Variability in anticoagulation duration and follow-up for deep venous thrombosis: a retrospective cohort study by Adam Darnley, Thomas Knight, Jecko Thachil

“…Current guidelines recommend a minimum of 3 months of anticoagulation, followed by reassessment to determine the need for continued therapy.1 However, no structured follow-up pathway exists within our Trust. …”
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A qualitative pilot study exploring the acceptability of a peer provider delivered substance use brief intervention from the perspective of youth in Kenya by Florence Jaguga, Matthew C. Aalsma, Leslie A. Enane, Matthew Turissini, Edith Kamaru Kwobah, Edith Apondi, Julius Barasa, Gilliane Kosgei, Yvonne Olando, Mary A. Ott

“…Methods We conducted qualitative semi-structured interviews with youth participants (n = 25) to explore acceptability of a substance use BI. …”
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EXPLORING DISCOURSE MARKERS IN COMPLAINTS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE ITALIAN SPEAKERS by Anna De Marco, Emanuela Paone

“…The goal is to understand the role of DMs in mitigating, intensifying, or structuring complaints in Italian language learners at A1-A2 and B1-B2 levels compared to native speakers. …”
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Tailoring nursing interventions to empower patients: personal coping strategies and self-management in type 2 diabetes care by Ateya Megahed Ibrahim, Fatma Abd El Latief Gano, Hassanat Ramadan Abdel-Aziz, Nora H. Elneblawi, Donia Elsaid Fathi Zaghamir, Lobna Mohamed Mohamed Abu Negm, Rasha Kamal Mohamed Sweelam, Safaa Ibrahim Ahmed, Heba Ahmed Osman Mohamed, Fathia gamal elsaid hassabelnaby, Aziza Mohamed Kamel

“…Aim This study evaluates the effectiveness of a structured diabetes self-management education program on patients’ self-management behaviors, empowerment, and activation levels. …”
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Energy Efficiency in Network Slicing: Survey and Taxonomy by Adnei Willian Donatti, Marcia Cristina Machado, Marvin Alexander Lopez Martinez, Sabino S. Rogerio Antunes, Eli Carlos Figueiredo Souza, Sand L. Correa, Tiago C. Ferreto, Jose Augusto Suruagy, Joberto S. B. Martins, Tereza Cristina Carvalho

“…By consolidating insights from recent developments, our work bridges existing gaps in the literature, offering a structured foundation for researchers and practitioners to design, evaluate, and improve energy-efficient network slicing systems.…”
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A Digitally Enhanced Ethnography for Craft Action and Process Understanding by Xenophon Zabulis, Partarakis Nikolaos, Vasiliki Manikaki, Ioanna Demeridou, Arnaud Dubois, Inés Moreno, Valentina Bartalesi, Nicolò Pratelli, Carlo Meghini, Sotiris Manitsaris, Gavriela Senteri

“…By distinguishing between endurant (tools, materials, objects) and perdurant (actions, events, transformations) entities, we propose a structured methodology for analyzing craft gestures, material behaviors, and production workflows. …”
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The innovation and local culture in the production of specialty coffee in Short Food Supply Chains and their impacts on environmental sustainability by Amanda dos Santos Negreti Campos, Giuliana Aparecida Santini Pigatto, Renato Dias Baptista, Timóteo Ramos Queiroz

“…This is a qualitative-quantitative research, with multiple case studies. Data was collected through semi-structured interview observation and documents, and analysis was carried out using Fisher's Exact Test. …”
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Factors influencing medication adherence for deep vein thrombosis prevention in post-discharge patients after joint replacement surgery: a qualitative study based on Protection Mot... by Jing Jiang, Jing Zhang, Chao Liu, Lingyun Tian, Yinglan Li, Feng Fu, Wenchao Gu, Leijiang Li, Xiurui Deng

