Jay Bonner, Islamic Geometric Patterns: Their Historical Development and Traditional Methods of Construction, New York: Springer, 2017, 595 s. by Serap Ekizler Sönmez

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The Challenges Teachers in Interprofessional Teaching Face When Developing a Shared Assumption of Responsibility: A Mixed-Methods Study by Andrea Schlicker, Jan P. Ehlers

“…The aim of this study is to find out what skills interprofessional teachers should have for joint teaching and how the joint assumption of responsibility can be achieved in an interprofessional setting. <b>Methods</b>: Using a mixed-methods design, interprofessional courses were first identified across Germany in relation to the three professions of medicine, nursing and physiotherapy. …”
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A mixed methods needs assessment of pediatric emergency and critical care in Tanzanian providers: a model for curriculum development by Carol C Chen, Steven Straube, Holly Vo, Upendo George, Hendry Sawe, Andrea G Tenner

“…Using a mixed methods approach, we conducted a needs assessment to determine the most important learning issues, attitudes, and beliefs of emergency department (ED) providers at Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) about the development of a novel pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) curriculum for their setting…”
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Development and validation of an evaluation index system of health education competence for dental nurses in China: a mixed methods study by Xiaowen Feng, Wei Xiao, Fang Shen, Ziwen Ye, Wanying Su, Anqi Cai, Xiaohong Wu, Jinsu Chen

“…Methods A mixed-methods approach integrating qualitative and quantitative research methods was employed. …”
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Developing clinical reasoning along the cognitive continuum: a mixed methods evaluation of a novel Clinical Diagnosis Assessment by Lucinda E. Ainge, Amanda K. Edgar, Jacqueline M. Kirkman, James A. Armitage

“…By manipulating assessment task features, we aimed to broaden students' experience with clinical reasoning strategies and identify specific clinical reasoning challenges. Methods The Clinical Diagnosis Assessment was designed with two parts; to explicitly train Type 1 and Type 2 clinical reasoning strategies respectively. …”
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How surgical Trainee Research Collaboratives achieve success: a mixed methods study to develop trainee engagement strategies by Graeme Maclennan, Nick Heywood, Clare Clement, Natalie S Blencowe, Jane Blazeby, Dmitri Nepogodiev, Laura Magill, Alejandro Arenas-Pinto, Tom Pinkney, J Athene Lane, James Glasbey, Victoria Hardy, Karen Coulman, Jonathan Alistair Cook, Claire Snowdon, Richard Bulbulia, Zoe Hilton

“…Objectives This study aimed to understand the role of surgical Trainee Research Collaboratives (TRCs) in conducting randomised controlled trials and identify strategies to enhance trainee engagement in trials.Design This is a mixed methods study. We used observation of TRC meetings, semi-structured interviews and an online survey to explore trainees’ motivations for engagement in trials and TRCs, including barriers and facilitators. …”
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Preparation of 2-phenyl-9-diethylaminoethylimidazo[1,2-α]benzimidazole dinitrate tablets and development of quality control methods by A. M. Domanina, M. V. Chernikov, I. P. Remezova, E. F. Stepanova, A. M. Shevchenko, A. V. Morozov

“…The aim of this study was to obtain 2-phenyl-9-diethylaminoethylimidazo[1,2-α]benzimidazole dinitrate tablets and develop methods for quality control.Materials and methods. …”
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Developing a reporting item checklist for studies of HIV drug resistance prevalence or incidence: a mixed methods study by Pascal Djiadeu, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Anne Holbrook, Elizabeth Alvarez, Cristian Garcia, Jéssyca Matos Silva

“…To address this issue, we recently published reporting guidance documentation for studies of HIV drug resistance prevalence and incidence.Objectives In this study, we describe the methods used to develop this reporting guidance.Design We used a mixed-methods sequential explanatory design involving authors and users of studies of HIV drug resistance prevalence. …”
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Development of fault detection system in irrigation pumping systems using machine learning methods with consideration of energy and water consumption by Gulnar Zholdangarova, Waldemar Wójcik

