Demoralization syndrome in elderly patients with advanced lung cancer: a multi-center study in North China by Ya Li, Wei Yang, Weiwei Feng, Lingyuan Zhang, Yikun Yao, Kai Yan, Hong Zhang, Xiaochao Wan

“…Data collection was carried out using structured questionnaires, which included the Chinese adaptation of the Demoralization Syndrome Scale and Perceptions of Social Support Questionnaire. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices toward risk of basic nosocomial infection control among pediatric healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study in Nanjing, China by Ruizhe Yang, Wu Yan, Xu Wang, Wei Li, Shengfan Xue, Tingting Wang, Xiaorong Xiang, Qian Li

“…BackgroundThis study was conducted to systematically evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of pediatric healthcare workers (HCWs) concerning risk assessment in basic nosocomial infection control, with a specific focus on identifying key demographic and professional variables that may influence these outcomes.MethodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted among 126 pediatric HCWs in Nanjing, China. A structured questionnaire on nosocomial infection control was developed using the Delphi method. …”
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Key Competencies of Built Environment Professionals for Achieving Net-Zero Carbon Emissions in the Ghanaian Construction Industry by Kofi Agyekum, Kezia Nana Yaa Serwaa Sackey, Felix Esahe Addoh, Hayford Pittri, John Sosu, Frederick Owusu Danso

“…A quantitative research approach was employed, utilizing a structured questionnaire survey to examine the opinions of 125 professionals, including architects, engineers, and construction managers. …”
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Entrepreneurial Orientation Impact on Entrepreneurial Behavior in the Service Industry by Fayeq Ali Ali

“…In the same way, objectives are structured to reach the expected outcome of research justifying the underlying factors of entrepreneurial orientation, knowing the importance of entrepreneurial behavior for restaurateurs, and validating the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and entrepreneurial behavior. …”
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Prevalence of stroke cognition and health literacy in high-risk populations in Chengdu: a community-based cross-sectional study by Yue Wang, Chun-yu He, Wen-bo Chen, Xiao-qing Jiang, Yan Xie, Yan Xie, Yuan-mei Zhao, Ling Yuan

“…Participants were first screened for stroke risk using a technical plan, followed by an assessment of socio-demographic factors and health education status through a pre-designed structured interview questionnaire. The Health Literacy Management Scale (HeLMS) was utilized to evaluate health literacy levels, while a stroke prevention and treatment knowledge questionnaire was used to assess stroke knowledge. …”
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Assessment of emotional intelligence, self-efficacy, and perceived stress among nursing students in clinical practice: a cross-sectional study by Nasser Shubayr, Hamad Dailah

“…Given these findings, integrating structured emotional intelligence training into nursing curricula is essential. …”
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Craniofacial genetics as a differential identification tool: analysis of a subset of Yoruba-speaking population in Nigeria by Suwebat Bidemi Kareem, Olugbenga Akinola, Oluyinka Ajibola Iyiola, Misturah Yetunde Adana, Ade Stephen Alabi, Aminu Imam, Moyosore Salihu Ajao

“…The personal information of participants was obtained using semi-structured, self-administered questionnaires, while craniofacial parameters were measured from facial photographs with Digimizer software. …”
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Perceived healthcare quality as the predictor of patient satisfaction: Findings from a public sector tertiary care hospital in Kerala, South India by Malathi Mini, Jeby Jose Olickal, Antony Stanley, Thekkumkara Surendran Anish, Vimala Chellappan

“…Data were collected using a validated, structured questionnaire, including a patient satisfaction questionnaire and a perceived healthcare quality questionnaire, each with a total score ranging from 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest). …”
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Using the OSCE to assess medical students’ communication and clinical reasoning during five years of restricted clinical practice by Armijo-Rivera Soledad, Zamorano Saavedra Catalina, Vicencio-Clarke Scarlett, Behrens Pérez Claudia, Pérez-Villalobos Cristhian

“…Abstract Background Objective and Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is a widely used evaluation method for health profession students. …”
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Unraveling the interplay of stress, cognitive failure, and academic self-efficacy among postgraduate nursing candidates: a mediational path analysis by Mona Metwally El-Sayed, Eman Sameh AbdElhay, Bothaina Hussein Hassan, Samah Mohamed Taha

“…Data were collected through individual structured interviews using validated Arabic versions of the Cognitive Failure Questionnaire (CFQ), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10), and Sherer’s General Self-Efficacy Scale (SGSES). …”
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Quality of life and its associated factors in patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing transapical transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a cross-sectional study by Xianfeng Liu, Shanshan Lv, Guixia Li, Xuying Guo, Jing Zheng

“…Clinical, demographic, and behavioral data were collected through structured interviews and medical record review. Stepwise multiple linear regression analysis was performed to identify predictors of QoL across total and domain-specific scores. …”
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COVID-19 vaccination acceptance among community members and health workers in Ebonyi state, Nigeria: study protocol for a concurrent-independent mixed method analyses of intention... by Ugwu I Omale, Osarhiemen Iyare, Richard L Ewah, Chidinma I Amuzie, Onyinyechukwu U Oka, Victor U Uduma, Azuka S Adeke, Cordis O Ikegwuonu, Olaedo O Nnachi, Okechukwu O Ukpabi, Ifeyinwa M Okeke, Glory E Nkwo, Ugochi IA Nwali

