UAV Photogrammetry in Intertidal Mudflats: Accuracy, Efficiency, and Potential for Integration with Satellite Imagery by Chunpeng Chen, Bo Tian, Wenting Wu, Yuanqiang Duan, Yunxuan Zhou, Ce Zhang

“…The rapid, up-to-date, cost-effective acquisition and tracking of intertidal topography are the fundamental basis for timely, high-priority protection and restoration of the intertidal zone. The low cost, ease of use, and flexible UAV-based photogrammetry have revolutionized the monitoring of intertidal zones. …”
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IoT Adoption and Application for Smart Healthcare: A Systematic Review by Manal Al-rawashdeh, Pantea Keikhosrokiani, Bahari Belaton, Moatsum Alawida, Abdalwhab Zwiri

“…The IoT adoption factors at the technology level are perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, performance expectancy, and effort expectations. …”
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Nurses’ and Physicians’ Responses to a New Active Antimicrobial Stewardship Program: A Two-Phase Study of Responses and Their Underlying Perceptions and Values by Jacob Strahilevitz, Shaul Oreg, Ran Nir Paz, Lilach Sagiv

“…Our findings suggest that hospital staff ’s initial concerns about the new ASP were primarily about its ease of use and demandingness. These concerns, which diminished over time, were linked with perceived satisfaction with the system. …”
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Minimizing the Fluoride Load in Water Using the Electrocoagulation Method: An Experimental Approach by Shatha Y. Al-Samarrai, Haneen A. Kh. Karaghool, Ali Abdulridha, Nadhir Al-Ansari, Jasim M. Salman, Osamah J. Al-Sareji

“…The electrocoagulation method (EC) is globally practised to remove many pollutants from water due to its cost-effectiveness, safety, and ease of use. However, EC has some drawbacks, such as the lack of reactors’ design. …”
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Remote Monitoring of Visual Function in Patients with Maculopathy: The Aphelion Study by Anthony Joseph, Mark Bullimore, Faye Drawnel, Marco Miranda, Zoe Morgan, Yi-Zhong Wang

“…The tumbling E test scored the highest on ease of use. Conclusion The mVTx tests of VA are accurate and repeatable, supporting their potential use alongside the SDH test to detect disease progression remotely between clinic visits.…”
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Investigating the Feasibility of Virtual Reality (VR) for Teaching Cardiac Morphology by Endrit Pajaziti, Silvia Schievano, Emilie Sauvage, Andrew Cook, Claudio Capelli

“…Additionally, 70% of participants with no prior VR experience rated 4 or 5 for ‘intuitiveness and ease of use’. Our study indicates that VR has a high level of acceptance amongst clinical trainees when used as an effective aid for learning congenital heart disease. …”
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Field Evaluation of a Hemozoin-Based Malaria Diagnostic Device in Puerto Lempira, Honduras by Gustavo Fontecha, Denis Escobar, Bryan Ortiz, Alejandra Pinto, Delmy Serrano, Hugo O. Valdivia

“…The simplicity and ease of use of the Gazelle™, the ability to run on batteries, and the immediacy of its results make it a valuable tool for malaria detection in the field. …”
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Fractional microneedle radiofrequency - mechanism of action and assessment of safety, effectiveness in the treatment, and possible side effects based on a review of scientific lite... by Aleksandra Nowak, Alicja Nowak, Klaudia Bogusz, Łucja Cywka, Natalia Baran, Adriana Bielak, Weronika Szwed, Marcela Maksymowicz, Piotr Machowiec

“…As more and more studies are showing the effectiveness and efficiency of this procedure, also emphasizing its safety, minimal risk of serious side effects, and ease of use, micro-needle radiofrequency is being proposed as an attractive answer to people's desires for a less invasive method of skin rejuvenation. …”
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An Effective Hybrid-Energy Framework for Grid Vulnerability Alleviation under Cyber-Stealthy Intrusions by Abdulaziz Almalaq, Saleh Albadran, Amer Alghadhban, Tao Jin, Mohamed A. Mohamed

“…To clearly demonstrate the proposed solution’s effectiveness and ease of use in the framework, a cyber-attack of the false data injection (FDI) type is modeled and developed on the studied system to corrupt information (for instance, via settings on protective devices), leading to cascading failures or large-scale blackouts. …”
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Investigating Patients' Continuance Intention Toward Conversational Agents in Outpatient Departments: Cross-sectional Field Survey by Xingyi Li, Shirong Xie, Zhengqiang Ye, Shishi Ma, Guangjun Yu

