Development and validation of the Iranian Social Health Questionnaire (IrSHQ) by Hassan Rafiey, Mostafa Amini Rarani, Fardin Alipour, Esmaeil Khedmati Morasae

“…Firstly, social health experts evaluated content validity; secondly, an exploratory factor analysis and Cronbach’s coefficient test were used; 3) The questionnaire was tested in a representative sample of 500 persons, who were selected through a multistage sampling in Tehran, Iran, in 2015. …”
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Operational research as a mechanism to improve treatment outcomes for drug-resistant TB in the WHO European Region by G.B. Migliori, O. Korotych, J. Achar, A. Ciobanu, G. Dravniece, M. Germanovych, E. Gurbanova, A. Hovhannesyan, N. Khachatryan, L. Kuksa, N. Lomtadze, M.L. Rich, A. Skrahina, A. Yedilbayev

“…This unique experience promoted further collaboration with national tuberculosis programmes, health authorities, experts and donors within and outside Europe, with a focus on implementing operational research and improving the quality of care in high TB burden countries of the region. …”
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Charging Ahead: The Evolution and Reliability of Nickel‐Zinc Battery Solutions by Idris Temitope Bello, Hassan Raza, Alabi Tobi Michael, Madithedu Muneeswara, Neha Tewari, Wang Bingsen, Yin Nee Cheung, Zungsun Choi, Steven T. Boles

“…This comprehensive review should serve as a resource for researchers, engineers, and industry experts aiming to advance and commercialize dependable, high‐performing Ni‐Zn battery technology for a sustainable energy future.…”
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Climate change impacts on shoreline migration and community livelihood resilience: evidence from coastal Bangladesh by Md. Tariqul Islam, Md. Tariqul Islam, Md. Monabbir Hossain, Nur Mohammad Ha-Mim, Md. Zakir Hossain, Sujit Kumar Sikder

“…Therefore, this study aims to estimate the rates and impacts of physical shoreline migration over the past 9,000 years using geospatial analysis and focus on understanding the livelihood resilience of coastal at-risk communities using in-depth interviews with environmental experts. The dynamic system of the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna is highly complex and causes continuous shoreline migration. …”
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Optimization of Urban-Scale Sustainable Energy Strategies to Improve Citizens’ Health by Mohammad Anvar Adibhesami, Hirou Karimi, Ayyoob Sharifi, Borhan Sepehri, Hassan Bazazzadeh, Umberto Berardi

“…This study showed that urban experts can understand different levels of public health by knowing the historical, social, cultural, and economic factors and characteristics. …”
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Roadmap on specialty optical fibers by Mário F S Ferreira, Mohd Rehan, Vishwatosh Mishra, Shailendra Kumar Varshney, Francesco Poletti, Nguyen Phuoc Trung Hoa, Weichao Wang, Qinyuan Zhang, Wenyu Du, Benli Yu, Zhijia Hu, Xian Feng, Jindan Shi, Anjali, Sunil Kumar, Michal Kamrádek, Mukul Chandra Paul, Kazi Abedin, Bertrand Kibler, Frédéric Smektala, Xiushan Zhu, Andrey Pryamikov, Stephan Reitzenstein

“…It is constituted by fourteen contributions authored by world-leading experts, providing insight into the current state-of-the-art and the challenges their respective fields face. …”
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The Profile of Ergonomic Studies Published in Persian Scientific Journals of Iran (2011-2022): A Scientometric Study by Tara Rouhani, Narmin Hassanzadeh-Rangi, Yahya Khosravi

“…Material and Methods: This study collected all articles published from 2011 to 2022 in Persian journals, including “Occupational Health,” “Occupational Health and Safety,” “Occupational Health Engineering,” “Iranian Journal of Ergonomics,” “Occupational Medicine,” and “Occupational Hygiene and Health Promotion,” using a census method from the journals’ websites. 368 articles were categorized based on thematic codes developed by experts, and data were analyzed using Excel 2010. …”
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Diagnosis and treatment of disorders of intracranial pressure: consensus statement of the Spanish Society of Neurology’s Headache Study Group by J. García-Ull, N. González-García, M. Torres-Ferrús, D. García-Azorín, I.F.J. Molina-Martínez, I. Beltrán-Blasco, S. Santos-Lasaosa, G. Latorre, A.B. Gago-Veiga, J.M. Láinez, J. Porta-Etessam, C. Nieves-Castellanos, A. Mínguez-Olaondo, A. López-Bravo, S. Quintas, N. Morollón, S. Díaz-Insa, R. Belvís, P. Irimia

