Handover using ISBAR principles in two perioperative sites – a quality improvement project by Patricia Kitney, Raymond Tam, David Bramley, Koen Simons

“… Background: ISBAR is a structured approach to communication between health care providers, particularly for the purpose of transferring patient clinical care. …”
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Menopause-Specific Quality of Life among Rural Women: A Community-based Cross-sectional Study in Kerala, India by V. L. Nissy, Gopika Gopinathan Bhaskaran, S. S. Lal, G. K. Mini

“…We collected details of basic sociodemographic and reproductive problems using a pretested semi-structured questionnaire. MENQOL questionnaire was used to measure the quality of life. …”
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Indigenous Knowledge of Farmers in Breeding Practice and Selection Criteria of Dairy Cows at Chora and Gechi Districts of Ethiopia: An Implication for Genetic Improvements by Gelaye Gebisa Bulcha, Oda Gizaw Dewo, Mengistu Asrat Desta, Chiemela Peters Nwogwugwu

“…A total number of 288 structured questionnaires were utilized to gather information from households in the study areas. …”
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Strengthening The Competitiveness of Indonesian Industry Human Resources Through IQF-Based Workplace Learning by Mada Aditia Wardhana, Endah Lestari, Musilatin Nikmah

“…The findings reveal that a combination of structured training, mentoring, on-the-job training, job rotation, and industry practice significantly boosts workforce competencies. …”
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Bacterial and host determinants of MAL activation upon EPEC infection: the roles of Tir, ABRA, and FLRT3. by Robert J W Heath, Robert J W Heath, John M Leong, Balázs Visegrády, Laura M Machesky, Ramnik J Xavier

“…We further demonstrate that ABRA is important for structural maintenance of EPEC pedestals. Our results uncover novel components in pathogen-activated cytoskeleton signalling to MAL activation.…”
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Systematic Approach to Teaching Academic Writing: Practical Experience by I. E. Abramova, A. V. Ananyina

“…The study results showed that the systematic approach helps to effectively eliminate structural and stylistic writing problems over the course of studies. …”
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Prevalence and Impact of Musculoskeletal Pain among Female Beauty Service Workers in Ujjain City: A Cross-Sectional Survey by Aanchal Bijlwan, Ruchi Mishra, Sanket Bajpai, Sanjiv K Jha, Devanshi Gupta, Kaushiki Muley

“…Despite the global acknowledgment of this issue limited data are available on musculoskeletal pain among female beauty service workers in India particularly in smaller cities like Ujjain.Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted among 50 female beauty service workers in Ujjain city. A structured questionnaire was used to assess demographic details the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and associated risk factors. …”
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Incidence and outcome of biliary atresia in the United Arab Emirates: A multicenter national study by Manal Salem Alkatheeri, Haifa Alawadhi, Mira Almheiri, Saista Amin, Abid Qazi, Christos Tzivinikos, Doha Muneer, Rana Bitar

“…The overall patient survival is further enhanced by availability of well-structured liver transplantation programs.…”
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Assessing Emotional Intelligence among Dental Undergraduate Students: An Institutional Insight from Western India in the Postpandemic Context by Nivedhitha Maraimalai, Tabita Joy Chettiankandy, Akshay Chandrakant Trimukhe, Saumya Tiwari, Chein Chai Aaron Yen

“…Materials and Methods This cross-sectional study involved undergraduate dental students and employed a structured questionnaire comprising 21 questions to assess EI, gather demographic data, and explore learning behaviors. …”
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The Full Spectrum of Clinical Ethical Issues in Kidney Failure. Findings of a Systematic Qualitative Review. by Hannes Kahrass, Daniel Strech, Marcel Mertz

“…This set of ethical issues was structured into a matrix consisting of seven major categories and further first and second-order categories.…”
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Psychological Distress for Divorced Women in Baghdad A Cross-Sectional Study by Kareem R. Sajit, Qahtan Q. Mohammed

“…A sample of 50 divorced women is selected purposively (non probability sample) who were attending the social welfare department at the local municipal council in Al-Sadir city in Baghdad, Al-Rasafa sector. A semi-structured questionnaire was used by the investigators for the present study. …”
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A Cross-Sectional Study to Assess the Motivators and Barriers to Preventive Health Checkups Among Adults in Urban Bengaluru by Jayaraj P, Hamsa L, Selvi Thangaraj, Arun Kumar, Jaganathan PRS

