Scaling up Business Plans in Tajikistan: a qualitative study of the history, barriers, facilitators and lessons learnt by Sarah S Werner, Gulara Afandiyeva, Gulzira Karimova, Sabine Kiefer, Nasrullo Abdujabborov, Muazamma Dzhamalova, Ilhom Bandaev, Helen Prytherch

“…Methods Set in a qualitative research design, we conducted a desk review of project and official documents and seventeen semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders at national and sub-national levels between May and July 2020. …”
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Older Adults’ Use of Cannabis and Attitudes Around Disclosing Medical Cannabis Use to Their Healthcare Providers in California: A Mixed Methods Study by Dania Abu Baker, Paola N. Cruz Rivera, Rekha Narasimhan, Nhi Nguyen, Lize Tibiriçá, Wayne E. Kepner, Pearse O’Malley, Annie L. Nguyen, Alison A. Moore

“…Methods Nineteen older adults (ages 65+ years) with self-reported medical cannabis use were recruited from flyers posted in ambulatory clinics in San Diego, CA. Surveys and semi-structured interviews on cannabis use were completed. …”
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Exploring the experiences of loneliness in adults with mental health problems: A participatory qualitative interview study. by Mary Birken, Beverley Chipp, Prisha Shah, Rachel Rowan Olive, Patrick Nyikavaranda, Jackie Hardy, Anjie Chhapia, Nick Barber, Stephen Lee, Eiluned Pearce, Brynmor Lloyd-Evans, Rosie Perkins, David McDaid, Theodora Stefanidou, Roz Shafran, Alexandra Pitman, Sonia Johnson

“…Researchers with relevant lived experience were involved at all stages, including design, data collection, analysis and writing up of results.…”
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Using pCO2 Gap in the Differential Diagnosis of Hyperlactatemia Outside the Context of Sepsis: A Physiological Review and Case Series by Petr Waldauf, Katerina Jiroutkova, Frantisek Duska

“…Methods. We performed a structured review of the literature enlightening the physiological background. …”
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Impact of e-banking service quality on e-loyalty in pandemic times through interplay of e-satisfaction by Inzamam Ul Haq, Tahir Mumtaz Awan

“…The database of a local marketing company in Pakistan was used, and 976 responses were included in the analysis. The structured equation modeling was used to test the propositions of study. …”
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The impact of a self-management program on volume overload among patients with heart failure in Thailand: A quasi-experimental study by Napassawan Lungkawong, Rapin Polsook

“…Integrating culturally familiar mobile technology and structured self-care education significantly enhanced patient engagement and health outcomes. …”
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Stakeholders’ perspectives and experiences with the quality of essential medicines in primary healthcare facilities in Ghana: a qualitative study by Irene A. Kretchy, Gifty Sunkwa-Mills, Maxwell A. Antwi, Stanley K. Alor, Antoinette Squire, George Y. Afful, Tobias F. Rinke de Wit, Kwabena F. M. Opuni

“…Methods Thirty-four stakeholders comprising health facility administrators, pharmacy managers, healthcare providers, medicine manufacturers and distributors, and regulators were interviewed using face-to-face audio-recorded semi-structured interviews. Transcribed data were coded and analysed to generate themes relating to the study aim and organised into facilitators and barriers guided by the capability, opportunity, motivation and behaviour (COM-B) model. …”
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Effect of Nursing Interventions on Feeding Difficulties of Children with Cerebral Palsy by Areeg A. Wafeek, Sabah S. El-Sharkawy, Iman I. Abd El-Moniem, Madiha A. Morsy

“…A convenient sample of forty-five children with CP having feeding difficulties and their mothers was selected from the previously mentioned setting. Data were collected by using three tools, a structured interview questionnaire and a Children Observation Assessment Record to assess the child's ability and feeding difficulties of the studied children before and after the intervention. …”
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Shattering the glass ceiling: Challenges and strategies for women managers in steel manufacturing by Aaliyah Lala, Lynelle Coxen, Marius W. Stander

“…Research approach/design and method: Twelve women managers were selected through purposive criterion homogenous sampling and participated in semi-structured interviews. An exploratory qualitative descriptive design was used to explore their experiences, and data were analysed using thematic analysis. …”
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Social networks, social capital and end-of-life care for people with dementia: a realist review by Patrick Stone, Elizabeth L Sampson, Nuriye Kupeli, Joseph M Sawyer, Libby Sallnow

