What made people (more) positive toward the COVID-19 vaccine? Exploring positive and negative deviance perspectives by Mitchell A. M. Matthijssen, Mariëlle Cloin, Florian van Leeuwen, Ien van de Goor, Peter Achterberg

“…Methods We conducted semi-structured online interviews with 21 Dutch adults aged 28–75 years (13 positive deviants and 8 negative deviants) between January and July 2022. …”
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From strategy to action: a qualitative study on salient factors influencing knowledge transfer in project-based experiential learning in healthcare organisations in Kenya by Tecla Chelagat, Joseph Onyango, Gilbert Kokwaro, Jim Rice

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the reasons for this disparity and then recommend solutions.Design A qualitative study using semi-structured interviews. A thematic framework approach was used in data analysis.Setting and participants Thirty-nine projects teams constituting; 33 successful and 6 unsuccessful project teams, were purposively selected based on their project implementation success rates at the end of the leadership training. …”
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Predictors of Major Depressive Disorder following Intensive Care of Chronically Critically Ill Patients by Gloria-Beatrice Wintermann, Jenny Rosendahl, Kerstin Weidner, Bernhard Strauß, Katja Petrowski

“…Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common condition following treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Long-term data on MDD in chronically critically ill (CCI) patients are scarce. …”
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Investigating Flavonoids by HPTLC Analysis Using Aluminium Chloride as Derivatization Reagent by Sharmin Sultana, Md Lokman Hossain, Tom Sostaric, Lee Yong Lim, Kevin J. Foster, Cornelia Locher

“…This is the first study to report on high performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC) generated spectrophotometric data to systematically capture flavonoid compounds using optimized derivatization with either AlCl₃ or NaNO₂-AlCl₃-NaOH as visualisation reagents. …”
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User personality and its influence on the performance of pipeline and end-to-end task-oriented dialogue systems by Ao Guo, Atsumoto Ohashi, Ryu Hirai, Yuya Chiba, Yuiko Tsunomori, Ryuichiro Higashinaka

“…On the basis of the results of the correlation analysis, we then used Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to analyze the relationships between user personality and dialogue task performance, using user dialogue behavior as an intermediate variable. …”
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Exploring the quality of life and its determinants among caregivers of patients with tuberculosis: a cross-sectional study by Esraa Abdellatif Hammouda, Rasha Ashmawy, Mahmoud A. Hassan, Ramy Mohamed Ghazy

“…From May to September 2023, data were collected through structured, face-to-face interviews using the World Health Organization Quality of Life– BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire. …”
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An Automatic and End-to-End System for Rare Disease Knowledge Graph Construction Based on Ontology-Enhanced Large Language Models: Development Study by Lang Cao, Jimeng Sun, Adam Cross

“…AutoRD integrates up-to-date ontologies with other structured knowledge and demonstrates superior performance in rare disease extraction tasks. …”
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An audit on the delivery of diabetes care practices at a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka by S. Rupasinghe, I. K. Jayasinghe, W. M. C. R. Wijesingha, D. L. Rathnayaka, D. Pathirana, V. Wijekoon

“…Every third eligible patient was recruited. Data were collected using a validated, interviewer-administered questionnaire and clinic records. …”
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Evaluation of Time-Domain Acoustic Signature in TIG Welding of 5083 Aluminum Alloy: A Methodological Comparison of Feature Reduction Approaches by V M Gautham, A Sumesh, E V Jithin, K Rameshkumar, Dinu Thomas Thekkuden

“…Despite of Tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding being a traditional technique for joining aluminium and aluminium alloys, the formation of porosity, burn-through, and cracks as a result of inadequate heat control is a serious threat to the structural integrity of the joints. Non-destructive post-welding inspection is expensive, less productive and undergoes tedious procedure. …”
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Economic burden of pain in back and extremities in the adult population: a community-based estimate in rural Gadchiroli, India by Anand A. Bang, Shekhar Y. Bhojraj, Mahesh Deshmukh, Sameer Kalkotwar, Vinay R. Joshi, Tushar Yarmal, Abhay T. Bang

“…All adults ≥20 years in these villages were surveyed by trained community health workers in January 2010 by making household visits. The data were collected using a structured, pre-tested questionnaire on the history of PBE and the consequent economic cost of pain during the previous 12 months…”
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Developing tourist attraction strategies in the Museum of Decorative Arts of Iran, Isfahan by Maedeh Barati, Marzieh Hekmat, Neda Torabi Farsani

