Barriers and facilitators to sports participation in autistic Europeans: insights from a large-scale questionnaire survey by Célia Ruffino, Nicolas Gueugneau, Sidney Grosprêtre, Sidney Grosprêtre

“…This study seeks to provide an overview of sports participation among autistic Europeans and identify factors influencing their engagement in physical activities.MethodUsing an online questionnaire translated into five languages, data was collected from 540 respondents across several European countries. …”
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Predicting episodic memory performance using different biomarkers: results from Argentina-Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative by Russo MJ, Cohen G, Mendez P, Campos J, Nahas FE, Surace E, Vazquez S, Gustafson D, Guinjoan S, Allegri R, Sevlever G

“…Baseline amyloid deposition and left hippocampal volume separated the three diagnostic groups and correlated with the memory performance (P<0.001).Conclusion: Cross-sectional analysis of baseline data revealed links between cognition, structural changes, and biomarkers. …”
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Prevalence and association between eating disorders, depression, and obesity among Palestinian adolescent refugees by Basma Damiri, Ahmad Hanani

“…A total of 313 teenagers were interviewed. Data, including waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI), were collected through structured interviews and anthropometric measurements. …”
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Co-developing an intervention to facilitate safe and early transition to neonatal home care for very preterm infants: a mixed-method study evaluating the impact of patient and publ... by Sofia Arwehed, Ylva Thernström Blomqvist, Elin Carlsson Filipowicz, Anna Axelin

“…Patient and public involvement (PPI) was evaluated through anonymised impact log surveys, a process log, standardised meeting minutes, semi-structured interviews with Steering Committee members, and a written survey of public contributors. …”
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“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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Assessing the inner setting among Massachusetts community health centers: opportunities for multilevel investigation and expansion of influences on health equity by Rebekka M. Lee, James G. Daly, Daniel A. Gundersen, Ruth I. Lederman, Susan Dargon-Hart, Jonathan P. Winickoff, Karen M. Emmons, the ISCCCE Partnership

“…Additional equity-focused inner setting items included structural characteristics of the work infrastructure and language access services. …”
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Dynamic prediction of surface subsidence at any point based on Boltzmann time function model by Liangji XU, Zhihao SUN, Xiaopeng LIU, Kun ZHANG, Zongyou CAO

“…The underground extraction of coal resources can induce surface subsidence, posing a potential threat to both the ecological environment and the structural stability of buildings. Anticipating the dynamic subsidence values prior to mining is crucial for establishing a foundation for dynamic restoration designs in mining subsidence areas. …”
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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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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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Revisiting Antibiotic-Impregnated Cement Spacer for Diabetic Osteomyelitis of the Foot by Farouk Khury, Ihab Karkabi, Elias Mazzawi, Doron Norman, Eyal A. Melamed, Eli Peled

“…Methods and Materials: We retrospectively reviewed the data of 55 diabetic patients with Meggitt-Wagner Grade IIB wounds diagnosed with osteomyelitis of the foot, treated in our institution with excessive debridement, excision of the infected tissue, and implantation of antibiotic-impregnated cement spacer fixed with a Kirschner wire. …”
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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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A new validated Lymphoedema-specific Patient Reported Outcome Measure (LYMPROM) for adults with Lymphoedema. by Melanie Thomas, Marie Gabe-Walters, Ioan Humphreys, Alan Watkins

“…Following COSMIN guidelines, validation study phases used anonymised routinely collected data to examine internal consistency, structural validity, construct validity (compared with the EQ5D-5L), measurement error, test-retest reliability and responsiveness.…”
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