Development and validation of a food and nutrition literacy questionnaire for Chinese parents of children with functional constipation (FNLQ-p) by Jie Yang, Hui Wang, Yanchi Shen, Hui Yang, Yan Huang, Jinjin Cao

“…Hence, the development and validation of a specialized food and nutrition literacy assessment tool for parents of school-aged children with functional constipation is of paramount significance.MethodsOn the basis of literature review, the first draft was formed, and the results of expert correspondence and pre survey were combined to delete and modify the first draft. …”
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Development of an educational and monitoring mobile application for pregnant women in Nigeria by Abdulhammed Opeyemi Babatunde, Abdulhammed Opeyemi Babatunde, Adejumoke Idowu Ayede, Amalia Colangelo, Tuan Dung Nguyen, Abdullahi Tunde Aborode, Charles Umeh, Maria Paula Hernandez, Oluwaseyi Iyanuoluwa Ayede, Oluwatobiloba Oluwadunni Ayede

“…Ninety-five percent (95%) of pregnant women surveyed were willing to download the mobile application. …”
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KaRhab: an international online registry for cardiac rhabdomyomas by Vera-Maria Herrmann, Maria Arelin, Caroline G. Bergner, Julia Herrmann, Paula Janz, Henriette Kiep, Annika Mueller, Steffen Syrbe, Robert Wagner, Bardo Wannenmacher, Nadine Wolf, Michael Weidenbach, Vincent Strehlow

“…Results In order to congregate existing and future information on cardiac RHM we established a web-based cardiac RHM online registry using an online survey tool. In addition we integrated previously published data from individual case reports and case series. …”
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Exploring canyons beneath Devon Ice Cap for sub-glacial drainage using radar and thermodynamic modeling by Chris Pierce, Mark Skidmore, Lucas Beem, Don Blankenship, Ed Adams, Christopher Gerekos

“…Sub-glacial canyon features up to 580 m deep between flat terraces were identified beneath Devon Ice Cap during a 2023 radar echo sounding (RES) survey. The largest canyon connects a hypothesized brine network near the Devon Ice Cap summit with the marine-terminating Sverdrup outlet glacier. …”
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Self-reported health profiles of trauma victims with and without psychiatric histories by Alan R. King, Sara K. Kuhn, Stephanie Brezinski, Michael Jowkar, Kourtney Smith

“…Participants and procedure College (n = 2,320) and national (n = 663) respondents were surveyed to identify trauma histories defined using the primary DSM-5 diagnostic criterion for PTSD. …”
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Association between the Number of Childbirths and the Progress of Atherosclerosis among Women with Diabetes: A Cohort Study Based on Chinese Population by Jie Wang, Yu Pei, Kang Chen, Wenhua Yan, Anping Wang, Yijun Li, Jia Li, Haibing Wang, Ping An, Linxi Zhang, Yingnan Ye, Xinye Jin, Guang Ning, Yiming Mu, Weijun Gu

“…In total, 1159 Chinese parous women from a community longitudinal survey conducted in the communities of Shijingshan district, Beijing, China, were included in our study. …”
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Predicted quality benefits of achievable performance benchmarks of chronic heart failure care in China: results from a nationwide observational study by Xi Li, Chao Wang, Jingkun Li, Yupeng Wang, Xiaoqiang Bao, Meina Liu, Qiuju Zhang, Chang Yin, Xudong Ma

“…Objectives This study aimed to set a data-driven achievable performance benchmark, explore the process–outcome association and speculate about the net gain in quality improvement with benchmarking.Design Observational study.Setting Patient survey conducted at 466 secondary and tertiary hospitals across 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in China.Participants 183 334 patients diagnosed with chronic heart failure (CHF) who were treated at 466 Chinese hospitals from January 2011 through May 2017.Primary independent variables Hospital process composite performance (HPCP).Secondary independent variables Patient-level and hospital-level characteristics.Primary outcome measure Patients getting better or recovered after treatment, in-hospital mortality, length of hospital stay (LOS) and medical cost.Methods HPCP was calculated using denominator-based weights. …”
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Prevalence of obesity according to body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-to-height ratio in Peru: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Luisa Erika Milagros Vásquez-Romero, Fiorella E. Zuzunaga-Montoya, Joan A. Loayza-Castro, Enrique Vigil-Ventura, Willy Ramos, Víctor Juan Vera-Ponce

“…To improve the collection and frequency of data on obesity in Peru, it is recommended that cut-off points be standardized to be suitable for the country and that annual national surveys specifically designed for this purpose be implemented.…”
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Association between chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis and cardiovascular disease by Mawulorm K. I. Denu, Ritika Revoori, Cherita Eghan, Fredrick Larbi Kwapong, Andrew Hillman, Cornelius A. Normeshie, Kofi Poku Berko, Emily L. Aidoo, Maame Araba E. Buadu

“…Weighted sample size data of 114,834 was analyzed from the 2021–2022 national health interview survey (NHIS). Information on sociodemographic factors, CVD risk factors, and history of CFS/ME and CVD were collected. …”
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Study of Shale Gas Source Rock S-Wave Structure Characteristics via Dense Array Ambient Noise Tomography in Zhangjiakou, China by Si Chen, Zhanwu Lu, Haiyan Wang, Qingyu Wu, Wei Cai, Guowei Wu, Guangwen Wang

“…This study deployed 153 short-period seismic stations across the Xiahuayuan District in Zhangjiakou, a region with prospective shale gas deposits, to perform an ambient noise tomography survey. Through a meticulous process involving cross-correlation analysis, dispersion curve extraction, and subsequent inversion, a three-dimensional velocity structure model of the area was constructed. …”
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A Cross-Sectional Study on Nurse-Parent Partnership in the Pediatric Intensive Care Units by Premalatha Paulsamy, Shadia Hamoud Alshahrani, Krishnaraju Venkatesan, Kousalya Prabahar, Manjula Gopinathan Bhagavathy, Mathar Mohideen Nagoor Thangam, Vinoth Prabhu Veeramani, Samya Mohamed Hegazy, Rehab Ahmed, Vigneshwaran Easwaran, Haseena T. A., Hala A. A., Geetha Kandasamy, Wagida K. W.

