Environmental impact assessment of maize cultivation system considering different irrigation methods by Filippo Vigo, Michele Zoli, Daniela Lovarelli, Jacopo Bacenetti

“…One ton of ear maize silage at 48% moisture content was selected as functional unit and a “from cradle to farm gate” was considered as system boundary . Primary inventory data were collected mainly by surveys and interviews with the farmers. …”
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Enhancing Maternal Knowledge and Practices in Complementary Feeding through Emotional Demonstration Methods by Ani Intiyati, Imam Sarwo Edi, Inne Soesanti, Juliana Christianingsih, Kusmini Suprihatin, Luluk Widarti

“…Data were collected via questionnaires and observational assessments at multiple intervals to measure the sustainability of behavior changes. …”
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Multidisciplinary Scientific Cruises for Environmental Characterization in the Santos Basin – Methods and Sampling Design by Daniel L. Moreira, Adriana G. Dalto, Alberto G. Figueiredo Jr Figueiredo Jr, Aline M. Valerio, Amalia M. S. Detoni, Ana C. T. Bonecker, Camila N. Signori, Cláudia Namiki, Dalton K. Sasaki, Daniel V. Pupo, Danilo A. Silva, Deborah S. Kutner, Diana C. Duque-Castaño, Eduardo H. Marcon, Fabiana D. C. Gallotta, Fabiana S. Paula, Fabiane Gallucci, Gabriela C. F. Roque, Giulia S. Campos, Gustavo Fonseca, Gustavo Mattos, Helena P. Lavrado, Ilson C. A. da Silveira, Jessica O. Costa, João R. dos Santos Filho, Juliane C. Carneiro, Julio C.F. Moreira, Laura Rozo, Leandro F.M. Araujo, Letícia Lazzari, Letícia O. da Silva, Luan S. Michelazzo, Luciano F. Fernandes, Marcelo Dottori, Marcus A. G. de Araújo Jr., Mateus G. Chuqui, Milena Ceccopieri, Milton Borges-Silva, Milton Kampel, Natascha M. Bergo, Paulo V. M. Silva, Pedro M. Tura, Rafael B. de Moura, Renato G. Romano, Renato P. Martins, Renato S. Carreira, Rodrigo G.A. Toledo, Sérgio L.C. Bonecker, Sibelle T. Disaró, Silvana V. Rodrigues, Thais N. Corbisier, Thaisa M. Vicente, Vitor G. de Paiva, Vivian H. Pellizari, Wellington C. Belo, Frederico P. Brandini, Silvia H.M Sousa

“… The Santos Basin (SB) is the main petroliferous basin in the Brazilian continental margin and one of the most studied marine areas in Brazil. However, historical data suggest that new efforts should be carried out to acquire quantitative biological data, especially in the deep sea, to establish the baseline of essential ocean variables in different ecosystems for future monitoring programs. …”
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Multidisciplinary Scientific Cruises for Environmental Characterization in the Santos Basin – Methods and Sampling Design by Daniel L. Moreira, Adriana G. Dalto, Alberto G. Figueiredo Jr Figueiredo Jr, Aline M. Valerio, Amalia M. S. Detoni, Ana C. T. Bonecker, Camila N. Signori, Cláudia Namiki, Dalton K. Sasaki, Daniel V. Pupo, Danilo A. Silva, Deborah S. Kutner, Diana C. Duque-Castaño, Eduardo H. Marcon, Fabiana D. C. Gallotta, Fabiana S. Paula, Fabiane Gallucci, Gabriela C. F. Roque, Giulia S. Campos, Gustavo Fonseca, Gustavo Mattos, Helena P. Lavrado, Ilson C. A. da Silveira, Jessica O. Costa, João R. dos Santos Filho, Juliane C. Carneiro, Julio C.F. Moreira, Laura Rozo, Leandro F.M. Araujo, Letícia Lazzari, Letícia O. da Silva, Luan S. Michelazzo, Luciano F. Fernandes, Marcelo Dottori, Marcus A. G. de Araújo Jr., Mateus G. Chuqui, Milena Ceccopieri, Milton Borges-Silva, Milton Kampel, Natascha M. Bergo, Paulo V. M. Silva, Pedro M. Tura, Rafael B. de Moura, Renato G. Romano, Renato P. Martins, Renato S. Carreira, Rodrigo G.A. Toledo, Sérgio L.C. Bonecker, Sibelle T. Disaró, Silvana V. Rodrigues, Thais N. Corbisier, Thaisa M. Vicente, Vitor G. de Paiva, Vivian H. Pellizari, Wellington C. Belo, Frederico P. Brandini, Silvia H.M Sousa

“… The Santos Basin (SB) is the main petroliferous basin in the Brazilian continental margin and one of the most studied marine areas in Brazil. However, historical data suggest that new efforts should be carried out to acquire quantitative biological data, especially in the deep sea, to establish the baseline of essential ocean variables in different ecosystems for future monitoring programs. …”
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Performance Assessment of Landsat-9 Atmospheric Correction Methods in Global Aquatic Systems by Aoxiang Sun, Shuangyan He, Yanzhen Gu, Peiliang Li, Cong Liu, Guanqiong Ye, Feng Zhou

“…To evaluate the uncertainties in water surface reflectance derived from OLI-2, this study conducts a comprehensive performance assessment of six atmospheric correction (AC) methods—DSF, C2RCC, iCOR, L2gen (NIR-SWIR1), L2gen (NIR-SWIR2), and Polymer—using in-situ measurements from 14 global sites, including 13 AERONET-OC stations and 1 MOBY station, collected between 2021 and 2023. …”
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Measuring unsafe abortion-related mortality: a systematic review of the existing methods. by Caitlin Gerdts, Divya Vohra, Jennifer Ahern

