Total Acceptance Rate Research Articles

Adoption of quick response codes as a digital microlearning tool among clinical nurses: a quasi-experimental study.

The rapid growth of technology forced enormous changes in the provision of healthcare services. Different strategies are used to keep nurses up to date with rapid changes in health systems. Microlearning is one of the new methods of teaching professional skills to health workers. This method is effective in care settings that have many limitations in terms of time and place. However, it is very important to test the acceptability of this method among nurses before practical measures are taken for its widespread use. This study aimed to determine nurses' acceptance rate of quick response code as a microlearning tool in workplace. This is a cross-sectional study was conducted in medical and surgical wards in hospitals affiliated to Guilan University of Medical Sciences. 185 nurses participated in the study. A number of selected medical devices were labeled with quick response codes containing educational content. The eligible nurses were instructed how to use the QR codes. After two months, they were asked to complete a questionnaire adapted from the technology acceptance model 3. SPSS 21 software was used to analyze the data. 166 nurses and 19 head nurses with mean age of 34.26 ± 8.17 years and mean work experience of 10.46 ± 7.64 years completed the questionnaires. Most participants were female, married, with a bachelor's degree, worked on rotating shifts, in medical wards. The findings showed that the acceptance of the quick response code as a learning tool was at a moderate level (M = 66.1, SD = 16.6). Statistically, there was no significant relationship between nurses' demographic characteristics and the total acceptance rate (P > 0.05). However, the analyses at the multivariate level, using multiple linear regression, showed a significant superiority of the total acceptance score in head nurses compared to nurses (b = 7.97, P = 0.047) and in nurses who had previous experience of using quick response codes, compared to colleagues without such experience (b = 5.18, P = 0.036). Based on the coefficient of determination, only 6.1% of the changes in the total acceptance score of quick response codes of nurses are explained by their personal-occupational characteristics (R2 = 0.061). The provision of QR code requirements such as necessary infrastructure and training by the health authorities could increase the acceptance of this tool as a microlearning measure.

Simultaneous catheter and multicriteria optimization for HDR cervical cancer brachytherapy with a complex intracavity/interstitial applicator.

Complex intracavity and interstitial (IC/IS) applicators, such as the Venezia applicator, can improve the HR-CTV coverage while adequately protecting organs at risk in the treatment of cervical cancer with high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy. Although the Venezia applicator offers more choice for catheter selection, commercially available catheter and dose optimization algorithms are still missing for complex applicators. Moreover, studies on catheter and dose optimization for IC/IS implants in the treatment of cervical cancer are stilllimited. This work aims to combine a GPU-based multi-criteria optimization (gMCO) algorithm with a sparse catheter (SC) optimization algorithm for the Veneziaapplicator. Fifty-eight cervical cancer patients who received 28 Gy in 4 fx of HDR brachytherapy with the Venezia applicator (combination to external beam radiation therapy) are retrospectively revisited. The modelization of the applicator is done by virtually reconstructing all the IS catheters passing through the ring. Template catheters are reconstructed using an in-house python script. To perform simultaneous MCO and SC optimization (SC+MCO), the objective function includes aggregated dose objectives in a weighted sum and a group sparsity term that individually penalizes the contribution of IS catheters. Plans generated with the SC+MCO algorithm are compared with plans generated with MCO using clinical catheters (CC+MCO) and the clinical plans (CP). The EMBRACE II soft constraints (planning aims) and hard constraints (limits for prescribed dose) are used as plan evaluationcriteria. CC+MCO gives the most important gain with an increase up to 20.7% in meeting all EMBRACE II soft constraints compared with CP. The SC+MCO algorithm (adding catheter optimization to MCO) provides a second order increase (up to 12.1% with total acceptance rate of 60.3% or 35/58) in the acceptance rate versus CC+MCO (total increase of 32.8% vs. CP). Acceptance rate in EMBRACE II hard constraints is 98.3% (57/58) for both CC+MCO and SC+MCO versus 91.4% (53/58) for CP. The median SC+MCO optimization time is 11s to generate a total of 5000 Pareto-optimal plans with different catheter configurations (position and number) for eachfraction. Simultaneous catheter and MCO optimization is clinically feasible for HDR cervical cancer brachytherapy using the Venezia applicator. Clinical catheter configurations could be improved and/or the catheter number could be reduced without decreasing plan quality using SC+MCO compared with theCP.

Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccine in the University of Port Harcourt Community

Background: Vaccine acceptance is one thing that must be achieved before the masses can volunteer to be vaccinated. Vaccine acceptance is defined as the individual or group's decision to accept or refuse when presented with an opportunity to vaccinate. Acceptance can be active (adherence by an informed public that perceives the benefit of and needs for a vaccine) or passive (compliance by a public that defers to recommendations and social pressure). It will not be out of place to state that the University of Port Harcourt will not be spared in the distribution of the cases as such if no drastic action for vaccination is taken. Therefore, vaccine acceptance is essential. Hence, this study was done to survey the acceptance of the covid-19 vaccine amongst the lecturers and teachers in the University community. 
 Materials and Methods: The study was cross-sectional carried out at the University of Port Harcourt in Rivers State. The study population was the public tertiary institutions in Rivers State which comprised only the teaching staff. The sample size used for the study was four hundred and sixty persons calculated using the Taro Yamane formula for a population less than ten thousand; the sampling technique used was simple random sampling. The data collection tool used for the study was a self-structured closed-ended questionnaire. 
 Results and Discussions: The results of the study showed that the acceptance rate of COVID 19 vaccine by the UPWA staff members was 7.4%, UNIPORT lecturers was 8.7%, and UDSS staff members were 9.1%. The UDSS staff members had the highest level of acceptance. The total acceptance rate for COVID 19 vaccine in this population was 25.2%. The difference in the proportion is statistically significant at p<0.001. 
 Conclusions: The comparison of the variables showed that age category, occupation, sex, marital status, educational level, and insurance were all statistically significant (p=0.001) with the acceptance COVID 19 vaccine by UPWA staff, UNIPORT staff members and UDSS staff. The result showed that about a quarter of the sampled population was willing to take the vaccine. This study recommends the intensification of a campaign that is geared towards enhancing COVID 19 vaccine acceptance and uptake.

Acceptance of seasonal influenza vaccination and associated factors among pregnant women in the context of COVID-19 pandemic in China: a multi-center cross-sectional study based on health belief model

BackgroundSeasonal influenza can circulate in parallel with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in winter. In the context of COVID-19 pandemic, the risk of co-infection and the burden it poses on healthcare system calls for timely influenza vaccination among pregnant women, who are the priority population recommended for vaccination. We aimed to evaluate the acceptance of influenza vaccination and associated factors among pregnant women during COVID-19 pandemic, provide evidence to improve influenza vaccination among pregnant women, help reduce the risk of infection and alleviate the burden of healthcare system for co-infected patients.MethodsWe conducted a multi-center cross-sectional study among pregnant women in China. Sociodemographic characteristics, health status, knowledge on influenza, attitude towards vaccination, and health beliefs were collected. Locally weighted scatterplot smoothing regression analysis was used to evaluate the trends in the acceptance of influenza vaccine. Logistic regression was applied to identify factors associated with vaccination acceptance.ResultsThe total acceptance rate was 76.5% (95%CI: 74.8–78.1%) among 2568 pregnant women enrolled. Only 8.3% of the participants had a history of seasonal influenza vaccination. In the logistic regression model, factors associated with the acceptance of influenza vaccine were western region, history of influenza vaccination, high knowledge of influenza infection and vaccination, high level of perceived susceptibility, perceived benefit, cues to action and low level of perceived barriers. Among 23.5% of the participants who had vaccine hesitancy, 48.0% of them were worried about side effect, 35.6% of them lacked confidence of vaccine safety.ConclusionsOur findings highlighted that tailored strategies and publicity for influenza vaccination in the context of COVID-19 pandemic are warranted to reduce pregnant women’s concerns, improve their knowledge, expand vaccine uptake and alleviate pressure for healthcare system.

