Effect of simulated gastric acid on the mechanical properties of conventional and polypropylene mesh reinforced poly methyl methacrylate denture base resin by Abhinaya Bollepalli, Anitha Kuttae Viswanathan, Muthukumar Balasubramaniam

“…Statistical Analysis Used: The data were statistically analyzed using ANOVA and independent t-test set at a significance level of P-values less than 0.05. …”
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Development of a national Distress Brief Intervention: a multi-agency service to provide connected, compassionate support for people in distress by Ambrose J. Melson, Karen Wetherall, Kevin O’Neill, Margaret Maxwell, Eileen Calveley, Martin McCoy, Rory C. O’Connor

“…Methods The six step Intervention Mapping protocol was used to account for the complexity of the intervention and to guide development, testing and implementation. Data/information sources comprised: literature and evidence review; delivery partner and stakeholder consultations (n = 19); semi-structured interviews and/or focus-groups with frontline services staff experienced in responding to distress (n = 8); interviews and/or focus groups with adults with experience of distress (n = 9); feedback from test training for staff (n = 16); self-assessed confidence ratings provided by staff immediately before and following training (n = 388). …”
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Assessment of dietary intake and its determinants in adult patients on anti-tubercular treatment in Aligarh, India: a cross sectional study by S Danish Iqbaal, M Athar Ansari, Ali Jafar Abedi, Saira Mehnaz, Mohd Yasir Zubair, Shahnawaz Ahmad

“…Adult TB patients undergoing treatment between the ages of 18 to 60 years were enrolled. A semi-structured questionnaire was used as a study tool. The 24-hour recall method was used for eliciting dietary intake as it had less recall bias. …”
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Clinical and ultrasonographic features of 104 knee joints in hemodialysis patients: impact of age, gender, and hemodialysis duration: a descriptive cross-sectional study by Samar Tharwat, Marwa Saleh, Rabab Elrefaey, Mona Kamal Nassar, Mohammed Kamal Nassar

“…Typically, the severity of suprapatellar effusion is related to additional structural abnormalities.…”
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UAV-OVD: Open-Vocabulary Object Detection in UAV Imagery via Multi-Level Text-Guided Decoding by Lijie Tao, Guoting Wei, Zhuo Wang, Zhaoshuai Qi, Ying Li, Haokui Zhang

“…Finally, from the data perspective, we enrich the original dataset with synonym-augmented category labels, enabling more flexible and semantically expressive supervision. …”
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Relationships between leisure participation, leisure constraints, and quality of life among individuals with lower-limb amputations in South Africa by Adri I. Visser, Mariette Swanepoel, Marike Cockeran, Cindy Kriel

“…Results: Weak to moderate relationships were found between leisure participation and constraints (interpersonal: τb = –0.01, p = 0.402; structural: τb = –0.21, p = 0.072). Moderate positive associations emerged between leisure participation and QoL in the disability module (τb = 0.21, p = 0.073), physical domain (τb = 0.20, p = 0.088) and environment domain (τb = 0.20, p = 0.091). …”
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Relationship between sense of coherence and professional identity in nursing students: the chain mediating effect of academic emotion and self-esteem by Huan Liu, Jin Li, Xiujuan Feng, Rui Liang, Yanan Qi, Jing Zhang

“…A structural equation model was established to examine the effect pathways, and the chain mediating effect was verified by path analysis and bootstrap method. …”
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Exploring the barriers and enablers of oral health care utilisation and safe oral sex practices among transgender women in Malaysia: a qualitative study by Lahari A. Telang, Hezreen Shaik Daud, Abdul Rashid, Aoife G. Cotter

“…Data obtained from IDIs and FGD were coded, transcribed, and thematically analysed to derive codes and themes through the interpretative lens of the Information, Motivation and Behavioural skills (IMB) theory. …”
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Approaching social acceptance of energy technologies: ten European papers showcasing statistical analyses–a targeted review by Patrick Stuhm, Manuel Johann Baumann, Marcel Weil

“…This Work allows researchers to more effectively compare methodologies and results, offering a transparent and structured approach for analysis, thereby enhancing the overall methodological assessment. …”
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Examining bacteriological and chemical drinking-water quality, sanitation, hygiene, and contamination risk levels in industries in Bishoftu Town, Ethiopia by Getachew Tollera, Aderajew Mekonnen Girmay

“…From each industry, drinking-water samples were collected directly from water storage facilities. A structured questionnaire and observational checklist were used to assess the sanitation and hygiene levels of the industries. …”
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Undergraduate Students in a Medical College in Manipur by Rajkumar Arbind Singh, Ronal Singh Rajkumar, Abhijeet Srivastava, Hawaibam Budhichandra Singh

