Perceived effectiveness and recommendations from a childbirth quality assurance and improvement programme in India’s private sector: a qualitative evaluation using the RE-AIM frame... by Katherine Semrau, Meghna Desai, Lauren Spigel, Somesh Kumar, Megan Marx Delaney, Lauren Bobanski, Suranjeen Pallipamula, Natalie Henrich, Tapas Sadasivan Nair, Hema Divakar, Rajat Chabba, Shweta Jindal, Gulnoza Usmanova, Sukanya Dutta, Aarushi Gupta, Sucheta Kinjawadekar, Priti Kumar, Priyanka Kumari, Prerna Mukharya, Hrishikesh Pai, Ameya Purandare, Pompy Sridhar

“…We aimed to understand participants’ motivations for joining or not joining, the perceived value of Manyata and recommendations for sustainment and scale.Methods We aimed to sample 238 Manyata participants for semi-structured, in-depth interviews between February and July 2021. …”
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COVID-19 vaccine uptake, barriers and associated factors among healthcare workers in Malawi by Clara Sambani, Tonny Muwonge, Liness Chinyamunyamu, Amon Dembo, Mosoka P. Fallah, Victor Chikwapulo, Mavuto Thomas, Charity Gondwe, Regina Mankhamba, Leah Mbabazi, Suzan Nakasendwa, Rodgers R. Ayebare, Collins Mitambo, Matthew Kagoli, Dzinkambani Kambalame, Clement Seven, Tadala Mwale, Edna Mandala, Abigail Kazembe, McWilliam Kalua, Senga Sembuche, Elizabeth Gonese, Tamrat Shaweno, Nebiyu Dereje, Evelyn C. Banda, Tajudeen Raji, Mitch Matoga

“…Data were managed in REDCap and analysed using STATA version 14. …”
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Clinical effectiveness of mindfulness-based music therapy on improving emotional regulation in blind older women: A randomized controlled trial by Sunny H.W. Chan, Meryl Y.C. Cheung, Armstrong T.S. Chiu, Mimi H.T. Leung, Michael C.C. Kuo, Donald Y.C. Yip, Carole C.Y. Hui, Sally W.I. Kam, King Yeung, Doreen S.P. Mui, Shu-Mei Wang, Calvin C.K. Yip

“…Background: This study aimed to investigate clinical effectiveness of a structured eight-week mindfulness-based music therapy (MBMT) program on improving mood regulation in older women with blindness. …”
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大學教師學術發表影響力之影響因素 Factors Influencing Publication Impact of Faculty by 郭玲玲 Ling-Ling Kueh, 許清芳 Ching-Fan Sheu

“…Additionally, given the hierarchical structure of educational data, this study employed generalized linear mixed-effect model tree analysis to examine data with nested and clustered properties. …”
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Direct oral penicillin challenge in secondary care with low-risk patients: the SPACE mixed-methods study with cost-effectiveness analysis by Mamidipudi Thirumala Krishna, Yogini H Jani, Iestyn Williams, Ruben Mujica-Mota, Rebecca Bestwick, Michele Siciliano, Robert Michael West, Rashmeet Bhogal, Bee Yean Ng, Kornelija Kildonaviciute, Rachel Pollard, Nicola Jones, Louise Dunsmure, Mairead McErlean, Neil Powell, Chidanand C Hullur, Ariyur Balaji, Jonathan Sandoe, Amena Warner, Ron Daniels, Caroline Thomas, Siraj A Misbah, Louise Savic

“…Patients can be stratified into ‘low risk’ and ‘high risk’ based on a structured clinical history and scrutiny of clinical and prescription records. …”
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Standardization of epistemic trust/mistrust/credulity questionnaire: Examining validity and reliability among adolescents Standardization of ETMCQ among adolescents by Raziyeh Hashemi, Mehdi Reza Sarafraz, Habib Hadian Fard, Mohammad Reza Taghavi

“…Examining the three-factor structure of the Epistemic Trust Questionnaire, confirmatory factor analysis was performed, with results shown in the table below.The value of X2/df and RMSEA indices are 86.2 and 0.078 respectively. …”
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Index System and Evaluation Method of Geological Environment Suitability for Human Health by Xingchun JIAO, Zhaohe ZHANG, Wei FANG, Ruimin LI, Jiuchen LIU, Wenbin JIA

