Barriers to Pursuing Emergency Medicine Specialty Among Iranian General Practitioners: A Cross-Sectional Study by farzaneh raaii, Shahrad Tajaddini, Amin Saberinia, Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi Zarandi

“…Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Kerman, Iran, in 2023. Data were collected from GPs using a structured questionnaire assessing demographic characteristics and barriers to choosing emergency medicine. …”
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Factors Affecting Anxiety Among Patients with Oro-Digestive Cancer: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study by Sarita Ahwal, Kanika Rai, Ankur Jindal, Puja Sahai

“…Depression anxiety stress scale (DASS-21) was used to assess the anxiety and a validated structured questionnaire was used to elicit data related to socio-demographic & clinical profiles. …”
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Feline Farmhands: The Value of Working Cats to Australian Dairy Farmers—A Case for Tax Deductibility by Caitlin Crawford, Jacquie Rand, Olivia Forge, Vanessa Rohlf, Pauleen Bennett, Rebekah Scotney

“…Cats may offer a safer, more efficient and cheaper option for farmers, but concerns for cats’ impact on wildlife and possible negative outcomes for their own welfare may lead to them being underutilized. Through semi-structured interviews with 15 people from 9 dairy farms in two regions, we explored the value cats have to dairy farmers and the perceived impact of the Australian Tax Office making working cat care tax deductible. …”
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Mobilisation in the EveNing to TreAt deLirium (MENTAL): protocol for a mixed-methods feasibility randomised controlled trial by Owen Gustafson, Elizabeth King, Julie Lorraine Darbyshire, David Mcwilliams, C Bassford, Peter Nydahl, L Gallie, Dalia Barghouthy

“…Acceptability of the intervention will be evaluated through semi-structured interviews of participants and staff. Secondary outcome measures include collecting baseline, clinical and outcome data to inform the power calculations of a future definitive trial.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval has been obtained through the Wales Research and Ethics Committee 6 (22/WA/0106). …”
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Unraveling the frequency of intestinal constipation in woman with urinary incontinence: a descriptive observational study by Bruna Isadora Thomé, Karoleen Oswald Scharan, Gisela Maria Assis, Auristela Duarte de Lima Moser

“…Methods: A cross-sectional, quantitative, descriptive, and exploratory study was conducted from September 2019 to January 2020 with 227 women (over 18 years old) at the Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná. A structured form collected sociodemographic and general health data, while bowel habits were assessed using the Rome IV criteria, the Bristol Stool Scale, and the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire – Short Form (ICIQ-SF). …”
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“You can’t incarcerate yourself out of the drug problem in America:” A qualitative examination of Colorado’s 2022 Fentanyl​ criminalization law by Katherine LeMasters, Samantha Nall, Cole Jurecka, Betsy Craft, Paul Christine, Ingrid Binswanger, Joshua Barocas

“…We conducted 31 semi-structured interviews in 2023 with community leaders directly working with people who use drugs, individuals with lived experience with drug use and the criminal legal system, and law enforcement throughout Colorado. …”
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Children with medical complexity care journey during COVID-19 from providers perspective: a qualitative study by Onur Asan, Farah Elkourdi, Ilse Super, Olya Rezaeian, Stephen Percy, Katharine Clouser

“…Methods In this qualitative study, we captured views from various providers who cared for CMC during the pandemic. We conducted semi-structured interviews between May 2023 and December 2023. …”
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Sick Building Syndrome: Prevalence and Risk Factors Among Medical Staff in Chinese Hospitals by Jiantao Weng, Fuyuan Huang, Jingkai Lin, Qianling Wang, Xiaoyu Ying, Yukai Sun, Yang Tan

“…A survey questionnaire was administered to 615 medical staff members across seven private hospitals located in the eastern coastal region of China. Data were collected using structured questionnaires. …”
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The Role of Higher Education Through the Eyes of Hungarian Undergraduate Students and Graduates: A Qualitative Exploratory Study by Zsófia Kocsis, Gabriella Pusztai

“…Our long-term goal is to support institutional development on the basis of this data.  Methods: To answer these questions, semi-structured inteviews were conducted. …”
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Navigating pressure and connection: goal orientation, coach-athlete relationships, and burnout among Chinese collegiate athletes—a mixed-methods study by Le Wang, Hongye Lian

