Assessment of the quality of drinking water and basic water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions of urban street dwellers in Bangladesh by Dr Zenat Hossain, Md. Harun Or Rashid, Dipan Barai, Najmun Nahar, Dr. Anowara Begum

“…A survey was conducted using a semi structure questionnaire to collect data on demographic characteristics, WASH situation and health problems. …”
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Barriers and facilitators to sports participation in autistic Europeans: insights from a large-scale questionnaire survey by Célia Ruffino, Nicolas Gueugneau, Sidney Grosprêtre, Sidney Grosprêtre

“…The primary reasons for non-participation include a lack of suitable facilities (54.1%) and uncertainty about where to practice (22.2%).ConclusionsThe study underscores the importance of structured physical activity in improving both physical health and autism-specific characteristics. …”
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Evaluation of the feasibility, appropriateness, and acceptability of an environmental cleaning program improvement toolkit at a tertiary care hospital in Nigeria by Cori Dennison, Matthew Hudson, Damilola Adeniyi, Folasade Ogunsola, Hanako Osuka, Lisa P. Oakley, Paul Malpiedi, Amber Vasquez, Molly Patrick

“…A deductive analytic process was used to code and analyze interview data based on constructs of appropriateness and acceptability. …”
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Behavioral tests for the assessment of social hierarchy in mice by Hao Zheng, Dantong Chen, Zilong Zhong, Ziyi Li, Meng Yuan, Zhenkun Zhang, Xiaoping Zhou, Guohui Zhu, Hongwei Sun, Lin Sun

“…Future research may also benefit from integrating physiological data (e.g., hormone levels) to gain deeper insights into the relationships between social status, stress regulation, and mental health. …”
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Genome-wide identification of invertase genes in sweetpotato and its response to nitrogen and planting densities by Zheng-yu Hu, Pei-xin He, Yu-jie Li, Hong-Juan Liu, Rafiq Ahmad, Izhar Ali, Cheng-cheng Si

“…Transcriptome data revealed that IbCIN2 and IbVIN3 were highly expressed in fibrous root (FR) and potential storage root (PSR), while IbVIN4 exhibited high expression levels in storage roots (SR), and IbCWIN2 was highly expressed in both FR and SR. …”
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Antitumor efficiency of contact radiotherapy in combination with a chlorin-based photosensitizer in experiment by D. A. Tzerkovsky, Ya. L. Protopovich, D. I. Kozlovsky, V. A. Suslova

“…Systemic administration of chlorin-based PS before the CRT session increases the antitumor efficacy of radiation therapy in animals with transplantable tumors of different histological structure and growth patterns. The data obtained indicate that further studies of the radiosensitizing properties of PS are promising.…”
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Prevalence and association between eating disorders, depression, and obesity among Palestinian adolescent refugees by Basma Damiri, Ahmad Hanani

“…A total of 313 teenagers were interviewed. Data, including waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI), were collected through structured interviews and anthropometric measurements. …”
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Co-developing an intervention to facilitate safe and early transition to neonatal home care for very preterm infants: a mixed-method study evaluating the impact of patient and publ... by Sofia Arwehed, Ylva Thernström Blomqvist, Elin Carlsson Filipowicz, Anna Axelin

“…Patient and public involvement (PPI) was evaluated through anonymised impact log surveys, a process log, standardised meeting minutes, semi-structured interviews with Steering Committee members, and a written survey of public contributors. …”
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“Since I never felt pain, it didn’t occur to me to visit a dental clinic”: a qualitative exploration of social perceptions and influencers of oral care-seeking behaviour among adul... by Shakeerah O. Gbadebo, Promise U. Okereke, Gbemisola A. Oke, Oluwole O. Dosumu

“…Twenty-five purposively selected adult patients attending the clinic for the first time participated in in-depth, semi-structured interviews. Interviews were conducted in English or Yoruba, transcribed, and thematically analyzed using ATLAS.ti 8. …”
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Quality of Life in Patients with a Stoma Post Spinal Cord Injury by Stephen F Brockman, Henry R.E. Drysdale, Andrew Nunn, Scott Robson, Sonal Udayasiri, Melinda Millard, Andrew Bui, Douglas A Stupart

“…Design: Retrospective study in which eligible patients were asked to complete a structured questionnaire. Setting: The study was conducted at the Austin Hospital (a tertiary referral hospital in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia). …”
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Expectativas laborales de los estudiantes de licenciatura en Educación Física en México (Work expectations of physical education teacher education candidates in Mexico) by Ramón Alfonso González-Rivas, Gabriel Gastélum-Cuadras, María del Carmen Zueck-Enríquez, Oscar Núñez Enríquez, Ma. Concepción Soto Valenzuela

