Quantifying Behaviour Change in reducing environmental impact within large organisations - 3 case studies from the UK by Andrew F.G. Smith

“…The paper includes the iterative design process behind these online platforms, which was geared to achieving a number of roles, including: - awareness raising, - facilitating peer pledging of support - inter-champion communication - team building - fostering competitive spirit towards goals - tracking energy-saving actions taken - displaying energy consumption data & resultant changes Well-designed IT systems have been a key enabler in allowing the programmes to operate in a manner that encourages efficient & effective operation. …”
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Développement et validation d’un plan de soins de suivi (PSS) pour des femmes atteintes du cancer de l’endomètre lors de la transition de la fin du traitement actif vers la survie... by Johanne Hébert, Lise Fillion

“…La démarche de validation par itération au sein de l’équipe interdisciplinaire permet d’obtenir un consensus sur le format et le contenu. …”
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Adolescent perspectives of BCT’s in a serious game: PEGASO case study by Alexandra Rosewall Lang, Laura Alicia Condon

“…Background A two phased iterative and participatory design process explored the utility and acceptance of BCT’s used within a serious game developed to raise awareness of healthy behaviours in teenagers. …”
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Efecto de los niveles séricos de vitamina D en el pronóstico del melanoma cutáneo by R. Moro, A. Sánchez-Silva, M. Aguerralde-Martin, R. González-Cuevas, L. Peruilh-Bagolini, V. Traves, E. Manrique-Silva, C. Requena, E. Nagore

“…We analyzed associations between serum level and epidemiologic and clinical variables and pathology findings; we also analyzed the influence of vitamin D on overall survival. An iterative loop was used to identify a vitamin D serum level to test for its an association with survival. …”
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A Unified Scalable Equivalent Formulation for Schatten Quasi-Norms by Fanhua Shang, Yuanyuan Liu, Fanjie Shang, Hongying Liu, Lin Kong, Licheng Jiao

“…However, most Schatten quasi-norm minimization (SQNM) algorithms suffer from high computational cost to compute the singular value decomposition (SVD) of large matrices at each iteration. In this paper, we prove that for any <i>p</i>, <inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>p</mi><mn>1</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>p</mi><mn>2</mn></msub><mo>></mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> satisfying <inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>/</mo><mi>p</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>/</mo><msub><mi>p</mi><mn>1</mn></msub><mo>+</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>/</mo><msub><mi>p</mi><mn>2</mn></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, the Schatten <i>p</i>-(quasi-)norm of any matrix is equivalent to minimizing the product of the Schatten <inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>p</mi><mn>1</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>-(quasi-)norm and Schatten <inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>p</mi><mn>2</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>-(quasi-)norm of its two much smaller factor matrices. …”
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Epidemia de hepatite veiculada por gamaglobulina contaminada by Anastácio Ferreira Morgado, Joir Gonçalves da Fonte, Maria Guiomar Pereira da Silva, José Rodrigues Coura, Hermann Gonçalves Schatzmayr, Léa Camillo Coura

“…All the cases were considered as benign acute hepatitis; all but two were iteric. Clinically, a marked articular involvement was noted, with intense arthralgia and pronounced restriction of movement, which regressed completely as soon as jaundice became evident. …”
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Detection and quantification of CH₄ plumes using the WFM-DOAS retrieval on AVIRIS-NG hyperspectral data by J. Borchardt, K. Gerilowski, S. Krautwurst, H. Bovensmann, A. K. Thorpe, D. R. Thompson, C. Frankenberg, C. Frankenberg, C. E. Miller, R. M. Duren, R. M. Duren, J. P. Burrows

“…The WFM-DOAS retrieval is conceptually located between the statistical matched filter (MF) and the optimal-estimation-based iterative maximum a posteriori DOAS (IMAP-DOAS) retrieval algorithm, both of which were already applied successfully to AVIRIS-NG data. …”
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Automated Flax Seeds Testing Methods Based on Machine Vision by MAO Yongwen, HAN Junying, LIU Chengzhong

“…Through the pixelization of the 1 yuan and 1 jiao coins from the fifth iteration of the 2019 Renminbi, a summary of the circumference, area, major axis, minor axis, and 1 000-seed weight of the flax seeds was achieved. …”
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Identification Method of Wheat Grain Phenotype Based on Deep Learning of ImCascade R-CNN by PAN Weiting, SUN Mengli, YUN Yan, LIU Ping

“…Wheat grain could be approximated as an oval shape, and the grain edge contour could be obtained according to the mask, the distance between the farthest points could be iteratively obtained as the grain length, and the grain width could be obtained according to the area. …”
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Empirical Perturbation Analysis of Two Adversarial Attacks: Black Box versus White Box by Raluca Chitic, Ali Osman Topal, Franck Leprévost

“…A total of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>2</mn><mo>×</mo><mn>437</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> adversarial images are created by <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mi>EA</mi><mrow><mi>target</mi><mo>,</mo><mi mathvariant="script">C</mi></mrow></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>, a black-box evolutionary algorithm (EA), and by the basic iterative method (BIM), a white-box, gradient-based attack. …”
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New boundary of digital twin：A multi-sensory oriented model construction method by Qing LIU, Bin LIU, Chen ZHANG

