Effect of Self-Care Guidelines on Quality of Life for Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Undergoing Radiofrequency Ablation by Azhar T. Zaki, Manal S. Hassan, Ahmed H. Soliman, Yosreah M. Mohamed

“…This study was conducted at the Interventional Radiology Unit, affiliated to Ain Shams University Hospital, on a purposive sample of 50 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma; 25 randomly allocated to the study group, and 25 allocated to the control group. A structured interview questionnaire for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing radiofrequency ablation was used to collect the study data. …”
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An exploration of patients' perceptions and coping strategies for LBP. by Amanda Hall, Andrea Pike, Krystal Bursey, Sameh Mortazhejri, Andrea Patey, Jeremy Grimshaw, Holly Etchegary

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This was a qualitative, exploratory study using semi-structured interviews to explore patient perceptions of LBP and their coping strategies, paying particular attention to why patients with LBP in Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) seek care from family physicians and their treatment expectations, especially with regard to imaging. …”
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Psychometric properties of the Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM) in a Moroccan sample of nursing students by Saka Khadija, Mohamed-Yassine Amarouch, Youssef Miyah, Mohammed Benjelloun, Jaouad El-Hilaly

“…Results: PCA confirmed a five-factor structure, with the first two principal components explaining 19.13% and 23.61% of the total variance. …”
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Effect of Variety and Site on the Allometry Distribution of Seed Cotton Composition by Lei Shi, Zenghui Sun, Lirong He, Guobin Liu, Chutao Liang

“…These research findings provide a theoretical foundation for future crop variety selection, habitat selection, and variety structure development in the inland cotton region of Northwest China and similar regions.…”
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Hábitos de alimentación y actividad física de Menores Extranjeros No Acompañados (MENAs): un estudio de caso (Food and physical activity habits of foreign unaccompanied minors livi... by José Ignacio Menéndez Santurio, Javier Fernández-Río

“…To gather information, qualitative research methodology was used. Semi-structured interviews were employed to obtain data. …”
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Characteristics of Parallel and Countercurrent Flooding Instability of Annular Flow in Rod Bundle Channel by JIN Guangyuan1, 2, WANG Rui1, 2, BAI Jinghu1, 2, LI Weilian1, 2

“…The experimental conditions where the flow instability appeared in the rod bundle structure are in the flooding state according to the criterion from Wallis, but on the conversion line of flooding and not flooding state according to the criterion from Zapke and Alekseev. …”

Clinical profile and management outcomes of paediatric undescended testes in a Nigerian tertiary hospital: An 11-year review by Ituen MA, Akpanudo EI, Eyo AE, Emmanuel EM

“…Methods: This was an 11-year retrospective descriptive study of children managed for UDT at the Paediatric Surgery Unit of UUTH between January 2012 and December 2022. Data were extracted from case notes using a structured proforma, documenting age, clinical presentation, surgical procedures, and postoperative outcomes. …”
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Experiences of Young and Middle-Aged Stroke Patients with Hemiplegia Who Actively Participate in Rehabilitation Exercises and Their Perceptions of Well-Being: A Descriptive Qualita... by Si Y, Huang X, Zhao S, Ou Z, Pi M, Du J

“…The purpose was to inform the clinical development of individualized rehabilitation programs.Methods: Purposive sampling was employed to conduct semi-structured, in-depth interviews with 16 young and middle-aged stroke hemiplegic patients (18– 59 years old) using a descriptive qualitative research approach. …”
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Viability of Web-Based Respondent-Driven Sampling of Belgian Men Who Have Sex With Men: Process Evaluation by Estrelle Thunnissen, Veerle Buffel, Linda Campbell, Bea Vuylsteke, Philippe Bos, Edwin Wouters

“…A moderate reward of €10-€30 (US $11.2-$33.6) with a dual incentive structure was insufficient to overcome these barriers. …”
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Effects of restrictive harvest criteria on antler size of hunter‐harvested male white‐tailed deer and hunter opportunity by William D. Gulsby, Charlie H. Killmaster, John W. Bowers, Karl V. Miller

