Preparation and In Vitro Characterization of Microneedles Containing Inclusion Complexes Loaded with Progesterone by Hongji He, Zhaozhi Wang, Kadireya Aikelamu, Jingya Bai, Qi Shen, Xiaoli Gao, Mei Wang

“…Objective: In order to improve patient compliance and the ease of use during progesterone application, and to increase the clinical application of progesterone, progesterone was made into a microneedle. …”
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Characterisation and Quantification of Upper Body Surface Motions for Tidal Volume Determination in Lung-Healthy Individuals by Bernhard Laufer, Fabian Hoeflinger, Paul D. Docherty, Nour Aldeen Jalal, Sabine Krueger-Ziolek, Stefan J. Rupitsch, Leonhard Reindl, Knut Moeller

“…Measurement of accurate tidal volumes based on respiration-induced surface movements of the upper body would be valuable in clinical and sports monitoring applications, but most current methods lack the precision, ease of use, or cost effectiveness required for wide-scale uptake. …”
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What Healthcare Professionals Think of “Nutrition & Diet” Apps: An International Survey by Maria F. Vasiloglou, Stergios Christodoulidis, Emilie Reber, Thomai Stathopoulou, Ya Lu, Zeno Stanga, Stavroula Mougiakakou

“…Important criteria for selecting an app were ease of use (87.1%), apps being free of charge (72.6%) and validated (69%). …”
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Adsorptive Removal of Direct Azo Dyes from Textile Wastewaters Using Weakly Basic Anion Exchange Resin by Monika Wawrzkiewicz, Anna Kucharczyk

“…Direct dyes are still widely used for coloring a variety of materials due to their ease of use and the wide range of colors available at a moderate cost of production. …”
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Clinical Performance of a Novel Two-Piece Abutment Concept: Results from a Prospective Study with a 1-Year Follow-Up by Giacomo Fabbri, Tristan Staas, Tomas Linkevicius, Valda Valantiejiene, Oscar González-Martin, Eric Rompen

“…The evaluation included marginal bone level change (MBLC), implant and prosthetic survival, soft-tissue health including keratinized mucosa height and mucosal margin position, patient quality of life (QoL) and satisfaction, and clinician satisfaction and ease-of-use rating of the concept. Mean MBLC from implant placement to 1 year was −0.36 ± 1.26 mm (<i>n</i> = 89), the 1-year implant and prosthetic survival rates were 97.1 and 96.7%, respectively, while keratinized mucosa height increased from 2.9 ± 1.2 mm at prosthetic delivery to 3.2 ± 1.3 mm, and mucosal margin migrated coronally by 0.49 ± 0.61 mm by 1 year. …”
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Sputum smears quality inspection using an ensemble feature extraction approach by Amarech Kiflie, Guta Tesema Tufa, Ayodeji Olalekan Salau, Ayodeji Olalekan Salau

“…Sputum smear microscopy is thought to be the best method available in terms of accessibility and ease of use in resource-constrained countries. In this paper, research was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of tuberculosis diagnosis by examining, among other things, the underlying causes of sputum smear quality for Ethiopian states such as Tigray, Amahira, and Oromia. …”
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Using Impedance Measurements to Characterize Surface Modified with Gold Nanoparticles by Scott MacKay, Gaser N. Abdelrasoul, Marcus Tamura, Donghai Lin, Zhimin Yan, Jie Chen

“…This system has advantages over PCR and ELISA both in the amount of time required for testing and the ease of use of our sensor. With other techniques, larger, expensive equipment must be utilized in a lab environment, and procedures have to be carried out by trained professionals. …”
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CRISPR‐based environmental DNA detection for a rare endangered estuarine species by Raman P. Nagarajan, Leigh Sanders, Natalie Kolm, Alejandro Perez, Taylor Senegal, Brian Mahardja, Melinda R. Baerwald, Andrea D. Schreier

“…However, improvements in ease of use and portability could increase the utility of eDNA methods, leading to more widespread application, including expanding its role in management decision‐making processes. …”
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Proposal for Some Affordable Laboratory Biofilm Reactors and Their Critical Evaluations from Practical Viewpoints by Hikonaru Kudara, Hideyuki Kanematsu, Dana M. Barry, Akiko Ogawa, Takeshi Kogo, Hidekazu Miura, Risa Kawai, Nobumitsu Hirai, Takehito Kato, Michiko Yoshitake

“…However, the first and second were better from the viewpoint of “ease of use”. All of these have their own advantages and disadvantages, respectively. …”
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Post-Operative Remote Monitoring for Same-Day Discharge Elective Orthopedic Surgery: A Pilot Study by Vibav H. Mouli, Christopher X. Carrera, Natalie Schudrowitz, Jean Flanagan Jay, Vivek Shah, Wolfgang Fitz

