The effectiveness of providing training and ongoing support to foster cultural humility in volunteers serving as mentors to youth of color: a mixed-methods study protocol by Bernadette Sánchez, Amy J. Anderson, Carla Herrera, David L. DuBois, Kay Thursby Bourke, Jean K. Sack, So Jung Lee, Karen Burchwell, Lidia Y. Monjaras-Gaytan, Yesenia Garcia-Murillo

“…Multiple qualitative interviews are conducted with a subset of youth, mentors, parents and BBBS staff to examine how the intervention works and how it impacts relationship development and youth outcomes over time. Integration of quantitative and qualitative data will aim to better understand whether and how the intervention works with respect to its potential influence on mentor attitudes (e.g., cultural humility), mentor-youth interactions, and emergent identities and capacities that have well-documented importance for the resilience and well-being of youth of color. …”
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The revival of spiritual practices: factors influencing the “seeking deities and offering prayers” behavior of China’s Generation Z on social media in an atheistic context by Jing Wang, Balamuralithara Balakrishnan, Xiaohui Wan, Qirui Yu, Qiqi Ye

“…This study fills this gap by extending the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to predict additional influencing factors of digital religious intentions and behavior.MethodsThis study employed a quantitative design, disseminating surveys via Sina Weibo and the Douyin platform. …”
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The Prognostic Value and Overexpression of Cyclin A Is Correlated with Gene Amplification of both Cyclin A and Cyclin E in Breast Cancer Patient by A. Husdal, G. Bukholm, I. R. K. Bukholm

“…Methods: Real-Time Quantitative PCR was used to detect gene amplification of cyclins in tumour tissue from 86 patients operated for invasive breast carcinomas, while immunohistochemistry was applied to detect protein expression of the same cyclins. …”
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Using OCO-2 Observations to Constrain Regional CO₂ Fluxes Estimated with the Vegetation, Photosynthesis and Respiration Model by Igor B. Konovalov, Nikolai A. Golovushkin, Evgeny A. Mareev

“…A good quantitative knowledge of regional sources and sinks of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) is essential for understanding the global carbon cycle. …”
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Heterogeneity of DNA Distribution in Diploid Cells: A New Predicitive Discriminant Factor for Solid Tumour Behaviour by Jacques Assailly, Arnaud Desgrippes, Brigitte Loridon‐Rosa, Dominique Piron, Roger Dachez, Daniel Beurton

“…Thus spatial DNA heterogeneity distribution of diploid cells seems to quantitate probable genetic instability as a function of clinical evolution such as tumour recurrence, and suggests the possible presence of aneuploid stemlines in a heterogeneous tumour, even if a diploid DNA histogram is observed in a single sample. …”
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Characteristics of Fly Ash from Coal Water Slurry Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustion by ZHANG Daixin, ZHANG Guoqing, LIU Haijun, HUANG Yongbo, DU Shanzhou, FAN Baoguo, HUANG Zhong

“…Acctording to the phase retrieval and semi-quantitative analysis of ash samples, the γ-Al2O3 peak with higher activity is gradually weakened with the increase of particle size, the mullite content is gradually increased with the increase of particle size, and the aluminum extraction efficiency of fly ash decreases. …”
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Effectiveness of eHealth literacy interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis of experimental studies by Chiara Barbati, Elvira Maranesi, Cinzia Giammarchi, Matteo Lenge, Manila Bonciani, Elisa Barbi, Giacomo Pietro Vigezzi, Mauro Dragoni, Tania Bailoni, Anna Odone, Roberta Bevilacqua

“…Given its role in the appropriate use of health technologies, ensuring equitable access to health information and improving patient outcomes, this study aims to systematically retrieve, qualitatively and quantitative pool and critically appraise available experimental evidence on the effectiveness of eHL interventions across different population groups. …”
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Ethnobotanical studies on rice landraces under on-farm conservation in Xishuangbanna of Yunnan Province, China by Fei Wang, Tao Sun, Shuai Yu, Chunhui Liu, Zhuo Cheng, Jianxin Xia, Longzhi Han

“…The second category included quantitative traits like thousand grain weight and grain length. …”
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Virtual Reality Simulation for Undergraduate Nursing Students for Care of Patients With Infectious Diseases: Mixed Methods Study by Wen Chang, Chun-Chih Lin, Julia Crilly, Hui-Ling Lee, Li-Chin Chen, Chin-Yen Han

“…Qualitative insights reinforced the quantitative results, highlighting the holistic benefits of VRS teaching in nursing education, including improved learning outcomes. …”
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Genomic characterization and radiation tolerance of Naganishia kalamii sp. nov. and Cystobasidium onofrii sp. nov. from Mars 2020 mission assembly facilities by Patrick Leo, Marcus de Melo Texeira, Atul M. Chander, Nitin K. Singh, Anna C. Simpson, Andrey Yurkov, Fathi Karouia, Jason E. Stajich, Christopher E. Mason, Kasthuri Venkateswaran

