Epidemiology of spinal cord injuries in three selected counties in Kenya by George M. Muli, Veronica Ntsiea, Natalie Benjamin-Damons, Nassib Tawa

“…Then, a retrospective descriptive cross-sectional study design was utilised to evaluate the prevalence of SCI. …”
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Injury and Illness Incidence in 2017 Super Rugby Tournament: A Surveillance Study on a Single South African Team by Kim Buchholtz, Curt Barnes, Theresa L. Burgess

“… # Hypothesis/Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence and nature of time-loss injuries and illness during the pre-season and competition period of the 2017 Super Rugby tournament in a single South African team. # Study Design Descriptive Epidemiology Study # Methods Forty-five adult players were recruited from one 2017 Super Rugby South African team, with 39 included in the final data set. …”
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Effective Interventions for Improving Functional Movement Screen Scores Among “High-Risk” Athletes: A Systematic Review by Sean C. Clark, Nicholas D. Rowe, Mohamed Adnan, Symone M. Brown, Mary K. Mulcahey

“… # Purpose The aim of this systematic review was to assess the role of physical intervention programs in increasing functional movement in "high-risk" athletes as measured by the FMS^TM^. # Study Design Systematic Review # Methods A computerized search was performed in 2019 according to PRISMA guidelines searching Embase, Science Direct, Ovid, and PubMed. …”
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Magnitude of Prelacteal Feeding and Its Associated Factors among Mothers Having Children Less than One Year of Age: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Rural Eastern Zone, T... by Senait Gebreslasie Gebremeskel, Tesfay Tsegay Gebru, Selam Shushay Kassahun, Berhanu Gebresilassie Gebrehiwot

“…Community-based cross-sectional study design was employed. The final sample size was 828, and the multistage sampling technique was used. …”
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHALLENGES HINDERING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS’ BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY IN GAUTENG PROVINCE by Prince Chukwuneme Enwereji, Bayai Innocent, Timothy Olaniyi Aluko Aluko

“…It further examines the specific challenges these women encounter in running their businesses. Study design: A qualitative research approach was employed and draws insights from indepth interviews with forty (40) women entrepreneurs operating in various sectors of the Gauteng SMME sector. …”
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Obstetric Characteristics in Women with Congenital Uterine Anomalies who Gave a Live Birth by Duygu Altın Başkak, Mert Turğal, Sinan Beksaç

“… OBJECTIVE: We retrospectively analyzed previous maternal obstetric characteristics as well as obstetric characteristics regarding the current pregnancy in thirty three consecutive pregnant patients with congenital uterine anomalies (CUA) who gave birth to a live baby at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology between 2005 and 2013. STUDY DESIGN: Descriptive statistics were used to describe previous maternal obstetric characteristics as well as the outcome of the successful pregnancy among different types of CUA. …”
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Are Exercise Therapy Protocols For The Treatment of Hip-Related Pain Adequately Described? A Systematic Review of Intervention Descriptions by August Estberger, Joanne L Kemp, Kristian Thorborg, Anders Pålsson, Eva Ageberg

“… # Purpose The aim of this systematic review was to assess the reporting completeness of exercise therapy protocols for people with hip-related pain. # Study design Systematic review according to PRISMA guidelines…”
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Ductus Venosus Doppler S/D Value Adjusted Alfa Fetoprotein Levels to Decrease False Positive Rates by Alptekin Tosun, Enis Özkaya, Vakkas Korkmaz, Yasemin Çekmez

“…In this study we tried to determine the effect of ductus venosus and umbilical blood flow on serum AFP levels STUDY DESIGN: Sixty women with 16-20 weeks of gestation were enrolled for the study. …”
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Future-shaping themes: Digital age foresight in Turkish university strategic plans by Oğuzhan Aytar, Rukiye Arslan

“…Purpose: This study's main aim was to discover how universities in Türkiye predict the digital age via the emphasis they place on digital themes in their future plans. Study design/methodology/approach: The content analysis technique utilised within the scope of document analysis was chosen as the best method to satisfy this study's objectives. …”
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Identify the underlying true model from other models for clinical practice using model performance measures by Yan Li

“…Abstract Objective To assess whether the outcome generation true model could be identified from other candidate models for clinical practice with current conventional model performance measures considering various simulation scenarios and a CVD risk prediction as exemplar. Study design and setting Thousands of scenarios of true models were used to simulate clinical data, various candidate models and true models were trained on training datasets and then compared on testing datasets with 25 conventional use model performance measures. …”
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Association between Prenatal One-Hour Glucose Challenge Test Values and Delivery Mode in Nondiabetic, Pregnant Black Women by Jerel M. Ezell, Rosalind M. Peters, Jessica E. Shill, Andrea E. Cassidy-Bushrow

