The Assessment of the Role of Traditional Methods of Family Planning Within the Household in Coastal Communities of Tanzania: A Case of Kisiju Ward in Mkurunga District Council by Rose I. Mbwete

“…A total of 133 respondents participated in the survey, consisting of 15 males were male and 118 females. A mixed method approach was employed, whereby quantitative data from the questionnaires were analysed and subjected to statistical tests, primarily chi-square (P≥ 0.05), while qualitative data were coded, and themes were developed. …”
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Person‐centred caregiver singing for people living with dementia in South Africa: A mixed methods evaluation of acceptability, feasibility, and professional caregivers' experiences... by Karyn Stuart‐Röhm, Imogen N. Clark, Felicity A. Baker

“…Forty‐one formal caregivers adhered to inclusion criteria and consented to attend one workshop on PCCS. Mixed methods data collection was obtained from questionnaires containing a Likert scale and written reflections. …”
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Scaling Up Kangaroo Mother Care Through a Facility Delivery Model in Rural Districts of Pakistan: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study by Shah Muhammad, Asif Soomro, Samia Ahmed Khan, Hina Najmi, Zahid Memon, Shabina Ariff, Sajid Soofi, Zufiqar Ahmed Bhutta

“…It includes preimplementation data collection, training of health care providers and lady health workers, and intervention involving mother-baby skin-to-skin contact, breastfeeding initiation, and postdischarge follow-ups. …”
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Using Continuous Glucose Monitoring as a Biological Feedback Strategy to Motivate Physical Activity in Cancer Survivors: A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study by Yue Liao PhD, Grace E. Brannon PhD, Chad D. Rethorst MA, Miranda Baum MD, Therese B. Bevers PhD, Susan M. Schembre PhD, MPH, Karen M. Basen-Engquist PhD

“…This study used a mixed-methods approach to test the acceptability and changes in physical activity motivation of a pilot intervention that provided personalized feedback via text messaging based on data from an activity tracker (Fitbit) and continuous glucose monitor (CGM) over a 4-week period. …”
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Comparing the Effectiveness of Two Intervention Methods Based on Education with Music Software and Visual Communication on Stereotyped Movements and Hand-Eye Coordination in Childr... by Azadeh Talebi, Leila Kashani Vahid Kashani Vahid, Maryam Asase, Gholam Ali Afrooz, Manouchehr Moradi Sabzevar

“…Applied research and quantitative data collection method (semi-experimental) were implemented with a pre-test-post-test and follow-up design. …”
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Barriers to healthcare professionals screening, recognizing, and managing delirium in the adult patients receiving specialist palliative care: a mixed-methods systematic review by Fang Qian, Danyang Yao, Huanhuan Shi, Tao-Hsin Tung, Dongjun Bi

“…Data synthesis used the convergent-integrated JBI mixed-methods approach. …”
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Feasibility and implementation of a healthy lifestyles program in a community setting in Ontario, Canada: protocol for a pragmatic mixed methods pilot study by Zainab Samaan, David Feeny, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Elizabeth Alvarez, Majdi Qutob, John Lavis, Cynthia Lokker, Marjan Walli-Attaei, Arielle Sutton, Japteg Singh, John Fortuna

“…Participant IDs will be used during data collection and entry. Peer-reviewed publications and presentations will target researchers, health professionals and stakeholders.Trial registration number ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03258138.HiREB project number: 3793.…”
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Systems approach to improving traumatic brain injury care in Myanmar: a mixed-methods study from lived experience to discrete event simulation by Tom Bashford, David Menon, Katharina Kohler, Alexander Komashie, Peter John Hutchinson, John Clarkson, Rowan Burnstein, Phyu Phyu Nwe Myint, Sein Wynn, Robyn Winters, Myat Thu, Mu Mu Naing, Thinn Hlaing, Zaw Wai Soe

“…We aimed to develop a mixed-method approach to understand the TBI pathway based on the lived experience of local people, supported by quantitative methodologies and to determine potential improvement targets.Design We describe a systems approach based on narrative exploration, participatory diagramming, data collection and discrete event simulation (DES), conducted by an international research collaborative.Setting The study is set in the tertiary neurotrauma centre in Yangon General Hospital, Myanmar, in 2019–2020 (prior to the SARS-CoV2 pandemic).Participants The qualitative work involved 40 workshop participants and 64 interviewees to explore the views of a wide range of stakeholders including staff, patients and relatives. …”
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Vaping, Acculturation, and Social Media Use Among Mexican American College Students: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Web-Based Cohort Study by Bara S Bataineh, C Nathan Marti, Dhiraj Murthy, David Badillo, Sherman Chow, Alexandra Loukas, Anna V Wilkinson

