Cross-sectional study of myopia prevalence and associated risk factors among children and adolescents in Shaanxi Province, China, in 2021 by Yi-Ming Guo, Guan-Chen Liu, Junhan Wei, Jiaqi Wang, Jiejing Bi, Juan Huang, Dang-Xia Zhou, Lu Ye

“…Myopia was defined as SE ≤−0.5 D and categorized into low (SE >−3.0 D), moderate (SE >−6.0 D), and high myopia (SE ≤−6.0 D). Data on age, gender, education level, and ethnicity were collected using structured questionnaires administered through face-to-face interviews.Results The overall prevalence of myopia was 67.4% (95% CI: 67.20%–67.50%), with high myopia at 4.63% (95% CI: 4.55%–4.71%). …”
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Aripiprazole/Sertraline Combination: Clinical and Cost‐Effectiveness in Comparison With Quetiapine for the Treatment of Bipolar Depression (ASCEnD Trial)—Protocol for a Nested Qual... by Isobel Hoppe, Stuart Watson, Caroline Kemp, Fiona Turnbull, Firoza Davies, John Gibson, Lumbini Azim, Lauren Wall, Niraj Ahuja, Sarah Al‐Ashmori, Sally Keys, Thomas Kabir, Carolyn A. Chew‐Graham

“…Methods The qualitative study will use semi‐structured interviews to explore pilot trial participants' and clinicians' perspectives on recruitment procedures, the acceptability of the intervention, the management of bipolar disorder and attitudes to medication combinations. …”
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The experiences of family members of persons with intellectual disabilities who used residential care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic by Montserrat Puig Llobet, Montserrat Roca Roger, Teresa Nicolàs Silva, Gemma Pérez Gimenez, Zaida Agüera, Maria-Teresa Lluch Canut, Juan Francisco Roldan Merino, Carmen Moreno Arroyo, Marta Prats Arimon, Maria Aurelia Sánchez Ortega, Xavier Domènech Mascaró, Miguel Angel Hidalgo Blanco, Antonio Moreno Poyato

“…Methods and procedures Semi-structured interviews were conducted using an interpretive phenomenological qualitative approach. …”
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The effects of alcohol use severity and polygenic risk on gray matter volumes in young adults by Yu Chen, Huey-Ting Li, Xingguang Luo, Guangfei Li, Guangfei Li, Jaime S. Ide, Chiang-Shan R. Li, Chiang-Shan R. Li, Chiang-Shan R. Li, Chiang-Shan R. Li

“…Alcohol use behaviors were assessed with the Semi-Structured Assessment for the Genetics of Alcoholism. …”
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Randomized controlled trial of 4.0 mg versus 0.4 mg folic acid supplementation: Follow-up of children at 1 year of age by Renata Bortolus, Francesca Filippini, Sonia Cipriani, Daniele Trevisanuto, Federico Marchetti, Pierpaolo Mastroiacovo, Fabio Parazzini, Francesco Cavallin

“…Methods: The health status of livebirths was evaluated by a trained health care provider (HCP) through a phone interview with the paediatrician (at 1–3–12 months of age) and with the parents (at 12 months of age), using a structured data collection form. Results: Information at 1 year of life could be obtained for 347/376 (92.3 %) newborns included in the original RCT. …”
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The Determinants of Recall Event Timing of Contaminated Frozen Poultry Products in Retail Outlets in North-Central Nigeria by Emeka Solomon Fidelis, Moradeyo Adebanjo Otitoju, Park Odojoma Idisi, Ugochukwu Emmanuel Anazo, David Ocholi Achemu

“…Multistage sampling was employed to sample 202 respondents, and the data collected using a well-structured questionnaire was analyzed using descriptive statistics and discrete-time survival analysis. …”
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Sustainable phytoprotection: a smart monitoring and recommendation framework using Puma Optimization for potato pathogen detection by Amal H. Alharbi, Faris H. Rizk, Khaled Sh. Gaber, Marwa M. Eid, Marwa M. Eid, El-Sayed M. El-kenawy, El-Sayed M. El-kenawy, Pushan Kumar Dutta, Doaa Sami Khafaga

“…The system is trained and evaluated on a real-world dataset derived from structured field experiments, comprising 52 instances and 42 agronomic, microbial, and ecological variables. …”
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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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