Exploring health challenges and coping strategies in young patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis: a qualitative study by Huiling Rao, Yiqian Guo, Luanning Qiu, Xiaomei Ren

“…Methods A qualitative study was conducted through semi-structured interviews with nine MHD patients in a tertiary hospital located in a new first-tier city in China. …”
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Development prospects of youth-friendly clinics under healthcare reform by Yuliia Matvieieva, Salvin Paul, Tetiana Honchar

“…The study involved scientific research methods such as abstract-logical and system-structural analysis to determine the problems leading to the need for «youth-friendly» services; statistical and expert assessments methods to determine the number of visits to the «Youth-Friendly Clinic». …”
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Dental Students’ Perspective of Transitioning from Pre-Clinical to Clinical Practice by Jazzar A, Gadi R, Rajeh M, AlDehlawi H, Alhamed S, Badeeb T

“…The findings highlighted how important structured support networks are for reducing transition-related stress and improving students’ readiness for clinical duties. …”
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Maternal information-seeking on pregnancy-induced hypertension and associated factors among pregnant women, in low resource country, A cross-sectional study design. by Ayana Alebachew Muluneh, Fekade Demeke Bayou, Kegnie Shitu, Ayenew Sisay Gebeyew, Sefefe Birhanu Tizie, Mulugeta Desalegn Kasaye, Adamu Ambachew Shibabaw, Agmasie Damtew Walle

“…An interviewer-administered structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. …”
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Methodology for Identification of Occupational Hazards Using Their Characteristic Features in Hard Coal Mining by Zbigniew Burtan, Dagmara Nowak-Senderowska, Paweł Szczepański

“…In conclusion, the article emphasizes the importance of a structured and systematic approach to identifying and assessing occupational hazards in the coal mining industry. …”
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Fuzzyfortify: a multi-attribute risk assessment for multi-factor authentication and cloud container orchestration by Mohammad Hafiz Hersyah, Mohammad Hafiz Hersyah, Md. Delwar Hossain, Yuzo Taenaka, Youki Kadobayashi

“…The method involves aggregating expert judgments to prioritize six key CIA-AAN criteria-Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, Authentication, Authorization, and Non-repudiation-followed by structural complexity quantification using DMM enhanced with Singular Value Decomposition. …”
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Knowledge towards Strabismus and Associated Factors among Adults in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia by Aragaw kegne Assaye, Melkamu Temeselew Tegegn, Natnael Lakachew Assefa, Betelhem Temesgen Yibekal

“…Community-based cross-sectional study was conducted using a pretested structured questionnaire through face to face interview from April 17 to May 01, 2019. …”
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Understanding parental consent and trust in paediatric LRTI research: insights from a qualitative study in Indonesia by Vincentia Rizke Ciptaningtyas, Tanjung Ayu Sumekar, Lathifa Putry Fauzia, Quirijn de Mast, Marinus Isaäk de Jonge, Ani Margawati

“…The data were analysed through a content analysis approach. …”
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Early mobilization in postoperative glioma patients real world impact on recovery and long term prognosis by Xiaohang Chen, Lei Wan, Bei Wang

“…We collected data on early recovery and long-term prognosis from patients’ electronic health records. …”
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Psychometric evaluation of a novel measure of trauma-related cannabis use to cope by Sage E. Hawn, Terrell A. Hicks, Christopher Latourrette, Anita Thomas, Daniela Chaname, Sarah Ehlke, Abigail Powers Lott

“…Furthermore, our data support the use of the TRCU as a four-factor scale, assessing cannabis use to cope with the four DSM-5 PTSD symptom clusters (χ2(164) = 257.83, p < .001; CFI = .969; TLI = .965; RMSEA = .041). …”
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Causes and risk factors for an acute kidney injury outbreak among children in The Gambia, June - September 2022: A case-cohort study. by Mustapha Bittaye, Jayne Byakika-Tusiime, Lionel Adisso, Boris I Pavlin, Michel Muteba, Anna H Jammeh, Ifeanyi Livinus Udenweze, Amadou Woury Jallow, Nuha Fofana, Momodou Kalisa, Sharmila Lareef, Kassa Mohammed Abbe, Patricia Eyu, James Nonde, Thierno Balde, Joseph Chukwudi Okeibunor, Otim Patrick Ramadan, Fiona Braka, Abdou Salam Gueye, Desta Alamerew Tiruneh