“…This study employs a qualitative case-study approach, and data were collected through semi-structured interviews and questionnaires involving experts in museum studies. …”
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The SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein has a broad tropism for mammalian ACE2 proteins. by Carina Conceicao, Nazia Thakur, Stacey Human, James T Kelly, Leanne Logan, Dagmara Bialy, Sushant Bhat, Phoebe Stevenson-Leggett, Adrian K Zagrajek, Philippa Hollinghurst, Michal Varga, Christina Tsirigoti, Matthew Tully, Chris Chiu, Katy Moffat, Adrian Paul Silesian, John A Hammond, Helena J Maier, Erica Bickerton, Holly Shelton, Isabelle Dietrich, Stephen C Graham, Dalan Bailey

“…Finally, using bioinformatics, structural data, and targeted mutagenesis, we identified amino acid residues within the Spike-ACE2 interface, which may have played a pivotal role in the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in humans. …”
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Achieving food security: Household perception and adoption of home gardening techniques in Ghana by Irene Serwaa Asante, Magdalene Aidoo, Stephen Prah, Margaret Aba Sam Hagan, Charles Kwame Sackey

“…A multistage sampling technique was used to select 348 households and data was collected through a structured questionnaire. …”
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Harnessing machine learning approach for hardness optimization of Al-Si alloy composites reinforced with coconut shell ash by M Poornesh, Shreeranga Bhat, Mithun Kanchan

“…The model was trained and validated using experimental data, and hyperparameter tuning was performed to improve accuracy. …”
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Parental Satisfaction towards Care Given at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Associated Factors in Comprehensive and Referral Hospitals of Southern Ethiopia by Eden Sileshi, Bedria Mohammed, Derese Eshetu, Aster Dure, Agegnehu Bante, Abera Mersha, Teketel Ermias Geltore

“…An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 401 parents who visited neonatal intensive care from March 28 to April 28, 2022. The data were assorted via a structured interviewer-administered questionnaire using ODK collect version and exported to SPSS window version 25 for further cleaning and analysis. …”
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GEOLOGICAL FACTORS INFLUENCE ON OILWELLS FLOODING AT SMALL FIELDS by R. A. Gasumov, E. R. Gasumov

“…Materials and research methods. Field data, measurements taken in the wells of oil fields in the North Caucasus, the results of experimental and laboratory studies are used. …”
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Real-World Experience of Dupilumab Treatment for Patients with COPD – A Single Center Prospective Study by Freund O, Meoded O, Arnaout T, Friedman Regev I, Kupershmidt A, Enghelberg S, Cohn-Schwartz D, Levy L, Bar-Shai A

“…Ophir Freund,1 Omer Meoded,1 Tala Arnaout,1 Inbal Friedman Regev,1 Aviv Kupershmidt,1 Sharon Enghelberg,1 Doron Cohn-Schwartz,1 Liran Levy,2 Amir Bar-Shai1 1The Institute of Pulmonary Medicine, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; 2The Sheba Lung Transplant Program and Institute of Pulmonary Medicine, Sheba Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, IsraelCorrespondence: Ophir Freund, Email ophir068@gmail.comPurpose: Dupilumab was recently shown to be effective in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and type 2 inflammation, while real-world data are missing. We aimed to evaluate the experience of COPD patients treated with Dupilumab.Patients and Methods: Consecutive patients with COPD treated with Dupilumab were approached and completed a structured interview. …”
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Facilitators and barriers to Tuberculosis case notification among private health facilities in Kampala Capital City, Uganda. by Veronica Kembabazi, Julius Ssentongo, Elizeus Rutebemberwa

“…For the quantitative strand of the study, we interviewed the TB focal persons at 224 PHFs using a structured questionnaire and for the qualitative, we conducted 14 key informant and in-depth interviews with Ministry of Health-Uganda staff, and TB focal persons at the Kampala Division administration level and at the PHFs. …”
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Evaluating the sustainability of wheat irrigation systems: Using life cycle assessment to monitor the Water-Energy-Food-Environment Nexus by Fereshteh Batoukhteh, Abdullah Darzi-Naftchali, Ali Motevali, Fatemeh Karandish, Markus Berger

“…A structured questionnaire was designed to obtain information on cropping areas, input consumption, field management practices, crop yield, costs, and income. …”
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Efectos de las actividades en la naturaleza en la predicción de la satisfacción de la Educación Física (Effects of outdoor activities in predicting Physical Education satisfaction)... by Antonio Baena-Extremera, Antonio Granero-Gallegos

“…Descriptive analyzes and Structural Equation Modeling were used to analyze the data. …”
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