Holu: Power-Aware and Delay-Constrained VNF Placement and Chaining

Service function chains (SFCs) are an ordered set of virtual network functions (VNFs) which can realize a specific network service. Enabled by virtualization technologies, these VNFs are hosted on physical machines (PMs), and interconnected by network switches. In today networks, these resources are usually under-utilized and/or over-provisioned, resulting in power-inefficient deployments. To improve power-efficiency, SFCs should be deployed utilizing the minimum number of PMs and network equipment, which are not concomitant. Considering the existing PM and switch power consumption models and their resource constraints, we formulate the power-aware and delay-constrained joint VNF placement and routing (PD-VPR) problem as an Integer Linear Program (ILP). Due to the NP-completeness of the problem, we propose <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Holu</i> , a fast heuristic framework that efficiently solves the PD-VPR problem in an online manner. Specifically, <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Holu</i> decomposes the PD-VPR into two sub-problems and solve them sequentially: <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">i)</i> a <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">VNF placement</i> problem that consists of mapping the VNFs to PMs using a centrality-based ranking method, and <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">ii)</i> a <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">routing</i> problem that efficiently splits the delay budget between consecutive VNFs of the SFC, and finds a Delay-Constrained Least-Cost (DCLC) shortest-path through the selected PMs (hosting VNFs) using the Lagrange Relaxation based Aggregated Cost (LARAC) algorithm. Our simulation results indicate that <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Holu</i> outperforms the state-of-the-art algorithms in terms of total power consumption and acceptance rate by 24.7% and 31%, respectively.

Evaluation of lower facial esthetics in females with different skeletal patterns

Objective: To evaluate lower facial profile in females in different skeletal patterns. Methods: Investigation pictures of three females with beautiful lower facial profiles from Department of Orthodontics, Henan Stomatological Hospital were collected. The skeletal patterns of these females were classified as average, low and high angle, respectively.Upper lip process point (UL) was moved backwards horizontally to reach towards the E line and go even further gradually in above pictures. The distance changed according to E line was defined as DE value. If UL was in front of E line,DE value was denoted as positive, or else negative. Collectively, we obtained 30 pictures (10 pictures in each skeletal facial type) with different DE values (-5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 mm), which were divided into average, low and high angle group according to the skeletal facial type. The pictures were evaluated by 144 randomly-selected adult orthodontic patients [66 males, 78 females, aged (29.4±7.7) years] who visited Department of Orthodontics, Henan Stomatological Hospital from June to September, 2019 and 138 orthodontists (including qualified orthodontists and postgraduate orthodontic students [60 males, 78 females, aged (32.2±7.1) years] who participated orthodontics conferences in Henan Stomatological Hospital in June, 2019. The acceptance rate was calculated and rate above 60% was deemed as acceptable DE range. Evaluators were also asked to choose the most esthetic profiles for the best DE value in each skeletal facial type.Data discrepancy was analyzed using Kruskal-Wallis analysis and chi-square test. Results: Most accepted DE was -2 mm among total investigators including orthodonticpatients and orthodontists. There was no difference in total acceptance rate between orthodontists and patients (P>0.05). There was statistic difference in total acceptance rate in different skeletal patterns between orthodontic patients and orthodontists (P<0.05). In total investigators, total acceptance rate was 62.1% (1 752/2 820) in average angle group, 55.4%(1 563/2 820) in high angle group and 33.5%(946/2 820) in low angle group, respectively. Acceptable DE range in three facial types was -4~2 mm (average angle), -2~2 mm (high angle) and -2~-1 mm (low angle), respectively. Conclusions: According to the evaluation of both orthodontic patients and orthodontists, the best DE was-2 mm.Total acceptance rate and acceptable DE range ranked first in average angle group, second in high angle group and third in low angle group.

Potential factors of specialists' willingness to write editorial and commentary: a retrospective study based on 5,091 invitations.