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Identification of Behavioral, Clinical, and Psychological Antecedents of Acute Stimulant Poisoning: Development and Implementation of a Mixed Methods Psychological Autopsy Study by Marley Antolin Muñiz, Vanessa M McMahan, Xochitl Luna Marti, Sarah Brennan, Sophia Tavasieff, Luke N Rodda, James Knoll, Phillip O Coffin

“…Planned analyses include least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regressions of quantitative data and thematic analyses of qualitative data. …”
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Optimizing Talent Development for Goalkeepers: Psychological Characteristics, Stressors, and Sustainable Pathways in Elite Soccer by Camille Sabourin, Eric Terrien, Denis Ha

“…Data collection included quantitative and qualitative assessments. First, four validated questionnaires (i.e., D5D, PCDEQ, PFPI, TD12) were used to measure the participant’s psychological characteristics. …”
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Research on the evolution and prediction of the heights of water-conducting fracture zones in overlying rocks during layered mining of extremely thick coal seams by MENG Hailun, CHENG Xianggang, QIAO Wei

“…Based on the geological conditions of the extremely thick coal seams in the Jurassic coalfields of Xinjiang, this research selected the parameters of the typical working face 9-15 (08) in the Liuhuanggou Coal Mine of the Zhunnan Coalfield in Xinjiang, quantitatively evaluated the development characteristics and evolution patterns of the overlying rock fracture fields under layered full-mechanized mining of extremely thick coal seams through numerical simulations and fractal geometry theory analysis. …”
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Wetland degradation monitoring using multi-temporal remote sensing data and watershed land degradation index by I. Ridwan, S. Kadir, N. Nurlina

“…(d) land degradation index can be used in a wide variety of contexts, which also accounts for the provision of quantitative predictions with regard to the possibility of land degradation. …”
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Wastewater Monitoring During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Veneto Region, Italy: Longitudinal Observational Study by Honoria Ocagli, Marco Zambito, Filippo Da Re, Vanessa Groppi, Marco Zampini, Alessia Terrini, Franco Rigoli, Irene Amoruso, Tatjana Baldovin, Vincenzo Baldo, Francesca Russo, Dario Gregori

“…Wastewater samples were collected weekly from 10 wastewater treatment plants and analyzed using a reverse transcription–quantitative polymerase chain reaction. The CUSUM method was used to detect significant shifts in the data, with an initial analysis conducted from October 2021 to February 2022, followed by validation in a second period from February 2022 to August 2022. …”
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Deep learning reconstruction of zero-echo time sequences to improve visualization of osseous structures and associated pathologies in MRI of cervical spine by Malwina Kaniewska, Fabio Zecca, Carina Obermüller, Falko Ensle, Eva Deininger-Czermak, Maelene Lohezic, Roman Guggenberger

“…Image quality was quantitatively assessed by signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR). …”
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Examining the Effects of Construction Project Delays on Costs from the Perspective of Stakeholders Using a System Dynamics Approach: Insights from a Commercial Complex Project in Q... by Amirhosein Saffarinia, Hamidreza Yazdani

“…Methods This research utilized a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, as well as nested methods. First, delay effects were gathered from various sources and compared with expert opinions during the initial interview. …”
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To what extent are digital health interventions targeting HIV care cascade among mobile populations feasible, acceptable, and effective? A mixed methods systematic review protocol by Thulile Mathenjwa, Bessie Malila, Lucia Knight, Frank Tanser, Patricia Makwambeni, Tamsin K. Phillips

“…Data synthesis will follow the Joanne Briggs Institute’s convergent segregated approach. If sufficient quantitative studies with comparable outcome measures are available, a meta-analysis will be performed. …”
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Human–nature connectedness and sustainability across lifetimes: A comparative cross‐sectional study in France and Colombia by Gladys Barragan‐Jason, Maxime Cauchoix, Paula A. Diaz‐Valencia, Arielle Syssau‐Vaccarella, Solène Hemet, Camilo Cardozo, Suzanne M. Skevington, Philipp Heeb, Camille Parmesan

“…Future studies are warranted combining qualitative and quantitative measures related to human–nature connectedness, nature experiences, values and practices in relation to nature, in multiple countries from the global South. …”
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The Consequences of Digital Storytelling-Based Customer Engagement in Social Media for the Tourism Industry by Meysam Ahmadnia, Taher Roshandel Arbatani, Abbas Nargesian, Seyed Mahdi Sharifi, Khabat Derafshi

“…MethodologyThe current investigation adopted an interpretive research philosophy, an inductive-quantitative approach, and the grounded theory strategy developed by G. …”
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