Do education and use of family planning methods empower women? Evidence from the Nepal Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) 2016 and 2022 by Yogendra B Gurung, Kamala Lamichhane, Bidhya Shrestha, Tara Lal Shrestha, Rita Karki, Sharadha Hamal

“…To fulfil Sustainable Development Goal 5—achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls—government must ensure intersectional strategies that remove barriers to education and reproductive autonomy.…”
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“A good physician works full-time?” – a mixed-methods study on (mis)conceptions about part-time work in hospitals by Barbara Jarmila Germann, Julia Frey, Alain Soltermann, Janna Küllenberg

“…This study aims to examine the attitudes of hospital physicians across various specialties and positions towards part-time employment, and to identify factors that hinder or facilitate the successful implementation of part-time arrangements in hospital settings. METHODS: We conducted an exploratory mixed-method study, combining a qualitative interview study with reflexive thematic analysis of 19 participants, and an online quantitative survey of 553 physicians. …”
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Access, inequalities and annual health checks (AHCs) for adults living with severe mental illness in the UK: a mixed-methods systematic review by Karina Lovell, Chunhu Shi, Rathi Ravindrarajah, Gill Norman, Elinor Hopkin, Janine Owens, Penny E Bee

“…Objectives Individuals living with severe mental illness (SMI) are at a significantly higher risk of mortality. This mixed-methods systematic review identifies and explores factors, including access inequalities to annual health checks (AHCs), for people living with SMI sharing protected characteristics in the UK, as identified in Core20PLUS5.Design Mixed-methods systematic review.Data sources MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, ASSIA, Google Scholar and the grey literature were searched from 1 January 2004 to 30 January 2025.Eligibility criteria Inclusion criteria were adults >18 years of age living with SMI. …”
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The Effects of Active Teaching and Learning Methods on The Pupils' Academic Performance in Four Selected Primary Schools in Bugamba Sub-County in Rwampara District. by Ampurire, Motion

“…The study examined effects of active teaching and learning methods on the pupils' academic performance in four selected primary schools of Bugamba sub county Rwampara district following the study objective which included to find out factors that influence active teaching and learning methods on the pupils' academic performance in primary schools of Bugamba sub county Rwampara district, to find out whether teachers apply or use active teaching and learning methods in primary schools of Bugamba sub county Rwampara district and to establish a relationship between active teaching learning methods and pupils' academic performance in primary schools of Bugamba sub county Rwampara district. …”
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Do Meta‐Analyses of Total Hip Arthroplasty Produce Reliable Results? A Systematic Review and Meta‐Epidemiological Study of Statistical Methods by Nikolai Ramadanov, Maximilian Voss, Radharani Michelle Diallo, Jonathan Lettner, Hassan Tarek Hakam, Robert Prill, Roland Becker, Robert Hable

“…However, the reliability of their results and conclusions depends heavily on the use of appropriate statistical methods. Therefore, the aim was to test the reliability of statistical methods in meta‐analyses of THA by examining the degree of heterogeneity, the effect of different between‐study variance estimators, and the equality of sample size of pooled primary studies. …”
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Current experience and future potential of facilitating access to digital NHS primary care services in England: the Di-Facto mixed-methods study by Gary Abel, Helen Atherton, Jon Sussex, Nurunnahar Akter, Abodunrin Q Aminu, Wiktoria Bak, Carol Bryce, Christopher E Clark, Emma Cockcroft, Hamish Evans, Evangelos Gkousis, Georgia Jenkins, Caroline Jenkinson, Nada Khan, Jeffrey Lambert, Brandi Leach, Christine Marriott, Jennifer Newbould, Sarah Parkinson, Jo Parsons, Emma Pitchforth, Laura Sheard, Stephanie Stockwell, Chloe Thomas, Bethan Treadgold, Rachel Winder, John L Campbell

“…Design Observational mixed-methods study (literature review, surveys, ethnographic observation and interviews); formal synthesis of findings. …”
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Adversarial Range Gate Pull-Off Jamming Against Tracking Radar by Yuanhang Wang, Yi Han, Yi Jiang

“…Range gate pull-off (RGPO) jamming is an effective method for track deception aimed at radar systems. …”
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Empirical Bayes Estimators for Mean Parameter of Exponential Distribution with Conjugate Inverse Gamma Prior Under Stein’s Loss by Zheng Li, Ying-Ying Zhang, Ya-Guang Shi

“…A Bayes estimator for a mean parameter of an exponential distribution is calculated using Stein’s loss, which equally penalizes gross overestimation and underestimation. …”
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Numerical Solution of the Problem of Heat Transfer by Convection by Ahmed Juma’a, Ashraf Aboudi

“…The time interval has been deviled into two equal halves, alternating to compute an intermediate point in the first step and final value at T time. …”
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Constructing Composite Indicators Through Extreme Values Reductions-Ordered Weighted Averaging: Human Development Index by Matheus Pereira Liborio, Petr Ekel, Marcos Flavio Silveira Vasconcelos D'Angelo, Luis Martinez, Hamid Rabiei

