Beliefs regarding nicotine replacement therapy among rural residing people who smoke: a step towards promoting uptake by Dana Mowls Carroll, Andy Tan, Mackenzie Differding, Olivia A. Wackowski, Dana Rubenstein, Dorothy K. Hatsukami, Devon Noonan, F. Joseph McClernon

“…Results: Leading perceived advantages of NRT for a quit attempt included help with cravings (42 %), making quitting easier (23 %) and easing withdrawal (17 %), while perceived disadvantages were concerns about becoming addicted to another product (29 %), high cost (23 %), side effects (19 %), and being ineffective (13–17 %). …”
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Lung adenocarcinoma subtype classification based on contrastive learning model with multimodal integration by Changmiao Wang, Lijian Liu, Chenchen Fan, Yongquan Zhang, Zhijun Mai, Li Li, Zhou Liu, Yuan Tian, Jiahang Hu, Ahmed Elazab

“…These results significantly outperform recent multimodal classification approaches. The code is available at https://github.com/fancccc/LungCancerDC .…”
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Short Sleep Duration and Hypertension: A Double Hit for the Brain by Stephanie Yiallourou, Andree‐Ann Baril, Crystal Wiedner, Xuemei Song, Rebecca Bernal, Dibya Himali, Marina G. Cavuoto, Charles DeCarli, Alexa Beiser, Sudha Seshadri, Jayandra J. Himali, Matthew P. Pase

“…Linear regressions were performed to assess effect modification by hypertensive status on total sleep time (coded in hours) and cognitive and magnetic resonance imaging outcomes. …”
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Identifying those at risk: predicting patient factors associated with worse EGS outcomes by Adil H Haider, Maryam Pyar Ali Lakhdir, Zainab Samad, Noreen Afzal, Asma Altaf Hussain Merchant, Komal Abdul Rahim, Namra Qadeer Shaikh, Saad bin Zafar Mahmood, Saqib Kamran Bakhshi, Mushyada Ali

“…Patients were categorized into predefined EGS groups using ICD-9 CM codes. Primary exposure was comorbidity using the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI). …”
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A SAM-adapted weakly-supervised semantic segmentation method constrained by uncertainty and transformation consistency by Yinxia Cao, Xin Huang, Qihao Weng

“…The code is available at https://github.com/lauraset/SAM-UTC-WSSS.…”
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Qualitative evaluation of the feasibility of a national whole-school program for reducing school violence and improving school climate in Chile by Verónica López, Claudia Carrasco-Aguilar, Pamela Jervis, Javier Torres-Vallejos, María Teresa Ramírez, Juan Pablo Álvarez González, Amanda Franulic

“…The evaluation identified schools with high, intermediate, and low initial acceptability of the program through 66 interviews and focus groups with 215 participants, including school members, representatives from the Ministry of Education, and university advisors.ResultsThe reflexive thematic analysis identified four categories featuring six dimensions, 95 codes, and 3,040 textual quotes. The results show a positive acceptance of the program, with high adherence and commitment from the schools. …”
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Explainable AI for Lightweight Network Traffic Classification Using Depthwise Separable Convolutions by Mustafa Ghaleb, Mosab Hamdan, Abdulaziz Y. Barnawi, Muhammad Gambo, Abubakar Danasabe, Saheed Bello, Aliyu Habib

“…To support reproducibility and foster collaborative development, all associated code and resources have been made publicly available.…”
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The Model of Disengagement of Talent with Meta-synthesis Method by Ali Asghar Mobasheri, Ali Nasr Isfahani, Hadi Teimouri

“…Results After selecting the appropriate sources, the text of each was meticulously reviewed, and primary codes were extracted. These codes were then analyzed, with duplicates removed and similar codes merged based on meaning and concept. …”
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The MESSy DWARF (based on MESSy v2.55.2) by A. Kerkweg, A. Kerkweg, T. Kirfel, T. Kirfel, D. H. Do, S. Griessbach, S. Griessbach, P. Jöckel, D. Taraborrelli, D. Taraborrelli

“…Historically grown and developed by scientists rather than software engineers, the codes of the individual components are often interwoven, making the optimisation of the ESMs rather challenging, if not impossible. …”
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A qualitative study on optimizing influenza vaccination services and strategies for people aged 60 and above in Shanghai by WANG Xiaolan, YANG Tian, XUE Caoyi, WU Linlin, FEI Yi, YANG Xiaoguang, XU Biao