Editorials and commentaries (E/C) are common article categories and usually solicited by editors in many journals. However, not all experts accept invitation for an E/C essay for a variety of reasons. We conducted this study to explore the potential influence factors contributing whether an invitation to write E/C is accepted by a specialist. Data of invited E/C from all journals of AME Publishing Company between January 1st, 2018 and December 31st, 2018 were retrospectively identified and consecutively collected. Acceptance of writing E/C from experts was recorded as "positive", while acceptance without submission, refusal, or no response, were all recorded as "negative". Factors that could potentially affect invitation acceptance were generally categorized as being related to three areas: original studies, inviting journals, and experts. A total of 5,091 invitations were sent to 4,788 experts from 79 different countries or areas to write E/C on 695 research papers from 43 journals, with a total positive acceptance rate of 18.88%. Greece (40.54%), India (36.8%), and Brazil (35.42%) were the top three countries for acceptance rate. Surgeons (surgeons 23.80% vs. non-surgeons 17.05%; P<0.001) and oncologists (oncologists 22.57% vs. non-oncologists 17.58%; P=0.029) were more likely to accept the E/C invitations. The acceptance rate decreased with the increasing number of published articles of an expert (P=0.005). The acceptance rate was the highest (28.03%) when an inviting journal was indexed in both SCIE and PubMed. ABS, VATS and JTD ranked as the top three journals with the highest invitation acceptance rate. The impact factor of journals on which original papers were published had a negative correlation with the invitation acceptance rate (P=0.015). Database-related studies had the highest acceptance rate (21.66%), while translational (16.49%) and basic studies (16.56%) had a significantly lower acceptance rate among all study types. Original studies, inviting journals, and expert-related factors were all influence factors on the acceptance rate/willingness to write of E/C from invitations.

Analysis of submitted abstracts for the American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Surgery, National Conference (AAP SoSU)

PurposeIn this study, we characterized the topics and type of research performed for abstracts submitted to the AAP SoSU national conferences from 2010–2013. MethodsAll abstracts submitted to the AAP SoSU Program Committee from 2010–2013 were analyzed. Abstracts were classified as basic science, clinical, domestic, international, as well as by disease processes, single, multicenter, retrospective, prospective, registry data, or other. ResultsFrom 2010–2013, 709 abstracts were submitted (2010 — 163, 2011 — 166, 2012 — 208, 2013 — 172), of which 349 were accepted (49% total acceptance rate (AR)). 17% represented basic science studies (74% AR), while 592 (84%) were clinical studies (44% AR). By disease state, CDH (57 abstracts, 70.2% AR), appendicitis (53 abstracts, 43% AR), and NEC (39 abstracts, 56% AR) were the most common. Most clinical abstracts (63%) were single-center retrospective reviews, 13% were large data registries, <5% were prospective studies, and only 5 abstracts were randomized controlled trials. ConclusionsThe AAP SoSU abstract submission data demonstrate a wide variety of research studies spanning the entirety of our field. Basic science studies have a higher AR than clinical studies, and the topics of CDH, appendicitis, and NEC continue to be the most popular areas of study.

Oral nutritional supplements intake and nutritional status among inpatients admitted in a tertiary hospital.

Malnutrition is very common in hospitals and inpatients with prescription of oral nutritional supplementation have improvement of the nutritional status. To detect the total acceptance rate and a possible association between oral nutritional supplements intake and nutritional status. A cross-sectional study was carried out among 398 inpatients. Fifteen types of supplements were analyzed and nutritional status was detected by Subjective Global Assessment (SGA). Rest-ingestion index (RI) was obtained and Modified Poisson's regression was used to detect associations between nutritional status and intake of nutritional supplements. The prevalence of malnutrition was 43.7% and overall acceptance of supplements was around 75%. Industrialized supplements have better acceptance among well-nourished inpatients and patients who ate less than 80% of the supplement offered (industrialized or homemade) had higher risk for malnutrition (48%). There was an association between oral nutritional supplements intake and nutritional status, despite the good acceptance rate.

