Are payment methods for prescription drugs associated with polypharmacy in older adults in Ireland? Evidence from the TILDA cohort study by John Cullinan, Aine Varley

“…We sought to examine the relationship between polypharmacy and payment methods for prescription drugs among older adults in Ireland.Methods This is a cross-sectional analysis of data from wave 3 of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Aging, a nationally representative cohort study sample of community-living adults aged 50 years and older in Ireland. …”
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A benchmark of RNA-seq data normalization methods for transcriptome mapping on human genome-scale metabolic networks by Hatice Büşra Lüleci, Dilara Uzuner, Müberra Fatma Cesur, Atılay İlgün, Elif Düz, Ecehan Abdik, Regan Odongo, Tunahan Çakır

“…Using these models, we could more accurately capture the disease-associated genes (average accuracy of ~0.80 for AD and ~0.67 for LUAD) for the RLE, TMM, and GeTMM normalization methods. …”
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Spatial distribution and reserve estimation of sand and gravel deposits using geostatistical methods in west Basrah, southern Iraq by Safaa Al-Ali, Sattar Al-Khafaji

“…Based on the least error values of ME and RMSE, we conclude that the OK method is the more accurate spatial interpolation approach for sand and gravel reserve estimation in all blocks compared to the IDW method.…”
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THE ALGORITHM FOR DETERMINING TIMING OF RADIOTHERAPY SESSION COMPONENTS FOR DIFFERENT METHODS OF ONCOLOGY PATIENTS IRRADIATION AT THE STAGE OF RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING by E. V. Titovich, P. A. Patsiapalau, M. I. Piatkevich, M. G. Kiselev

“…The objective of this work was to define components that influence on the treatment session and to develop an algorithm that allows to determine the duration of the patient treatment sessions with the use of different methods of radiotherapy and tumor localization.In order to determine radiation therapy session components, that cause the dominant influence on the session timing, the authors carried out a retrospective analysis of each fraction of the total sample of cancer patients treatment plans with most often irradiated with the use of linear accelerators in the NCCB localizations of tumors (more than 5200 fractions).The appropriate algorithms were designed to assess the results of the analysis of time parameters of radiation therapy oncology patient session during its pre-radiation preparation. …”
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Pilot Contamination Attack Detection Methods—An Exhaustive Performance Evaluation Through Probability Metrics and Statistical Classification Parameters by Dimitriya Mihaylova, Georgi Iliev, Zlatka Valkova-Jarvis, Viktor Stoynov

“…However, this information may be insufficient for comparison purposes; therefore, to acquire a more holistic perspective on the methods’ performances, statistical evaluation metrics can be obtained. …”
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Evaluation of machine learning methods for forecasting turbidity in river networks using Sentinel-2 remote sensing data by Victor Oliveira Santos, Paulo Alexandre Costa Rocha, Jesse Van Griensven Thé, Bahram Gharabaghi

“…Turbidity is an important indicator of river water quality and of great interest to improve the data acquisition methods and efficiency of decision support systems for sustainable ecosystem management. …”
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Exploring adolescents’ indirect financial and non-financial barriers to dental care non-attendance: the role of payment methods by Alla T. Alsharif, Saba Kassim

“…This study has twofold: (1) to examine factors associated with regular dental attendance versus non-dental attendance among adolescents, and (2) to explore the indirect financial and non-financial barriers to dental non-attendance, with a particular emphasis on how payment methods influence these barriers.MethodsAn analytical cross-sectional survey was conducted among a convenience sample of adolescents in Al-Madinah, SA. …”
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Effects of dry and wet coating methods on surface degradation of Ni-rich cathodes in Li-ion rechargeable batteries by Keonwoo Lee, Feng Jiang, Seonghun Jeong, Hyojoo Lee, Hyojoo Lee, Jung Ho Kim, Junyoung Mun, Junyoung Mun, Junyoung Mun, Junyoung Mun

“…The results demonstrated that the dry coated sample exhibited a more pronounced and stable rate capability across all tested conditions compared to the wet coated sample. …”
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Comprehensive analysis on soil nitrogen prediction using near-infrared spectroscopy: Models, methods, and insights for precision agriculture by Xiaoyu Wang, Zhiyou Zhang, Yujiao Li, Jie Li, Qing Yang, Qiqi Liu, Zhijie Gong, Mengling Zhang, Xu Wang, Guanghui Xie

“…Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), as an indirect measurement technology, employs chemometric methods to establish calibration models for the quantitative analysis of unknown samples. …”
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Mobilizing Health Promotion Through Canada’s Student Mental Health Network: Concurrent, Mixed Methods Process Evaluation by Amy Ecclestone, Brooke Linden, Jessica Rose, Kiran Kullar

“…This paper details a formative, process evaluation after approximately 1 year of operations, with the goal of assessing acceptability and feasibility. MethodsUsing a concurrent mixed methods study design, quantitative and qualitative data were simultaneously collected from students in order to evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of the Network as a mental health promotion resource. …”
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Less shared decision-making in consultations with lower health literate cancer patients: an observational mixed-methods study by Merel D. van Eick, Maartje Binnendijk, Hanneke W. M. van Laarhoven, Ellen M. A. Smets, Danielle R. M. Timmermans, Mark I. van Berge Henegouwen, Marijke Melles, Olga C. Damman