“…A pre-tested pre-validated semi-structured questionnaire was administered to the study participants after obtaining their consent.Results In this study out of 165 participants only 41 24.85 had undergone preventive health checkups while the remaining 124 75.15 had not. …”
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Recent Advances in Natural and Nanoparticle-Based Therapies for Naegleria fowleri Infections by Alexia Chloe Meunier, Reetashini Nair, Lee Yeong Zher, Natasha Sura Anak Lubau, Niwasini Krishna Kumar, Devandran Apparasamy, Usman Ahmed, Ayaz Anwar, Yuan Seng Wu, Kavitha Rajendran

“…This comprehensive review aims to bring to the apogee, the scientific importance of these findings and lays the foundation for future drug development strategies that harness the structural diversity and mechanistic specificity of natural products for treating PAM. …”
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Evaluating computer science teaching competence: teachers’ self-efficacy and professional development by Sivakorn Malakul, Cheeraporn Sangkawetai

“…This study aims to develop and evaluate a self-efficacy assessment tool for CS teaching competence among 1412 CS teachers nationwide in Thailand. Using structural equation modeling, the validity of the tool was examined across four domains: Content Knowledge and Skills (CK), Instructional Design (ID), Classroom Management (CM), and Professional Development (PD). …”
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The impact of fall armyworm on subsistence farmers in the Limpopo Province of South Africa by Tlou D. Raphela, M. Mafadza

“…Also, these strategies should ensure responsive food security programs.…”
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Knowledge, attitude, and practice of frailty management among clinical nurses: a cross-sectional study by Xueyan Huang, Haifang Zhou, Ying Feng, Mengchi Li, Rui Wang, Ge Fang, Lumeng Lu, Jian’ao Chen, Wenhui Jiang

“…Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, univariate analysis, multiple linear regression, and structural equation modeling. Results Of 524 nurses, Only 37.2% were rated as good in terms of knowledge, attitude, and practice of frailty management, while 55.7% were rated as moderate. …”
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Development and implementation of Phleos, a web-based tool for the data collection on Hypereosinophilic syndrome: the Italian Network on HES (INHES) study protocol by Stefania Nicola, Stefania Nicola, Marco Caminati, Marco Caminati, Richard Borrelli, Luca Lo Sardo, Federica Corradi, Iuliana Badiu, Angelo Vacca, Palma Carlucci, Amato De Paulis, Amato De Paulis, Ilaria Mormile, Marco Zurlo, Marco Zurlo, Mario Di Gioacchino, Vincenzo Patella, Vincenzo Patella, Stefano Del Giacco, Giulia Costanzo, Simone Negrini, Simone Negrini, Giovanni Rolla, Luisa Brussino

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Designing a cultivation model for top-notch students in basic medicine: a Delphi method by Geng Ni, Yutong Qin, Fangfang Wang, Jianjun Huang

“…However, existing programs lack a systematic framework tailored to the specific needs of basic medicine students. …”
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Knowledge and Testing of Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Vaccination Awareness among University Students in Kumasi, Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study by Elizabeth Abban, Emmanuel Owusu, Benedicta Kwakye-Abebrese, Bright Koduah, Hannah Boateng, Emmanuel Ekow Korsah, Alfred Effah, Solomon Akpobi, Emmanuel Avoh-Ackah, Ebenezer Senu

