Relationship Between Preservation of Built Cultural Heritage and Economic Development in Lisbon and Porto: Cultural Legacy and Urban Revitalization as Serial Mediation Mechanisms by Rosa Rodrigues, João Caldeira Heitor, Helena Pimentel, Tiago Lopes

“…Employing a cross-sectional, quantitative approach grounded in a hypothetico-deductive methodology, data were collected from 633 tourists aged 18 to 73 years (57.2% female) via a structured questionnaire. …”
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Prevalence of Anemia among Adult Male Camel Milk Consumers and Nonconsumers in Rural Rajasthan: A Community-based Cross-sectional Study by Vaishali Soni, Pritam Halder, Vatsala Soni

“…After obtaining informed consent a semi-structured interview schedule containing sociodemographic, dietary characteristics were introduced to all participants in June 2013. …”
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Skill set or mind set? Associations between health literacy, patient activation and health. by Samuel G Smith, Laura M Curtis, Jane Wardle, Christian von Wagner, Michael S Wolf

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A secondary analysis of baseline cross-sectional data from the LitCog cohort of older adults was used. …”
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Safety huddle in healthcare settings: a concept analysis by Ibrahim Ghoul, Abdullah Abdullah, Fateh Awwad, Latefa Ali Dardas

“…Results Five core attributes emerged: (1) structured communication (e.g., SBAR, checklists), (2) interdisciplinary collaboration, (3) time-bound, goal-oriented design, (4) proactive risk prediction, and (5) contextual adaptability. …”
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Oncofetal HMGA2 attenuates genotoxic damage induced by topoisomerase II target compounds through the regulation of local DNA topology by Syed Moiz Ahmed, Peter Dröge

“…Our recent studies indicated that the oncofetal chromatin structuring high‐mobility group AT‐hook 2 (HMGA2) protein plays an important role as a DNA replication fork chaperone in coping with DNA topological ramifications that occur during replication stress, both genomewide and at fragile sites such as subtelomeres. …”
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The Relation between Pregnant Women's Self-Efficacy and Their Maternal-Fetal Attachment by Hadayat A. Amasha, Shaymaa A. Abdel-Haleem, Abeer M. El Maghawery, Gehan A. Elbahlowan

“…Methods: The study was carried out at the Specialized Maternity Hospital in Port-Said, Egypt, using a cross-sectional analytic study design on a sample of 240 pregnant women attending the setting for follow-up singleton normal pregnancy. The data were collected using a structured interview questionnaire with two standard scales, namely the Maternal Self-Efficacy Scale and Maternal-Fetal Attachment (MFA) Scale. …”
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Medical practitioners’ experiences and considerations when managing sleep medication for adolescents and young adults by Nanna Maria Andersen, Ásthildur Árnadóttir, Tora Grauers Willadsen, Gritt Overbeck

“…The perspectives of medical practitioners on prescribing sleep medications to this age group remain largely unexplored.Aim This study aims to investigate the considerations of general practitioners (GPs) and child and adolescent psychiatrists (psychiatrists) when prescribing and deprescribing sleep medications for 13–24-year-olds.Methods We conducted qualitative semi-structured interviews with 10 GPs and six psychiatrists. …”
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Exploring Immediate and Sustained Changes in Teaching Practices Following Midterm Student Feedback by Rebecca L. Taylor, Kris Knorr, Michelle Ogrodnik, Peter Sinclair

“…The study involved two phases of data collection: initially, a semi-structured in-person interview or survey completed one to three months following the conclusion of an instructor’s refined course, followed by an additional interview one year after the instructor’s course refinement. …”
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Experiences and perceptions of clinical research participation at an academic medical center by Joshua T. CLARK, Angela BURRELL, Amber ARNOLD, Travis W. SCHMITZ, Lei ZHANG, Daniel W. JONES, Richard L. SUMMERS, Whitney BONDURANT, Vinayak K. NAHAR

“…In Phase II, qualitative in-person interviews were conducted using a semi-structured interview guide. Results: In total, 100 Phase I questionnaires were completed, 93 of which met study inclusion criteria. …”
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Incidence of Pathogens in Fruits and Vegetables in Tropical Bwari Town by Comfort Omogor Esumeh, Reigns Andrew

