Human resource management effects on sustainability of high-tech companies: what Lithuania and South Korea can learn from each other by Mindaugas Laužikas, Aistė Miliūtė

“…The qualitative semi structured expert interviews led to assumptions and results which explain how human capital links the culture and innovation and why the percentage of commercialized creative ideas in South Korean companies is higher than in Lithuanian companies. …”
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Analysis of the 2007-2008 Hérault premiumized grubbing-up campaign: a tool to better understand Fischer-Boel’s 2008-2011 grubbing-up campaigns and the desire in 2022 to reintroduce... by Étienne Montaigne, Samson Zadmehran, Alfredo Coelho, Yacine Messaoudène

“…We then put forward synthesized results explaining the qualitative interviews and run the data through an econometric model. …”
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Assessing the context within academic health institutions toward improving equity-based, community and patient-engaged research by Prajakta Adsul, Shannon Sanchez-Youngman, Elizabeth Dickson, Belkis Jacquez, Alena Kuhlemeier, Michael Muhammad, Katherine J. Briant, Bridgette Hempstead, Jason A. Mendoza, Lisa G. Rosas, Anisha Patel, Patricia Rodriguez Espinosa, Tabia Akintobi, Paige Castro-Reyes, Lori Carter-Edwards, Nina Wallerstein

“…., institution-wide survey (n = 99); qualitative interviews with institutional leadership (n = 11); and focus group discussions (6 focus groups with patients and community members (n = 22); and researchers and research staff (n = 9)) to gain a deeper understanding of the institutional context. …”
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Atenção básica e infertilidade: conhecimento e prática de enfermeiros da estratégia saúde da família [Infertility in primary care from the perspective of nurses in the family healt... by Escolástica Rejane Ferreira Moura, Rebeca Pinho Romero Vieira, Andrezza Alves Dias, Danielle Rosa Evangelista, Camila Félix Américo

“…ABSTRACT To assess the knowledge and practice of nurses concerning infertility in primary care. Quantitative, cross-sectional study, carried out with 171 nurses in the Municipal Health System of Fortaleza-CE, Brazil. …”
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Experiences and outcomes of older adults with obesity transitioning from gym- to home-based resistance training due to COVID-19 lockdowns: a mixed-methods analysis of a RCT by Costas Glavas, Jakub Mesinovic, Anoohya Gandham, Mavil May Cervo, Carrie-Anne Ng, Peter R. Ebeling, Elena S. George, Robin M. Daly, Belinda R. Beck, Paul Jansons, David Scott

“…Eight HOME participants completed semi-structured interviews post-intervention. Quantitative outcomes including exercise adherence, body composition and physical function were compared to GYM participants. …”
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Comunicação entre a equipe de enfermagem e pessoas com deficiência auditiva [Communication between nursing team and people with hearing impairment] by Thayana Rose de Araújo Dantas, Thayris Mariano Gomes, Tatiana Ferreira da Costa, Thalita Rodrigues de Azevedo, Silmery da Silva Brito, Kátia Nêyla de Freitas Macedo Costa

“…ABSTRACT This descriptive, quantitative study examined communication between the nursing team and people with hearing impairment at a hospital school in the city of João Pessoa, Paraíba. …”
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Lesões de pele em recém-nascidos e lactentes [Lesion of skinin newborns and infants] [Lesiones de piel en recién nacidos y lactantes] by Albaneide dos Santos Ferreira, Ana Letícia Cabral Interaminense Guerra, Marly Javorski, Suely de Fátima Santos Freire Bonfim, Thaís de Almeida da Silva, Luciana Pedrosa Leal, Luciana Pedrosa Leal

“…Os problemas de pele apresentaram alta prevalência na população estudada, sugerindo a necessidade de ações de enfermagem envolvendo orientações nos cuidados da pele.   ABSTRACT Study transversal, descriptive, quantitative, with the object of analyze the factors associated to skin’s injuries in newborn and infants treated in the puericulture outpatient of a university hospital in Recife/PE. …”
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A Digital Photo Activity Intervention for Nursing Home Residents With Dementia and Their Carers: Mixed Methods Process Evaluation by Josephine Rose Orejana Tan, David P Neal, Maria Vilmen, Petra Boersma, Teake P Ettema, Robbert J J Gobbens, Sietske A M Sikkes, Rose-Marie Dröes

“…ObjectiveBy tracing facilitators and barriers to implementation, the study also aimed to inform future implementation of the photo activity intervention. …”
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The cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Mothers on Respect Index for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders by Rebecca Delafield, Eunjung Lim, Ann Chang, Crystal VangTung, Jocelyn Howard, Adrienne Dillard, Sunny Chen, Princess Lei Ebbay, Joseph Keawe‘aimoku Kaholokula

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The science and politics of ‘knowledge’ in safe sport research by Benjamin Carr

“…Ethnographic research was conducted at safe sport conferences along with follow-up interviews with researchers and practitioners. These data were juxtaposed, along with a brief literature review, to better understand how the quantitative tool is conceived and used qualitatively by situated researchers. …”
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Better public housing management in Ghana by Samson Aziabah

“…This potential arises because it was not possible to interview all stakeholders within the limited time of this PhD research. …”
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Structured care after a DSD diagnosis in childhood: a mixed methods evaluation of the Empower-DSD program by Katja Wechsung, Louise Marshall, Martina Jürgensen, Sabine Wiegmann, Ute Kalender, Manuela Brösamle, Gloria Herrmann, Olaf Hiort, Gerda Janssen-Schmidchen, Annette Richter-Unruh, Martin Wabitsch, Charlotte Wunn, Thomas Keil, Thomas Keil, Thomas Keil, Uta Neumann, Barbara Stöckigt

