Factors Associated with Hand Washing Practices Among Secondary School Students in Ndorwa East Constituency in Kabale District. by Twinomuhwezi, Benja

“…A cross-sectional study using quantitative method was conducted among 291 students from five schools. …”
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Política de Assistência Social, Compromisso Social e Pandemia de Covid-19: (re)fazendo Práticas no CREAS // Social Welfare Policy, Social Responsability and the Covid-19 Pandemic:... by Nilson De Jesus Oliveira Leite Júnior, Jaciany Soares Serafim, Viviane Bernadeth Gandra Brandão

“…Trata-se, portanto, de um recorte de pesquisa quanti-qualitativa, descritiva e transversal que contou com a participação de 13 psicólogas e 6 psicólogos atuantes em CREAS de 19 cidades da região norte mineira. …”
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Saúde mental de mulheres sobreviventes a tentativas de feminicídio // Mental health of women survivors of feminicide attempts by Isabella Parreiras Andrade, Tatiana Machiavelli Carmo Souza

“…Buscou-se investigar os impactos das tentativas de feminicídio na saúde mental de mulheres sobreviventes. Esse é um estudo quanti-qualitativo. Foi utilizado formulário online que buscava identificar o perfil identitário das participantes, as principais vivências de tentativas de feminicídio e os impactos na saúde mental. …”
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Current applications and challenges in large language models for patient care: a systematic review by Felix Busch, Lena Hoffmann, Christopher Rueger, Elon HC van Dijk, Rawen Kader, Esteban Ortiz-Prado, Marcus R. Makowski, Luca Saba, Martin Hadamitzky, Jakob Nikolas Kather, Daniel Truhn, Renato Cuocolo, Lisa C. Adams, Keno K. Bressem

“…Methods We systematically searched 5 databases for qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods articles on LLMs in patient care published between 2022 and 2023. …”
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Repairbads: An automatic and adaptive method to repair bad channels and segments for OPM-MEG by Fulong Wang, Yujie Ma, Tianyu Gao, Yue Tao, Ruonan Wang, Ruochen Zhao, Fuzhi Cao, Yang Gao, Xiaolin Ning

“…We compared the performance of Repairbads with the Autoreject method on both simulated and real auditory evoked data, using five evaluation metrics for quantitative assessment. The results demonstrate that Repairbads consistently outperforms across all five metrics. …”
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Isoniazid urine spectrophotometry for prediction of serum pharmacokinetics in adults with TB by P. S. Rao, K. Reed, N. Modi, D. Handler, K. Petros de Guex, S. Yu, L. Kagan, R. Reiss, N. Narayanan, C. A. Peloquin, A. Lardizabal, C. Vinnard, T. A. Thomas, Y. L. Xie, S. K. Heysell

“…Urine spectrophotometry could provide a low-cost alternative with simple sampling and quantification methods. METHODS: We enrolled 56 adult patients on treatment for active TB. …”
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Spirituality as predictor of psychological well-being at work in the Moroccan context: A cross-sectional study by Mohamed MAKKAOUI, Fatima-Zahra HANNOUN, Khalid OUAZIZI, Amelia RIZZO, Driss AIT ALI, Abdelhalim CHERQUI, Kaoutar KHABBACHE, Murat YILDIRIM, Mahmood BAHRAMIZADEH, Sefa BULUT, Łukasz SZARPAK, Michal PRUC, Kavita BATRA, Gabriella NUCERA, Francesco CHIRICO, Hicham KHABBACHE

“…Methods: This cross-sectional, descriptive, and quantitative study involved a sample of 1,110 employees, of which 57.8% were men. …”
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Popular English Songs as Motivational Resources and Instructional Aids for Grammar Education by John Arvin V. De Roxas, Daisy O. Casipit, Mercedita M. Reyes, Lyan Mae Micah V. Dela Cruz, Joan C. Ravago

“…It focused on students' performance in modals, prepositions, and WH-questions, assessing changes in their motivation for language learning based on the Affective Filter Hypothesis Theory and John Eric Adair’s seven key dimensions of motivation. Method: A quantitative research approach was employed, utilizing a quasi-experimental single-group pretest-posttest design. …”
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Comparison of Aerodynamic Effects on the Commonwealth Advisory Aeronautical Research Council (CAARC) Tall Building Model Tested in Two Wind Tunnel Laboratories by Yuhao Zhu, Xu Zhou, Yong Chen, Chenyan Ma, Lingjun Wang, Chaorong Zheng, Bowen Yan

“…These factors may introduce errors in the experimental outcomes, impacting the accuracy and reliability of the data obtained. This study quantitatively assesses consistency and identifies uncertainty sources to enhance result uniformity across various wind tunnel laboratories. …”
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Morpho-cultural, pathogenic, and genetic characterization of Indian isolates of Macrophomina phaseolina causing charcoal rot in soybean by Laxman Singh Rajput, Sanjeev Kumar, Kriti Pathak, Palak Acharya, Divyanshu Goswami, Vennampally Nataraj, Maranna Shivakumar, Hemant Singh Maheshwari, Saloni Mandloi, Sapna Jaiswal, Asha Yadav, Raksha Vishwakarma

