“Since I never felt pain, it didn’t occur to me to visit a dental clinic”: a qualitative exploration of social perceptions and influencers of oral care-seeking behaviour among adul... by Shakeerah O. Gbadebo, Promise U. Okereke, Gbemisola A. Oke, Oluwole O. Dosumu

“…Data saturation, the point at which no new themes or concepts were emerging from subsequent interviews, was reached and reflexivity was maintained throughout the study to reduce bias. …”
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Identifying populations at high risk of malaria: a mixed-methods case–control study to inform targeted interventions in Senegal by Tidiane Thiam, Demba Kande, Henry Ntuku, Caterina Guinovart, Natalie Galles, Laura Merriman, Moustapha Cissé, Abiboulaye Sall, Ndack Diop, Aichatou Barry Diouf, Mama Moussa Diaw, Mamadou Diop, Baba Camara, Niene Seck, Aliou Ndour, Yakou Dieye, Jennifer Smith, Adam Bennett

“…Consultations with the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) and a review of available data identified nomadic pastoralists, gold miners, and Koranic school students as potential high-risk populations (HRPs). …”
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Microascus microspora sp. nov. and Tolypocladium terrae sp. nov.; Two Novel Fungal Species Isolated from Soil in Korea by Seong-Keun Lim, Das Kallol, Jun-Woo Choi, Min-Gyu Kim, Chang-Gi Back, In-Kyu Kang, Seung-Yeol Lee, Hee-Young Jung

“…Detailed descriptions, illustrations, and phylogenetic data are provided to support the recognition of these new species.…”
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Quality of Life in Patients with a Stoma Post Spinal Cord Injury by Stephen F Brockman, Henry R.E. Drysdale, Andrew Nunn, Scott Robson, Sonal Udayasiri, Melinda Millard, Andrew Bui, Douglas A Stupart

“…Limitations: The study was limited by its small sample size and retrospective nature. The data collected relied on the patients' recollection of their prestoma symptoms, which, in many cases, was some years prior and not recent. …”
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Expectativas laborales de los estudiantes de licenciatura en Educación Física en México (Work expectations of physical education teacher education candidates in Mexico) by Ramón Alfonso González-Rivas, Gabriel Gastélum-Cuadras, María del Carmen Zueck-Enríquez, Oscar Núñez Enríquez, Ma. Concepción Soto Valenzuela

“…With the participation of 14 students (eight women and six men) with average ages between 21 and 22 years, to whom it was conducted a semi-structured interview, a deductive procedure was carried out for data analysis. …”
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Pharmacist-driven mobile health clinics: a qualitative analysis of logistics for program development, implementation, and operation by Erin E. Miller, Sarah Schweitzer, Alex W. Middendorf, Deidra Van Gilder, James W. Amell, Patricia Ahmed, Stephanie Hanson

“…Methods This project used semi-structured interviews, guided by a 23-item interview guide, conducted with groups and individuals from pharmacist-driven mobile health programs to identify logistics for the development of a pharmacist-driven MHC model. …”
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Food insecurity status and determinants among Urban Productive Safety Net Program beneficiary households in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. by Atimen Derso, Hailemichael Bizuneh, Awoke Keleb, Ayechew Ademas, Metadel Adane

“…A multi-stage sampling method was used; study participants were selected using a simple random sampling technique after establishing the proportionally allocated sample size for 9 districts. Data were collected by trained personnel using a pretested, structured questionnaire. …”
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Pregnancy-induced Hypertension: What Are the Associated Factors in Rural Areas? A Study from Rural Dehradun, Uttarakhand by Manisha Dhinwa, Pradeep Aggarwal, Mahendra Singh, Yogesh Arvind Bahurupi, Nandita Sharma

“…A sample size of 113 was calculated and included in our study. A pre-tested structured schedule was used to interview the study participants after a pilot test. …”
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PCA Weight Determination-Based InSAR Baseline Optimization Method: A Case Study of the HaiKou Phosphate Mining Area in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China by Weimeng Xu, Jingchun Zhou, Jinliang Wang, Huihui Mei, Xianjun Ou, Baixuan Li

