Enhancing individual task performance and productivity: an ethnographic observational study of supported employment among social services clients in Finland by Pirjo Juvonen-Posti, Mirkka Vuorento

“…Results The main findings were that persons with disability or decreased work ability were employed in precarious low-productivity work, with limited opportunities for more sustainable employment. …”
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Film watching habits of journalism students from the perspective of the theory of utilities and satisfaction by Vujović Marija, Obradović Neven

“…The film watching habits o f journalism students at the Faculty o f Philosophy, University o f Niš, are viewed from the perspective o f the theory o f utilities and satisfaction, and the needs whose satisfaction is investigated in this paper are cognitive, affective, personal integrative, social integrative, and the need for releasing tension. …”
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Human–Robot Interactions: A Pilot Study of Psychoaffective and Cognitive Factors to Boost the Acceptance and Usability of Assistive Wearable Devices by Margherita Bertuccelli, Stefano Tortora, Edoardo Trombin, Liliana Negri, Patrizia Bisiacchi, Emanuele Menegatti, Alessandra Del Felice

“…These assessments may provide guidance on the personalization of training.…”
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ETHICS OF LIABILITY K.-O.APELY IN THE LANDSCAPES OF CONTRACTUALISM by Dmytro V. Usov

“…Habermas about the need and methodological importance of significance of epistemological (or methodological) solipsism of modern philosophy and its replacement by the concepts of "understanding", "agreement", "communication" within which even a single person can know and understand the world. Conclusions. …”
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Risk Factors Associated with Breast Cancer in Women in a Health Area by Naifi Hierrezuelo Rojas, Mileidy Cordoví Hierrezuelo, Naiovis Neira Hierrezuelo

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> risk factors related to lifestyles such as smoking and obesity and abandonment of breastfeeding were the risk factors that had a strong causal association in the appearance of breast cancer in the present investigation.…”
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The All-Cause Mortality and a Screening Tool to Determine High-Risk Patients among Prevalent Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients by Mohamad Adam Bujang, Pei Xuan Kuan, Xun Ting Tiong, Fatin Ellisya Saperi, Mastura Ismail, Feisul Idzwan Mustafa, Abd Muneer Abd Hamid

“…The mortality rate was 1.4 persons per 100 person-years. The major cause of death were diseases of the circulatory system (28.4%), infectious and parasitic diseases (19.7%), and respiratory system (16.0%). …”
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Exploring self-experience practices in dementia care: A scoping review. by Janina Wittmann, Anja Bieber, Joanne Carroll, Kealan Forristal, Louise Hopper, Niels Janssen, Gabriele Meyer, Marianna Riello, Marjolein de Vugt, Dorothee Bauernschmidt

“…<h4>Background</h4>Recognised as essential for high-quality dementia service, person-centred care aims to understand and respect the unique needs of each individual. …”
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Co-Designing a Digital Brief Intervention to Reduce the Risk of Prescription Opioid–Related Harm Among People With Chronic Noncancer Pain: Qualitative Analysis of Patient Lived Exp... by Rachel A Elphinston, Sue Pager, Kelly Brown, Michele Sterling, Farhad Fatehi, Paul Gray, Linda Hipper, Lauren Cahill, Jason P. Connor

“…The key recommendations proposed should guide the development of personalized solutions to address the complex care needs of patients with CNCP.…”
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What are the training and support needs for homelessness hostel staff supporting older residents with memory and cognitive problems? A qualitative study by Luna Zalc, Sophie N. Gaber, Penny Rapaport

“…Conclusions The present study highlights how hostel staff could benefit from targeted training in emotional support, person-centred approaches for older hostel residents with memory and cognitive problems, and collaboration with external services. …”
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Enhancing technological sustainability in academia: leveraging ChatGPT for teaching, learning and evaluation by Labaran Isiaku, Abubakar Sadiq Muhammad, Hyelda Ibrahim Kefas, Fitzgerald Chidozie Ukaegbu

“…Purpose – This study aims to investigate the evolving role and impact of ChatGPT in higher education. …”
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Perspectives of physicians on risk factors for patient aggression and violence against physicians in Chinese hospitals: a Q-methodology study by Yuhan Wu, Kees Ahaus, Jiaming Shi, Dahai Zhao, Martina Buljac-Samardzic

