Digital technologies-enhanced older adults health management: developing a five-dimensional extension of social learning theory for community settings by Ting Liu, Yiming Taclis Luo, Patrick Cheong-Iao Pang

“…This study also responds to calls for culturally adaptable digital health frameworks by examining how Bandura’s SLT operates within Macao’s unique socio-cultural context while exploring transferability to low- and middle-income countries.Methods20 older adults were interviewed in semi-structured focus groups during four community health events in Macao. …”
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Adsorption potential of polymer metal oxide composites for crystal violet and basic fuchsin: isotherm, kinetics, and thermodynamic studies by Ruksana Sirach, Pragnesh N. Dave

“…All three adsorbents were known to possess similar adsorption removal for both CV and BF, due to structural similarity between these two dyes. The Langmuir maximum adsorption capacity for CV and BF using these adsorbents was 302–472 mg g− 1, indicating good adsorptive removal potential (T = 30 °C). …”
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A strengths-based approach to exploring diabetes management in an Indigenous minority population: A mixed methods study. by Kathleen Abu-Saad, Nihaya Daoud, Giora Kaplan, Arnona Ziv, Arnon D Cohen, Daphna Pollack, Liraz Olmer, Ofra Kalter-Leibovici, Diabetes in the Arab Population in Israel (DAPI) Study Group

“…Healthcare services should be structured in ways that enable providers to listen to their patients, address their key concerns, and foster their strengths.…”
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What constitutes a ‘successful’ recovery? Patient perceptions of the recovery process after a traumatic injury by David A Spain, Thomas G Weiser, Graeme Rosenberg, Sean R Zion, Emily Shearer, Natasha Abadilla, Alia J Crum

“…Participants 1–3 years postinjury were purposefully sampled to include common blunt-force mechanisms of injuries and a range of ages, socioeconomic backgrounds and injury severities. Semi-structured interviews explored participants’ perceptions of self and the recovery process after traumatic injury. …”
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How is Indonesia coping with its epidemic of chronic noncommunicable diseases? A systematic review with meta-analysis. by Julia Schröders, Stig Wall, Mohammad Hakimi, Fatwa Sari Tetra Dewi, Lars Weinehall, Mark Nichter, Maria Nilsson, Hari Kusnanto, Ekowati Rahajeng, Nawi Ng

“…There is a stringent necessity to reorient and enhance health system responses to offer effective, realistic, and affordable ways to prevent and control NCDs through cost-effective interventions and a more structured approach to the delivery of high-quality primary care and equitable prevention and treatment strategies. …”
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Quality of life and lived experience of patients with short bowel syndrome treated with teduglutide and weaning off home parenteral nutrition: a qualitative analysis of patient dia... by Brian Jurewitsch, Colette Peters, Carol Okamoto

“…Participants completed handwritten semi-structured daily diaries for 6 weeks and a validated Home Parenteral Nutrition-Quality of Life (HPN-QOL) paper-based questionnaire as part of what aimed to be a mixed methods cross-tracks study. …”
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Effect of oral health education model on tooth brushing behavior and oral hygiene among children with intellectual disabilities by Muhammad Fiqih Sabilillah, Hari Kusnanto, Lisdrianto Hanindriyo, Sri Kuswandari

“…Conclusion: This study confirms that structured oral health education improves tooth brushing and hygiene in children with intellectual disabilities. …”
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Trainee perspectives on diversity, equity, and inclusion: a group concept mapping study by Nicholas Szoko, Ana Radovic, Jennifer E. Wolford, Loreta Matheo, Orquidia Torres

“…We demonstrate the utility of GCM, a structured and scalable participatory research method, to characterize trainee perceptions of DEI in graduate medical education.…”
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Factors Associated with Adherence to Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Among Patients Attending a Nurse-Led Community Clinic in Australia: A Qualitative Study by Fouziah Almouqati, Judith Daire, Catherine Catanach, Jean-Louis deSousa, Sam Quill, Mohamed Estai

“…The interview data were analyzed thematically using NVivo based on the socio-ecological model, with salience identified by the frequency of the theme. …”
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Patient lumbar discectomy journey (DiscJourn) in the UK: a qualitative study by Alison B Rushton, Nicola R Heneghan, Louise White, Navin Furtado, Annabel Masson, Karl Baraks, Zeeshan Parvez

