ASSIST in Pitjantjatjara: Protocol for a randomised crossover validation study among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians by Matthew W.R. Stevens, Sue Bertossa, Dominic Barry, Chris Holmwood, KS Kylie Lee, John Marsden, Matt Pedler, Mark Thompson, Scott Wilson, Robert L. Ali

“…Eligible participants (aged 18–65) will be briefed and, upon consent, randomly complete the ASSIST app on an iPad and a semi-structured, yarning-style diagnostic interview (see endnote 1) with a health professional and Pitjantjatjara interpreter. …”
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Purchase, consumption, and ownership of chickens and chicken products among households in Maputo, Mozambique: A cross-sectional study by Kayoko Shioda, Frederica Smith, Hermógenes Neves Mucache, Anushka Reddy Marri, Jhanel Chew, Karen Levy, Matthew C. Freeman

“…Methods: To assess chicken purchase, ownership, and consumption practices, we conducted a population-based survey using a structured questionnaire in Maputo, Mozambique in 2021. …”
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Association of non-exercise physical activity with sarcopenia compared with that of exercise habits among community-dwelling older adults: A 7-year follow-up from the Kashiwa Cohor... by Weida Lyu, Tomoki Tanaka, Bo-Kyung Son, Yasuyo Yoshizawa, Katsuya Iijima

“…Therefore, NEPA may be a practical alternative to structured exercises for older adults.…”
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Core outcome set and measures of chest health in children and young people with cerebral palsy in the community setting: the CHESTI study protocol by Jos Latour, Noula Gibson, Harriet Shannon, Christopher Morris, Paul McNamara, Diane Sellers, Rachel Rapson, Madeline Pilbury, Samantha Grace, Laura Lowndes, Julia Melluish, Rachel Knight Lozano, Kayleigh Bell, Hugh Malyon, Morag Andrews, Sarah Crombie, Sian Goddard, Sarah McGoldrick Kolawole, Nicola Scivier, Caroline Weighton, Luana Winston

“…Findings will be mapped to COMET-taxonomy, generating a list of candidate outcomes. (2) An international e-Delphi survey will invite stakeholders to rate the importance of each outcome, followed by a consensus meeting to ratify the COS. (3) A structured review, guided by health measurement taxonomy, will evaluate relevant instruments, with a final meeting to agree on recommended measures for each COS domain.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval was provided by the University of Plymouth Research Ethics Committee for the qualitative interview study (ID5116), e-Delphi study and consensus meeting (ID5636). …”
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Development of Ecological Environment Monitoring Network System in China by Qiao Wang, Shaomin Liu, Guoqiang Wang, Yinglan A, Baolin Xue, Ziwei Xu, Jin Wu

“…Although China has built a large-scale, comprehensive, and well-structured ecological environment monitoring network, it is insufficient to meet the major national demands of the new era, such as reducing pollution and carbon emissions, ecological protection and restoration, and addressing climate change. …”
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Prevalence and intensity of intestinal and soil-transmitted helminths infection among children in internally displaced camps in Mogadishu Somalia by Bashiru Garba, Hodo Aideed Asowe, Najib Isse Dirie, Yushau Umar, Abdikani Omar Salah, Ahmed Abdirahim Hussien, Ikram Abdirahman Mohamud Alasow, Fartun Abdullahi Hassan Orey, Jihaan Hassan, Jamal Hassan Mohamoud, Mohamed Hussein Adam, Mohamed Adam Mahamud, Mohamed Mustaf Ahmed

“…This study was undertaken to assess the prevalence and intensity of intestinal and soil-transmitted helminth infections among school-aged children in the Deyniile and Kahda internally displaced persons camps. A well-structured questionnaire was used to collect sociodemographic, behavioral and environmental data from the respondents, while fresh stool samples were collected to detect helminths via the cellophane-based Kato–Katz technique. …”
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Balancing Care and Sacrifice: Lived Experiences and Support Needs of Primary Caregivers in Pediatric Chronic Pain Across Canada and Australia by Nicole Pope, Nicole Drumm, Kathryn A. Birnie, Melanie Noel, Carolyn Berryman, Nicki Ferencz, Tieghan Killackey, Megan Macneil, Darrel Zientek, Victoria Surry, Jennifer N. Stinson