“…A blended teaching strategy incorporaƟng structured lectures, formaƟve assessments, and facilitator training is recommended to opƟmise educaƟonal outcomes in competency-based medical educaƟon.…”
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Persistent symptoms are diverse and associated with health concerns and impaired quality of life in patients with paediatric coeliac disease diagnosis after transition to adulthood by Katri Kaukinen, Kalle Kurppa, Heini Huhtala, Satu Vuolle, Pilvi Laurikka, Marleena Repo, Laura Kivelä

“…Also, patients completed structured study questionnaire. All variables were compared between those with and without persistent symptoms.Results Altogether 180 patients reported adhering to a strict gluten-free diet. …”
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Life skills among school-going adolescents in South India: A gender comparison by Vaddar Thippeswamy, K Vishwesh, Arif Ali, Govindappa Lakshmana

“…A stratified random sampling technique was adopted to draw the sample, giving equal representation to domicile, gender, and medium of instruction. A semi structured data sheet and Life Skills Scale were administered. …”
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Patterns of postnatal weight gain and its predictors among preterm very low birth weight neonates born in Bahir-Dar city public hospitals, 2022: A cross sectional study. by Yihenew Ayehu Dessie, Worku Abemie, Elda Mekonnen Nigussie, Bethelehem Taye Mengistu, Leweyehu Alemaw Mengstie, Bekahegn Girma, Solomon Hailemeskel

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A cross-sectional study was conducted on a randomly selected sample of 412 neonates in Ethiopia. Data were collected using structured questionnaires and analyzed with Stata version 14.0 software. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of psychiatric problems in children aged 6–18 years with type-1 diabetes mellitus in Gondar, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study by Birhanu AlehegnAwoke, Geta Bayu Genet, Addisu Ginbu Dubie, Biruk Fanta Alemayehu, Mehretie Kokeb Alemu

“…Methods An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 206 children aged 6–18 years with type-1 diabetes mellitus having regular follow-ups at the University of Gondar comprehensive and Specialized Hospital (UoGCSH) over three three-month period. Data was collected by trained physicians using interviewer-administered structured questionnaires. …”
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Construcción y validación de un instrumento para la medida de las actitudes hacia la Expresión Corporal (Construction and validation of an instrument for measuring attitudes towar... by José Roberto Arias García, Beatriz Fernández Díez, Cristina San Emeterio García

“…As a result, we make a questionnarie aimed at Secondary School students and structured into four factors and 32 items known. The building process of the questionnarie consisted of content validity analysis, construct validity, and reliability. …”
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Towards a conceptual framework of the working alliance in a blended low-intensity cognitive behavioural therapy intervention for depression in primary mental health care: a qualita... by Sarah Smith, Caroline Free, Daniel Michelson, Jesus Montero-Marin, Ricardo Araya, Asmae Doukani, Arlinda Cerga-Pashoja, Ritsuko Kakuma

“…Objectives To examine and adapt a conceptual framework of the working alliance (WA) in the context of a low-intensity blended (psychological well-being practitioner (PWP) plus computerised program) cognitive behavioural therapy intervention (b-CBT) for depression.Design Patient involvement was enlisted to collaboratively shape the design of the project from the onset, before data collection. In-depth semi-structured interviews were carried out with participants who experienced b-CBT as part of the E-compared trial. …”
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Understanding the adult and adolescent patient experience with cyclic vomiting syndrome: a concept elicitation study by Katja Karrento, Melody Wu, Danielle Rodriguez, Karin S. Coyne, Muna J. Tahir, Camilla A. Richmond, Yaozhu J. Chen, James Williams, Thangam Venkatesan

“…Methods Qualitative, cross-sectional, semi-structured concept elicitation interviews were conducted with adults and adolescents with CVS and with adolescents’ caregivers. …”
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Secondary Multimodal Discourse of the Modern English Mass Culture as a Phenomenon of the Convergence Culture by Mariia Kuznetsova

“…Based on the differentiation of such related concepts as «youth subculture» and «interpretative community» the research proves that the latter concept is a structural element of a fan subculture. Both of these two concepts model the environment of the secondary textual spaces arranging. …”
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Assessing public a priori acceptance of fully automated vehicles using an extended technology acceptance model and importance-performance analysis by Sina Rejali, Kayvan Aghabayk, Nirajan Shiwakoti

“…Trust, subjective norms, perceived safety risk and four decision-making styles (Thoroughness, Hesitancy, Social resistance, and Perfectionism) were included in the extended model. Structural Equation Modeling was applied to confirm model validation by using data from 1026 drivers from different cities in Iran. …”
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