“…Additionally, the GACOS (Generic Atmospheric Correction Online Service) atmospheric correction product is applied to further enhance data quality. Taking the Haikou Phosphate Mine area in Kunming, Yunnan, as the study area, surface deformation information was extracted using the SBAS-InSAR technique, and the spatiotemporal characteristics of subsidence were analyzed. …”
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Food crises and coping strategies in war-affected communities in Tigray, Ethiopia: A community-based cross-sectional study among households by Hadush Gebregziabher, Amaha Kahsay, Gebretsadkan Gebremedhin Gebretsadik, Tedros Bereket, Teklay Negash Gebregziabher, Micheale Yifter Weldemichael, Afework Mulugeta, Alem Gebremariam

“…Methodology A community-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among 315 randomly selected households in Mekelle City. Data were collected from May to June 2022 using a pre-tested structured questionnaire and entered, cleaned, coded, and analyzed using Stata version 14. …”
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Being the nurse’s eyes and ears: a mixed methods study of assistant nurses’ perceptions of their role regarding drug-related problems in nursing homes by Sarah Thelin, Beata Borgström Bolmsjö, Gabriella Caleres, Astrid Mattsson, Åsa G. Craftman, Patrik Midlöv, Sara Modig

“…Thereafter, semi-structured interviews were performed at four NHs and included 20 participants. …”
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Frameworks, models and theories for prevention of child maltreatment: protocol for a scoping review from a population health perspective by Juan Victor Ariel Franco, Freia De Bock, Adrienne Alayli, Lena Rasch, Christian Ballmeyer

“…Findings will be presented in a structured table format as well as narratively.Ethics and dissemination As we will not collect any personal, confidential or sensitive data, ethical approval is not required. …”
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Prevalence, Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern and Associated Factors of Staphylococcus Aureus Among Camel's Raw Milk in Babile District, Oromia, Ethiopia by Ahmednur Abdi, Siraj Hussen, Mohammed Ahmed

“…Participants were selected using a multi‐stage sampling technique. Data was collected using a pretested structured questionnaire, and 25 mL of raw camel milk was collected in sterile screw‐capped bottles. …”
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Assessment of Hand Hygiene Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Among Health Sciences Students in Herat, Afghanistan: A Cross-Sectional Study by Ejaz E, Masudi M, Rahimi A, Osmani K, Shayan NA

“…Data analysis in SPSS 27 included descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, and logistic regression.Results: The overall accuracy of responses was 84.61% (IQR: 76.92, 84.61), reflecting a strong level of awareness. …”
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Current Framework of Italian Agriculture and Changes between the 2010 and 2020 Censuses by Luca Altamore, Pietro Chinnici, Simona Bacarella, Stefania Chironi, Marzia Ingrassia

“…For this study, the official data of the 7th Italian General Census of Agriculture (GCA) of 2020 were collected, analyzed, and compared to those of the previous 6th GCA of 2010. …”
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The Role of Genre-Based Activities in the Writing of Argumentative Essays in EFL by Chala Bejarano Pedro Antonio, Chapetón Claudia Marcela

“…The study intended to go beyond an emphasis on linguistic and textual features in English as a foreign language argumentative essays by using a set of genre-based activities and the understanding of writing as a situated social practice. Data were gathered through questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, class recordings, and students’ artifacts. …”
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Women wash practices and household diarrhea among rural indigenous Kumal community of Nepal: a cross-sectional study by Anusha Sharma, Sudip Khanal, Milan Thapa, Parash Sapkota, Anjali Bhatta, Manaslu Ojha, Rajan Bhusal

“…A total of 194 Kumal households were systematically selected using a sampling frame of 325 households. Data was collected through interviews using a semi-structured questionnaire adapted from the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Program (JMP). …”
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Healthy Ageing and Gut Microbiota: A Study on Longevity in Adults by Lihua Deng, Jun Xu, Qian Xue, Yanan Wei, Jingtong Wang

“…Gut microbiota structure and functional pathways were analysed by Metagenomics. …”
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Dynamic change in maternal cardiac function during pregnancy by Xiu-Juan Wang, Ling-Ling Chen, Ming-Huan Hong, Ling-Yun Kong, Wei Xiang, Li Fu, Xiao-Wei Li, Fang Liu

“…Clinical and echocardiographic data of the subjects were collected. The difference in cardiac structure and function among the 4 groups were analyzed. …”
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Agency support for at-risk families: service provision, challenges and effective elements for intervention by Sarah Whitcombe-Dobbs, Eve Lafferty, Charlene Rapsey, Michael Tarren-Sweeney, Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll

“…Participants were staff members working within NGOs, providing interventions to families with ongoing Oranga Tamariki involvement. Data comprised responses to semi-structured interviews (n = 9), interpreted using thematic analysis. …”
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