The impact of training using six thinking hats versus video training on nursing students’ insulin administration skills: a mixed-methods study by Ayşe Soylu, Ahmet Seven, Dilek Soylu

“…Results Quantitative results; in the control group, the pre-test points were 5.00, mid-test points were 15.00 and the final test points were 8.00. …”
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Fiscal policy responses to COVID-19 in Switzerland: a high-frequency dataset on federal and sub-federal policy announcements in the first year of the pandemic by Vera Z. Eichenauer, Remo Gurtner, Furkan Oguz

“…The data has been hand-coded and primarily collected from official sources, including government decrees, minutes from ministerial meetings, and press releases. …”
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Evaluating Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing Among Health Care Professionals in the Medical Imaging Departments of 2 Cancer Centers: Concurrent Mixed Methods Study by Maryam Almashmoum, James Cunningham, John Ainsworth

“…Semistructured interviews were conducted online using Microsoft Teams. The quantitative data were analyzed using the Qualtrics MX software to report the results for each question, whereas the qualitative data were analyzed using a thematic approach with codes classified through NVivo. …”
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Development and Validation of the Academic Self-Handicapping Scale for Nursing and Midwifery Students: A Study of Reliability and Agreement by Fatemeh Aliakbari Borovati, Naser Mohammadi Ahmadabadi, Shahrzad Sanjari, Alireza Keikha, Asma Bameri, Gholamhasan Panahi, Mohammadreza Mohamadi Soliemani

“…Qualitative data were analyzed using thematic analysis, with interviews coded iteratively. Quantitative analysis involved computing Content Validity Ratio (CVR) and Content Validity Index (CVI) for content validity, correlating the new scale with Jones and Rhodewalt's questionnaire (1982) for concurrent validity, and employing Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses (EFA and CFA) to assess construct validity using SPSS 22 and LISREL 8. …”
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Faith-based leaders’ perceptions on the implementation of programs to promote healthy lifestyles in churches in Barbados- a mixed-methods analysis by Natasha P. Sobers, Madhuvanti Murphy, Saria Hassan, Katrina Norville, Lisa Brathwaite-Graham, Ian Hambleton, Simon G. Anderson, Kia Lewis, Trevor S. Ferguson

“…Transcripts were analyzed using thematic analysis based on deductive codes from Proctor’s implementation outcomes definitions. …”
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Radiological risk analysis of image-guided interventional procedures by A. J. González, L. R. Sánchez, A. Torres, A. Machado

“…Safety assessment was applied to a generic service where image-guided interventional procedures was carried, using the semi-quantitative method of risk matrix, implemented in the Cuban SECURE-MR-FMEA code. …”
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Evaluation of Important Vegetative, Phenological and Pomological Characteristics of 36 Promising Almond (Prunus dulcis L.) Genotypes on GN15 Vegetative Rootstock by S.A. Mousavi, A. Vatankhah, A. Imani

“…Measurement of traits such as length, width, diameter of nut and kernel was done by digital caliper and weight of nut and kernel was measured by digital scale with accuracy of 0.01. Coding of some traits was done based on almond descriptor (Gülcan, 1985) with some changes. …”
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Construction and functional identification of overexpression vector of the peach PpCLH1 gene by LIU Xin, ZHANG Xiaoyu, MENG Junren, LI Ang, DUAN Wenyi, SUN Shihang, PAN Lei, ZENG Wenfang, WANG Zhiqiang, NIU Liang

“…The function of the PpCLH1 gene was demonstrated using tobacco transient expression, and the overexpression of the PpCLH1 gene in tobacco was determined by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). [Results] The coding sequence of the PpCLH1 gene spaned 972 base pairs and encoded a protein comprising 323 amino acids. …”
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Multiomics analysis reveals signatures of selection and loci associated with complex traits in pigs by Lei Liu, Guoqiang Yi, Yilong Yao, Yuwen Liu, Jiang Li, Yalan Yang, Mei Liu, Lingzhao Fang, Delin Mo, Longchao Zhang, Yonggang Liu, Yongchao Niu, Liyuan Wang, Xiaolu Qu, Zhangyuan Pan, Lei Wang, Muya Chen, Xinhao Fan, Yun Chen, Yongsheng Zhang, Xingzheng Li, Zhen Wang, Yijie Tang, Hetian Huang, Pengxiang Yuan, Yuying Liao, Xinjian Li, Zongjun Yin, Di Liu, Dongjie Zhang, Quanyong Zhou, Wangjun Wu, Jicai Jiang, Yahui Gao, George E. Liu, Lixian Wang, Yaosheng Chen, Kui Li, Martien A. M. Groenen, Zhonglin Tang

