The role of microRNAs in non-invasive diagnosis of bladder cancer: a systematic review by Pedro Ivo de Sousa Neto, Vicktor Bruno Pereira Pinto, Elaine dos Santos Piancó, Malene Lima Gomes, Sally Cristina Moutinho Monteiro, Flávia Castello Branco Vidal, Maria do Desterro Soares Brandão Nascimento, Jaqueline Diniz Pinho, José de Ribamar Rodrigues Calixto, Marcelo Souza de Andrade

“…ABSTRACT Objective: MicroRNAs are small non-coding RNAs that are abundantly expressed in various biofluids, making them promising candidates for cancer biomarkers. …”
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A secure medical image encryption technique based on DNA cryptography with elliptic curves by V. N. Senthil Kumaran, T. Manikandan, Rajesh Kumar Dhanaraj, Taher Al-Shehari, Nasser A. Alsadhan, Shitharth Selvarajan

“…The combination of these techniques addresses the main boundaries of existing disadvantage by increasing both security and calculation efficiency, making it well suited for real time medical applications. …”
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Navigating vaccination in pregnancy: Qualitative study in 21 ethnically diverse pregnant women. by Mohammad S Razai, Michael Ussher, Lucy Goldsmith, Sally Hargreaves, Pippa Oakeshott

“…We explored the perspectives and decision-making processes of pregnant women regarding uptake of the three recommended vaccines in pregnancy: Influenza, Pertussis (whooping cough) and COVID-19. …”
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Behavioral factors and capital structure: identification and prioritization of influential factors by Ehsan Ahmadi, Parastoo Mohammadi, Farimah Mokhatab Rafei, Shib Sankar Sana

“…In the qualitative phase, experts in the capital market are consulted using a snowball sampling technique, and key research factors were identified through coding analysis. Subsequently, for the quantitative phase, managers from leading Tehran Stock Exchange–listed companies were surveyed to prioritize the model components via the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). …”
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Medical technologists’ experiences handling medical specimens during the COVID-19 pandemic by Mamodiege C. Mafolo, Eunice Mutava, Alethea Sunnasy, Alida S. du Plessis-Faurie

“…The data were gathered via in-depth, semi-structured interviews, which were audio recorded, professionally transcribed and coded. Tesch’s thematic coding method was used to perform a descriptive analysis. …”
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Public perceptions of artificial intelligence in healthcare: ethical concerns and opportunities for patient-centered care by Kaila Witkowski, Ratna B. Dougherty, Stephen R. Neely

“…Fear of losing the ‘human touch’ associated with doctors was a common theme within qualitative coding, suggesting a potential conflict between the implementation of AI and patient-centered care. …”
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The Contribution of Parties in Developing Curriculum and Strategies for Teaching Islamic Religious Content in Schools in the Digital Age by Mujahid Damopolii, Nur Ainiyah

“…This study used an in-depth interpretation approach and document analysis and data coding to produce valid evidence to answer this question.  …”
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Nutritional Challenges of Hospitalized Cancer Patients from the Perspective of Healthcare Professionals: A Qualitative Study by Masoumeh Jabbari, Arezoo Haghighian-Roudsari

“…Data were analyzed using deductive-inductive content analysis to explore predefined deductive concepts from previous studies and inductive concepts from the interviews.Results: After analyzing data via open coding, eliminating similar codes, and classifying the codes with similar concepts, six main themes emerged. …”
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Phenomenological Approaches to Adolescent Girls’ Perceptions of Storywriting-based Design Thinking Focused on Aggression by Zahra Abolhassani

“…Data validation was done through strategies such as reviewing interviewee transcripts, coding, and review by educational science experts.Results: The findings of the interviews revealed three main axes: factors influencing aggression including emotions (such as hatred, jealousy, grudge, and low self-esteem) and social interactions (negative human behaviors towards others and negative behaviors in discussions and conversations); ways of controlling and managing aggression including practical techniques and sub-themes (thinking-based techniques, social interaction-based techniques, action-based techniques); and the curriculum learned from design thinking including cognitive aspects (creativity, decision-making, re-creation) and communication processes (consultation, interaction, empathy).Conclusion: The results of the present study will provide psychologists and educators with a new perspective to prevent or reduce aggressive behaviors in educational environments. …”
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An employee empowerment model in healthcare organizations: a case study of the Iranian social security organization by Ali Sadeghinezhad, Hamdollah Manzari Tavakoli, Saeed Sayadi, Mahdi Mohammad Bagheri, Mohammad Jalal Kamali

