PCI Express multi-root switch reconfiguration during system operation by Wong, Heymian

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Adaptive mechanisms for self-aware multicore systems by Lau, Eric (Eric Chi Young)

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Healthcare use and costs among individuals receiving mental health services for depression within primary care in Nepal by Luke R. Aldridge, Emily C. Garman, Bryan Patenaude, Judith K. Bass, Mark J. D. Jordans, Nagendra P. Luitel

“…We examined healthcare use and costs over time among individuals with depression and subclinical depressive symptoms in Chitwan, Nepal to understand the impact of integrated care on individual and health system resources. Methods Individuals diagnosed with depression at ten primary care facilities were randomized to receive a package of integrated care based on the Mental Health Gap Action Programme (treatment group; TG) or this package plus individual psychotherapy (TG + P); individuals with subclinical depressive symptoms received primary care as usual (UC). …”
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A Technology-Driven, Healthcare-Based Intervention to Improve Family Beverage Choices: Results from a Pilot Randomized Trial in the United States by Kristina H. Lewis, Fang-Chi Hsu, Jason P. Block, Joseph A. Skelton, Marlene B. Schwartz, James Krieger, Leah Rose Hindel, Beatriz Ospino Sanchez, Jamie Zoellner

“…Future studies might therefore explore whether, instead of applying a full intervention to all families whose children overconsume SSB or FJ, a stepped approach, starting with clinical screening and brief counseling, could be a better use of health system resources.…”
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Nature-based social interventions to address loneliness among vulnerable populations: a common study protocol for three related randomized controlled trials in Barcelona, Helsinki,... by Laura Coll-Planas, Aina Carbó-Cardeña, Anu Jansson, Vladimira Dostálová, Alzbeta Bartova, Laura Rautiainen, Annika Kolster, Montse Masó-Aguado, Laia Briones-Buixassa, Sergi Blancafort-Alias, Marta Roqué-Figuls, Ashby Lavelle Sachs, Cristina Casajuana, Uwe Siebert, Ursula Rochau, Sibylle Puntscher, Iva Holmerová, Kaisu H. Pitkala, Jill S. Litt

“…Abstract Background The negative effects of loneliness on population health and wellbeing requires interventions that transcend the medical system and leverage social, cultural, and public health system resources. Group-based social interventions are a potential method to alleviate loneliness. …”
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Cost-Effectiveness of Cardioverter-Defibrillator Implantation in Kazakhstan by Begisbayev T, Kosherbayeva L, Gaitova K, Brimzhanova M

“…The implementation of effective technologies such as Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) for patients at risk of sudden cardiac death requires additional health system resources.Objective: To assess the economic effectiveness of ICD in comparison with conservative tactics for preventing life-threatening rhythm disturbances in Kazakhstan.Methods: A Markov model was built with a time horizon of 35 years. …”
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Publics’ Knowledge, Perception and Practice on Management of Minor Ailment in Community Pharmacy in Malaysia by Tew MM, Hatah E, Zakaria M, Makmor-Bakry M

“…More advocacy on community pharmacy’s roles on minor ailment management among public is need to strengthen the Malaysia’s healthcare system resources.Keywords: self-medication, publics’ knowledge, perception and practice, minor ailment…”
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Providing a Multi-objective Mathematical Model for Optimizing the Equipment and Allocation of Financial Resources of the Banking System by Azizollah Soltani, Reza Ehtesham Rasi, Sadegh Abedi

“…Results: The results of the research indicated that the credit and operational risks of the bank will be reduced in case the banking system's resources are equipped and allocated scientifically. …”
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A capability approach to understanding the efficient conversion of health resources into health outcomes: piloting a mixed-methods methodology in Vietnam by Radin, E

“…My findings highlight that the development process and attendant epidemiological and nutrition transitions give rise to a new set of challenges not solely for public health, but also for the efficiency with which it is achieved using existing health system resources. </p> …”