“…These isolates may be useful for screening genotypes and identifying quantitative trait loci (QTL) linked to soybean charcoal rot.…”
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Koumine Attenuates Neuroglia Activation and Inflammatory Response to Neuropathic Pain by Gui-Lin Jin, Sai-Di He, Shao-Mei Lin, Li-Mian Hong, Wan-Qing Chen, Ying Xu, Jian Yang, Su-Ping Li, Chang-Xi Yu

“…Western blot analysis and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) were used to examine the modulator effect of koumine on microglial M1 polarization. …”
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CNN-Based Object Recognition and Tracking System to Assist Visually Impaired People by Fahad Ashiq, Muhammad Asif, Maaz Bin Ahmad, Sadia Zafar, Khalid Masood, Toqeer Mahmood, Muhammad Tariq Mahmood, Ik Hyun Lee

“…Moreover, a score-based quantitative comparative analysis is performed using the supported features of devices. …”
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The Value of Voltage Histogram Analysis Derived Right Atrial Scar Burden in the Prediction of Left Atrial Scar Burden by Szilvia Herczeg, Joseph Galvin, John J. Keaney, Edward Keelan, Roger Byrne, Claire Howard, Laszlo Geller, Gabor Szeplaki

“…Growing evidence suggests that fibrotic changes can be observed in atrial fibrillation (AF) in both atria. Quantification of the scar burden during electroanatomical mapping might have important therapeutic and prognostic consequences. …”
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KLRB1 expression in nasopharyngeal mucosa as a prognostic biomarker in COVID-19 patients by Marilina García-Aranda, María Ángeles Onieva, Desirée Martín-García, Raúl Quirós, Inmaculada López, María Padilla-Ruiz, Teresa Téllez, Beatriz Martínez-Gálvez, María Luisa Hortas, Alberto García-Galindo, José González-Gomariz, Rubén Armañanzas, Francisco Rivas-Ruiz, Alfonso Serrano, Isabel Barragán-Mallofret, Maximino Redondo

“…We analyzed nasopharyngeal exudates from 95 hospitalized patients in 2020 using high-plex RNA quantification on the NanoString® nCounter platform. Comparative analysis identified four genes, with KLRB1 (Killer cell lectin like receptor B1) (Odds Ratio OR 0.5, 95% CI: 0.27–0.96), along with age (OR 3.3, 95% CI: 1.25–8.93) emerging as independent prognostic markers in multivariate analysis. …”
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Mechanism of action of Xipayimaizibizi oral liquid on outlet obstruction-induced overactive bladder: An integrated study by Menglu Wang, Yang Yang, Yuhang Du, Jiamei Xie, Yige Zhao, Yongcheng An, Ziyi Shan, Shenyujun Wang, Meng Hao, Baosheng Zhao

“…The key targets involved in these mechanisms were validated using reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction, immunohistochemistry, and western blot in vivo/vitro experiments. …”
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Biomechanics Parameters of Gait Analysis to Characterize Parkinson’s Disease: A Scoping Review by Michela Russo, Marianna Amboni, Noemi Pisani, Antonio Volzone, Danilo Calderone, Paolo Barone, Francesco Amato, Carlo Ricciardi, Maria Romano

“…Therefore, the use of quantitative information on the gait mechanisms of PD patients is a promising approach, particularly for monitoring gait disorders and potentially informing therapeutic interventions, though it is not yet a well-established tool for early diagnosis or direct assessment of disease progression. …”
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Firsthand report on solid waste management practice in the major town of Addis Ababa-Adama economic corridor, Ethiopia by Shimelis Kebede Kassahun, Berhanu Assefa, Kristina Henzler, Julia Weißert, Martin Oteng-Ababio, Mahelet Admassu, Ikram Mohammed-Amin, Genanew Tesfahun

“…The research adopted a cross-sectional descriptive survey design, incorporating both qualitative and quantitative approaches to collect data the solid waste generation rates and composition from major sectors such as households, institutions, and commercial activities. …”
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IGF-1 impacts neocortical interneuron connectivity in epileptic spasm generation and resolution by Carlos J. Ballester-Rosado, John T. Le, Trang T. Lam, Anne E. Anderson, James D. Frost, Jr., John W. Swann

“…In the TTX brain injury model of epileptic spasms, we undertook experiments to evaluate the impact of IGF-1 deficiencies on neocortical interneurons and their role in spasms. Quantitative immunohistochemical analyses revealed that neocortical interneurons that express glutamic acid decarboxylase, parvalbumin, or synaptotagmin 2 co-express IGF-1. …”
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ViT-Based Face Diagnosis Images Analysis for Schizophrenia Detection by Huilin Liu, Runmin Cao, Songze Li, Yifan Wang, Xiaohan Zhang, Hua Xu, Xirong Sun, Lijuan Wang, Peng Qian, Zhumei Sun, Kai Gao, Fufeng Li

“…It provides a face features distribution visualization and quantitative importance of each facial region and is proposed to supplement interpretation and to increase efficiency in SZ detection while keeping a high detection accuracy. …”
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Infiltration of CD8+ cytotoxic T-cells and expression of PD-1 and PD-L1 in ovarian clear cell carcinoma by Mengdi Fu, Huimei Zhou, Jiaxin Yang, Dongyan Cao, Zhen Yuan

“…The expression of PDL1 and PD1 in the tumor cells and tumor stromal cells was not significantly correlated with prognosis. Professional quantitative pathological analysis software was used to count the CD8+ cytotoxic T-cells in tumor regions and adjacent nonneoplastic regions in postoperative specimens. …”
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