“…Results By employing a by-person factor analysis, four distinct perspectives on the importance of risk factors were identified: (1) unmet expectations of treatment and lack of resources; (2) perpetrator’s educational background and personal characteristics; (3) distrust and limited protection measures; and (4) perpetrator’s emotional well-being and poor interaction. …”
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Nationwide incidence of central retinal artery occlusion in Japan: an exploratory descriptive study using the National Database of Health Insurance Claims (2011–2015) by Hiroshi Tamura, Akitaka Tsujikawa, Masahiro Miyake, Ai Kido, Hanako Ohashi Ikeda, Shusuke Hiragi

“…The age-standardised incidence rate was 2.53 (95% CI, 2.29 to 2.76) per 100 000 person-years.Conclusions The crude incidence rate of CRAO was higher in Japan than in other countries, as reported previously, reflecting the Japanese population structure as a super-aged society. …”
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Public Sector Contracting Model for Management of Construction Tender Price Volatility by moffat tembo, Charles Kahanji, Erastus Misheng’u Mwanaumo

“…The study achieved this through a comprehensive literature review followed by semi-structured interviews with 14 purposively and snowball-sampled industry experts. The study utilises person-to-person interviews to collect data from interviewing 14 purposive identified respondents to attain relevant research results. …”
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Demand, utilization, and supply of community smart senior care services for older people in China by Ruobing Fa, Shengxuan Jin, Peng Fan, Fengyuan Tang, Qian Jin, Changqing Wang

“…Three types of smart senior care services were investigated: intelligent information, intelligent consultation, and intelligent monitoring. …”
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A Novel Telehealth Exercise Program Designed for Rural Survivors of Cancer With Cancer-Related Fatigue: Single-Arm Feasibility Trial by Ryan J Marker, Andrew J Kittelson, Jared J Scorsone, Ian A Moran, John C Quindry, Heather J Leach

“…Personalized exercise prescriptions containing aerobic and resistance activities were implemented by cancer exercise specialists. …”
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Identifying and Ranking the Causes of Delay Based on Production Strategies in Manufacturing Projects by Mohsen Rouzbahani, Mohammad Forozandeh

“…No research has been performed on investigating the reasons for delays in various types of production environments in the manufacturing organizations in Iran, as a developing country exhibiting differences in the aspects of cultures, social, political, economic, technological, personnel and personal.…”
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Tofacitinib and budesonide treatment affect stemness and chemokine release in IBD patient-derived colonoids by Arun Sridhar, Ingunn Bakke, Shreya Gopalakrishnan, Nimo Mukhtar Mohamud Osoble, Emilie Prytz Hammarqvist, Henrik P. Sahlin Pettersen, Arne Kristian Sandvik, Ann Elisabet Østvik, Marianne Doré Hansen, Torunn Bruland

“…Our study demonstrates the value of employing human colonoids to investigate how IBD drugs affect intestinal epithelial cells and inter-individual variations relevant to mucosal healing and personalized IBD treatment.…”
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Minimal differences observed when comparing the morphological profiling of microglia obtained by confocal laser scanning and optical sectioning microscopy by Sânziana Godeanu, Sânziana Godeanu, Mădălina Iuliana Mușat, Anja Scheller, Anja Scheller, Eugen Osiac, Bogdan Cătălin, Bogdan Cătălin

“…We did find that area-based parameters such as mean occupied area and mean surveillance area were bigger in cLSM isolated microglia compared to OSM ones. Additionally, by investigating the difference in acquisition time between techniques and personal costs we were able to establish that the amortization could be made in 6.11 ± 2.93 years in the case of countries with a Human Development Index (HDI) = 7–9 and 7.06 ± 3.13 years, respectably, for countries with HDI &lt; 7. …”
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Crime in the law enforcement agencies in 1948–1952 and its counteraction by V. A. Grechenko

“…The most common violations in the police at that time were: alcoholism, abuse of office, connections with criminals, violations of the law during the detention of citizens and the conduct of investigations, failure to comply with orders, bribery, embezzlement, domestic and moral decay, desertion, disclosure of official secrets, unauthorised abandonment of duty, illegal use of weapons and, as a result, injury or killing of citizens, negligence in the performance of official duties, and loss of personal weapons. …”
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Effect of Functional Electrical Stimulation on Improving Upper Extremity Motor Function in Stroke Patients Revealed by fMRI:a Controlled Study by Fangfang ZHENG, Huihua LIU, Tiebin YAN, Xiaokun JIN, Xiaohui DUAN, Jun SHEN

“…Objective:To investigate the effect of functional electrical stimulation (FES) on brain function by using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and further explore the mechanism of FES on central nervous system rehabilitation in patients with sub-cortical stroke.Methods:Ten subjects were recruited in the study, including five stroke patients (stroke group) and five age-and-gender-matched healthy persons (control group). …”
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