The effects of spiritual experience and church commitment among South Korean young adult immigrants in the United States: a mixed-methods study by Chulwoo Park, Mark Edberg

“…. # Methods A sequential, mixed-methods study examined two dimensions of church attachment, level of religious belief and involvement in church activities. …”
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Understanding the effects of pre-treatment and extraction methods on lipid fingerprint of cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL) by non-targeted lipidomics analysis by Johan León, Gabriela Ortiz, Andrés Fernando González Barrios, Oscar Álvarez, Alejandro Maranon, Camilo Hernandez, Camilo Ayala-Garcia, Alicia Porras

“…Thus, this study analyzed the lipid profile of CNSL using untargeted lipidomics aimed to understand the effects of CNSL extraction and cashew nut pre-treatment methods. …”
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The Effect of Using Closure Skill on Acquiring Some Vocabulary of Teaching Methods Course for Fourth Year Students of the Institute of Sport Education – Zakho by Ayad Tariq Ismael, Taha Ramadhan Taha, Adris Husain Saleeh

“…This study aimed to assess the effect of closure skills on vocabulary acquisition in teaching methods courses for fourth-year sport education students at the Institute of Sport Education in Zakho. …”
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The effect of post-polymerization methods and varying thicknesses on colour stability and flexural strength of denture base polymers produced with stereolithography (SLA) technique by Esra Kul, Saba Ostovar, Seyhan Kahraman, Nuran Yanıkoğlu, Faruk Yeşildal

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The Effects of Task-Based Collaborative Output Activities and Scaffolding Techniques on EFL Learners' Writing Performance: A Mixed-Methods Study by خسرو زهره وندی, حسین احمدی, حمید رضا خلجی

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Exploring the effect of using active learning strategies on Iranian intermediate female EFL learners reading comprehension: a mixed methods study by Zahra Majdi, Zahra Majdi, Masoud Khalili Sabet, Amir Mahdavi-Zafarghandi

“…It addresses the prevalence of passive learning methods in Iranian EFL education and aims to evaluate the potential of ALS. …”
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The Effect of Data Conversion Methods (Naive Bayes, C5.0 & Support Vector Machine) on the Performance of Classification Algorithms in Data Mining by Hussein Ali Attallah, Ahmed Al-Asadi, Doctor, Sadeer Sadeq

“…According to the classification success achieved with SVM, normalisation methods are more effective in average, and chi-square distribution among both approaches, and EF unsupervised discrimination method is more effective in F-distribution. …”
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Comparison of the effect of self-care education with two methods, teach-back and smartphone application, on the adherence to treatment in patients with inflammatory bowel disease by Zahra Sadat Manzari, Mohammad Sajjad Ghaderi, Hassan Vossoughinia, Hossein Rafiei, Mohamad Hossein Mafi

“…Due to the usability and cost-effectiveness of smartphone applications, this method can be used by health-care providers to educate this group of patients.…”
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The implementability and proximal effects of a transdiagnostic mental health intervention for adolescents (Kort): protocol for a mixed-methods intensive longitudinal study by Thomas Engell, Siri Saugestad Helland, Emily Gabriela Vira, Silje Berg, Line Solheim Kvamme, John Kjøbli, Josefine Bergseth, Inga Brenne, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Espen Røysamb, Line Brager-Larsen, Anette Jeneson, Ane Lønsetteig, Ole-Martin Vangen, Knut-Petter Leinan, Anneli Mellblom

“…Leveraging implementation science and evidence-informed intervention elements, this co-designed intervention focuses on emotion regulation (ER) as a central target for usable prevention and support. Methods The study employs a mixed-methods approach, integrating intensive longitudinal experience sampling (daily measures for 13 weeks), a micro trial, pre-, post-, and follow-up measures, audio recordings, and qualitative interviews to triangulate data from school nurses and adolescent participants. …”
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The Effect of Ohmic, High-Pressure Carbon Dioxide (HPCD), and Maceration Extraction methods on Bioactive Compounds of Iranian Brown Algae (Nizimuddinia zanardini) by Atefe Taherkhani, Akram Sharifi, Mohammed Koubaa