“…We examined the association between 1-hour glucose challenge test (GCT) values and risk of caesarean section. Study Design. A prospective cohort study recruited 203 pregnant Black women to participate. …”
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A Service User Perspective Informing the Role of Occupational Therapy in School Transition Practice for High School Learners with TBI: An African Perspective by Lee-Ann Jacobs-Nzuzi Khuabi, Estelle Swart, Mogammad Shaheed Soeker

“…This study was situated in the interpretivist qualitative paradigm and used a multicase study design, which included semistructured interviews with eight adolescent learners with TBI, their primary caregivers, teachers, and principals as well as observations and documentation review. …”
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In-Hospital Mortality among Ischemic Stroke Patients in Gondar University Hospital: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Eyob Alemayehu Gebreyohannes, Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Tamrat Befekadu Abebe, Mohammed Assen Seid, Kaleab Taye Haile

“…A census using retrospective cohort study design was conducted on medical records of adult patients with the diagnosis of ischemic stroke attending the medical inpatient ward of Gondar University Hospital between November 2012 and September 2016. …”
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High Prevalence of Low Back Pain in College Rifle Athletes by Bailey Urbach, Cody Mansfield, Mica Harr, Matthew S. Briggs, James Onate, Laura Boucher

“…It was hypothesized that over 50% of athletes would report an episode of LBP due to participation in collegiate rifle events. # Study Design Cross-Sectional Study # Methods Athletes at least 18 years of age who were members of a collegiate rifle program during the 2019-2020 season were surveyed via an online questionnaire. …”
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Interdisciplinary Approaches in Doctoral and Higher Research Education: An Integrative Scoping Review by Kritika Rana, Sarah J. Aitken, Ritesh Chimoriya

“…The review synthesized evidence from studies published in English, focusing on interdisciplinary research in doctoral education, with no restrictions on study design. Eligibility criteria were based on the SPIDER tool (Sample, Phenomenon of Interest, Design, Evaluation, Research Type). …”
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Prenatal Cytogenetic Findings in 13.466 Cases of High-Risk Pregnant Women in One Laboratory by Leyla Özer, Evrim Ünsal, Özge Ayvaz, Aşkın Şen, Volkan Baltacı

“… OBJECTIVE: This study was aimed to evaluate cytogenetic findings of high risk pregnancies according to indications. STUDY DESIGN: Between years 2001 and 2009, a large series of 13466 pregnant women with various high-risk factors were referred to our genetic laboratory for prenatal genetic diagnosis. 12.124 amniocentesis, 212 chorionic villus sampling (CVS), 173 percutaneous umbilical blood sampling (PUBS) samples and 809 fetal and placental tissue samples (from aborted or from stillbirth fetuses) were collected. …”
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The challenges and opportunities of women working in weaving cultural clothes at Bahir-Dar City, Bahirdar, Ethiopia by Tatek Getachew, Chekol Alemu, Habitamu Wudu

“…Method The study employed a qualitative research method with a case study design. Participants were selected through purposive and availability sampling for semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions. …”
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Methodologische Probleme in der phonetischen Forschung des Polnischen als Fremdsprache by Alicja Derych

“…The paper shows that phonetic studies concerned with Polish as a foreign/second language trigger methodological issues which relate to, apart from problems of equipment and data processing, the assessment of proficiency of the respondents, linguistic proficiency itself (especially related to orthography and vocabulary) and requirements in source material design, as well as study design (its temporal aspects), personal, extralinguistic factors, communicative situation and the role of the researcher in it, and the question of spontaneity closely linked to the textual type of the samples collected. …”
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Comparison of Intervention Programs to Improve Trunk Stability for Active Females by Kate Schwartzkopf-Phifer, Katie Whetstone, Mark Marchino, Kevin Brown, Kyle Matsel

“…It was hypothesized that subjects in the NEATS program would have greater improvements on outcomes related to trunk stability than subjects in the Pilates program. # Study Design Randomized controlled trial # Methods All subjects were tested at baseline on Beighton criteria, the FMSTM, Y-Balance Test Upper Quarter and Lower Quarter, and grip strength by an evaluator blinded to group allocation. …”
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Factors Determining Parental Attitudes Towards Termination of Pregnancy in Prenatally Detected Down Syndrome by Ömer Talip Turhan, Mehmet Serdar Kütük, Ruksan Büyükoğlan, Mehmet Dolanbay, Mahmut Tuncay Özgün, Özlem Turhan, Mürşide Şahin

“… OBJECTIVE: The aims of this study are to explore the rate of termination of pregnancy for Down syndrome in Turkey and to investigate demographic characteristics of the parents that may influence the parents' decision. STUDY DESIGN: The study was conducted in Erciyes University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Prenatal Diagnosis Unite between 2009-2011. …”
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