Development and the need for implementation of a health-related quality of life measurement strategy for patients with soft tissue sarcoma undergoing preoperative radiotherapy by Geraldien Florine Foppele, Lisette M. Wiltink, Marta Fiocco, Jules Lansu, Astrid N. Scholten, Winan J. van Houdt, Yvonne Schrage, Winette T.A. van der Graaf, Rick L.M. Haas, Olga Husson

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What Patients Don’t Say and Physicians Don’t Ask: A Needs Assessment in Myasthenia Gravis Integrating Patient and Healthcare Professional Perspectives by Cornelia Reyes Acosta, Ivo Vlaev, Alexis Rodriguez, Allison Foss, Ashwin Pinto, Channa Hewamadduma, John Vissing, Nicholas J. Silvestri, Sophie Lehnerer, Marc De Backer, Natasha Monin, Sophie Barry, Ina Weisshardt

“…This unpredictability makes effective patient–healthcare professional (HCP) dialogue essential for optimal diagnosis and management, with communication as a key component of shared decision-making (SDM). We designed a needs assessment to understand the differences between HCP and patient communication needs and perspectives on the impact of MG. …”
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Association of multimorbidity patterns with potential out-of-hospital clinical service needs: results from a nationally representative sample of older Chinese by Jing Yang, Jian Xiao, Zeyun Zhang, Jianlin Lin, Li Cao

“…BackgroundThe rising prevalence of multimorbidity strains hospital-centric healthcare. Urgent attention is needed to understand potential out-of-hospital health service needs and inform policy for effective public health practices.MethodsUtilizing data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), we first employed latent class analysis (LCA) to identify distinct patterns of multimorbidity. …”
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Needs assessment for interprofessional education module on prevention and early detection of oral cancer among dental interns: a cross- sectional survey by Nanditha Sujir, Junaid Ahmed, Anand Ramakrishna, Ciraj Ali Mohammed, Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan, John HV Gilbert

“…Abstract Background The challenges associated with ensuring widespread system changes to enable early diagnosis and prevention of oral cancer could benefit from interprofessional practice. A needs assessment study was conducted to inform the Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice (IPECP) course related to oral cancer. …”
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St. Louis enhancing engagement and retention (STEER) in HIV/AIDS care: a participatory intersectional needs assessment for intervention and implementation planning by Debbie L. Humphries, Phillip Marotta, Yue Hu, Victor Wang, Greg Gross, Darius Rucker, Johnnie Jones, Faiad Alam, Tawnya Brown, Donna Spiegelman, Chelsey R. Carter

“…Louis has a marked history of structural racism and economic inequities, we utilized the Intersectionality Based Policy Analysis (IBPA) framework to guide a participatory needs assessment for planning and program development.MethodsThe planning team included researchers, the lead implementer from our community partner, and two community representatives, and had biweekly 60–90 min meetings for 18 months. …”
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“The problem is not detection, it is treatment”: exploring why women needing pre-cervical cancer care are lost to follow-up at the hospital in Iquitos, Peru by Alex C. Blum, Rachael Tessema, Lauren Nussbaum, Cristina Hidalgo, E. Jennifer Ríos López, Graciela Meza Sánchez, Rachel M. Morse, Joanna Brown, Reyles Ríos Reategui, Lucía Wong, Luis Díaz Córdova, Karina Gonzales Díaz, Renso López Liñán, Javier Vásquez Vásquez, J. Kathleen Tracy, Valerie A. Paz-Soldan

“…Patients identified the utility of a patient navigator for this process to reduce these barriers. …”
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Analysis of a Pilot Study Delivering Cancer Survivorship Education to Community Healthcare Professionals Utilizing the Project ECHO Model by Ashley Pariser Davenport, Kevin Johns, Dena Champion, Andrea Roberts, Susan Fugett, Erin Holley, Candice Schreiber, Carolyn J. Presley, Jalyn Todd, Andrew Honeychuck, Katherine Hunt, Yurong Lu, Bhuvaneswari Ramaswamy, Seuli Bose Brill

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Teacher Trainees’ Perspectives on Utilizing Artificial Intelligence for Plant Identification at a University in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa by Vuyokazi Momoti, Nozuko Nqabeni, Yolisa Christina Majija