“…Geological background characteristics, including tectonic structure, lithologic features, and landform configuration shape the living conditions of human being. …”
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Designing an efficient model of employee behavior intelligence by Mohammad Ali Sadeghi, Abbas Babaeenezhad, Reza Zeinalzadeh, Mehdi mohammad Bagheri

“…The research collection tool is a semi-structured interview. In order to identify the dimensions and components of employee behavior intelligence, detailed and in-depth interviews were conducted with academic experts and managers of the General Directorate of Customs and Taxation of Hormozgan Province. …”
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Co-producing a transition model of care for eating disorders: lessons learned from a multi-perspective qualitative study with young people, carers and mental health professionals by Maria Livanou, Anya Heneghan, Grace Hill, Alanta McKenzie, Marta Marlais, Francesca Marshall, Zara Smalley, Eleni Xanthopoulou, Nora Kornai, Jessica Wilks, Ailsa McKay, Jun Teh, Isabel Taylor, Charlotte Burton, Julian Baudinet

“…Methods Fifteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with young people (n = 6) and carers (n = 9), alongside two focus groups involving 12 mental health professionals. …”
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Intensification of Natural Disasters in the State of Pará and the Triggering Mechanisms Across the Eastern Amazon by Everaldo B. de Souza, Douglas B. S. Ferreira, Luciano J. S. Anjos, Alan C. Cunha, João Athaydes Silva, Eliane C. Coutinho, Adriano M. L. Sousa, Paulo J. O. P. Souza, Waleria P. Monteiro Correa, Thaiane S. Silva Dias, Alexandre M. C. do Carmo, Carlos B. B. Gutierrez, Giordani R. C. Sodré, Aline M. M. Lima, Edson J. P. Rocha, Bergson C. Moraes, Luciano P. Pezzi, Tercio Ambrizzi

“…Based on statistical analyses applied to official data from the Digital Atlas of Disasters in Brazil over the last 25 years, we evidenced a consistent intensification in the annual occurrence of natural disasters in the state of Pará, located in the eastern Brazilian Amazon. …”
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A Multiwavelength Portrait of the 3C 220.3 Lensed System by Sóley Ó. Hyman, Belinda J. Wilkes, S. P. Willner, Joanna Kuraszkiewicz, Mojegan Azadi, D. M. Worrall, Adi Foord, Simona Vegetti, Matthew L. N. Ashby, Mark Birkinshaw, Christopher Fassnacht, Martin Haas, Daniel Stern

“…New three-color Hubble Space Telescope (HST) data reveal a full Einstein ring and allow a more precise lens model. …”
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PIEZO1 mechanical insensitivity in generalized lymphatic dysplasia with the potential for pharmacological rescue by Melanie J. Ludlow, Oleksandr V. Povstyan, Deborah M. Linley, Silvia Martin-Almedina, Charlotte Revill, Kevin Cuthbertson, Katie A. Smith, Emily Fay, Elisavet Fotiou, Andrew Bush, Claire Hogg, Tobias Linden, Natalie B. Tan, Susan M. White, Juan C. Del Rey Jimenez, Ege Sackey, Esther Dempsey, Sahar Mansour, Gregory Parsonage, Antreas C. Kalli, Richard Foster, Pia Ostergaard, David J. Beech

“…Two of the variants encode amino acid changes in the channel’s cap structure (Ile2270Thr and Arg2335Gln), one in the ninth transmembrane helical unit (THU) below the cap (Gly1978Asp) and one in the fifth THU distant from the cap (Glu829Val). …”
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Espiritualidade como recurso terapêutico no ambulatório de cardiologia [Spirituality as a therapeutic resource in the cardiology outpatient clinic] [La espiritualidad como recurso... by Janaína Mengal Gomes Fabri, Eliane Ramos Pereira, Celia Caldeira Fonseca Kestenberg, Rose Mary Costa Rosa Andrade Silva, Isadora Pinto Flores, Angelica Yolanda Bueno Bejarano Vale de Medeiros

“…The study was approved by the research ethics committee. Results: the data were organized into two categories: “If God exists, why did he do this to me?” …”
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The Application of a Joint Distribution of Significant Wave Heights and Peak Wave Periods in the Northwestern South China Sea by Gongpeng Liu, Qunan Ouyang, Zhanyuan He, Na Zhang

