The impact of COVID-19-related anxiety on obstetric complications and mental health in quarantined pregnant women by Solmaz Heidarifard, Niloofar Khoshnam Rad, Mahsa Khoshnam Rad

“…Data were collected through structured telephone interviews using a validated researcher-made questionnaire. …”
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One Health preparedness and response for mosquito-borne viruses: a stakeholder- and social network-analysis in the Netherlands by Pauline A. de Best, H. Broekhuizen, R. S. Sikkema, M. P. G. Koopmans, A. Timen

“…Stakeholders were identified through document analysis and snowballing. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eligible stakeholders. …”
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Peculiarities of Pattern Information Transmission by Evgeniy V. Yurkevich, Lidiya N. Krukova

“…Knowledge is considered as information that is perceived and structured by a person in order of importance according to his/her goals and desires. …”
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Beliefs, preferences, and informational needs of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and concomitant cancer: a qualitative study by Juan I. Ruiz, Sheneze T. Madramootoo, Maria A. Lopez-Olivo, Namrata Singh, Maria E. Suarez-Almazor

“…Methods We interviewed 20 patients with RA and cancer recruited from a cancer center using a semi-structured guide. We explored patients’ discussions with physicians, beliefs, preferences about RA treatment, and decision-making issues. …”
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Non-communicable diseases and risk factors profiling among geriatric population residing in Hyderabad city, India by Karthikeyan Ramanujam, Joyeeta Thakur, Rajitha Triveni Koralla, JJ Babu Geddam, Samarasimha Reddy N

“…Data on anthropometric measurements, dietary intakes, socio-economic factors, and NCD history were collected using structured questionnaires and standardized tools. We have used descriptive statistics to estimate the burden of NCDs and a multivariable logistic regression was used for identifying the associated risk factors. …”
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‘Stay with the body’: facilitating integrative silence in community-based sexual trauma care by Leona Morgan, Sarojini Nadar, Ines Keygnaert

“…Although various intervention models for adult victims of CST exist, the potential of facilitating integrative silence as part of community centred integrative trauma informed care (ITIC), remains under-explored.Objective: The objective of this article, is to document how facilitating spaces of integrative silence in a therapeutic context, shifts embodied trauma awareness, comprehensive trauma realisation and trauma integration for adult victims of CST from intergenerational marginalised contexts.Methods: Through participatory action research (PAR), framed in de-colonial feminist community praxis with 13 women aged 21-62, the first author as therapist-researcher facilitated audio-visual recorded semi-structured interviews (n = 13) and integrative trauma informed care (ITIC) follow-up sessions (n = 60) to assess the value of the spoken, unspoken and silence in trauma care. …”
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Prevalence of cervical dysplasia and its relationship with socio-demographic characteristics in a low-resource setting by Babatunde Enoch Adewumi, Julius kolajo Dare, Rita Omobosola Alabi, Rosemary Oluwatosin Komolafe, Sonnen Atinge, Enoch Olaoluwa Olatoye, Halimat Eyitayo Issa, Bethrand Ozioma Chukwu, Emmanuel Kokori, Alexander Idu Entonu

“…Informed consent was obtained from each participant, and data were collected through structured questionnaires. Chi-square tests and logistic regression were used to assess the association between socio-demographic factors and cervical dysplasia. …”
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Vitamin D Status and Its Associated Risk Factors among Adults in the Southwest Region of Cameroon by Delphine A. Tangoh, Tobias O. Apinjoh, Yasir Mahmood, Robert V. Nyingchu, Beatrice A. Tangunyi, Emmanuel N. Nji, Abid Azhar, Eric A. Achidi

“…After obtaining informed consent, a structured questionnaire was used to capture demographic data and risk factors of vitamin D deficiency. …”
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HUBUNGAN ANTARA GAYA HIDUP DAN PEMILIHAN MEREK LOKAL ATAU MEREK LUAR NEGERI (SURVEI PADA AYAM BAKAR WONG SOLO VS KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN) by Budhi Haryanto, Awang Febrianto

“…Convenience sampling method was employed to acquire 250 samples with the criteria of: (1) the respondents had the intention to buy Ayam Bakar Wong Solo or has intention to buy Kentucky Fried Chicken, (2) respondents had the freedom to take or to refuse to paticipate in the survey. (3) Survey was conducted in the form of direct structured intervew. These conditions were intended to get data acuracy. …”
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Non-adherence to epileptic medications among adult patients in south west Shewa zone hospitals of central Ethiopia by Nigus Yehenew, Masrie Getnet, Tamiru Tesfaye, Awoke Masrie, Enyew Mekonnen, Desalegn Tamiru, Hailu Merga

