Knights in shining armour and (M)others in life jackets: Women’s experiences of advocating for care alone when suffering recurrent early pregnancy loss during the SARS-CoV-2 pandem... by Flora E. Kent-Nye, Kayleigh S. Sheen, Karen Burgess, Munira Oza, Laura A. Magee, Davor Jurković, Sergio A. Silverio

“…Methods A qualitative interview study design was employed, with semi-structured interviews conducted virtually. A total of 16 women who had suffered two or more early pregnancy losses (≤ 14 weeks gestation) during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in the United Kingdom participated. …”
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Moderating effect of work experience on motivation and performance at Islamic hospital by Chamdan Purnama, Mirhamida Rahmah, Dinda Fatmah, Karina Ananda Putri, Syaiful Hasani, Yusriyah Rahmah, Zakiyah Zulfa Rahmah

“…Methodology – An explanatory design was used with a sample of 150 Islamic hospital employees selected using proportional sampling. Data were collected through structured questionnaires using a five-point Likert scale. …”
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Biochemical and psychological markers of fatigue and recovery in mixed martial arts athletes during strength and conditioning training by Joanna Ostapiuk-Karolczuk, Hanna Dziewiecka, Patryk Bojsa, Mirosława Cieślicka, Monika Zawadka-Kunikowska, Kaźmierczak Wojciech, Anna Kasperska

“…This study aimed to assess temporal changes in biochemical and psychological fatigue and recovery markers during a structured 3-week strength and conditioning training program in professional MMA athletes. …”
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Prevalence of malaria parasites among blood donors in two hospitals in Enugu metropolis, Nigeria by Samuel ThankGod Aluh, Patience Obiageli Ubachukwu, Kyrian Ikenna Onah, Gabriel Adebayo Oladepo, Chidi Ole Ukwen, Fupsin Rimamkirnde

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted of voluntary, family, and remunerated blood donors in two hospitals in the Enugu metropolis. A well-structured questionnaire was used to collect demographics and blood donation history data. …”
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Understanding How Surgeons Improve the Quality of Breast Cancer Surgery Using the Theoretical Domains Framework by Doris Goubran, BHSc, Iresha Ratnayake, MSc, Pamela Hebbard, MD, FRCSC, Caroline Park, BN, Med, PhD, Maziar Fazel Darbandi, MD, Kathleen Decker, PhD, Megan Delisle, MD, MPH, MSc, FRCSC

“…We conducted 60-minute virtual semi-structured qualitative interviews with surgeons who performed breast cancer surgery in Manitoba, Canada, between 2021 and 2024. …”
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Artificial Intelligence in Education: Analysis and Assessment of Legal Knowledge Using AI Tools by Anvar J. Khurramov, Mavluda A. Axmedshaeva, Fiyuza A. Mukhitdinova, Gulnora A. Xudayberdiyeva, Shahnoza S. Almosova, Makhmud M. Makhamatov, Sherzod R. Khayitov

“…A mixed-methods approach was employed, combining a structured questionnaire distributed to 341 participants and a qualitative assessment of open-ended responses. …”
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Revisiting dividend policy in Indonesian green investment firms and associated market reaction: an in-depth analysis over crises period by Georgina Maria Tinungki, Powell Gian Hartono, Budi Frensidy, Nurtiti Sunusi, Robiyanto Robiyanto, Apriani Dorkas Rambu Atahau

“…Utilizing a range of robustness tests and checks, several structured-panel data regressions, and tests for abnormal and cumulative abnormal returns, the study reports a tendency for firms within the SRI-KEHATI index to maintain lower dividend policies during and after the crisis, despite certain economic indicators showing recovery post-crisis. …”
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Professional and personal experiences of workplace violence among Italian mental health nurses: A qualitative study by Ilenia Piras, Igor Portoghese, Massimo Tusconi, Federica Minafra, Mariangela Lecca, Giampaolo Piras, Paolo Contu, Maura Galletta

“…The aim of this study is to identify the consequences of violence on the health, work habits, and performance of nurses working with psychiatric patients.MethodsThe study was conducted using semi-structured interviews with 18 nurses from different hospitals and territorial psychiatric settings in Southern Italy. …”
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Diagnostic value and clinical impact of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients after sudden cardiac arrest: a retrospective study by Bernhard Strohmer, Reinhard Kaufmann, Elke Boxhammer, Richard Rezar, Stefan Hecht, Christoph Knapitsch, Nikolaos Schörghofer, Uta C Hoppe, Klaus Hergan, Bernhard Scharinger

“…The most common diagnosis by CMRI was ischaemic cardiomyopathy (28.1%), followed by dilated cardiomyopathy (17.5%) and structurally normal hearts (14%). In cases of myocardial oedema, extracellular volume (ECV) was determined in 10 patients and found to be elevated in 80% after resuscitation, whereas T2 mapping was elevated in only 50% of cases. …”
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Exploring good mental health for people with intellectual disabilities: a qualitative interview study with mental health experts by Sophie Komenda-Schned, Paula Moritz, Sarah Jasmin Landskron, Alma Rosa Herscovici, Charlotte Schomburg, Julia Lehner, Brigitte Lueger-Schuster, Luis Salvador-Carulla, Elisabeth Lucia Zeilinger

