Mapping forest types along ecological gradient in Pakistan by Naveed Ahmad, Syed Ghias Ali

“…Environmental variables influence the spatial distribution, pattern and structure of vegetation in complex mountainous landscape along varied geographical conditions. …”
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Mapping and sharing scientific polychaete collections in Brazil: challenges for the Ocean Decade by Mônica A. V. Petti, Paulo C. Paiva, Tatiana M. Steiner, Camila S. M. A. Messias, Marcelo V. Fukuda, Joana Zanol, Sandra Bromberg, A. Cecília Z. Amaral

“…However, the associated data still needs better structuring and accessibility to the scientific community via open-access online platforms allowing further investigation on Brazilian polychaete biodiversity. …”
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Effect of tailored, intensive prehabilitation for risky lifestyles before ventral hernia repair on postoperative outcomes, health, and costs - study protocol for a randomised contr... by Sofie Anne-Marie Skovbo Jensen, Susanne Vahr Lauridsen, Siv Fonnes, Jacob Rosenberg, Hanne Tønnesen

“…Eligible trial participants will be invited to a semi-structured interview study at baseline. Their reflections on the STRONG programme and the choice of participating in the trial or not will be explored.…”
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Methodology of optimal distribution of single-phase electric consumers in power supply systems by the criterion of reduction of additional losses caused by load asymmetry and non-s... by A. A. Pesterev, S. S. Kostinskiy, N. D. Narakidze

“…In this article, the authors address the pertinent task of distributing single-phase loads within the electrical system of an office building to assess the total share of additional losses resulting from asymmetry and non-sinusoidal waveforms in the overall structure of losses in the 0.4 kV distribution network. …”
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Institutional priorities and student engagement: a multi-stakeholder analysis of physical education in Israel by Ali Alayan, Ahmad Salhab, Paz Carmel, Ronit Ahdut HaCohen

“…Despite global guidelines advocating for structured physical activity (PA) in schools, PE often remains underprioritized, especially in systems with competing academic demands. …”
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Psychiatrists’ experiences with the implementation of safewards and other quality improvement work: an explorative, qualitative interview study by Martin Lindow, Mårten J. Tyrberg, Veikko Pelto-Piri, Anna Björkdahl

“…Methods In this qualitative exploratory study, semi-structured interviews and inductive content analysis were utilized. …”
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‘Effect of early correction of posterior crossbite on masticatory muscle activity using surface electromyography – a systematic review and meta-analysis’ by Nitin Gadhiya, Viral Dave, Sushma Sonawane, Veera Sawant, Keval Shroff

“…Data extraction included study design, sample characteristics, intervention details, and EMG parameters. …”
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T cell response to SARS-CoV-2 infection in humans: A systematic review. by Madhumita Shrotri, May C I van Schalkwyk, Nathan Post, Danielle Eddy, Catherine Huntley, David Leeman, Samuel Rigby, Sarah V Williams, William H Bermingham, Paul Kellam, John Maher, Adrian M Shields, Gayatri Amirthalingam, Sharon J Peacock, Sharif A Ismail

“…<h4>Methods</h4>For this systematic review, keyword-structured literature searches were carried out in MEDLINE, Embase and COVID-19 Primer. …”
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The Effect of an Educational Intervention Based on the Health Belief Model on the Level of Breastfeeding Self-efficacy in Mothers Referring to Qazvin Health Centers: A Randomized C... by fatemeh mohammadi, mahdi ranjbaran, hamed bigdeli, zinat jourabchi

“…Commencing from the 36th week of pregnancy, the intervention group underwent 4 virtual breastfeeding training sessions, structured around the principles of the health belief model. …”
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Integration of the Digital Space of the University Using the Implementation of Personal Accounts of Students, Lecturers and Applicants by Tatiana M. Shamsutdinova

“…This study used the following materials and methods: analysis of bibliographic sources on the problems of digital transformation of the higher education system, as well as methods of collecting, systematizing, structuring and analyzing data about subsystems and services of personal accounts of students, lecturers and applicants of the university.Results. …”
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Psychosocial support during pregnancy: perceptions and expectations among pregnant teenagers in Ahvaz, Iran-a qualitative content analysis by Setareh Yousefi, Simin Montazeri, Nahid Javadifar, Saeed Ghanbari

