The healthcare professionals’ role in older adults’ road safety in primary care settings in Canada: a qualitative study by Camille Savoie, Philippe Voyer, Suzanne Bouchard, Martin Lavallière

“…Methods Within a descriptive qualitative design, semi-structured interviews were undertaken with 27 primary healthcare professionals (registered nurses (n = 16), occupational therapists (n = 7), and family physicians (n = 4)). …”
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Determination of Medical Faculty Clinical Students' Attitudes Towards Patient Safety: A Mixed Design Study by Yasemin Güner, Kübra Yilmaz, Dilan Yurtseven, Tuğçe Mümin

“…Quantitative data were collected from 125 students. Then, semi-structured focus group interviews were conducted with six students from each class. …”
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Teachers' Understanding of Play-Based Learning Implementation on Students' Achievement by Onesme Niyibizi, John Peter Kazinyirako, Jean Baptiste Gasigwa, Anne Marie Mukeshimana, Jean Nepomuscene Singirankabo, Cyprien Bintunimana, Vedaste Mutarutinya

“…Employing a qualitative approach, the study utilized semi-structured interviews to investigate into the dynamics of play-based learning. …”
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Association of air quality parameters and socio-demographic towards the human health in India using regression analysis by Stephen Chellakan, Muhammad Abrar Ul Haq, Farheen Akram, Gazi Md Nurul Islam, Vinodh Natarajan

“…Face-to-face interviews were conducted to collect primary data from selected 300 households using a structured questionnaire in rural and urban areas in India. …”
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The health care needs of multidimensional frail elderly patients with multimorbidity in primary health-care settings: a qualitative study by Linlin Zhao, Bingjie Chang, Qinghua Hu, Xiaolei Chen, Juan Du, Shuang Shao

“…Methods This study was conducted using a qualitative approach involving semi-structured interviews of 21 participants at the Outpatient clinic, in four primary health care institutions (PHCIs), Beijing, China. …”
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHER’S PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE: MODERN CHALLENGES AND CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL GROWTH by Alla Durdas, Tetiana Harbuza, Yuliia Radchenko, Hanna Starosta, Yelyzaveta Holohudina

“…The study highlights various ways to continued professional growth, including participation in international collaboration, initiatives of academic exchange, virtual learning environments and institutional programs of efficiency growth. The article also reaffirms the importance of structured, reflective and continuous professional development in ensuring high quality of foreign language teaching in a global academic landscape. …”

Applying the FAIR Principles to Open Educational Resources: A Semantic Similarity Approach to Improve Resource Discovery by Farzaneh Sadeghi, Auriol Degbelo, Carsten Kessler, Reza Zolnouri

“…We constructed a knowledge graph of approximately 500 FAIR OER, each annotated with structured metadata using the Schema.org vocabulary and made accessible through a SPARQL endpoint. …”
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Parental first aid literacy in epistaxis: do parents know what to do? by Alya AlZabin, Ebtesam Almajed, Reem AlTamimi, Nuwayyir Abdullah Alqasimi, Yasser Albalawi, Nasser AlWehaibi

“…This study assessed parental literacy in epistaxis first aid and its correlation with sociodemographic factors.MethodsA cross-sectional online study was conducted from May to June 2023, targeting parents of children aged ≤12 years across Saudi Arabia. Using a structured questionnaire, data on demographic characteristics and epistaxis first aid knowledge were collected from 777 participants. …”
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Key and evolving needs of service providers in women’s harm reduction centers during the COVID-19 pandemic by Azam Rahmani, Maryam Janatolmakan, Elham Rezaei, Malihe Tabarrai

“…Data were gathered through semi-structured face-to-face interviews conducted with ten service providers employed in women’s harm reduction centers situated across three Iranian provinces (Tehran, Khuzestan, and Kermanshah) between January and May 2023. …”
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Smartphones through children’s eyes: perceived benefits and educational considerations by Mirari Gaztañaga, Nahia Idoiaga-Mondragon, Idoia Legorburu Fernandez, Amaia Eiguren Munitis