“…The Empower-DSD information management program provides a structured multidisciplinary care and information exchange for children and their parents in the first 8–12 weeks after presenting to a specialized DSD center.MethodsFrom June 2020 to August 2022, 51 families completed the structured care pathway in 4 DSD centers in Germany as part of the government-funded Empower-DSD study. The program was evaluated with a quantitative and a qualitative approach. …”
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Basic Models for the Development of Inclusive Education in Moscow by M. R. Husnutdinova

“…In the course of the survey, 81 experts (practitioners, scientists, representatives of educational organisations and the public, managers) were interviewed. The quantitative way of representing the estimates by respondents allowed formal and mathematical methods to be used when processing the results – the factorial and correlation types of analysis using the IBM SPSS Statistics software package.Results and scientific novelty. …”
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Medical‐financial partnerships for improving financial and medical outcomes for lower‐income Americans: A systematic review by Julie Birkenmaier, Brandy R. Maynard, Harly M. Blumhagen, Hannah Shanks

“…Because the included studies did not measure and report sufficient data to calculate effect sizes for similar outcomes, quantitative synthesis was not possible. …”
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Sustainability Measurement of Farming System in Isfahan Agricultural Sector (Smallholders-Rural Production Cooperatives- Farm Corporation) by Saedali Nekooei Naenii, Yosef Ghanbari, Hamid Barghi

“…This research has been conducted as a combined study (quantitative and qualitative), applied research, descriptive (non-experimental) and the cross-sectional surveys. …”
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Assessing Sleep Quality Using Mobile EMAs: Opportunities, Practical Consideration, and Challenges by Jiyoun Lim, Chi Yoon Jeong, Jeong Muk Lim, Seungeun Chung, Gague Kim, Kyoung Ju Noh, Hyuntae Jeong

“…Thus, there are many studies adopting ecological momentary assessments (EMAs) to collect patient’s lifestyles. …”
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Translation, adaptation, and validation of the Care Coordination Instrument for cancer patients by Anne Werner, Anke Steckelberg, Alexandra Strobel, Andreas Wienke, Heike Schmidt, Dirk Vordermark, Patrick Michl, C. Benedikt Westphalen, Julia Lühnen

“…Validation was conducted in three phases (mixed methods): (I) translation; (II) adaptation: pilot testing and revision in an iterative process using semi-structured, cognitive interviews with patients and professionals (physicians specializing in cancer), with interviews transcribed and qualitatively analyzed by inductive coding; and (III) validation: quantitative validation performed online (LimeSurvey), of at least 80 German patients, each with common cancer (breast, prostate) and rare cancer (different entities), with examination of factor structure (factor analysis) and determination of internal consistency (Cronbach's α) as well as potential influencing factors such as gender, education, or migration background (multivariable regression). …”
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Audit and feedback is an effective implementation strategy to increase fidelity to a multi-component labor induction protocol designed to reduce obstetric inequities by Rebecca F. Hamm, Sreya Pattipati, Lisa D. Levine, Samuel Parry, Sindhu K. Srinivas, Rinad S. Beidas

“…Abstract Background Studies have demonstrated that standardizing labor induction (IOL), often with the use of protocols, may reduce racial inequities in obstetrics. …”
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ANALYSIS OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS WITH INOPERABLE LUNG CANCER DURING RADIOTHERAPY AND PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY by Yu. A. Ragulin, G. V. Afonin, E. E. Beketov, V. S. Usachev, V. N. Kapinus, E. I. Smolenov, A. A. Prigorodov, M. A. Kaplan, I. A. Gulidov, S. V. Gamayunov, S. A. Ivanov, A. D. Kaprin

“…Aim: to analyze the quality of life of patients with locally advanced inoperable lung cancer during radiation and photodynamic therapy. material and methods. the study included 59 patients with stage II–III lung cancer. the first group (Rt) included 28 patients, who received radical radiation therapy. they completed questionnaires before starting radiotherapy and 2–3 days before the completion of radiotherapy. the second group (PDt + Rt) included 31 patients, who underwent endoscopic photodynamic therapy followed by radical radiation therapy. they were interviewed three times: before PDt, 10 days after PDt (before radiation therapy), and 2–3 days before the completion of radiation therapy. two types of questionnaires were used: patient lung cancer symptom scale (Lcss) and EuroQol questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L). …”
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Health Catch-UP!: a realist evaluation of an innovative multi-disease screening and vaccination tool in UK primary care for at-risk migrant patients by Jessica Carter, Lucy P. Goldsmith, Felicity Knights, Anna Deal, Subash Jayakumar, Alison F. Crawshaw, Farah Seedat, Nathaniel Aspray, Dominik Zenner, Philippa Harris, Yusuf Ciftci, Fatima Wurie, Azeem Majeed, Tess Harris, Philippa Matthews, Rebecca Hall, Ana Requena-Mendez, Sally Hargreaves

“…into the electronic health record system of primary care, using the Medical Research Council framework for complex intervention evaluation. We collected quantitative data (demographics, patients screened, disease detection and catch-up vaccination rates) and qualitative participant interviews to explore acceptability and feasibility. …”
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