The impact of large-class flipped classrooms incorporating design thinking on self-awareness, team collaboration, learning efficiency, and comprehensive literacy of clinical medici... by Hui Zhang, Xiaomei Wang, Xiaojin Li, Jinghua Zhai, Xiuguo Li, Yan Guo

“…Objective To solve this problem, we integrated design thinking into the large-class flipped teaching. Method A mixed methodology (qualitative and quantitative) was employed. …”
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Greed, grievance, and the displacement of identity: Courses of community conflict in the Mahaweli resettlement scheme in Sri Lanka by Pulsie Epa

“…The main research question explores how resource competition and socio-political marginalization shape inter-group tensions among the resettled and Indigenous population. Employing a mixed-methods approach, the study draws on archival research, semi-structured interviews with 35 community members and local officials, and non-participant observation in Hennanigala, Mahaweli C zones. …”
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PCGOD: Enhancing Object Detection With Synthetic Data for Scarce and Sensitive Computer Vision Tasks by Walid Remmas, Martin Lints, Jaak Joonas Uudmae

“…PCGOD employs a marker-based extremity projection method that places markers at key points on object geometries and projects only visible markers to create tight-fitting bounding boxes. …”
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Reducing missed opportunities for vaccination in Mozambique: findings from a cross-sectional assessment conducted in 2017 by Bvudzai Priscilla Magadzire, Graça Matsinhe, Gabriel Joao, Ruth Bechtel, Laura Nic Lochlainn

“…Inadequate information about vaccination among both caregivers and health workers, poor or poorly understood health facility practices, inadequate integration of curative and preventative services, inadequate tracking systems to identify children due for vaccination and, less often, limited supply of vaccines, syringes and other related supplies at service points resulted in MOV.Conclusions The results of the assessment informed the development of roadmaps for reducing MOV that may be applicable to other settings. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Algorithms and Statistical Techniques for Data Analysis in Crop Growth Monitoring with NDVI by M. Arunachalam, S. Sekar, A. M. Erdmann, V. V. Sajith Variyar, R. Sivanpillai

“…Affinity Propagation (AP) identifies the number of clusters by considering all data points as potential exemplars and iteratively refine the set, while Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) algorithm treats the data as a mixture of several Gaussian distributions, allowing for flexible cluster shapes. …”
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Emergency contraceptive pill awareness in Bangladesh: missed opportunities in antenatal care and family welfare assistant visits by Tasnim Ara, Shahnaj Sultana Sathi, Shafayatul Islam Shiblee, Sumaiya Nusrat Esha, Md Tazvir Amin, Md Mahabubur Rahman

“…Sample includes 5012 reproductive-aged women who gave live birth in the last 3 years preceding the survey. We used mixed-effect multiple logistic regression considering women nested within clusters to conclude. …”
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Evaluation of inflammation adjustment methods to assess iron deficiency using longitudinal data from norovirus human challenge trials. by Yi-An Ko, Parminder S Suchdev, Jiaxi Geng, Hanqi Luo, Melissa F Young, Anne M Williams

“…Blood was collected at baseline (day 0, pre-exposure to norovirus) and at 9 time points post-exposure (days 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 14, 21, 28, and 35). …”
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Unravelling Students’ Attitudes Toward Lifelong Exercise by Efstathia Evangelou, Nikolaos Digelidis, Charalampos Krommidas

“…The second study used a mixed ANOVA to assess differences in students’ attitudes, measuring at two time points and between schools. …”
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Sports injury risk assessment based on a training and functional movement analysis of young elite equestrian athletes– an exploratory cross-sectional study by Alexander Havertz, David Uebis, Rudolph Schifflers, Frank Hildebrand, Christian David Weber

“…Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), a linear mixed model, and univariable logistic regression were used. …”
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Housing Informalities Between Formal Designs and Informal Reality by Rim Mrani, Jérôme Chenal, Hassan Radoine, Hassan Yakubu

“…This broadened lens enriches our understanding of how urban housing evolves and points to the urgency of inclusive strategies addressing key housing priorities for all.…”
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Quantifying latanoprost-induced conjunctival hyperemia by anterior segment optical coherence tomography angiography by Zakieh Vahedian, Ali Azimi, Seyed Mehdi Tabatabaei, Ghasem Fakhraie

“…The superficial bulbar conjunctival VD was measured in the superior, inferior, temporal, and nasal quadrants. A linear mixed model was used to compare the change in the VD between groups. …”
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Evaluation of the River Salinity Changes using Hydrochemical Method in Arid Area (Case Study: Namaklan River, Ilam) by Maryam Mousavi, Noredin Rostami, Haji Karimi