“…This wave model has been extensively validated against field data and was run from 1979 to 2020 to generate long enough one-hourly <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>H</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>s</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>T</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>p</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. …”
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Deep learning-based carotid plaque vulnerability classification with multicentre contrast-enhanced ultrasound video: a comparative diagnostic study by Yanli Guo, Hongxia Zhang, Yang Guang, Wen He, Bin Ning, Chen Yin, Mingchang Zhao, Fang Nie, Pintong Huang, Rui-Fang Zhang, Qiang Yong, Jianjun Yuan, Yicheng Wang, Lijun Yuan, Litao Ruan, Tengfei Yu, Haiman Song, Yukang Zhang

“…Moreover, with a more powerful network structure and better utilisation of video information, DL-DCCP provided greater diagnostic accuracy than a state-of-the-art static CNN model.Trial registration number ChiCTR1900021846,…”
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A Multifaceted Computational Approach to Identify PAD4 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) by Mansour S. Alturki, Mohamed S. Gomaa, Nada Tawfeeq, Abdulaziz H. Al Khzem, Mohsina B. Shaik, Murtadha Alshaikh Jafar, Mohammad Alsamen, Hasan Al Nahab, Mohammad Al-Eid, Alhassan Almutawah, Thankhoe A. Rants’o, Khaled A. G. Ayil, Mohammed Almaghrabi

“…Methods: We utilized Maestro Schrödinger as a computational tool for preparing and docking simulations on the PAD 4 enzyme crystal structure that is retrieved from RCSB Protein Data Bank (PDB ID: 4X8G) while the docked FDA-approved medications are obtained from the Zinc 15 database. …”
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Key motor and non-motor features in early dementia with Lewy bodies by Anna Planas-Ballvé, Anna Planas-Ballvé, José Rios, Lourdes Ispierto, Mireia Gea, Laia Grau, Marta Jiménez, Cynthia Cáceres, Sílvia Martínez, Katrin Beyer, Ramiro Álvarez, Pau Pastor, Dolores Vilas, Dolores Vilas

“…Demographic and clinical data were collected, and motor and non-motor symptoms were assessed using structured interviews and validated scales and questionnaires.ResultsA total of 107 participants were included (23 DLB, 27 PD, 26 AD, and 31 controls). …”
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Bidirectional associations among positive affect, anhedonia and meaning in life during major depressive episode: ecological momentary assessment study in unipolar and bipolar indiv... by Heidi Ka Ying Lo, Roger S. McIntyre, Iris Wai Tung Tsui, Fiona Yan Yee Ho, Ting Kin Ng, Corine Sau Man Wong, Suet Ying Yuen, Chit Tat Lee, Chun Yin Poon, Inez Myin-Germeys, Ka Fai Chung

“…Multilevel modelling analysis was conducted, with estimation of first-order autoregressive model structure and time-lagged relationship between pleasure and positive affect. …”
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Behavioural activation in nursing homes to treat depression (BAN-Dep): study protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial by Simon Gilbody, Christopher Etherton-Beer, Kathryn A Ellis, Leon Flicker, Diana Velasquez Reyes, Hema Patel, Nicola Lautenschlager, Andrew H Ford, Eleanor Curran, Rachael Kelly, Rhoda Lai, Terence Chong, David Ekers, Dina Lo Giudice, Angelita Martini, Osvaldo P Almeida

“…Only de-identified group data will be presented.Trial registration ACTRN12618000634279.…”
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Design and methods of an adaptive trial to test comparative effectiveness of readmission reduction approaches following infection and sepsis hospitalizations (ACCOMPLISH) by Kristin Mayes, Victor B. Talisa, Adelina Malito, Florian B. Mayr, Kelly Williams, Kalpana Char, Richard Wadas, Elizabeth Lorenzi, Kert Viele, Rana Awdish, Derek C. Angus, Chung-Chou Ho Chang, Sachin Yende

“…Methods: Adults admitted to the hospital with sepsis or lower respiratory tract infection (index admission) are recruited and randomized to usual care (structured telephonic support [STS]) or one of four post-discharge RPM care models in addition to STS. …”
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