“…Purposive criteria included age, sex, ethnicity, symptom duration, work/sick leave, education level and co-existing psychological issues. Semi-structured interviews were conducted using a patient co-constructed topic guide. …”
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Context specific effects of substrate composition on the taxonomic and functional diversity of macroinvertebrate communities in temperate lowland streams by Kate L. Mathers, Patrick D. Armitage, Matthew Hill, Melanie Bickerton, Morwenna Mckenzie, Isabel Pardo, David Tickner, Paul J. Wood

“…., gravel, sand and silt) are structured across differing rivers is lacking. Moreover, research largely focusses on gravel beds and fine sediment in general (<2 mm) and as a result detailed field observations specifically of the sand and silt fractions are lacking. …”
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Awareness of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections among the Montenegrin seafarers by Jovićević Ljiljana, Parlić Milan, Stevanović Jasmina, Novaković Tatjana, Barjaktarović-Labović Snežana, Milić Marija

“…For data analysis, we used the SPSS for Windows 20.0. …”
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Pharmacological Mechanisms of Cryptotanshinone: Recent Advances in Cardiovascular, Cancer, and Neurological Disease Applications by Zheng Z, Ke L, Ye S, Shi P, Yao H

“…The selection of literature for inclusion, data extraction and methodological quality assessment were discussed. …”
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Adaptive Gap-Filling of Multispectral Images at Coarse and Fine Spatial Resolution by Seyedkarim Afsharipour, Li Jia, Massimo Menenti, Hamid Reza Ghafarian Malamiri

“…SSIM values ranged from 0.90 to 0.83 (blue) and 0.86 to 0.71 (NIR), confirming the method reliability for time-series analysis and data fusion applications.…”
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Social participation and insomnia in Chinese older adults with multimorbidity: mediating roles of frailty, anxiety, and depression by Lei Peng, Yanwu Peng, Wu Huang

“…AMOS 26.0 software was used to assess the serial mediating role of frailty, anxiety and depression on the relationship between social participation and insomnia in older adults with multimorbidity via structural equation modeling. Results Social participation, frailty, anxiety and depression were significantly associated with insomnia in older adults with multimorbidity (p < 0.05). …”
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Status of Agricultural Mechanization in Ghana: Insight from Farmers’ Perception, Population, and Nonagricultural Sector Growth by Gilbert Ayine Akolgo, Duke Nii Darko Quaye, Abdul-Rauf Malimanga Alhassan, Killian Asampana Asosega, Ebenezer Nunoo, Osman A. Akimsah Jedaiah, Michael Elorm Deho, Thomas Atta-Darkwa

“…The methods employed included a structured questionnaire administered to farmers and other agricultural stakeholders to determine the level of mechanization, readiness to adopt/accept mechanization technology, level of usage of mechanization technologies, and ownership of machinery. …”
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Redesigning Death Rounds: Alleviating distress for residents in end-of-life care [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Lauren Baumgardner, Shannon Fang, Vidya Krishnan, Benjamin Schwan

“…Our goal was to implement and evaluate a newly structured DR curriculum to help residents further reflect on experiences of caring for dying patients, reduce emotional burnout, and improve physician well-being. …”
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A Comparative Analysis of Effects of Rehabilitation Services on Symptomatology of Parkinson’s Disease-An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses by Zobia Farooq, Rayan Aboakel, Rabeaa Sahar, Zareen Akhtar, Tahira Irshad, Jennifer Geller

“…Various interventions were assessed, including structured physical exercise, technology-based interventions, Tai Chi, cueing techniques, aquatic physiotherapy, and inspiratory and expiratory breathing training. …”
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Substitution of Fishmeal With Soy Protein Concentrate on Growth, Organic Damage, Antioxidant, Transcriptome, and Metabolomics in Macrobrachium rosenbergii by Li Wang, Qincheng Huang, Zhimin Gu, Cui Liu, Jia Xu, Yangxin Dai, Tiantian Ye, Junjun Yan, Jilun Meng, Yutong Zheng, Bo Liu

“…Notably, increasing SPC substitution levels disrupted hepatopancreas morphology, with structural degradation becoming more pronounced beyond 40% replacement (F21). …”
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Food Safety Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices among Bulgarian Young People by Vanya Boycheva (Birdanova), Ivelina Ruseva, Tsvetelina Vitkova, Irena Stoilova

“…Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 60 young people from the Pleven region, Bulgaria, aged 20–29. A pre-tested structured questionnaire was used to collect data on the purchase, storage, preparation, culinary processing and serving of food in a home environment, and also on the demographic profile of the respondents. …”
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