Real-time Patient Experience Surveys Lead to Better Scores by Keith Willner

“…This study uses an analysis of data collected in a separate study to assess how patients rated their physicians’ care when asked key questions in person by a trained volunteer versus in the Doctors section of the Press Ganey (PG) survey. Methods: This was an analysis of prospectively collected data obtained in a separate study evaluating how patients experience their emergency care when learners are present. …”
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Analysis of <i>cis</i>-isomer-enriched dihydroquercetin sample by 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy by R. P. Terekhov, A. Taldaev, E. V. Bocharov, D. I. Pankov, A. D. Savina, I. A. Selivanova

“…Therefore, the development of methods for qualitative and quantitative control of DHQ diastereomers in analyzed samples is essential for patient safety management. …”
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Association between metabolic risk, oxidative stress and psychological parameters amongst sample of nurses working in Doha, Qatar by Kirti S. Prabhu, Ummu Habeeba, Mohammad Usman Asad Rahman, Maria Salvador Perez, Salam AlMoghrabi Ramirez, Bilal Uddin Khan, Shilpa Kuttikrishnan, John Paul Ben Tabar Silang, Noora Ahmed Kh A. Al Kaabi, Abdul Quaiyoom Khan, Afsheen Raza, Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim, Shahab Uddin

“…This study compared day and rotating shift nurses' metabolic, oxidative, and psychological profiles. Methods: A random sample of 212 eligible employees from a tertiary care hospital at Hamad Medical Corporation in Doha, Qatar, were assessed for anthropometric and laboratory parameters related to metabolic risk, oxidative stress and psychological impact. …”
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Understanding Patient Experiences of Vulvodynia Through Reddit: Qualitative Analysis by Aurora J Grutman, Sara Perelmuter, Abigail Perez, Janine Meurer, Monica Contractor, Eva Mathews, Katie Shearer, Lindsey A Burnett, Maria Uloko

“…ObjectiveThis study evaluated Reddit content related to vulvodynia to explore how individuals with vulvodynia describe their symptoms, treatments, and personal experiences. MethodsThe subreddits “r/vulvodynia” and “r/vestibulodynia” were selected for analysis in May 2023. …”
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Exposure to Community Violence and Adverse Childhood Experiences in the Emergency Department by Leslie Cachola, Yanina Guevara, Sobia Ansari

“…Introduction: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and exposure to community violence are public health issues linked to negative mental and physical health outcomes. …”
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An Efficient and Stable Registration Framework for Large Point Clouds at Two Different Moments by Guangxin Zhao, Jinlong Li, Jingyi Xi, Lin Luo

“…We conducted validation experiments and application experiments on large-scale point clouds of key train components, and the experimental results are much higher in accuracy or efficiency than other methods, which proves the effectiveness of our framework, which can be applied to actual large-scale point clouds.…”
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The Lived Experience of Nursing Students from Student Work in Clinical Environments: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study by Hamidreza Haririan, Hadi Hassankhani, Joanne E Porter

“…Methods: A phenomenological study was conducted at the nursing and midwifery school of Tabriz, Iran. …”
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Fear of Relapse Scale: Spanish version and psychometric characteristics in a sample of patients with Relapsing-Remitting multiple sclerosis by Y. Broche-Pérez, R.M. Jiménez-Morales, L.O. Monasterio-Ramos, L.A. Vázquez-Gómez, Z. Fernández-Fleites

“…Methods: An online cross-sectional survey was conducted on 173 MS patients from 12 Spanish-speaking countries (Argentina, Mexico, Uruguay, Dominican Republic, Spain, Cuba, Colombia, Guatemala, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and El Salvador). …”
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CSEPC: a deep learning framework for classifying small-sample multimodal medical image data in Alzheimer’s disease by Jingyuan Liu, Xiaojie Yu, Hidenao Fukuyama, Toshiya Murai, Jinglong Wu, Qi Li, Zhilin Zhang

“…Addressing this obstacle is crucial for improving diagnostic accuracy and optimizing treatment strategies for those affected by AD. Methods In this study, we proposed cross-scale equilibrium pyramid coupling (CSEPC), which is a novel diagnostic algorithm designed for small-sample multimodal medical imaging data. …”
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Incidence and safety of abortion in two humanitarian settings in Uganda and Kenya: a respondent-driven sampling studyResearch in context by Ruvani Jayaweera, Lilian Odhoch, Juliet Nabunje, Clement Oduor, Carmela Zuniga, Bill Powell, Wyclife Barasa, Flavia Aber, Beatrice Nyalwal, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Ramatou Ouedraogo, Jessica Kakesa, Tamara Fetters

“…This study aimed to describe abortion practices, safety, and incidence in two refugee settings. Methods: Between March and October 2022, we surveyed 1201 women and girls with recent abortion experiences (past 5 years) from Bidibidi Refugee Settlement, Uganda, and Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya, using respondent-driven sampling (RDS). …”
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Layer wise Scaled Gaussian Priors for Markov Chain Monte Carlo Sampled deep Bayesian neural networks by Devesh Jawla, John Kelleher