“…With the participation of 14 students (eight women and six men) with average ages between 21 and 22 years, to whom it was conducted a semi-structured interview, a deductive procedure was carried out for data analysis. …”
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Pharmacist-driven mobile health clinics: a qualitative analysis of logistics for program development, implementation, and operation by Erin E. Miller, Sarah Schweitzer, Alex W. Middendorf, Deidra Van Gilder, James W. Amell, Patricia Ahmed, Stephanie Hanson

“…Methods This project used semi-structured interviews, guided by a 23-item interview guide, conducted with groups and individuals from pharmacist-driven mobile health programs to identify logistics for the development of a pharmacist-driven MHC model. …”
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Food insecurity status and determinants among Urban Productive Safety Net Program beneficiary households in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. by Atimen Derso, Hailemichael Bizuneh, Awoke Keleb, Ayechew Ademas, Metadel Adane

“…A multi-stage sampling method was used; study participants were selected using a simple random sampling technique after establishing the proportionally allocated sample size for 9 districts. Data were collected by trained personnel using a pretested, structured questionnaire. …”
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Pregnancy-induced Hypertension: What Are the Associated Factors in Rural Areas? A Study from Rural Dehradun, Uttarakhand by Manisha Dhinwa, Pradeep Aggarwal, Mahendra Singh, Yogesh Arvind Bahurupi, Nandita Sharma

“…A sample size of 113 was calculated and included in our study. A pre-tested structured schedule was used to interview the study participants after a pilot test. …”
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PCA Weight Determination-Based InSAR Baseline Optimization Method: A Case Study of the HaiKou Phosphate Mining Area in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China by Weimeng Xu, Jingchun Zhou, Jinliang Wang, Huihui Mei, Xianjun Ou, Baixuan Li

“…Additionally, the GACOS (Generic Atmospheric Correction Online Service) atmospheric correction product is applied to further enhance data quality. Taking the Haikou Phosphate Mine area in Kunming, Yunnan, as the study area, surface deformation information was extracted using the SBAS-InSAR technique, and the spatiotemporal characteristics of subsidence were analyzed. …”
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Food crises and coping strategies in war-affected communities in Tigray, Ethiopia: A community-based cross-sectional study among households by Hadush Gebregziabher, Amaha Kahsay, Gebretsadkan Gebremedhin Gebretsadik, Tedros Bereket, Teklay Negash Gebregziabher, Micheale Yifter Weldemichael, Afework Mulugeta, Alem Gebremariam

“…Methodology A community-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among 315 randomly selected households in Mekelle City. Data were collected from May to June 2022 using a pre-tested structured questionnaire and entered, cleaned, coded, and analyzed using Stata version 14. …”
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Being the nurse’s eyes and ears: a mixed methods study of assistant nurses’ perceptions of their role regarding drug-related problems in nursing homes by Sarah Thelin, Beata Borgström Bolmsjö, Gabriella Caleres, Astrid Mattsson, Åsa G. Craftman, Patrik Midlöv, Sara Modig

“…Thereafter, semi-structured interviews were performed at four NHs and included 20 participants. …”
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Frameworks, models and theories for prevention of child maltreatment: protocol for a scoping review from a population health perspective by Juan Victor Ariel Franco, Freia De Bock, Adrienne Alayli, Lena Rasch, Christian Ballmeyer

“…Findings will be presented in a structured table format as well as narratively.Ethics and dissemination As we will not collect any personal, confidential or sensitive data, ethical approval is not required. …”
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Prevalence, Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern and Associated Factors of Staphylococcus Aureus Among Camel's Raw Milk in Babile District, Oromia, Ethiopia by Ahmednur Abdi, Siraj Hussen, Mohammed Ahmed

“…Participants were selected using a multi‐stage sampling technique. Data was collected using a pretested structured questionnaire, and 25 mL of raw camel milk was collected in sterile screw‐capped bottles. …”
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Assessment of Hand Hygiene Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Among Health Sciences Students in Herat, Afghanistan: A Cross-Sectional Study by Ejaz E, Masudi M, Rahimi A, Osmani K, Shayan NA

“…Data analysis in SPSS 27 included descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, and logistic regression.Results: The overall accuracy of responses was 84.61% (IQR: 76.92, 84.61), reflecting a strong level of awareness. …”
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