Assessment of Nurses’ Knowledge and Competence in Managing Preeclampsia at Maternity Teaching Hospital in Sulaimani city by Amani Fadhil Abbas, Peshwaz Abdulrahman Ahmed, Nazera Salam Mena Qadir, Khanda Gharib Aziz

“…Part one: The sociodemographic characteristics of the nurses, and the second part assessed their knowledge and practices regarding the management of preeclampsia data were collected through a structured face-to-face questionnaire and analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 24. …”
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Interactive Mechanism Between the Growth of Female Homestay Elites and the Development of Rural Homestays by Sui Chunhua, Deng Pinna, Li Zhixuan

“…The traditional role of women in family structures influences homestay owners' career choices. …”
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Criminalizing Fashion Statements and Appearance of a Socio-Economic Class: The Case of “Bellyful Rastas” vs “Ghetto Rastas” by Noble Nkrumah-Abraham, Genevieve Adjei-Appoh

“…To achieve this, a snowball, purposive and stratified random sampling techniques were adopted in selecting 6 persons comprising of three (3) male dreadlock wearers and three (3) personnel from the Ghana security services resulting in a grand sample size of six (6). Data was gathered from participants through semi-structured interviews and were thematically analysed. …”
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Internal Facilitation by Health Assistants for the “WHO Lay Health Worker Dementia Care” in Rural Uganda: A Formative Evaluation by Wakida EK, Obua C, Rukundo GZ, Samantha M, Maling S, Karungi CK, Talib ZM, Haberer J, Bartels SJ

“…Health assistants’ familiarity with lay health workers and pre-established structures were considered facilitating factors. Key challenges included knowledge gaps in dementia care and limited resources. …”
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Prevalence, correlates of occupational percutaneous injuries and use of post exposure prophylaxis against HIV, Hepatitis B among health workers in Kampala, Uganda-May 2016 by Phoebe Hilda Alitubeera, Juliet Ntuulo Mutanda, Mukose Aggrey, Olive Chifefe Kobusingye, Claire Biribawa, Andrew Tusubira, Patricia Eyu, Noah Kiwanuka

“…Methods: In a cross-sectional study, 709 HWs were selected and enrolled using multi-stage sampling from seven health facilities in Kampala City. Data were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire and a facility checklist. …”
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TreC_Metha: A Digital Application to Enhance Patient Agency, Therapy Compliance and Quality of Life in Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients by Antonella Ferro, Maria Chiara Pavesi, Lucia Pederiva, Claudio Eccher

“…Methods: The TreC_Metha platform was developed through a structured, evidence-based four-phase process aimed at scalability, usability, and clinical relevance. …”
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Association between sleep duration and hip fracture risk among the older adults: a cross-sectional study based on the NHANES by Hengbo Zhang, Sijing Tang, Lingkai Kong, Lu Tang, Qiaolan Liu, Bo Yu

“…Methods The study assessed a cohort of 7,540 participants aged at least 60 years old using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2005 to 2010, as well as from 2013 to 2014. …”
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Determinants of health literacy among older adults in Saboba district in Ghana: a cross-sectional study by Bismark Akubire, Vincent Uwnboriyhi Gmayinaam, Emmanuel Anongeba Anaba, Prince Kubi Appiah, Geoffrey Adebayo Asalu

“…The study participants (420) were selected through a multistage sampling technique. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire and analyzed with Stata Version 16.0. …”
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Design and psychometric testing of a moral intelligence instrument for pre-hospital emergency medical services personnel: a sequential-exploratory mixed-method study by Fateme Mohammadi, Rasoul Salimi, Salman Khazaei, Mostafa Bijani

“…Confirmatory validity also confirmed the structure of the tool obtained from the previous step. …”
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Costing curative outpatient care for the poorest in Burkina Faso: informing universal health coverage and leaving no one behind by Yvonne Beaugé, Valéry Ridde, Sidibé Souleymane, Joël Arthur Kiendrébéogo, Hoa Thi Nguyen, Emmanuel Bonnet, Manuela De Allegri

“…We measured the consumption of capital costs (building and equipment) using survey data from 32 primary health facilities and recurrent costs (drugs and consumables) from medical records of 1380 poor patients in Diébougou district. …”
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Exploring farmer perspectives on Bambara groundnut [Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc]: production constraints, preferred varietal traits and implications for varietal development in no... by Josephine T. Pasipanodya, Lydia N. Horn, Cecil Togarepi, Julia Sibiya, Rudo Musango, Enoch G. Achigan-Dako

