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Patient narratives on the lived experiences of physical, psychosocial and economic changes after cataract surgery: a longitudinal qualitative study in rural Mozambique

SSM: Qualitative Research in Health
Background: While cataract surgery is known to restore sight and improve patients' daily functioning, its broader social impacts remain underexplored, particularly in rural, low-resource settings.
Stevens Bechange, Emma Jolley, Aniceto Mateus, Izidine Hassane, Miguel Ali, Mercia Cumaio, Abrao Banqueiro Chale, Valdemiro Bila, Cristina Augusto Abudo Pires, Elena Schmidt   +9 more
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Hybrid Predictive Ensembles: Synergies Between Human and Computational Forecasts

Journal of Social Computing, 2021
An increasing proportion of decisions, design choices, and predictions are being made by hybrid groups consisting of humans and artificial intelligence (AI).
Lu Hong, PJ Lamberson, Scott E Page
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Slower than it appears? A statistical representation of the evolution of gender equality in Europe

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Since the 1990s, social and media interest in gender (in)equality has spawned several synthetic measurement projects. Compared with the rest of the world, the specific characteristics of European countries and the European Union’s commitment to gender ...
Jon Olaskoaga-Larrauri, Judith Ranilla-Arija, Ernesto Cilleruelo-Carrasco   +2 more
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The Impact of Cooperation on Business Innovation in Developing Countries: Evidence from Chile Latin America

Journal of Technology Management & Innovation, 2019
There is abundant empirical evidence supporting the relationship between cooperation and innovative entrepreneurial activity, but the conversation continues to be limited to the context of developing countries.
Rodrigo Alberto Fuentes, Ariel Soto-Caro, Dusan Paredes   +2 more
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Methodologically grounded semantic analysis of large volume of chilean medical literature data applied to the analysis of medical research funding efficiency in Chile

Journal of Biomedical Semantics, 2020
Background Medical knowledge is accumulated in scientific research papers along time. In order to exploit this knowledge by automated systems, there is a growing interest in developing text mining methodologies to extract, structure, and analyze in the ...
Patricio Wolff, Sebastián Ríos, David Clavijo, Manuel Graña, Miguel Carrasco   +4 more
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Literary Destination Familiarity and Inbound Tourism: Evidence from Chinese Mainland

Journal of Social Computing, 2021
Destination familiarity is an important non-economic determinant of tourists’ destination choice that has not been adequately studied. This study posits a literary dimension to the concept of destination familiarity—that is, the extent to which tourists ...
Guodong Ju, Jiankun Liu, Guangye He, Xinyi Zhang, Fei Yan   +4 more
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The cost of implementing measles campaign in Nigeria: comparing the stand-alone and the integrated strategy

Health Economics Review, 2023
Background Effective integration, one of the seven strategic priorities of the Immunization Agenda 2030, can contribute to increasing vaccination coverage and efficiency. The objective of the study is to measure and compare input costs of “non-selective”
Anne Eudes Jean Baptiste, Jurjen Van der Schans, Samuel Bawa, Balcha Masresha, John Wagai, Joseph Oteri, Boubacar Dieng, Margaret Soyemi, Rufus Eshuchi, Yared G. Yehualashet, Oluwole Afolabi, Fiona Braka, André Bita, Eelko Hak   +13 more
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An Empiric Experience Implementing a Methodology to Improve the Entrepreneurial Support System: Creating Social Value Through Collaboration and Co-creation

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Entrepreneurs are considered an important source of innovation, acting as agents of change in developed societies. For entrepreneurs to develop, entrepreneurial ecosystems are required. These environments are complex heterogeneous systems.
Jokin Cearra, María Saiz-Santos, Jon Barrutia   +2 more
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A century of community [PDF]

, 2013
From preface: This is a story about courage in the lives of the Japanese Canadian pioneers who were some of the first settlers in the District of Lake Country, British Columbia (BC).

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Innovative Strategies Based on LCA for Wind Turbine Eco‐Design: Overcoming Barriers to Enhance Sustainability

Wind Energy
The expansion of wind energy increases its global environmental impact. While academic research has assessed the potential effects of wind turbines, it has not sufficiently addressed strategies to mitigate their impact.
Beñat Landeta‐Manzano, Iñaki Lejarreta‐Aurrekoetxea, Naiara Uriarte‐Gallastegi, German Arana‐Landín   +3 more
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