Prediction of volumetric radiation effect on natural convection with high Rayleigh number using lattice Boltzmann-control volume finite element method by Mohieddine Ben Salah, Ayoub Msaddak, Talal Alqahtani, Salem Algarni, Faouzi Askri, Badr M. Alshammari, Lioua Kolsi

“…For example, for a Rayleigh number equal to 103, the LB–CVFEM is forty-eight times rapid than the LB–FVM method, and for a Rayleigh number set to 106, the proposed numerical approach takes 8 days, whereas the LB-FVM needs 16 days, iii) for 106 Rayleigh number case which investigated by few published works, there is a development of small recirculation zones in the vicinity of the top and bottom left corners of the cavity, and iv) the radiation effect increases with the extinction coefficient; however, it decreases with the increase of scattering albedo.…”
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Impact and feasibility of a tailor-made patient communication quality improvement programme for hospital-based physiotherapists: a mixed-methods study by Thomas J Hoogeboom, Rudi A Steenbruggen, Marjo Maas, Paul Brand, Philip van der Wees, Linda AG van Heusden-Scholtalbers

“…Background In tailoring a quality improvement programme for hospital-based physiotherapy, the original use of video recordings was replaced by using the tracer methodology.Objective To examine the impact of a tailor-made quality improvement programme addressing patient communication on the professional development of hospital-based physiotherapists, and to evaluate barriers and facilitators as determinants of feasibility of the programme.Methods A mixed-methods study was conducted. Participants were clustered in groups per hospital and linked with an equally sized group in a nearby hospital. …”
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Thermodynamics and solar radiative analysis in Jeffery-Hamel flow through non-parallel channel by novel improved residual power series method by Mohamed Bouzidi, Mohsin Ul Haq, Ikram Ullah, Saira Shukat, Hijaz Ahmad, Mohammad Mahtab Alam, Hamid Khan, Marouan Kouki

“…Validation of current method is made with other techniques and shows a reasonable correspondence. …”
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McFarland Standards-Based Spectrophotometry Method for Calculating Approximate Multiplicity of Infection for an Obligate Intracellular Bacterium <i>Anaplasma phagocytophilum</i> by P. P. Mahesh, Jaydeep Kolape, Hameeda Sultana, Girish Neelakanta

“…The consistency of this method was also tested using the bacterial cultures grown at different times. …”
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Proposal of a method to observe road status using UAV considering post-disaster urgency based on mobile spatial dynamics data by Jun Sakamoto

“…We propose a method for efficiently observing road damage after a disaster using population flow data derived from UAV and GPS data. …”
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Do education and use of family planning methods empower women? Evidence from the Nepal Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) 2016 and 2022 by Yogendra B Gurung, Kamala Lamichhane, Bidhya Shrestha, Tara Lal Shrestha, Rita Karki, Sharadha Hamal

“…Objectives To assess how education and the use of family planning methods intersect to influence women’s empowerment among currently married women of reproductive age in Nepal.Design, setting and participants The study analysed a combined weighted sample of 21 023 currently married women in the age group (15–49 years) using data sets of two cross-sectional Nepal Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS). …”
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“A good physician works full-time?” – a mixed-methods study on (mis)conceptions about part-time work in hospitals by Barbara Jarmila Germann, Julia Frey, Alain Soltermann, Janna Küllenberg

“…This study aims to examine the attitudes of hospital physicians across various specialties and positions towards part-time employment, and to identify factors that hinder or facilitate the successful implementation of part-time arrangements in hospital settings. METHODS: We conducted an exploratory mixed-method study, combining a qualitative interview study with reflexive thematic analysis of 19 participants, and an online quantitative survey of 553 physicians. …”
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Access, inequalities and annual health checks (AHCs) for adults living with severe mental illness in the UK: a mixed-methods systematic review by Karina Lovell, Chunhu Shi, Rathi Ravindrarajah, Gill Norman, Elinor Hopkin, Janine Owens, Penny E Bee

“…Objectives Individuals living with severe mental illness (SMI) are at a significantly higher risk of mortality. This mixed-methods systematic review identifies and explores factors, including access inequalities to annual health checks (AHCs), for people living with SMI sharing protected characteristics in the UK, as identified in Core20PLUS5.Design Mixed-methods systematic review.Data sources MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, ASSIA, Google Scholar and the grey literature were searched from 1 January 2004 to 30 January 2025.Eligibility criteria Inclusion criteria were adults &gt;18 years of age living with SMI. …”
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The Effects of Active Teaching and Learning Methods on The Pupils' Academic Performance in Four Selected Primary Schools in Bugamba Sub-County in Rwampara District. by Ampurire, Motion

“…The study examined effects of active teaching and learning methods on the pupils' academic performance in four selected primary schools of Bugamba sub county Rwampara district following the study objective which included to find out factors that influence active teaching and learning methods on the pupils' academic performance in primary schools of Bugamba sub county Rwampara district, to find out whether teachers apply or use active teaching and learning methods in primary schools of Bugamba sub county Rwampara district and to establish a relationship between active teaching learning methods and pupils' academic performance in primary schools of Bugamba sub county Rwampara district. …”
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Cross-Cultural Analysis of Consumers’ Avoidance of Snack Food Ingredients Across 13 Countries Using Check-All-That-Apply (CATA) Method by Yunjeong Cho, Edgar Chambers, Jeehyun Lee

