Effectiveness of direct patient outreach with a narrative naloxone and overdose prevention video to patients prescribed long-term opioid therapy in the USA: the Naloxone Navigator... by Jason M Glanz, Ingrid A Binswanger, Shane R Mueller, Komal J Narwaney, Nicole M Wagner, Stanley Xu, Courtney R Kraus, Kris Wain, Sheila Botts

“…Over an 8-month follow-up, opioid risk behaviour was assessed with the Opioid-Related Behaviours in Treatment survey instrument, and overdose and naloxone knowledge was measured with the Prescription Opioid Overdose Knowledge Scale after viewing the video at baseline. …”
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Development and validation of the Information Literacy Measurement Scale (ILMS-34) in Chinese public health practitioners by Hui Li, Ke-Ying Li, Xia-Rong Hu, Xuan Hong, Yan-Ting He, Hua-Wei Xiong, Yi-Li Zhang

“…Conclusion The ILMS-34 is a multidimensional instrument with good psychometric properties and can be used as an effective tool to measure information literacy among PHPs. …”
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Hubungan Merokok dengan Kejadian Hipertensi pada Laki-Laki Usia 35-65 Tahun di Kota Padang by Yashinta Octavian Gita Setyanda, Delmi Sulastri, Yuniar Lestari

“…There were 92 subjects who were taken by multi-stage random sampling. The instruments of this research were questionnaire for data of respondents and smoking habit characteristics, also sphygmomanometer for blood pressure measurements. …”
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University students’ ambition levels and vocational tendencies associated with common culture by H. A. Danaa, M. M. Al-mzary, W. N. Halasa, L. M. Obeidat, M. A. Rababah, M. Kh. Al-Alawneh

“…The authors developed a study instrument which was divided into ambition level 10 items. …”
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Stratified Assessment of Urban Low-Carbon Travel Potential by Keyuan DING, Yan ZHANG, Xu ZHOU, Hai-Xu GUO, Ran PENG

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Hypothyroidism is Not Associated with Keratoconus Disease: Analysis of 626 Subjects by Zsuzsa Flaskó, Elena Zemova, Timo Eppig, László Módis, Achim Langenbucher, Stefan Wagenpfeil, Berthold Seitz, Nóra Szentmáry

“…Patient eyes were classified (TKC) with dedicated, instrument-based, keratoconus detection software provided with the Pentacam. …”
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Genetic Associations Between Specific Sleep-Related Phenotypes and Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis by Li M, He J, Liang Y, Zou F, Gou C, Lv J, Zhang X, Li D, Yu Z

“…The F statistics exceeded 10, suggesting minimal likelihood of weak instrument bias. There were no evidence indicating a potential causal effect of insomnia, sleep duration, sleep disorders, sleep apnoea, and on the risk of ISSHNL. …”
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Validation of a Portable Ionized Calcium Detection Device and Changes in the Ionized-to-Total-Calcium Ratio in the Blood of Postpartum Holstein Cows by Zhongming Cao, Yan Zhao, Bo Zhang, John P. Kastelic, Mengjie Hu, Jia Cheng, Mingchao Liu, Jian Gao

“…The Horiba LAQUAtwin Ca-11C and Abbott i-STAT 1 had significant consistency in the measurement of ionized calcium concentration in whole blood (the frequency of differences between the measured values was within ±20% of the average, reaching 95.53%), and the measurement results of the two instruments were correlated (Deming regression analysis R² = 0.87). …”
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SSVEP Enhancement in Mixed Reality Environment for Brain–Computer Interfaces by Jieyu Wu, Feng He, Xiaolin Xiao, Runyuan Gao, Lin Meng, Xiuyun Liu, Minpeng Xu, Dong Ming

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Efecto de una intervención Act sobre la resistencia aeróbica y evitación experiencial en marchistas / Effect of an ACT Intervention on Aerobic Endurance and Experiential Avoidance... by María Clara Rodríguez-Salazar, Ángela Patricia Valero-Ballesteros

“…The participants were chosen as a convenience sample. The instruments used were the 3000-meter test and the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ). …”
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Reflexive Methods of Knowledge in Educational Activities: Phenomenological Hermeneutics by T. N. Korneenko

“…Reflexive abilities as the mechanism and instrument of knowledge, which assist a personality to understand himself or herself, to comprehend own feelings, actions, acts and complex external realities, in most cases remain unaccounted in educational process and when analysing and evaluating the results.The aim of the article was to justify the need to form reflexive skills of knowledge in students through a combination of phenomenological and hermeneutical methods in daily pedagogical practice.Methodology and research methods. …”
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Factors Responsible For School Dropout At Different Levels of Education in Selected Academic Institutions in Kisoro Municipality Southern Division Kisoro District. by Kamahoro, Phionah