“…Introduction: In numerous tropical regions of developing nations, the prevalence of foodborne illnesses is perceived to be more severe than in developed countries, due to insufficient food safety initiatives or the lack of a structured institutional framework for street food vendors. …”
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Urinary Schistosomiasis and Associated Risk Factors Among Primary School Students in the Zaki Local Government Area, Bauchi State, Nigeria by Bashir Mohammed Abubakar, Aishatu Abubakar, Ibrahim Musa Moi, Haladu Ali Gagman, Umar Aminu Mohammed, Yahaya Mohammed Katagum, Sulaiman Ibrahim Musa

“…The urine samples were examined with the sedimentation technique to detect S. haematobium eggs. Data on socio-demographic characteristics and risk factors were obtained through a well-structured questionnaire. …”
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SMMEs’ business mindset on tax compliance in North West: Perceptions and challenges by Janine Myburg, Daniel Schutte

“…Methods: This study adopts a qualitative phenomenological lens, utilising semi-structured interviews to highlight the lived experiences of eight stakeholders within the SMME sector. …”
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Ethiopian Economic Liberalization Policy Domains and International Competitive Priorities: Nexus of Export Performance of Manufacturing Firms After 1991 Economic Reforms by Mohammed Ahmed Endris, Abebe Ejigu Alemu, Abiyot Tsegaye Kiberet

“…To achieve these objectives, both primary and secondary data were collected. A cross-sectional survey was conducted from 114 fully privatized manufacturing firms, utilizing a structured questionnaire with five Likert-scale items. …”
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The role of social comparison in online learning motivation through the lens of social comparison theory by Wu Tong, Goodarz Shakibaei

“…To complement these findings, semi-structured interviews were conducted to gain richer, qualitative insights into participants' experiences. …”
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Transforming South African Agriculture: The Role of Credit in Supporting Value Chain Sustainability by Nomonde Jonas, Mzuyanda Christian

“…This study investigated the role of credit access in supporting smallholder farmers’ value chain sustainability, as part of a broader project focused on developing a credit risk model for South African farmers. Data were collected from 223 SAFDA farmers in KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga using a structured questionnaire. …”
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Training well-rounded healthcare professionals through developing religious/spiritual competencies: a grounded theory study in Iran by Akram Heidari, Abbas Abbaspour, Morteza Heidari

“…Using a qualitative grounded-theory approach, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 18 medical education experts (each with ≥ 5 years of experience). …”
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Impact of Tobacco Use on Oral Cancer Incidence among Women in Urban Slums: A Case-Control Study by Anuj Singh Parihar, Sonal Wakhle, Bireswar Roy, Diwakar Vashisth, Aditya S. Dupare, Rashmi Laddha

“…Methods: A case-control study was conducted, involving 300 women from urban slums: 150 cases diagnosed with oral cancer within the past year and 150 controls without a history of the disease. Data were collected through structured interviews, encompassing tobacco use habits (type, frequency, and duration), sociodemographic factors, and oral hygiene practices. …”
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Advancing Construction Industries in Developing Countries: A Comprehensive Management Framework Considering the Levels, Obstacles, and Success Factors by Hassan. I. Abdul-kareem

“…The interviews were conducted with five professional engineers based on prepared structured questions. The sampling method of the questionnaire was simple random sampling. …”
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Determinants of Farmers’ Perceptions towards Socioecological Benefits of Agroforestry Practices in Northwestern Ethiopia by Mequannt Marie, Debissa Lemessa, Ebrahim Esa, Behailu Tadesse, Hossein Azadi

“…A multistage stratified random sampling technique was applied to select 90 households along an urban-rural gradient. The data were gathered through semi-structured questionnaires and key informant interviews and analyzed using a descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, general linear model, and redundancy analysis with the help of R software version 4.3.2. …”
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A novel 5.1–7.1 GHz front-end power amplifier for wireless applications with −35 dB Error Vector Magnitude by Pawankumar B., Prashantha Kumar H.

“…The design involves a two-stage configuration, initial stage adopts a linear driver, while the subsequent amplification stage is structured as a differential cascode. UMC 65 nm CMOS process technology is used to design a PA in commercial Cadence platform. …”
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