Effectiveness of physical activity counselling provided for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in primary healthcare in North Karelia, Finland: a register-based evaluation study by Tiina Laatikainen, Tuula Marketta Martiskainen, Marja-Leena Lamidi, Mika Venojärvi, Heikki Tikkanen

“…The number of counselling sessions and their content were tailored according to patients needs and willingness to participate. To assess the effects of PA to management of T2D clinical outcome measures such as weight and Haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and lipid levels were assessed using data from electronic patient records. …”
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Students’ Perceptions of PBL Usefulness by Babo Lurdes, Mendonça Jorge, Pinto Carla

“…In this regard, we consider that factors such as maturity, education level, workload in other courses, and prior PBL experience may influence students’ willingness to adhere to PBL.…”
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The activities of the Russian joint stock company «Manufacturing Company Singer» in Siberia on the eve and during the First World War: espionage or spy mania? by A. A. Plekhanov

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Digital Platform for Pediatric Mental Health Support During Armed Conflicts: Development and Usability Study by Hila Segal, Arriel Benis, Shirley Saar, Iris Shachar-Lavie, Silvana Fennig

“…Participants expressed a strong willingness to regularly use the platform in their practice (mean 4.40, SD 0.53), suggesting its potential for broad application. …”
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Dust Scattering Albedo at Millimeter Wavelengths in the TW Hya Disk by Tomohiro C. Yoshida, Hideko Nomura, Takashi Tsukagoshi, Kiyoaki Doi, Kenji Furuya, Akimasa Kataoka

“…In practice, we employ pressure-broadened CO line wings that provide an exceptionally high signal-to-noise ratio as an optically thin line. …”
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Efficacy of Lockdowns in Africa by Daglous Makumbe

“…Although there was a willingness to institute lockdowns in Africa, the context made it almost impossible for many countries to effectively and efficiently implement. …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of proactive home visits compared with site-based community health worker care on antenatal care outcomes in Mali: a cluster-randomised trial by Osondu Ogbuoji, Caroline Whidden, Emily Treleaven, Youssouf Keita, Kassoum Kayentao, Ari Johnson, Jenny X Liu, Minahil Shahid, Mohamed Berthé, Armand Zimmerman, David Charles Boettiger, Coumba Traoré, Mahamadou Sogoba, Saibou Doumbia, Amadou Beydi Cissé

“…We estimated programme costs, incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) and probabilities of the intervention being more cost-effective than the control at different willingness-to-pay (WTP) thresholds.Results Proactive home visits were cost-saving from the CHW programme’s perspective (ICERs: −$21.39 to −$79.20 per ANC utilisation outcome) and from the Full ANC programme perspective (ICERs: −$1.70 to −$6.30 per ANC utilisation outcome) compared with the fixed-site CHW care. …”
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Cardiometabolic Risk in Hyperlipidemic Men and Women by Michael Leutner, Christian Göbl, Alice Wielandner, Eleonora Howorka, Marlies Prünner, Latife Bozkurt, Jürgen Harreiter, Helmut Prosch, Oliver Schlager, Silvia Charwat-Resl, Alexandra Kautzky-Willer

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Cost-effectiveness of tyrosine kinase inhibitor treatment strategies for chronic myeloid leukemia in South Africa by Rochelle Woudberg, Edina Sinanovic

“…Outcomes were based on calculated incremental cost effectiveness ratios (ICERs) and compared to a willingness-to-pay (WTP) threshold. Sensitivity analyses were conducted to determine the robustness of the model outcomes.ResultsThe base-case results showed that imatinib was favored over nilotinib and dasatinib by having the lowest cost at $120 719.55 and providing 5.93 QALYs. …”
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Education of the Post-Industrial Era: Setting on Person and Intelligence by O. K. Krokinskaya

“…But if students are offered well-organized research practices instead of imitations of scientific work, then they form the true key competencies necessary for modern society – a willingness to be in search, continuously learn and create new solutions for new tasks, contribute to the development of good conceptual language, cooperation in group work, courage in posing problems, readiness to work with complex problems. …”
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Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Radium-223 Dichloride in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Patients Without Previous Chemotherapy Treatment in Spain by Eva Tirado Mercier, Daniel Callejo Velasco, Marta Rubio Cabezas, Cristina Moretones Agut, Meritxell Granell Villalón