“…This study aimed to investigate the effects of temperature and time variables in ohmic, HPCD, and maceration extraction methods on extraction yield, total phenolic content, total phlorotannin content, total flavonoid content, and antioxidant activity (DPPH radical scavenging) of the Iranian brown seaweed Nizimuddinia zanardini. …”
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Sustaining problem-based learning: A mixed-methods exploration of its long-term effects on primary students’ mathematical problem solving by Hana Abdulmajid Alashwal, Areej Issam Barham

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Non-volatile and volatile metabolite analyses and objective quantitative technique reveal the effect of fixation methods on the flavor quality and metabolites of green tea by Xizhe Zhu, Liyue Yang, Zhiwen Ge, Wen Ouyang, Jinjin Wang, Ming Chen, Yaya Yu, Shunyin Wu, Yanhua Qin, Chunyong Huang, Guofu Zhang, Yating Zhang, Haibo Yuan, Yongwen Jiang, Jinjie Hua

“…Fixation methodology serves as the critical determinant in shaping green tea's multi-dimensional quality attributes; however, the impact of different fixation methods and the corresponding combinations on the overall metabolites and quality of in green tea remains unclear. …”
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Effects of different arm immobilization methods on set-up accuracy in photon and proton radiotherapy techniques for breast cancer: A systematic review by Hadisinia Tahereh, Abbaspour Samira, Abedi-Firouzjah Razzagh

“…This study aimed to review the effects of different arm immobilization methods on set-up accuracy in photon and proton radiotherapy techniques for breast cancer with supraclavicular lymph node (LN) involvement. …”
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Effect of Heat-Assisted and Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction Methods on the Phenolic Profile and Biological Activity of <i>Thymus vulgaris</i> L. Extracts by Rafael Mascoloti Spréa, Cristina Caleja, Eliana Pereira, Márcio Carocho, José Pinela, Tiane C. Finimundy, Ricardo C. Calhelha, Marina Kostić, Marina Soković, Miguel A. Prieto, Joana S. Amaral, Lillian Barros

“…The optimal conditions for each method that yielded the highest rosmarinic acid levels were as follows: for HAE, 27% ethanol at 91 °C for 121 min; and for UAE, 60 min at 500 W using 50% ethanol. …”
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Physicochemical Properties and Effect of Processing Methods on Mineral Composition and Antinutritional Factors of Improved Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)... by Ebisa Olika, Solomon Abera, Asnake Fikre

“…Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate physicochemical properties and effect of processing methods on antinutritional factors and mineral composition of improved chickpea varieties (Natoli of Desi and Arerti of Kabuli) grown in Ethiopia. …”
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Biomechanical effects of six internal fixation methods for distal femoral AO/OTA 33C1 fractures: finite element analysis by Jianxiong Zhang, Jiadi Le, Zhenghao Wu, Long Chen

“…Abstract Purpose Using finite element analysis, to compare the stress and deformation of six different internal fixation methods for distal femoral fractures to obtain the optimal internal fixation method. …”
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Viewpoint: Quantifying residential self-selection effects: A review of methods and findings from applications of propensity score and sample selection approaches by Patricia L. Mokhtarian, David van Herick

“…After first outlining the basics of each approach, we then explain the various methods used to compute the BEP, followed by a discussion of the empirical results. …”
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The Analysis Methods Of 3-Monochloropropane-1,2-Diol and Glycydyl Esters in Foods, Mitigation Studies, and Current Developments About their Effects on Health by Aslı Yıldırım, Aslı Yorulmaz

“…However, there are two basic methods today namely direct and indirect methods. …”
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Application of machine learning methods on investigation the effect of interrupted deflector's height and downstream depth changes on energy dissipation at flip bucket spillways by Arash Adib, Danial Ebrahimzadeh, Mahmood S. Bejestan, Morteza Lotfirad, Masoud Oulapour

“…For calculating energy dissipation and hydraulic jump length parameters, the regression relations were extracted in this research and results of this relations were compared with results of the gene expression programming (GEP), random forest (RF) and multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS) methods. The results showed that the RF method is the most accurate method for calculating energy dissipation and hydraulic jump length parameters.…”
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EFFECT OF HARVESTING AND DESICCATION METHODS ON QUALITY OF OIL FLAX PRODUCTS AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF THE CROP IN CASE OF ITS USE BOTH FOR SEED AND FIBRE by Viktor GARMASHOV, Viktor SHCHERBAKOV, Inna KOGUT, Pavlo LYKHOVYD, Oleksandr RUDIK, Ali KERIMOV

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