“…Therefore, the Spanish Society of Neurology's Headache Study Group (GECSEN) deemed it necessary to prepare this consensus statement, including diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms to facilitate and improve the management of these disorders in clinical practice.This document was created by a committee of experts belonging to GECSEN, and is based on a systematic review of the literature, incorporating the experience of the participants, and establishes practical recommendations with levels of evidence and grades of recommendation. …”
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Safety-Critical Oracles for Metamorphic Testing of Deep Learning LiDAR Point Cloud Object Detectors by Simon Speth, Maximilian Trien, Dominik Kufer, Alexander Pretschner

“…To ensure this traceability, we derive seven traceable metamorphic transformations from defects identified through interviews with industry experts. Another challenge is prioritizing failures by safety criticality, as not all failing test cases, as evaluated by current intersection over union (IoU)-based metamorphic oracles, pose the same safety risk. …”
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Enriching maritime vocational education with physical-sports activities by Marudut Bernadtua Simanjuntak, Marihot Simanjuntak, Vidya Selasdini, Meilinasari Nurhasanah Hutagaol, April Gunawan Malau, Susi Herawati, Pargaulan Dwikora Simanjuntak, Damoyanto Purba, Derma Watty Sihombing

“…Methodology: A qualitative approach was employed, incorporating semi-structured interviews with maritime industry experts, educators, and senior cadets, alongside internship evaluation surveys. …”
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When insect development meets insect succession: Advantages of combining different methods and insect taxa in estimating the post-mortem interval by Szymon Matuszewski, Anna Mądra-Bielewicz

“…Insects are frequently used to estimate post-mortem interval (PMI). Experts usually base their estimates on a single insect taxon and use a single estimation method, even if multiple taxa are present on a cadaver or multiple methods can be applied. …”
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Investigating automated accounting and auditing in the Blockchain platform with a fuzzy Delphi approach by Payam Noori Doabi, Fereydon Rahnamay Roodposhti, Hamidreza Kordlouie, Hashem Nikoomaram, Ghodratollah Talebnia

“…The opinions of 35 international experts in 1402 were collected by purposeful sampling and snowballing. …”
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Bacterial diversity determination using culture-dependent and culture-independent methods by M. Ghiasian, A. Akhavan Sepahy, M.A. Amoozegar, S. Saadatmand, M. Shavandi

“…Mud volcanoes are taken into consideration by geologists and oil industry experts have given their association with oil and gas reserves and methane greenhouse gas production in hydrosphere and atmosphere. …”
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Underutilization of coper/non-coper screening in anterior cruciate ligament injuries management in Italy: an online survey by Luca Macrelli, Luca Mallia, Gabriele Thiebat, Jacopo Emanuele Rocchi, Jacopo Emanuele Rocchi, Lee Herrington, Lee Herrington, Sebastiano Nutarelli, Sebastiano Nutarelli

“…The sub-population of ACL experts reported a good level of interprofessional interaction. …”
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Development of Space Weather Reasonable Worst‐Case Scenarios for the UK National Risk Assessment by Mike Hapgood, Matthew J. Angling, Gemma Attrill, Mario Bisi, Paul S. Cannon, Clive Dyer, Jonathan P. Eastwood, Sean Elvidge, Mark Gibbs, Richard A. Harrison, Colin Hord, Richard B. Horne, David R. Jackson, Bryn Jones, Simon Machin, Cathryn N. Mitchell, John Preston, John Rees, Neil C. Rogers, Graham Routledge, Keith Ryden, Rick Tanner, Alan W. P. Thomson, James A. Wild, Mike Willis

