Direct oral penicillin challenge in secondary care with low-risk patients: the SPACE mixed-methods study with cost-effectiveness analysis by Mamidipudi Thirumala Krishna, Yogini H Jani, Iestyn Williams, Ruben Mujica-Mota, Rebecca Bestwick, Michele Siciliano, Robert Michael West, Rashmeet Bhogal, Bee Yean Ng, Kornelija Kildonaviciute, Rachel Pollard, Nicola Jones, Louise Dunsmure, Mairead McErlean, Neil Powell, Chidanand C Hullur, Ariyur Balaji, Jonathan Sandoe, Amena Warner, Ron Daniels, Caroline Thomas, Siraj A Misbah, Louise Savic

“…We used Monte Carlo simulation methods to produce estimates of sampling uncertainty of costs in the form of 95% credible intervals (95% CrI). …”
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Teaching encounters of digital immigrant faculty members of BASC in the usage of infused technology by Jose Marie F. De Guzman, Yosef Eric C. Hipolito

“…A descriptive-qualitative research design was employed, utilizing a phenomenological approach to explore the everyday experiences of the participants. Purposive sampling selected ten faculty members aged 40 to 65 for in-depth interviews. …”
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Long-Term Caregiving Impact and Self-Care Strategies in Family Caregivers of People with Neuropsychiatric Disorders: A Mixed-Method Study by Vanessa Sánchez-Martínez, Omar Cauli, Silvia Corchón

“…The aims of this study were to identify the impact of caring on long-term family caregivers and their unmet needs and to explore their self-care strategies for achieving a successful caregiving experience. A mixed-method study was conducted using semi-structured interviews and a questionnaire in which standardized, self-reported measures of burden, health behaviors, sleep, and mental well-being were administered. …”
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Determination of Antioxidant Activity and Total Tannin from Drumstick (Moringa oleifera Lam.) Leaves Using Different Solvent Extraction Methods by Mohammad Afzal Hossain, Nadia Khan Disha, Jahid Hasan Shourove, Pappu Dey

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Body image flexibility and embodiment in eating disorders: a mixed-methods approach combining network analysis and pilot exposure protocol by Paolo Meneguzzo, Chiara Cazzola, Francesca Buscaglia, Anna Pillan, Filippo Pettenuzzo, Patrizia Todisco

“…Abstract Objective Body image (BI) disturbances are central to the psychopathology of eating disorders (EDs), where body dissatisfaction and disembodiment often co-occur, exacerbating negative body image experiences. We aimed to examine body image flexibility and embodiment in women with EDs and a general population (GP) sample. …”
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Development and certification of reference standards for phenolic content in biologicals, based on comparison of results obtained by GLC, HPLC, spectrophotometric, and colorimetric... by O. N. Kolesnikova, O. V. Fadeikina, O. B. Ustinnikova, R. A. Volkova, A. A. Movsesyants

“…Results: the results of phenolic content determination by the spectrophotometric, colorimetric, and HPLC methods were statistically comparable. The F value obtained for equal sample sizes (n = 40) was F = 0.9343, given the critical value Fcrit = 3.96. …”
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STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES ON THE IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN LEARNING BUSINESS ENGLISH by Cristina Laura ABRUDAN

“…It is based on mixed-methods research including a systematic literature review and semi-structured interviews, in the qualitative phase, as an instrument for data collection, aiming to find out the students’ perspective towards the use of modern technology-based methods in comparison with traditional methods of learning/teaching Business English. …”
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IS BUILD-OPERATE-TRANSFER (BOT) SYSTEM AN EFFECTIVE INITIATIVE COMPARED WITH TRADITIONAL PROCUREMENT METHOD IN STUDENT HOUSING PROVISION IN AN EMERGING ECONOMY? by Job Taiwo Gbadegesin, Matthew Oluwole Oyewole

“…This paper examines stakeholders’ perception in Nigeria on the effectiveness of BOT as a private finance initiative (PFI) for student housing provision and compares it with traditional procurement method (TPM). It also determines the association between the respondents’ years of experience in BOT procurement and the outcome of assessment based on the identified factor frameworks. …”
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Metric-based learning approach to botnet detection with small samples by Honggang LIN, Junjing ZHU, Lin CHEN

“…Botnets pose a great threat to the Internet, and early detection is crucial for maintaining cybersecurity.However, in the early stages of botnet discovery, obtaining a small number of labeled samples restricts the training of current detection models based on deep learning, leading to poor detection results.To address this issue, a botnet detection method called BT-RN, based on metric learning, was proposed for small sample backgrounds.The task-based meta-learning training strategy was used to optimize the model.The verification set was introduced into the task and the similarity between the verification sample and the training sample feature representation was measured to quickly accumulate experience, thereby reducing the model’s dependence on the labeled sample space.The feature-level attention mechanism was introduced.By calculating the attention coefficients of each dimension in the feature, the feature representation was re-integrated and the importance attention was assigned to optimize the feature representation, thereby reducing the feature sparseness of the deep neural network in small samples.The residual network design pattern was introduced, and the skip link was used to avoid the risk of model degradation and gradient disappearance caused by the deeper network after increasing the feature-level attention mechanism module.…”
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Development and application of standard enterprise samples in the practice of analytical laboratories by E. A. Kazakova, T. S. Birisen