“…Objectives (1) To develop an understanding of how social capital may be conceptualised within the context of end-of-life care and how it can influence outcomes for people with dementia and their families with specific reference to the context and mechanisms that explain observed outcomes. (2) To produce guidance for healthcare systems and researchers to better structure and design a public health approach to end-of-life care for people with dementia.Design A realist review.Data sources MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL and grey literature.Analysis We conceptualised social capital as a complex intervention and, in order to understand how change is generated, used realist evaluation methods to create different configurations of context, mechanism and outcomes. …”
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Analysis of urban growth effects on Land Surface Temperature (LST) increase using GIS: A case study of Chelghoum El Aïd city (1984-2024) by Zaari Achouak, Djeffal Djafar

“…The analysis is based on data from Land sat sensors 5, 8, and 9, processed using ArcGIS 3.2.0 software. …”
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Managing African animal trypanosomiasis in Benin: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of cattle owners in the West Atacora zone by Yao Akpo, Aretas B. N. Tonouhewa, Traore Alkoiret, Marc T. Kpodekon

“…Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted from September to December 2024 among 201 cattle farmers selected through stratified random sampling across five districts. Data were collected using a semi-structured, pre-tested questionnaire and analyzed with R software employing descriptive statistics and comparative tests (χ2, Mann–Whitney U, and Kruskal–Wallis). …”
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Bacteriuria Among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients Attending Ejisu Government Hospital in the Ashanti Region, Ghana by Constancia S. Dansoa, Nicholas Y. Anaba, Richard T. Zangine, Christine Kodji, Frank A. Bonsu, Gideon O. Abbiw, Isaac Acheampong, Solomon Wireko, Seth A. Domfeh

“…In this cross-sectional study, 58 patients visiting the hospital for routine healthcare were conveniently recruited after obtaining informed consent. Data on sociodemographic characteristics and medical history were obtained using pretested structured questionnaires. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of family members of children aged 2–6 years with snoring regarding pediatric snoring and its management by Zhenghan Fang, Yanxia Zhao

“…Methods Conducted in Shenzhen from July 20 to October 20, 2024, data were collected using structured questionnaires assessing demographics and KAP scores. …”
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Principles of Organization and Functioning of Mini-CHP Plants Using Local Fuels in Conditions of Hydrogen Energy by R. S. Ignatovich

“…The analysis of literary sources on the current state of development of mini-CHP plants on LF in the structure of the country's energy balance revealed a number of issues related to their operation and construction that arose after the commissioning of the Belarusian NPP. …”
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How real is the long-lasting effect of tumor necrosis factor α inhibitors? Focus on immunogenicity by D.E. Karateev

“…It was found that the risk of therapy discontinuation because of insufficient effectiveness and adverse events (AEs) is minimal for ETN and maximal for INF. The structure of biological drugs (which also affects their immunogenicity) has the key neg- ative effect on maintaining the response to therapy and frequency of AEs. …”
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Consumer health knowledge: cultural norms and marketing of healthcare products by Ogbonnaya Ukeh Oteh, Ambrose Ogbonna Oloveze, Raymond Ozoemena Obasi, Opara Obinna Justin

“…The research follows a survey pattern as data was collected for 4 – 5 months in year 2020 using a structured questionnaire while mean rating analysis and Pearson Coefficient correlation were used to analyze the result. …”
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Electrophysiology in neuropathic pain: a bibliometric analysis and literature review by Yidan Cui, Chen Lv, Wenjian Yan, Lidan Zhang, Ning Sun, Xin Zhang, Zhen Zhong

“…Keyword analysis reveals research hotspot expands from the basic structure of “dorsal root ganglion” and” sensory neuron” to pain-related dynamic changes and disease prevalence characteristics. …”
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NORMATIVE-COMPETENCE MODEL OF THE TEACHER OF THE ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM by G. A. Ignatieva, O. V. Tulupova

“…The presented model contains a set of key qualities that provide the pedagogical worker with the ability to be successful in achieving the strategic educational goals. The structure of the model includes the clusters of universal, general professional and professional competencies; maps and indicators of competencies divided into three levels – monodisciplinary, multidisciplinary, metadisciplinary. …”
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Modern problems of evaluation of the family policy effectiveness in the Russian Federation by O. V. Kuchmaeva

“…It appears that the effectiveness of implementation of strategic documents is defined by the detailed development of the documents, objective approach to formation of system of target indicators.The aim of the article is the analysis of the structure of the Concept of family policy, adopted in 2014, and implementation plan of its first stage. …”
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