“…The study findings reveal that popular methods such as Principal Component Analysis, Benefit of the Doubt, Entropy, and Equal Weights ignore outliers and bias the composite indicator scores. …”
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Baatonum Toponymy of Nigeria-Benin Border Area: Notes on the Methodology of Collecting Toponymic Data by Azibaoguanasi Williams

“…Although rural settings may facilitate the elicitation of toponymic legends, the method is equally applicable to urban toponymy and socio-onomastic studies, which often require a synchronic approach.…”
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Development and Validation of Virtual Reality Cognitive Training for Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment: Protocol for a Mixed-Methods Program Evaluation Study by Chen IC, Wu CY, Hu YL, Huang YM

“…I-Chen Chen,1 Ching-Yi Wu,2– 4 Yi-Ling Hu,2,* Yen-Ming Huang5– 7,* 1Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Da-Yeh University, Changhua, Taiwan; 2Department of Occupational Therapy and Graduate Institute of Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan; 3Healthy Aging Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan; 4Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan City, Taiwan; 5Graduate Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan; 6School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan; 7Department of Pharmacy, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Yen-Ming Huang, Graduate Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 33, Linsen South Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, 100025, Taiwan, Tel/Fax +886 2 33668784, Email yenming927@ntu.edu.tw Yi-Ling Hu, Department of Occupational Therapy and Graduate Institute of Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, 259, Wunhua 1st Road, Gueishan Township, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, Tel +886 3 2118800 Ext.:3057, Email huy@cgu.edu.twIntroduction: As research on cognitive training methods for older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) progresses, fully immersive virtual reality cognitive training (fi-VRCT) has shown promise in enhancing cognitive function. …”
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Removal of p-nitrophenol from aqueous environments by UV/S2O82- process in a continuous photoreactor: Optimization by Taguchi method by Seyyed Hamed Zafari

“…The present research was an attempt to investigate the removal of an organic pollutant called p-nitrophenol (PNP) using the UV/S2O82- process in a continuous annular photoreactor in order to optimize the operating conditions effective in the efficiency of the process through the Taguchi method. According to the results of the Taguchi method, the optimal conditions for initial concentration of PNP was equal to 40 mg L-1 with pH equal to 3 and S2O82- concentration equal to 18 mM in a residence time of 17.24 min. …”
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Transformation of Coordinates of Boundary Points of Neighboring Mining Areas Using an Authorial Procedure Based on the Method of Independent Models—A Case Study by Monika Żogała, Violetta Sokoła-Szewioła, Marian Poniewiera

“…An authorial transformation procedure has been developed based on the method of independent models, which makes it possible to obtain the equal coordinates of identical boundary points using the transformation procedure. …”
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SELECTION A METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE VALUES OF COMMON FACTORS FOR INDIVIDUAL OBJECTS IN THE FACTORIAL ANALYSIS AND THEIR COMPARISON WITH ZERO LOADS ON SOME SPECIFIC FACTORS by Viktor B. Turundaevsky, Irina V. Orlova

“…However, these methods cannot be used if the variance of some specific factors equal to zero. …”
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Low-Carbon Steel Formed by DRECE Method with Hot-Dip Zinc Galvanizing and Potentiodynamic Polarization Tests to Study Its Corrosion Behavior by Jiřina Vontorová, Vlastimil Novák, Petra Váňová

“…Our study focuses on the practical benefits of the dual rolling equal channel extrusion (DRECE) method, which strengthens the steel and has implications for material hardness and the thickness of subsequently applied hot-dip zinc galvanizing. …”
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Compound ultrasonic vibration systems with a complex disk tool: Local resonance characteristics, FEM-based modal analysis, and design method by Cunying Zhang, Wenbo Bie, Yu Liu, Fan Chen

“…Thus, a reliable design method for ultrasonic vibration cutting systems with complex disk tools has been provided.…”
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Numerical Simulation Research of Smooth Wall Blasting Using the Timing Sequence Control Method under Different Primary Blast Hole Shapes by XinPing Li, JunLin Lv, JunHong Huang, Yi Luo, TingTing Liu

“…The results show that when the delay initiation time between the successive explosion holes is greater than or equal to the transverse wave of the PBH propagates to the target blast hole (TBH), the concentrated stress along the connection direction of the hole on the wall of the TBH is larger than the other directions of the hole wall. …”
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Which Surgical Decompression Method to Choose for Acute Upper Urinary Obstruction Due to Stones? A Comparison of JJ Stenting and Percutaneous Nephrostomy by Ali Ayrancı, Faruk Özgör

“…Conclusion: In cases where urgent surgical decompression is required, PNC or RUS placement are equally effective and reliable treatments for the management of the disease. …”
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Is radio an effective method for delivering actionable information for responding to emerging pest threats? A case study of fall armyworm campaign in Zambia by Harrison Rware, Monica K. Kansiime, Idah Mugambi, David Onyango, Justice A. Tambo, Catherine Mloza Banda, Noah A. Phiri, Gilson Chipabika, Mathews Matimelo, Dorcus Chaaba, Tamsin Davis, Julien Godwin

“…The integration also provides opportunities for equally reaching women as men, given the observed digital divide.…”
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