Establishing Effective Patient Engagement Through a Terms of Reference to Foster Inclusivity and Empowerment in Research: Example From a Healthcare Transition Quality Indicators Pr... by Sarah E. P. Munce, Tomisin John, Dorothy Luong, Sarah Mooney, Lisa Stromquist, Kyle Chambers, Marilyn Crabtree, Sanober Diaz, Gina Dimitropoulos, Megan Henze, Amanda Higgins, Elaine Li, Samadhi Mora Severino, Melanie Penner, Jacklynn Pidduck, Michelle Wan, Laura Williams, Darryl Yates, Alene Toulany

“…A well‐developed ToR promotes a structured, inclusive, and respectful process. Methods Using an integrated knowledge translation (iKT) approach, we established a panel of youth, caregivers, healthcare providers, and healthcare leaders/decision‐makers. …”
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Digital Multidomain Lifestyle Intervention for Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Mixed Methods Evaluation by Renato Mattli, Manuel Weber, Manuel Weber, Manuel Weber, Anja Maria Raab, Anja Maria Raab, Karin Haas, Karin Haas, Albrecht Vorster, Albrecht Vorster, Kai-Uwe Schmitt, Kai-Uwe Schmitt

“…We delivered online questionnaires before and after the intervention, collected app usage data and conducted semi-structured interviews.ResultsOne hundred eight older adults participated in the study. …”
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The Impact of Dual-Career Support Systems on Perceived Barriers Among European Student-Athletes with Disabilities by Alejandro Leiva-Arcas, Raquel Vaquero-Cristóbal, Lourdes Meroño, María José Maciá-Andreu, Juan Alfonso García-Roca, Lucía Abenza-Cano, Antonino Manuel Almeida-Pereira, Laura Capranica, Tom Comyns, Aura Bota, Amaia Ramírez-Muñoz, Luis Maicas-Pérez, Emanuele Isidori, Antonio Sánchez-Pato

“…In conclusion, when a country’s educational system does not have structured support systems for dual careers, student-athletes perceive more barriers, regardless of their sporting level.…”
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Areas for Improvement and Barriers Identified in Measuring the Quality of Nursing Care: Perceptions of Patients and Professionals by Maria Consuelo Company-Sancho, Manuel Rich-Ruiz, Marta Guillen Toledano, Luis-Miguel Cairós-Ventura, Josefa D. Gil Perez, Ana María de Pascual y Medina, María Pilar Peláez Alba, Ana Isabel Barreno Estévez, María Emma Alonso Poncelas, Carolina Rodríguez Orihuela, Pedro Ruyman Brito-Brito

“…The information was collected by means of two focus groups and eight semi-structured interviews conducted between November 2022 and March 2024. …”
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Future Open Networks Cross-Domain Cognitive Orchestration: A Novel Design Paradigm by Saptarshi Ghosh, Hamid Asgari, Darryl Hond, Konstantinos Antonakoglou, Ioannis Mavromatis, Noel Butler, Rasheed Hussain, Shah Zeb, Kostas Katsaros, Shadi Moazzeni, David Tee, Gabriele Incorvaia, Dimitra Simeonidou

“…Future Open Networks (FONs) are envisioned as large-scale, decentralised, and data-driven systems designed with open interfaces and interoperable standards to deliver diverse services and applications. …”
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A domain-based framework for cognitive profile identification in Parkinson’s disease across diverse samples by Elvira Andújar-Castillo, Carla Carrillo-Molina, Fernando Alonso, Fernando Alonso, Clara Villanueva-Iza, Clara Villanueva-Iza, Gustavo Fernández-Pajarín, Gustavo Fernández-Pajarín, Angel Sesar, Angel Sesar, Isabel Jiménez-Martín, Isabel Jiménez-Martín, Juan Francisco Martín-Rodriguez, Juan Francisco Martín-Rodriguez, Juan Francisco Martín-Rodriguez, Maria Jesús Lama, Pablo Mir, Pablo Mir, Pablo Mir, Elena Perez-Hernandez, Cristina Nombela Otero

“…This study provides empirical support for the implementation of domain-based cognitive assessments, structured in line with Movement Disorder Society recommendations, to provide a multidimensional evaluation of cognitive profiles in PD patients.MethodsNeuropsychological and clinical data were analyzed from 316 PD patients recruited from three Spanish hospitals—Hospital Clínico San Carlos (Madrid), the University Complejo Universitario de Santiago de Compostela (Galicia), and Hospital Virgen del Rocío (Sevilla)— and a control group of 96 older individuals, whose age difference from the PD group was statistically significant. …”
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Determining the Teachers' Attitude towards "Mistake" and "Making Mistakes" in the Learning Process and Improving the Culture facing it (case study: elementary school students) by Mazhar Babaee, Hedyeh Azagh

“…The research tool was a semi-structured interview conducted by the researcher and the data format was audio. …”
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The Effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Therapy on Pain Anxiety and Resilience in Patients with Migraine by Hamid Reza Arab Bafrani, Hasan Rezayi, Ahmad Sobhani

“…s (2008) therapeutic package. To analyze the data, the normality of the distribution was assessed using the Shapiro-Wilk 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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Re-use of Building Products in the Netherlands by Loriane Icibaci

