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There is much need for quick, easy-to use oral health literacy tools that will allow for a comfortable experience for both providers and patients in identifying those that may need special methods of communication in clinical settings [16]. In dentistry, the most commonly used comprehension-based...
This study is significant because it evaluates the innovation activity efficiency of small and medium manufacturing and service companies in South Korea and provides specific criteria and a rationale to improve the efficiency. Keywords: data envelopment analysis; DEA; small and medium-sized enterprises;...
However, in this case, some parts may be replaced before they are actually worn out, while others may wear out faster than expected and still fail [6]. Predictive maintenance aims to make the process more efficient, narrowing down the optimal time window for maintenance procedures. Using ...
An important diagnostic resource in eye disease treatment and screening is the fundus image, such as the one shown in Figure 1 (the image on the left). During the screening, a trained expert observes the fundus image looking for early signs of disease. This process is often hampered by the...
The only difference in answers is that according to the respondents from Western Europe, the training of (ESS) providers is more important than education programmes for consumers. That is not the case for respondents from Eastern countries, who believe that the most important approach is to teach...
Preprocessing activities are commonly used to describe the nature of image restoration processes because they usually come before further editing and analysis of the image data to obtain specific information. The character of such methods is influenced by the type of digital image acquisition (digital ...
For five countries (Finland, Singapore, Portugal, Romania, and Spain), the established three factors of schools’ mathematics instructional quality can be identified: disciplinary climate (DC), supportive climate (SC), and cognitive activation (CA). The indicators were significantly related to its ...
providers were more likely to give a higher proportion of correct diagnosis and correct treatment. Private CHCs provided 1.42 fewer items of unnecessary exams and provided 0.32 more items of unnecessary drugs. Private CHC physicians received a 9.31 lower score in patient-centered communication. There...
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