“…Questionnaires and focus group discussions were used as research instruments. The research findings showed that the causes of school dropout in Kisoro municipality include school dues 41 (18% ), absenteeism 15(07% ), house chores 20(09% ), school distance 19(08% ), cultural factors 27(12%), home background 34(15%), parents education 26911 %) and gender discrimination 40(18%). …”
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Examining the Role Played by Remand Homes Towards Curbing the Rate of Juvenile Delinquency in Kabale Municipality. by Ampurire, Evarine

“…Self-Administered Questionnaire and interview guide were used as research instruments. The factors or offenses that the inmates committed which led to their incarceration at Kabale remand home and the findings showed as follows; robbery 05%, theft 08%, damage to property were 03%, assault 07%, attempted homicide 05%, and gambling 06%. …”
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Entrepreneurship skills application among ICT Graduates of Muni University, Uganda by Ritah, Nafuna, Nicholas, Nkamwesiga, Phelix, Businge Mbabazi

“…Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) (v.21) program was used to analyse the data. The research instrument was reliable at Chronbach’s alpha 0.960. …”
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Developing and validation of religious education curriculum in preschool by Zeinab Ashrafi Soltan-Ahmadi, Sadegh Maleki Avarsin, Javad Keyhan, jahangir yari

“…To ensure the validity of the instrument, expert consensus was used using Delphi method and Cronbach's alpha method was used to determine reliability (α = 0.83). …”
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Permafrost pore structure and its influence on microbial diversity: Insights from X-ray computed tomography by Nathan D. Blais, Joy M. O’Brien, Hannah Holland-Moritz, Lauren Farnsworth, Robyn A. Barbato, Thomas A. Douglas, Alexandra Contosta, Julie Bobyock, Erin C. Rooney, Taylor Sullivan, Jessica Gilman Ernakovich

“…We found that permafrost soil shares characteristics with temperate soils despite limits in our analytical resolution (i.e., at an instrument scanning resolution of 20 µm, only macro-scale features (>75 µm) could be quantified). …”
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Assessment of mental health literacy using a multifaceted measure among a Chinese rural population by Liang Zhou, Shui-yuan Xiao, Mi Hu, Hui-ming Liu, Yu Yu, Zi-wei Liu, Xi-guang Liu, Joyce P Yang

“…Objectives The present study aims to assess mental health literacy (MHL) using a standardised multifaceted 20-item instrument called Mental Health Knowledge Questionnaire (MHKQ) developed by the Chinese Ministry of Health, among a rural Chinese population.Setting Four villages in Liuyang county of Hunan province, China.Participants This was a cross-sectional study. …”
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Superior liver protection in mice fed total parenteral nutrition containing the novel lipid emulsion Vegaven as compared to a mixed-oil lipid emulsion containing fish oil by Eliana Lucchinetti, Phing-How Lou, Alessandro Quaranta, Craig E. Wheelock, Akash Chakravarty, Martin Hersberger, Stefanie D. Krämer, Michael Zaugg

“…Objective: However, it is not known whether Vegaven is also superior to mixed-oil lipid emulsions containing longer-chain 20/22-carbon n-3 fatty acids derived from fish oil (SMOFlipid). Methods: Instrumented male C57BL/6NCrl mice (N=5) were subjected to a 7-day TPN with Vegaven (VEGA) or SMOFlipid (SMOF). …”
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NIFTy: near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) imaging to prevent postsurgical hypoparathyroidism (PoSH) after thyroid surgery—a phase II/III pragmatic, multicentre randomised controlled... by Deborah D Stocken, Maureen Twiddy, Hisham Mehanna, Jonathan Wadsley, Neil Corrigan, Katie Gordon, Julie Croft, Neil Sharma, Anna Perry, Mark Strachan, Gemma Ainsworth, Elizabeth Glenister, Sabapathy Prakash P Balasubramanian

“…Phase III secondary outcomes include protracted hypoparathyroidism, hypercalcaemia, complications, length of stay, readmissions and patient reported quality of life using the Short Form 36 Health Survey Questionnaire and Hypoparathyroid Patient Questionnaire instruments.Ethics and dissemination NIFTy is funded by National Institute for Health and Care Research Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Programme (Grant Ref: 17/11/27) and approved by a Research Ethics Committee (reference: 21/WA/0375) and Health Research Authority (HRA). …”
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Psychometric evaluation of the exercise-related cognitive errors questionnaire among Chinese emerging adults by Mengyao Guo, Jin Kuang, Ting Wang, Fabian Herold, Alyx Taylor, Jonathan Leo Ng, Jonathan Leo Ng, M. Mahbub Hossain, M. Mahbub Hossain, Arthur F. Kramer, Arthur F. Kramer, Robert Schinke, Zhihui Cheng, Liye Zou

“…Such exercise-related cognitive errors are typically assessed via a questionnaire, but a validated instrument for the application in Chinese-speaking populations is lacking. …”
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