Performance investigation and comparison of polypropylene to Nafion117 as the membrane of a dual-chamber microbial fuel cell by S. Eslami, M. Bahrami, M. Zandi, J. Fakhar, R. Gavagsaz-Ghoachani, Y. Noorollahi, M. Phattanasak, B. Nahid-Mobarakeh

“…The dual-chamber MFC was used because of its ease of use. A mixture of microbes and glucose was fed to the cell during the experiment. …”
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Principles of Neuronavigation by Amir Saied Seddighi, Afsoun Seddighi, Mahsa Ghadirian, Alireza Zali, Davood Ommi, Seyed Mahmoud Tabatabaei Far, Hamid Reza Azizi Faresani, Nooshin Masoudian

“…As a concluding note, several determinants, including updated imaging/registration, ease of use, robotic instruments, automated registration of increased accuracy, and the program’s potential for expansion to other disciplines, are all under development for image guidance.…”
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Usability and Biomechanical Testing of Passive Exoskeletons for Construction Workers: A Field-Based Pilot Study by Sean T. Bennett, Wei Han, Dilruba Mahmud, Peter G. Adamczyk, Fei Dai, Michael Wehner, Dharmaraj Veeramani, Zhenhua Zhu

“…The workers were also surveyed to gather their attitudes toward the EXO’s usefulness and ease of use. The study results demonstrated that the workers responded to the use of EXOs differently and consequently were not unanimously in favor of EXO adoption in practice. …”
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Evaluating “resource support” dimension of courseware of Shahid Beheshti University based on Khan’s framework: a reflection on students' experiences by P. Alikhani, M. Rezaeizadeh, R. Shahverdi

“…According technology acceptance model, perceived ease-of-use will be affected by usefulness of e-learning system. …”
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Dentoalveolar, skeletal, pharyngeal airway, cervical posture, hyoid bone position, and soft palate changes with Myobrace and Twin-block: a retrospective study by Zeynep Çoban Büyükbayraktar, Hasan Camcı

“…The second was to compare them in terms of ease of use by assessing the factors that may influence patient compliance. …”
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Ergonomic Evaluation of Static, Revolving, and Wooden Chairs using Cornell’s Seating Evaluation v21 in Professionals with Prolonged Sitting: A Cross-sectional Study by Shrushti Naresh Arora, Subhash Khatri

“…The survey consisted of two sections: demographic and job-related information, and the Cornell Ergonomic Seating Evaluation v21 scale, which measured chair adjustment, seating comfort, ease of use, body support, and an overall ergonomic score. …”
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Trombosis venosa cerebral: una etiología rara by Nuno Leal, António Campos, Miguel Veloso, José Ribeiro Almeida, Pedro Barros, Sara Pinto

“…The treatment of venous sinus thrombosis is based on anticoagulants, and we chose dabigatran for the ease of use and the existence of a readily available antidote. …”
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Design and Study of a Next-Generation Computer-Assisted System for Transoral Laser Microsurgery by Nikhil Deshpande PhD, Giorgio Peretti MD, PhD, Francesco Mora MD, Luca Guastini MD, Jinoh Lee PhD, Giacinto Barresi PhD, Darwin G. Caldwell PhD, Leonardo S. Mattos PhD

“…Results The surgeons evaluated the CALM system with an average score of 6.29 (out of 7) in ease of use and ease of learning, while an average score of 5.96 was assigned for controllability and safety. …”
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A wearable and smart actuator for haptic stimulation by G. Fersurella, A. Della Torre, F. Quaranta, P. Losito, L. D'Alessandro, S. Invitto, R. Rinaldi

“…Two important features characterize and make our device innovative: wearability and ease of use. The first feature is enhanced by a flexible holder made of a combination of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and Kapton layers, that allows the device to be wrapped around the fingertip to provide stimulation in the area with higher density of mechanoreceptors and make possible to place the system ground close to the stimulus application point. …”
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Is it selfish to be filamentous in biofilms? Individual-based modeling links microbial growth strategies with morphology using the new and modular iDynoMiCS 2.0. by Bastiaan J R Cockx, Tim Foster, Robert J Clegg, Kieran Alden, Sankalp Arya, Dov J Stekel, Barth F Smets, Jan-Ulrich Kreft