“…Data was collected using a pretested structured interviewer-administered questionnaire. Systematic random sampling technique was carried out to select study participants. …”
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Deep Learning for Time-Series Forecasting With Exogenous Variables in Energy Consumption: A Performance and Interpretability Analysis by Ava Mohammadi, Gonzalo Napoles, Yamisleydi Salgueiro

“…TimeLLM, despite tailored prompting for time-series forecasting, failed to outperform task-specific models, with a test MAE of 2.193, RMSE of 3.473, and sMAPE of 22.89%, highlighting the challenges of adapting foundation models trained on different modalities to structured time-series forecasting. Beyond predictive accuracy, interpretability analysis challenges the assumption that attention mechanisms reliably capture feature importance. …”
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Teachers’ perceptions and experiences of gender in physical education across diverse cultural contexts by Golaleh Makrooni, Joonas Kalari, Warhel Asim Mohammed, Pål Lagestad

“…This study explores the perceptions and experiences of primary school PE teachers in Finland and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), focusing on how cultural, social, curricular, and pedagogical factors shape the positioning of gender in PE.MethodsThe study employed a qualitative approach using semi-structured, in-depth interviews with 14 PE teachers—eight from Finland and six from KRI to examines PE teachers’ perceptions and experiences related to gender in PE. …”
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Exploring key factors associated with training quality among elite para-athletes. A qualitative study by Vemund Øvstehage, Silvana Bucher Sandbakk, Jan Kocbach, Øyvind Sandbakk

“…Therefore, the aim of this study was to qualitatively explore key factors associated with training quality among elite para-athletes across different impairments and sports.MethodsA hermeneutic phenomenological approach was applied to conduct semi-structured interviews with 21 Norwegian current and former elite para-athletes (10 women and 11 men) from ten sports and five impairment categories. …”
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Exploring pre-service teachers’ generative AI readiness and behavioral intentions by Phuong Bui, Tiina Korhonen, Sini Kontkanen, Sorella Karme, Satu Piispa-Hakala, Marjaana Veermans

“…These findings highlight the need for structured AI literacy training in teacher education, emphasizing prompt engineering, evaluative judgment, and strategic AI integration. …”
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A Qualitative Study on the Supportive Care Needs Preferences of Older Colorectal Cancer Patients: Insights from Patient Experiences by Li X, Wu L, Zhang M, Yao L, Zhou N, Li Y, Song X, Zhou H, Song A, Zhou J

“…Data were collected through in-depth, semi-structured interviews with OPCRC. Thematic analysis was employed to identify key themes from the interview transcripts.Results: A total of 25 participants were recruited, comprising 18 males and 7 females. …”
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Non-clinical factors influencing discharge and admission decisions in the emergency department: a focus group study among Israeli physicians by Ofer Kobo, Itay Itzhaki, Michael J. Drescher, Jacob Glazer, Avi Israeli, Bruce E. Landon, Shuli Brammli-Greenberg

“…Methods This qualitative study involved five focus groups with 42 participants (specialists, residents, and physician assistants) across five Israeli hospitals. A semi-structured discussion guide, informed by literature and expert interviews, was used. …”
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Digital transformation in market research in Peru by Paulo César Callupe-Cueva, Augusto Aliaga-Miranda, Luis Ricardo Flores-Vilcapoma, Christian Efrain Raqui-Ramirez, Bernabé Teodoro Vila-Hinojo, Wilmar Salvador Chavarry-Becerra

“…The methodological framework incorporated structured surveys and Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) estimations, with robust validation procedures and adherence to statistical assumptions. …”
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Risk Factors for Rubella Transmission in Kuyu District, Ethiopia, 2018: A Case-Control Study by Abdulbari Abdulkadir, Tsegaye Tewelde Gebrehiwot

“…We interviewed parents by a structured questionnaire and observed the housing condition. …”
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Prevalence and determinants of thirst distress amongst patients on maintenance haemodialysis by Denis Georges Teuwafeu, Vesuh Faith Fonyuy, Nzana Victorine Bandolo, Maimouna Mahamat, Clovis Nkoke, Hermine Fouda Menye, Marie-Patrice Halle

“…Three hundred patients on maintenance haemodialysis for over 3 months were evaluated for thirst distress using the thirst distress scale and its characteristics, using a structured questionnaire before dialysis sessions. Results About 184 (61.33%) patients had thirst distress, with 123 (57.7%) patients being “Always” thirsty. …”
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Mineral Composition of Feed and Mineral Soil Utilization in Haramaya District, East Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia by Sefa Salo, Mengistu Urge, Mohammed Yusuf Kurtu

“…The survey data was collected from four kebeles using a semi-structured questionnaire from 80 respondents (20 from each kebele) selected randomly. …”
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