“…Interview data were audio-recorded, transcribed, coded, and organized using NVivo 20 software, and analyzed using the thematic framework method.ResultsA total of 25 interviewees were included, including 9 medical staff, 12 elderly people aged 60 and above, and 4 family members. …”
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Community health fairs as experiential learning: a qualitative exploration of benefits and challenges by Martha Rojo, Scott Wright, Jing Jin, Erickson Feliciano, Margaret Love, Sharon Stevenson

“…To improve CHFs experiences, participants discussed increasing collaborations with other healthcare institutions within the state, making the examination rooms more realistic, and increasing privacy for the patients. …”
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Effect of bridgmanite-ferropericlase grain size evolution on Earth’s average mantle viscosity: implications for mantle convection in early and present-day Earth by Jyotirmoy Paul, Gregor J. Golabek, Antoine B. Rozel, Paul J. Tackley, Tomoo Katsura, Hongzhan Fei

“…In this study, we develop self-consistent 2-D spherical half-annulus geodynamic models of Earth’s evolution using the finite volume code StagYY to assess the role of grain size on lower mantle viscosity. …”
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Herbal medicine evaluation for reimbursement-based facial palsy (HERB-FP): a retrospective analysis using Korean health insurance claim data 2020–2024 by Soo-Dam Kim, Man Young Park, Eunbyul Cho, Jiyun Cha, Changsop Yang, Sungha Kim

“…Patients diagnosed with FP (KCD code G51.0) from January 2018 onward who received treatment at Korean Medicine (KM) clinics participating in the program were included. …”
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Development of an algorithm for ethnicity recording in cohorts from the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink primary care and linked Hospital Episode Statistics databases by Rachael Williams, Eleanor L Axson, Suhail I Shiekh

“…Versions using data from multiple sources had higher inter-rater reliability than those using a subset of sources; however, there was little difference in categorisations produced by varying the hierarchical decision-making of the ethnicity algorithm. The CPRD population was representative of the English population in terms of ethnicity. …”
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The impact of Modernity on Physical and Spatial Transformation of Rural Settlements in Iran by Farhad Azizpour

“…Among these, the influence of modernism on the policy-making and planning is very important.  Considering different viewpoints toward modernity, this paper critically reviews the changes occurred in villages which have been influenced by these factors. …”
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A benchmark for computational analysis of animal behavior, using animal-borne tags by Benjamin Hoffman, Maddie Cusimano, Vittorio Baglione, Daniela Canestrari, Damien Chevallier, Dominic L. DeSantis, Lorène Jeantet, Monique A. Ladds, Takuya Maekawa, Vicente Mata-Silva, Víctor Moreno-González, Anthony M. Pagano, Eva Trapote, Outi Vainio, Antti Vehkaoja, Ken Yoda, Katherine Zacarian, Ari Friedlaender

“…It also makes it difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of novel methods developed by the machine learning community. …”
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Extending Signaling Theory in Online Health Communities to Address Medical Information Asymmetry: Systematic Review With Narrative Synthesis by Shanshan Guo, Kaichao Wang, Lizhen Yang, Yuanyuan Dang

“…These findings offer theoretical integration and practical value for improving platform trust, patient engagement, and decision-making in OHCs.…”
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Integrating internationally qualified nurses: a qualitative exploration of nurse managers’ influence from nurses’ experiences by Catharina Roth, Amanda Breckner, Katja Krug, Cornelia Mahler, Michel Wensing, Sarah Berger

“…Interviews were pseudonymized and transcribed. Transcripts were coded according to Qualitative Content Analysis with data structured into themes and subthemes. …”
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Integrated deep learning framework for driver distraction detection and real-time road object recognition in advanced driver assistance systems by Rakesh Salakapuri, Naveen Kumar Navuri, Thrimurthulu Vobbilineni, G. Ravi, Karthik Karmakonda, K. Asish vardhan

“…This system has (1) distraction detection and (2) output (or scenario) recognition, which combine other systems and codes to evaluate driving scenarios. A decision-making module evaluates the combined data to assess danger levels and prompt either timely warnings or corrective actions. …”
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Protection of housing rights of Ukrainian citizens in conditions of armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine by Samoylenko G., Kosyrev D.

“…It is substantiated that compensation by Ukraine for the damage caused to the housing of Ukrainian citizens, which is a consequence of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, gives Ukraine the right to apply for recovery in a retroactive manner against the Russian Federation as a person who compensated for the damage caused by another person (Article 1191 of the Civil Code of Ukraine). Practical significance. The results of the study can be used in law-making and law-enforcement activities to solve problematic issues of protection of housing rights in the conditions of armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.…”
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