“…Methods: We conducted a qualitative exploratory study involving 32 caregivers of youth with chronic pain across Canada and Australia. Semi-structured interviews were co-facilitated by caregiver partners. …”
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Informing family physician payment reform in Canada: protocol for a cross-provincial, multimethod study by Agnes Grudniewicz, Kimberlyn McGrail, Alan Katz, M Ruth Lavergne, David Rudoler, Lindsay Hedden, Maria Mathews, Rita McCracken, Erin C Strumpf, Nichole Austin, Gayle Halas, Sarah Spencer, Ted McDonald, Hugh Shiplett, Rachel Thelen

“…First, we will complete semi-structured interviews with family physicians in British Columbia, Manitoba and Nova Scotia (provinces where a new blended compensation model has been introduced). …”
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Potential of patient portals to enhance adolescent asthma care engagement by Emma J. Clark, MSc, Whitney Chan, Emily Gao, Ilana Radparvar, Rong Guo, MS, Ana Gomez, BA, Nashica Hamm, BS, Dariush Kafashzadeh, MD, Gery W. Ryan, PhD, Mindy K. Ross, MD, MAS, MBA

“…Methods: We completed semi-structured interviews to determine adolescent perceptions of a portal-based asthma care module and its potential for HCT. …”
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Maternal health disparities linked to stressful life events: a cross-sectional study of industrialized Italian cities by Esha Bansal, Alessandra Patrono, Stefano Renzetti, Roberto G. Lucchini, Yueh-Hsiu Mathilda Chiu, Michele Conversano, Miriana Montemurro, Deborah Bruno, Carmen Franco, Augusto Giorgino, Giuseppa Cagna, Chiara Fedrighi, Maurizio Memo, Donatella Placidi

“…Information about family demographics, socioeconomic status, and maternal health were collected by self-report on structured surveys. Statistical analyses were performed in R. …”
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Postoperative functional training program for vascularised Iliac flap donor site in jaw defect reconstruction based on the Delphi method by Li Li, Qian He, Na Zhou, Zhaoxia Zhang, Xiaoming Lv, Jie Zhang

“…., restrictions on flexion < 90°, and bans on squatting or cross-legged sitting). PFT is structured into six progressive phases, with exercise intensity tailored to assessment outcomes. …”
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Facilitators and barriers to participation of patients with treatment resistant depression in a randomised controlled trial of two forms of personalised magnetic resonance imaging... by Clement Boutry, Lucy Webster, Louise Thomson, Delilah Harding, Isabel Reid, Peter Bates, John Gledhill, Rebecca McNaughton, Jane Eastham, Joanne Ooi, Andy Willis, Sonal Marner, Richard Morriss

“…Methods Nineteen participants from the BRIGhTMIND RCT of two forms of MRI personalised TMS, completed semi-structured interviews exploring the reasons behind the uptake and experience of TMS. …”
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Malaria control among Myanmar migrants in Thailand: a qualitative study of healthcare providers by Nichakan Inthitanon, Piyarat Sripoorote, Yupaporn Wattanagoon, Pattamaporn Petchvijit, Ammarind Anantjitsupha, Kyawt Mon Win, Nattawan Rachaphaew, Khaing Zin Zin Htwe, Kritsana Suk-aum, Peeriya Watakulsin, Liwang Cui, Jetsumon Sattabongkot, Daniel M. Parker, Wang Nguitragool, Pyae Linn Aung

“…Methods A cross-sectional qualitative study was conducted in early 2024. Semi-structured interviews were held with 20 government healthcare providers and village health volunteers involved in malaria control across three districts in western Thailand with the highest malaria caseloads. …”
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Citizen Science from the Perspective of Higher Education Professors by Helton Luis Nina Lameira, Mayerly Alexandra Guerrero-Moreno, Everton Cruz Silva, Paulo Roberto Brasil Santos, Maria Alexandra Teodósio, José Max Barbosa Oliveira-Junior

