Knowledge, attitudes, and conservation threats to globally vulnerable Sarus Cranes in Lumbini Province, Nepal by Bishnu Prasad Bhattarai, Hem Bahadur Katuwal, Sandeep Regmi, Amrit Nepali, Rajendra Narsingh Suwal, Rashmi Acharya, Sabin KC, Bishnu Aryal, Krishna Tamang, Basudha Rawal, Amir Basnet, Bashu Dev Baral, Surya Devkota, Sagar Parajuli, Niraj Regmi, Pradip Kandel, Bishal Subedi, Hari Sharan Giri, Ghana S. Gurung, Jerrold L. Belant, Hari Prasad Sharma

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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

“…Thirteen semi-structured interviews were conducted virtually, recorded and transcribed verbatim. …”
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Vocational skill training programs for persons with intellectual disability (PID) and trainers' perspective during and post vocational skill training by Kundurthi Venkatesh, Shanivaram K Reddy, Hareesh Angothu

“…Results: Training offered to PID in several vocational centres ranged from unskilled to semi-skilled. A range of barriers including gaps in awareness and knowledge of the various training programs for PID challenges associated with their transition after training, unique challenges in placing the trained PID into external organizations, stigma, and attitudinal barriers associated with disability are described to be influencing the skill training of PID and their subsequent employment. …”
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Perspectives on syringe services programs among patients hospitalized with injection drug use-associated endocarditis: a qualitative study by Bailey McInnes, Eunice A. Okumu, Maisun M. Ansary, Bayla Ostrach, Vivian H. Chu, Li-Tzy Wu, Carol Golin, David L. Rosen, Asher J. Schranz

“…Methods: The research team conducted semi-structured interviews with 16 participants at a large academic hospital from June 2021 to May 2022. …”
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A Comparison of Two Physical Activity Education Programs for Eighth-Grade Students: Effects on Awareness, Performance, and Self-Efficacy by Hossein Ashtarian, Parvin Bagheri, Farzad Jalilian, Afshin Almasi

“…Materials and Methods: This semi-experimental study was conducted in 2020 on eighth-grade female students in Khomein, Iran. …”
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Water, Health, and Social Technologies: One Million Cisterns Programme Case Study by José Firmino de Sousa Filho, Walisson Angélico de Araújo, Mariana Sebastião, Adalton Fonseca, Raíza Tourinho, Denise Pimenta, Gervásio Santos, Lucas Emanuel, Roberto F. S. Andrade, Gustavo Casais, Gisele Paixão, Andrea Ferreira, Rachel Coelho, Maria Yuri Ichihara, Júlia Pescarini, Joanna M. N. Guimarães, Paulo Victor da Costa, Ismael Silveira, Rafael Silva, Rita Ribeiro, Maurício L. Barreto, On behalf of the SEDHI team

“…It specifically examines the semi-arid region of Brazil, where the introduction of a social climate adaptation tool, cisterns, has brought about significant positive changes. …”
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Image Fusion of High-Resolution DynaCT and T2-Weighted MRI for Image-Guided Programming of dDBS by Fadil Al-Jaberi, Matthias Moeskes, Martin Skalej, Melanie Fachet, Christoph Hoeschen

“…This approach facilitates accurate alignment crucial for DBS programming and postoperative verification, potentially reducing the programming time of the DBS. …”
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The Impact of the COVID-19 Surge Response on Motivation Among Anesthesiology Residents and Fellows: A discussion of findings from semi-structured interviews at Montefiore Medical C... by Sujatha Ramachandran, Kateryna Slinchenkova, Jonathan Leff, David Adams, Sarang Koushik, Omar Viswanath, Naum Shaparin

“….^4^ Medical professionalism is a one of the core physician competencies assessed by both the ACGME training program evaluation and the ABA certification process. …”
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“It gets your foot in the door”: An examination of the Healthy Apples Self-Care Program at Durham Regional Police Service by Rosemary Ricciardelli, Mark Jones, Evan Cross, Krystle Martin, Stanley R. MacLellan

“…In total, 44 men and 32 women were interviewed for this study – 75 % of whom reported using the Healthy Apples Program. Interviews analyzed using a semi-grounded thematic approach. …”
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"It makes it more real.”: Teacher Candidate Perceptions of a Clinically-Rich Middle Grades Teacher Preparation Program by Shawn A. Faulkner, Michael DiCicco