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Different Estimation Methods Using Ranked Set Sampling for the Ramos–Louzada Distribution by Diaa S. Metwally, Amal S. Hassan, Mohammed Elgarhy, Ehab M. Almetwally, Abdoulie Faal, Ahmed M. Gemeay

“…ABSTRACT The data collection is a vital aspect of any scientific inquiry. …”
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Critical Participatory Co-Analysis: Advancing Analytic Methods for Participatory Qualitative Research by Day Greenberg

“…In this study, I turn towards a participatory approach to data collection and analysis to explore new and more multivocal ways of developing knowledge in partnership with youth. …”
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The interplay of virtualisation, work design, and business process management: A mixed-methods study by Luke Bartlett, Muhammad Ashad Kabir, Jun Han

“…An experiment was established where two simulated BPM systems were given to users to operate, one taking advantage of virtualisation and work design, the other not. A mixed method approach involving both quantitative and qualitative approaches was applied to system and usage data collected from these systems as well as a user survey. …”
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Incorporating Ethics Holistically: A Case Study in Research Methods Courses for Undergraduates by Ellen Ballard, Miriam W. Boeri, Darina Lepadatu

“…Beyond the protection of human subjects, we discuss how ethics need to be considered in every phase of the research process (sampling, data collection, data storage, analysis, reporting of research findings, and conflict of interests). …”
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Durability Test and Service Life Prediction Methods for Silicone Structural Glazing Sealant by Bo Yang, Junjin Liu, Jianhui Li, Chao Wang, Zhiyuan Wang

“…Among temperature, humidity, and stress combined effects, temperature contributes approximately 50%, temperature–humidity interaction about 35%, with temperature-related terms collectively accounting for 90%. The degradation model calculation results show excellent agreement with experimental data (R² > 0.9, MAE = 0.019 MPa, RMSE = 0.0245 MPa). …”
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Reasons Associated With Common Contraceptive Methods Used among Women in Qaladze District by Parzhin Abdulla Ibrahim, Sanna Hassan Abdulsahib

“…Special questionnaire constructed for proper data collection based on extensive review of related literature and studies. …”
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Public Participation GIS for sustainable urban mobility planning: methods, applications and challenges by Michał Czepkiewicz, Cezary Brudka, Piotr Jankowski, Tomasz Kaczmarek, Zbigniew Zwoliński, Łukasz Mikuła, Edyta Bąkowska, Marek Młodkowski, Michał Wójcicki

“…Sustainable mobility planning is a new approach to planning, and as such it requires new methods of public participation, data collection and data aggregation. …”
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Energy renovation rates in the Netherlands – comparing long and short term prediction methods by Faidra Filippidou, Nina Holck Sandberg, Igor Sartori, Nico Nieboer, Magnus Inderberg Vestrum, Jan Sandstad Næss, Helge Brattebø

“…The remaining of section 6.1 sets the background and the second section presents an overview of the data and methods of our research. The third section introduces the results. …”
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Improved methods of aerodynamic testing of current collector by considering ambient air density by A. N. Smerdin, A. E. Chepurko, O. A. Sidorov, N. V. Mironos

“…The objectivity of measurements can be provided by theoretical and experimental methods of accounting air density. A theoretical method based on the calculation of the density of air environment by using data about the temperature, atmospheric pressure and relative humidity in the area where tests of current collector was conducted. …”
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Transportation Mode Detection Using Learning Methods and Self-Contained Sensors: Review by Ilhem Gharbi, Fadoua Taia-Alaoui, Hassen Fourati, Nicolas Vuillerme, Zebo Zhou

“…In particular, obtaining much more information on the transportation modes used by users through smartphones is very challenging due to the variety of the data (accelerometers, magnetometers, gyroscopes, proximity sensors, etc.), the standardization issue of datasets and the pertinence of learning methods for that purpose. …”
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Advances in Infant Cry Paralinguistic Classification—Methods, Implementation, and Applications: Systematic Review by Geofrey Owino, Bernard Shibwabo

“…ConclusionsThe evolution of infant cry classification methods has progressed from traditional classical statistical methods to machine learning models but with minimal considerations of data privacy, confidentiality, and ultimate deployment to practical use. …”
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Bridging AI innovation and healthcare: scalable clinical validation methods for voice biomarkers by Agnieszka Ewa Krautz, Jörg Langner, Florian Helmhold, Florian Helmhold, Julia Volkening, Alina Hoffmann, Claudio Hasler

“…We propose a multifaceted approach leveraging proprietary AI technology (Musicology AI) to enhance voice analysis, large-scale data collection initiatives to improve model robustness, and medical device certification to ensure clinical applicability. …”
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Main principles of the development of the life quality evaluation methods in the case of vitreoretinal pathology by I. G. Ovechkin, A. V. Malyshev, G. Yu. Karapetov, T. A. Avanesova, N. I. Ovechkin

“…The detailed list of questions, determination the type of questionnaire, method of data collection, as well as developing (if necessary) scaling system (indexation) of answers is made on the second stage. …”
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Re-drawing the map: a case study of decolonized research methods & methodologies by Maya Stevens-Uninsky, Najuwa Gallant, Tashreeq Chatting, Deborah D. DiLiberto, Russell de Souza, Lawrence Mbuagbaw

“…We applied a decolonized methodology, which incorporated elements of PAR, Indigenous, and co-design research approaches, engaging a Community Advisory Committee to collaboratively design research and data collection methods. Results We used the research processes of this study to demonstrate how decolonized methodologies can be applied and integrated into research. …”
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