“…A survey of approximately 630 consumers in each of 13 countries was conducted using a Check-All-That-Apply (CATA) method. Cochran’s Q test was performed to compare percentages of avoidance among countries, and correspondence analysis and cluster analysis were conducted to visualize the similarity of avoidance tendency among countries. …”
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Analysis of Splicing Manipulation in Digital Images using Dyadic Wavelet Transform (DyWT) and Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) Methods by Zumratul Muhidin, Muh. Nasirudin Karim, Muhamad Masjun Efendi

“…However, this can lead to negative impacts, including visual deception. This research aims to detect splicing type image manipulation using Dyadic Wavelet Transform (DyWT) and Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) methods. …”
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Soliton solutions to generalized (3 + 1)-dimensional shallow water-like equation using the (ϕ'/ϕ,1/ϕ)-expansion method by Pinakee Dey, Lamiaa H. Sadek, M. M. Tharwat, Shuvo Sarker, Rezaul Karim, M. Ali Akbar, Nasser S. Elazab, M. S. Osman

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A Kansei-Oriented Morphological Design Method for Industrial Cleaning Robots Integrating Extenics-Based Semantic Quantification and Eye-Tracking Analysis by Qingchen Li, Yiqian Zhao, Yajun Li, Tianyu Wu

“…Effectively integrating users’ affective imagery requirements into industrial-robot form design remains a critical challenge. Traditional methods rely heavily on designers’ subjective judgments and lack objective data on user cognition. …”
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3D Pathology Volumetric Technique: A Method for Calculating Breast Tumour Volume from Whole-Mount Serial Section Images by G. M. Clarke, M. Murray, C. M. B. Holloway, K. Liu, J. T. Zubovits, M. J. Yaffe

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REAL-TIME ELASTOGRAPHY AND ITS CLINICAL APPLICATION COMPARED WITH OTHER METHODS FOR EVALUATION OF THE LIVER FIBROSIS DEGREE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS C by M. A. Belopolskaya, V. Yu. Avrutin, O. D. Denisova, E. V. Lichnaya, E. Yu. Yushina, S. I. Gurina, A. V. Dmitriev, A. A. Yakovlev

“…Due to the possibility to visualize a larger area under study, the RTE method has clear advantages in evaluating the degree of fibrosis in liver tissue in patients with focal changes in the liver. …”
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Feature-based ensemble modeling for addressing diabetes data imbalance using the SMOTE, RUS, and random forest methods: a prediction study by Younseo Jang

“…Methods Using the Scikit-learn diabetes dataset (442 samples, 10 features), we binarized the target variable (diabetes progression) at the 75th percentile and split it 80:20 using stratified sampling. …”
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Performance of Dental Students in Understanding and Retention of Oral Pathology Concepts: A Comparative Analysis of Traditional versus Live-Field Teaching Methods by Anitha Salian, Swathi Sanal Kumar, Srikant Natarajan, Amitha J. Lewis, Nidhi Manaktala, Dilip G Naik, Karen Boaz, Nandita KP, Shweta Yellapurkar

“…Understanding oral aspects of pathology by traditional techniques has always been a paradigm in the field of dental education. Traditional methods of teaching include interaction using black board, projectors, and alternate methods of teaching such as a student-centered approach where live-field demonstrations, audio visual aids, and student interaction are also gaining importance, ultimately promoting active education. …”
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Accuracy Bias and Factors Influencing Polysomnography and Consumer Sleep-Monitoring Device Measuring of Total Sleep Time: A Mixed-Methods Study by Yang J, Xu D, Lu H, Yin X, Song H, Zong W, Xu D, Lu X, Wei L, Zhu H, Zhai S, Gu Z

“…This study aims to compare the accuracy bias of polysomnography (PSG) and consumer sleep-monitoring devices, specifically the HWB 9, in measuring total sleep time (TST) and explore the factors affecting accuracy bias.Methods: This study employed a sequential explanatory mixed-methods design, with quantitative research comprising 108 samples and qualitative research comprising 18 samples. …”
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Engineering Safety-Oriented Blasting-Induced Seismic Wave Signal Processing: An EMD Endpoint Suppression Method Based on Multi-Scale Feature by Miao Sun, Jing Wu, Yani Lu, Fangda Yu, Hang Zhou

“…To verify the algorithm’s effectiveness in suppressing EMD endpoint effects, comparative studies were conducted using simulated signals to compare the proposed method with mirror extension, polynomial fitting, and extreme value extension methods. …”
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METHODICAL APPROACH TO THE DETERMINATION OF THE ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF THE ECHINACEA PURPUREA AND MONARDA FISTULOSA TINCTURES AS A QUALITY CRITERION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR CO... by Oksana Yezerska, Nataliia Hudz, Lesya Kobylinska, Anna Filipska, Vira Turkina, Jan Brindza, Piotr Pawel Wieczorek

“…Materials and Methods. The following methods were used: analysis, synthesis, systematization, and comparison for processing of published scientific data on antioxidant activity; method for measuring the particle size of raw herbal materials; maceration and remaceration methods for obtaining the tested tinctures; DPPH test for the valuation of the antioxidant activity of the developed tinctures. …”
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