Quality of life and lived experience of patients with short bowel syndrome treated with teduglutide and weaning off home parenteral nutrition: a qualitative analysis of patient dia... by Brian Jurewitsch, Colette Peters, Carol Okamoto

“…Participants completed handwritten semi-structured daily diaries for 6 weeks and a validated Home Parenteral Nutrition-Quality of Life (HPN-QOL) paper-based questionnaire as part of what aimed to be a mixed methods cross-tracks study. …”
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Assessing the Correlation between Skeletal and Corresponding Soft-Tissue Equivalents to Determine the Relationship between CBCT Skeletal/Dental Dimensions and 3D Radiographic Soft-... by Da In Kim, Manuel O. Lagravère

“…Understanding this difference and relationship can make it plausible to expect certain underlying skeletal distances under soft-tissue structures.…”
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Effect of oral health education model on tooth brushing behavior and oral hygiene among children with intellectual disabilities by Muhammad Fiqih Sabilillah, Hari Kusnanto, Lisdrianto Hanindriyo, Sri Kuswandari

“…Conclusion: This study confirms that structured oral health education improves tooth brushing and hygiene in children with intellectual disabilities. …”
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Biosynthesis and Characterization of Silver Nanoparticles Produced by Phormidium ambiguum and Desertifilum tharense Cyanobacteria by Amira L. Hanna, Hayam M. Hamouda, Hanan A. Goda, Mahmoud W. Sadik, Farahat S. Moghanm, Adel M. Ghoneim, Muneefah A. Alenezi, Sultan F. Alnomasy, Pravej Alam, Tarek R. Elsayed

“…TEM and SEM analyses revealed the spherical crystals with face-centered cubic structures and size range of 6.24–11.4 nm and 6.46–12.2 nm for Ag-NPs of Desertifilum tharense and Phormidium ambiguum, respectively. …”
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Trainee perspectives on diversity, equity, and inclusion: a group concept mapping study by Nicholas Szoko, Ana Radovic, Jennifer E. Wolford, Loreta Matheo, Orquidia Torres

“…We demonstrate the utility of GCM, a structured and scalable participatory research method, to characterize trainee perceptions of DEI in graduate medical education.…”
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Factors Associated with Adherence to Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Among Patients Attending a Nurse-Led Community Clinic in Australia: A Qualitative Study by Fouziah Almouqati, Judith Daire, Catherine Catanach, Jean-Louis deSousa, Sam Quill, Mohamed Estai

“…The interview data were analyzed thematically using NVivo based on the socio-ecological model, with salience identified by the frequency of the theme. …”
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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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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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A Review of the Intraoperative Use of Artificial Intelligence in Urologic Surgery by Arjun Guduguntla, Abdullah Al-Khanaty, Catherine E. Davey, Oneel Patel, Anthony Ta, Joseph Ischia

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: AI holds great potential for urologists during surgery to improve safety, diagnostic accuracy, identification of anatomical structures and surgical instruments, assessment of the surgeon for self-evaluation, and prediction of post-operative outcomes. …”
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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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Genome-wide analysis of the DnaJ gene family and their expression profiles under salt stress in potato by Qi Fu, Yanan Pu, Jintao Liu, Xuemei Wang, Dianjue Li, Guangtao Zhu

“…A heat map was generated using RNA-seq data, suggesting that they were expressed in roots or leaves under salt stress. …”
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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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Multi class aerial image classification in UAV networks employing Snake Optimization Algorithm with Deep Learning by Alanoud Al Mazroa, Nuha Alruwais, Muhammad Kashif Saeed, Kamal M. Othman, Randa Allafi, Ahmed S. Salama

“…These models can extract spectral and spatial information from the captured data, classifying diverse terrains, structures, and objects precisely. …”
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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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