“…Key new features and improvements are: (1) Substantially enhanced ease of use (graphical user interface, editor for model specification, unit conversions, data analysis and visualization and more). (2) Increased performance and scalability enabling simulations of up to 10 million agents in 3D biofilms. (3) Kinetics can be specified with any arithmetic function. (4) Agent properties can be assembled from orthogonal modules for pick and mix flexibility. (5) Force-based mechanical interaction framework enabling attractive forces and non-spherical agent morphologies as an alternative to the shoving algorithm. …”
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A feasibility study of Augmented Reality Intervention for Safety Education for farm parents and children by Kang Namkoong, John Leach, Junhan Chen, Jiawen Zhang, Bryan Weichelt

“…Three main themes emerged—demand (e.g., perceived risk and need for education; lack of farm safety education from school), acceptability (e.g., attitude toward AR technology; perceived realism; perceived ease of use; perceived usefulness), and implementation. …”
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Lessons learned from unsuccessful use of personal carbon monoxide monitors to remotely assess abstinence in a pragmatic trial of a smartphone stop smoking app – A secondary analysi... by Aleksandra Herbec, Jamie Brown, Lion Shahab, Robert West

“…We recorded the proportion of CO tests returned, test results, self-reported ease of use, correct use, acceptability, and reasons for missing results. …”
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Feasibility of Sensor Technology for Balance Assessment in Home Rehabilitation Settings by Daniel Kelly, Karla Muñoz Esquivel, James Gillespie, Joan Condell, Richard Davies, Shvan Karim, Elina Nevala, Antti Alamäki, Juha Jalovaara, John Barton, Salvatore Tedesco, Anna Nordström

“…However, other aspects of usability related to human factors such as practicality, comfort and ease of use need further consideration by researchers to help advance the technology to a state where it can be applied in remote rehabilitation settings.…”
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4524 Fighting Malaria, One Image at a Time: Using Computer Vision to Develop an Automated Vector Speciation Tool by Sophia Diaz, Tristan Ford, Monet Slinowsky, Kiley Gersch, Ebenezer Armah, Karina Frank, Zachary Buono, Margaret Glancey, Adam Goodwin, Soumyadipta Acharya

“…RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: The team’s research demonstrated that accuracy, cost effectiveness, and ease of use would be critical to the successful adoption of the tool. …”
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Needs for mobile and internet-based psychological intervention in patients with self-injury and suicide-related behaviors: a qualitative systematic review by Meiqi Luo, Yuchuan Yue, Na Du, Yu Xiao, Chunyan Chen, Zongsu Huan

“…Consistent with the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), the needs of patients with self-injury and suicide-related behaviors are influenced by the perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness of the mobile intervention. …”
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Efficacy and Maternal Comfort of Sequential versus Simultaneous Breast Expression by Mothers of Critically III Newborns by Özge Altun Köroğlu, Nazmiye Can, Başak Yıldız Atıkan, Sema Tanrıverdi, Mehmet Yalaz, Mete Akısü, Nilgün Kültürsay

“…Mothers in this group gave higher scores with regard to ease of use when compared to mothers in the sequential expression group (4.36±0.50 vs. 4.00±0.44, p=0.046). …”
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Is the clinical frailty scale feasible to use in an emergency department setting? A mixed methods study by Erika Hörlin, Samia Munir Ehrlington, Rani Toll John, Joakim Henricson, Daniel Wilhelms

“…The respondents rated the perceived relevance and the ease of use of the CFS with a median of 5 (IQR 2) on a scale with 7 being the highest. …”
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Justifying the selection of a neural network linguistic classifier by Olessia Barkovska, Kseniia Voropaieva, Oleksandr Ruskikh

“…These aspects include classification accuracy, training and prediction time, model size, data distribution, and overall ease of use. By systematically assessing these attributes, this study aims to provide valuable information about the strengths and weaknesses of each model and enable researchers and practitioners to make informed decisions when selecting a neural network classifier for text classification tasks. …”
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Meditation Mobile App Developed for Patients With and Survivors of Cancer: Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial by Jennifer Huberty, Nishat Bhuiyan, Megan Puzia, Lynda Joeman, Linda Larkey, Ruben Mesa

“…Weekly and poststudy questionnaires indicated high overall enjoyment, ease of use, and satisfaction with the app content, aesthetics, and graphics. …”
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Attitudes Toward the Adoption of 2 Artificial Intelligence–Enabled Mental Health Tools Among Prospective Psychotherapists: Cross-sectional Study by Anne-Kathrin Kleine, Eesha Kokje, Eva Lermer, Susanne Gaube

“…Moreover, perceived ease of use was unrelated (feedback tool) and even negatively related (treatment recommendation tool) to use intentions when considering all predictors (P=.004). …”
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