Navigating electives: Perspectives from phase III MBBS students and faculty in program evaluation by Sujatha Karjigi, Shyamala KK, Divya Gupta, Karthik R

“…Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey in which qualitative data on perceptions of electives were collected through an online survey by a validated semi-structured questionnaire with open-ended questions. …”
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Mineral Composition of Feed and Mineral Soil Utilization in Haramaya District, East Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia by Sefa Salo, Mengistu Urge, Mohammed Yusuf Kurtu

“…This study was carried out to assess feed resources mineral composition and utilization of mineral soil in the Haramaya district of the East Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia. The survey data was collected from four kebeles using a semi-structured questionnaire from 80 respondents (20 from each kebele) selected randomly. …”
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Magnitude of Hearing Loss Concerning the Site of Tympanic Membrane Perforation: A Cross-Sectional Study at a Single Institution in Rawalpindi by Maheen Alvie, Sunarays Akhtar, Uswah Haleem, Hareem Azhar, Tooba Abbasi, Kamran Zamurrad Malik

“…Exclusion criteria included profound hearing loss, actively discharging middle ears, cholesteatoma, and cognitive impairment. The data were collected using a structured departmental proforma. …”
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Biopsychosocial Profile of Chronic Alcohol Users: Insights from a Cross-Sectional Study by Luciana Angela Ignat, Raluca Oana Tipa, Alina Roxana Cehan, Vladimir Constantin Bacârea

“…Personalized, evidence-based interventions tailored to both psychological and socio-professional profiles, combined with structured post-discharge support, are essential for improving long-term recovery and reducing the readmission rates.…”
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Prevalence and associated factors of reading spectacle coverage among adults aged 35 years and above living in Debre Berhan Town, North Shewa, Ethiopia, 2023 by Matiyas Mamo Bekele, Melkamu Temeselew Tegegn, Nebiyat Feleke Adimassu, Abel Sinshaw Assem, Tarekegn CheklieZeleke, Abebizuhan Zigale Bayabil, Getenet Shumet Birhan, Abebech Fikade Shumye

“…Additionally, it serves as a valuable tool for monitoring progress toward achieving universal eye health coverage worldwide.ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and associated factors of reading spectacle coverage among adults aged 35 years and above living in Debre Berhan town, North Shewa, Ethiopia.MethodsA community-based cross-sectional study involving 808 adults was conducted in Debre Berhan town from May 8 to June 8, 2023, utilizing a multistage sampling technique. Data were gathered using a pre-tested, structured questionnaire administered by interviewers. …”
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Quality of life and its associated factors in patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing transapical transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a cross-sectional study by Xianfeng Liu, Shanshan Lv, Guixia Li, Xuying Guo, Jing Zheng

“…Clinical, demographic, and behavioral data were collected through structured interviews and medical record review. …”
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Numerical analysis of pressure-dependent characteristics of gas diffusion coefficient based on a bidisperse diffusion model by Xiaojun FENG, Shishi DENG, Quanlin LIU, Enyuan WANG

“…In the existing bidisperse diffusion model, the gas diffusion coefficient is usually regarded as a constant, which ignores the change of gas diffusion coefficient with gas pressure in the complex pore structure of coal, resulting in the relationship between gas diffusion coefficient and gas pressure has not yet been clarified. …”
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Influence of exercise interventions on functional movement screen scores in athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ali Asghar Maleki, Seyed Hamed Mousavi, Mohamad Ali Biabangard, Hooman Minoonejad

“…We conducted comprehensive searches of PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Embase (through May 2025) to identify experimental studies reporting pre–post changes in FMS after structured exercise interventions. Two reviewers independently screened and extracted data, assessed study quality using the PEDro scale and ROBINS-I tool, rated evidence certainty via GRADE, and then performed random-effects meta-analyses in RevMan 5.4 to calculate pooled mean differences (MD) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). …”
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Current situation and related factors of fatigue among doctors and nurses in tertiary general hospitals in Northeast China by Bin Wang, Wenshu Yang, Yu Wang, Xu Chen, Dongmei Liu, Bao Yin, Haidong Bao, Dong Wang, Surui He

“…A cross-sectional survey was conducted among healthcare workers who met the inclusion criteria in two tertiary general hospitals in Dalian, Liaoning Province, Northeast China. The survey data collected in the structured questionnaire include fatigue, general demographic characteristics, work situation, perceived stress, insomnia symptoms, workplace violence, anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, family function, and doctor-patient relationship. …”
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A coadapted community-based participatory group programme for parents/carers of children with complex neurodisability (Encompass-2): a pilot and feasibility study protocol by Kirsten Prest, Angela Harden, Kirsten Barnicot, Michelle Heys

“…Post-intervention semi-structured interviews will be conducted with parents/carers, facilitators and key NHS partners. …”
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Monitoring of radiation situation in the territory of the Voronezh region by Yu. I. Stepkin, M. K. Kuzmichev, O. V. Klepikov