“…The points were selected in areas where the flow of water was stable and without turbulence which can mix sediment to the water sample and at each point, the water samples collected by 1-liter bottles. …”
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Athletes’ access to, attitudes towards and experiences of help-seeking for mental health: a scoping review by Kirsty R Brown, Mary L Quinton, Grace Tidmarsh, Jennifer Cumming

“…These searches were conducted at three time points between April 2022 and 2024.Eligibility criteria The inclusion and exclusion criteria were initially predetermined and specified in the protocol paper published in BMJ Open. …”
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Health-related quality of life in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma treated with SIRT and nivolumab: a sub-analysis of the NASIR-HCC trial by Manuel De la Torre-Aláez, Ana Matilla, María Varela, Mercedes Iñarrairaegui, María Reig, José Luis Lledó, Juan Ignacio Arenas, Sara Lorente, Milagros Testillano, Laura Márquez, Gemma Iserte, Josepmaria Argemí, Carlos Gómez-Martin, Macarena Rodríguez-Fraile, José I. Bilbao, Richard F. Pollock, Johannes Pöhlmann, Ion Agirrezabal, Bruno Sangro

“…Completion rates exceeded 70% at 62% of time points. Across EQ-5D-3 L domains, minimal changes were reported. …”
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Comparing Effectiveness of Active and Passive Client Follow-Up Approaches in Sustaining the Continued Use of Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARC) in Rural Punjab: A Multice... by Waqas Hameed, Syed Khurram Azmat, Moazzam Ali, Muhammad Ishaque, Ghazunfer Abbas, Erik Munroe, Rebecca Harrison, Wajahat Hussain Shamsi, Ghulam Mustafa, Omar Farooq Khan, Safdar Ali, Aftab Ahmed

“…The non-inferiority margin was kept at five percentage points for the comparison of active and passive follow-up and six percentage points for telephone and home-based approach. …”
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Encouraging arm use in stroke survivors: the impact of smart reminders during a home-based intervention by Laura Mayrhuber, Sebastian D. Andres, Mathilde L. Legrand, Andreas R. Luft, Franziska Ryser, Roger Gassert, Janne M. Veerbeek, Jannie van Duinen, Anne Schwarz, Karmen Franinovic, Christoph Rickert, Erik Schkommodau, Jeremia P. O. Held, Chris Awai Easthope, Olivier Lambercy

“…Overall, participants exhibited modest but not clinically relevant increases in MAL-14 AOU (+ 0.2 points) and QOM (+ 0.2 points) after the intervention period, with no statistically significant differences between the intervention and control group. …”
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Videoconference-Delivered Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Family Caregivers of People With Dementia: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial by Areum Han, Robert Oster, Hon Yuen, Jeremy Jenkins, Jessica Hawkins, Lauren Edwards

“…Within the ACT group, participants experienced a significant decrease in depressive symptoms, with a mean (SE) change of –6.09 (1.16) points (95% CI –8.42 to –3.76; P<.001) in the posttest and –6.71 (1.45) points (95% CI –9.63 to –3.81; P<.001) in the 3-month follow-up. …”
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Developing and validating utility parameters to establish patient-reported outcome-based perioperative symptom management in patients with lung cancer: a multicentre, prospective,... by Rui Zhang, Wei Dai, Qiang Li, Shaohua Xie, Qiuling Shi, Yuanqiang Zhang, Wenhong Feng, Xiaoqing Liao, Yunfei Mu, Xing Wei, Chuanmei Wu, Heling Zhou, Xuemei Cheng, Yanhua Jiang, Jintao He, Xiaojun Yang

“…We will determine the optimal time points for follow-up using the generalised linear mixed-effects models. …”
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Effectiveness of interprofessional communication skills training for oncology teams: study protocol for a three-arm cluster randomised trial (KommRhein Interpro) by Christian Heuser, Nicole Ernstmann, Franziska Geiser, Kati Hiltrop, Daria Kraus, Andre Karger, Andrea Petermann-Meyer, Frank Vitinius, Luisa Ernsten, Antonia J Mayers, Rebecca Bremen, Ambra Marx

“…For summative evaluation, standardised surveys from three measurement points for patients (T0pat: study enrollment; T1pat: after discharge; T2pat: 3 months’ follow-up) and two measurement points for physicians and nurses (T0hcp: before the intervention; T1hcp: after the intervention) are used. …”
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Effectiveness of Radiomics-Based Machine Learning Models in Differentiating Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Lechang Zhang, Dewei Li, Tong Su, Tong Xiao, Shulei Zhao

“…The radiomics quality score scores ranged from 5 points (14%) to 17 points (47%), with an average score of 9 (25%). …”
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