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Expression characteristics and transcriptional regulation analysis of VlCKX5 gene in grape by LIU Yiting, WANG Ruxin, ZHANG Haimeng, JING Pengwei, SHI Qiaofang, ZHAO Xiaochun, YU Yihe

“…To predict the transcriptional regulatory interactions involving VlCKX5, we utilized the PlantTFDB, CIS-BP and JASPAR databases to identify potential key transcription factors that may modulate its expression. The coding sequence (CDS) of VlAGL6, with the termination codon excised, was cloned into the 101LYFP vector. …”
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How to Talk to Your Classifier: Conditional Text Generation with Radar–Visual Latent Space by Julius Ott, Huawei Sun, Lorenzo Servadei, Robert Wille

“…Our quantitative evaluations show that this dual-task approach maintains a robust classification accuracy of 98.3% despite the inclusion of Gaussian-distributed latent spaces. …”
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Cluster mapping in Spain: Exploring the correlation between industrial agglomeration and regional performance by Rudy Fernández Escobedo, Begoña Eguía Peña, Leire Aldaz Odriozola

“… This paper presents a quantitative cluster mapping methodology for traded industries, adapted for the Spanish case; also explores the correlation between the existence of clusters and regional performance. …”
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Thermal degradation in Carrara marbles as the cause of deformation of cladding slabs by A. Spagnoli, M. Migliazza, M. Zucali, A.M. Ferrero

“…The digital photographs are treated by an image analysis code which is capable of extracting grain size and shape distributions. …”
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External Auditors' Impact on Corporate Governance of Unlisted Firms: A Developing Country Perspective by Prince Dacosta Anaman, Ibrahim Anyass Ahmed, Frank Appiah-Oware, Frank Somiah-Quaw

“…Findings: The study found that the presence of boards, familiarity with corporate governance codes, and adherence to the code of conduct are prevalent in unlisted firms in Ghana. …”
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Open science practices in demographic research: An appraisal by Ugofilippo Basellini

“…Using a text-search algorithm, two quantitative metrics of open scientific knowledge are estimated: the share of publications that can be openly accessed, and the share of publications providing open software codes for reproducibility or replicability purposes. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Tool Functionality in Descriptive Statistics of Language R by T. G. Apal’kova, K. G. Levchenko

“…The article provides methods and procedures of getting numerical statistical characteristics of qualitative and quantitative features by means of language R in the process of preliminary data analysis. …”
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Kaira, la revolución digital en la industria textil. Una propuesta empresarial by Jorge Raúl Ramírez-Zambrano, María Valentina García, Misael Andrés Cadena-Albarracín, David Alonso Castro-Ordoñez

“…Based on studies conducted on smart clothing, ICT adoption in different scenarios, and the application of QR code technology in different fields; this paper proposes the creation of KAIRA [1] under an innovative value proposition that incorporates the use of technology and a differentiating value proposition for the industrial, professional and business services sector of the city of Cúcuta for the period 2019-2020. …”
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Clinical assessment of the complex instrumental examination in cerebrovascular disease patients by B. M. Lipovetsky

“…The observed disturbances were coded as “mild” (+), “moderate” (++), or “severe” (+++). …”
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Navigation Aids Performance Evaluation for Precision Approaches by Pier Domenico Tromboni, Giovanni B. Palmerini

“…The tool and the proposed analysis technique indeed are successful in providing a quantitative assessment of the differences among several possible approaches.…”
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Aspects of verbal communication between nurses and visually impaired people by Kátia Nêyla de Freitas Macêdo Costa, Lorita Marlena Freitag Pagliuca, Paulo César de Almeida, Maria Vera Lúcia Moreira Leitão Cardoso, Cristiana Brasil de Almeida Rebouças

“…The aims of the study were to analyze verbal communication between nurses and blind diabetic patients using Roman Jakobson’s theory and to draw the sender’s profile in view of the conative, emotive, referential functions, contact and code. It was a quantitative survey carried out in 2005. …”
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