Participatory design application in obesity prevention targeting young adults and adolescents: a mixed-methods systematic scoping review protocol by Taylor Jade Willmott, Alieena Mathew, Eve Luck, Sharyn Rundle-Thiele, Julia Carins, Lisa Vincze, Lauren Williams, Lauren Ball

“…The review will comprise a systematic literature search, eligibility screening, data extraction, quality assessment using the Mixed-Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT), and data analysis using an iterative narrative evidence synthesis approach. Evidence on PD application will be thematically integrated in terms of who was involved, when they were involved, and how and why they were involved. …”
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Patients’ Use of Mobile Health for Self-management of Knee Osteoarthritis: Results of a 6-Week Pilot Study by Brittany Shewchuk, Lee A Green, Tanya Barber, Jean Miller, Sylvia Teare, Denise Campbell-Scherer, Kelly J Mrklas, Linda C Li, Nancy Marlett, Tracy Wasylak, Elena Lopatina, Deirdre McCaughey, Deborah A Marshall

“…ConclusionsThis evidence-based and patient-centered app prototype represents a potential use of mHealth for improving outcomes and enhancing conservative care by promoting patient activation and patient-HCP communication regarding OA management. However, future iterations of the app prototype are required to address the limitations related to usability and quality.…”
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Cost-effectiveness of financial incentives and disincentives for improving food purchases and health through the US Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): A microsimulat... by Dariush Mozaffarian, Junxiu Liu, Stephen Sy, Yue Huang, Colin Rehm, Yujin Lee, Parke Wilde, Shafika Abrahams-Gessel, Thiago de Souza Veiga Jardim, Tom Gaziano, Renata Micha

“…Results were consistent in probabilistic sensitivity analyses: for example, from a societal perspective, 1,000 of 1,000 iterations (100%) were cost-saving for all 3 interventions. …”
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Comparison of semi-automatic and deep learning-based automatic methods for liver segmentation in living liver transplant donors by A. Emre Kavur, Naciye Sinem Gezer, Mustafa Barış, Yusuf Şahin, Savaş Özkan, Bora Baydar, Ulaş Yüksel, Çağlar Kılıkçıer, Şahin Olut, Gözde Bozdağı Akar, Gözde Ünal, Oğuz Dicle, M. Alper Selver

“…The semi-automatic segmentation algorithms are based on both traditional iterative models including watershed, fast marching, region growing, active contours and modern techniques including robust statistical segmenter and super-pixels. …”
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Building Communities of Teachers: Stories from the Classroom, How to Scaffold Learning Adventures Through Trust by Zeta Dooly

“…This paper focuses on strategies used to build a sense of community in a classroom of educationalists who through their own learning experiences gain empowerment. Drawing on 3 iterations of delivering a module in synchronous virtual classroom, the strategies adopted are outlined, the overall theme is to enable the building of trustworthy relationships and to teach educationalists to embed beliefs and values into their teaching practice. …”
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Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Flow-Mediated Vasodilation as a Measure of Endothelial Function: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Tannaz Jamialahmadi, Mona Alidadi, Stephen L. Atkin, Matthew Kroh, Wael Almahmeed, Seyed Adel Moallem, Khalid Al-Rasadi, John H. Rodriguez, Raul D. Santos, Massimiliano Ruscica, Amirhossein Sahebkar

“…A meta-analysis and a systematic review of 23 studies (n = 891 individuals) demonstrated improvement in FMD following bariatric surgery (weighted mean difference (WMD): 5.867, 95% CI: 4.481, 7.252, <i>p</i> < 0.001; I²: 96.70). Iteratively removing each item in the meta-analysis did not result in a significant alteration in the pooled estimate of effect size. …”
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Tipologías y análisis geoespacial de la producción de ovinos en el municipio Las Tunas, Cuba. /Typography And Geospatial Analysis The Sheep Production In The Municipality The Tunas... by Javier Antonio Herrera-Toscano Herrera-Toscano, Oscar Carmenate-Figueredo