“…However, patients with lower health literacy (HL) levels often face greater challenges in participating in SDM compared to those with higher HL levels.Aim To investigate the use of SDM in relation to patient HL in consultations on esophagogastric cancer treatment.Methods This was an explorative study employing both quantitative and qualitative analysis of data from audio-recorded treatment consultations (N = 38) with esophagogastric cancer patients (N = 11 lower HL, N = 7 higher HL). …”
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Interlaboratory evaluation of high molecular weight DNA extraction methods for long-read sequencing and structural variant analysis by Alison S. Devonshire, Jordi Morata, Claire Jubin, Rui Pedro Abreu Pereira, Laura Hernandez-Hernandez, Dilek Yener, Eric Cabannes, Steven McGinn, Marc Delepine, Cédric Fund, Raúl Tonda, Simon Heath, Marc Dabad, Javier Gutierrez-Cuesta, Ignacio Sanchez Escudero, Maria Cristina Frias-Lopez, Simon Cowen, Alexandra Whale, Thorsten Voss, Jean-François Deleuze, Ivo Gut, Marta Gut, Carole A. Foy

“…Results All methods generally produced samples of acceptable purity although yield varied considerably between laboratories. …”
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A Step Forward in Hybrid Soil Laboratory Analysis: Merging Chemometric Corrections, Protocols and Data-Driven Methods by Bruno dos Anjos Bartsch, Nicolas Augusto Rosin, Uemeson José dos Santos, João Augusto Coblinski, Marcelo H. P. Pelegrino, Jorge Tadeu Fim Rosas, Raul Roberto Poppiel, Ednilson Batista Ortiz, Viviane Cristina Vivian Kochinki, Paulo Gallo, Eyal Ben Dor, Renan Falcioni, Marcos Rafael Nanni, João Vitor Ferreira Gonçalves, Caio Almeida de Oliveira, Nicole Ghinzelli Vedana Vedana, Renato Herrig Furlanetto, José A. M. Demattê

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Participatory Intervention Development of a Peer-Guided Self-Help App for Anxiety Disorders: Mixed Methods Study by Laura Duddeck, Timo Stolz, Christian Zottl, Thomas Berger, Johanna Boettcher

“…It assesses user feedback on usability and helpfulness during the development process. MethodsThe intervention was developed in 3 iterative stages using the integrate, design, assess, and share framework. …”
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One Health policy communities’ perspectives on zoonoses risk factors and management: A multiple qualitative methods approach by Lisset M. Dumet, Erin Kenzie, Julia Goodman, Veronika Merino Osorio, Vanessa Cruz Chavez, Ruth Atto, Percy Vilchez Barreto, Seth O’Neal

“…This research aims to elucidate the mental models of policy communities, which are representations of the environment, and how humans explain and predict their surroundings to describe their perspectives on zoonoses’ risk factors and management. We used a multiple methods approach, including qualitative system dynamics and rapid qualitative methods (RQM), to describe the perspectives of policy communities regarding the drivers of zoonoses emergence and endemicity and the complexity of zoonoses management. …”
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Insights into nurse educators' use of ChatGPT in active teaching methods: A cross-sectional pilot study by Asma Bouriami, Kamal Takhdat, Sana Barkatou, Hajar Chiki, Samia Boussaa, Ahmed Rhassane El Adib

“…Furthermore, male educators are five times more likely to believe that ChatGPT facilitates students cheating (OR = 5.147 (1.641; 16.141)).Despite being aware of the challenges associated with ChatGPT, educators in our sample demonstrate limited awareness of its potential applications in active teaching methods. …”
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Radiometric dating of Middle Pleistocene carbonates: assessing consistency and performance of the U–Th and U–Pb dating methods by T. J. Pollard, J. D. Woodhead, R. N. Drysdale, R. L. Edwards, X. Li, A. N. Wainwright, M. Pythoud, H. Cheng, H. Cheng, J. C. Hellstrom, I. Isola, E. Regattieri, G. Zanchetta, D. S. Parmenter

“…They also suggest that, for some carbonate samples, the U–Pb dating method may provide superior age precision to the U–Th method prior to the latter reaching its upper age limit.…”
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A Hybrid Dynamic Path-Planning Method for Obstacle Avoidance in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Based Power Inspection by Zheng Huang, Chengling Jiang, Chao Shen, Bin Liu, Tao Huang, Minghui Zhang

“…The proposed method includes key components such as sampling-point search, random tree growth, global path-node optimization, and local dynamic obstacle avoidance. …”
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Agricultural sustainability assessment in Fars province of Iran through the lens of the elimination multi-criteria decision-making method by Naser Valizadeh, Dariush Hayati, Ezatollah Karami, Kurosh Rezaei-Moghaddam

“…In the end, it was recommended that the Elimination Method can be a useful approach for urgent decision-making and agricultural managers and decision-makers in Fars province should focus more intensively on the development of wheat production in Marvdasht.…”
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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

“…Initially, base map of the study area, stream network and geological formations were prepared, and then, the suitable sample points were identified. Formerly, by field survey, data of the source of water and the other 7 points were obtained at random interval method during the four seasons of the year, which the point 7 and 8 were located on the Godarkhosh River. …”
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