The indirect effect of daily flow experience on affective well-being through less negative views on aging by Samuel Finnigan, Jiawan Zhong, Dwight C.K. Tse

“…Multilevel structural equation modeling revealed that at both within- and between-person levels, greater flow experiences were related to lesser negative views on aging and, in turn, greater positive affect and lesser negative affect. …”
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Social Contact Structures and Time Use Patterns in the Manicaland Province of Zimbabwe. by Alessia Melegaro, Emanuele Del Fava, Piero Poletti, Stefano Merler, Constance Nyamukapa, John Williams, Simon Gregson, Piero Manfredi

“…A total of 2,490 diaries were collected and used to derive age-structured contact matrices, to analyze time spent by individuals in different settings, and to identify the key determinants of individuals' mixing patterns. …”
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Translating Metaphorical Expressions in Churchill’s Diary from English into Arabic by Mohammed Nihad Ahmed Mohammed Nihad Ahmed, Ashraf Abdul Razzaq Saeed Al-Hasso Ashraf Abdul Razzaq Saeed Al-Hasso

“…However, due to the fact that Arabic and English have different linguistic standards, cultural contexts, and linguistic structures, translating these metaphorical terms poses special challenges. …”
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Current norms and practices in using a seizure diary for managing epilepsy: A scoping review by Chika K. Egenasi, Anandan A. Moodley, Wilhelm J. Steinberg, Anthonio O. Adefuye

“…The themes identified were types of seizure diaries used in clinical practice, contents and structure of a standardised seizure diary, the use and efficacy of seizure diaries in medicine and challenges relating to using a seizure diary for patient management. …”
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FORMATION OF A POSITIVE IMAGE OF THE FUTURE TEACHER OF HIGHER SCHOOL AS A COMPONENT OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL TRAINING by Tamara Poyasok, Olena Bespartochna

“…The state of research of the issue of professional image formation in foreign and domestic scientific achievements is clarified and the content of the concept of «professional image of a teacher» is specified. The structure of the teacher’s professional image is highlighted, which reflects the basic requirements for it, and which consists of natural, personal, professional, behavioral components that are basic, as well as visual, auditory, olfactory and kinesthetic components that are the part of the symbolic block. …”
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Exploring classroom management challenges and strategies among EFL school pre-service teachers in the Kurdistan region of Iraq by Mokhles Saleh Ibrahim, Nehad Ahmed, Mohammed Hussein Mohammed

“…The data was collected through diary writing and semi-structured interviews. The study participants were six male and six female undergraduate students or pre-service teachers in the faculty of basic education at a public university in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). …”
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The Effectiveness of Online Learning and Teaching of Arabic as a Foreign Language in Turkish Universities by Ahmet Derviş Müezzin, Maher Jesry, Mohammed Ateek, Marion Heron, Abdulhalim Abdullah, Suhaib Ajam

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The Effect of React Strategy in Augmented Reality-Based Applications on The Problem-Solving Skills of Teacher Candidates by Sevda Koç-Akran

“…In addition, excerpts were made from stories, researcher's and participant's diaries, and semi-structured interview forms through document analysis, thus diversifying the data. …”
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Effect of using mobile devices as an instructional tool on teachers' creativity: an interpretive phenomenological study of Pakistani teachers' experiences by Zainab Shahzadi Javid, Zohra Nazeer, Rozina Sewani, Abdullah Laghari

“…First, because respondents were teachers from elementary and secondary classes, the population was not entirely homogenous, even though they had adequate help. Second, only semi-structured interviews were utilized for data gathering in this study. …”
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Effects of utilizing self-regulated learning-based instruction on EFL students’ academic writing skills: a mixed-method investigation by Candradewi Wahyu Anggraeni, Januarius Mujiyanto, Katharina Rustipa, Widhiyanto

“…At the same time, a thematic analysis was conducted to explore the qualitative data of observations, writing diaries, and semi-structured interviews. The results revealed that self-regulated learning-based instruction effectively enhanced academic writing skills across different self-efficacy levels while uncovering its benefits and challenges. …”
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How do Listening Lessons Based on a Holistic Approach Effect Turkish Pre-Service Teachers’ Awareness of Metacognitive Listening Strategies? by Funda Amanvermez Incirkus