The JAMA Peer Review Report for 2002

W E HEREBY THANK THE 3443 PEER REVIEWERS WHO completed JAMA manuscript reviews in 2002 and whose names appear on pages 763-776. In 2002, it took an average of 36 calendar days from manuscript receipt to rejection, 124 days from receipt to acceptance, and 178 days from receipt to publication. A mean of 21 days was required for peer review; each reviewer handled an average of 2 manuscripts. Forty-five percent of the 4615 manuscripts we received were sent for external peer review. Fifty-three percent of manuscripts were rejected without external review. Two percent of accepted manuscripts (mostly invited editorials) did not have external review. The total acceptance rate for manuscripts in 2002 was 11%, and the acceptance rate for unsolicited manuscripts was 7%.

The JAMA Peer Review Report for 2001

WE THANK THE 3483 PEER REVIEWERS WHO COMpleted JAMA manuscript reviews in 2001 and whose names appear on pages 901-914. In 2001, it took an average of 40 calendar days from manuscript receipt to rejection; 115 days from receipt to acceptance; and 162 days from receipt to publication. A mean of 23 days was required for peer review. Fifty-six percent of the 4189 manuscripts we received were sent for external peer review. Forty-two percent of manuscripts were rejected without external review. Two percent of accepted manuscripts (mostly invited editorials and cover stories) did not have external review. The total acceptance rate for manuscripts in 2001 was 12%, and the acceptance rate for unsolicited manuscripts was 8%.

The JAMA Peer Review Report for 2000

WE HEREBY THANK THE3613PEER REVIEWERS WHO completed JAMA manuscript reviews in 2000 andwhosenamesappearonpages1078-1092. In 2000, it took an average of 44 calendar days from manuscript receipt to rejection; 117 days from receipt to acceptance; and 182 days from receipt to publication. A mean of 24 days was required for peer review; each reviewer handled an average of 2 manuscripts. Fifty-six percent of the 4366 manuscripts we received were sent for external peer review. Forty-two percent of manuscripts were rejected without external review. Two percent of accepted manuscripts (mostly invited editorials) did not have external review. The total acceptance rate for manuscripts in 2000 was 11%, and the acceptance rate for unsolicited manuscripts was 7%.

The JAMA 1998 Editorial Peer Review Audit

Elaine S. Williams WE HEREBY THANK THE 3555 PEER REVIEWERS WHO completed JAMA manuscript reviews in 1998 and whose names appear on the following pages. In 1998, it took an average of 43 calendar days from manuscript receipt to rejection; 120 days from receipt to acceptance; and 180 days from receipt to publication. The total acceptance rate for manuscripts in 1998 was 15%, and the acceptance rate for unsolicited manuscripts was 9%.

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We hereby thank the 3043 peer reviewers who completed JAMA manuscript reviews in 1995 and whose names appear on pages 813-820. In 1995, it took a median of 24 calendar days from manuscript receipt to rejection, 78 days from receipt to acceptance, and 162 days from receipt to publication. A mean of 26 days was required for peer review; each reviewer handled a mean of 1.6 manuscripts. Fifty percent of the 3970 manuscripts we received in 1995 were sent for external peer review, most often to three reviewers. Forty-five percent of manuscripts were rejected without external review. Six percent of accepted manuscripts (mostly invited editorials and cover stories) did not have external review. The total acceptance rate for manuscripts in 1995 was 15.8%, and the acceptance rate for unsolicited manuscripts was 8.6%. Please see p 813 for the list of the 1995 JAMA peer reviewers.

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We hereby thank the 2952 peer reviewers who completed JAMA manuscript reviews in 1993 and whose names appear on pages 1127-1133. In 1993, it took a median of 16 calendar days from manuscript receipt to rejection, 86 days from receipt to acceptance, and 161 days from receipt to publication. A mean of 26 days was required for peer review; each reviewer handled a mean of 1.9 manuscripts. Forty-five percent of the 4103 manuscripts we received in 1993 were sent for outside review, most often to three reviewers. Forty-nine percent of manuscripts were rejected without outside review, and 6% were accepted without outside review (mostly invited editorials and cover stories). The total acceptance rate for manuscripts in 1993 was 15.9%, and the acceptance rate for unsolicited manuscripts was 10.4%. Please see p 1127 for the complete 1993 peer reviewers list.