“…Each scenario focused on a space weather environment that could disrupt a particular national infrastructure such as electric power or satellites, thus, enabling officials to explore the resilience of that infrastructure against severe space weather through discussions with relevant experts from other parts of government and with the operators of that infrastructure. …”
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Fine-tuning a local LLaMA-3 large language model for automated privacy-preserving physician letter generation in radiation oncology by Yihao Hou, Yihao Hou, Christoph Bert, Christoph Bert, Christoph Bert, Ahmed Gomaa, Ahmed Gomaa, Ahmed Gomaa, Godehard Lahmer, Godehard Lahmer, Godehard Lahmer, Daniel Höfler, Daniel Höfler, Daniel Höfler, Thomas Weissmann, Thomas Weissmann, Thomas Weissmann, Raphaela Voigt, Raphaela Voigt, Raphaela Voigt, Philipp Schubert, Philipp Schubert, Philipp Schubert, Charlotte Schmitter, Charlotte Schmitter, Charlotte Schmitter, Alina Depardon, Alina Depardon, Alina Depardon, Sabine Semrau, Sabine Semrau, Sabine Semrau, Andreas Maier, Rainer Fietkau, Rainer Fietkau, Rainer Fietkau, Yixing Huang, Yixing Huang, Florian Putz, Florian Putz, Florian Putz

“…Overall, clinical benefit was rated highly by the clinical experts (average score of 3.4 on a 4-point scale).DiscussionWith careful physician review and correction, automated LLM-based physician letter generation has significant practical value.…”
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Identification and interpretive ranking of factors affecting the improvement of agility in business process management by Sadegh Hasani Moghadam, Mohammad Mahdi Mohtadi, Hossein Bazargani, Ali Taheri, Mohsen Miri

“…To this end, the main components were identified using the meta-synthesis technique and interviews with eighteen experts. Further, components were prioritized by using the interpretative ranking process.Findings: The findings show that the process leadership component is given first priority based on the interpretive ranking. …”
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Los Objetivos del Buen Vivir. Una propuesta alternativa a los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible by Antonio Luis HIDALGO-CAPITÁN, Santiago GARCÍA-ÁLVAREZ, Ana Patricia CUBILLO-GUEVARA, Ana Patricia CUBILLO-GUEVARA, Nancy MEDINA-CARRANCO

“…Thus, based on a normative research, from two discussion groups and a survey of experts, this section includes a proposal for GLGs, articulated in 3 general goals and 21 specific goals. …”
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Cluster analysis of digital competencies among professors in higher education by Karime Chahuán-Jiménez, Eduardo Lara-Yergues, Dominique Garrido-Araya, Elena Salum-Alvarado, Paulina Hurtado-Arenas, Rolando Rubilar-Torrealba

“…PurposeThis research focuses on the diagnosis and clustering of professor higher education in relation to digital competencies, based on different levels of digital competency development.MethodsThe methodology employed in this study involved an Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression analysis and cluster analysis using K-means clustering algorithm, considering the Silhouette score, based on the responses obtained through a questionnaire DigComEdu framework, and adjusted according to the experts who conducted a validity analysis.ResultsThe findings indicate that, for the sample professor who answers the questionnaire voluntarily and confidentially, considering margin of error of 5%, a confidence level of 95%, and a response distribution of 50%, corresponding to 314 professors, with a Crombach’s alpha of 0.56, there is no relation between the variables of investigation, age, gender, academic degree, academic hierarchy, and years in academy and the level of digital competencies among professors. …”
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The Effect of the Functions of the Knowledge Management Maturity Triple Model on the Acquisition of Competitive Advantage Capabilities (Case Study: National Petrochemical Company) by Sayyed Mohammad Reza Davoodi, Mojgan Gharibi Marzankola, Mohammadreza Hamidizadeh, Valiullah Ali Mohammadi

“…The statistical population is divided into two parts: the quantitative part includes 180 employees of the knowledge department of the National Petrochemical Company, and the qualitative part includes 10 experts from the company. The data collection tool is a questionnaire. …”
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