Clients’ experiences in their first entry to the operating room: a descriptive phenomenological study by Nasim Alipour, Amir Jalali, Rostam Jalali, Alireza Khatony

“…After conducting the interview, the participants’ statements were qualitatively analyzed using the seven-step Colaizzi method. …”
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An Integrated Strategy for Hybrid Energy Storage Systems to Stabilize the Frequency of the Power Grid Through Primary Frequency Regulation by Dan Zhou, Zhiwei Zou, Yangqing Dan, Chenxuan Wang, Chenyuan Teng, Yuanlong Zhu

“…The results show that the proposed integrated strategy for HESS participation in PFR not only significantly improves system frequency stability but also enhances the FR capability of the BESS.…”
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Relationship Between Cancer Response Style, Metacognition, and Anxiety of Breast Cancer by İlayda Cebeciler, Esra Savaş

“…The average scores of the participants on the Generalized Anxiety Scale were determined as 1591,12 ± 282,62, in those who were in newly diagnosed and was determined 1284.44 ± 445.34 in remission. …”
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A Unique Simulation Methodology for Practicing Clinical Decision Making by Shimon Amar, Yuval Bitan

“…Notably, participants demonstrated a statistically significant increase in willingness to make clinical decisions. …”
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Evaluation of Negative Cognitions in Children and Adolescents: Children’s Automatic Thoughts Scale by Derya Atalan ERGİN, Emine Gül KAPÇI

“…Method: A total of 534 children and adolescents aged 9-16 participated in the study. They attended elementary schools in Ankara. …”
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Multilingualism in the Teaching and Learning of Accounting in Chris Hani West District, South Africa by Avela Ngqunguza, Zikhona Seleke

“…A qualitative research methodology was adopted, involving interviews conducted across three high schools in the district. Participants included teachers and learners, providing diverse perspectives on implementing multilingualism in accounting education. …”
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Investigating food allergy awareness and attitudes among teachers in primary schools: current status and opportunities for enhancement by Amal H. Aljohani, Abeer Mutair Alshamani, Afnan Ahmed Aljohani, Aisha Saad Almohammadi, Bushra Saad Alharbi, Deena Faraj Altarjami, Reyouf Samer Alsaedi

“…Approximately 87.5% of the participants were aware of food allergies. More than two-thirds of teachers were able to identify anaphylactic shock. …”
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The experience economy of the largest walking event in the world: The case of the Nijmeegse Vierdaagse by Thijs Glaap, Polina Ermolaeva

“…Finally, practically all participants expressed their wish to re-attend the event considering it successful.…”
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Association between teachers' appreciation and students' performance: an analytical cross-sectional analysis by Fozia Fatima, Fuad Ahmad Siddiqi, Sabir Ali

“…Using a random sampling technique, students from Master in Health Professions Education (MHPE), Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), and Master in Health Care Administration (HCA) from the National University of Medical Sciences were included in the sample, resulting in 150 participants, evenly split between males and females who voluntarily participated in the research. …”
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Femoral Cartilage Thickness in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients and Healthy Adults: An Ultrasound Measurement Comparison by Rita Vivera Pane, Rahayu Setiyaningsih, Gunawan Widodo, Aufar Zimamuz Zaman Al Hajiri, Juwita Raudlatul Salsabil

“…The mean age in the OA and control groups was 61.03 ± 8.6 and 33.93 ± 14.7 years, respectively. Most participants in both groups were female. The OA group exhibited a thinner FC (1.49–1.63 mm) than the control group (1.68–1.87 mm). …”
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Prediction of ECG signals from ballistocardiography using deep learning for the unconstrained measurement of heartbeat intervals by Seiichi Morokuma, Tadashi Saitoh, Masatomo Kanegae, Naoyuki Motomura, Subaru Ikeda, Kyuichi Niizeki

“…Using a dataset acquired with polyvinylidene fluoride and ECG sensors in different recumbent positions from 18 participants, we generated pECG signals from preprocessed BCG signals using the learned model and evaluated the RRI estimation performance by comparing the predicted RRI with the reference RRI obtained from the ECG signal using a leave-one-subject-out cross-validation scheme. …”
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Effect of Swimming Free 50 Meters for Males on Calcium Levels and Some Enzymes of Thyroid and Parathyroid Gland by Shatha Hazim Gorgees

“…Eleven healthy male adults were selected to participate in the study. They freely swam 50 meters daily for four weeks. …”
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Exploring multifaceted impacts of El Niño driven drought on child-headed rural learners' well-being in drought-prone Chivi, Zimbabwe by Munyaradzi Chidarikire, Munyaradzi Saruchera

“…Data were collected through two focus group discussions, one with the young learners and another with the adult participants. The data were analysed using thematic analysis. …”
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Against all odds: women's motivation to become STEM entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka by Arosha Adikaram, Ruwaiha Razik

“…The study also revealed that gender ideologies could stifle the participants' motivation, while the inner need to break these gender ideologies implicitly stimulated their motivation. …”
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Do people like financial nudges? by Merle van den Akker, Cass R. Sunstein

“…., explaining how the interventions worked), framing (interventions framed in terms of spending, or saving), and ‘System’ (interventions could target either System 1 or System 2). Participants were a random sample of 2,100 people drawn from a representative Australian population. …”
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Study on the stability and accuracy of the new Booster portable cardiopulmonary function meter by Hezhang Yun, Hezhang Yun, Wenbo Zhang, Chen Yu, Chen Yu, Qiang Li, Yafeng Song

“…For validity testing, 64 participants were randomly divided into treadmill and cycle ergometer groups, with tests conducted using both the Booster and the Cortex Metalyzer 3B systems. …”
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Measurement properties of the Spanish COPM in older adult rehabilitation inpatients by Elisabet Capdevila, Mariona Portell, Eva Penelo, María Rodríguez-Bailón

“…Reliability was evaluated through test-retest and responsiveness through differences in change scores in two types of care facilities.Results Participants prioritised 637 occupational performance problems, mainly in the area of self-care (70.5%). …”
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Impact of Combined Antiretroviral Treatment (cART) on Latent Cytomegalovirus Infection by Aura Temereanca, Luminita Ene, Gratiela Tardei, Camelia Grancea, Cristian L. Achim, Simona Ruta

“…Anti-CMV IgG antibodies were present in 93.7% of participants, with lower levels correlating with longer cART exposure and better immunologic parameters. …”
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معرض الکتاب بجامعة جازان بالمملکة العربیة السعودیة دراسة حالة by د. ممدوح على محمود

“…The researcher has reached a number ofresults the most important of them are: (92) publishing houses and governmentagencies took part in the 6th book fair; the biggest beneficiary of the book fair atthe University of Jazan is the local community in all its segments; there are nofinancial allocations from the university budget to buy from the fair; books arepurchased for the university through tenders between companies; and it hasbecome clear that the participation of publishing houses and governmentagencies is also free.The study has reached a number of recommendations the most important ofthem are: The date of holding the annual book fair at Jazan University should bedetermined at a date not inconsistent with the dates of other exhibitions thatcould hinder some publishing houses from participating in the fair; and the bookfairs in Saudi Arabia should be studied in a comparative study in SaudiUniversities to get the best results and make the best use of them to develop fairsand its services.…”
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Discrepancy between performance and feedback affects mathematics student teachers’ self-efficacy but not their self-assessment accuracy by Helen M. Ernst, Anja Prinz-Weiß, Jörg Wittwer, Thamar Voss

“…In the second study, we used the think-aloud method with N = 26 participants to investigate the processes underlying the effects obtained in Study 1. …”
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