Community-Based Approaches to Healthy Aging: Lessons from Japanese Blue Zones by Hiroko Oe, Kai Weeks, Sitsada Sartamorn

“…The study employed qualitative fieldwork methods including semi-structured interviews with 60 residents aged 65 and above, equally divided between the two study sites. …”
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Asymbiotic Seed Germination and In Vitro Propagation of the Thai Rare Orchid Species; <i>Eulophia bicallosa</i> (D.Don) P.F.Hunt & Summerh. by Thanakorn Wongsa, Jittra Piapukiew, Kanlaya Kuenkaew, Chatchaya Somsanook, Onrut Sapatee, Julaluk Linjikao, Boworn Kunakhonnuruk, Anupan Kongbangkerd

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Postmortem Findings in Free-Ranging North American Beavers (<i>Castor canadensis</i>) Reveal Potential Threats to California’s Freshwater Ecosystems by Omar A. Gonzales-Viera, Leslie W. Woods, Aslı Mete, Heather Fritz, Anibal G. Armien, Emma Lantz, Luis A. Gomez-Puerta, Daniel Famini, Jaime Sherman, Jaime L. Rudd, Lauren E. Camp, Karen Shapiro, Deana L. Clifford

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Living with rare genetic disease during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study of adolescents and young adults with Li-Fraumeni syndrome by Allison Werner-Lin, Payal P. Khincha, Ashley S. Thompson, Camella Rising, Alix Sleight, Catherine Wilsnack, Patrick Boyd, Alexandra Feldman, Rowan Forbes Shepherd, Sharon A. Savage

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Interspecies relationships of natural amoebae and bacteria with C. elegans create environments propitious for multigenerational diapause by Marcela Serey, Esteban Retamales, Gabriel Ibañez, Gonzalo Riadi, Patricio Orio, Juan P. Castillo, Andrea Calixto

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Application of molecular marker in hybrid breeding of rapeseed (Brassica napus L.): A feasibility study by NI Xiyuan, HUANG Jixiang, LIU Han, PAN Bing, ZHAO Jianyi

“…The 26 cultivars (lines) included 19 semi-winter type cultivars (lines) from China, 4 winter type and 3 spring type cultivars (lines) from Germany. …”
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Barreras y facilitadores en el cuidado de personas mayores dependientes: una visión desde los cuidadores informales en la atención primaria by Angélica Valencia Guevara, Evelyn Iriarte, Solange Campos Romero

“…Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the informal caregivers. …”
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USING QUANTUM-CHEMICAL PARAMETERS FOR PREDICTING ANTIRADICAL (HO•) ACTIVITY OF RELATED STRUCTURES CONTAINING A CINNAMOIL FRAGMENT. IV. STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UNSAT... by E. T. Oganesyan, S. S. Shatokhin

“…The quantum-chemical parameters of the 4 analyzed groups of the compounds, have been calculated by the semi-empirical method PM7 (WinMopac 2016 program) on the workstation with an Intel Xeon E5-1620 3.5 GHz processor, 20 GB of RAM.Results and discussion. …”
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Study of anatomy-diagnostic features of leaves of <i>Cynara scolymus</i> L. grown under the conditions of the Kyrgyz Republic by S. C. Chubakova, N. T. Farmanova, N. V. Bobkova, T. A. Mamatov

“…The images were displayed through the program "Leica LAS v4.13 Software".Results and discussion. …”
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Anti‐GAD65 musicogenic epilepsy: Bilateral and independent mesial temporal seizures revealed by foramen ovale electrodes by Roberta Di Giacomo, Giulia Maccanti, Vadym Gnatkovsky, Giampaolo Vatti, Annalisa Parente, Ambra Dominese, Davide Rossi Sebastiano, Fabio Martino Doniselli, Francesca Andreetta, Andrea Stabile, Francesco Deleo, Chiara Pastori, Giulia Battaglia, Dunja Duran, Giuseppe Didato, Angelo Del Sole, Michele Rizzi, Marco deCurtis

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Wind and topography underlie correlation between seasonal snowpack, mountain glaciers, and late-summer streamflow by E. N. Boardman, E. N. Boardman, A. G. Fountain, J. W. Boardman, J. W. Boardman, T. H. Painter, E. W. Burgess, L. Wilson, A. A. Harpold, A. A. Harpold

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Dietary (poly)phenol intake is associated with cardiometabolic health parameters in adolescents by Emily P. Laveriano-Santos, Sara Castro-Barquero, Camila Arancibia-Riveros, Ruiz-León Ana María, Rosa Casas, Ramón Estruch, Patricia Bodega, Mercedes de Miguel, Amaya de Cos-Gandoy, Jesús Martínez-Gómez, Gloria Santos-Beneit, Juan M. Fernández-Alvira, Rodrigo Fernández-Jiménez, Rosa M. Lamuela-Raventós, Anna Tresserra-Rimbau

