Although indicators are commonly used to measure/assess urban quality of life (QOL), there is no consensus in the literature on the core indicators of urban QOL. This paper aims to identify a set of key indicators that will be used to assess/measure...
To cope with biodiversity and climate change challenges, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) needs to emphasize knowledge that considers multiple perspectives. Optimizing teacher education requires knowledge about the prerequisites of student...
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) plays a key role in Sustainable Development. In low-income countries like Madagascar, this key role is particularly relevant to primary education. However, the curricula lack a comprehensive ESD approach th...
Organic farming is an agricultural production system that combines tradition, innovation, and science to provide high-quality food, benefit the shared environment, and promote fair relationships and a good quality of life for all involved. It is a su...
With the advancement of human science and technology, the continuous increase in the construction and functional improvement of campus buildings and school teaching infrastructure cannot avoid adverse impacts on the overall environment. Therefore, su...
Our aim was to assess the opinion of a panel of experts and obtain a consensus on the management of endometrial cancer in France and French Switzerland. A Delphi survey was carried out among a panel of French and French-speaking Swiss experts. The fi...
The opportunities for data collection in smart cities and communities provide new approaches for assessing risk of roadway components. This paper presents and compares two different methodological approaches for cycling safety assessment of objective...
This scoping review was conducted under the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) framework. It included primary studies published until 30 April 2023, obtained through a systematic search across PubMed, Web of Science, CINAHL, and MEDLINE databases. The rev...
9 July 2020
Evidence for recommendations concerning the resumption of activities of daily life, including work and sport, after knee arthroplasty is lacking. Therefore, recommendations vary considerably between hospitals and healthcare professionals. We aimed to...
Background: Second-generation thrombopoietin receptor agonists (TPO-RAs) are emerging as the new standard for managing thrombocytopenia (TCP) in patients with chronic liver diseases (CLDs) undergoing scheduled procedures. However, practical guidance...
Idiopathic condylar resorption (ICR), though a rare event, is associated with severe detrimental sequelae for the patient. To date, the etiology remains unknown, and treatment strategies are highly controversial. Therefore, the aim of this study is t...
Information and communication technologies (ICT) have allowed the modification of many research methods based on communication. One of them is the Delphi method, especially e-Delphi. The two main areas of application of the Delphi method are traditio...
Introduction: Surgical site infections (SSIs) and prosthetic joint infections remain among the most serious complications in orthopedic surgery, and chemical debridement is recommended for all septic revisions. The combination of polyhexanide (PHMB)...
Early and accurate diagnosis of Gaucher disease, a rare, autosomal recessive condition characterized by hepatosplenomegaly, thrombocytopenia, and anemia, is essential to facilitate earlier decision-making and prevent unnecessary tests and procedures....
Background: Our research hypothesis was that most French indicators of quality of care have been validated by experts who are not clinicians and might not always be meaningful for clinicians. Our objective was to define a core set of measurable indic...
The smart city concept has entered the public debate over the last decade as a concept for the development of urban space for the efficiency, improvement and availability of public and private services and sustainability. The Business Models Canvas i...
Most research on Initial Public Offering (IPO) focuses on the financial aspects of a company; previous research on corporate governance tended to focus on factors that influence the company proceeding with IPO. Few researchers studied the aspect of l...
In this paper, a novel method is presented to estimate the parameters of the SPICE-like multi-domain model of light-emitting diode (LED) chips developed and proposed by the Delphi4LED project. The proposed estimation algorithm employs a modified Neld...
Surgery is the primary component of curative treatment for patients with rectal cancer. However, patients with a clinical complete response (cCR) after neo-adjuvant treatment may avoid the morbidity and mortality of radical surgery. An organ-sparing...
In response to the growing need for decarbonization in the maritime industry, identifying and prioritizing environmentally responsible shipboard behaviors has become increasingly important. This study proposes an integrated Delphi–Interval Type...
Background: Vaccine developers in China have made an increasing number of infectious diseases preventable through vaccination. An appropriate decision-making procedure is necessary for making wise decisions on whether to introduce new vaccines into t...
Delphi multi-round survey is a procedure that has been widely and successfully used to aggregate experts’ opinions about some previously established statements or questions. Such opinions are usually expressed as real numbers and some commentaries. T...
Objectives: The aim was to assess the content validity of a new field test on general and soccer-specific motor skills before return to play. Methods: The RONDO-TEST was assessed by a Delphi panel for its content validity. It included a survey to eva...
Background: Hirschsprung disease (HD) is associated with substantial postoperative morbidity, particularly due to Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis (HAEC), despite definitive surgical treatment. Postoperative outcomes may vary according to the le...
30 May 2020
Proper teaching of the technical skills necessary to perform a medical procedure begins with its breakdown into its constituent steps. Currently available methodologies require substantial resources and their results may be biased. Therefore, it is d...
