The relationships between care burden and sleep quality in migrant care workers: an evaluation of the mediating factors by I-Ming Chen, Jia-Chi Shan, Tzu-Yun Lin, Jennifer Yi-Ying Chen, Po-Chang Tseng, Yu-Hsuan Lin, Shih-Cheng Liao, Hsi-Chung Chen

“…MCW in Taiwan were recruited and interviewed using online computer-assisted data collection system. Care burden was measured based on the total number of psychiatric symptoms in care recipients. …”
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Education of medical caregivers in Poland: areas requiring improvement – mixed-method research by Magdalena Krysińska-Pisarek, Katarzyna Domosławska-Żylińska, Piotr Tyszko

“…Methods Convergent parallel mixed-methods design was used, with quantitative (Computer-Assisted Web Interview, CAWI and paper questionnaire)and qualitative components (3 mini Focus Group Interview, FGI) conducted concurrently and results integrated. …”
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Therapeutic potential of Sertoli cells in vivo: alleviation of acute inflammation and improvement of sperm quality by Bianka Porubska, Marie Plevakova, Natalie Fikarova, Daniel Vasek, Veronika Somova, Ondrej Sanovec, Ondrej Simonik, Katerina Komrskova, Vladimir Krylov, Tereza Tlapakova, Magdalena Krulova

“…The impact of SC administration on testis morphology and germ cell quality was evaluated using computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA) and immunohistochemistry. …”
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Sharing health data for research purposes: results of a population survey in Germany by Caroline Dotter, Sonja Haug, Rainer Schnell, Georgios Raptis, Karsten Weber

“…Methods We commissioned a national computer-assisted dual-frame telephone survey (landline and mobile). …”
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Comparison of reproducibility and workability of single and adjacent implant placement protocol under dynamic real time navigation systems between operators: A clinical trial by Vamshi Nizampuram, Sahana Selvaganesh, Thiyaneswaran Nesappan

“…Introduction: Dynamic navigation (DN), a computer-assisted technique integrating CBCT data and real-time video, has emerged as a promising approach to place implants in the recent years. …”
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No one listens to us, we know this, so we participated: Qualitative evidence from menstruation research during the COVID-19 pandemic by Eleanor J Junkins, Samar Chehab, Katharine MN Lee, Kathryn BH Clancy

“…Design: We used open-ended responses from our online, mixed-method survey collected from April to October 2021. Methods: Using computer-assisted qualitative data analysis tools in R, we conducted a thematic analysis on open-ended responses. …”
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The DN-PUBLIC framework for enhanced oral healthcare precision: a public health strategy for dynamic navigation integration—a narrative review by Ashwini Bhalerao, Vaibhav Kumar

“…Dynamic Navigation (DN), a real-time computer-assisted technology, offers a promising solution by enhancing accuracy, reducing errors, and supporting minimally invasive procedures. …”
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Roles of health promotion researchers in the planning stages of a global urban health promotion initiative: understandings identified from an interview-based case study by Sophie Meyer, Sophie Meyer, Nathalia González-Jaramillo, Annika Frahsa, Annika Frahsa

“…We used a global initiative to promote governance for health and wellbeing in five cities of different low-and middle-income countries as a case study to analyze senior-level researchers’ understanding of their role within the initiative.MethodsWe conducted a qualitative content analysis, supported by computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software, of verbatim interview transcripts from semi-structured qualitative interviews with the full sample of senior-level health promotion researchers (n = 5) who supported implementation of the initiative.ResultsWe identified three diverging types of local researchers’ roles understandings: (1) active deep involvement in collaborative arrangements, (2) balancing between active involvement and passively supporting, and (3) passively supporting the initiative. …”
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Exploring Group Clinical Supervision: Enhancing Professional Awareness and Unity in a Single-Group Case Study by Denise Vagnini, Chiara Fusar Poli, Antonia Sorge, Sara Molgora, Giuseppe Tarantino, Emanuela Saita, Barbara Bertani

“…Through a qualitative approach and a computer-assisted word-driven tool (T-LAB), a linguistic analysis was conducted on participants’ discourse during the group supervision sessions. …”
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3D densely connected CNN with multi-scale receptive fields and hybrid loss for brain tumor segmentation by Fatemehzahra Adib, Maryam Amirmazlaghani, Mohammad Rahmati

“…The proposed method is evaluated on the MICCAI BraTS (MICCAI BraTS 2017 (Brain Tumor Segmentation Challenge at the Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention Conference 2017) is a publicly available dataset of multimodal MRI scans for brain tumor segmentation) 2017 dataset, achieving Dice similarity coefficients of 0.95, 0.89, and 0.89 for the whole tumor, tumor core, and enhancing tumor regions, respectively. …”
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Breast cancer detection and classification with digital breast tomosynthesis: a two-stage deep learning approach by Yazeed Alashban