“…Three hundred twenty-one children were recruited for the sub-cohort from which controls were selected. Data were analyzed using Marginal Structural Models for a point treatment with the inverse probability of treatment weights estimator. …”
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Nutrition Information and Health Message on Sugar, Salt, and Fat Content on Ready-to-Serve Food Products in Indonesia: An Examination of Consumer and Producer Perspectives by Zuraidah Nasution, Rimbawan Rimbawan, Deannisa Fajriaty, Syifa Qolbiyah Nasir, Aang Sutrisna, Eny Kurnia Sari, Eva Susanti

“…The study employed a structured questionnaire involving 100 consumers selected based on purposive sampling. …”
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Entrapment mediates the relationship between depression and suicidal ideation among STD clinic attendees in shanghai, china: an analysis of the integrated motivational-volitional m... by Yang Ni, Hantao Wu, Ruijie Gong, Yong Cai

“…Methods We recruited 910 attendees from STD clinics for this cross-sectional study. We gathered data on sociodemographic factors, psychosocial variables, and suicidal ideation using a structured questionnaire that incorporated the PHQ-9, Defeat Scale, and Entrapment Scale. …”
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Barriers, enablers and initiatives for uptake of advance care planning in general practice: a systematic review and critical interpretive synthesis by Joel Rhee, Lucie Walters, Jo Risk, Leila Mohammadi, Paul R Ward

“…There was a lack of cohesive guidance in shaping effective ACP interventions and some early indications of structured approaches emerging.Conclusion Findings from this review present an opportunity to strategically apply the ACP research evidence across targeted levels of influence, and with an understanding of mediators and moderators to inform the design of new and enhanced ACP models of care in general practice.PROSPERO registration number CRD42018088838…”
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Engineering Lipid–Polymer Nanoparticles for siRNA Delivery to Cancer Cells by Arthur Manda, Abdulelah Alhazza, Hasan Uludağ, Hamidreza Montazeri Aliabadi

“…We hypothesized that specially designed low-molecular-weight PEIs can partially or completely replace the ionizable lipids for more accommodating vehicles due to the structural flexibility offered by polymers, which could lead to safer and more efficient nucleic acid delivery. …”
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Using Large Language Models to Assess Burnout Among Health Care Workers in the Context of COVID-19 Vaccine Decisions and Health Beliefs: Retrospective Cohort Study by Samaneh Omranian, Lu He, AkkeNeel Talsma, Arielle A J Scoglio, Susan McRoy, Janet W Rich-Edwards

“…MethodsWe analyzed 1944 open-ended comments written by 1501 vaccine-hesitant nurses, using data from the Nurses’ Health Study surveys. We fine-tuned LLaMA 3, an open-source large language model with few-shot prompts and enhanced performance with structured annotation guidance and reasoning-aware inference. …”
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Dilemma in primary care facility development:a qualitative study based on grounded theory in Guilin city by Siyuan Wang, Ranfeng Hang, Yingjue Wei, Jianying Liu, Wuxiang Shi, Zhaoquan Huang

“…Methods: From April to May 2021 the managers of 16 primary care facilities in 6 counties and 2 districts in Guilin were selected using multi-stage sampling method and invited to attend semi-structured interviews, which main contents included resource allocation, service capacity building, health insurance policy implementation, and development dilemmas. …”
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR THE INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF EXPERT COMPETENCY by Olena Lobach, Igor Babych, Elena Persiyanova

“…The following results were obtained: the problem of assessing the quality of experts was considered; based on the authors’ practical experience and analysis of literature sources, the structural diagram of the properties of experts and their assessment was developed; five main groups of existing methods for assessing the quality of experts were analyzed; existing models of an integrated assessment of the competency of experts were reviewed; a two-stage method for the integrated assessment of the competency of experts was developed by integrating the methods of heuristic, test, and statistical assessment; the main groups of users and functional requirements to the information system for assessing the competency of experts were identified; the database and user interface of the information system were developed; the developed information technology of the integrated assessment of the competency of experts was tested on actual data for selecting an expert group to choose the methodology of project management. …”
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Title not available by Andres M. Villa, Nelida S. Garretto, Tomoko Arakaki, Luciana Melamud, Sergio A. Rodríguez Quiroga, Luz Abaroa

“…To date, few reports of series of patients with neuromyelitis optica and tonic spasms have been published.Methods:We analyzed the characteristics and frequency of tonic spasms in 19 subjects with neuromyelitis optica. Data was collected using a semi-structured questionnaire for tonic spasms, by both retrospectively reviewing medical records and performing clinical assessment.Results:All patients except one developed this symptom. …”
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SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGE DETECTION OF URBAN GREEN SPACE AS A RESULT OF REAL ESTATE IN GREATER ACCRA REGION by Stephen Smith Ofori

“…Google Earth and QGIS software were used to process satellite data into the various landuse/landcover classes. …”
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