“…With the variables with the highest discriminating power resulting from the previously performed analyzes, ordinary main components and categorical main components, several hierarchical cluster analyzes were iteratively executed until reaching the best possible classification. …”
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Update on Existing Care Models for Chronic Kidney Disease in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review by Victoria Nkunu, Natasha Wiebe, Aminu Bello, Sandra Campbell, Elliot Tannor, Cherian Varghese, John Stanifer, Marcello Tonelli

“…We used a combination of search terms, which were different iterations of CKD, care models, and LMICs. The World Bank definition (2019) was used to identify LMICs. …”
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Integrating CT-based radiomic model with clinical features improves long-term prognostication in high-risk prostate cancer by Jerry C. F. Ching, Saikit Lam, Saikit Lam, Cody C. H. Lam, Angie O. Y. Lui, Joanne C. K. Kwong, Anson Y. H. Lo, Jason W. H. Chan, Jing Cai, W. S. Leung, Shara W. Y. Lee

“…Radiomics (R), clinical (C) and radiomic-clinical (RC) combined models were developed by Ridge regression through 5-fold cross-validation with 100 iterations on the training cohort. A model score was calculated for each model based on the included features. …”
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Tomographic retrieval algorithm of OH concentration profiles using double spatial heterodyne spectrometers by Y. An, Y. An, Y. An, J. Ma, J. Ma, J. Ma, Y. Gao, Y. Gao, Y. Gao, W. Xiong, W. Xiong, X. Wang, X. Wang

“…In summary, the tomographic retrieval algorithm can obtain more accurate OH concentrations even in the lower atmosphere where the OH data are not high quality and avoids the setting of initial guess values for solving the iteration problems. Our research not only provides support for the scientific theory of the construction of the DSHS but also gives a new retrieval algorithm idea for other radicals.…”
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Indicators of physical activity and nutritional status among children and adolescents in Zimbabwe: Findings from three global matrix initiatives by Taru Manyanga, Daga Makaza, Nyaradzai E. Munambah, Carol Mahachi, Caroline Mavingire, Tholumusa F. Mlalazi, Matilda Mukaro, Tonderayi M. Matsungo

“…Methods: Through an iterative process, a team of national experts working in various sectors of physical activity used Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance's Global Matrix benchmarks and grading rubric, to assign Report Card grades on 10 indicators of physical activity (Overall Physical Activity, Organized Sport and Physical Activity, Active Play, Active Transportation, Sedentary Behaviours, Physical Fitness, School, Family and Peers, Community Environment, and Government) among 5-17-year-old children and adolescents in Zimbabwe. …”
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Factors Affecting Survival in Kidney Recipients at Kermanshah by M Rezaei, A Kazemnejad, A R Bardideh, M Mahmoudi

“…In this study Kaplan-Meier method was used to calculate patient and graft survivals and in order to determine the factors affecting survival, Cox proportional hazard model was used. The iterations in Cox model was four times and the inclusion and exclusion criteria, calculated by forward conditional method were less than 5% and 10%, respectively.…”
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Genome-Wide Association Study of Leaf Rust Resistance at Seedling and Adult Plant Stages in a Global Barley Panel by Mariam Amouzoune, Sajid Rehman, Rachid Benkirane, Swati Verma, Sanjaya Gyawali, Muamar Al-Jaboobi, Ramesh Pal Singh Verma, Zakaria Kehel, Ahmed Amri

“…The phenotypic responses were combined with 36,793 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers in a genome-wide association study (GWAS) using the general linear model (GLM), mixed linear model (MLM), settlement of MLM under progressively exclusive relationship (SUPER), multiple-locus MLM (MLMM), fixed and random model circulating probability unification (FarmCPU), and Bayesian-information and linkage-disequilibrium iteratively nested keyway (BLINK) in GAPIT3, and MLM (K+Q), MLM (K+PCA), and GLM (Q) models in TASSEL to identify genomic regions linked to <i>Ph</i> resistance. …”
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(Re)birthing systems in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut: a place-based inquiry into Inuit birthing, systems of care, and maternal health research by Laura Jane Brubacher

