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Abstract Purpose To assess whether the joint application of hybrid iterative reconstruction (HIR) and an adaptive filter (AF) could reduce streak artifacts and improve image quality of neck‐and‐shoulder computed tomography (CT). Methods This study included 96 patients with suspicious neck lesions who underwent a routine nonenhanced scan on a 64‐slice ...
Wenfeng Jin+6 more
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Can we devise mechanisms that allow voters to express the intensity of their preferences when monetary transfers are forbidden? Can minorities be decisive over those issues they feel very strongly about? As opposed to the usual voting system (one person – one decision – one vote), we propose a voting system where each agent is endowed with a fixed ...
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Clinical commissioning of an adaptive radiotherapy platform: Results and recommendations
Abstract Online adaptive radiotherapy platforms present a unique challenge for commissioning as guidance is lacking and specialized adaptive equipment, such as deformable phantoms, are rare. We designed a novel adaptive commissioning process consisting of end‐to‐end tests using standard clinical resources.
Kelly Kisling+5 more
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Saturation in qualitative research: exploring its conceptualization and operationalization
Saturation has attained widespread acceptance as a methodological principle in qualitative research. It is commonly taken to indicate that, on the basis of the data that have been collected or analysed hitherto, further data collection and/or analysis ...
B. Saunders+7 more
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Qualitative accounts of urban commuter cycling [PDF]
Purpose ‐ The purpose of this paper is to explore the live experiences of urban commuter cycling (UCC). Design/methodology/approach ‐ In semi-structured interviews, participants described day-to-day experiences of UCC in a single English city.
McKenna, J, Whatling, M
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The stigmatisation of people with mental illness has severe negative consequences for affected individuals. As research in the context of exemplification theory (Zillmann & Brosius, 2000) shows, single-case descriptions of affected individuals (i.e ...
Michélle Möhring+2 more
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Qualitative Research: Rigour and qualitative research [PDF]
Various strategies are available within qualitative research to protect against bias and enhance the reliability of findings. This paper gives examples of the principal approaches and summarises them into a methodological checklist to help readers of reports of qualitative projects to assess the quality of the research.
Catherine Pope, Nicholas Mays
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Qualitative research and its place in psychological science [PDF]
In discussing the place of diverse qualitative research within psychological science, the authors highlight the potential permeability of the quantitative-qualitative boundary and identify different ways of increasing communication between researchers ...
Gough, B, Madill, A
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AbstractBackground and aimsThis narrative review aims to highlight key insights from qualitative research on drug use and drug users by profiling a selection of classic works.MethodsConsensus methods were used to identify and select four papers published in 1938, 1969, 1973 and 1984 considered to be classics.ResultsThese landmark qualitative studies ...
Maher, L, Dertadian, G
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