Evaluation of the interest of women assisted by the Centro de Atenção à Mulher (CAM) of Rio do Sul in intimate aesthetic surgeries by Eduarda Fritsche, Luiz Eduardo Mendes Zanis, Franciani Rodrigues da Rocha, Wagner Alves da Costa, Paola de Lima, Amanda Luísa Batista, Eloisa Fritsche

“…For data collection, a semi-structured questionnaire developed by the authors was used. …”
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Old-growth Ficus trees provide soil water and carbon storage to urban greenspaces in a Brazilian metropolis by Beatriz Fernandes Barros, Rubens do Amaral, Maria Thereza Fonseca, Gabriel Pereira dos Santos, Gisela Barcellos de Souza, Staël de Alvarenga Pereira Costa, Maria Rita Scotti

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In-depth Analysis on Machine Learning Approaches by Abdulhady A. Abdullah, Nergz S. Mohammed, Maryam Khanzadi, Safar M. Asaad, Zrar Kh. Abdul, Halgurd S. Maghdid

“…To this end, this article presents a comprehensive overview of the approaches of ML, including supervised, unsupervised, semi-supervised, reinforcement, and self-learning. …”
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Effectiveness of the family medicine curriculum in the improvement of skills and knowledge of family medicine residents in Sudan 2024: a quantitative and qualitative survey by Hiba Salah Abdelgadir, Hind Salah Abdelgadir, Nasreldin M. Ahmed, Adel A. Nasser, Abed Saif Ahmed Alghawli, Amani A. K. Elsayed

“…Abstract Family medicine was established in Sudan in 2006 after the first family medicine master’s degree program was established. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the family medicine curriculum in the Sudan Medical Specialization Board (SMSB) and provide baseline and updated data on the strengths and weaknesses of the family medicine training program. …”
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Assessing dental surgeons' understanding of bisphosphonates: Implications for patient health in oral surgery by Vilson Rocha Cortez Teles de Alencar, Marcília Ribeiro Paulino, Inês Andrea Luna Martinis de Alencar, Jaime Ribeiro-Filho, Ana Valéria de Oliveira Braz, Edinardo Fagner Ferreira Matias, João Paulo Martins de Lima, Sloana Giesta Lemos Florencio, Henrique Douglas Melo Coutinho, Antônio Marcos Montagner

“…The data were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire to interview the dental surgeons who met the inclusion criteria. …”
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model and explaining the obstacles to the popularization of women's sports, from the perspective of sports science professors and female employees in Mashhad by Fahimeh Rivadeh, Muhammad Ali Qara, Elham Karimi Torghabeh, Raheleh Kardovani, Shabnam Olomi, Farideh Hashemiyan

“…The proposed model was tested using structural equations based on partial least squares approach. Structured and semi-structured interviews were used to collect data and seven barriers were identified.Findings: seven identified obstacles: personal and physical, family, religious and religious, cultural and social, gender perspective, lack of work of sports organizations and other obstacles: lack of a comprehensive and codified program and lack of attention to public sports and leaders of sports organizations due to Not having the necessary knowledge and non-specialist management have worsened the situation and the policies governing public sports are very unclear and designed on a daily basis. …”
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Exploring current trends in agricultural commodities forecasting methods through text mining: Developments in statistical and artificial intelligence methods by Luana Gonçalves Guindani, Gilson Adamczuk Oliveirai, Matheus Henrique Dal Molin Ribeiro, Gabriel Villarrubia Gonzalez, José Donizetti de Lima

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A Phenomenological Study of the Semantic Representation of Leisure Experience among Adolescent Girls of Different Social Classes by parvaneh alaie, Fahimeh Vajde

“…The sampling methods were purposeful and snowball, and for this purpose, a semi-structured interview was conducted with 45 female students from poor, middle and wealthy social classes. …”
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Analysis of Factors Influencing the Development of Community-Based Tourism in Rural Areas, Case Study: Villages Targeted by Tourism in the Markazi Province by Hamid Afshari, Behrouz Mohammadi Yeganeh, Hossein Farahani, Mehdi Cheraghi

“…The data was analyzed by MAXQDA version 20 software. 4. Results A semi-structured interview was used to identify factors and indicators affecting the development of community-based tourism in the target villages of Central Province. …”
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The Effect of Gamified Physical Activities on the Quality of Students' Leisure Time (Case Study: Female Secondary School Students in Ardabil City) by aylar sefidgar, Hamed Kheirollahi Meidani, Mehrdad Moharramzadeh