“…Semi-structured interviews were conducted with teacher candidates (n=23) at the time of program completion. …”
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Programming and Researching _With_ Youth in Cultural Institutions – a Brief Reflection on a Cross-Institutional Youth Advisory Board by Carolina Silva

“…Young people, aged 15 to 25, were invited to participate in group roundtables to discuss specific issues related to youth arts programs. In the sessions with the youth advisory board I combined a semi-structured approach with participatory methods that activated collective processes of meaning making.…”
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Analysing Colombian Pre-service Teachers’ Intercultural Awareness and Communication Misunderstandings during an International Mobility Program in Jamaica.” by Yimmy Alexander Hoyos Pipicano, María José Arango Perez, Clara Inés González Marín

“… This qualitative case study analyses intercultural awareness and communication misunderstandings of Colombian EFL pre-service teachers during an international mobility program in an English-speaking country, Jamaica. We collected data from eight pre-service teachers over ten months through reflective journals, semi-structured interviews, and questionnaires. …”
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The Effect of Exercise Program on Low Back Pain Preventive Behaviors in Pregnant Females Referred to Health Centers of Karaj by Maryam Khalednejad, Sedighe Tavafian, Shamsodin Niknami

“…This research aimed at exploring the influence of exercise program training on behavior change that leads to back pain prevention in pregnant females. …”
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Introducing a Professional Development Skill Building Platform Into a Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program Curriculum in Pharmacology by Elizabeth S. Yeh, Jennelle D. Richardson

“…However, many graduate programs are designed to train individuals in a specialized scientific field, and the main research project of trainees is often narrow in scope, with a focus on a specific topic of intense study. …”
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Healthcare providers' perceptions of the kidney transplant program at King Faisal Hospital Rwanda: A one-year evaluation. by Marissa Martinelli, Emile Twagirumukiza, Ahmed M Elbasha, Augustin Sendegeya, Belise S Uwurukundo, Jules Karangwa, Kara L Neil, Laetitia Nshimiyimana, Jeffrey Punch

“…The living donor kidney transplant program was established at King Faisal Hospital Rwanda (KFH) in 2023, to reduce medical abroad referrals and strengthen the health care delivery system. …”
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Presenting the Model of Aligning the Individual Development Program (IDP) with the Career Path, Based on the Foundation's data-theorizing Approach by Ali Kafami Ladani, Abdolali Keshtegar, Aleme Keikha

“…After selecting 16 people from industry experts and academic experts and human resource consultants with purposeful sampling method and semi-structured interview, data was collected. The result of these interviews was a set of primary themes that were collected during the open coding process and categories were extracted from them; Then, in the axial coding, the link between these categories under the Causal conditions, central phenomenon, contextual factors, intervening conditions and consequences of aligning the personal development program (IDP ) with the career path were determined in the form of a axial coding paradigm, And finally, in the selective coding stage, the course of the story was drawn. …”
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Changes in stress-related outcomes among graduate students following the Mindfulness Ambassador Program: A pilot study. by Varsha Vasudevan, Benjamin Tran, Shauna M Burke, Patricia Tucker, Jennifer D Irwin

“…The Mindfulness Ambassador Program (MAP) is a promising group-based program that has not yet been studied among graduate students. …”
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“A pilot study of MAP – a program for handling of aggressive behaviour in psychiatric wards. An evaluation of mediating mechanisms” by Andreas Rognmo, Erlend Bugge

“…Data was collected by repeated semi-structured interviews of four participants at two different timepoints, using thematic analysis to analyse the written transcripts. …”
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Building a community of practice: shifting an M.Ed. program to a PDS school-based cohort model by Elizabeth Hale, Hope E. Wilson, Lauren Gibbs, Jessie Didier, Carolyne Ali-Khan

“…Purpose – The purpose of this study was to examine how participants experienced and perceived an M.Ed. program that had a school-based design. In particular, the authors sought to understand: (1) how participants experienced being in a school-based cohort and (2) whether and how participants experienced the three designated tenets of the M.Ed. program: teacher inquiry, social justice and student engagement and motivation. …”
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Home care program for high-risk pregnancies: a qualitative study of care providers perspectives from Iran by Masoumeh sayahi, Shahrbanoo Salehin, Mehrnoosh Zakerkish, Afsaneh Keramat, Shahrbanoo Goli

“…Implementing the home care program requires family and community support, educational empowerment of care providers, and the provision of the necessary infrastructure for the program for high-risk pregnant mothers and their families.…”
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