Excessive levels of bacteria impede wound healing and can lead to infectious complications. Unfortunately, clinical signs and symptoms of elevated bacterial burden are often unreliable. As a result, point--of--care fluorescence imaging, used to detec...
This study addresses the limited campus-specific operationalization of attention restoration theory and the insufficient empirical validation of perceptual factors in university settings. It aims to identify key perceptual factors influencing attenti...
Public-sector organisations must often commit to AI adoption decisions before longitudinal performance data are available to inform them. This study introduces and preliminarily demonstrates a Delphi–PERT–Monte Carlo framework for probabi...
This study aims to propose design strategies for low environmental impact (low-EI) housing in the tropics while incorporating user needs to increase its acceptance in the market. The Fuzzy Delphi method (FDM) is adopted initially to draw the user nee...
28 September 2022
Introduction: The main objective of this study is to validate the PIPP-R scale (Premature Infant Pain Profile-Revised) for measuring neonatal pain in the Spanish hospital setting. Materials and Methods: The original scale will be translated from Engl...
Background: The availability of a number of agents that are efficacious in patients with metastatic prostate cancer (mPC) has led to them being used sequentially, and this has prolonged patient survival. However, in order to maximize their efficacy,...
Assessing sustainability in ecotourism destinations remains challenging due to the multidimensional interactions among environmental, socio-cultural, educational, and managerial factors. Existing assessment approaches often focus on isolated sustaina...
Recently, there has been increasing interest in methodological aspects of advanced imaging, including the role of guidelines, recommendations, and experts’ consensus, the practice of self-referral, and the risk of diagnostic procedure overuse. In a r...
Background: The objective of this work was to support the implementation of the European Health Technology Assessment Regulation (EU HTAR) and optimize performance of the evolving EU HTA system. Therefore, an inclusive multi-stakeholder framework of...
Public procurement accounts for almost 20% of Spain’s gross domestic product (GDP). The current legislation allows for the inclusion of social considerations in contracting processes, hence the interest of this study, which defines the procedur...
(1) Background: High-level evidence on antithrombotic therapy after infrainguinal arterial bypass surgery in specific clinical scenarios is lacking. (2) Methods: A modified Delphi procedure was used to develop consensus statements. Experts voted on a...
14 November 2017
Being able to identify socially frail older adults is essential for designing interventions and policy and for the prediction of health outcomes, both on the level of individual older adults and of the population. The aim of the present study was to...
Growing competition in the global market imposes the need for adequate planning of transportation processes and development of intermodal transport networks, whereby intermodal terminals play a key role. This paper proposes a methodology for prioriti...
Introduction: The use of total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA) has been well established as an anaesthetic technique over the last few decades. Significant variation in practice exists however, and volatile agents are still commonly used. This study a...
This study proposes a standards-based Reference AI Business Model Canvas (Reference AI-BMC) that translates the use-case descriptors of ISO/IEC TR 24030 into the nine blocks of the Business Model Canvas, addressing the lack of a structured translatio...
Background: Pediatric liver surgery is a complex and challenging procedure and can be associated with major complications, including mortality. Best practices are not established. The aims of this study were to evaluate surgeons’ individual and...
Background/Objectives: Physician shortages increasingly challenge the provision of medical care at mass gathering events. Telemedicine may expand the treatment capabilities of Emergency medical technician intermediates (EMT-I), but the extent to whic...
Background: This study examines the systemic barriers constraining the development of India’s shipbuilding industry and identifies leverage points for effective policy intervention. Methods: A mixed-methods design was adopted, combining the Del...
Distributed photovoltaic (PV) systems are increasingly important for renewable-energy transformation, prosumer participation, and low-emission electricity markets. However, failures affecting inverters, DC-side components, connectors, protection devi...
Background and Objectives: Degenerative aortic stenosis has become the most common primary valve lesion referred for intervention, with thousands of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) procedures being performed annually. To date, there ar...
Many quality indicators for appropriate antibiotic use have been developed. We aimed to make a systematic inventory, including the development methodology and validation procedures, of currently available quality indicators (QIs) for appropriate anti...
This study developed a multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) framework to prioritize sites and types of low impact development (LID) practices. This framework was systemized as a web-based system coupled with the Storm Water Management Model (SWMM)...
Background: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used in clinical medicine, yet their ability to interpret advanced intraoperative hemodynamic monitoring—particularly in the context of liver transplantation—remains largely unexpl...
Background: Robotic liver resections (RLRs) are rapidly expanding, yet the association between the learning curve, procedural complexity, and outcomes at intermediate-volume centers remains poorly defined. We evaluated the learning-curve trajectory a...
The knowledge of the English language is fundamental for the application of evidence-based practice. Hence, this study explores, through an online survey, the (1) perceived and (2) actual level of Scientific English among Italian undergraduate (UGs)...
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