“…We used hunter‐harvest data collected from 10 wildlife management areas in Georgia, USA, during 2003–2013 to compare cohort antler size and other factors among areas with varying or no SHC. …”
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Incidence of Hot Flashes among Peri- and Postmenopausal Women in India: A Clinico-demographic Analysis by Mohandas Shobhana, Jyothi Ramesh Chandran, Neelam Aggarwal, Seema Sharma, Revty Jankiram, Anju Soni, Jyoti Jaiswal, Sudha Sharma, S. Lakshmi, Sheela Mane, Meeta Singh, Sushma Verma, Ritu Jain

“…The secondary outcomes included examining the regional distribution of hot flashes in India and understanding its co-relationship with hysterectomy, religion, marital status, and employment status. Data collection utilized a structured questionnaire covering demographic details, menstrual history, and the classification of menopausal symptoms based on the Menopausal Rating Scale. …”
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Metaphorical Representation of the Migration Crisis as a Natural Phenomenon of the Water Element (Based on American Media Texts) by N. V. Stepanova

“…The research conducted within the framework of blending theory provides an opportunity to identify specific ways of metaphorizing the migration crisis and to analyze various implications and background knowledge that are actualized as two scenarios of the same metaphor are implemented and displayed in the emergent structure of the blend.…”
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Epidemiology of breast cancer in Chinese women from 1990 to 2021: a systematic analysis and comparison with the global burden by Zheng Long, Yujie Qiu, Zhenghao Long, Zicheng Jin

“…Age-standardized rates were analysed using the global age structure as a reference. Joinpoint regression was employed to assess the annual percentage change and average annual percentage change. …”
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Real-world clinical utility (effectiveness) of omalizumab as add-on therapy in patient with difficult-to-treat severe allergic asthma by Rowshne Jahan, Ziaul Huq

“…Pulmonary function tests (PFTs), including Forced Vital Capacity (FVC), Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 s (FEV1 %), FEV1/FVC (%), and Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO), were performed according to established guidelines. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection. …”
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Stress Martensite Nucleation in a State of Premartensitic Lattice Instability by Y. V. Dolgachev, V. N. Pustovoit, Y. M. Vernigorov

“…In addition, when compared to conventional hardening, there are changes in structure and properties. Such effects cannot be explained only in terms of thermodynamics, since the expected shift in the equilibrium temperature between austenite and martensite in a magnetic field of such strength does not exceed 4–8°C. …”
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Magnitude and Associated Factors of Awareness with Recall under General Anesthesia in Amhara Regional State Referral Hospitals, 2018 by Tadese Tamire, Habtamu Demelash, Tikuneh Yetneberk, Simegnew Kibret

“…Interviewer-administered structured questionnaire and chart review were employed. …”
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Revisiting Drymaeus germaini (Ancey, 1892) (Gastropoda, Bulimulidae): ecological niche and first anatomical description of a poorly known land snail species from Brazil by Maria Isabel Pinto Ferreira Macedo, Ximena Maria Constanza Ovando, Sthefane D’ávila

“…However, information on population size and structure, geographic range and their trends over time, which is necessary to assess species conservation status, is unavailable or insufficient for most land snail taxa, making it difficult to apply the IUCN criteria. …”
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Parental perceptions and self-efficacy in managing childhood obesity: a cross-sectional study from Türkiye by Gülay Can Yılmaz, Hatice Mutlu, Elif Söbü

“…A total of 114 parents (one per child, either the mother or the father) of children diagnosed with obesity (BMI ≥ 95th percentile) who were actively involved in their child’s weight management process were included. Data were collected using structured face-to-face questionnaires and retrospective clinical record review. …”
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Insight into the Potential of Somatostatin Vaccination with Goats as a Model: From a Perspective of the Gastrointestinal Microbiota by Xiaoli Zhang, Juncai Chen, Siqi Zhang, Bingni Wei, Yanguo Han, Zhongquan Zhao

“…These results imply that somatostatin immunoneutralization might directly alter the gastrointestinal tract commensal bacterial structure, improving gastrointestinal homeostasis, and, thus, modifying the fermentability and effected hormone level to improve the productivity of goats. …”
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Development of enterprise architecture management methodology for teaching purposes by Dmitry V. Kudryavtsev, Evgeny P. Zaramenskikh, Maxim Y. Arzumanyan

“…Enterprise architecture allows describing, analyzing and designing the company from the point of view of its structure, functioning and goal setting (motivation).In the context of this approach, the enterprise is viewed as a system of services, processes, goals and performance indicators, organizational units, information systems, data, technical facilities, etc. …”
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