinematic simulations compared to existing approaches. …”
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Evaluation of Using an Octavius 4D Measuring System for Patient-Specific VMAT Quality Assurance by Yawo Atsu Constantino Fiagan, Kodjo Joël Fabrice N‘Guessan, Adama Diakité, Komlanvi Victor Adjenou, Thierry Gevaert, Dirk Verellen

“…Conclusion: The results indicate that the O4D system is sensitive enough to detect delivery and setup errors with the restrictive global criterion of 2%/2 mm for routine pretreatment verification.…”
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Nurses' Knowledge of Adverse Medication Events and its Contributing Factors at Intensive Care Units: A Cross-Sectional Study by Rasha Allehebi, Laila Hamed

“…In Saudi Arabia, prescription errors constitute nearly one-fifth of all medication errors. …”
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An estimation of efficiency of filtering algorithms of state vector of small-sized observed object with non-Markovian approximation of trajectory by B. A. Zaikin, A. F. Kotov

“…It is pointed out that in several cases the filtering errors exceed the errors of a single measurement. …”
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Enhancing reading skills in at-risk students: the combined effects of smartphone format, cardiac coherence, positive feedback, and interest-based personalization by Peddy Caliari

“…Positive feedback improved self-esteem by 61% and reduced errors by 42%. Personalized texts yielded the strongest effects, improving motivation (+56%), self-esteem (+70%), and comprehension (+54%).ConclusionThe findings highlight the independent value of cognitive, emotional, and motivational levers in literacy interventions for vulnerable learners.…”
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