Designing a Policy Making Model in Iran' Sport with the Approach of Sport for All Development by Behdad Sadeghi, Rahmatollah Gholipour, Mojtaba Amiri, Marjan Saffari

“…Furthermore, this research is exploratory in nature, as it aims to design a model on a novel and innovative topic. Methods A mixed qualitative-quantitative method was employed in this study. …”
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Proposal and Strategy for Nursing-Led Research: Protocol for an Unfunded Clinical Trial by Leticia Carmen Simón-López, Ismael Ortuño-Soriano, Raquel Luengo-González, Paloma Posada-Moreno, Ignacio Zaragoza-García, Rubén Sánchez-Gómez

“…For research staff who were aware of the funding, we focused on the “persuasion phase,” while for nursing staff, we mixed the “knowledge and persuasion phases” and used pioneers and early adopters as a positive example for other nurses as well as nonfinancial incentives (persuasion). …”
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Failure of Value Co-creation; Co-destruction of Brand Value in Social Media by Ghazale Taheri, Azim Zarei, Davood Feiz, Mehdi Dehghani soltani

“…Methodology The current research is applied in terms of its purpose. It employs a mixed-method approach, combining qualitative and quantitative methods to achieve its objectives. …”
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The Language-Learning Potential of Writing for Learners of Spanish: Languaging and Task Complexity in Foreign Language Writing by Marcela Ruiz-Funes

“…The data analysis employed a mixed-methods approach. The LREs, records from Inputlog, and the data from the task perception questionnaire were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. …”
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Robotic Surgery from a Gynaecological Oncology Perspective: A Global Gynaecological Oncology Surgical Outcomes Collaborative Led Study (GO SOAR3) by Faiza Gaba, Karen Ash, Oleg Blyuss, Dhivya Chandrasekaran, Marielle Nobbenhuis, Thomas Ind, Elly Brockbank, on behalf of the GO SOAR Collaborators

“…Method: In our international mixed-methods study, a customised web-based survey was circulated to gynaecological oncologists. …”
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Dairy cows' responses to 2 separation methods after 3 months of cow-calf contact by Anina Vogt, Susanne Waiblinger, Rupert Palme, Uta König von Borstel, Kerstin Barth

“…Statistical analysis was conducted using linear mixed effects models. We found no difference between the 2 separation methods in any of the examined behavioral and physiological response variables. …”
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Fluid Inclusion and H–O–S–Pb Isotope Geochemistry of the Yuka Orogenic Gold Deposit, Northern Qaidam, China by Pengjie Cai, Rongke Xu, Youye Zheng, Yueming Yin, Xin Chen, Xianbin Fan, Chao Ma

“…The average δ18OW of quartz varies from 3.3‰ in stage-I to 2.1‰ in stage-II and to 1.4‰ in stage-III, with the δD values ranging from −41.6‰ to −58.5‰, suggesting that ore-forming fluids formed from metamorphic fluids mixed with meteoric waters. Auriferous pyrite δ34S ranges from 0.5 to 7.4‰ with a mean value of 4.43‰, suggesting that fluids were partially derived from Paleozoic rocks via fluid-wall rock interactions. …”
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Exploring Chronic Pain in Hemodialysis Patients: An Observational Study Based on the New IASP Classification for ICD-11 by Vittorio Schweiger, Martina Cacciapuoti, Marta Nizzero, Salvatore Simari, Gianmarco Lombardi, Leonardo Gottin, Lisa Stefani, Alvise Martini, Giustino Varrassi, Gabriele Finco, Enrico Polati, Giovanni Gambaro

“…On the basis of these diagnoses, the pain classification according to the IASP pathophysiological definition highlighted a predominant nociceptive pain type (53.9% of all the diagnoses), followed by neuropathic (22.1%), mixed (22.1%), nociplastic (2.6%), and idiopathic (2.6%) pain. …”
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Crocin improves post-thaw quality, fertility-associated gene expression and fertilization potential of buffalo bull sperm by Amjad Riaz, Ghulam S. Khan, Muhammad Zahid Tahir, Muhammad Yasir Zahoor, Hifz-ul-Rahman Hifz-ul-Rahman

“…Data were analyzed through PROC MIXED or PROC GLIMMIX using SAS. Tukey test was applied for multiple comparisons among treatments. …”
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New Approach to Improving the Prognosis of Ischemic Stroke by Regulating SCFAs with Acupuncture-Rehabilitation Therapy Based on Gut-Brain Axis by TANG Qiang, LIU Chong, CHAI Fanglei, ZHANG Jinpeng, LI Hongyu, ZHU Luwen

“…It is found that acupuncture can improve constipation symptoms and fecal characteristics of patients with stroke and increase the concentration of butyric acid and total short chain fatty acid in intestinal flora, and thereby increased the α-diversity index. Mixed SCFAs at appropriate concentration can inhibit lipopolysaccaride (LPS) induced inflammatory response of microglia by regulating the corresponding inflammatory pathway, thus playing an anti-inflammatory protective role. …”
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Hydrogen and hydrogen sulphide in volcanic gases: abundance, processes, and atmospheric fluxes by Aiuppa, Alessandro, Moussallam, Yves

