Considerations for equitable distribution of digital healthcare for people who use drugs by Zoi Papalamprakopoulou, Sotirios Roussos, Elisavet Ntagianta, Vasiliki Triantafyllou, George Kalamitsis, Arpan Dharia, Vana Sypsa, Angelos Hatzakis, Andrew H. Talal

“…Methods We employed respondent-driven sampling to recruit 162 PWUD in Athens, Greece to assess current internet and computer access and telemedicine experience via a structured questionnaire. Participants were at least 18 years with an injection drug use (IDU) history. …”
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The Incidence, Associated Factors and in‐Hospital Outcomes of Cardiac‐Surgery‐Associated Acute Kidney Injury Among Children Undergoing Cardiac Surgery at Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Ins... by Joyce Gimonge, David Muhunzi, Zawadi Edward, Rodrick Kisenge

“…Methodology A prospective cohort study was conducted to determine the proportion, risk factors, and in‐hospital outcomes among children who developed cardiac surgery‐associated acute kidney injury (CSA‐AKI) at JKCI. Data collection was done using a structured questionnaire, Intensive care unit (ICU) chart review, and hospital records. …”
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Cost-Effectiveness of Locking vs Nonlocking Plates for Ankle Fracture Fixation: A Retrospective PROMIS-Based Cohort Study by Abhinav R. Balu BS, Rohan Bhargava BA, BS, Mehul Mittal BS, Rachel Bergman MD, Milap Patel DO, Anish R. Kadakia MD, Muhammad Mutawakkil MD

“…Surgical cost, outcome, and complication data were obtained through chart reviews. PROMIS scores were collected via structured telephonic interviews. …”
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Investigating the Factors Governing the Informativeness of Stock Prices Using the DEMATEL Approach by Mohammad Hossein Ramazani Zare, Meysam Arabzadeh, Ali Namaki, Mohammad Alipour

“…Out of this population, 68 managers in this field participated in the study, selected through the stratified probability sampling method.Results: The data obtained from semi-structured interviews led to the extraction of 41 factors influencing stock price informativeness. …”
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Policy implications of physicians’ attitudes towards being examined by medical students by Ruth Kannai, Tamar Freud, Tsafnat Test, Roni Peleg

“…A total of 149 participants completed a structured questionnaire assessing their comfort with students observing, taking medical histories, and performing physical, intimate, and invasive examinations. …”
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Burnout is a predictor of high ten-year risk of cardiovascular disease among health workers in Ghana by Kennedy Dodam Konlan

“…Also, health education on lifestyle modifications such as healthy dietary regimes and structured exercise patterns must be put in place by individual health workers, managers of hospitals and the Ministry of Health, Ghana to improve the overall health of employees and possibly reduce the incidence of burnout and CVDs among hospital staff.…”
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Analysis of the gypsum industry in Russia and methods of increasing the competitiveness of the organization on the example of JSC “Khabez Gypsum Plant” by A. G. Chekalov, O. V. Berezhnaya

“…They can improve their positions in the Russian market thanks to a well-structured organizational strategy aimed at satisfying consumers with the quality of their products, as well as their production methods. …”
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Diet quality of women of reproductive age in Sagamu local government area, Ogun state, Nigeria by BOLUWADURO ADENIKE OYESANYA, Oladoyinbo Catherine Oladoyinbo, Onabanjo Oluseye Onabanjo, Fakoya Emmanuel Fakoya

“…Methods A probability sample was taken from households in the Sagamu Local Government Area, Ogun State, Nigeria. A semi-structured interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to obtain information on socioeconomic and socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents. …”
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Efecto de un programa de ejercicio físico con enfoque sanológico en población universitaria (Effect of a physical exercise program with a sanológico focus on university population)... by Sergio Andrés

“…An instrument called Clinical-Sanológica History designed, adjusted and standardized by researchers Pedro Reyes Gaspar and Dolly Arias Torres was used. The data were worked through a semi-structured interview by creating codes and categories with the Atlas Ti 6 Software program. …”
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Understanding “Alert Fatigue” in Primary Care: Qualitative Systematic Review of General Practitioners Attitudes and Experiences of Clinical Alerts, Prompts, and Reminders by Illin Gani, Ian Litchfield, David Shukla, Gayathri Delanerolle, Neil Cockburn, Anna Pathmanathan

“…All databases were searched from inception to December 31, 2023. To ensure structured and practicable findings, we used a directed content analysis of the data, guided by the 7 domains of the Non-adoption, Abandonment, Scale-up, Spread, and Sustainability (NASSS) framework, including domains related to Technology, Adopter attitudes, and Organization. …”
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How long does it take to start minimal enteral feeding in preterm Neonates admitted to NICUs in Southern Oromia, Ethiopia? by Anteneh Fikrie, Terefu Yambo, Alo Edin, Miesa Gelchu, Dejene Hailu, Mark Spigt

“…Method A facility-based retrospective follow up study was conducted among 434 randomly selected preterm neonates admitted to NICU of Bule Hora University Teaching Hospital and Yabello General Hospital from January 1, 2021 to December 30, 2022. Data were extracted by a pretested structured checklist, entered into Epidata 3.1 and then transferred to Stata version 17 for analysis. …”
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Condom Use Rate and Associated Factors among Undergraduate Students of Gulu University, Uganda by Brian Otim, Jerom Okot, Christine Nannungi, Ritah Nantale, Winnie Kibone, Grace Madraa, Christopher Okot, Felix Bongomin