“…Then,the initial model was gradually matched with the existing cognitive knowledge framework,and the control data returned from the physical entity was used for continuous iteration.In this way,information of various property changes,real-time/near-real-time reactions,various objective laws and behavioral logic affecting the physical entity under specific external conditions can be gradually added to the digital twin model according to the actual needs of the research field,thus effectively controled the scale and cost of the model and gradually realized the information flow in the whole life cycle. …”
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Development of a Family Engagement Measure for the Intensive Care Unit by Michael Goldfarb, MD, MSc, Sylvie Debigaré, MA, Nadine Foster, BN, RN, Nataliya Soboleva, MSc, France Desrochers, MSc, Laura Craigie, MSc, Karen E.A. Burns, MD, MSc

“…Methods: The Family Engagement (FAME) tool was developed through an iterative process, with input from experts, family members, and end-users. …”
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An interactive website to aid young women’s choice of contraception: feasibility and efficacy RCT by Judith Stephenson, Julia V Bailey, Ann Blandford, Nataliya Brima, Andrew Copas, Preethy D’Souza, Anasztazia Gubijev, Rachael Hunter, Jill Shawe, Greta Rait, Sandy Oliver

“…Design: In Phase I, we conducted three systematic literature reviews, a review of YouTube (YouTube, LLC, San Bruno, CA, USA) videos about contraception, and focus groups and interviews with young women to explore barriers to and concerns and misperceptions about contraception. We then iteratively co-designed an interactive website, Contraception Choices [URL: www.contraceptionchoices.org (accessed June 2020)], with young women and a software company. …”
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A randomised controlled trial of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system in primary care against standard treatment fo... by Janesh K Gupta, Jane P Daniels, Lee J Middleton, Helen M Pattison, Gail Prileszky, Tracy E Roberts, Sabina Sanghera, Pelham Barton, Richard Gray, Joe Kai, on behalf of the ECLIPSE Collaborative Group

“…Data were analysed using iterative constant comparison. A state transition model-based cost–utility analysis was undertaken alongside the randomised trial. …”
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Kajian Luas Hutan Kota Berdasarkan Kebutuhan Oksigen, Karbon Tersimpan, dan Kebutuhan Air di Kota Yogyakarta by Kelik Eko Susanto, Muhammad Aris Marfa'i, Djati Mardiatno

“…DEM is useful in distinguishing the position of land from the mean height of sea surface. Iteration techniques are used to determine the potential inundation areas using DEM data on the previous process. …”
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Selective decontamination of the digestive tract in critically ill patients treated in intensive care units: a mixed-methods feasibility study (the... by Jill J Francis, Eilidh M Duncan, Maria E Prior, Graeme S MacLennan, Stephan U Dombrowski, Geoff Bellingan, Marion K Campbell, Martin P Eccles, Louise Rose, Kathryn M Rowan, Rob Shulman, A Peter R Wilson, Brian H Cuthbertson

“…Design: A four-stage approach involving (1) case studies of two ICUs in which SDD is delivered including observations, interviews and documentary analysis, (2) a three-round Delphi study for in-depth investigation of clinicians’ views, including semi-structured interviews and two iterations of questionnaires with structured feedback, (3) a nationwide online survey of consultants in intensive care medicine and clinical microbiology and (4) semistructured interviews with international clinical triallists to identify the feasibility of further research. …”
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Presenting a mathematical location-routing model for the perishable products considering dependency of fuel consumption to the vehicle' loading by Hasan Rabiee, Farhad Etebari

“…Reported numerical examples with processing times exceeding 3 hours in GAMS software were disregarded, and a total of 200 iterations were considered for the convergence of the algorithms, based on multiple experimental runs, to achieve reasonably good solutions within a reasonable time. …”
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[Translated article] Prognostic Value of Vitamin D Serum Levels in Cutaneous Melanoma by R. Moro, A. Sánchez-Silva, M. Aguerralde-Martin, R. González-Cuevas, L. Peruilh-Bagolini, V. Traves, E. Manrique-Silva, C. Requena, E. Nagore

“…We analyzed associations between serum level and epidemiologic and clinical variables and pathology findings; we also analyzed the influence of vitamin D on overall survival. An iterative loop was used to identify a vitamin D serum level to test for its an association with survival. …”
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Heart Failure Management in 2023: A Pharmacotherapy- and Lifestyle-Focused Comparison of Current International Guidelines by Blair J. MacDonald, BA, PharmD, Sean A. Virani, MD, MSc, MPH, Shelley Zieroth, MD, Ricky Turgeon, BSc(Pharm), ACPR, PharmD

“…This review examines the pharmacotherapy and lifestyle recommendations of the most recent iterations of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) / Canadian Heart Failure Society (CHFS), the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), and the American Heart Association (AHA) / American College of Cardiology (ACC) / Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) heart failure (HF) guidelines, which all have been updated in response to therapeutic developments across the spectrum of left ventricular ejection fraction. …”
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A Mixed Method Investigation to Determine Priorities for Improving Information, Interaction, and Individualization of Care Among Individuals on In-center Hemodialysis: The Triple I... by Krista Rossum, Juli Finlay, Michael McCormick, Arlene Desjarlais, Hans Vorster, George Fontaine, Melanie Talson, Priscila Ferreira Da Silva, Kaytlynn V. Soroka, Rachelle Sass, Matthew James, Allison Tong, Claire Harris, Yuriy Melnyk, Manish M. Sood, Neesh Pannu, Rita S. Suri, Karthik Tennankore, Stephanie Thompson, Marcello Tonelli, Clara Bohm

“…The workshop employed an iterative process incorporating small and large group sessions during which participants identified, ranked, and voted on the top challenges and innovations to hemodialysis care. …”
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