“…The study involved 112 semi-structured interviews, 74 focus group respondents, and transect walks. …”
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The Neuromusculoskeletal Modeling Pipeline: MATLAB-based model personalization and treatment optimization functionality for OpenSim by Claire V. Hammond, Spencer T. Williams, Marleny M. Vega, Di Ao, Geng Li, Robert M. Salati, Kayla M. Pariser, Mohammad S. Shourijeh, Ayman W. Habib, Carolynn Patten, Benjamin J. Fregly

“…The Model Personalization toolset contains four tools for personalizing 1) joint structure models, 2) muscle–tendon models, 3) neural control models, and 4) foot–ground contact models. …”
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The implementation, use and sustainability of a clinical decision support system for medication optimisation in primary care: A qualitative evaluation. by Mark Jeffries, Nde-Eshimuni Salema, Libby Laing, Azwa Shamsuddin, Aziz Sheikh, Anthony Avery, Antony Chuter, Justin Waring, Richard N Keers

“…We conducted face-to-face and telephone-based semi-structured qualitative interviews with staff stakeholders. …”
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Cross-sectional study of determinants of undernutrition among children aged 6–36 months in Kabul, Afghanistan by Shahbaz Ahmad Zakki, Ijaz ul Haq, Noorullah Rahimi, Mehwish Fayaz, Mohammad Taqi Rezaee

“…Objectives The current study aimed to find the distribution and factors associated with undernutrition among children aged 6–36 months in Kabul.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Public Ataturk Children’s Hospital, Kabul.Participants 385.Methods A structured questionnaire was used to collect data on sociodemographic conditions and anthropometry of children. …”
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Evaluating the diagnostic performance of adult sepsis event criteria in the emergency department: impact of including isolated serum lactate elevations by Hyojun Park, Ryoung-Eun Ko, Hyo-Seok Oh, Jae Young Moon, Youjin Chang, Gee Young Suh

“…Methods We retrospectively reviewed data from 698 patients (aged ≥ 19 years) with suspected infections presenting to the EDs of three institutions from September 1 to 30, 2023. …”
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Therapeutic and antioxidant properties of Acridocarpus monodii Arène & Jaeger, an endemic plant of Dogon Country in Mali by Mamadou A. Konaré, Joudy Dougnon, Issiaka Togola, Nah Traoré, Nouhoum Diarra, Moussa Karembé

“…This species is highly popular in Dogon ethnic groups, but no scientific data on its medicinal and biochemical properties are available in Mali. …”
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Comparison of treatment outcomes in severe personality disorder patients with or without substance use disorders: a 36-month prospective pragmatic follow-up study by Lana F, Sanchez-Gil C, Adroher N, Perez Sola V, Feixas G, Martí-Bonany J, Torrens Melich M

“…However, SUD is the main criterion for study exclusion in most psychotherapeutic studies of PD. As a result, data on treatment outcomes in patients with concurrent PD/SUD are scarce.Methods: The study sample consisted of 51 patients diagnosed with severe PD and admitted for psychotherapeutic treatment as a part of routine mental health care. …”
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Unfolding insights about resilience and its coping strategies by medical academics and healthcare professionals at their workplaces: a thematic qualitative analysis by Salman Yousuf Guraya, Jacqueline Maria Dias, Mohamed Ahmed Eladl, Ayah Mohammad Rajai Rustom, Fatima Audi Saleem Alalawi, Majid Hassan Saleh Alhammadi, Yusra Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed, Amna Ali Omran Taryam Al Shamsi, Sarah Juman Bilalaga, Alfred Nicholson, Hani Malik, Shaista Salman Guraya

“…Lastly, we adopted the Braun and Clarke 6-stage thematic model for qualitative data analysis. Results Our study recorded insights of 170 participants; 69 MHAs and 101 HCPs. …”
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Consumo crítico en pandemia en Chile: iniciativas económicas alternativas que producen comunidad sin Estado ni mercado by Alejandro Marambio-Tapia

“…It highlights how unconventional forms of exchange and consumption led by initiatives such as a barter platform, a time bank and grassroots organisations produced social cohesion and resilience in context of State retrenchment and market failures. The data are based on the study of four representative cases through virtual ethnographies, participant observations and semi-structured interviews. …”
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People with dementia and informal caregivers’ perceptions of barriers and facilitators to implementing a behavioral activation intervention: a qualitative study using Normalization... by Frida Svedin, Oscar Blomberg, Anders Brantnell, Paul Farrand, Louise von Essen, Anna Cristina Åberg, Joanne Woodford

“…Interview transcripts were analyzed using the NPT coding manual, with an inductive approach adopted for data related to the core theoretical NPT constructs, but not represented within its sub-constructs. …”
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