“…The average annual effective dose per 1 inhabitant due to all ionizing radiation remains stable with a slight upward trend and lies in the range from 2.925 (2010) to 3.399 mSv (2016). In the structure of the collective dose of the population of the Voronezh region, the dose from natural sources is 83.65%, from medical sources – 16.06%, from technogenically changed background radiation, including global fallout and accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant – 0.18%, from the activities of enterprises using Sources of ionizing radiation – 0.11%. …”
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Priorities and expectations of researchers, funders, patients and the public regarding equity in medical research and funding: results from the PERSPECT qualitative study by Raksha Ramkumar, William R. Betzner, Nora Cristall, Bogna A. Drozdowska, Joachim Fladt, Tanaporn Jaroenngarmsamer, Rosalie McDonough, Mayank Goyal, Aravind Ganesh

“…This approach involved in-depth, semi-structured interviews with researchers, funders, patients, and members of the public. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice about Neonatal Jaundice among Mothers at a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Questionnaire-based Cross-sectional Study by Sankeerthana Kamani, GN Shreekrishna, MO Abhishek, Santosh T Soans

“…All 108 mothers admitted to the postnatal ward following delivery and those visiting the postnatal clinic in the tertiary care centre during one month in April 2023 were included. Data were gathered using a structured questionnaire, which evaluated the mothers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices. …”
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Qalification assessment practices: new possibilities and constraints by M. N. Kicherova, M. Yu. Semenov, E. V. Zyuban

“…Data collection and analysis was carried out using a qualitative methodology of the sociological approach. …”
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Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial of a Web-Based Intervention to Promote Healthy Eating, Physical Activity and Meaningful Social Connections Compared with Usual Care Control in Peo... by Jose Lara, Nicola O'Brien, Alan Godfrey, Ben Heaven, Elizabeth H Evans, Scott Lloyd, Suzanne Moffatt, Paula J Moynihan, Thomas D Meyer, Lynn Rochester, Falko F Sniehotta, Martin White, John C Mathers

“…Thematically analysed, semi-structured, qualitative interviews assessed acceptability of the intervention, trial design, procedures and outcome measures.…”
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Alleles of Ppd-1 genes that control sensitivity to photoperiod in a number of bread winter wheat genotypes by А. О. Бакума, Г. О. Чеботар, А. В. Ткачук, С. В. Чеботар, Т. З. Москалець, В. В. Москалeць

“…It was revealed that ‘Yuvivata 60’ variety has a recessive Ppd-1 genotype and belongs to the III haplotype by a combination of mutations in the structure of Ppd-D1 gene. Line ‘L41/95’ was heterogeneous by alleles of Ppd-D1 gene, which corresponded to the presence of haplotypes III and VII. …”
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Relational Theory of Risk and Its Applications to Game Theory Problems of Non-Numerical Economics by T. A. Urazaeva

“…In fact, the paper proposes a new relational theory of risk, attracting only two entities to define the concept of “risk”: set and order of preference, inducing on this set the minimum structure of a semilattice or family of semilattices. …”
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(Non)specific interaction patterns in families raising a child with disability or chronic illness: a latent profile analysis by Ariadna Łada-Maśko, Urszula Sajewicz-Radtke, Paweł Jurek, Paweł Jurek, Michał Olech, Bartosz M. Radtke, Małgorzata Lipowska

“…To assess interaction patterns within families, the following measures were used: the Questionnaire of Relationships with Siblings to evaluate relationships between healthy adolescents and their siblings, the Parentification Questionnaire for Youth to measure emotional and instrumental parentification, the KidScreen-27 to assess quality of life, the Parental Attitude Scale-2 to assess parental attitudes, and the Family Rating Scales to evaluate family dynamics, including the structure and quality of family interactions. Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) was used to analyze data.ResultsWe identified two latent profiles: “Strained Families” profile, which featured lower-quality family interactions with parents displaying greater rejection, inconsistent, and overdemanding attitudes, and the “Resilient Families” profile reflected balanced functioning with greater cohesion and flexibility. …”
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Experiences of women living with cervical cancer in Ghana: challenges and coping strategies by Joyce Agyeiwaa, Abigail Kusi-Amponsah Diji, Sarah Ama Amoo, Hayford Asare, Dorcas Yeboah, Godwin Antwi, Anita Efua Davies, Francis Diji, Nancy Innocentia Ebu Enyan

“…A total of 16 participants were purposively sampled based on the eligibility criteria and individually interviewed using a semi-structured guide. The six-step technique for qualitative analysis by Braun and Clarke guided data analysis. …”
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Human activities modulate reciprocal effects of a subterranean ecological engineer rodent, Tachyoryctes macrocephalus, on Afroalpine vegetation cover by Addisu Asefa, Victoria Reuber, Georg Miehe, Luise Wraase, Tilaye Wube, Dana G. Schabo, Nina Farwig

“…Our results demonstrate that giant root‐rats play a synanthropic engineering role that affects vegetation structure and ecosystem processes.…”
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