Effect of Body Mechanics Training Program on Low Back Pain and Disability among Patients with Lumbar Disc Prolapse by Rawia A. Ibrahim, Wataneya K. Atya

“…This study was conducted in the neurosurgery department and neurosurgery outpatient clinic at Benha University Hospital on a purposive sample of patients diagnosed with lumbar disc prolapse. Three tools for data collection were used; a Structured interviewing questionnaire for patients; a visual analog pain scale, and Oswestry low back pain disability questionnaire. …”
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Food insecurity and dietary intakes as correlates of anxiety and depression in underserved settlements in Khulna Division of Bangladesh: a developing country perspective by Suvasish Das Shuvo, Ambika Charan Mandal, Lisa Khanum, Md Abu Bashar, Deepa Roy, Dipak Kumar Paul

“…Objective This study aimed to investigate the association between food insecurity and dietary intake with anxiety and depression among residents of underserved urban settlements in Bangladesh.Design This cross-sectional study was used to collect data from participants through face-to-face interviews using structured questionnaires. …”
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Design and Evaluation of ADANet: A High-Fidelity Motion Acquisition Framework for Assistive Gesture-Based Interfaces by Md Ettashamul Haque, Atique Tajwar, Akm Azad, Salem A. Alyami, Md Mehedi Hasan

“…The proposed system combines a high-fidelity ADXL335 triaxial accelerometer with an ESP32 microcontroller, forming a lightweight and cost-efficient motion acquisition pipeline. A structured preprocessing architecture is developed, incorporating zero-lag Butterworth filtering, entropy-based temporal smoothing, and computation of 33 handcrafted statistical features, including axis-specific jerk, signal magnitude area (SMA), and range-normalized entropy. …”
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Effects of culturally-appropriate group education for migrants with type 2 diabetes in primary healthcare: pre-test-post-test design by Katarina Hjelm, Emina Hadziabdic

“…Methods Observational study evaluating the intervention using a pre-test-post-test design. It involved structured interviews and HbA1c measurements before, immediately after, and three months post-participation in the group-based intervention. …”
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Xerophthalmia and Its Associated Factors among School-Age Children in Amba Giorgis Town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018 by Gizachew Tilahun Belete, Assefa Lake Fenta, Mohammed Seid Hussen

“…The study participants were selected through systematic random sampling method. Data were collected using a pretested structured questionnaire and ophthalmic examination with different ophthalmic instruments. …”
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Nutritional Recovery and Its Predictors among Adult HIV Patients on Therapeutic Feeding Program at Finote-Selam General Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Gedefaw Diress, Nurilign Abebe Moges

“…An institutional-based retrospective cohort study was conducted among 376 randomly selected adult undernourished HIV patients enrolled in the therapeutic feeding program from July 2010 to January 2017 at Finote-Selam General Hospital. Data were collected by reviewing patients’ charts, follow-up cards, and undernutrition treatment registration books using a pretested structured checklist. …”
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Para-muscular and trans-muscular approaches to the lumbar inter-vertebral foramen: an anatomical comparison Acessos paramuscular e transmuscular ao forame intervertebral lombar: co... by Arthur Werner Poetscher, Guilherme Carvalhal Ribas, Alexandre Yasuda, Koshiro Nishikuni

“…Otherwise, posterior lateral approaches through a trans-muscular or a para-muscular technique offer no significant damage to key structures for spinal stability. The surgical anatomy of these approaches has already been described, but they were not compared. …”
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Trends and Medical Indications of Cesarean Section in the Public Health Sector by Rebar Yahya Abdullah, Harjeen Rasul Mohammed Ali

“…A convenience sampling technique was used to recruit 400 women admitted for cesarean deliveries. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire covering sociodemographic and maternal factors, while cesarean indications were extracted from medical records. …”
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A joint hospital initiative to strengthen general palliative care in the hospital: an action research study on challenges and facilitators by H. Bergenholtz, C. Kragh, M. Ziebell, B. Hølge-Hazelton, O. Gaardboe