INTRAGRO: A machine learning approach to predict future growth of trees under climate change by Sugam Aryal, Jussi Grießinger, Nita Dyola, Narayan Prasad Gaire, Tribikram Bhattarai, Achim Bräuning

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Simulated Trends in Land Surface Sensible Heat Flux on the Tibetan Plateau in Recent Decades by Shuzhou Wang, Yaoming Ma, Yuxin Liu

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Coupled and decoupled legumes and cereals in prehistoric northern and southern China by Keyang He, Xiaoshan Yu, Caiming Shen, Houyuan Lu, Houyuan Lu, Houyuan Lu

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Opposite Tree-Tree Interactions Jointly Drive the Natural Fir Treeline Population on the Southeastern Tibetan Plateau by Yafeng Wang, Qing Mao, Ping Ren, Shalik Ram Sigdel

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Micro Plant Remains Reveal the Function of Grooved Pottery Vessels From the Late Neolithic Meishan Site in Central China by Tao Wang, Yafan Zang, Zhikun Ma, Jishuai Yang, Guangkuo Yuan, Xiaoyan Yang, Xiaoyan Yang

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Safety and immunogenicity of rabies vaccine as 4 - dose Essen Intramuscular regimen for post exposure prophylaxis: A non - randomized, comparative controlled study by Ravish S. Haradanahalli, Rupsa Banerjee, Mysore Sudarshan Kalappa, Ashwath Narayana, Rachana R. Annadani, Gangaboraiah Bilagumba

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Medicinal flora of the Middle Urals – a prospective source of obtaining medicines by A. Yu. Turyshev, V. D. Belonogova, A. A. Orlova, K. O. Sidorov, A. Yu. Skornyakova

“…Information on the quantitative assessment of the raw material base of wild medicinal plants in the Middle Urals, the content of biologically active substances in medicinal plant raw materials is partially outdated, which determines the need for their systemic resource study and chemical-pharmacognostic study.Aim. …”
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Optimal Planning of Health Services through Genetic Algorithm and Discrete Event Simulation: A Proposed Model and Its Application to Stroke Rehabilitation Care by Charles Yan, Nathan McClure, Sean P. Dukelow, Balraj Mann, Jeff Round

“…Highlights We created a hybrid model combining a genetic algorithm and discrete event simulation to search for the optimal configuration of health care service capacity that maximizes patient outcomes subject to finite health system resources. We applied a probability distribution fitting process to standardize real-world data to probability distributions. …”
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ASSOCIATION OF RISK FACTORS FOR NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES WITH HEALTH CARE RESOURCES UTILIZATION AND TEMPORARY DISABILITY ACCORDING TO DATA OF POPULATION STUDY IN RUSSIAN FEDERATIO... by E. I. Suvorova, S. A. Shalnova, A. V. Kontsevaya, A. D. Deev, A. V. Kapustina, Yu. A. Balanova

“…To analyze the associations of health care system resources utilization and temporary disability (TD) with the main risk factors (RF) for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in working age population based on ESSE-RF study data.Material and methods. …”
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Impact of a home-based social welfare program on care for palliative patients in the Basque Country (SAIATU Program) by Molina Emilio Herrera, Nuño-Solinis Roberto, Idioaga Gorka Espiau, Flores Silvia Librada, Hasson Naomi, Orueta Medía Juan F

“…</p> <p>This project represents a dramatic advance with respect to other studies conducted to date, and demonstrates how, through the provision of personnel trained to provide social care for patients in the advanced stages of illness, and through strengthening the co-ordination of such social services with existing healthcare system resources, the resulting holistic structure obtains cost savings within the health system and improves the efficiency of the system as a whole.…”
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Development of orthopaedic outpatient clinic scheduling information system for performance improvement by Pah , Pin Shang

“…Problem areas requiring improvement include appointment system,resources allocation and patients flow. First, the processes in the OSOC were studied based on interviews, observation and research to ensure the system was well understood before the modelling commenced. …”
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