“…Quantitative data will be collected from all consenting/assenting community members aged 15 years and above, in 28 randomly selected geographical clusters, through structured interviewer-administered questionnaire household survey using KoBoCollect installed in android devices. …”
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Microbial community shifts drive biodegradable microplastic inhibition of seed germination in plateau wetlands by Hong Xiang, Jia-Xian Luo, Hao-Ran Bao, Xiao-Long Sun, Hao-Qin Xiong

“…Multivariate analyses using nonmetric multidimensional scaling and linear discriminant analysis effect size demonstrated that biodegradable MPs exerted a more substantial influence on microbial community structure, thus altering the species composition of the seed bank. …”
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ALLOCHTHONOUS MARBLES IN HIGH-GRADE METAMORPHIC TERRANES (A CASE STUDY OF OLKHON TERRANE, WEST BAIKAL AREA, RUSSIA) by E. V. Sklyarov, A. V. Lavrenchuk

“…This approach is correct in most cases, but carbonate and silicate-carbonate rocks, which often make linear bodies, may be allochthonous in some structurally and compositionally complex metamorphic terranes, as in the case of the Olkhon terrane.…”
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Rationale and protocol for a longitudinal cohort study of children with cerebral palsy in China assessing functional developmental trends, genetic aetiology and imaging by Jing Zhang, Jinhua Lu, Wenhao Zhou, Yuan Zhang, Hongyu Zhou, Fan Wu, Ting Gao, Jie Luo, Jinling Li, Jingbo Zhang, Lu He, Tingting Peng, Zhaoyao He, Qingfen Hou, Danxia Fan, Mengru Zhong, Yage Zhang, Rongji Liao, Liru Liu, Yun Zheng, Hongmei Tang, Lei Pi, Hongsheng Liu, Kaishou Xu

“…Analytical methods will include correlation analysis, logistic regression (binary and multivariate), linear and non-linear mixed-effects models and structural equation modelling.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval was granted by the Research Ethics Committee of Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center (No.2023-346A01). …”
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Virtual patients as the basis for problem-based learning of cardiologists by S. I. Karas, M. B. Arzhanik, E. E. Kara-Sal, E. V. Grakova, O. Y. Vasiltseva, W. Y. Ussov, V. Kh. Vaizov, K. V. Zavadovsky, V. M. Gulyaev, A. E. Baev, S. O. Kolganov, S. B. Kochetkov, V. V. Datsuk, T. B. Korneeva, G. K. Nozdrin

“…Every virtual patient is a structural model for a diagnostic and treatment process of a real patient augmented with textual and multimedia information. …”
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The effect of age and sex on brain metabolites: from childhood to adulthood by María Ortuño, Adriana Fortea, Isabel Valli, Emma Muñoz-Moreno, Roger Borràs, Irene Martínez-Serrano, Mireia Masias Bruns, Patricia Camprodon-Boadas, Enric Vilajosana, Lydia Fortea, Joaquim Raduà, Elena de la Serna, Inmaculada Baeza, Josefina Castro-Fornieles, Gisela Sugranyes

“…This cross-sectional study set out to examine the relationship between levels of neurometabolites and age and sex —key modulators of brain function and structure—, continuously from childhood to early adulthood, in areas relevant to the study of psychiatric disorders.Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (¹H MRS) data was acquired in the dorsomedial prefrontal region (dmPF) and the medial temporal lobe (mTL) in 128 healthy individuals aged 7 to 34 years, 68.5 % females (ndmPF = 124; nmTL = 75). …”
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Outcomes of 25-Gauge Vitrectomy for Tractional and Nontractional Diabetic Macular Edema with Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy by Hideaki Someya, Kei Takayama, Masaru Takeuchi, Hiroshi Yokoyama, Takeshi Kimura, Masakazu Morioka, Yoshihiro Takamura, Seiji Sameshima, Tetsuo Ueda, Nahoko Ogata, Maki Tashiro, Shigehiko Kitano, Taiji Sakamoto

“…Twenty-five-gauge vitrectomy effectively improved VA and macular structure both in TME and nTME groups. Baseline VA, CMT, and kidney function are important factors affecting postoperative VA.…”
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Sliding-mode control based on prescribed performance function and its application to a SEA-Based lower limb exoskeleton by Feilong Zhang, Feilong Zhang, Tian Wang, Liang Zhang, Enming Shi, Enming Shi, Chengchao Wang, Chengchao Wang, Ning Li, Yu Lu, Bi Zhang

“…However, due to the fixed structure of the controller, the applicability and universality of this method are limited. …”
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The Impossibility of The Presence of Movement and Temporality in the World of Iranians Painting by Mariam Salari, Mostafa Goudarzi

“…In fact, this is the formula that experimental and scientific understanding seeks to prove and adhere to; namely, to reach a humanistic structure that is the result of the visual perception of a human subject, and this idea is completely at odds with the ontological structure of Iranian painting. …”
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