“…(Poly)phenol intake was assessed using semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaires and the Phenol-Explorer database. …”
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Risk Factors for Hypertension in Koumbri Municipality, Burkina Faso, December 2016-April 2017 by Pedwindé Hamadou Séogo, Salam Ouedraogo, Simon Antara, Bernard Sawadogo, Denis Yelbeogo, Brice Wilfried Bicaba, Yacouba Savadogo, Hyacinthe Euvrard Sow, Agballa Mébiny-Essoh Tchalla Abalo, Amado Traoré, Moussa Kagoné, Abdoulaye Nitiema, Harouna Sawadogo, André McKenzie, Mamadou Sawadogo, Oumarou Batoure, Patrice Zabsonré

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A scalable framework for soil property mapping tested across a highly diverse tropical data-scarce regionZENODO by Rodrigo de Q. Miranda, Rodolfo L.B. Nóbrega, Anne Verhoef, Estevão L.R. da Silva, Jadson F. da Silva, José C. de Araújo Filho, Magna S.B. de Moura, Alexandre H.C. Barros, Alzira G.S.S. Souza, Wanhong Yang, Hui Shao, Raghavan Srinivasan, Feras Ziadat, Suzana M.G.L. Montenegro, Maria do S.B. Araújo, Josiclêda D. Galvíncio

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‘I Don't Think There Is a One‐Size‐Fits‐All’: A Qualitative Study Exploring Healthcare Professional and Service Provider Perspectives of Using Innovative Models of Cervical Screeni... by Claire Bavor, Tessa Saunders, Mikayla Wolfe, Megan A. Smith, Nicola Creagh, Deborah Bateson, Angela Kelly‐Hanku, Paula Jops, Marion Saville, Natalie Taylor, Kate Broun, Julia M. L. Brotherton, Claire Nightingale

“…Methods We conducted online, semi‐structured interviews with healthcare professionals, pathology providers and community service providers (June–October 2023). …”
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Quantitative insights into stroke recovery utilizing delayed vessel ratio from color-coded multiphase computed tomography angiography by Yu Lin, Yu Lin, Yu Lin, Xiaoxiao Zhang, Zhen Xing, Xiefeng Yang, Qingwen Tong, Shaomao Lv, Jinan Wang, Jinan Wang, Dairong Cao, Dairong Cao, Dairong Cao, Dairong Cao

“…Collateral ratio and delayed vessel ratio (DVR) were determined through semi-automatic delineation and calculation on the anterior cerebral artery regions and Alberta Stroke Program Early CT (ASPECT) Score regions of cmCTA maps. …”
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Innovation in the blue economy and environmental sustainability in marine and fisheries strategy by S.W. Trenggono, I. Meilano, H. Latief, S.D. Diantara, W. Sakti, D.G.K. Ketaren, I.N.P. Winata, T. Yuwono, Syamdidi , F.Y. Arthatiani, K. Kasim, I.N. Radiarta

“…This study examines the implementation of the Ministry's fisheries blue economy initiatives, aiming to formulate future strategies based on lessons learned from two years of execution.METHODS: To assess the implementation of these key initiatives, participatory approaches, including focus group discussions, semi-structured interviews, and key informant interviews, were utilized to gather insights into program implementation experiences and lessons learned. …”
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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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Cuidar de pessoas transexuais na ótica dos residentes de enfermagem [Care for transgender people from the nursing resident’s perspective] [Cuidar de personas transexuales en la ópt... by Julia Sousa Martins de Almeida, Elizabeth Rose Costa Martins, Cristiane Maria Amorim Costa, Paula Costa de Moraes, Gabriela Dandara Fernandes Ferreira, Thelma Spindola

“…Method: an exploratory, qualitative, descriptive study was conducted in 2017, in the urology unit of a university hospital Rio de Janeiro city, by semi-structured interview of 13 first- and second-year nursing residents of the clinical surgery program. …”
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Defining Health Movements and Health Needs Across the Life Course: A Qualitative Study by Alyssa Yenyi Chan, Felicia Jia Hui Chan, Lucas Jia Rong Puah, Muhammad Bin Aman Azamuddin, Priyanka Rajendram, Weng Mooi Tan, Yoek Ling Yong, Zoe Jane‐Lara Hildon

“…Focus group discussions (FGDs, n = 12) and one semi‐structured interview (altogether involving n = 52 individuals) were carried out with government and community implementation stakeholders, alongside go‐along interviews (n = 24, involving 11 volunteers, 13 programme participants) and e‐diaries (n = 37, with 22 programme participants and 15 volunteers). …”
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