“…In the qualitative phase, meta-synthesis of 25 purposively selected studies and thematic coding led to an initial model of employee empowerment. …”
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The analgesic mechanism of electroacupuncture at the central level for neuropathic pain: a review of studies based on animal experiments by Pengfei Qi, Quan Li, Mingyuan Han, Yang Cui, Xinyu Zhou, Zhongren Sun, Shuo Ding, Mengdi Yu, Hongbo Zhang, Hongna Yin

“…In the future, electrophysiology, neuron tracing, and multi-omics techniques combined with emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence should be used to further improve the analgesic mechanism of EA on the central level for NP, making EA the best treatment for NP.…”
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Black Fathers' Views on Breastfeeding Facilitators, Barriers, and Support Services: Insights From a Qualitative Community‐Based Participatory Research Study by Jasmine Rios, Tomeka Frieson, Natasha Ray, Doug Edwards, Rafael Pérez‐Escamilla, Kathleen O'Connor Duffany

“…Qualitative data were analyzed using rapid template analysis involving deductive and inductive coding. We identified factors influencing breastfeeding and fathers' ability to support breastfeeding across all levels of the Socio‐Ecological Model. …”
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Chiral dual-annihilator model for controllable photon upconversion and multi-dimensional optical modulation by Honghan Ji, Zhiwang Luo, Xuefeng Yang, Xue Jin, Tonghan Zhao, Pengfei Duan

“…In addition, by introducing chiral liquid crystals, the dual-annihilator model achieves data coding and multi-dimensional optical encryption applications. …”
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Why the oldest old in China bypass primary care: culture, family, and health system limitations by Marius Wamsiedel, Boyang Li

“…Initially, we used the constructive grounded theory approach of inductive coding to allow codes to emerge from participants’ narratives. …”
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Economic evaluation in the treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms in the Swiss healthcare system: a retrospective cost evaluation by Ulf C. Schneider, Stephan Bohlhalter, Florian Wüthrich, Dirk Lehnick, Alexander von Hessling

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Assessing the Impact of Past Flood on Rice Production in Batticaloa District, Sri Lanka by Suthakaran Sundaralingam, Kenichi Matsui

“…In addition, flood risk studies in Sri Lanka tend to focus on single-year flood events within an administrative boundary, making it difficult to fully comprehend risks to rice production. …”
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Chloroplast Genome Evolution of Hamamelidaceae at Subfamily Level by Yanlei Liu, Kangjia Liu, Wenpan Dong, Shunping Dong, Yiheng Wang, Chao Xu, Enze Li, Jiahui Sun

“…ABSTRACT The Hamamelidaceae is significant for its contributions to construction, furniture making, and ornamental use, including 26 genera and 119 species. …”
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“You get the money after waiting for long and you get less than you anticipated”: Experiences of persons with disabilities in accessing the district special grant in Uganda by Patrick Ojok, Joseph Mukasa

“…Data were analyzed using template coding and thematic analysis. Study findings revealed limited access to the district grant, dismal grant amounts, significant deviations from implementation guidelines, operational dilemmas and overlooking disability related expenses like the costs for moving with a personal assistant. …”
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Perception of distance during self-motion depends on the brain's internal model of the terrain. by Liu Zhou, Zijiang J He, Teng Leng Ooi

“…Static human observers in the dark employ the brain's internal model of the terrain, the intrinsic bias, to represent the ground as an allocentric reference frame for coding distance. However, it is unknown if the same ground-based coding process operates when observers walk in a cue-impoverished environment with visible ground surface. …”
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Designing and Modeling Digital Transformation in the Automotive Industry: Leveraging the Fourth Industrial Revolution by Mohammad Saeed Mozafari Mehr, Mohammad Taghi Taghavifard

“…The results of the interviews were extracted using the grounded theory method based on the theory of Strauss and Corbin and by open, central, and selective coding. In the open coding stage, 256 codes were first identified, duplicate codes were removed and synonyms were combined, and finally 58 open codes were identified. …”
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