“…The sensitivity analysis showed that with a willingness-to-pay threshold of €30 000 per QALY, radium-223 would have a probability of 48% of being cost-effective compared to BSC. …”
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Rule of Law and Democratic Decline During States of Emergency – The Case of the Czech Republic by Jana Janderová

“…Findings indicate that the public’s willingness to comply with measures decreased when these were perceived as illegitimate. …”
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RURAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT: HOW TO ATTRACT THE RESIDENTS’ PARTICIPATION? A STUDY OF THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, VIETNAM by Thi Phuong Thao Hoang, Thi Ha Trinh

“…Quality of life showed a positive impact on residents’ willingness to support rural tourism development, while perceived benefits related to cultural and social issues had negative impacts. …”
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The effectiveness of learning media based on digital augmented reality (AR) technology on the learning outcomes of martial arts by Sonya Nelson, Resmi Darni, Fahmil Haris, Ilham Ilham, Japhet Ndayisenga, Septri Septri, Yovhandra Ockta, Dessi Novita Sari, Rifqi Festiawan

“…Understanding teachers' willingness to adopt new technologies is crucial for supporting their integration into education. …”
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Knowledge and perceptions about clinical research and its ethical conduct among college students from non-science background: a representative nation-wide survey from India by Jeffrey Pradeep Raj, Suraj Kallarakal Tomy, Amrutha Jose, Aadrika Kashyap, Joseph Varghese Kureethara, Tomy K Kallarakal

“…Approximately, 50% were unfamiliar with CR but 42.4% expressed willingness to participate in a future CR. The significant predictors for a higher favourable perception score were having heard about CR (p<0.001), known exactly what a CR means (p<0.001) and having known anyone who participated in a CR (p<0.001). …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of eribulin versus dacarbazine in patients with advanced liposarcoma by Miaomiao Zhang, Jinlong Huang, Xiaochun Zheng, Ping Huang, Xiuli Yang

“…The ICER between the eribulin and dacarbazine schemes was $36,736.467, which is below the willingness-to-pay (WTP) threshold in China ($37,877.469). …”
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Little Metalmark, Calephelis virginiensis (Guérin-Ménéville) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) by Donald W. Hall, Marc Minno, Jerry F. Butler

“…It provides information about this tiny orange butterfly with metallic silver lines on the wings. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, May 2007. …”
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Comparing Prednisone and Methotrexate to Off-label Biologic Infliximab for Management of Ocular Uveitis: A Cost-minimization Analysis by William V. Padula, Miguel Cordero-Coma, Taygan Yilmaz, William V. Padula, Michéal J. Gallagher, Jonathan D. Campbell

“…An incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) for pairwise results was interpretted assuming a predetermined willingness-to-pay threshold of $100,000/QALY. **Results:** Average lifetime costs and QALYs for each drug were ($306.95; 15.80 QALYs) for prednisone, methotrexate ($36,232.24; 16.21 QALYs), and inflixmab ($74,762.63; 15.04 QALYs). …”
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Immune cell infiltration and modulation of the blood-brain barrier in a guinea pig model of tuberculosis: Observations without evidence of bacterial dissemination to the brain. by Amanda S Latham, Charlize E Geer, David F Ackart, Kristin N Weninger, Chase C Gross, Brendan K Podell, Randall J Basaraba, Julie A Moreno

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Use of integrative and complementary practices and the quality of life of undergraduate nursing students by Gabrielli Sousa dos Santos, Marcella Cecílio de Almeida, Raquel Valente de Souza, Joyce Assunção Barros, Adriana Cristina Nicolussi

“…Results: 73 students participated; among them, those who engaged in integrative and complementary practices reported improvements from their use and expressed a willingness to recommend them to others. The most used therapies were homeopathy, flower essence therapy, meditation, yoga, music therapy, and reiki. …”
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