Retention of medical officers in the district health services of the Western Cape, South Africa: An exploratory descriptive qualitative study by Robert J. Mash, Werner Viljoen, Steve Swartz, Mumtaz Abbas, Leigh Wagner, Herma Steyn, Gavin Hendricks, Dusica Stapar, Andrew Williams, Adeloye Adeniji, Johan Schoevers, Paul Kapp

“…Medical officers were purposefully selected in terms of districts, facility types, gender, seniority and perceived likelihood of leaving in the next four years. Semi-structured interviews were performed by family physicians, and the qualitative data were analysed using the framework method. …”
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Impact of young people’s admissions to adult mental health wards in England: national qualitative study by Anne-Marie Burn, Josephine Holland, James Roe, Elinor Hopkin, Lorna Wild, Michelle Fisher, Tamsin Ford, Saeed Nazir, Bernadka Dubicka, Anthony James, Helena Tuomainen, Nicole Fung, Adam Wagner, Richard Morriss, Kapil Sayal

“…Aims To explore the impact of young people’s admissions to adult wards, from the perspectives of young people, parents/carers and mental health professionals working in adult services. Method Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 29 participants to explore experiences of receiving and delivering care in adult mental health wards. …”
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Protocol for PD SENSORS: Parkinson’s Disease Symptom Evaluation in a Naturalistic Setting producing Outcome measuRes using SPHERE technology. An observational feasibility study of... by Catherine Morgan, Walter Maetzler, Oliver Watson, Lynn Rochester, Ian Craddock, Helen Matthews, Emma L Tonkin, Kirsi M Kinnunen, Roisin McNaney, Sam Whitehouse, Majid Mirmehdi, Farnoosh Heidarivincheh, Ryan McConville, Julia Carey, Michal Rolinski, Rachel Eardley, Alan L Whone

“…Acceptability of the technology will be evaluated qualitatively using semi-structured interviews.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval has been given to commence this study; the results will be disseminated as widely as appropriate.…”
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Developing a national clinical competency committee for family medicine training, South Africa by Louis S. Jenkins, Mergan Naidoo, Kefilwe Hlabyago, Dirk T. Hagemeister, Neetha Erumeda, Busisiwe Cawe, Tasleem Ras, Mulimisi Ramavhuya, Owen Eales

“…These EPAs provide a structured approach to assessing and developing the competencies required for independent practice in family medicine. …”
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Prioritising Key Concepts for informed health choices in cancer: An evidence-based online educational programme by Mengqi Li, Declan Devane, Claire Beecher, Maura Dowling, Austin G. Duffy, Caitriona Duggan, David Robert Grimes, Avril Kennan, Claire Kilty, Allen Nsangi, Andrew D. Oxman, Derek C. Stewart, Elaine Toomey, Marie Tierney

“…The process involved disseminating pre-reading materials, training sessions, and a structured judgement form to evaluate concepts for inclusion. …”
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Anaemia during pregnancy: a cross-sectional study of antenatal attendants at the Madina Pentecost Hospital, La Nkwantanang Municipality, Ghana by Richard Vikpebah Duneeh, Wina Ivy Ofori Boadu, Lois Tekutey Narh, Joseph Frimpong, Abdul-Wahab Mawuko, John Gameli Deku, Kofi Mensah, Charles Nkansah, Samuel Kwasi Appiah, Felix Osei Boakye, Enoch Odame Anto, Lilian Antwi Boateng, Benedict Sackey, Otchere Addai-Mensah

“…This cross-sectional study conveniently recruited 300 Ghanaian pregnant women attending the Madina Pentecost Hospital for antenatal care. A structured questionnaire was administered to obtain data on sociodemographics (age, marital status, level of education, occupation and religion) and knowledge level of anaemia. …”
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Functional work disability from the perspectives of persons with systemic lupus erythematosus: a qualitative thematic analysis by Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia, Aaron S. Howe, Anson Li, Jeremy Tan, Natalia Saade-Cleves, Kevon Jules, Malak Sadek, Ali Bani-Fatemi, Antonio Avina-Zubieta, Mary T. Fox, William Shaw, Derek Haaland, Janet Pope, Paul R. Fortin, Kathleen S. Bingham, Christine Peschken, Jennifer Reynolds, Catherine Ivory, Dafna D. Gladman, Murray B. Urowitz, Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero, Lily S. H. Lim, Stephanie Keeling, Patti Katz, Mahta Kavkan, Dennisse Bonilla, Wils Nielsen, Zahi Touma

“…Methods With the objective of creating an SLE-related functional profile rooted in work disability (WD) prevention, 46 SLE patients were purposively recruited from Canadian medical centres. Through semi-structured interviews guided by a WD prevention framework, factors associated with WD and lived experiences of SLE-related WD were qualitatively explored. …”
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Effects of vaping on physical and mental health in at-risk populations (VAPE): mixed-methods study of motivations for and perspectives on vaping in patients with opioid use disorde... by Alessia D’Elia, Balpreet Panesar, Nitika Sanger, Laura O’Neill, Tea Rosic, Leonora Regenstreif, Kevin Park, Claire de Oliveira, David C. Marsh, Luciano Minuzzi, Lehana Thabane, Zainab Samaan

“…Method A convergent mixed-methods study design was used, and individual, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 41 individuals with OUD who were receiving medication for OUD and also vaped. …”
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Point Cloud Registration for Lava Tube Surface Reconstruction Using Curvature-Optimized Projection by Jiaqi Yao, Yanqiu Wang, Wen Li, Yuan Han, Hognxu Ai, Zhenchen Ji, Fu Zheng, Zhibin Sun