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Effect of cognitive-only and cognitive-motor training on preventing falls in community-dwelling older people: protocol for the smart±step randomised controlled trial by Catherine Sherrington, Barbara Toson, Jessica Turner, Jacqueline Close, Daina L Sturnieks, Jasmine Menant, Michael Valenzuela, Kim Delbaere, Robert D Herbert, Amit Lampit, Kathryn Broadhouse, Daniel Schoene, Stephen R Lord, Daina Sturnieks, Stephen Lord, Rob Herbert, Cameron Hicks, Mayna Ratanapongleka, Natassia Smith, Carly Chaplin, Bethany Halmy, Angeliki Stivactas, Ashley Woodbury, Dinaz Parekh, Matthew Hand, Isabella Hoi Kei leung, Polly Barr, Jennifer Davis

“…Secondary outcomes include the proportion of fallers, physical and cognitive performance in 300 participants, and brain structure and function in 105 participants who will undertake MRI scans at baseline and 6 months. …”
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Telerehabilitation Guidelines for Patients with Breast Cancer by Oleksandr A. Vladymyrov, Tetiana V. Semykopna, Dmytro V. Vakulenko, Oksana V. Syvak, Mykola M. Budnyk

“…A detailed description of the software and hardware tools is provided, including the structural and functional overview of the Telerehabilitation Platform (TRP), software modules such as "Telerehabilitation," "Medical Reports," the Administrative Subsystem, the Information-Analytical Subsystem, which encompass the PM&R physician’s digital workspace, the PM&R Expert Subsystem, and the Patient’s digital workspace. …”
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Vaccine Induced Herd Immunity for Control of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease in a Low-Income Country Setting. by Timothy M Kinyanjui, Thomas A House, Moses C Kiti, Patricia A Cane, David J Nokes, Graham F Medley

“…To explore the effects of vaccination under different mixing assumptions, we included two versions of contact matrices: one from a social contact diary study, and the second a synthesised construction based on demographic data. …”
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Differences in children’s food and beverage consumption between school and summer: three-year findings from the what’s UP (Undermining Prevention) with summer observational cohort... by Michael W. Beets, Sarah Burkart, Christopher D. Pfledderer, Elizabeth Adams, R. Glenn Weaver, Bridget Armstrong, Keith Brazendale, Xuanxuan Zhu, Alexander McLain, Gabrielle Turner-McGrievy, Russell Pate, Andrew Kaczynski, Amanda Fairchild, Brian Saelens, Hannah Parker, Amy L. Yaroch, Emily Eglitis, Anthony J. Holmes

“…We also examined the impact of attending structured programs on children’s diets. Methods Parents of 1,032 children (age 5–14 years, 48% girls) completed a time use diary each day for 14-days during school (April/May) and again in summer (July) from 2021 to 2023, for a total of 6 timepoints. …”
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The Descriptive Discourse of Ancient Arabic: The case of Abdul Hamid Al- Kateb by Samar Al-Dayyoub

“…This article seeks to show that a study of description goes beyond looking at it as a mere artistic and semantic product, which is a burden to the literary text and threatens its structure with idle redundancy, adding nothing to its effect in this epistle or diary; it seems description generates meaning or construct images. …”
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Prediction of emotional exhaustion over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic in primary care dental staff: an intensive longitudinal study by Gerald Humphris, Jan Clarkson, Linda Young, Laura Beaton, Ruth Freeman, Jennifer Knights, Mariana Araujo, Siyang Yuan

“…The results show some consistency with a job demands-resources model of burnout development. Suitable resource structures are indicated for staff over periods of extensive public service change.…”
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Empowering health: exploring the vital role of facilitator organisations in supporting chronic disease patients in Assam, India by Hiranmoyee Bhuyan, Seema S. Singha

“…Key informant interviews and semi-structured questionnaires were used for data collection, the responses were documented using a field diary and the Lovelock service model was used as a reference for the construction of the questionnaire and developing the research framework. …”
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Exploring Developmental Trajectories for English Language Teachers: Evidence From Professional Agency, Teacher Commitment, and Professional Learning Communities in Chinese Universi... by Fan Yuan, Jia Li, Yan Mao

“…Thematic analysis was applied to scrutinize the data collected from semi-structured interviews, community observation, reflective diary, and discussion minutes in PLCs. …”
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Exploring the contributing factors of fast food consumption in daily life: a qualitative study of Saudi university students by Mohammed Mahmoud Sarhan, Shihanah Eid Alotaibi, Nuorah Awadh Alharbi, Shemaa Adel Aljohani, Yara Ahmad Alnazzawi, Maram Ali M. Alwadi

“…Data was collected over 10 weeks through diary entries and semi-structured interviews, which were held virtually. …”
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