“…Of 18 patients discharged (78%), 17 returned surveys, of which 100% reported successful device operation. The mean “ease of use” rating was 8.9/10; satisfaction with home coaching was 9.7/10; and belief that the protocol improved patient safety was 8.4/10. …”
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Proposing Usability-UX technologies for the design and evaluation of text-based chatbots by Malu Gabriele Silva Mafra, Kennedy Nunes, Simara Rocha, Geraldo Braz Junior, Aristofanes Silva, Davi Viana, Williamson Silva, Luis Rivero

“…The results of the empirical study regarding the U2Chatbot inspection checklist indicated that participants considered the technology useful for discovering defects in chatbots, however, ease of use could be improved. The participants' experience discreetly influenced the effectiveness and efficiency of the technique, leading us to believe that professionals with a certain level of inspection experience can benefit more from the checklist. …”
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Improving Pelvic Floor Muscle Training Adherence Among Pregnant Women: Validation Study by Aida Jaffar, Sherina Mohd-Sidik, Chai Nien Foo, Novia Admodisastro, Sobihatun Nur Abdul Salam, Noor Diana Ismail

“…The application was expected to improve its usability, acceptability, and ease of use. ConclusionsThe Kegel Exercise Pregnancy Training app was validated using a thorough design and development process to ensure its effectiveness in evaluating the usability of the final prototype in our future randomized control trial study.…”
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Acceptance of the use of e-learning systems during the COVID -19 pandemic: A case study of the librarians of Tehran Province Public Libraries by Sedigheh Mohamad-Esmaeil, Marzie Taham

“…Findings: The findings indicated that the mental perception of usefulness and mental perception of ease of use affect the intention and desire of employees to use e-learning systems. …”
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Exploring healthcare providers’ perspectives on virtual care delivery: insights into telemedicine services by Israa K. Abdelghany, Ranim AlMatar, Asmaa Al-Haqan, Israa Abdullah, Salah Waheedi

“…Additionally, 42.3% preferred to use telemedicine, and 88.5% had a moderate to high usefulness score. Telemedicine’s ease of use was perceived positively. Attitude median score was 73 with an IQR of 16 (63–79). …”
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Evaluating the predictors of mobile health acceptance among Zimbabwean university students during the COVID-19 era: an integrated framework by Phillip Dangaiso, Divaries Cosmas Jaravaza, Paul Mukucha

“…M-health services should also foster use simplicity, ease of use and health value to entice m-health adoption among consumers. …”
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Empirical evaluation of rural farmers′ preparedness and intention to use a dairy application for collaboration with A higher education institution in Uganda by Nanyanzi Alice Sheila, Chang Zhu, Mugenyi Justice Kintu, Ivo De Pauw, Andrew Ronnie Mugenyi, Ilse Marien, Leo Van Audenhove

“…Additionally, readiness, self-efficacy, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, hedonic and utilitarian attitudes have statistically positive effects on rural farmers' intentions to use the application. …”
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INVESTIGATION OF BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY (BLE) AND WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN)-DERIVED DISTANCE MEASUREMENTS USING MOBILE PHONES FOR INDOOR POSITIONING by K. M. K. Daray, P. A. G. Todoc, C. J. S. Sarmiento

“…<p>The indoor positioning problem is not the unavailability of indoor positioning technology, but the difficulty of arriving at an acceptable compromise of technical constraints like cost, performance, ease of use, and availability of technologies. In a developing country such as the Philippines, these constraints have more weight and can restrict the advancement of indoor positioning.…”
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Determinants of Satisfaction from Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate, Cyclofem, and Low Dose Contraceptive Pills: A Descriptive Study on Health Centers in Iran by Fatemeh Abdi, Nahid Fathizadeh, Mitra Savabi, Zahra Sadat Allameh

“…Although the three groups had significant differences in mean satisfaction scores in ease of use, menstrual impact, and compliance/adherence, no statistically significant differences were observed in lifestyle impact, assurance/confidence, side effects, future fertility concerns, and overall satisfaction. …”
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Economic feasibility of hay enriched extruded production as a complete diet for equine by Kátia Feltre, Mayara Angela Faga Palagi, Augusto Hauber Gameiro, Henry Wajnsztejn, Alexandre Augusto de Oliveira Gobesso

“…The results enable us to conclude that the product may be a promising investment for both product quality and ease of use as the rapid return on invested capital.…”
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Leveraging Google's Tensor Processing Units for tsunami-risk mitigation planning in the Pacific Northwest and beyond by I. Madden, S. Marras, J. Suckale, J. Suckale

“…The direct measurements of the simulation's performance, energy usage, and ease of execution show that our code could be a first step towards a community-based, user-friendly virtual laboratory that can be run by a minimally trained user on the cloud thanks to the ease of use of the Google Cloud platform.</p>…”
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