“…First, the normal vectors were estimated and normalized on an unstructured point cloud using Principal Component Analysis. …”
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A comprehensive perspective on electric vehicles as evolutionary robots by Haoyang Che, Haoyang Che, Shaolin Wang, Shaolin Wang, Lei Yao, Ying Gu

“…As it stands, these mechanisms are evidently insufficient for realizing genuine evolutionary robots (ER), especially in unstructured environments. The overarching perspective of conceptualizing EV as ER is not always prominently featured in academic literature. …”
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Research on Parameter Compensation Method and Control Strategy of Mobile Robot Dynamics Model Based on Digital Twin by Renjun Li, Xiaoyu Shang, Yang Wang, Chunbai Liu, Linsen Song, Yiwen Zhang, Lidong Gu, Xinming Zhang

“…Exact kinematic model and control system of the robots is required to improve their location accuracy during movement on the unstructured surfaces. By a virtual engine and digital twins, this study put forward a visualization monitoring and control system framework which can address the difficulties in the intelligent factories while managing a variety of data sources, such as virtual–real integration, real-time feedback, and other issues. …”
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Integrating Palliative Care and Heart Failure: the PalliatHeartSynthesis realist synthesis by Tracey McConnell, Carolyn Blair, Geoff Wong, Claire Duddy, Clare Howie, Loreena Hill, Joanne Reid

“…It is theory driven because it uses evidence to iteratively develop and test structurally coherent explanations (i.e. theories) of complex interventions. …”
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Normalization of tumor vasculature by imiquimod: proposal for a new anticancer therapeutic indication for a TLR7 agonist by Jarosz-Biej Magdalena, Czapla Justyna, Ciepła Joanna, Smolarczyk Ryszard, Drzyzga Alina, Sprus-Lipka Dorota, Pilny Ewelina, Matuszczak Sybilla, Cichoń Tomasz

“…Despite studies conducted, there are no unambiguous data showing how IMQ affects the condition of tumor blood vessels. …”
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Evaluating acceptability and experiences of pregnant women at high risk of developing gestational diabetes who take part in antenatal intervention trials: a qualitative systematic... by Gözde Sultan Çakır, Manar Abduljalil Bakhsh, Ola F. Quotah, Olivia Righton, Catherine V. George, Lucilla Poston, Sara L. White, Angela C. Flynn, Zoë Bell

“…All were pilot RCTs using semi-structured interviews in high-income countries (UK n = 3, USA n = 1). …”
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Rationale and design of a large trial of perioperative ketamine for prevention of chronic post-surgical pain by Philip J. Peyton, Sabine Braat, Anurika De Silva, David Story, Lisbeth Evered, Paul S. Myles, Matthew Chan, Stephan Schug, Malcolm Hogg, Alex Holmes, Sofia Sidiropoulos, Kate Leslie

“…Incidence of pain in the area of the index surgery is measured by structured telephone interview at 3 months (primary trial endpoint) and 12 months. …”
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Navigating the decision landscape: understanding interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome patients’ motivations and medical support needs for fecal microbiota transplantation: a... by Hongyuan Liu, Yaodi Wei, Peng Jiang, Siyu Fan, Yu Zhao, Zhi Li, Shiyu Wang, Na Zhang, Junjie Zhi, Qun Wei, Yifeng Gu, Bihong Yang, Ninghan Feng, Yufan Wu, Fengping Liu

“…Data analysis was conducted using a thematic approach. …”
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Eco-anxiety, climate concern, and fatalistic outlooks: Insights from U.S. crisis text conversations on climate distress by Jennifer D. Runkle, Kelsey Herbst, Sophie Ryan, Kelly Sewell, Ashley Mallare, Ian Berry, Emma Getz, Arden McKee, Martie P. Thompson, Margaret M. Sugg

“…A comprehensive codebook was developed, incorporating predetermined and emergent codes for climate change exposures, crisis flags, emotional responses, and special topics. Using a structured, iterative thematic analysis approach that combined deductive and inductive methods, the study identified and categorized emerging themes. …”
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Farmers’ knowledge, perceptions, and practices on animal trypanosomosis and the tsetse fly vector: A cross-sectional study around Kenya’s Arabuko-Sokoke Forest Reserve at the lives... by Joel L Bargul, Erick K Serem, Osman A Abdullahi, Moses M Ngari, David M Mburu

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted during November and December 2017 to collect data from 404 randomly selected cattle-rearing households using a structured questionnaire. …”
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Co-designing a peer support programme for carers of people treated under the Mental Health Act: views from stakeholders by Imogen Wells, Kelly Wintsch, Abigail G-Medhin, Brynmor Lloyd-Evans, Steve Gillard, Rose McCabe, Mohamed Yaasir Mohamudbucus, Candelaria Mahlke, Katharina Nagel, Zhenreenah Muhxinga, Swaran Singh, Stefan Priebe, Domenico Giacco

“…Conclusions These findings highlight the need for structured training for peer supporters and a flexible, accessible peer support programme for carers. …”
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Care coordinator delivered Method of Levels therapy for people reporting first-episode psychosis: Experiences and views of service user, care coordinator, and team manager particip... by Robert Griffiths, Sara Tai, Susan Ormrod, Natalie Welsh, Adam Jones, Jasper Palmier-Claus, James Dixon, Alison Dawber, Karina Lovell

“…It also sought to understand participants’ experiences of the MOL training and supervision programme, and to identify any barriers that might impact on the implementation of the approach in routine practice. Methods Semi-structured interviews and focus groups were conducted with service users (n = 14), care coordinators (n = 6), and team managers (n = 6) from early intervention in psychosis services. …”
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