Development and Validation of the EBP‐Affinity Questionnaire: A Mixed‐Method Study by Lenny J. Tange, Maud Heinen, Raymond T.C.M. Koopmans, Dirk F. deKorne, Anke Persoon, Robert Lindeboom, Debby L. Gerritsen, Marleen H. Lovink

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Patient navigation in German emergency care (NODE). Study protocol of a multi-center mixed-methods trial by Daniela Krüger, Maria Altendorf, Felix Holzinger, Cornelia Wäscher, Hanna Winkler, Martin Möckel, Christoph Heintze, Judith Stumm, Konrad Schmidt, Konrad Schmidt, Anna Slagman

“…This study includes four working modules: (1) a systematic literature review; (2) qualitative semi-structured interviews with patients (n∼15–20), as well as four focus group interviews with health care providers (n∼5); (3) a prospective multi-centre cohort study in adult, self-referred emergency patients at two time points (t0: n = 1,031; t1: n = 344), primary endpoint: proportion of patients treated other than standard emergency care, secondary endpoints: secondary efficiency, patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), patient safety, quality of care, clinical outcomes, and cost-effectiveness; participant observation of patients' treatment trajectories and organizational processes at three different patient navigation models (n∼10–15), an online provider survey; and (4) data triangulation and recommendations for practice and policy.DiscussionThis is the first study to compare different patient navigation and cooperation models to standard ED care in Germany and evaluate their effectiveness. …”
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Knowledge, perception, and attitude toward COVID-19 vaccines in the Ho township, Volta region by Vivian Tackie, Christiana Asiedu, Ewoenam Darkey, Beatrice Hammond, Linda Jailer, Janet Osei Konadu, Samuel Otieku Cyril, Williams Marie Noel, Isaac Aidoo Erzuah

“…The response rate was 99.5% (441). A structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. …”
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Community-Dwelling Filipino Older Adults’ Experiences with Virtual Coach for Health-Enhancing Physical Activity (HEPA): A Phenomenology by Michael Joseph S. Dino, Kenneth W. Dion, Peter M. Abadir, Chakra Budhathoki, Patrick Tracy Balbin, Ma. Kristina G. Malacas, Rommel P. Hernandez, Jacquelyn Joyce G. Nicolas, Jhal Barcial-Espinosa, Cheryl R. Dennison Himmelfarb, Patricia M. Davidson, Ladda Thiamwong

“…MAXQDA was used to thematically analyze the qualitative data. <b>Results:</b> Nine key informants shared their experiences with the virtual coach-driven physical exercise program using mixed reality. …”
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Identity in turmoil: Investigating the morally injurious dimensions of minority stress by Andrew A. Nicholson, Sandhya Narikuzhy, Jakub Wolf, Mina Pichtikova, Magdalena Siegel, James Mirabelli, Taylor Hatchard, Niki Hosseini-Kamkar, Ella Bawagan, Sophia L. Roth, Christina Mutschler, Ruth A. Lanius, Fardous Hosseiny, Kristen Eckstrand, Brigitte Lueger-Schuster

“…Using a convergent parallel mixed-methods design, we conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews, performed clinical assessments, and administered a comprehensive battery of quantitative measures. …”
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Family-based substance use screening and intervention for adolescents with chronic medical conditions: a study protocol to implement SBIRT-family within school-based health centers by Faith Summersett Williams, Natalie A. Larez, Lauren Mondesir, Kennedy Curtis, Sara Valdivia, Sara Becker, Kenneth Papineau, Aaron Hogue

“…Focus groups will be audio recorded and conducted in English. The semi-structured focus group guides were designed based on the Health Equity Implementation Framework (HEIF) and the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR). …”
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Global burden of asthma attributable to high body mass index in older adults 1990–2021 and prediction to 2050: An analysis of Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Zhikang Wang, MPH, Yifang Liu, PhD, Yilin Li, MPH, Qi Wang, PhD, Junan Liu, PhD

“…Decomposition analysis was used to decompose changes in burden according to population structure, population growth, and epidemiologic changes. …”
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What activities do patients hope to perform following anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty but are unable to? Looking beyond patient-reported outcome measures by Alexander E. White, MD, Nicolas Pascual-Leone, MD, Anthony Finocchiaro, BS, Christopher M. Brusalis, MD, David M. Dines, MD, Joshua S. Dines, MD, Andreas Kontaxis, PhD, Samuel A. Taylor, MD, Lawrence V. Gulotta, MD, Michael C. Fu, MD, MHS

