Navigating electives: Perspectives from phase III MBBS students and faculty in program evaluation by Sujatha Karjigi, Shyamala KK, Divya Gupta, Karthik R

“…Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey in which qualitative data on perceptions of electives were collected through an online survey by a validated semi-structured questionnaire with open-ended questions. …”
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Mineral Composition of Feed and Mineral Soil Utilization in Haramaya District, East Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia by Sefa Salo, Mengistu Urge, Mohammed Yusuf Kurtu

“…This study was carried out to assess feed resources mineral composition and utilization of mineral soil in the Haramaya district of the East Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia. The survey data was collected from four kebeles using a semi-structured questionnaire from 80 respondents (20 from each kebele) selected randomly. …”
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Magnitude of Hearing Loss Concerning the Site of Tympanic Membrane Perforation: A Cross-Sectional Study at a Single Institution in Rawalpindi by Maheen Alvie, Sunarays Akhtar, Uswah Haleem, Hareem Azhar, Tooba Abbasi, Kamran Zamurrad Malik

“…Exclusion criteria included profound hearing loss, actively discharging middle ears, cholesteatoma, and cognitive impairment. The data were collected using a structured departmental proforma. …”
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Biopsychosocial Profile of Chronic Alcohol Users: Insights from a Cross-Sectional Study by Luciana Angela Ignat, Raluca Oana Tipa, Alina Roxana Cehan, Vladimir Constantin Bacârea

“…Personalized, evidence-based interventions tailored to both psychological and socio-professional profiles, combined with structured post-discharge support, are essential for improving long-term recovery and reducing the readmission rates.…”
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Prevalence and associated factors of reading spectacle coverage among adults aged 35 years and above living in Debre Berhan Town, North Shewa, Ethiopia, 2023 by Matiyas Mamo Bekele, Melkamu Temeselew Tegegn, Nebiyat Feleke Adimassu, Abel Sinshaw Assem, Tarekegn CheklieZeleke, Abebizuhan Zigale Bayabil, Getenet Shumet Birhan, Abebech Fikade Shumye

“…Additionally, it serves as a valuable tool for monitoring progress toward achieving universal eye health coverage worldwide.ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and associated factors of reading spectacle coverage among adults aged 35 years and above living in Debre Berhan town, North Shewa, Ethiopia.MethodsA community-based cross-sectional study involving 808 adults was conducted in Debre Berhan town from May 8 to June 8, 2023, utilizing a multistage sampling technique. Data were gathered using a pre-tested, structured questionnaire administered by interviewers. …”
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Quality of life and its associated factors in patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing transapical transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a cross-sectional study by Xianfeng Liu, Shanshan Lv, Guixia Li, Xuying Guo, Jing Zheng

“…Clinical, demographic, and behavioral data were collected through structured interviews and medical record review. …”
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Influence of exercise interventions on functional movement screen scores in athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ali Asghar Maleki, Seyed Hamed Mousavi, Mohamad Ali Biabangard, Hooman Minoonejad

“…We conducted comprehensive searches of PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Embase (through May 2025) to identify experimental studies reporting pre–post changes in FMS after structured exercise interventions. Two reviewers independently screened and extracted data, assessed study quality using the PEDro scale and ROBINS-I tool, rated evidence certainty via GRADE, and then performed random-effects meta-analyses in RevMan 5.4 to calculate pooled mean differences (MD) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). …”
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Non-targeted Metabolomic Analysis of Aroma Metabolites of Black Teas from Different Production Regions in China by WANG Qiushuang, QIN Dandan, FANG Kaixing, JIANG Xiaohui, WANG Qing, LI Bo, LI Hongjian, NI Erdong, PAN Chendong, WU Hualing

“…The results indicated that a total of 140 aroma metabolites were identified in this study, which were classified into 12 types based on their chemical structures, including alcohols, esters, aldehydes, acids, ketones and alkenes. …”
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Current situation and related factors of fatigue among doctors and nurses in tertiary general hospitals in Northeast China by Bin Wang, Wenshu Yang, Yu Wang, Xu Chen, Dongmei Liu, Bao Yin, Haidong Bao, Dong Wang, Surui He

“…A cross-sectional survey was conducted among healthcare workers who met the inclusion criteria in two tertiary general hospitals in Dalian, Liaoning Province, Northeast China. The survey data collected in the structured questionnaire include fatigue, general demographic characteristics, work situation, perceived stress, insomnia symptoms, workplace violence, anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, family function, and doctor-patient relationship. …”
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A coadapted community-based participatory group programme for parents/carers of children with complex neurodisability (Encompass-2): a pilot and feasibility study protocol by Kirsten Prest, Angela Harden, Kirsten Barnicot, Michelle Heys

