Menstrual Health Literacy Among Young Female Adults in Northern Mindanao: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study by Izzy D. Abayabay, Chariefa Aaliyah C. Al Ali, Kyramae M. Alava, Trisha Andree J. Aquino, Yuri Benedict J. Autor, Ranieza Jazz R. Baltazar, Jasmine Kyle C. Casicas, Ma. Melevir Madelyn A. Castañares, Cristine M. Dulfo, Raenah Patrizia B. Dy, Paolo B. Araune, Rodesa Shaira B. Cornito

“…Participants were selected using simple random sampling. Data were collected using a self-administered, structured questionnaire, which included 28 close-ended items adapted from the menstrual practices questionnaire and tailored to local cultural contexts. …”
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Paediatric endoscopy in Spain: current situation and recent developments by María Navalón Rubio, Carmen Jovani Casano, Marta Soria López, Alfonso Rodríguez Herrera, Miguel Ángel López Casado, Víctor Manuel Navas-López, Víctor Vila Miravet

“…Materials and methods: A structured self-administered questionnaire was distributed by the Endoscopy Working Group of the Spanish Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (SEGHNP) through the REDCap platform. …”
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Seroprevalence and risk factors of brucellosis in pastoralists and their livestock in Central Equatoria State, South Sudan. by Emmanuel P Lita, Erneo B Ochi, Gerald Misinzo, Henriette van Heerden, Robab Katani, Jacques Godfroid, Coletha Mathew

“…Current literature provides scant data regarding the seroprevalence of brucellosis in South Sudan. …”
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Determinants of COVID-19 vaccination acceptance based on the novel Omale INDEPT FORCIS Framework and recommendations for subsequent pandemics: a qualitative study among community m... by Ugwu I. Omale, Azuka S. Adeke, Onyinyechukwu U. Oka, Cordis O. Ikegwuonu, Osarhiemen Iyare, Olaedo O. Nnachi, Victor U. Uduma, Chidinma I. Amuzie, Glory E. Nkwo, Ugochi I. A. Nwali, Okechukwu O. Ukpabi, Ifeyinwa M. Okeke, Richard L. Ewah

“…On April 26 and 27, 2022, 20 semi-structured face-to-face focus group discussions were conducted in local language and pidgin English with 100 purposively selected consenting/assenting community members aged 15 years and above who had resided in the community for at least one year. …”
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Implementing Positive Youth Development in Primary Physical Education: The Learning Trajectories of a Physical Education Department Head (Fomentar el Desarrollo Positivo de los Jóv... by Fernando Santos, Cláudio Farias, Ivo van Hilvoorde, Daniel Gould, Paulo Pereira

“…Findings showed the PE department head progressed from a perspective of PYD as an inherent and naturally emerging outcome to an understanding of PYD as more structured programmes of activities that include a deliberate approach. …”
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Redução de hemoglobina: risco para lesão renal aguda após revascularização do miocárdio [Hemoglobin decrease: risk for acute kidney injury after myocardial revascularization] [Red... by Tayse Tâmara Paixão Duarte, Wellington Luiz Lima, Alisson Henrique Santos Ribeiro, Marcia Cristina Silva Magro

“…Method: this prospective, observational study was conducted between February and June 2016 with 51 patients who underwent myocardial revascularization surgery at a specialist cardiology hospital specializing in the Federal District. Data were collected using a structured instrument. …”
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Investigating the Factors Influencing the Resilience Capacity of Rural Households Affected by Drought: A Case Study of the Villages of Zehak City by A.R. Sani Heidary, M. Daneshvar Kakhki, M. Sabouhi, H. Mohammadi

“…According to Cochran's formula, the sample size is estimated to be 376 households. Data were collected by completing multidimensional questionnaires along with semi-structured interviews from households in 2023. …”
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Estratégias de enfrentamento adotadas por mulheres vítimas de violência [Coping strategies adopted by women victims of violence] [Estrategias de enfrentamiento adoptadas por mujere... by Laís Costa, Rayane Gonçalves Lordes, Dherik Fraga, Nathália Miguel Teixeira Santana, Susana Bubach, Franciéle Marabotti Costa Leite

“…Method: in this quanti-qualitative, descriptive study of 19 women victims of violence, who attended the Multidisciplinary Support Center in Serra, Espírito Santo, in 2013, semi-structured interview and recording were used to collect socioeconomic and violence data. …”
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O apoio parental na ginástica artística masculina: ouvindo os atletas da seleção brasileira(Parental support in men's artistic gymnastics: listening to the athletes of the Brazilia... by Pauline Peixoto Iglesias Vargas, Ieda Parra Barbosa Rinaldi, André Mendes Capraro

“…Abstract: This article aimed to present the narratives of athletes from the Brazilian male artistic gymnastics (MAG) team about parental influence on their careers. For that, semi-structured interviews were carried out with five gymnasts who participated in the main international competitions between 2013 and 2021. …”
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Perceptions of students, professors, and simulated patients with a periodontology OSCE station in dentistry by Gema Cidoncha, Marta Muñoz-Corcuera, Virginia Sánchez, María Jesús Pardo Monedero, Ana Antoranz, Aurora Saiz Rodríguez

“…Background: The OSCE, or objective structured clinical examination, is a practical assessment used worldwide to evaluate students' competencies in health science degrees. …”
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RELAÇÕES DE SABER E PODER NA EDUCAÇÃO A DISTÂNCIA: uma análise sobre a Universidade Aberta do Brasil by Braian Garrito Veloso, Daniel Mill