“…Background: Patients undergoing anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty (aTSA) routinely achieve significant improvements in common patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). While these structured PROMs produce reliable and standardized data for surgeons, individual patient desires and expectations related to postoperative activities may not be completely captured in standard PROMs. …”
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Efficacy and safety of robot-assisted laparoscopic sacral fixation for the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse by Liu Xiaodong, Wang Jiawen, Meng Lingfeng, Zhao Shuangyi, Zhou Yunhe, Chu Xin, Wu Jianye, Zhang Yaoguang

“…Imaging urodynamic examination showed that the pelvic floor anatomical structure reached functional restoration after surgery. …”
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Comparative child mental health and academic outcomes after primary school teachers deliver task-shifted mental health care in India by Priscilla Giri, Molly M. Lamb, Venessa C. Fuentes, Arpana Thapa, Surekha Bhattarai, Choden Dukpa, Catherine C. Shrestha, Setareh Ekhteraei, Juliana L. Vanderburg, Breanna Windsor, Abhishek K. Rauniyar, Karen Hampanda, Bradley N. Gaynes, Rinzi Lama, Michael Matergia, Christina M. Cruz

“…We compared postintervention child mental health symptom scores and academic achievement. Semi-structured interviews and focus groups were analyzed using inductive content analyses. …”
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Carbon Nano-Onions–Polyvinyl Alcohol Nanocomposite for Resistive Monitoring of Relative Humidity by Bogdan-Catalin Serban, Niculae Dumbravescu, Octavian Buiu, Marius Bumbac, Carmen Dumbravescu, Mihai Brezeanu, Cristina Pachiu, Cristina-Mihaela Nicolescu, Cosmin Romanitan, Oana Brincoveanu

“…The sensing device, including a Si/SiO₂ substrate and gold electrodes, is obtained by depositing the CNOs–PVA aqueous suspension on the sensing structure by drop casting. The composition and morphology of the sensing film are explored by means of scanning electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, and X-ray diffraction. …”
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National Health Policy and factors predicting its implementation at the local level in Nepal: an exploratory cross-sectional study by Dipendra Khadka, Dipendra Khadka, Dipendra Khadka, Zhang Xinyi, Zhang Xinyi, Zhang Mengjie, Zhang Mengjie, Rajan Bhusal, Chichen Zhang, Chichen Zhang

“…This study evaluated the implementation status, challenges, and opportunities of the NHP at the local level in Nepal.Materials and methodsA descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in the Lumbini province among 166 health workers selected through simple random sampling. Data were collected from October 10 to November 15, 2024, using a structured questionnaire developed in Nepali through literature review and expert consultations. …”
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Distinct and content-specific neural representations of self- and other-produced actions in joint piano performance by Natalie Kohler, Natalie Kohler, Anna M. Czepiel, Anna M. Czepiel, Örjan de Manzano, Örjan de Manzano, Giacomo Novembre, Peter E. Keller, Peter E. Keller, Arno Villringer, Daniela Sammler, Daniela Sammler

“…This suggests that expert pianists may generalize contents of familiar actions to unfamiliar pieces with similar musical structure, based on the auditory perception of the partner’s part. …”
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Diarrhea Prevalence and Sociodemographic Factors among Under-Five Children in Rural Areas of North Gondar Zone, Northwest Ethiopia by Atalay Getachew, Tadesse Guadu, Alebachew Tadie, Zemichael Gizaw, Mulat Gebrehiwot, Daniel Haile Cherkos, Martha Alemayehu Menberu, Teklay Gebrecherkos

“…A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from April to June 2016 among 736 randomly selected households with one child under five years old. A structured questionnaire was used for collecting information on sociodemographic characteristics and diarrheal occurrence. …”
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Understanding Gender-Specific Daily Care Preferences: Topic Modeling Study by Kyungmi Woo, Se Hee Min, Aeri Kim, Subin Choi, Gregory L Alexander, Terrence O’Malley, Maria D Moen, Maxim Topaz