“…Post-intervention semi-structured interviews will be conducted with parents/carers, facilitators and key NHS partners. …”
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PATIENT-ORIENTED INNOVATIONS OF DENTAL MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY IN DENTAL TREATMENT WITH REMOVABLE AND NON-REMOVABLE CONSTRUCTIONS by I. V. Yanishen

“…The modern unsolved problem of dental materials science is the lack of compliant-oriented developments, namely regarding orthopedic structures. Any of the instructions for using dental materials does not define the “related” list, in which the particular material can be used. …”
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Priorities and expectations of researchers, funders, patients and the public regarding equity in medical research and funding: results from the PERSPECT qualitative study by Raksha Ramkumar, William R. Betzner, Nora Cristall, Bogna A. Drozdowska, Joachim Fladt, Tanaporn Jaroenngarmsamer, Rosalie McDonough, Mayank Goyal, Aravind Ganesh

“…This approach involved in-depth, semi-structured interviews with researchers, funders, patients, and members of the public. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice about Neonatal Jaundice among Mothers at a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Questionnaire-based Cross-sectional Study by Sankeerthana Kamani, GN Shreekrishna, MO Abhishek, Santosh T Soans

“…All 108 mothers admitted to the postnatal ward following delivery and those visiting the postnatal clinic in the tertiary care centre during one month in April 2023 were included. Data were gathered using a structured questionnaire, which evaluated the mothers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices. …”
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Qalification assessment practices: new possibilities and constraints by M. N. Kicherova, M. Yu. Semenov, E. V. Zyuban

“…Data collection and analysis was carried out using a qualitative methodology of the sociological approach. …”
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Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial of a Web-Based Intervention to Promote Healthy Eating, Physical Activity and Meaningful Social Connections Compared with Usual Care Control in Peo... by Jose Lara, Nicola O'Brien, Alan Godfrey, Ben Heaven, Elizabeth H Evans, Scott Lloyd, Suzanne Moffatt, Paula J Moynihan, Thomas D Meyer, Lynn Rochester, Falko F Sniehotta, Martin White, John C Mathers

“…Thematically analysed, semi-structured, qualitative interviews assessed acceptability of the intervention, trial design, procedures and outcome measures.…”
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Experiences of women living with cervical cancer in Ghana: challenges and coping strategies by Joyce Agyeiwaa, Abigail Kusi-Amponsah Diji, Sarah Ama Amoo, Hayford Asare, Dorcas Yeboah, Godwin Antwi, Anita Efua Davies, Francis Diji, Nancy Innocentia Ebu Enyan

“…A total of 16 participants were purposively sampled based on the eligibility criteria and individually interviewed using a semi-structured guide. The six-step technique for qualitative analysis by Braun and Clarke guided data analysis. …”
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Agricultural Innovation Characteristics and Their Utilisation: A Case of National Agricultural Research Organization by Barekye, Alex

