Research through service: Meeting Chinese international college students’ mental health needs by Changming Duan, Jingru Chen, Fenglan Li, Mi Zhou, Xiubin Lin, Shengnan Li

“…One to three weeks after the program, twelve participants took part in semi-structured post-group interviews. These interviews explored their reflections on the group experience, their general perspectives on well-being, perceived challenges and strategies for managing those challenges, and their attitudes toward seeking professional help when needed. …”
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Consumption of wild edible plants in the Kofale and Heban-Arsi districts, West Arsi Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia by Geritu Nuro, Ketema Tolossa, Mirutse Giday

“…To gather ethnobotanical information, the research employed semi-structured interviews, field observations, focus group discussions, and guided field walks. …”
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Guided Research-Based Learning in Fostering Research Creativity for Biodegradable Plastic among Prospective Primary School Teachers by Rendi Restiana Sukardi, Fully Rakhmayanti, Nurhidayatulloh Nurhidayatulloh, Alya Rahmadiyani, Mohd Yahya Fadzli Jusoh, Roel Verdadero Avila, Roseleena Anantanukulwong, Nova Kurnia

“…They were divided into 54 groups. Data were collected through observation sheets, student worksheets, and creativity assessment rubrics. …”
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Experimental Study on Benchmarking Performance of Natural Circulation Flap Valve in DHR-400 by YU Song, ZHOU Ping, CHENG Daoxi, ZHAI Weiming, MA Xiaoyao, LI Ruizhi, XING Mingdi, GAO Weilong, GE Guangyuan, ZHANG Xuefeng, QI Xiaoguang, CHAI Baohua

“…The research provides the reference and data basis for the engineering design and optimization of natural circulation flap valve. …”

A Holocene fire history from Terra Nova National Park, Newfoundland, Canada: vegetation and climate change both influenced the fire regime by Nickolas F. Lake, Nickolas F. Lake, André Arsenault, Les C. Cwynar

“…Fire is the largest natural disturbance factor in the boreal forest and plays a critical role in the composition, structure, and succession of stands and landscapes. …”
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Predictions of COVID-19 dynamics in the UK: Short-term forecasting and analysis of potential exit strategies. by Matt J Keeling, Edward M Hill, Erin E Gorsich, Bridget Penman, Glen Guyver-Fletcher, Alex Holmes, Trystan Leng, Hector McKimm, Massimiliano Tamborrino, Louise Dyson, Michael J Tildesley

“…We present a deterministic, age-structured transmission model that uses real-time data on confirmed cases requiring hospital care and mortality to provide up-to-date predictions on epidemic spread in ten regions of the UK. …”
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Development and interaction of ctenophores <i>Beroe ovate</i> Bruguière, 1789 and <i>Mnemiopsis leidyi</i> A. Agassiz, 1865 in the coastal zone of the Middle Caspian Sea by S. V. Vostokov, A. A. Gadzhiev, E. N. Lobachev, A. S. Vostokova, N. I. Rabazanov, R. M. Barkhalov, Ph. V. Sapojnikov, B. Abtahi, M. G. Shojaei

“…Single large individuals were found in the north of the Middle Caspian Sea at salinity 5.7 psu. The structure of mesozooplankton was still dominated by the small copepod Acartia tonsa.Conclusion. …”
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Michael Glykas and the three royal murderers by Varvara Zharkaya

“…The analysis shows that the parallel accounts have common compositional structure and share the same set of sources; neither of the two versions contains any unique historical data absent from the other. …”
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SUBJECTIVE CRITERIA OF SELF-ACTIVITY CONTROL OF THE RUSSIAN AND SLOVENIAN MANAGERS: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE by E. Boštjančič, F. S. Ismagilova, G. S. Miroljubova, N. Jansha

“…The research has showed that both groups of measurable and weakly-measurable parameters are equally presented in the structure of subjective control criteria among managers. …”
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Differential approach to the diagnosis and treatment of appendicular peritonitis in children by I. Yu. Karpova, D. S. Strizhenok, D. A. Myasnikov, V. V. Parshikov, E. D. Pyatova, T. E. Potemina

“…The incidence of appendicular peritonitis (AP) is 3-4 % among all acute surgical diseases in children, and the structure of acute appendicitis in recent decades fluctuates within 10-15 %. …”
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Exploring palliative care needs of advanced AIDS patients in China: insights from a descriptive phenomenological study by Yan Zeng, Chunrong Lv, Chuntao Wu, Xia Zhao, Lu Zhang, Chunmei Liu, Dan Su, Tongtong Yang, Xi Yan, Bin Wan