“…PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to propose a new computer-assisted two-staged diagnosis system that combines a modified deep learning (DL) architecture (VGG19) for the classification of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) images with the detection of tumors as benign or cancerous using the You Only Look Once version 5 (YOLOv5) model combined with the convolutional block attention module (CBAM) (known as YOLOv5-CBAM). …”
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Use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in Sweden: a cross-sectional survey by Jenny-Ann Brodin Danell, Kathrin Wode, Miek Jong, Agnete Egilsdatter Kristoffersen, Esther van der Werf, Johanna Hök Nordberg

“…Aims The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence, associations, and reasons for the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in Sweden, as well as to further explore possible self-perceived outcomes including adverse effects as well as the sources of information used.Methods Data were collected by a cross-sectional survey, administered by computer assisted telephone interviews, in June 2020 (n = 500), during the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Caregivers’ experiences and challenges of the diagnostic odyssey in Dravet syndrome by Jan Domaradzki, Dariusz Walkowiak, the Association for People with Severe Refractory Epilepsy Dravet.pl

“…Results 106 family caregivers connected with the Association for People with Severe Refractory Epilepsy DRAVET.PL completed an anonymised, self-administered, computer-assisted online survey on parents’ experiences of the diagnostic journey conducted from March to June 2024. …”
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Adopting CAQDAS in Algerian EFL Research: Barriers, Challenges, and the Need for Professional Development by Radia BOUGUEBS, Leila DJOUIMA

“…However, QDA poses significant challenges for researchers. Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS) has emerged to streamline these tasks. …”
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Robust Bi-CBMSegNet framework for advancing breast mass segmentation in mammography with a dual module encoder-decoder approach by Yu Wang, Mudassar Ali, Tariq Mahmood, Amjad Rehman, Tanzila Saba

“…Mammograms are widely used for screening, but manual readings can lead to misdiagnosis. Computer-assisted diagnosis can help physicians make faster, more accurate judgments, which benefits patients. …”
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Electronic and regular cigarettes induce transcriptional and physiological changes in cardiomyocytes by Hesham Basma, Kajari Dhar, Jason Payne, Stephen Rennard, Brian D. Lowes

“…Methods iPS-CMS were plated on multi-electrode array plates (MEA), electrical and contractile properties were determined by Maestro Edge and computer assisted video analysis (MuscleMotion). Transcriptional profiles were accessed by direct digital mRNA detection of heart failure targeted genes. …”
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Phase recognition in manual Small-Incision cataract surgery with MS-TCN + + on the novel SICS-105 dataset by Simon Mueller, Bhuvan Sachdeva, Singri Niharika Prasad, Raphael Lechtenboehmer, Frank G Holz, Robert P Finger, Kaushik Murali, Mohit Jain, Maximilian W M Wintergerst, Thomas Schultz

“…Abstract Manual Small-Incision Cataract Surgery (SICS) is a prevalent technique in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) but understudied with respect to computer assisted surgery. This prospective cross-sectional study introduces the first SICS video dataset, evaluates effectiveness of phase recognition through deep learning (DL) using the MS-TCN + + architecture, and compares its results with the well-studied phacoemulsification procedure using the Cataract-101 public dataset. …”
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Suitability of UK Biobank Retinal Images for Automatic Analysis of Morphometric Properties of the Vasculature. by Thomas J MacGillivray, James R Cameron, Qiuli Zhang, Ahmed El-Medany, Carl Mulholland, Ziyan Sheng, Bal Dhillon, Fergus N Doubal, Paul J Foster, Emmanuel Trucco, Cathie Sudlow, UK Biobank Eye and Vision Consortium

“…<h4>Purpose</h4>To assess the suitability of retinal images held in the UK Biobank--the largest retinal data repository in a prospective population-based cohort--for computer assisted vascular morphometry, generating measures that are commonly investigated as candidate biomarkers of systemic disease.…”
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Preliminary identification of the potential of using MIEM in the context of stimulating the development of selected cognitive processes of students in early childhood education by Wojciech Walat, Tomasz Warchoł

“…The survey was implemented using the Computer Assisted Personal Interview technique on the Google Forms platform. …”
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Impact of clinical documentation integrity query software into hospital medicine workflow: a comparison of resident and non-resident teams by Michael Rouse, Matthew Jones, Archana Pareek, Cheryl A. Gibson, Rebekah May, Tanya Ekilah, Matthew Struempler, Brittany Chambers, Dave Soni, Brice Zogleman

“…New innovations such as computer assisted coding and AI-software have shown improved efficiency for CDI specialists and coders. …”
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