“…The median (IQR) age of participants was 57.5 (55–67.25) years.Analysis Semi-structured interviews were conducted via online video calls. …”
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Hybrid closed-loop systems for managing blood glucose levels in type 1 diabetes: a systematic review and economic modelling by Asra Asgharzadeh, Mubarak Patel, Martin Connock, Sara Damery, Iman Ghosh, Mary Jordan, Karoline Freeman, Anna Brown, Rachel Court, Sharin Baldwin, Fatai Ogunlayi, Chris Stinton, Ewen Cummins, Lena Al-Khudairy

“…Two reviewers extracted data independently using a piloted data extraction form. …”
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Evidence-based medicine: 5 steps to navigate uncertainty by Rafael Martín-Masot, Carlos Ochoa Sangrador, Jaime Javier Cuervo Valdés, Carolina Blanco Rodríguez, Paz González Rodríguez, Javier González de Dios, M. Salomé Albi Rodríguez, Pilar Aizpurua Galdeano, María Aparicio Rodrigo, Nieves Balado Insunza, Albert Balaguer Santamaría, Fernando Carvajal Encina, Eduardo Cuestas Montañes, M. Jesús Esparza Olcina, Sergio Flores Villar, Garazi Frailea Astorga, M. Victoria Martínez Rubio, Manuel Molina Arias, Eduardo Ortega Páez, Begoña Pérez-Moneo Agapito, M. José Rivero Martín, Álvaro Gimeno Díaz de Atauri, Laura Cabrera Morente, Elena Pérez González, Juan Ruiz-Canela Cáceres

“…Evidence-based medicine provides a structured and practical approach for addressing the challenges of modern medicine, which is characterized by an overload of information and the need for well-founded clinical decision-making. …”
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Psychosocial outcomes of risk-adapted prevention for prostate cancer predisposition: study protocol for a longitudinal observational mixed-methods study by Dagmar Wieczorek, Tanja Fehm, Gerald Antoch, Günther Carl, Peter Albers, Andre Karger, Ralf Schäfer, Ulrike Dinger, Maike K Klett, Jale Lakes, Guenter Niegisch, Matthias Boschheidgen, Bernadette Jäger, Silke Redler

“…To assess facilitators and barriers to participation in the risk-adapted PCa prevention clinic, a minimum of n=12 semi-structured qualitative interviews will be conducted, with recruitment continuing until data saturation is reached. …”
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Determinants of Caregivers’ Ability to Accurately Detect Acute Malnutrition Using Color-Coded Mid-Upper Arm Circumference Tape and Pitting Edema by Benson C Singano, Collina A Tchongwe, Numeri C Geresomo, Tinna Ng’ong’ola-Manani, Aaron T Chikakuda, Alfred Ngwira, Stanley Mwase, Elsie Mawala, Benson Kazembe, Emma Budalla, Alexander A Kalimbira

“…Using a cascade model, community health workers (health surveillance assistants, n = 148) from 2 southern districts of Nsanje and Phalombe in Malawi, trained 12,057 caregivers of children aged 6 to 54 months in nutritional screening using color-coded MUAC tapes and pitting edema. Pretested structured questionnaires were used in face-to-face interviews with the caregivers to collect data on their age, marital status, education, district, occupation, and age of the child, which were predictor variables. …”
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Early findings from the integration of hypertension care into differentiated service delivery models for HIV in Uganda: a mixed‐method study by John Baptist Kiggundu, Fred C. Semitala, Chelsea Faith Lipoto, Lilian Giibwa, Robert Twine, Savio Mwaka, Florence Ayebare, Christine Kiwala, Evelyn N. Magambo, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Donna Spiegelman, James Kayima, Martin Muddu, Jeremy I. Schwartz, Anne R. Katahoire, Chris T. Longenecker

“…Additionally, structured interviews were conducted at two clinics with HCPs (n = 6, 3 per clinic) and PLHIV with hypertension (n = 8, 4 per clinic). …”
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Prevalence and Correlates of Behavioural Risk Factors for Non‐Communicable Diseases Among Allied Health Undergraduate Students in Ghana: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Margaret Atuahene, Frank Quarshie, Francis Kwaku Nyasem, Daniel Eshun, Philip Narteh Gorleku, Pamela Achiaa Addai, Maurice Ofoe Gorleku, Martin Owusu Asante, Joseph Otchere, Prince Aubin