“…Using a cross sectional survey research design, a survey mainly using structured questionnaires was carried out among the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) staff to establish the factors that influence development of agricultural innovations. …”
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Open Source Drug Discovery with the Malaria Box Compound Collection for Neglected Diseases and Beyond. by Wesley C Van Voorhis, John H Adams, Roberto Adelfio, Vida Ahyong, Myles H Akabas, Pietro Alano, Aintzane Alday, Yesmalie Alemán Resto, Aishah Alsibaee, Ainhoa Alzualde, Katherine T Andrews, Simon V Avery, Vicky M Avery, Lawrence Ayong, Mark Baker, Stephen Baker, Choukri Ben Mamoun, Sangeeta Bhatia, Quentin Bickle, Lotfi Bounaadja, Tana Bowling, Jürgen Bosch, Lauren E Boucher, Fabrice F Boyom, Jose Brea, Marian Brennan, Audrey Burton, Conor R Caffrey, Grazia Camarda, Manuela Carrasquilla, Dee Carter, Maria Belen Cassera, Ken Chih-Chien Cheng, Worathad Chindaudomsate, Anthony Chubb, Beatrice L Colon, Daisy D Colón-López, Yolanda Corbett, Gregory J Crowther, Noemi Cowan, Sarah D'Alessandro, Na Le Dang, Michael Delves, Joseph L DeRisi, Alan Y Du, Sandra Duffy, Shimaa Abd El-Salam El-Sayed, Michael T Ferdig, José A Fernández Robledo, David A Fidock, Isabelle Florent, Patrick V T Fokou, Ani Galstian, Francisco Javier Gamo, Suzanne Gokool, Ben Gold, Todd Golub, Gregory M Goldgof, Rajarshi Guha, W Armand Guiguemde, Nil Gural, R Kiplin Guy, Michael A E Hansen, Kirsten K Hanson, Andrew Hemphill, Rob Hooft van Huijsduijnen, Takaaki Horii, Paul Horrocks, Tyler B Hughes, Christopher Huston, Ikuo Igarashi, Katrin Ingram-Sieber, Maurice A Itoe, Ajit Jadhav, Amornrat Naranuntarat Jensen, Laran T Jensen, Laran T Jensen, Rays H Y Jiang, Annette Kaiser, Jennifer Keiser, Thomas Ketas, Sebastien Kicka, Sunyoung Kim, Kiaran Kirk, Vidya P Kumar, Dennis E Kyle, Maria Jose Lafuente, Scott Landfear, Nathan Lee, Sukjun Lee, Adele M Lehane, Fengwu Li, David Little, Liqiong Liu, Manuel Llinás, Maria I Loza, Aristea Lubar, Leonardo Lucantoni, Isabelle Lucet, Louis Maes, Dalu Mancama, Nuha R Mansour, Sandra March, Sheena McGowan, Iset Medina Vera, Stephan Meister, Luke Mercer, Jordi Mestres, Alvine N Mfopa, Raj N Misra, Seunghyun Moon, John P Moore, Francielly Morais Rodrigues da Costa, Joachim Müller, Arantza Muriana, Stephen Nakazawa Hewitt, Bakela Nare, Carl Nathan, Nathalie Narraidoo, Sujeevi Nawaratna, Kayode K Ojo, Diana Ortiz, Gordana Panic, George Papadatos, Silvia Parapini, Kailash Patra, Ngoc Pham, Sarah Prats, David M Plouffe, Sally-Ann Poulsen, Anupam Pradhan, Celia Quevedo, Ronald J Quinn, Christopher A Rice, Mohamed Abdo Rizk, Andrea Ruecker, Robert St Onge, Rafaela Salgado Ferreira, Jasmeet Samra, Natalie G Robinett, Ulrich Schlecht, Marjorie Schmitt, Filipe Silva Villela, Francesco Silvestrini, Robert Sinden, Dennis A Smith, Thierry Soldati, Andreas Spitzmüller, Serge Maximilian Stamm, David J Sullivan, William Sullivan, Sundari Suresh, Brian M Suzuki, Yo Suzuki, S Joshua Swamidass, Donatella Taramelli, Lauve R Y Tchokouaha, Anjo Theron, David Thomas, Kathryn F Tonissen, Simon Townson, Abhai K Tripathi, Valentin Trofimov, Kenneth O Udenze, Imran Ullah, Cindy Vallieres, Edgar Vigil, Joseph M Vinetz, Phat Voong Vinh, Hoan Vu, Nao-Aki Watanabe, Kate Weatherby, Pamela M White, Andrew F Wilks, Elizabeth A Winzeler, Edward Wojcik, Melanie Wree, Wesley Wu, Naoaki Yokoyama, Paul H A Zollo, Nada Abla, Benjamin Blasco, Jeremy Burrows, Benoît Laleu, Didier Leroy, Thomas Spangenberg, Timothy Wells, Paul A Willis

“…The Medicines for Malaria Venture Malaria Box is a collection of over 400 compounds representing families of structures identified in phenotypic screens of pharmaceutical and academic libraries against the Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite. …”
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First assessment of biofouling assemblages in the northern Red Sea, an important region for marine non-indigenous species transfer by Juan Sempere-Valverde, Juan Sempere-Valverde, Eva Aylagas, Vitaly Syomin, Vitaly Syomin, Marcos A. L. Teixeira, Glafira D. Kolbasova, Glafira D. Kolbasova, Sofía Ruiz-Velasco, Sahar Chebaane, Arthur Anker, João Curdia, Ronald Cadiz, Dylan M. Cottrell, Andrea Desiderato, Luiz F. Andrade, Chakkiath Paul Antony, Carolina Bocanegra-Castano, Matilde Marzucchi, Angelo Poliseno, Doaa Baker, Basmah Alabdulaziz, Flor Torres, Ameer A. Eweida, Ameer A. Eweida, Susana Carvalho, Susana Carvalho

“…At each site and time, three settlement structures, each with a PVC panel attached to a brick and rope, were sampled after 3-months deployment. …”
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Aortic atherosclerosis evaluation using deep learning based on non-contrast CT: A retrospective multi-center study by Mingliang Yang, Jinhao Lyu, Yongqin Xiong, Aoxue Mei, Jianxing Hu, Yue Zhang, Xiaoyu Wang, Xiangbing Bian, Jiayu Huang, Runze Li, Xinbo Xing, Sulian Su, Junhang Gao, Xin Lou

“…The cascaded attention module enhances feature learning across complex anatomical structures, outperforming existing attention modules. …”
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