“…Thematic analyses were iterative and guided by a grounded theory approach.Results: Participants described the importance of place-connections to Inuit birth experiences and the value of Inuit relational supports and knowledge-sharing throughout the birthing process. …”
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4468 Evaluating the Emerging Investigators Website as an Educational Resource for Early Career Researchers by Layla Fattah, Inga Peter, Jenny Lin, Janice Lynn Gabrilove

“…Developing a resource that meets the needs of this cohort of researchers requires an iterative implementation strategy guided by user feedback. …”
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Co-creation of practical “how-to guides” for patient engagement in key phases of medicines development—from theory to implementation by David Feldman, Paola Kruger, Laure Delbecque, Ashley Duenas, Oana Bernard-Poenaru, Séverine Wollenschneider, Nick Hicks, Janine Ann Reed, Ify Sargeant, Chi Pakarinen, Anne-Marie Hamoir, on behalf of Patient Focused Medicines Development Working Groups 1, on behalf of Patient Focused Medicines Development Working Groups 2A, on behalf of Patient Focused Medicines Development Working Groups 2B

“…Guides were developed by applying PE quality guidance and associated quality criteria in an iterative process. How-to guides underwent internal review and validation by experts (ie, those with relevant experience in the particular PE activity or focus area) in specific focus groups and external review and validation through appropriate events and public consultation. …”
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Cocreating a Harmonized Living Lab for Big Data–Driven Hybrid Persona Development: Protocol for Cocreating, Testing, and Seeking Consensus by Teemu Santonen, Despoina Petsani, Mikko Julin, Markus Garschall, Johannes Kropf, Vicky Van der Auwera, Sylvie Bernaerts, Raquel Losada, Rosa Almeida, Jokin Garatea, Idoia Muñoz, Eniko Nagy, Eva Kehayia, Elaine de Guise, Sylvie Nadeau, Nancy Azevedo, Sofia Segkouli, Ioulietta Lazarou, Vasileia Petronikolou, Panagiotis Bamidis, Evdokimos Konstantinidis

“…A series of web-based cocreation workshops and iterative cowriting processes will be applied to define the initial protocols. …”
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Performance and Robustness of Regional Image Segmentation Driven by Selected Evolutionary and Genetic Algorithms: Study on MR Articular Cartilage Images by Jan Kubicek, Alice Varysova, Martin Cerny, Kristyna Hancarova, David Oczka, Martin Augustynek, Marek Penhaker, Ondrej Prokop, Radomir Scurek

“…We use the same settings on individual optimization strategies: 100 iterations and 50 population. This study suggests that the combination of fuzzy thresholding with an ABC algorithm gives the best performance in the comparison with other methods as from the view of the segmentation influence of additive dynamic noise influence, also for cartilage features extraction. …”
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Multi-infection screening for migrant patients in UK primary care: Challenges and opportunities by Jessica Carter, Felicity Knights, Anna Deal, Alison F Crawshaw, Sally E Hayward, Rebecca Hall, Philippa Matthews, Farah Seedat, Yusuf Ciftci, Dominik Zenner, Fatima Wurie, Ines Campos-Matos, Azeem Majeed, Ana Requena-Mendez, Sally Hargreaves

“…Data were analysed iteratively, using thematic analysis. Results: In phase A, 48 clinicians were recruited (25 GPs, 15 nurses, seven HCAs, one pharmacist) and 16 administrative staff (11 Practice-Managers, five receptionists) in phase B. …”
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Kayu7net: Identifikasi dan Evaluasi F-Measure Citra Kayu berbasis Deep Convolutional Neural Network (DCNN) by Iwan Muhammad Erwin, Risnandar Risnandar, Esa Prakarsa, Bambang Sugiarto

“…The ReLU is more convergent and faster during the iteration process. Whereas, the 4 layers of Fully-Connected (FC) will produce a more efficient training process. …”
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