“…We present descriptive analyses of the participants enrolled in the study, highlight methodological strengths, and discuss lessons learned during the implementation of the study protocol related to recruitment and data collection and management. MethodsProject VAMoS is being conducted with Mexican American students attending 1 of 6 Texas-based colleges: University of Texas (UT) Arlington, UT Dallas, UT El Paso, UT Rio Grande Valley, UT San Antonio, and the University of Houston System. …”
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Combining Virtual and Hands-on Lab Work in a Blended Learning Approach on Molecular Biology Methods and Lab Safety for Lower Secondary Education Students by Maximilian Haberbosch, Marvin Deiters, Steffen Schaal

“…N = 229 students took part in the pre–post-follow-up data collection. The results showed a significant difference in laboratory safety knowledge between the blended learning and the other intervention groups. …”
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High variation in Eastern Whip-poor-will home-range size and shape limits the effectiveness of one-size-fits-all habitat protection methods by Alicia M Korpach, Valerie von Zuben, Kevin C Fraser, Christina M. Davy

“…Selecting appropriate buffer sizes requires accurate characterization of species’ habitat requirements, but the accuracy of such data varies depending on the collection method. In harvested, public forests in Ontario, Canada, current buffers used to protect Eastern Whip-poor-wills ( Antrostomus vociferus ) are informed by estimates of territory and home-range size based on call surveys or radio-telemetry. …”
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Virtual Life Story Club Intervention to Improve Loneliness and Apathy in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Feasibility Study by Chava Pollak, Helena M Blumen, Lily Zhou, Jennifer Wong, Ying Jin, Atul Bhattiprolu, Sophie Anfang, Mirnova E Ceïde

“…ResultsThe proposed study is funded by a pilot grant from the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Recruitment and data collection are planned for July 2025. …”
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Comparison of Fuzzy-AHP and ANP Decision Making Methods to Assess the Ecological Capability of Ecotourism Application (Case study: Dehloran National Natural Monuments) by Mohsen Tavakoli

“…Ecological capability of these monuments for ecotourism use has been evaluated. After data collection and basic studies, the important criteria of soil, climate, physiographic and vegetation cover are selected. …”
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Assessing clinical associate students’ views on learning opportunities and involvement during primary health care placements: a mixed methods study in Tshwane by Sanele Ngcobo, Murray Louw, Luvuyo Bayeni, Edith Madela-Mntla

“…Methodology This cross-sectional mixed-methods study involved two primary data collection techniques: the administration of the validated medical education instructional questionnaire (MedIQ) questionnaire and the facilitation of focus group discussions. …”
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Evaluation Methods for the Human–Land Coupling Coordination Relationship in a Metro Station Area: A Case Study of Chengdu Metro Line 1 by Zhiyue Qiu, Shirui Wen, Hong Yuan, Ziyi Liu, Yao Wei, Siqi Yanling, Runlong Dai, Xiang Li, Yuxin Gu

“…Starting from the coupling and coordination relationship between the human activity demand and metro resource supply, the evaluation indicator system of the coupling and coordination relationship between people and land in the station area of Chengdu Metro Line 1 is constructed. By collecting multi-source data, the coupling coordination degree model (CCDM) is used to quantitatively evaluate the human–land coupling coordination relationship in the station area. …”
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Evaluation and mitigation methods for virtual reality motion sickness(面向虚拟现实晕动症的评估与缓解方法) by 顾展滔(GU Zhantao), 丁玎(DING Ding), 陈亦婷(CHEN Yiting), 张文杰(ZHANG Wenjie)

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Automated metadata-based detection of the data product consumers in data mesh by Y. Vlasiuk, V. Onyshchenko

“…It allows to reduce manual effort which will decrease operational cost of data mesh support. To achieve the goal a couple of automated methods for detecting data product consumers were analyzed, in particular, API-based method, event-based method, metadata-based method. …”
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Results of transgastric drainage of fluid collections and postnecrotic pancreas cysts in patients with acute pancreatitis by V. G. Lubyansky, V. V. Nasonov

“…Based on the analysis of the results of treatment of patients with postnecrotic pancreatic cysts and acute peripancreatic fluid collections, the data of multispiral computed tomography and endoscopic ultrasonography at the stages of cyst formation, options and optimal timing of endoscopic transgastric drainage were determined. …”
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Architecture of distributed geoinformation technology for snow cover monitoring in circumstances of limited telecommunications accessibility by Yu. V. Belysheva, D. D. Sutyagin, E. S. Zimina

“…This architecture can also be used for other hydrometeorological monitoring tasks.Methods. This paper analyzes the existing fundamental basis of snow cover data collection and uses the method of systems approach to describe the architecture of distributed geoinformation technology.Results. …”
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Development and Validation of a Machine Learning Method Using Vocal Biomarkers for Identifying Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Cross-Sectional Study by Taehwan Kim, Jung-Yeon Choi, Myung Jin Ko, Kwang-il Kim

“…Voice recordings were collected with a tablet device during the Korean version of the PDT, and we preprocessed audio data to remove background noise before feature extraction. …”
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