“…The aim of this research is to develop and validate early fault detection and classification methods for pumping systems using advanced machine learning algorithms and sensor data analysis.…”
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Analysis of environmental sustainability of European Union member states using AHP-TOPSIS methods according to world development indicators by Ezgi Güler

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Non-adherence to surgical antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines: findings from a mixed-methods study in a developing country by Noha Ali, Ranim Hamouda, Rana Tarek, Menna Abdelhamid, Abdullah Lashin, Rania Hassan, Rania Gamal, Mourad Elfaham, Aya Attia, Ahmed Abdelaleem, Noha Sakna, Amgad Gamal, Sally Aboelenin, Rahma AbdelHafez, Sara Abdelkader, Ashraf Nabhan

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Development, implementation and evaluation an empowerment program for adolescent girls with substance use disorders: Protocol for a mixed methods study by Zakiye Ghelbash, Mousa Alavi, Mahnaz Noroozi, Masuood Mahdavianfar

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Development and validation of clinical vignettes to inform an educational intervention for physiotherapists to detect serious pathologies: a mixed-methods study by Gillian Yeowell, James Selfe, Bruno Mazuquin, Jessie Janssen, Wolfgang Lackenbauer, Simon Gasselich, Martina Edda Lickel, Lars Schabel, Reinhard Beikircher, Christian Keip, Manfred Wieser

“…Objectives To develop and validate educational clinical vignettes (CVs) based on real-life patients with serious pathology from the disciplines of oncology, internal medicine and orthopaedics that are relevant for physiotherapists (PTs) working in a non-direct access system.Design A mixed-methods study using an iterative design was employed to develop and validate CVs that focused on serious pathology.Setting Academic and clinical settings within health faculties at three universities in Austria and the UK.Participants Medical doctors (MD) (n=3) and PTs (n=4) developed CVs in the disciplines of internal medicine, oncology and orthopaedics. …”
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Development and validation of derivative UV spectroscopic methods for simultaneous estimation of duloxetine and tadalafil in their binary mixtures: greenness-blueness evaluation by Dalia M. Nagy, Sayed M. Derayea, Al Amir S. Zaafan, Mohamed Oraby

“…The sustainability characteristics of the proposed method were also assessed using the Blue Applicability Grade Index (BAGI), a recently developed metric for assessing the practicality (blueness) of procedures.…”
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Global glaciological models: a new stage in the development of methods for predicting glacier evolution. Part 1. General approach and model architecture by T. N. Postnikova, O. O. Rybak

“…A new stage in the development of methods opens up opportunities to use a number of new directions in the study of the mechanisms that control the evolution of glaciation, depending on the implementation of a particular climatic scenario. …”
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Exploring Alternatives to Animal Testing: Scientific, Legal and Ethical Challenges in Developing Novel Alternative Methods with a Focus on Organoids as Potential NAMs by Inesa Fausch, Daniel Zeyer-Iyengar, Rosa Maria Cajiga Morales, Bernice Elger, Volker Enzmann, Alfred Früh

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Global glaciological models: a new stage in the development of methods for predicting glacier evolution.... by T. N. Postnikova, O. O. Rybak

“…Global glaciological models: a new stage in the development of methods for predicting glacier evolution. …”
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Global glaciological models: a new stage in the development of methods for predicting glacier evolution. Part 1. General approach and model architecture by T. N. Postnikova, O. O. Rybak

“…A new stage in the development of methods opens up opportunities to use a number of new directions in the study of the mechanisms that control the evolution of glaciation, depending on the implementation of a particular climatic scenario. …”
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Sustainability in project risk management methodologies through the AHP-TOPSIS method applied to logistics and supply chain management by Patricia Navascués Vega, Urtzi Llano Castresana

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Evaluating the knowledge, roles, and skills of health cadres in stunting prevention: A mixed-method study in Indonesia by Restuning Widiasih, Deni Kurniadi Sunjaya, Laili Rahayuwati, Binahayati Rusyidi, Ermiati, Citra Windani Mambang Sari, Mardani, Rusdi, Serene En Hui Tung

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