“…Participants shared their experiences and opinions through structured questionnaires and open-ended responses, allowing for both statistical analysis and thematic exploration.ResultsChildren identified four main benefits of smartphone use: (1) maintaining social connections and contacting parents in emergencies, (2) accessing information, (3) reducing boredom, and (4) engaging in multimedia entertainment. …”
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Albanian university students' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding COVID-19 infection and vaccine: A cross-sectional study by Lumturi Merkuri, Edmond Puca, Fatjona Kamberi, Ilir Alimehmeti, Erda Qorri, Xhejni Borshi

“…Methodology: An online survey was conducted among Albanian university students during April-May 2022, to collect information on their knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to COVID-19, through a structured questionnaire. Results: A total of 906 students, 72.8% females, were included in it. 93.4% of participants knew the ways of transmission of COVID-19; 92.5% had information about preventive measures, but only 30% knew about quarantine and 37.0% knew vaccination as a preventive measure. …”
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OSH Management in Small and Medium Enterprises: A Bibliometric Review by Sofia Afifah Hazemi, Noor Diana Abdul Majid, Mirta Widia, Hanida Abdul Aziz

“…This study addresses the lack of thematic synthesis and trend forecasting by offering a structured overview of the field's intellectual landscape. …”
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Factors influencing timely diagnosis of autism in China: an application of Andersen’s behavioral model of health services use by Zhuoqing Li, Xuejing Niu, Patrick C. M. Wong, Huanyu Zhang, Li Wang

“…Additionally, there is an urgent need for specialized autism training for healthcare professionals, the development of structured referral systems, and the expansion of telehealth solutions to ensure equitable access to diagnosis services across regions. …”
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The Impact of High Labour Turnover on Students Performance in Private Higher Institutions of Learning in Kabale District: A Case Study of African College of Commerce and Technology... by Kemigisha, Maryshivan

“…Additionally, stakeholders should establish structured career growth opportunities for employees, including mentorship programs, training sessions, and workshops aimed at developing specific skills that align with both personal and institutional goals. …”
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Coupled effects of morphology/length scale of the microstructure and microsegregation on the corrosion behaviour of a single-phase Zn-1wt%Cu alloy by Romulo S. Miranda, Talita Vida, Henrique S. Ligeiro, Noé Cheung, Fábio R. Simões, Amauri Garcia, Crystopher Brito

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Post-Graduate Urology Training in Low- and Middle-Income Countries by Laith Baqain, Sanad Haddad, Ronny Baqain, Yaser El Hout, Mohammed Shahait

“…<b>Results:</b> The analysis revealed significant variability in program structures and requirements across LMICs. …”
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Comparative study of purification methods for influenza-specific IgY from chicken eggs by W. P. Rachmawan, M. E. Saputri, A. Esfandiari, R. D. Soejoedono, O. N. Poetri, B. F. Prasetyo

Assessing learning outcomes and self-directed learning through gamification in LMS by Handy Ferdiansyah, Muhammad Farhan Rafi, Ardansyah Panji Utama, Tika Aprilia, Joko Slamet

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Application of Particle Swarm Optimization and Ant Colony Optimization integration in the Aerator Reducer Optimization Design by Wu Dongmin, Rui Yannian, Shen Ming

“…The Ant colony algorithm has the defects of premature convergence as its parameter selection greatly dependent on the personal experience.In order to solve the problem,a PAAA algorithm to optimization design the planetary gear reducer of the aerator is presented.To meet the constraints condition of structure and strength,taking the minimum volume and the highest efficiency of the planetary gear train as objective functions,its optimization mathematics model is established.The Matlab program is wrote to solve the mathematical model by using PAAA algorithm.The research results show that planetary gear train has smaller volume and higher efficiency under assuring the design requirements.The results also verified the PAAA optimization has the advantage of effective,accurate and reliable.…”
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Investments in Russia’s transport infractructure by A. A. Bychkova

“…Renovation and optimisation of the transport structure brings a number of advantages to the Russian transport infrastructure. …”
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