“…The qualitative phase involved semi-structured interviews with a purposive subsample of 28 diverse athletes, which underwent thematic analysis.ResultsQuantitative findings indicated that task orientation, CAR closeness, and complementarity were significant negative predictors of all burnout dimensions (p < 0.05). …”
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Possibilities for teaching the technical conceptual knowledge of handball in a didactic unit based on Sport Education (Posibilidades para la enseñanza de los conocimientos técnico... by Mateus Henrique Servilha de Lucca, Fernanda Moreto Impolcetto, Guy Ginciene

“…There were 22 classes structured based on the main characteristics of the model, with the participation of 40 students from a high school second year class. …”
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Environmental impact of pesticide runoff in irrigated agriculture: evidence from Gomoa West field, Ghana by Josiah Wilson Tachie-Menson, Catherine Owusu, Frederick Kwame Yeboah, Flavio Odoi-Yorke, Agnes Abeley Abbey, Frank Kwekucher Ackah, Ransford Opoku Darko

“…This study assessed the ecological risks of pesticide runoff in irrigated farming systems in the Gomoa West District of Ghana, with a focus on farmer practices and potential impacts on aquatic ecosystems. Primary data were collected through semi-structured surveys with 150 farmers, supported by key informant interviews with agricultural officers and community leaders. …”
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APPLICATION OF BIM IN MEDICAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS: BARRIER FACTORS AND SOLUTION STRATEGIES: A CASE STUDY OF CHENGDU MEDICAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PROJECT by Jiahao Chen, Laemthong Laokhongthavorn

“…This paper makes use of semi-structured interviews and literature evaluations to evaluate every influencing aspect earlier than by conducting quantitative research. …”
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Assessment of patients’ perception and satisfaction with extemporaneous compounding service in ALERT hospital, Ethiopia by Beyene Hirpina, Muluken Nigatu Selam, Atalay Mulu Fentie, Minychel Wale, Aychew Mekuriaw Tegegne, Samuel Abera

“…A consecutive sampling technique was used to recruit the study participants. Data were collected using an interviewer-administered structured questionnaire, entered into the EPI info, exported and analyzed using SPSS. …”
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Advancing implementation of single session interventions in schools: a protocol for a qualitative study by Katherine A. Cohen, Eric Bruns, Aaron Lyon, Tali Raviv, Sara Becker, Jessica L. Schleider

“…Digital, self-administered Single Session Interventions (SSIs) are evidence-based supports that are intentionally structured to deliver a clinically-meaningful dosage of evidence-based content within one session. …”
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Early childhood caries and infant’s oral health; pediatricians’ and family physicians’ practice, knowledge and attitude in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia by Renad Alshunaiber, Haya Alzaid, Shahad Meaigel, Arwa Aldeeri, Abdallah Adlan

“…Methodology: A cross-sectional study based on a structured close-ended questionnaire was conveniently distributed among pediatricians and family physicians in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia. …”
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Digital transformation in start-ups: a bibliometric analysis by Aswathy Sreenivasan, M. Suresh

“…Originality/value – This study’s originality is from presenting a structured and in-depth literature review that describes the current state of the art for digital transformation in start-ups. …”
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Microstructure, Corrosion and Wear Behaviors of Electroless (NiP-TiC-SiC) Nanocomposite Coating on Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene Substrate by Rusul Khalid Alhamad, Abbas Khammas Hussein, Laith Kais Abbas

“…Morphology analysis of the deposit coatings shows homogenous, compact, and nodular structured coatings free of any apparent defects in most deposition conditions, except at extra high-temperature deposition baths, some gas bubbles under the coating layers were seen. …”
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Interactions between natural populations of human and rodent schistosomes in the Lake Victoria region of Kenya: a molecular epidemiological approach. by Michelle L Steinauer, Ibrahim N Mwangi, Geoffrey M Maina, Joseph M Kinuthia, Martin W Mutuku, Eric L Agola, Ben Mungai, Gerald M Mkoji, Eric S Loker

“…Comparison of schistosome communities within snails against a null model indicated that the community was structured and that coinfections were more common than expected by chance. …”
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Cultural significance and conservation challenges of the hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) and other vulture species in northeastern Benin by Fidèle Ezéchiel Koffi Hounnouvi, Jemima Lydie Obandza-Ayessa, Stanislas Mahussi Gandaho, Lindy Jane Thompson

“…Methods We used semi-structured interviews to collect data from 450 respondents in nine localities near three protected areas in northeastern Benin: Sota Forest, Trois Rivières Forest, and Alibori Supérieur Forest. …”
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