“…Participants were selected using purposive sampling to ensure maximum diversity and included pregnant adolescents, family members, and healthcare providers. Data were gathered through 30 semi-structured, in-depth interviews and analyzed using conventional qualitative content analysis with MAXQDA 2020 software. …”
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Urban informal settlements interpretation via a novel multi-modal Kolmogorov–Arnold fusion network by exploring hierarchical features from remote sensing and street view images by Hongyang Niu, Runyu Fan, Jiajun Chen, Zijian Xu, Ruyi Feng

“…The proposed KANFusion model employs the Kolmogorov–Arnold Network (KAN) instead of the conventional MLP structure to enhance the model-fitting capability of heterogeneous modality-specific features and uses a novel Multi-level Feature Fusion Module with KAN block (MFF) to fuse the hierarchical modality-specific and modality-fusion features from remote sensing and street view images for better UIS interpretation performance. …”
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Barriers to Pursuing Emergency Medicine Specialty Among Iranian General Practitioners: A Cross-Sectional Study by farzaneh raaii, Shahrad Tajaddini, Amin Saberinia, Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi Zarandi

“…Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Kerman, Iran, in 2023. Data were collected from GPs using a structured questionnaire assessing demographic characteristics and barriers to choosing emergency medicine. …”
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Factors Affecting Anxiety Among Patients with Oro-Digestive Cancer: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study by Sarita Ahwal, Kanika Rai, Ankur Jindal, Puja Sahai

“…Depression anxiety stress scale (DASS-21) was used to assess the anxiety and a validated structured questionnaire was used to elicit data related to socio-demographic & clinical profiles. …”
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Feline Farmhands: The Value of Working Cats to Australian Dairy Farmers—A Case for Tax Deductibility by Caitlin Crawford, Jacquie Rand, Olivia Forge, Vanessa Rohlf, Pauleen Bennett, Rebekah Scotney

“…The data gathered during interviews indicated that uncontrolled rodent populations have a detrimental impact on dairy farms and showed that farmers valued having cats due to their efficiency in pest control, monetary savings and companionship. …”
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Reduced Field-of-View Diffusion-Weighted Imaging of the Lumbosacral Enlargement: A Pilot In Vivo Study of the Healthy Spinal Cord at 3T. by Marios C Yiannakas, Francesco Grussu, Polymnia Louka, Ferran Prados, Rebecca S Samson, Marco Battiston, Daniel R Altmann, Sebastien Ourselin, David H Miller, Claudia A M Gandini Wheeler-Kingshott

“…However, DTI applications to the lower SC are limited due to a number of technical challenges, related mainly to the even smaller size of the SC structure at this level, its position relative to the receiver coil elements and the effects of motion during data acquisition. …”
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Mobilisation in the EveNing to TreAt deLirium (MENTAL): protocol for a mixed-methods feasibility randomised controlled trial by Owen Gustafson, Elizabeth King, Julie Lorraine Darbyshire, David Mcwilliams, C Bassford, Peter Nydahl, L Gallie, Dalia Barghouthy

“…Acceptability of the intervention will be evaluated through semi-structured interviews of participants and staff. Secondary outcome measures include collecting baseline, clinical and outcome data to inform the power calculations of a future definitive trial.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval has been obtained through the Wales Research and Ethics Committee 6 (22/WA/0106). …”
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Unraveling the frequency of intestinal constipation in woman with urinary incontinence: a descriptive observational study by Bruna Isadora Thomé, Karoleen Oswald Scharan, Gisela Maria Assis, Auristela Duarte de Lima Moser

“…Methods: A cross-sectional, quantitative, descriptive, and exploratory study was conducted from September 2019 to January 2020 with 227 women (over 18 years old) at the Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná. A structured form collected sociodemographic and general health data, while bowel habits were assessed using the Rome IV criteria, the Bristol Stool Scale, and the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire – Short Form (ICIQ-SF). …”
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“You can’t incarcerate yourself out of the drug problem in America:” A qualitative examination of Colorado’s 2022 Fentanyl​ criminalization law by Katherine LeMasters, Samantha Nall, Cole Jurecka, Betsy Craft, Paul Christine, Ingrid Binswanger, Joshua Barocas

“…We conducted 31 semi-structured interviews in 2023 with community leaders directly working with people who use drugs, individuals with lived experience with drug use and the criminal legal system, and law enforcement throughout Colorado. …”
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Children with medical complexity care journey during COVID-19 from providers perspective: a qualitative study by Onur Asan, Farah Elkourdi, Ilse Super, Olya Rezaeian, Stephen Percy, Katharine Clouser

“…Methods In this qualitative study, we captured views from various providers who cared for CMC during the pandemic. We conducted semi-structured interviews between May 2023 and December 2023. …”
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