“…The students were accessed from their respective faculties and chosen using a simple random sampling method. Data were collected using a pretested self-administered structured questionnaire. …”
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MRFP-Mamba: Multi-Receptive Field Parallel Mamba for Hyperspectral Image Classification by Xiaofei Yang, Lin Li, Suihua Xue, Sihuan Li, Wanjun Yang, Haojin Tang, Xiaohui Huang

“…However, existing methods face several challenges: Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) are limited in modeling long-range spectral dependencies because of their limited receptive fields; Transformers are constrained by their quadratic computational complexity; and Mamba-based methods fail to fully exploit spatial–spectral interactions when handling high-dimensional HSI data. To address these limitations, we propose MRFP-Mamba, a novel Multi-Receptive-Field Parallel Mamba architecture that integrates hierarchical spatial feature extraction with efficient modeling of spatial–spectral dependencies. …”
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Adequacy of pain management among advanced cancer patients with solid tumors attending palliative care centers in Dar es Salaam by Judith Mwijage, Willbroad Kyejo, Davis Rubagumya, Thabit Kombo, Blessing Mathew, Faisal Hooda, Mandela Makakala, Eunice Pallangyo, Harrison Chuwa

“…Methodology This analytical cross-sectional study, conducted from October to December 2021 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, involved 332 advanced cancer patients with solid tumors from the Aga Khan Hospital and Ocean Road Cancer Institute. A structured, interviewer-administered questionnaire comprising demographic data and factors influencing cancer-related pain (CRP) management was utilized. …”
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High-sensitivity c-reactive protein and cardiovascular disease risk assessment in a population of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients by Bruno Basil, Jamila Aminu Mohammed, Izuchukwu Nnachi Mba, Blessing Kenechi Myke-Mbata, Joseph Chizoba Akujieze

“…Methods This cross-sectional hospital-based study was conducted over 13 months. Data on socio-demographic characteristics, medical history, clinical findings, and laboratory parameters were collected using a structured proforma. …”
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Cancer awareness amongst nurses in a tertiary care hospital in North Delhi, India by Ranga Raju Ranga Rao, Rudra Prasad Acharya, Peush Bajpai, Waseem Abbas, Ruchika Khetrapal

“…Of 458 employed nurses, 53.3% nurses working in the hospital participated in the study on a voluntary basis. A structured pretested questionnaire was administered to the study subjects. …”
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Robótica educacional nos anos iniciais: o processo de implementação e avaliação em uma escola pública / Educational robotics in elementary school: the process of implementation and... by Márcia Regina Kaminski, Clodis Boscarioli

“…This paper presents how a Brazilian municipal public school, which serves students from the first stage of Elementary Education, a pioneer in their municipality to implement Educational Robotics, followed the paths for consolidating this work that has been happening since 2015 in a perspective of continuity and progression of the contents, and as an integrated practice into his Political Pedagogical Project, in addition to investigating, through data obtained in a non-directive interview with the instructor responsible for the classes and semi-structured questionnaires applied to teachers and those responsible for students, how the school community has perceived its impacts. …”

Vivência de mães na unidade de terapia intensiva neonatal [Mothers’ experience in neonatal intensive care unit] by Laurita da Silva Cartaxo, Jamili Anbar Torquato, Glenda Agra, Maria Andréa Fernandes, Indiara Carvalho dos Santos Platel, Maria Eliane Moreira Freire

“…ABSTRACT The aim of this quantitative and qualitative descriptive study was to consider the experience of the mothers of premature newborns hospitalized in a neonatal intensive care unit. Data were collected by semi-structured interviews of 20 mothers at a public maternity facility in João Pessoa, Paraíba, in November and December 2010, and analyzed in the light of the collective subject discourse technique. …”
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Qualitative study exploring the barriers and facilitators to low-dose aspirin adherence in pregnant women with placental dysfunction risk in the UK by Danya Bakhbakhi, Christy Burden, Abigail Fraser, Anna Davies, Sarah Chapman, Charlotte Williams, Francesca Neuberger, Sadie Mullin

“…However, adherence to LDA is suboptimal in pregnant women and may reduce its effectiveness.Objectives We aimed to explore the barriers and facilitators to LDA adherence in pregnant women with placental dysfunction risk.Design Qualitative semi-structured individual interviews were undertaken, and data were inductively thematically analysed.Setting A single NHS Trust in South West England, UK.Participants Pregnant women aged>18, recommended daily LDA for pregnancy indications. …”
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Evaluating comparative effectiveness of psychosocial interventions adjunctive to opioid agonist therapy for opioid use disorder: A systematic review with network meta-analyses. by Danielle Rice, Kimberly Corace, Dianna Wolfe, Leila Esmaeilisaraji, Alan Michaud, Alicia Grima, Bradley Austin, Reuben Douma, Pauline Barbeau, Claire Butler, Melanie Willows, Patricia A Poulin, Beth A Sproule, Amy Porath, Gary Garber, Sheena Taha, Gord Garner, Becky Skidmore, David Moher, Kednapa Thavorn, Brian Hutton

“…Heterogeneity in reporting formats precluded an NMA for opioid use. A structured synthesis was undertaken for the remaining outcomes which included opioid use (n = 18 studies) and opioid abstinence (n = 35 studies), where the majority of studies found no significant difference between OAT plus psychosocial interventions as compared to OAT-only.…”
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