“…Contrary to expectations, perceived ease of use had no significant impact on perceived usefulness (β=.048; P=.37), satisfaction (β=−.004; P=.63), and continuance intention (β=.026; P=.91). …”
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Development and Evaluation of an Electrochemical Biosensor for Detection of Dengue-Specific IgM Antibody in Serum Samples by Om Parkash, Muhammad Amiruddin Abdullah, Chan Yean Yean, Shamala Devi Sekaran, Rafidah Hanim Shueb

“…Conventional diagnostic tests to detect the dengue-specific IgM antibody are limited in their performance and ease of use. To address these issues, we developed and evaluated a biosensor based on screen-printed carbon electrodes (SPCEs) for the detection of dengue-specific immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies. …”
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Ultrafast Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein (S) and Receptor-Binding Domain (RBD) in Saliva Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy by Mohammed Ba Abdullah, Chahinez Dab, Mohammed Almalki, Abdullah Alnaim, Alaaedeen Abuzir, Chawki Awada

“…Although different diagnostic tools exist, there are still challenges related to accuracy, rapidity, cost-effectiveness, and ease of use. Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a rapid, simple, less expensive, and accurate method. …”
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Electronic Video Consent to Power Precision Health Research: A Pilot Cohort Study by Arash Naeim, Sarah Dry, David Elashoff, Zhuoer Xie, Antonia Petruse, Clara Magyar, Liliana Johansen, Gabriela Werre, Clara Lajonchere, Neil Wenger

“…The revised more animated video pilot test in phase 2 was better received in terms of ease of use (P=.005) and the ability to understand the information (P<.001). …”
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A Simple Sensor System for Onsite Monitoring of O₂ in Vacuum-Packed Meats during the Shelf Life by Elisa Santovito, Sophia Elisseeva, Malco C. Cruz-Romero, Geraldine Duffy, Joseph P. Kerry, Dmitri B. Papkovsky

“…The DIY sensor system demonstrated ease of use on-site, fast measurement time, high sample throughput, low cost and flexibility.…”
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Green Synthesis of Hydrogel-Based Adsorbent Material for the Effective Removal of Diclofenac Sodium from Wastewater by Mariana Chelu, Monica Popa, Jose Calderon Moreno, Anca Ruxandra Leonties, Emma Adriana Ozon, Jeanina Pandele Cusu, Vasile Adrian Surdu, Ludmila Aricov, Adina Magdalena Musuc

“…The removal of pharmaceutical contaminants from wastewater has gained considerable attention in recent years, particularly in the advancements of hydrogel-based adsorbents as a green solution for their ease of use, ease of modification, biodegradability, non-toxicity, environmental friendliness, and cost-effectiveness. …”
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iConsent an Electronic Consent Platform with the MS Register by Rod Middleton, David Ford, Daniel Naeh

“…Conclusion Patients who have been e-consented have expressed satisfaction in the ease of use and security of the software. Patients being unable to rest their hands on the screen is being examined. …”
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Türkiye’de Gazetecilerin Bilgi Gereksinimlerinin ve Arama Davranışlarının Değerlendirilmesi / Assessment of Journalists’ Information Needs and Seeking Behaviour in Turkey by İnci Önal

“…Future developments involving the library as an intermediary between electronic networks and the newspaper organization offer promises for in-house system designers to reach solutions to problems of accessibility and ease of use.…”
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Design and Evaluation of a Spoke-Based Double-Lumen Pediatric Gastrostomy Tube by Mihika Aedla, Charlotte J. Cheng, Anson Y. Zhou, Siya Zhang, Jocelyn Hsu, Katherine Hu, Jason C. Qian, Kevin Van de Sompel, Anthony Ho, Karun V. Sharma, Elizabeth A. Logsdon

“…Though the pull force of the spoke model was found to be lower than that of both market standards, hard modifications to the spoke model improved retentive force. Ease of use was tested amongst users unfamiliar with G-tube placement. …”
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Computer-Aided Decision Support System for Diagnosis of Heart Diseases by Simegn GL, Gebeyehu WB, Degu MZ

“…A user-friendly user interface has also been developed for ease of use of the proposed techniques.Results: The heart disease prediction module was found to be 100% accurate in predicting heart disease based on clinical and patient information, and the multiclass classification module was 93.27% accurate, on average, in classifying heart conditions based on a 12-lead ECG signal. …”
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Perspectives of telemedicine-based services among family caregivers of patients with end-of-life cancer: a qualitative study in mainland China by Junchen Guo, Xianghua Xu, Chaoyi Liu, Ying Wang, Yongyi Chen

“…Three themes and ten subthemes were identified: motivation to receive telemedicine services (relief from the burden of home care; access to professional health care services), supportive care needs for telemedicine services (support for symptom management; negative emotional adjustment; death education; daily life care guidance), and functional expectations of telemedicine service platforms (ease of use; real-time online guidance and response; personalized automatic reminder; targeted matching push of health knowledge). …”
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