“…This study explored teacher trainees’ perceptions of using artificial intelligence (AI) for plant identification. Utilizing a constructivist research paradigm and a case study approach, data was collected from Botany teacher trainees through purposeful sampling. …”
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Energy-Efficient Design of Immigrant Resettlement Housing in Qinghai: Solar Energy Utilization, Sunspace Temperature Control, and Envelope Optimization by Bo Liu, Yu Liu, Qianlong Xin, Xiaomei Kou, Jie Song

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Utility of the prostest to predict and monitor response to chemotherapy in metastatic Castration-Resistant prostate cancer: A prospective pilot study by Kambiz Rahbar, Katrin Schlack, Martin Bögemann

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ITP Adjuster 1.0: A New Utility Program to Adjust Charges in the Topology Files Generated by the PRODRG Server by Diogo de Jesus Medeiros, Wilian Augusto Cortopassi, Tanos Celmar Costa França, André Silva Pimentel

“…Usually additional steps of structure optimization and charges calculation, followed by a tedious manual replacement of atomic charges in the *.itp file, are needed. In order to assist this task, we report here the ITP Adjuster 1.0, a utility program developed to perform the replacement of the PRODRG charges in the *.itp files of small molecules by ab initio charges.…”
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A Comparative Study of Network Slicing Techniques for Effective Utilization of Channel for 5G and Beyond 5G Networks by Prakash B Metre, Gauri Kalnoor, Mahesh G, Gowrishankar S

“…This study provides insights into embedding robust NS techniques into NGWN to achieve optimal radio resource utilization while addressing the dynamic needs of next-generation wireless communication systems.…”
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A pathway to In-Memory Computing driven Wellness Digital Twin utilizing Remote Patient Monitoring System (WDT-RPMS) by Kishore Kumar Kadari, Ali Shiri Sichani, Wilfrido Moreno

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Enhancing mortality prediction after coronary artery bypass graft: a machine learning approach utilizing EuroScore by Emad Hijazi

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Torque improvement investigation of a double rotor permanent magnet motor based on effective utilization of magnetic field coupling by Zixuan Xiang, Yuxi Xie, Xiaoyong Zhu, Yuting Zhou

“…Abstract In this paper, a torque improvement method is presented for a double rotor (DR) permanent magnet motor, where the key is to conduct the study based on effective utilization of magnetic field coupling. To facilitate systematic analysis, the magnetomotive force (MMF) and airgap flux density considering magnetic coupling effect are deduced and analysed. …”
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Black Soldier Fly Larvae Meals With and Without Stickwater Highly Utilized in Freshwater by Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) Parr by André S. Bogevik, Erika Hanson, Tor Andreas Samuelsen, Katerina Kousoulaki

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Conceptual and Empirical Themes regarding the Design of Technology Transfer Programs: A Review of Wood Utilization Research in the United States by Paul V. Ellefson, Michael A. Kilgore, Kenneth E. Skog, Christopher D. Risbrudt

“…The intent of this paper is to take stock of the conceptual underpinnings of technology transfer processes as they relate to wood utilization research and to identify conditions that promote the successful transfer of research results. …”
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Effectiveness of health promotion utilizing word puzzle games in enhancing older adults' knowledge and attitudes regarding hypertension management by Mia Fatma Ekasari, Aan Nurhasanah, Eros Siti Suryati, Puspita Hanggit Lestari, Siti Badriah, Ahmad Jubaedi

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A Multispectral Automated Transfer Technique (MATT) for Machine-Driven Image Labeling Utilizing the Segment Anything Model (SAM) by James E. Gallagher, Aryav Gogia, Edward J. Oughton

“…For example, the results demonstrate that segmenting and labeling a 2,400-image dataset utilizing MATT achieves a time reduction of 87.8% in developing a trained model, reducing roughly 20 hours of manual labeling, to only 2.4 hours. …”
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Utilization of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for Topographic Survey Using Ground Control Points (GCP) from Geodetic GNSS by Nizamuddin Nizamuddin, Freddy Sapta Wirandha, Ardiansyah Ardiansyah

“…Aerial photos recorded by drones generally still have a level of position error of up to several meters, so tie points are needed to improve the accuracy of aerial photos. This research aims to utilize drone camera technology to produce geospatial data, both in the form of raster data from aerial photographs and vector data in the form of land contours showing the height of the land surface in Gampong Cot, Gampong Blang, Krueng Kalee, and Angan in Darussalam District, Gampong Durung and Neuheun in Masjid Raya District, Gampong Labuy and Lam Ujong in Baitussalam District. …”
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