“…The results highlight barriers such as a lack of standardized structures and fragmented care approaches, alongside facilitators like employing dedicated palliative resource persons, increasing awareness of general palliative care, and involvement of paraclinical specialties who face ethical dilemmas balancing treatment protocols with patient well-being. …”
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Wild medicine - exploring medication management challenges in transition and interaction across actors and health sectors related to older adults receiving polypharmacy: a qualitat... by Gitte Wind, Karen-Marie Olesen, Janne Friis Andersen, Line Hillersdal

“…Data collection was followed by thematic analysis. …”
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Knowledge and self-care practice among patients with hypertension in tertiary public hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A multicenter cross-sectional study by Freweini Gebremeskel Gebresilase, Yohannes Ayalew Bekele, Ketema Bizuwork Gebremedhin, Boka Dugassa Tolera

“…A face-to-face interview was administered using a structured questionnaire. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 27.0. …”
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The association between repeated abortions during childbearing age and the psychological well-being of postmenopausal women in Southwest China: an observational study by Xu Li, Anjiao Peng, Lin Li, Lei Chen

“…A standard structured questionnaire was used to assess abortion status among women of childbearing age. …”
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Análise das práticas de gestão PDP em empresas de um polo industrial de revestimento cerâmico Analysis of PDP management in the ceramic tile industry pole by Marcela Avelina Bataghin Costa, José Carlos de Toledo

“…It was also possible to observe that, in general, all companies are structured with little regard to PDP management, using few management tools, and are technologically dependent on the innovation capacity of their suppliers, mainly producers of enamels ('Colorificio').…”
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Identifying clinically useful COVID-19 population and emergency department phenotypes across the pre-Omicron and Omicron periods by Lander Rodriguez-Idiazabal, Daniel Fernández, Jose M. Quintana, Julia Garcia-Asensio, Maria Jose Legarreta, Nere Larrea, Irantzu Barrio

“…This can be accomplished through data-driven unsupervised methods that do not require clinical outcomes to be available. …”
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Work Engagement as a Predictor of Job Performance and Satisfaction among Fashion Designers in South-South Nigeria by Rachael Adiya Wonah, Calister Lebechukwu Nwadi, Daniel Ikechukwu Nwaozuru, Tioluwa Justina Atiti

“…Adopting a correlational design, the study sampled 358 fashion designers from the six states of South-South Nigeria. Data, collected via a structured questionnaire, were examined by means of Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. …”
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The Impact of Nature Reserves on the Ecological Network of Urban Agglomerations—A Case Study of the Urban Agglomeration in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River by Weidi Li, Xiaoxu Liang, Anqiang Jia, John Martin

“…Investigating the influence of nature reserves on the ecological networks of urban agglomerations helps to integrate regional ecological resources, optimize ecological network structures, and enhance cross-departmental coordination in nature reserve management and ecological environment protection. …”
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Enhancing highland ecosystems in East Hararge, Ethiopia: evaluating intervention strategies for species diversity, soil organic carbon stock, and carbon sequestration by Daba Bogale

“…This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of different intervention strategies on species diversity and carbon stock in the West Hararghe zone, specifically at the Doba district Hades site. The data was collected from 5 February 2022 to 10 December 2022. …”
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Reconciliation villages in post-genocide Rwanda, beyond rhetoric to practical reconciliation and psychosocial reintegration by Felix Bigabo, Emmanuel Biracyaza, Clementine Kanazayire, Jeannette Kangabe, Darius Gishoma

“…Discussions were structured to capture experiences, perceptions and interactions of participants. …”
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Retrospective review of deaths in the Massachusetts department of corrections after passage of medical parole by Jasdeep S. Kler, Amanda Victory, Samantha Chao, Michelle Suh, Nicole Mushero

“…Cause of death was categorized through structured review of death certificates and supplemental MADOC medical documentation. …”
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An intelligent non-destructive method to identify the quality of self-compacting concrete based on convolutional neural networks via image recognition by Zhong Xiao, Zixuan Liu, Xuying Guo, Jun Liu

“…Self-compacting concrete (SCC) was used in numerous structures of harbor and offshore engineering because of its high production efficiency, less labor cost and strong resistance to chloride ion erosion in seawater. …”
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