Conscious engagement within patients’ and simulated participants’ personal space: medical students' perspective by Chara Banks-McGovern, Gerard J. Gormley, Diane Wilson, Grainne P. Kearney

“…Students need a pedagogical space to develop these interpersonal skills, to prevent early adoption of the clinical gaze, and to create more consciously engaged doctors for the future.…”
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Primary care provider uptake of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity in Medicare patients, 2013-2019. by Mounira Ozoor, Mark Gritz, Rowena J Dolor, Jodi Summers Holtrop, Zhehui Luo

“…<h4>Results</h4>Of the 537,754 eligible PCPs who served Medicare patients in any of the seven years, only 1.2% were found to be IBT service providers in at least one year from 2013 through 2019 (246 always users, 1,358 early adopters, and 4,563 late adopters). IBT providers shared a few common characteristics: they were more likely to be male, internal medicine providers, saw a higher number of Medicare beneficiaries, and practiced in the South and Northeast regions. …”
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Examining the linkages between maternity services and postpartum modern contraceptive adoption among young women in India: Insights from the 2015-16 and 2019-21 National Family Hea... by Monirujjaman Biswas, Anuradha Banerjee

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>The findings of this study reinforced urgent need for implementing integrated maternal-child health and family planning programmes and for boosting effective family planning counselling by health professionals to promote and motivate young women with a desire to early adoption of modern contraception in subsequent months after a recent childbirth.…”
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Awareness and Understanding of Enaira in Nigeria by Oluwaleke Ebenezer Akindipe, Debbie Akhimie, Olanrewaju Olonade

“…It was concluded that the initiative has not yet progressed past the initial wave of early adopters regarding market receptivity, and the number of retail clients on board is less than 1% of active bank accounts. …”
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Empirical Evaluation of Social Network Sensors on Twitter During the Russia-Ukraine Conflict by Ahlers, Miranda Nicolle

“…Lack of performance is exacerbated when only early adopters from each group are included in evaluations. …”
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Mr. Aecroid’s Tables: Economic Calculations and Social Customs in the Early Modern Countryside by Deringer, William

“…Second, among the leading “early adopters” were institutions of the Church of England. …”
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Encoding, application and association of radio frequency identification tags on high speed manufacturing lines by Fonseca, Herbert Moreti, 1973-

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System dynamics analysis of incentives for Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) equipage by Eguchi, Makoto

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Market research of commercial recommendation engines for online and offline retail by Duan, Yaoyao Clare

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Observed adaptation to climate change: UK evidence of transition to a well-adapting society by Tompkins, E, Adger, W, Boyd, E, Nicholson-Cole, S, Weatherhead, K, Arnell, N

“…We document evidence of over 300 examples of early adopters of adaptation practice to climate change in the UK. …”

Halal logistics opportunities and challenges by Zailani, S., Iranmanesh, M., Aziz, A.A., Kanapathy, K.

“…Findings: The results show that the future market demands and the competitive opportunities related to halal services are the main motivators of first movers in halal logistics. The early adopters of halal logistics face several challenges such as ambiguous halal guidelines, lack of international halal certification, lack of collaboration among governing agencies (i.e. logistics service providers (LSPs), Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (JAKIM) and Halal Industry Development Corporation), a lack of cost-effective standards, an overly competitive transportation sector, lack of demand, lack of halal logistics compulsion, financial challenges and a general misunderstanding of halal practices. …”

Applicability of resource-based environmental studies in Green IT by Abdul Rahim, Rabiah Eladwiah, Abdul Rahman, Azizah

“…Findings: This review shows the importance of continuous innovation, stakeholder integration, shared visions and early adoption which were frequently highlighted in RBV studies. …”

State of the Art of Low and Medium Voltage Direct Current (DC) Microgrids by Maria Fotopoulou, Dimitrios Rakopoulos, Dimitrios Trigkas, Fotis Stergiopoulos, Orestis Blanas, Spyros Voutetakis

“…In this sense, DC distribution provides a more efficient interface between the majority of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) and part of the total load of a MG. The early adopters of DC MGs include mostly buildings with high RES production, ships, data centers, electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and traction systems. …”
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Evolution of pharmacogenomic services and implementation of a multi-state pharmacogenomics clinic across a large rural healthcare system by Joel Van Heukelom, Joel Van Heukelom, Jennifer Morgan, Jennifer Morgan, Amanda Massmann, Amanda Massmann, Kristen Jacobsen, Natasha J. Petry, Natasha J. Petry, Jordan F. Baye, Jordan F. Baye, Jordan F. Baye, Samantha Frear, April Schultz, April Schultz

“…Clinicians were actively engaged in clinic referrals and early adoption of telemedicine was key to the clinic’s early successes.…”
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COVID-19 vaccine adoption and hesitancy among older Veterans by Tamar Wyte-Lake, Cari Levy, Sona Hovsepian, Yvonne Mudoh, Cheryl Schmitz, Aram Dobalian

“…Conclusions As the first wave of early adopters of the COVID-19 vaccination effort nears completion, targeted strategies are needed to understand and respond to vaccine hesitancy to lower the risk of subsequent waves of infections. …”
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How to Cross the Chasm for the Electric Vehicle World’s Laggards—A Case Study in Kuwait by Andri Ottesen, Sumayya Banna, Basil Alzougool

“…However, the makers of electric vehicles (EVs) have not been able to penetrate this market, with the exception of innovators and early adopters. The phenomenon in disruptive innovation theory—called “Crossing the Chasm”—regarding a mass market appeal has not yet occurred in Kuwait. …”
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A Comprehensive Review on Energy Harvesting Integration in IoT Systems from MAC Layer Perspective: Challenges and Opportunities by Golshan Famitafreshi, M. Shahwaiz Afaqui, Joan Melià-Seguí

“…We expect this survey paper to lead researchers in academia and industry to understand the current state-of-the-art of energy harvesting MAC protocols for IoT and improve the early adoption of these protocols in IoT systems.…”
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Discourses on the adoption of the Barsha pump: A Q methodology study in Nepal and Indonesia by Juan Carlo Intriago Zambrano, Jan-Carel Diehl, Maurits W. Ertsen

“…The first one identified BP's potential early adopters. The second discourse embodied the (stereotypical) highly dependent smallholder. …”
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Assessing the impact of parental involvement on scaling agricultural technologies from school garden to home farm in Cambodia by Gracie Pekarcik, David Ader, Tom Gill, Jennifer Richards

“…While several sustainable agricultural technologies have been suc­cessfully piloted on research stations or with small numbers of early adopters, questions remain on how to extend these technologies to large numbers of resource-poor smallholder farmers. …”
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Relating Outputs, Outcomes and Impact in the Evaluation of International Development Projects by Robert Kenyon Walker

“…The state of Pará offers one possible exception, related in part to the fact that a certain momentum had already been built up in that state prior to project start-up and in part to the early adoption through the project of a new method of transportation of the fiddler crab (Ucides cordatus), in baskets covered with wet sponges rather than in sacks. …”
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