“…Methods This was a cross‐sectional study that used a pretested and structured questionnaire to collect data from 228 participants. …”
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Delivery of care in high mortality hospital settings: a direct observational study examining 1848 h of neonatal nursing in KenyaResearch in context by Abdulazeez Imam, Michuki Maina, Jalemba Aluvaala, Vincent Kagonya, Onesmus Onyango, Fredrick Were, Sebastian Fuller, Kenneth Karumba, Mike English, David Gathara, Peter Mwangi, Lucy Kinyua, Lydia Thuranira, Virginia Njoroge, Ngina Mwangi, Loise Mwangi, Penina Musyoka, Zainab Kioni

“…We excluded babies who were so severely ill that they were at risk of imminent death or transfer to a critical care facility and babies with congenital anomalies and surgical conditions. We used a structured observation checklist that had undergone content and face-validity testing in Kenya to collect workload and nursing care provision data. …”
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Strategies for implementing long‐acting cabotegravir for PrEP in US clinics serving Black women: interim healthcare provider findings from the EBONI study by Katherine L. Nelson, Tammeka Evans Cooper, Yolanda Lawson, Dylan Baker, Satish Mocherla, Megan Dieterich, Theo Hodge, Alftan Dyson, Denise Sutherland‐Philips, Heidi Swygard, Lisa Petty, Peter Jeffery, Kenneth Sutton, Courtney Peasant Bonner, Sara M. Andrews, Samantha Chang, Piotr Budnik, Kimberly Smith, Annemiek deRuiter, Maggie Czarnogorski, Nanlesta Pilgrim

“…Methods From August 2022 to June 2024, through quantitative surveys (prior to implementation [baseline] and Month 4 [M4]) and/or structured qualitative interviews (M4), HCPs provided their perceptions and experiences of integrating CAB LA in their clinical settings that served Black cis‐and‐trans women. …”
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Maximizing Performance of Geopolymer Mortar: Optimizing Basalt and Carbon Fiber Content Composition by Katarzyna Ewa Buczkowska, Petr Louda, Artem Sharko, Oleksandr Sharko, Dmitry Stepanchikov, Ludek Jancik, Piotr Los, Kinga Plawecka, Van Su Le

“…Markov chains are employed to address the quantitative aspects of loosely structured tasks and process performance evaluation. …”
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Role of social capital in kiwifruit farmers’ willingness to adopt and pay for sustainable green food certificates in China by Li Dong, Farhad Zulfiqar, Shah Fahad, Muhammad Yaseen, Syed Shurid Khan, Takuji W. Tsusaka, Avishek Datta

“…This study investigates kiwifruit farmers’ willingness to adopt (WTAd) and willingness to pay (WTP) for GFC, focusing on the role of social capital in shaping their decisions. Data were collected from 404 kiwifruit farmers in major kiwifruit-producing Provinces using a structured household survey. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization, HSA/DNA Binding, and Cytotoxic Activity of [RuCl₂(η⁶-<i>p</i>-cymene)(bph-κ<i>N</i>)] Complex by Stefan Perendija, Dušan Dimić, Thomas Eichhorn, Aleksandra Rakić, Luciano Saso, Đura Nakarada, Dragoslava Đikić, Teodora Dragojević, Jasmina Dimitrić Marković, Goran N. Kaluđerović

“…A novel ruthenium(II) complex, [RuCl₂(η⁶-<i>p</i>-cymene)(bph-κ<i>N</i>)] (<b>1</b>), was synthesized and structurally characterized using FTIR and NMR spectroscopy. …”
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Inclusive digital platforms: Designing for and with users with mild intellectual disabilities or low literacy skills by Julia F.E. van Calis, Jenneken Naaldenberg, Anneke W.C. van der Cruijsen, Monique C.J. Koks-Leensen, Geraline L. Leusink, Kirsten E. Bevelander

“…We applied a user-sensitive inclusive research approach to re-design and implement the digital research platform ‘I co-research’ for individuals with MID or LL. Qualitative data were gathered through semi-structured interviews and usability tests. …”
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