“…Objective We aimed to explore the perspectives of experts on good mental health in people with ID to shed light on the constitutive factors of good mental health in this population. Methods Semi-structured expert interviews with open-ended questions (N = 12) were conducted with psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, and psychiatric nurses, working either academically or in practice with this population. …”
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Factors affecting self-reported occupational health-related problems: a case study on improved traditional shrimp farmers in Bangladesh by Md Mostafizur Rahman, Md Shamim Hasan, Md. Ridwanul Islam, Md. Khaladur Rahman Shohag, Muhammad Abdur Rouf, Sudip Debnath, Md. Moshiur Rahman, Edris Alam, Md Kamrul Islam

“…Abstract This study explores the factors affecting self-reported occupational health problems among improved traditional shrimp farmers in Southwestern Bangladesh. Data was collected from 270 farmers in the districts of Khulna, Satkhira, and Bagerhat using a structured questionnaire. …”
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“If somebody wants an abortion, nobody should override their decision”: Modern Canadian perspectives on abortion in relation to artificial womb technology by Srishti Hukku, Lisa L. Wynn, Angel M. Foster

“…From September 2020 to February 2021, we conducted a qualitative bilingual community-based survey with 343 Canadian citizens and 41 semi-structured in-depth interviews with a subset of survey respondents in English and French. …”
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Stress experience and coping strategies in medical studies – insights and a discussion of preventive measures by Warnken, Iris, Polujanski, Sabine, Rotthoff, Thomas, Schindler, Ann-Kathrin

“…Methods: A total of 22 semi-standardised, semi-narrative interviews were conducted with medical students, students in their practical year and junior doctors to gain retrospective perspectives on their studies. All data were audio-recorded, pseudonymised, fully transcribed as well as structured and analysed using qualitative content analysis, based on Kaluza’s stress model. …”
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Automated and efficient Bangla signboard detection, text extraction, and novel categorization method for underrepresented languages in smart cities by Tanmoy Mazumder, Fariha Nusrat, Abu Bakar Siddique Mahi, Jolekha Begum Brishty, Rashik Rahman, Tanjina Helaly

“…The proposed system is structured in four integral phases. The model first detects signboards from input image, then identifies Regions of Text Interest (RTI) containing names and addresses. …”
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Emotional analysis of operating room nurses in acute care hospitals in Japan: insights using ChatGPT by Kentaro Hara, Reika Tachibana, Ryosuke Kumashiro, Kodai Ichihara, Takahiro Uemura, Hiroshi Maeda, Michiko Yamaguchi, Takahiro Inoue

“…Methods A single-center cross-sectional study was conducted from February 2023 to February 2024, involving semi-structured interviews with 10 operating room nurses from a national hospital in Japan. …”
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The meaning of the recovery process and its stages for people attending a mental health day hospital: A qualitative study by Ana Ventosa‐Ruiz, Antonio R. Moreno‐Poyato, Teresa Lluch‐Canut, Isabel Feria‐Raposo, Montserrat Puig‐Llobet

“…Methods A descriptive exploratory qualitative study was carried out. Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with people attending a mental health day hospital. …”
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Artificial intelligence application for museum to experiential transformation of cultural heritage and learning by İslam Suiçmez, Fahriye Altinay, Gökmen Dağlı, Haijun Zeng, Rustam Shadiev, Didem İşlek, İpek Danju, Zehra Altinay

“…Participants will consist of a total of 110 university students from Kazakhstan, Korea, China, Turkey, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, and India. Data will be collected through semi-structured interview forms and analyzed using QDA Miner Lite software. …”
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Computational persuasion technologies, explainability, and ethical-legal implications: A systematic literature review by Davide Calvaresi, Rachele Carli, Simona Tiribelli, Berk Buzcu, Reyhan Aydogan, Andrea Di Vincenzo, Yazan Mualla, Michael Schumacher, Jean-Paul Calbimonte

“…The review follows a structured methodology, assessing 92 primary studies through sixteen research questions covering demographics, application scenarios, user requirements, objectives, functionalities, technologies, advantages, limitations, proposed solutions, ethical and legal implications, and the role of explainable AI (XAI). …”
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Establishing rabbit critical-size bone defects to evaluate the bone-regeneration potential of porous calcium phosphate ceramics by Wei Lei, Yan Wu, Yan Wu, Hao Yuan, Ping He, Jingqi Wu, Jingrong Chen, Yuxiao Liu, Hongmei Zhang, Joost D. de Bruijn, Xuerong Xiang, Ping Ji, Huipin Yuan, Huipin Yuan, Mingzheng Li

“…A 12.6-mm cranial defect was confirmed as a CSDs after 12 weeks, with submicron surface-structured biphasic calcium-phosphate (BCP) implants [consisting of 20% hydroxyapatite and 80% tricalcium phosphate (TCP)] demonstrating significantly higher bone formation (32.2% ± 10.6%) than micron surface-structured TCP (TCP-B) implants (17.8% ± 4.6%, p = 0.0121). …”
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‘Sweden has changed me’: a qualitative study exploring the sexual health needs and associated mental health aspects of young male former unaccompanied minors, asylum seekers and re... by Mariano Salazar, Anna Mia Ekström, Jordanos Tewelde McDonald, Benjamn Fayzi, Majdi Laktinah

“…Additionally, we explored how their sexual health needs were related to their mental health, as well as the factors influencing both.Design An exploratory qualitative study using semi-structured interviews was employed. Theoretical sampling was used for participant selection. …”
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