“…MethodsThis study used 4350 deidentified, unstructured textual data from MyDirectives (MyDirectives, Inc), an interactive online platform. …”
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Language task-based fMRI analysis using machine learning and deep learning by Elaine Kuan, Elaine Kuan, Elaine Kuan, Viktor Vegh, Viktor Vegh, Viktor Vegh, John Phamnguyen, John Phamnguyen, John Phamnguyen, Kieran O’Brien, Amanda Hammond, David Reutens, David Reutens, David Reutens, David Reutens

“…A potential application of these methods is the identification of language activation from unstructured paradigms.…”
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Predicting coronavirus disease 2019 severity using explainable artificial intelligence techniques by Takuya Ozawa, Shotaro Chubachi, Ho Namkoong, Shota Nemoto, Ryo Ikegami, Takanori Asakura, Hiromu Tanaka, Ho Lee, Takahiro Fukushima, Shuhei Azekawa, Shiro Otake, Kensuke Nakagawara, Mayuko Watase, Katsunori Masaki, Hirofumi Kamata, Norihiro Harada, Tetsuya Ueda, Soichiro Ueda, Takashi Ishiguro, Ken Arimura, Fukuki Saito, Takashi Yoshiyama, Yasushi Nakano, Yoshikazu Muto, Yusuke Suzuki, Ryuya Edahiro, Koji Murakami, Yasunori Sato, Yukinori Okada, Ryuji Koike, Makoto Ishii, Naoki Hasegawa, Yuko Kitagawa, Katsushi Tokunaga, Akinori Kimura, Satoru Miyano, Seishi Ogawa, Takanori Kanai, Koichi Fukunaga, Seiya Imoto

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First-principles study of beryllium thermodynamics and clustering mechanism in molybdenum: Effects of vacancies and self-interstitial atoms by Aoyu Mo, Haijun Li, Fuquan Guo, Xiaowei Ma, Yunshan Xiong, Peng Shao, Bo Li, Kun Jie Yang, Yue-Lin Liu, Quan-Fu Han

“…When the number of Be atoms reaches six, they form an approximately “octahedral” structure, displacing a central Mo atom and generating a Be6V cluster and an SIA. …”
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Multi-omics insights into antioxidant and immune responses in Penaeus monodon under ammonia-N, low salinity, and combined stress by Yundong Li, Sheng Huang, Song Jiang, Lishi Yang, Jianhua Huang, Qibin Yang, Ziyi Jiang, Jianzhi Shi, Zhenhua Ma, Erchao Li, Falin Zhou

“…Concurrently, gut microbiome analysis demonstrated that ammonia nitrogen stress resulted in a marked increase in Vibrio populations and a significant decrease in Photobacterium, indicating that alterations in microbial community structure are intricately associated with the shrimp stress response. …”
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Sixty Degrees of Solutions: Field Techniques for Human–Jaguar Coexistence by John Polisar, Rafael Hoogesteijn, Almira Hoogesteijn, Diego Francis Passos Viana, Skarleth Johana Chinchilla Valdiviezo, Carlos Valderrama Vásquez, Allison Loretta Devlin, Ranni José Arias Herrera, Margaux Babola, Frederick Bauer, Ivonne Cassaigne Guasco, Chia Yu Chang, Daniel Corrales Gutiérrez, J. Antonio De la Torre, Wezddy Del Toro-Orozco, Aline Kotz, Duston Larsen, Nicolás Lodeiro Ocampo, Daniel Monzón, Carmen Angélica Morante Ascanio, Ricardo Daniel Ortiz-Hoyos, Pablo Gastón Perovic, Grasiela Edith de Oliviero Porfirio, María Fernanda Puerto Carrillo, Paul Raad, Thiago Reginato, Yina Paola Serna, Claudio Sillero-Zubiri, Laura Villalba, Armand Ziller

“…Throughout this geographical breadth, jaguars represent an essential component of native biological diversity, but conflict revolving around real and perceived jaguar depredation on livestock is a factor in jaguar mortality. We developed a structured questionnaire to evaluate the effectiveness of anti-depredation strategies from northern Mexico to Argentina, collecting data from 11 countries and 248 livestock operations, 194 with efficacy metrics, and 24 with benefit–cost ratios (value of the livestock losses averted/cost of the intervention). …”
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