“…The data were collected from 71 ICU nurses through a web-based survey by the Pediatric Nurse-Parent Partnership (NPP) Scale, Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence (EI) Scale, and patient-centered communication (PCC) proficiency by Park and Oh’s. …”
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Perceived benefits, costs, and relationships on provincial doctors’ inclination to participate in urban–rural medical consortia in Central China: a social exchange theory perspecti... by Bowen Zhang, Liang Ma, Wenjie Ma, Dingding Kang, Yiqing Mao, Yiqing Mao, Yiqing Mao

“…Furthermore, the study analyzes how perceived relationships moderate the impact of perceived benefits and costs on the inclination to take part in URMC.MethodsThe study was conducted between September 2022 and June 2023 utilizing an online survey in Henan Province, Central China, which included 749 respondents from provincial hospitals. …”
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Estilos de liderança dos gestores universitários e sua relação com o bem-estar no trabalho dos colaboradores by Charlize de Morais Noval, Suzete Antonieta Lizote, Sayonara de Fátima Teston, Patrick Zawadzki

“…A pesquisa teve abordagem quantitativa, descritiva, utilizando o método de pesquisa survey e técnicas uni e multivariadas para a análise dos dados. …”
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The association between household’s asset ownership and food security: panel data evidence from Bangladesh by Zannatul Ferdous Shifat, Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Ismat Ara Begum, Md Asif Iqbal, Paresh Kumar Sarma, Andrew M. McKenzie

“…Using panel data and the two rounds of comprehensive and inclusive Bangladesh Integrated Household Surveys (BIHS-2015, 2018), a fixed-effects model is used in this study to take endogeneity issues and unobserved heterogeneity into consideration. …”
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Mechanisms and influencing factors of cultural ecosystem services value realization by Yiqing Lin, Yanbing Liu, Zhiyun Ouyang, Chen Meng, Yi Xiao

“…The research draws on survey data from 18 scenic areas in Lishui, China, collecting 1624 valid responses across natural, agricultural, and cultural attractions. …”
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Unveiling the role of knowledge management effectiveness in university's performance through administrative departments’ innovation by Abu Elnasr E. Sobaih, Hassane Gharbi, Mohamed A. Ben Abdallah, Osama H. Mahmoud Hassan

“…Based on an exploratory survey conducted among 115 participants from KFU, the results of structural model using SEM analysis reveal that knowledge management effectiveness significantly and positively influences departments’ innovation (β= 0.34, p < 0.001) and KFU performance (β= 0.572, p < 0.001). …”
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Implementation of eco-control system by Indonesian manufacturing firms: Understanding the mediating role of organizational culture by Muhammad Try Dharsana, Andi Iqra Pradipta Natsir, Fakhrul Indra Hermansyah, Khaerunnisa Nur Fatimah Syahnur

“…This study utilizes the PLS-SEM model using a sample of 104 manufacturing companies in Indonesia; 197 respondents from those companies completed the survey. All variables used in the research model are significant for a formative measurement model, and an internal model applied met all criteria. …”
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Shock Breakouts from Compact Circumstellar Medium Surrounding Core-collapse Supernova Progenitors May Contribute Significantly to the Observed ≳10 TeV Neutrino Background by Eli Waxman, Tal Wasserman, Eran O. Ofek, Avishay Gal-Yam

“…A quantitative theory describing the evolution of the electromagnetic spectrum during a breakout, as the radiation-mediated shock is transformed into a collisionless one, is required to enable (i) using data from upcoming surveys that will systematically detect large numbers of young,  <1 day old SNe to determine the preexplosion mass-loss history of the SN progenitor population, and (ii) a quantitative determination of the neutrino luminosity and spectrum.…”
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Remote sensing-based winter wheat yield estimation integrating machine learning and crop growth multi-scenario simulations by Xin Du, Jiong Zhu, Jingyuan Xu, Qiangzi Li, Zui Tao, Yuan Zhang, Hongyan Wang, Haoxuan Hu

“…Validation with field-measured and county-level statistics demonstrated a robust and spatially extensive capability for accurate yield estimation, with R2, RMSE, and MRE values of 0.57, 424.80 kg/ha, and 6.57% at the plot level, and 0.58, 345.53 kg/ha, and 4.93% at the county level, notably improving on traditional field-based methods (R2 = 0.03–0.46) that primarily rely on limited field surveys and statistical models. Model simplification showed that accuracy decreased when fewer remote sensing images were used, yet achieved reasonable estimates (two temporal phases: R2 of 0.41/0.40 at plot/county level). …”
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Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Quality of Life of Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by Dengjun Guo, Bing Han, Yuqiang Lu, Chenling Lv, Xiaoling Fang, Zhenzhong Zhang, Zhenguo Liu, Xiaoping Wang

“…We conducted a questionnaire survey involving 113 patients with PD from Xihu District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang. …”
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