“…In this work we investigate how Layer wise Scaled Gaussian Priors perform with Markov Chain Monte Carlo trained Bayesian neural networks. From our experiments on 8 classifications datasets of various complexity, the results indicate that using Layer wise Scaled Gaussian Priors makes the sampling process more efficient as compared to using an Isotropic Gaussian Prior, an Isotropic Cauchy Prior, or an Isotropic Laplace Prior. …”
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An Experimental Study of Locally Assembled Vacuum Chamber and Estimation of Sample Porosities from Various Formations, Northern Iraq by Bafren Kamil Raoof, Khabat Mohammed Ahmed, Rand Mohammed Othman

“…The vacuum chamber is tested for any leak to secure the experiment's integrity. To meet the process development required, part of the samples was tested in a more sophisticated device to provide well-aimed results and decrease the margin of error where B (1,2) and S5 were measured using a nitrogen porosimeter to attain further accuracy and reliability and compare the results to a saturation method. …”
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Storage Conditions of Sperm Samples and Gametic Characterization by Sperm Head Morphometry in Drones (<i>Apis mellifera</i>) by Milagros Cristina Esteso, Adolfo Toledano-Díaz, Cristina Castaño, Mariano Higes, Raquel Martín-Hernández, Agustin López-Goya, Pilar De la Rúa, Belén Martínez-Madrid, Julián Santiago-Moreno

“…The present study aimed to evaluate an optimal method to transport and store drone sperm samples, as well as to characterize drone spermatozoa through sperm head morphometry. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of cellular metrics: From proliferation to mitochondrial membrane potential and cell death in a single sample by Sirina Sabirova, Gulnaz Sharapova, Aida Budyukova, Marina Gomzikova, Anna Brichkina, Nick A. Barlev, Albert Rizvanov, Nikita Markov, Hans-Uwe Simon

“…This article offers a detailed, step-by-step guide to the entire method, covering aspects such as timing, sample preparation techniques, and the reagents used. …”
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Host plants selection of Centranthera grandiflora Benth. and nontargeted metabolomics analysis of its parasitic and non-parasitic samples. by Song Jin, Yuchuan Li, Jun Ni, Haili Xie, Falin Lei, He Liu

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Rolling bearing fault diagnosis under small sample conditions based on WDCNN-BiLSTM Siamese network by Chenxu Bian, Chunni Jia, Jibo Li, Xiangjun Chen, Pei Wang

“…Traditional deep learning methods often struggle due to the scarcity of fault samples, leading to issues like overfitting and inadequate generalization. …”
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Blur CLIP Context Model-Based Image Coding for Machines Framework With Down and Up Sample Pairs for Multitasks by Zhongpeng Zhang, Ying Liu

“…We term the aforementioned pipeline as TMFBC with down and up Sample Pairs (TMFBC-SP). We compare the proposed TMFBC-SP with state-of-the-art (SOTA) methods and demonstrate that we can achieve higher object detection and instance segmentation accuracy, measured by mean average precision (mAP), using fewer bitrates than existing approaches. …”
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The impact of toe-clipping on animal welfare in amphibians: A systematic review by Miriam A. Zemanova, Raquel Lázaro Martín, Cathalijn H.C. Leenaars

“…Since the quality of the current evidence remains questionable, there is a critical need for adequately powered, high-quality studies that report reliable and pertinent outcome measures to accurately determine the effects of this still popular marking and sampling method. Until more robust evidence is obtained, the impacts of toe-clipping on the welfare of amphibians used in research and the integrity of study results cannot be conclusively confirmed or dismissed. …”
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Identification of aging-related biomarkers for intervertebral disc degeneration in whole blood samples based on bioinformatics and machine learning by Zi-hang Li, Shi-pian Li, Shi-pian Li, Ya-hao Li, Yu-cheng Wang, Zhen-yu Tang, Kai-yang Xu, Xiao-rong Li, Zhen Tan, Jiao-yi Pan, Jin-tao Liu, Hong Jiang, Zhi-jia Ma, Yu-xiang Dai, Yu-xiang Dai, Yu-xiang Dai, Peng-fei Yu

“…IntroductionAging is characterized by gradual structural and functional changes in the body over time, with intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD) representing a key manifestation of spinal aging and a major contributor to low back pain (LBP).MethodsThis study utilized bioinformatics and machine learning approaches to identify aging-related biomarkers associated with IVDD in whole blood samples. …”
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Impact on Mental, Physical and Cognitive functioning of a Critical care sTay during the COVID-19 pandemic (IMPACCT COVID-19): protocol for a prospective, multicentre, mixed-methods... by Felipe González-Seguel, Agustín Camus-Molina, Jaime Leppe, Ana Cristina Castro-Avila, Catalina Merino-Osorio, Ana Castro-Ávila, Camilo Cáceres Parra, Eduardo González Tapia, Felipe Muñoz-Muñoz, Fernanda Baus Auil, Javiera Aguilera Scarpati, Joaquín Olave, Macarena Leiva-Corvalán, Pilar Castro, Yerko Villagra Jofré

“…We aim to determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental, physical, and cognitive health of survivors, the experience of their families and their treating healthcare professionals.Methods and analysis Prospective, multicentre, mixed-methods cohort study in seven Chilean ICUs. …”
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