“…Subsequently, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 8 of these professionals. …”
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Riscos ocupacionais no trabalho de limpeza hospitalar: percepções de especialistas em segurança e saúde do trabalhador [Occupational risks in hospital cleaning work: perceptions fr... by Larissia Admá de Souza Pereira, Marcia Lima da Cunha, Raquel Veiga Baptista, Regina Célia Gollner Zeitoune, Magda Guimarães de Araújo Faria, Cristiane Helena Gallasch

“…Method: in this exploratory, qualitative study with specialists in the area of worker safety and health, data were obtained, in the first half of 2020, through semi-structured interviews, recorded in digital media, and subjected to categorical thematic content analysis. …”
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La construction sociale de la “déscolarisation” : examen d’un dispositif départemental de signalement de l’absentéisme by Jean-Paul Géhin

“…The strenght of interpretations in terms of psychological weakness and breaking up of family structure contributes to minimise social dimensions and to underestimate the role of school itself in the process of “deschooling”.…”
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La réserve autochtone « transfrontalière » d’Akwesasne entre Canada et États-Unis, zone de contrebande et faille dans la sécurisation de la frontière by Guillaume Poiret, Pierre-Alexandre Beylier

“…New nation-wide networks operating there are creating changes in the local daily life of both the inhabitants of the reservation and those living around. Using datas collected from the police archives and interviews with local authorities, this paper aims to explain those evolutions and determine the nature and structure of the new traffics including their spatial extension, also describing the new policies implemented at the border to counter the traffics.…”
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Neural correlates of device-based sleep characteristics in adolescents by Qing Ma, Barbara J. Sahakian, Bei Zhang, Zeyu Li, Jin-Tai Yu, Fei Li, Jianfeng Feng, Wei Cheng

“…These biotypes also differ in cognitive performance and brain structure and function. Longitudinal analysis confirms these differences from ages 9 to 14, with biotype 3 showing consistent cognitive advantages. …”
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Psychometric properties of instruments for measuring abuse of older people in community and institutional settings: A systematic review by Fadzilah Hanum Mohd Mydin, Christopher Mikton, Wan Yuen Choo, Ranita Hisham Shunmugam, Aja Murray, Yongjie Yon, Raudah M. Yunus, Noran N. Hairi, Farizah M. Hairi, Marie Beaulieu, Amanda Phelan

“…The extracted data included information on the characteristics of included instruments (name, adaptation, language used, translation and country of origin), characteristics of the tested population, instrument development, psychometric properties listed in the COSMIN criteria, including details on content validity, structural validity, internal consistency, cross‐cultural validity/measurement invariance, reliability, measurement error, criterion validity, hypotheses testing for construct validity, responsiveness, and interoperability. …”
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Deep dive into hydrologic simulations at global scale: harnessing the power of deep learning and physics-informed differentiable models (<i>δ</i>HBV-globe1.0-hydroDL) by D. Feng, D. Feng, D. Feng, H. Beck, J. de Bruijn, J. de Bruijn, R. K. Sahu, Y. Satoh, Y. Wada, J. Liu, M. Pan, K. Lawson, C. Shen

“…Nevertheless, relative to LSTM, the differentiable model was hampered by structural deficiencies for cold or polar regions, highly arid regions, and basins with significant human impacts. …”
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Targeted Isolation of ω-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids from the Marine Dinoflagellate <i>Prorocentrum lima</i> Using DeepSAT and LC-MS/MS and Their High Activity in Promoting Microg... by Chang-Rong Lai, Meng-Xing Jiang, Dan-Mei Tian, Wei Lu, Bin Wu, Jin-Shan Tang, Yi Zou, Song-Hui Lv, Xin-Sheng Yao

“…Through this approach, four new (<b>1</b>–<b>4</b>) and nine known (<b>5</b>–<b>13</b>) PUFA analogues were obtained from large-scale cultures of the marine dinoflagellate <i>Prorocentrum lima</i>, with lipidomic profiling identifying FA18:5 (<b>5</b>), FA18:4 (<b>7</b>), FA22:6 (<b>8</b>), and FA22:6 methyl ester (<b>11</b>) as major constituents of the algal oil extract. Structural elucidation was achieved through integrated spectroscopic analyses of IR, 1D and 2D NMR, and HR-ESI-MS data. …”
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E2F1-induced autocrine IL-6 inflammatory loop mediates cancer-immune crosstalk that predicts T cell phenotype switching and therapeutic responsiveness by Alf Spitschak, Prabir Dhar, Krishna P. Singh, Rosaely Casalegno Garduño, Shailendra K. Gupta, Shailendra K. Gupta, Julio Vera, Luca Musella, Nico Murr, Anja Stoll, Brigitte M. Pützer, Brigitte M. Pützer

“…To explore E2F1’s role in immune regulation in presence of aggressive melanoma cells, we established a coculture system and utilized transcriptome and cytokine arrays combined with bioinformatics and structural modeling. We identified an E2F1-dependent gene regulatory network with IL6 as a central hub. …”
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The current induced mass transformation of Ag alloy wire bonded led chip by Xiaohong Yuan, Qinlian He, Shanju Zheng, Jiaheng Zhang, Dapeng Yang, Qinsong Bi, Yuxi Luo, Dengquan Chen, Xiaojing Wang

“…This leads to polarity differences in interconnection structure, underscoring the urgent need to clarify the evolution of microscale bonding interfaces. …”
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