“…We conducted a cross-sectional, descriptive study using a semi-structured questionnaire distributed via Google Forms and composed of 40 open and closed questions covering the sociodemographic, professional, and conceptual aspects of CS. …”
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Multimorbidity in tuberculosis (TB) and its impact on patient care (MITICare): a cross-sectional study nested within a prospective cohort study protocol. [version 1; peer review: 2... by Katherine Hill, Christine Sekaggya-Wiltshire, Derek Sloan, Molly Naisanga, Rogers Owori, Helen R Stagg, Sarah Mills, Stellah Mpagama, Noela Owarwo

“…Multimorbidity shall be assessed using structured questionnaires, simple examination and blood analysis. …”
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Family physicians’ attitudes and practice on screening and prevention of fragility fractures, and shared decision-making with postmenopausal women: a qualitative study in Spain by Montserrat León-García, Esther Cánovas Martínez, Yolanda Álvarez Pérez, María Antonia Pou, Alberto López García-Franco, Ana Sanz Bas, Sara Rodriguez-Moreno, Claudia Erika Delgado Espinoza, Pablo Roca, Aránzazu González Osuna, Diana Fernández Valverde, Betzabeth Marín Nanco, Melixa Medina-Aedo, Lilisbeth Perestelo-Pérez, Pablo Alonso-Coello

“…Methods We conducted a qualitative study to explore the attitudes and practices of Spanish family physicians in preventing fractures among postmenopausal women. Sixteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with physicians from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds and levels of clinical experience. …”
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Soil moisture retrieval and spatiotemporal variation analysis based on deep learning by Zihan Zhang, Jinjie Wang, Jianli Ding, Jinming Zhang, Liya Shi, Wen Ma

“…Nine deep learning models, including three basic architectures (Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN), Long Short-Term Memory Networks (LSTM), Transformer) and six hybrid structures (CNN-LSTM, LSTM-CNN, CNN-with-LSTM, CNN-Transformer, GAN-LSTM, Transformer-LSTM), were systematically compared to evaluate the impact of neural network structure on model performance. …”
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Design and rationale of MYOFLAME-19 randomised controlled trial: MYOcardial protection to reduce post-COVID inFLAMmatory heart disease using cardiovascular magnetic resonance Endpo... by Valentina O. Puntmann, Dietrich Beitzke, Andreas Kammerlander, Inga Voges, Dominik D. Gabbert, Marcus Doerr, Bishwas Chamling, Biykem Bozkurt, Juan Carlos Kaski, Erica Spatz, Eva Herrmann, Gernot Rohde, Philipp DeLeuw, Lenka Taylor, Christine Windemuth-Kieselbach, Cornelia Harz, Marta Santiuste, Laura Schoeckel, Juliana Hirayama, Peter C. Taylor, Colin Berry, Eike Nagel

“…ABSTRACT: Background: Cardiac symptoms due to postacute inflammatory cardiac involvement affect a broad segment of previously well people with only mild acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) illness and without overt structural heart disease. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging can identify the underlying subclinical disease process, which is associated with chronic cardiac symptoms. …”
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Computational Modelling of Tunicamycin C Interaction with Potential Protein Targets: Perspectives from Inverse Docking with Molecular Dynamic Simulation by Vivash Naidoo, Ikechukwu Achilonu, Sheefa Mirza, Rodney Hull, Jeyalakshmi Kandhavelu, Marushka Soobben, Clement Penny

“…Following this, molecular dynamics modelling revealed that Tunicamycin C binding induced a conformational perturbation in the 3D structures of TK1 and PKAc, inhibiting their activities. …”
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Fast heating annealing of V-microalloyed TWIP steel: Pathway to ultrafine grains and enhanced mechanical performance by Atef Hamada, Ali Khosravifard, Tuomas Alatarvas, Matias Jaskari, Walaa Abd-Elaziem, Tarek Allam, Antti Järvenpää

“…The optimized structure achieved at 850 °C showcased an exceptional strength–ductility balance, with a yield strength of 415 MPa, tensile strength of 850 MPa, and elongation of 60 %, resulting in a high UTS × TE product of 50700 MPa·%. …”
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