“…The article presents the experience of development and application of enterprise standard samples (ESS) of monolithic and dispersed materials for spectral and chemical methods of steel analysis. …”
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Robust Spectral Clustering via Low-Rank Sample Representation by Hao Liang, Hai-Tang Guan, Stanley Ebhohimhen Abhadiomhen, Li Yan

“…A wide range of experiments shows that the proposed method is superior to compared state-of-the-art methods.…”
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Comparing the effectiveness of education based on positive psychology with education based on cognitive-behavioral method on the resilience of students of gifted schools in Tehran by adel khaleghy samarin, Hasan Ahadi, Ali Asghar Asgharnejad Farid, GholamReza Sarami Foroushani, Mahdiyeh Rahmaniyan

“…The research method was a pre-test-post-test experiment with a control group. …”
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Development of the composition and research of the equivalence of suppositories with diclofenac sodium by in vitro method using “Dissolution” test for lipophilic solid dosage forms... by O. O. Salii, O. P. Baula, А. I. Kharytonenko, L. A. Fukleva, A. S. Kyryliuk

“…The optimal composition of suppositories was developed by the method of 2-factor experiments. The conditions for the "Dissolution" test were determined: the volume of the medium (720 ml), the dissolution temperature (37.0 ± 0.5) ºC, the time taken for sampling (15, 30, 45, 60, 90 min), the dissolution medium – buffered solution with a pH of 7.4. …”
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Real-Time Sensor for Measuring the Surface Temperature of Thermal Protection Structures Based on the Full-Time Domain Temperature Inversion Method by Yuhao Liu, Xiong Zhao, Xiangyu Wei, Pengyu Nan, Fan Zhou, Guoguo Xin, Kok-Sing Lim, Yupeng Zhang, Hangzhou Yang

“…This study proposes an effective approach for real-time temperature reconstruction by integrating embedded sensor arrays with an enhanced full-time domain inversion algorithm, utilizing the overlapping sliding window method. An array of three evenly spaced sensors is used for TPS monitoring. …”
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Sound Quality Prediction Method of Dual-Phase Hy-Vo Chain Transmission System Based on MFCC-CNN and Fuzzy Generation by Jiabao LI, Lichi AN, Yabing CHENG, Haoxiang WANG

“…The sound quality of transmission system noise significantly impacts user experience. This study aims to predict the sound quality of dual-phase Hy-Vo chain transmission system noise using a small sample size. …”
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A Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of interdisciplinary education in medical profession by TAN Yinhu, LIANG Yan, WANG Yang, XING Huimin, LI Hang, HE Yue

“…Objective To explore the application effect of interdisciplinary education in medical and health professional students.Methods In CNKI, WanFang, VIP, PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases, controlled experiments with information about the application effect of interdisciplinary education in healthcare professions were searched, from inception to April 1, 2024. …”
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Combined Feature Selection Scheme for Banking Modeling by S. V. Afanasyev, D. M. Kotereva, A. A. Mironenkov, A. A. Smirnova

“…Wrappers and embedded methods are more effective in feature selection, because they account for multi-dimensional relationships, but these methods are resource-consuming and may fail to process large samples with many features. …”
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QoE-Energy Consumption Optimization for End-User Devices in Adaptive Bitrate Video Streaming Using the Lagrange Multiplier Method by Tien Vu Huu, Thao Nguyen Thi Huong

“…The performance of the proposed method is evaluated using various types of video samples under varying network bandwidth conditions. …”
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Predicting PTSD development with early post-trauma assessments: a proof-of-concept for a concise tree-based classification method by Chia-Hao Shih, Elyssa Charlotte Feuer, Ben Kurzion, Kevin Xu, Hong Xie, Stephen R. Grider, Xin Wang

“…Background: Approximately 70% of individuals globally experience at least one traumatic event in their lifetimes, potentially leading to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). …”
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Nonsuicidal self-injury in a clinical sample of adolescents in Serbia by Kolundžija Ksenija, Srdanović-Maraš Jelena, Marković Jasminka, Dimić Tamara

“…The aim of the study was to assess the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients with NSSI and the features of NSSI, as well as the impact of emotional reactivity and internalizing/externalizing problems on them. Methods. The observational study included a clinical sample of 111 adolescents treated at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychiatric Clinic at the University Clinical Center of Vojvodina, from March 2018 to October 2019. …”
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