A multidisciplinary, cross-sectorial management program for people living with hand osteoarthritis (HANDY): protocol for a feasibility study by Ulla Andersen, Vita Hagelskjær, Cecilie von Bülow, Henrik Gudbergsen, Henning Bliddal, Anna Døssing, Eva Ejlersen Wæhrens

“…Each municipality will offer the group-based occupational therapy intervention twice, each time involving up to eight participants with HOA. Qualitative and quantitative data will be collected based on registration forms, logbooks, assessments of ADL ability, and qualitative interviews. …”
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Supporting self-management for patients with Interstitial Lung Diseases: Utility and acceptability of digital devices. by Malik A Althobiani, Rebecca Shuttleworth, John Conway, Jonathan Dainton, Anna Duckworth, Ana Jorge Da Ponte, Jessica Mandizha, Joseph W Lanario, Michael A Gibbons, Sarah Lines, Chris J Scotton, John R Hurst, Joanna C Porter, Anne-Marie Russell

“…Data were analysed descriptively for quantitative aspects and through thematic analysis for qualitative input.…”
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Study on the Development Level, Spatial Differences and Obstacle Factors of Agricultural Modernization—Taking Cities and Counties in Hainan Province as An Example by Yiwen MA, Xiaojun XU

“…【Method】The relevant index data of Hainan Province and 17 cities and counties from 2011 to 2021 were selected as research samples, and an evaluation system with 5 dimensions and 20 indexes was constructed by comprehensive application of analytic hierarchy process (AHP), entropy method, obstacle model and other methods to quantitatively evaluate the development level, spatial differences and obstacle factors of agricultural modernization in Hainan Province.…”
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Support for young people who are distressed by hearing voices: protocol for an uncontrolled feasibility evaluation of a psychological intervention package delivered within secondar... by Mark Hayward, Mary John, Sarah Parry, Anna-Marie Bibby-Jones, Faith Orchard, Fiona Malpass, Clare Dixon, Akira Naito

“…The study will be guided by the MRC Framework for the development of complex interventions and consist of an iterative process over four phases: phase 1—adaptation of the intervention package with young people, parents, and school staff; phase 2—delivery of the intervention package through Mental Health Support Teams to students, supporters who have been nominated by the students and school staff; phase 3—analysis of quantitative and qualitative data collected from participants and practitioners; phase 4—further adaptation of the intervention package with young people, parents and school staff. …”
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Competitive Position of Polish and Ukrainian Food Producers in the EU Market by Łukasz Ambroziak, Iwona Szczepaniak, Małgorzata Bułkowska

“…The calculations were made using statistical data from the World Bank WITS-Comtrade database. …”
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Malevolent Creativity of Adolescents in Different Socio-political Contexts by Natalya V. Meshkova, Margarita N. Bochkova, Elena A. Dmitrieva, Sergey N. Enikolopov, Ivan A. Meshkov

“….), Schwartz's portrait value questionnaire — revised PVQ-R. To process quantitative data, Spearman's correlation analysis, nonparametric comparisons using the Mann-Whitney criterion are used. …”
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Brown adipose tissue machine learning nnU-Net V2 network using TriDFusion (3DF) by Daniel Lafontaine, Stephanie Chahwan, Gustavo Barraza, Burcin Agridag Ucpinar, Gunjan Kayal, Nicolás Gómez-Banoy, Paul Cohen, John L. Humm, Heiko Schöder

“…By leveraging machine learning to discern intricate patterns in imaging data, this study aims to advance the automation of BAT recognition and provide precise quantitative assessment of radiographic features. …”
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Árbitro asistente de vídeo en Twitter: un análisis del sentimiento de los fans basado en la minería de textos (Video assistant referee on Twitter: a text-mining-based analysis of f... by Israel Villarrasa-Sapiña, Frank Espinosa Cabezas, Gonzalo Monfort-Torres

“…The result of this search was processed to obtain quantitative results in terms of the frequency of the searched words, terms and emojis that accompanied them as well as emerging themes. …”
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TRANSFORMATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN MODERN CONDITIONS by I.V. Boyko, O.P. Bukhanchenko, V.M. Havryliev, V.V. Bondarenko

“…During our research, an analysis of modern trends in the development of medical education in Ukraine by studying well-known literary data was performed. The basis of own research is: quantitative analysis and synthesis (for the study of the higher education system of Ukraine); comparative analysis (to highlight the peculiarities of the functioning of the system of higher medical education in the conditions of modern challenges). …”
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Avatars for the masses: smartphone-based reconstruction of humans for virtual reality by Timo Menzel, Erik Wolf, Stephan Wenninger, Niklas Spinczyk, Lena Holderrieth, Carolin Wienrich, Ulrich Schwanecke, Marc Erich Latoschik, Mario Botsch

