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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A KeyBERT-Enhanced Pipeline for Electronic Information Curriculum Knowledge Graphs: Design, Evaluation, and Ontology Alignment by Guanghe Zhuang, Xiang Lu

“…This paper proposes a KeyBERT-based method for constructing a knowledge graph of the electronic information curriculum system, aiming to enhance the structured representation and relational analysis of educational content. …”
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Insights from the European Nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease PAtient Disease Experience (ENPADE) survey– exploring disease burden and impact by Michal Shteinberg, Marko Obradovic, Roald van der Laan, Christian Hoenig, Roger J. Legtenberg, Andreas L. G. Reimann, Natalie Lorent

“…First, an online questionnaire was carried out from July 2021 to February 2022 across eight European countries for quantitative data collection. Additionally, semi-structured qualitative patient interviews were conducted with a subset of patients, eliciting their insights on the aspects surveyed. …”
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Epidemiology and economic impact of bovine trypanosomosis in Jawi District, Northwest Ethiopia by Mamo Adane, Yechale Teshome, Wudu T. Jemberu, Nigatu Kebede

“…For the economic impact assessment, economic data were collected through interviews using comprehensive and pretested structured questionnaires administered to 100 households. …”
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Factors associated with patient and health care system delay among migrant and local tuberculosis patients in Istanbul: a cross-sectional study by Mustafa Ersözlü, Mahmut Lahmuni, Yasser Mdalalh, Moamen Shammoot, Hatice Şen, Ahmet Ferit Hoşnuter, Derya Giakoup, Emine Şeyma Karaketir, Zeki Kılıçaslan

“…A total of 211 TB patients, including 140 local residents and 71 migrants, participated. Data were collected through interviews via a structured questionnaire and patient files, following the patients’ consent. …”
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Factors Influencing Sport Persistence Along the Socio-Ecological Model—A Presentation of Sport Persistence Models Based on the Findings of a Representative Hungarian Sample by Karolina Eszter Kovács

“…A structured questionnaire assessed socio-demographic factors, sport-specific variables, psychological characteristics, and environmental influences. …”
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Hematological and CD4+ T- cell count reference interval for pregnant women attending antenatal care at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa Southern Ethio... by Yidnekachew Fiseha Gebere, Lealem Gedefaw Bimerew, Wondimagegn Adissu Malko, Demissie Assegu Fenta

“…Sociodemographic and obstetric data were collected using a structured questionnaire. …”
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE AND EATING BEHAVIORS OF YOUNG ADULTS IN PAKISTAN by Aqsa Nadeem, Saba Nadeem, Shanza Yousaf, Hadia Shafait, Dr.Umar Bacha, Rida Khan

“…Results: To analyze the data, descriptive statistics, as well as exploratory factor analysis, were employed. …”
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Metabolic Syndrome and Combination Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV Patients in Periurban Hospital in Ghana: A Case-Control Study by Bartholomew Dzudzor, Samuel Essel, Latif Musah, Jennifer Adjepong Agyekum, Kwame Yeboah

“…In a case-control design, 158 cART-treated HIV patients, 150 cART-naïve HIV patients, and 156 non-HIV controls were recruited from a periurban hospital in Ghana. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data on demography, lifestyle, and medication. …”
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Deciphering and predicting algal bloom variability using size-fractionated organic matter and machine learning in a complex watershed by Yun Kyung Lee, Haeseong Oh, Bo-Mi Lee, Jin Hur

“…Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) further revealed the direct and indirect effects of DOM components, hydrologic variables, and fluorescence peaks on algal dynamics. …”
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