“…Participants (n = 15) were interviewed in one-to-one semi-structured interviews between March and May 2024. Data saturation was reached after the 15th interview, as no new themes emerged. …”
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Social network analysis of key stakeholders in Brucellosis prevention in Western Iran by Meysam Behzadifar, Mohammad Yarahmadi, Ahad Bakhtiari, Sahar Kargar, Saeed Shahabi, Samad Azari, Mariano Martini, Masoud Behzadifar

“…Methods This cross-sectional study employed social network analysis (SNA) to explore the relationships among key stakeholders in brucellosis prevention. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire administered to 75 experts from various sectors, including health, veterinary, agriculture, and non-governmental organizations. …”
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Screening attendance of breast or cervical cancers and its associated factors among 30-49 year old women in Gedeo zone, South Ethiopia: Cross-sectional study. by Abel Desalegn Demeke, Bedilu Deribe, Martha Girma, Muluken Gizaw, Sefonias Getachew, Susanne Unverzagt, Eva J Kantelhardt, Betty Ferrell, Eric Sven Kroeber, Lesley Taylor

“…<h4>Method</h4>A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted using a multi-stage cluster sampling technique. Data were collected using pretested, structured questionnaires by trained interviewers. …”
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Plants Traditionally Used for Making Utility Products by Forest Dwelling <i>Gaddi</i> and <i>Sippi</i> Tribes in Bhaderwah Tehsil of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India by Bhekam Pal Singh, Shivika Sharma, Vikas Sharma, R. K. Manhas, Iyyakkannu Sivanesan

“…The present study is an attempt to document the invaluable traditional knowledge on wild plants and PUPs possessed by the <i>Gaddi</i> and <i>Sippi</i> tribes before it perishes completely, as this knowledge is transmitted orally to the next generation. Semi-structured schedules were used for the collection of data regarding the method of making and usage of PUPs and the plant species used for making such products. …”
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CLS-3D: Content-Wise LiDAR-Camera Fusion and Slot Reweighting Transformer for 3D Object Detection in Autonomous Vehicles by Husnain Mushtaq, Sohaib Latif, Muhammad Saad Bin Ilyas, Syed Muhammad Mohsin, Mohammed Ali

“…The semantically augmented features, via a single multi-modal backbone, are embedded using a content-based transformer and processed through a slot-wise auto-encoder structure with channel-wise positional embeddings and a feed-forward MLP network. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hepatitis B and C Virus Co-Infection among Women Attending Antiretroviral Therapy Clinic in Yola, Nigeria by Maryam Adam Ibrahim1*, James Hamuel Doughari2

“…Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2023 to September 2023 using a convenience sampling method to recruit 360 women aged 18 years and above attending the ART clinic. Data on sociodemographic characteristics and potential risk factors for HBV/HCV infection were collected with a structured questionnaire. …”
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Digital leadership in quantity surveying: unveiling key characteristics and their role in driving digital transformation by Darren Vermaak, Gerrit Crafford

“…The research is grounded in qualitative data from semi-structured interviews with directors of South African quantity surveying firms, using an interpretivist approach and an inductive methodology. …”
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Medication-related perceptions of children and adolescents with severe asthma and moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis: a non-interventional exploratory study by Markus Herzig, Maike vom Hove, Astrid Bertsche, Tobias Lipek, Wieland Kiess, Thilo Bertsche, Freerk Prenzel, Martina Patrizia Neininger

“…Abstract Background Severe asthma and moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis can significantly impact the lives of children and adolescents. However, real-world data on pediatric patients’ perceptions of their medication are limited. …”
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Comparison of Conjugates Obtained Using DMSO and DMF as Solvents in the Production of Polyclonal Antibodies and ELISA Development: A Case Study on Bisphenol A by Anna N. Berlina, Nadezhda S. Komova, Kseniya V. Serebrennikova, Anatoly V. Zherdev, Boris B. Dzantiev

“…When preparing hapten–protein conjugates to obtain antibodies for low-molecular-weight compounds, the key factors are the structure of the hapten itself, the presence of a spacer, the size of the carrier protein and the degree of its modification by hapten molecules. …”
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Parents’ experience in pediatric Tuina treatment program for congenital muscular torticollis in infants and children: qualitative findings from individual interviews by Shu Cheng Chen, Xuan Zhang, Juan Yu, Shuang Lan Lin, Fei Fei Ding, Jia Wen Shou, Ge Ren, Lok Yi Pang, Wing Fai Yeung

“…This study was conducted to understand facilitators, barriers, and influencing factors in the implementation of pediatric tuina treatment program based on parents’ experiences. Methods Semi-structured individual interviews were conducted with parents’ experience in Shandong province, China. …”
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