Confidence limits on the branching order of phylogenetic trees.

We describe a confidence test for branching order that can aid protein phylogeny reconstruction as well as the evaluation of the optimal tree. It is proposed that the process resulting in the observed amino acid residue differences, which is the basis for the identification of the order and relative times of divergence events, is appropriately described by a modification of the negative binomial distribution. The relative total numbers of mutations (accepted and nonaccepted), which result in a given number of amino acid differences, may be obtained as the expectation of this distribution. The associated variances enable significant differences in tree branching order to be established. If the total rates of mutation of the genes encoding the compared proteins are equal, the expected total mutations and their associated variances map identically to their relative times of divergence. In addition, significantly different rates of change (due to differences in total mutation rate and/or acceptance rate) may be identified without the requirement of outlying reference group. The method is equally applicable to phylogenies derived from DNA or RNA sequence information.

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ABSTRACT We hereby thank the 2927 peer reviewers who completed JAMA article reviews in 1992 and whose names appear on pages 1321-1327. Our efforts to make the process more efficient have again resulted in stable or reduced median turnaround times. In 1992, it took a median of 12 calendar days from manuscript receipt to rejection; 81 days from receipt to acceptance; and 162 days from receipt to publication. Of this time, a mean of 26 days was required for the peer reviewers; each reviewer handled a mean of 1.9 manuscripts. Forty-six percent of manuscripts were sent for outside review, most often to three reviewers. Forty-seven percent of manuscripts were rejected without outside review, and 6% were accepted without outside review (mostly invited editorials and cover stories). The total acceptance rate for major manuscripts in 1992 was 17.5%, and the acceptance rate for unsolicited manuscripts was 11.3%.Please see p 1321 for

Thank You to Our 1991 Peer Reviewers

We hereby thank the 2624 peer reviewers who completed JAMA article reviews in 1991 and whose names appear on pages 2089-2095. Due to advances in electronic publishing, we have continued to decrease the median turnaround time for the various steps in the editing and publishing process. In 1991, it took a median of 12 days from receipt to rejection; 82 days from receipt to acceptance; and 163 days from receipt to publication. Of this time, a mean of 26 days was devoted to the peer-review process, with each reviewer handling a mean of 1.9 manuscripts per year. Forty-five percent of manuscripts were sent for outside review, most often to 3 reviewers. Forty-eight percent of manuscripts were rejected without outside review, and 6.8% of manuscripts were accepted without outside review (mostly invited editorials and cover stories). The total acceptance rate for major manuscripts was 18.3%, and the unsolicited manuscript acceptance rate

Contraceptive Users in Rural Bangladesh: A Time Trend Analysis

An examination of the characteristics of contraceptive acceptors in a family planning program in rural Bangladesh revealed trends of declining age and number of living children among new acceptors. A time series analysis of the age-specific acceptance rates confirmed the observation, indicating that over time the program succeeded in attracting younger and low-parity women. The high use prevalence rates resulted in fertility levels that were 25 percent lower in the program area than in the comparison area. The decline in the fertility levels during the first program year was mainly due to a large decline in fertility among women over age 35, but in the second year, the contribution made by women 30-35 years old was substantial.

Measuring acceptances in a family planning program: the decomposition of rates by eligibility criteria

Acceptance rates in family planning programs can be broken into components useful in analyzing programs and in evaluating success. In almost any program some couples can be defined as "ineligible" on the basis of alternative criteria. (Sterilized couples are an obvious example.) Then, the total acceptance rate can be initially separated into two components-the proportion eligible and the acceptance rate among the eligible. If some of those initially defined as ineligible become acceptors, there is a third component-the ratio of all acceptances to acceptances among the eligible only. These various components can be used to analyze the basis for varying acceptance rates between different strata of a population.