“…Also, students reading science-related programs had more than twice the odds (aOR = 2.56, 95% CI (1.03–5.08), p=0.0210) of having tested for HBV infections before compared to students who read non-science programs. …”
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Biomarker profile and disease burden associated with intermittent and long-term oral corticosteroid use in patients with severe asthma prior to biologic initiation in real-life (ST... by Florence Schleich, MD, PhD, Désirée Larenas-Linnemann, MD, FAAAAI, Dist.Intl.FACAAI, Alan Altraja, MD, PhD, Luis Pérez de Llano, MD, PhD, Konstantinos Kostikas, MD, PhD, FERS, Mohsen Sadatsafavi, MD, PhD, Arnaud Bourdin, MD, PhD, Roy Alton Pleasants, PharmD, Mark Hew, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, Wenjia Chen, PhD, Libardo Jiménez-Maldonado, MD, Simon Couillard, MD, MSc, Charlotte Suppli Ulrik, MD, DMSc, Adeeb A. Bulkhi, MD, MS, Ming-Ju Tsai, MD, PhD, George C. Christoff, MD, MPH, PhD, Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos, MD, PhD, FRCP, Paul E. Pfeffer, MRCP(UK), PhD, Dermot Ryan, MD, FRCGP, Celine Bergeron, MD, FRCPC, MSc, Mona S. Al-Ahmad, MD, FRCPC, Delbert R. Dorscheid, MD, PhD, Eileen Wang, MD, MPH, John D. Blakey, PhD, Belinda Cochrane, MBBS (Hons), MD, Matthew J. Peters, MD, PhD, Todor A. Popov, MD, PhD, Carlos A. Torres-Duque, MD, Susanne Hansen, PhD, Francesca Puggioni, MD, Kirsty Fletton, MBChB, Laila Salameh, PhD, Peter G. Middleton, MBBS, BSc(Med), PhD, FRACP, FERS, Paulo Márcio Pitrez, MD, PhD, Chin Kook Rhee, MD, PhD, Eve Denton, MBBS(Hons), MPH, PhD, FRACP, Kenneth R. Chapman, MSc, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FERS, Lauri Lehtimäki, MD, PhD, Ruth B. Murray, PhD, Chau-Chyun Sheu, MD, PhD, David J. Jackson, FRCP, PhD, Riyad Al-Lehebi, MD, FRCPC, Mariko Siyue Koh, MBBS, MRCP (UK), FCCP, Bassam Mahboub, MD, Ledit R.F. Ardusso, MD, Athena Gogali, MD, PhD, Giorgio Walter Canonica, MD, Piotr Kuna, MD, PhD, Martin Sivori, MD, PhD, Renaud Louis, MD, PhD, Shelley Abercromby, BSc(Hons), Giuseppe Guida, MD, PhD, Bernt Bøgvald Aarli, MD, PhD, Aaron Beastall, MSc, Victoria Carter, BSc, Ghislaine Scelo, PhD, John Townend, PhD, Borja G. Cosio, MD, PhD, Pujan H. Patel, MD, Celine Yun Yi Goh, MBBS, Zsuzsanna Csoma, MD, PhD, John W. Upham, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, João A. Fonseca, MD, PhD, Peter G. Gibson, MBBS, FRACP, Christine Jenkins, AM, MD, FRACP, Guy G. Brusselle, MD, PhD, Anne Chèvremont, Andréanne Côté, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Carlos Andrés Celis-Preciado, MD, MSc, Ivan Solarte, MD, MHPE, Celeste M. Porsbjerg, MD, PhD, Asger Sverrild, MD, PhD, Paula Kauppi, MD, PhD, Stelios Loukides, MD, FERS, Michael P. Makris, MD, PhD, Andriana I. Papaioannou, MD, PhD, Enrico Heffler, MD, PhD, Jeffrey Shi Kai Chan, MBChB, MPH, FESC, Hyonsoo Joo, MD, PhD, Liam G. Heaney, MD, Wei-Han Cheng, PhD, Njira Lugogo, MD, Michael E. Wechsler, MD, MMSc, Cláudia Chaves Loureiro, MD, PhD, Bellanid Rodríguez-Cáceres, BSc, Tatsuya Nagano, MD, PhD, Zhixiao Wang, PhD, Hao-Chien Wang, MD, PhD, Jorge Máspero, MD, Fernando Saldarini, MD, Ana María Stok, MD, Anahi Yañez, MD, Philip G. Bardin, PhD, Sinthia Z. Bosnic-Anticevich, PhD, Vidya Navaratnam, BMBS, MSc, PhD, Mohit Bhutani, MD, FRCPC, FCCP, M. Diane Lougheed, MSc, MD, FRCP(C), Lyle Melenka, MD, FRCP, B.MSc, Petros Bakakos, MD, Konstantinos P. Exarchos, MD, PhD, Aggelos A. Ladias, MD, Dóra Lúdvíksdóttir, MD, PhD, Takashi Iwanaga, MD, PhD, Elvia Angelica Contreras Contreras, MD, Sverre Lehmann, MD, PhD, José Alberto Ferreira, MD, Rebecca Gall, MD, Pin-Kuei Fu, MD, PhD, Diahn-Warng Perng, MD, PhD, Flavia Hoyte, MD, Rohit Katial, MD, Unnur S. Björnsdóttir, MD, Camille Taillé, MD, PhD, Christian Taube, MD, Breda Cushen, MD, PhD, Lakmini Bulathsinhala, MPH, Leif Bjermer, MD, PhD, David B. Price, FRCGP

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