“…This research was applied in terms of its purpose and carried out through a semi-experimental method using the leisure time questionnaire of Ebrahimi et al. (2016). …”
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Women elite Italian football players' perceptions on gender equality and dual career opportunities by Flavia Guidotti, Simone Ciaccioni, Simone Ciaccioni, Sabrina Demarie, Piersanto Colombo, Cristina López De Subijana, Elvira Padua, Laura Capranica

“…Seven participants only benefited from the recognition of the “student-athlete status” and the formal access to a dual career program, mainly due to gender differences in the recognition of eligible competitive levels and past gender equality policies. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Education Based on the Health Belief Model on Safe Behavior Preventing Children's Injuries in Mothers with under 5-Years Children by Sara Heidarikia, Marzieh Araban, Akbar Babaei Heydarabadi, Mahmood Latifi Seyed

“…Materials & Methods: This semi-experimental study was conducted with 220 mothers with children under 5 years old. …”
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Method of Helicopter Turboshaft Engines’ Protection During Surge in Starting Mode by Denys Baranovskyi, Serhii Vladov, Maryna Bulakh, Victoria Vysotska, Viktor Vasylenko, Jan Czyżewski

“…The computational experiments result with the TV3-117 turboshaft engine on a semi-naturalistic simulation stand showed that the proposed model effectively prevents compressor surge by stabilizing pressure, vibration, and gas temperature and reduces rotor speed by 29.7% under start-up conditions. …”
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Perception and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic among smallholder farmers in eastern Ethiopia by Muluken Gezahegn Wordofa, Getachew Shambel Endris, Chanyalew Seyoum Aweke, Jemal Y. Hassen, Jeylan Woliye, Awol Seid, Elyas Ahmed, Hakim Hashim, Eric Ndemo Okoyo

“…This research was conducted to uncover the perception of smallholder farmers in eastern Ethiopia about the pandemic, prevention and control measures, and its impact on their livelihood. Through a semi-structured interview schedule conducted on 176 randomly selected rural households, we found a varying level of practicing the recommended COVID-19 prevention and control measures. …”
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Design and Evaluation of ACAFiB-APP, a clinical decision support system for anticoagulant considerations in patients with atrial fibrillation by Ramin Ansari, Sorayya Rezayi, Ali Asghar Safaei, Reza Mollazadeh, Eisa Rezaei, Mahboobeh Khabaz Mafinejad, Soha Namazi, Keyhan Mohammadi

“…The system is based on a streamlined interpretation of the most recent globally accepted clinical guidelines. Methods Primarily a semi-structured interview regarding the challenges in the field of thromboprophylaxis for AF and clinical pharmacists and cardiologists’ needs in practice was conducted. …”
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“Help Being Passed From One Person to the Next”: Factors Defining the Development, Challenges, and Successes of Faculty Peer Mentoring Relationships During Mentee Transitions to En... by Joseph Mirabelli, Jeanne Sanders, Allyson Barlow, Evan Ko, Kelly Cross, Karin Jensen

“…Design/Method: We conducted semi-structured interviews with 18 grantees, including ten mentors and eight mentees. …”
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Dilemma in primary care facility development:a qualitative study based on grounded theory in Guilin city by Siyuan Wang, Ranfeng Hang, Yingjue Wei, Jianying Liu, Wuxiang Shi, Zhaoquan Huang

“…Background: Since the new medical reform, remarkable progress was achieved in primary care facilities in the number of consultations and essential public health service program. However, the problems including low quality and high mobility of personnel, weakened capacity and low efficiency of service still remain. …”
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Array Design for Angle of Arrival Estimation Using the Worst-Case Two-Target Cramér-Rao Bound by Costas A. Kokke, Mario Coutino, Richard Heusdens, Geert Leus

“…We cast the sensor selection problem for 3-D arrays using the worst-case two-target Cramér-Rao bound as a convex semi-definite program and obtain the binary selection by randomized rounding. …”
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Not for children’s ears? Parents’ insights into early childhood overweight and obesity treatment by My Sjunnestrand, Nicklas Neuman, Anna Ek, Karin Nordin, Ximena Ramos Salas, Kajsa Järvholm, Karin Eli, Paulina Nowicka

“…Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 45 Swedish parents (71% mothers, 60% with university degree, 51% of migrant background) of 45 children (mean age 7.1 years, SD 1.3, 76% girls) who received standard treatment for overweight or obesity. …”
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Starting postgraduate medical training in general practice with a rotation in general practice – a qualitative study on experiences and effects by Becker, Christine, Stengel, Sandra, Roos, Marco, Altiner, Attila, Schwill, Simon

“…Methods: Nationwide, GPs and GP trainees were recruited who started specialization in GP in the GPP. Semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted between June and October 2022 using a self-developed interview-guide. …”
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