1. Experiences and perceptions of a 12-week combined exercise and dietary supplement program for individuals with knee osteoarthritis : a qualitative focus group studyTina Čeh, Jernej Završnik, Nejc Šarabon, Mirko Prosen, 2026, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: Background Exercise program and dietary supplements are commonly used in the conservative management of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) and have both been shown to reduce pain and improve physical function. Combining these approaches may offer additive benefits or introduce specific adherence challenges from the patient perspective. The combination of structured exercise with dietary supplements remains underexplored, especially through qualitative approaches. This study aims to investigate the lived experiences, perceived benefits, challenges, and motivational factors among participants of a targeted exercise program combined with dietary supplementation. Methods A qualitative study design with three focus group was used to explore participants overall experiences, motivational factors, and barriers to participation immediately after program. The sample included 16 older adults with KOA (Kellgren–Lawrence grade 1–3, 14 women and 2 men). Two moderators facilitated each focus group using topic guide. Data were analysed using inductive thematic analysis. Results Six main themes were identified: (1) recognized effects of exercise, (2) motivators and barriers to exercise, (3) group exercise and its impact on daily life, (4) recognized health care limitations, (5) experiences and practices of dietary supplement use, and (6) perspectives on program continuation and expansion. Conclusions Participants’ experiences with the combined exercise and dietary supplementation program for KOA highlighted the importance of social support, professional guidance, and self-motivation. Barriers included physical limitations, time constraints, and psychological challenges, while reported benefits included reduced pain, improved mood, and enhanced social engagement. Participants’ tendency to perceive exercise and supplementation as separate components indicates that, in practice, combined interventions may function as parallel rather than integrated strategies unless explicitly framed and supported as a unified approach
Ključne besede: knee osteoarthritis, exercise program, dietary supplements, qualitative study, physical rehabilitation, patient experience, motivation
Objavljeno v RUP: 21.02.2026; Ogledov: 243; Prenosov: 1
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2. Qualitative control learning can be much faster than reinforcement learningDomen Šoberl, Ivan Bratko, 2025, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: Reinforcement learning has emerged as a prominent method for controlling dynamic systems in the absence of a precise mathematical model. However, its reliance on extensive interactions with the environment often leads to prolonged training periods. In this paper, we propose an alternative approach to learning control policies that focuses on learning qualitative models and uses symbolic planning to derive a qualitative plan for the control task, which is executed by an adaptive reactive controller. We conduct experiments utilizing our approach on the cart-pole problem, a standard benchmark in dynamic system control. We additionally extend this problem domain to include uneven terrains, such as driving over craters or hills, to assess the robustness of learned controllers. Our results indicate that qualitative learning offers significant advantages over reinforcement learning in terms of sample efficiency, transferability, and interpretability. We demonstrate that our proposed approach is at least two orders of magnitude more sample efficient in the cart-pole domain than the usual variants of reinforcement learning.
Ključne besede: qualitative modeling, qualitative reasoning, qualitative control, transfer learning
Objavljeno v RUP: 07.08.2025; Ogledov: 748; Prenosov: 17
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4. The valorisation of olive mill wastewater from Slovenian Istria by Fe[sub]3O[sub]4 particles to recover polyphenolic compounds for the chemical specialties sectorKelly Peeters, Ana Miklavčič Višnjevec, Esakkiammal Sudha Esakkimuthu, Matthew Schwarzkopf, Črtomir Tavzes, 2021, izvirni znanstveni članek Ključne besede: polyphenolic compounds, olive mill wastewater, extraction techniques, Fe3O4 particles, magnetic collection, adsorption and desorption, quantitative and qualitative analysis
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8. Parents' experiences of suicide-bereavement : a qualitative study at 6 and 12 months after lossVictoria Ross, Kairi Kölves, Lisa Kunde, Diego De Leo, 2018, izvirni znanstveni članek Ključne besede: suicide-bereavement, parents, sense-making, meaning-making, coping, qualitative
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9. Interactions between youth and mental health professionals : The Youth Aware of Mental health (YAM) program experienceCamilla Wasserman, Vita Poštuvan, Dana Herta, Miriam Iosue, Peeter Värnik, Vladimir Carli, 2018, izvirni znanstveni članek Ključne besede: mental health, youth, suicide, qualitative, interaction
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