“…To make avatar reconstruction widely available, we developed Avatars for the Masses – a client-server-based online service for scanning real humans with an easy-to-use smartphone application that empowers even non-expert users to capture photorealistic and VR-ready avatars. The data captured by the smartphone is transferred to a reconstruction server, where the avatar is generated in a fully automated process. …”
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Nearshore Migration of Munitions and Canonical Objects Under Large-Scale Laboratory Forcing by Temitope E. Idowu, Emily Chapman, Manoj K. Gangadharan, Jacob Stolle, Jack A. Puleo

“…Large scatter in the migration data resulting from competing hydrodynamic, morphodynamic, and munitions response processes makes robust deterministic predictions with flow statistics and dimensionless numbers difficult.…”
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E-learning success evaluation in Lebanon during wartime: An extension of Delone and McLean IS success model [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Elie Yammine, Layal Rabih

“…It is used to provide a flexible educational process through the employment of new technologies. …”
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Food Safety Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices among Vegetable Handlers in Bangladesh by Ismat Ara Begum, Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Bhavani Shankar, Tamanna Mastura, Gregory Cooper, Karl Rich, Panam Parikh, Nazmun N. Ratna, Suneetha Kadiyala

“…This study delves into the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of vegetable handlers in Jashore Sadar, Bangladesh, specifically focusing on the crucial significance of food safety across the entire farm-to-fork process. Integrating quantitative and qualitative data provides a multifaceted depiction of this pivotal component within the food supply chain. …”
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Identifying implementation science research and policy priorities to advance universal health coverage: a multi-country modified Delphi study by Sumit Kane, Breanna K Wodnik, Erica Di Ruggiero, Beverley Essue, Prossy Kiddu Namyalo, Ophelia Michaelides

“…Based on Round I findings, an improved set of research gaps was shared in Round II. Quantitative data in Round II were analysed using the same approach as Round I, using an 85% cut-off point. …”
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Understanding how users of home-based aged care services with cognitive impairment rate their social care related quality of life by Lyn Phillipson, James Caiels, Louisa Smith, Ann-Marie Towers

“…Analysis of both the quantitative and qualitative data for each participant allowed us to examine consistency or discordance between ratings and participants’ comments about their experiences within each domain. …”
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Remote Sensing-Based Analysis of the Coupled Impacts of Climate and Land Use Changes on Future Ecosystem Resilience: A Case Study of the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region by Jingyuan Ni, Fang Xu

“…In this study, a predictive assessment framework for ecosystem resilience in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region was developed by integrating multi-source remote sensing data, with the aim of quantitatively evaluating the coupled effects of climate change and land use change on future ecosystem resilience. …”
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Factors contributing to the implementation of interventions to prevent and manage intensive care unit delirium: a systematic review protocol by Roxanne M Parslow, Andrew Booth, Maria Pufulete, Andrew J Moore, Ben Gibbison, Burak Kundakci, Katherine Louise Jones

“…We will extract both qualitative and quantitative data and assess study quality using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) tool. …”
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Barriers and facilitators of acceptability and uptake of long-acting reversible contraceptives in Ethiopia: a systematic review using the COM-B model by Tariku Shimels, Zewdneh Shewamene, Getachew Teshome

“…Data on barriers, facilitators, and associated factors of acceptability and utilization were extracted, and the findings were mapped to the COM-B framework. …”
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Uncovering common disease mechanisms and critical biomarkers in Crohn's disease with concurrent psoriasis and exploring potential therapeutic agents. by Tianqi Liu, Xiaoqing Zhang, Ruiqi Chen, Yifan Sun, Ruijian Zhang, Liwen Zhang, Zhepeng Luo, Jiani Wang

“…These hub genes have been confirmed using data from GSE102133 for Crohn's disease and GSE14905 for psoriasis. …”
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Neonatal nurses’ experiences with generative AI in clinical decision-making: a qualitative exploration in high-risk nicus by Abeer Nuwayfi Alruwaili, Afrah Madyan Alshammari, Ali Alhaiti, Nadia Bassuoni Elsharkawy, Sayed Ibrahim Ali, Osama Mohamed Elsayed Ramadan

“…Thematic analysis was used to code and interpret data, supported by an inter-rater reliability of 0.88. …”
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