“…The proposed conceptual model evolved from a composition of concepts adapted from the Industrial Ecology theoretical background to represent the system of the typical commercial practice of reuse of building products in the Netherlands, supplied by-products derived from the housing stock, and are centralized on the role of the practitioner. Accordingly, the data collection and most findings from the qualitative analysis departed from clustering information structured by the preconceived theoretical framework. …”
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Unacceptable Behaviors Towards Health Professional Clinical Students: Protocol For a Mixed‐Methods Study by Ibrahim S. Al‐Busaidi, Geoff Noller, Jim M. Ross, Andrew R. Gray, Aynsley Peterson, Daniela Aldabe, Joy Rudland, Katrina Pōtiki Bryant, Paul Kane, Susan M. Moffat, Sunyoung Ma, Virginia Jones, Lynley Anderson

“…The second phase will recruit students to participate in semi‐structured interviews. Descriptive and thematic analysis will be applied. …”
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Systematic literature review as knowledge base for the research efforts towards the inception of a National Programme for Cardiovas-cular Rehabilitation and of a National Electroni... by Mihaela Mandu, Gelu Onose, Cătălina Andrei, Ioana Andone, Aura Spinu, Cristina Popescu, Andreea Lăcraru, Dragoș-Alin Trache, Constantin Munteanu, Vlad Ciobanu, Liliana Andronache, Ștefan Sebastian Busnatu

“…Aim. We aimed at a structured National protocol for cardiovascular rehabilitation, as for a national electronic register for cardiovascular diseases. …”
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Developing a Cloud and IoT-Integrated Remote Laboratory to Enhance Education 4.0: An Approach for FPGA-Based Motor Control by Héctor A. Guerrero-Osuna, Fabián García-Vázquez, Salvador Ibarra-Delgado, Marcela E. Mata-Romero, Jesús Antonio Nava-Pintor, Gerardo Ornelas-Vargas, Rodrigo Castañeda-Miranda, Víktor I. Rodríguez-Abdalá, Luis Octavio Solís-Sánchez

“…The testing phase involved 50 robotics and mechatronics engineering students who participated in hands-on sessions for one month, followed by a structured survey evaluating their experience, interaction, and the educational relevance of the platform. …”
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Weighted Echo State Graph Neural Networks Based on Robust and Epitaxial Film Memristors by Zhenqiang Guo, Guojun Duan, Yinxing Zhang, Yong Sun, Weifeng Zhang, Xiaohan Li, Haowan Shi, Pengfei Li, Zhen Zhao, Jikang Xu, Biao Yang, Yousef Faraj, Xiaobing Yan

“…Abstract Hardware system customized toward the demands of graph neural network learning would promote efficiency and strong temporal processing for graph‐structured data. However, most amorphous/polycrystalline oxides‐based memristors commonly have unstable conductance regulation due to random growth of conductive filaments. …”
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Factors influencing reducing sedentary time in home office employees by Alan Coffey, Iris Parés-Salomón, Judit Bort-Roig, Karin I. Proper, Deirdre Walsh, Päivi Reckman, Cristina Vaqué-Crusellas, Anna M. Señé-Mir, Anna M. Puig-Ribera, Kieran P. Dowd

“…This qualitative study employed semi-structured focus groups and interviews with desk-based employees to investigate perspectives on the factors influencing their ability to reduce their sedentary behaviours in a home-office context. …”
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Communication Medium Used by Clients and Health Professionals in Accessing and Providing Healthcare in Low Resource Setting: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study by Mathias Dongyele, Daniel Ansong, Francis Adjei Osei, Evans Xorse Amuzu, Nicholas Karikari Mensah, Alfred Kwame Owusu, Bright Atta Dankwa, Samuel Frimpong Odoom, Joseph Bonney, Duncan Adjei, Anne Amusu, Emmanuel Kofi Akowuah, Kelvin Lartey, Seth Christopher Yaw Appiah, Sam Newton

“…Cross-sectional design was employed with a multilevel sampling method to select a total of 650 participants consisting of 303 clients, 303 health workers, and 44 hospital directorate managers for the study. A structured survey questionnaire was used to collect data from respondents. …”
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Identifying factors affecting the competence of heads of units and centers of Islamic Azad University in accordance with the statement of the second step of the Islamic Revolution... by Seyed samad Emadi vahdi, mohammadreza mardani, Nader Bohlouli, Mojtaba Ramazani

“…In the qualitative part, a semi-structured interview was used to identify factors, and in the quantitative part, a researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect the data. …”
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Knowledge and perceptions towards organic farming: a case of pineapple farmers in central Uganda by S. Nalubwama, F. Bagamba, F. Kabi, Z. Nampijja, M. Kiggundu, K. Kamatara, N. Kwikiriza, D. Nampanzira, A. Nalunga, V. Lutwama, J. Nasaka

“…Through multi-stage sampling procedures, purposive and random techniques were applied at different stages to select participants from both Luwero and Kayunga districts in central Uganda. Data was collected using a semi-structured questionnaire. …”
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Prevalence of Substance Use and Associated Factors Among Secondary School Students in Marrakech Region, Morocco by Abdelmounaim Baslam, Samia Boussaa, Karima Raoui, Hamid Kabdy, Abdelfatah Aitbaba, Loubna El Yazouli, Rachida Aboufatima, Abderrahman Chait

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted, including 300 participants surveyed using a structured questionnaire. Data were collected using the Mediterranean School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (MedSPAD) to assess substance use, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) to diagnose substance use disorders (SUDs), and the Early Trauma Inventory Self-Report Short Form (ETISR-SF) to identify childhood maltreatment, as well as socio-demographic characteristics. …”
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Influence of Smartphone Usage on development of Sexuality among Late Adolescent Boys in Health Sciences Colleges of South India [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Sara J Ommen, Preeti M Galagali, Sharath M Manya, Prasanna Mithra, Jayashree K

“…Background Better affordability of data plans and an increase in “budget” smartphones have resulted in an exponential rise in internet and smartphone users. …”
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