“…Here, we use a catalogue, compiled by extracting from the geological literature a selection of representative analyses of magmatic to mixed (magmatic–hydrothermal) gases, to review the processes that control H$_{2}$ and H$_{2}$S abundance in volcanic gases. …”
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Cardio-renal effect of dapagliflozin and dapagliflozin- saxagliptin combination on CD34 + ve hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and podocyte specific markers in type 2 diabetes (T2DM)... by Seshagiri Rao Nandula, Arad Jain, Sabyasachi Sen

“…Data were collected at week 0, 8, and 16. For statistics, a mixed model regression analysis was used. Results Significant HbA1c (p = 0.0357) reduction was noted in Combo group versus Dapa alone and Placebo. hsCRP levels (P = 0.0317) and IL-6, two important inflammatory molecules, were significantly reduced in both Dapa and Combo vs. …”
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Tobacco control research in South Africa from 1978 to 2022: A scoping review by C O Egbe, C Dare, S Gwambe, C van Walbeek

“…Most studies used cross-sectional designs and focused on prevalence. More mixed-methods studies are needed to better understand the issue of tobacco in the SA context. …”
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Effectiveness of Mobile Health–Based Gamification Interventions for Improving Physical Activity in Individuals With Cardiovascular Diseases: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of... by Tianzhuo Yu, Monica Parry, Tianyue Yu, Linqi Xu, Yuejin Wu, Ting Zeng, Xin Leng, Qian Tong, Feng Li

“…However, evidence of its effectiveness remains mixed. ObjectiveThis systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the efficacy of gamification interventions in promoting PA during short-term and follow-up periods in individuals with CVDs and to explore the most effective game design elements. …”
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An ecological, environmental, and economic indicators-based approach towards enhancing sustainability in water and nutrient use for passion fruit cultivation in Colombia by Sonia Mercedes Polo-Murcia, Nesrine Chaali, Camilo Ignacio Jaramillo-Barrios, Sofiane Ouazaa, Victor Javier Polo, John Edisson Calderon Carvajal

“…Principal component analysis (PCA) was used to determine optimal irrigation and fertilization practices. Mixed linear models were applied to compare ecological and economic indicators. …”
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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

“…Methods This study adopts an applied-developmental approach in terms of its purpose, utilizes a descriptive survey method for data collection, and employs a mixed data analysis method. The community of participants in the qualitative section comprised of experts, policymakers, academics, managers of knowledge-based companies, and senior managers of Iran Khodro Company. …”
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Serial systemic immune inflammation indices: markers of acute migraine events or indicators of persistent inflammatory status? by Tissa Wijeratne, Melanie J. Murphy, Chanith Wijeratne, Paolo Martelletti, Leila Karimi, Vasso Apostolopoulos, Carmela Sales, Nina Riddell, Sheila G. Crewther

“…Patients were categorized as having migraine with aura (MA) (N = 67) or without aura (MO) (N = 119) according to ICHD-3 criteria and compared to 2 serial measures in stable in-community acute migraineur controls (N = 20). A mixed-design ANOVA showed a significant main effect of SSIIi between patients with migraine with aura (MA) and migraine without aura (MO) during acute inpatient presentation, in comparison to a convenience sample of outpatients with migraine (MA and MO). …”
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Machine Learning Approaches in High Myopia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Huiyi Zuo, Baoyu Huang, Jian He, Liying Fang, Minli Huang

“…The meta-analysis was implemented using a bivariate mixed-effects model. In the validation set, subgroup analyses were conducted based on the ML target events (diagnosis and prediction of high myopia and diagnosis of pathological myopia and high myopia-associated glaucoma) and modeling methods. …”
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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Oldest-Old Social Capital and Health and the Role of Digital Inequalities: Longitudinal Cohort Study by Luca Guido Valla, Michele Rossi, Alessandra Gaia, Antonio Guaita, Elena Rolandi

“…We restricted our analysis to cohort members who participated in the last wave (ie, 2022) and who did not have a diagnosis of dementia (n=391). We used linear mixed models to assess the impact of COVID-19 and time on changes in social capital, physical and psychological health, and ICT use in a discontinuity regression design while controlling for age, sex, education, and income satisfaction. …”
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Hubungan Infeksi Soil Transmitted Helminth dengan Status Gizi pada Murid SDN 29 Purus Padang by Reshka Renanti M, Selfi Renita Rusdji, Elmatris SY

“…The method of data analysis is Chi-square with degrees of confidence of 90%.The results showed more than half (51.3%) students of SDN 29 Purus Padang 2014 got STH infections and mixed infection of A. lumbricoides and T. trichiura as much as 23.1%. …”
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