Motives for new psychoactive substances consumption among young adults in Uzbekistan: a qualitative study protocol by Guzalkhon A. Zakhidova, Uladzimir I. Pikirenia, Timur S. Syunyakov, Mariya V. Prilutskaya

“…This is essential for developing effective public health prevention and rehabilitation programs.…”
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Employment Barriers for Racialized Immigrants: A Review of Economic and Social Integration Support and Gaps in Edmonton, Alberta by Doriane Intungane, Jennifer Long, Hellen Gateri, Rita Dhungel

“…The research involved conducting in-depth semi-structured interviews with service providers, employment program coordinators from different settlement and employment agencies, and a research and training centre operating in Edmonton, Alberta. …”
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Navigating the medical journey: Insights into medical students' psychological wellbeing, coping, and personality. by Aisha Ali Hawsawi, Neil Nixon, Elena Nixon

“…Medical students undergo rigorous training programs that can affect their psychological wellbeing. …”
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Global Issue Pandemic and Technology Business: What The Role of Financing MSMEs an Islamic Perspective Theory? by Ridwansyah Ridwansyah, Mohd Syahril Ahmad Razimi, Okta Suprianingsih, Dania Hellin Amrina, Ersi Sisdianto

“…The study involves 15 MSME owners and managers, utilizing semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions for data collection. …”
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Evaluation and use of in-silico structure-based epitope prediction with foot-and-mouth disease virus. by Daryl W Borley, Mana Mahapatra, David J Paton, Robert M Esnouf, David I Stuart, Elizabeth E Fry

“…These include residues 190-192 of VP2 (not previously determined to be antigenic), residues 69-71 and 193-197 of VP3 spanning the pentamer-pentamer interface, and another region incorporating residues 83, 84 and 169-174 of VP1 (all only previously experimentally defined on serotype A). The computer programs needed to create a semi-automated procedure for carrying out this epitope prediction method are presented.…”
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Leveraging AI tools in finance education: exploring student perceptions, emotional reactions and educator experiences by Pamela Córdova, Alberto Grájeda, Juan Pablo Córdova, Alejandro Vargas-Sánchez, Johnny Burgos, Alberto Sanjinés

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Challenges, knowledge, and skills required for family caregivers of older adults with dementia: a qualitative study in Vietnam by Tran To Tran Nguyen, The Ha Ngoc Than, Tuan Chau Nguyen, Lan Tuyet Duong Vu, Khoa Tri Truong, Truc Thanh Thai, Penelope Schofield, Tuan Anh Nguyen

“…Methods In-depth interviews with 20 family caregivers of PwD were conducted face-to-face using a semi-structured questionnaire at the Department of Geriatrics at Nhan dan Gia Dinh Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City. …”
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Promoting sustainable mangrove tourism through payments for ecosystem services: Insights from Tongke-Tongke Village, South Sulawesi, Indonesia by Abdul Malik, Muhammad Ichsan Ali, Abdul Rasyid Jalil, Abdul Mannan, Rahma Musyawarah

“…We collected data through household surveys, semi-structured stakeholder interviews, and tourist questionnaires to evaluate the economic value of mangrove tourism and tourists’ willingness to pay (WTP) for conservation. …”
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The Needs of New Nursing Students to Become Professionals; Explaining the Experiences of Students and Graduates by Sara Heydari, Zahra Namjou, Mahnaz Antikchi, Mahdi Askari zaman, Fatemeh Bakhshi

“…These results can help educational program designers understand students' needs and design programs that better prepare them for professional roles. …”
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Only severe Injuries are effectively reduced by muscles' injury prevention protocols in football players: A systematic review [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Amani Kacem, Iheb Belhadj Youssef, Sana Bhiri, Marwa Ghanmi, Rihab Moncer, Sinen Frigui, Dhekra Chebil, walid Ouannes, Sonia Jemni, Sahbi Mtaouaa, Sana Salah

“…The target population consisted of professional and semi-professional footballers. The intervention in question was structured injury preventive protocols, including specific training or pre-established protocols such as the FIFA 11+ program, compared to each other or with regular training sessions. …”
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Core competencies for school leaders: insights from educational experts by Fathi M. Abunaser, Nesreen S. M. Salah El-Din, Rashid S. Al-Fahadi

“…This study explores the essential competencies required for effective school leadership in Oman through a qualitative approach based on semi-structured interviews. Guided by a validated theoretical framework of core competencies for school principals, the research involved 50 experts from the Ministry of Education with specializations in educational supervision and administration. …”
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A new QTL for plant height in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) showing no negative effects on grain yield. by Junmei Wang, Jianming Yang, Qiaojun Jia, Jinghuan Zhu, Yi Shang, Wei Hua, Meixue Zhou

“…The success of a breeding program relies on the source of dwarfing genes. For a dwarfing or semi-dwarfing gene to be successfully used in a breeding program, the gene should have minimal negative effects on yield and perform consistently in different environments.…”
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Review Understanding Ethno-Ornithology - Birds of the Residents? by Marilton de Queiroz Borges Filho, Jhon Thomás Manoel Guerreiro

“…Fifty residents who interact with the avifauna were interviewed using semi-structured interviews. A total of 172 ethnospecies were recorded, with 24 used for consumption, highlighting Crypturellus parvirostris. …”
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Teaching strategies influencing learning strategies: Exploration of teaching and learning practices in a higher education context in Pakistan by Aiman Zahid, Ali Nawab

“…Data were gathered through semi-structured interviews and classroom observations. …”
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Perspectives and practices from a writing community: South Gate Creative Writing School by Dennis Friedrichsen

“…With the emergence of diverse creative writing programs, from short workshops to full academic degrees, understanding their practices, community dynamics, and effectiveness becomes crucial. …”
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Astronomical cost of living: challenging housing, transportation and commuting experiences among care workers by Iffath Unissa Syed, Rachel da Silveira Gorman

“…In this study, qualitative data was generated from in-depth, semi-structured interviews with healthcare workers from a residential long-term care organization located in an urbanized region with both public transportation and socialized housing programs. …”
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Intermediary Spaces: The Small-Scale Urbanism of Jože Plečnik by Miloš Kosec

“…In them, the dissolution of the distinction between the interior and exterior of the buildings as well as between public, semi-public, and private programs was intensified, articulating a wide range of intermediary spaces that position many of his later works somewhere between architecture and urbanism. …”
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Principled Benefits: Student Perceptions of Teacher-Developed English for Academic Purposes Materials by Ronan Scott

“…While there are a wide range of English for academic purposes (EAP) programs and plentiful teaching materials published for the EAP classroom, teachers still are faced with the task of developing their own materials as well as adapting materials created by others. …”
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In-Service Training Needs of Efl Teachers in Non-Formal Education Settings by Sezen Arslan, İsmail Hakkı Mirici, Hüseyin Öz

“…A needs analysis questionnaire and a semi-structured interview were used to collect the data about the training needs of the participants. …”
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Ancestral practices in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) crop of two rural communities in the Tungurahua province of Ecuador by Pedro Pablo Pomboza Tamaquiza, Dario Paucar, Saúl Eduardo Cruz Tobar, Oscar Patricio Núñez Torres, Giovanny Patricio Velástegui Espín

“…Two rural communities (Apatug and Puñachisag) were selected in the province of Tungurahua, Ecuador. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 63 key informants selected with the snowball and group interview methods. …”
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