Barriers facilitators and needs of female sex workers in Arak to access sexual health services a qualitative study by Iman Navidi, Elham Shakibazadeh, Firoozeh Raisi, Samaneh Akbarpour

“…Future studies should focus on investigating strategies to gather data and improve sexual health of female sex workers at community level.…”
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Improving the diagnostic accuracy of referrals for papilloedema (DIPP) study: protocol for a mixed-methods study by Luke Bennetto, Beth Stuart, Jonathan Benger, Matthew J Ridd, Helen Bolton, William Hollingworth, Michael Bowen, Amar Shah, Samuel William David Merriel, Alyson Huntley, Victoria Wilson, Maria Theresa Redaniel, Paul Roy, Denize Atan, Frank Moore, Olivia Skrobot, Mary-Ann Sherratt, Marcia Lucraft, Christina Stokes

“…This information will be used to inform a Delphi process with the aim of reaching consensus among health professional experts, commissioners and patients on what the most evidence-based and safe diagnostic and referral practices should be for people with suspected papilloedema. The tailored guidelines will be written for healthcare professionals and patients. …”
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Navigating the medical journey: Insights into medical students' psychological wellbeing, coping, and personality. by Aisha Ali Hawsawi, Neil Nixon, Elena Nixon

“…Quantitative data was gathered via self-report questionnaires and analysed using regression models. …”
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The Effect of Nutritional Mobile Apps on Populations With Cancer: Systematic Review by Krystal Lu Shin Ng, Murallitharan Munisamy, Joanne Bee Yin Lim, Mustafa Alshagga

“…Data on anthropometry and body composition (7/13, 54%; 387 participants), nutritional status (3/13, 23%; 249 participants), dietary intake (7/13, 54%; 352 participants), and quality of life (6/13, 46%; 384 participants) were gathered. Experimental groups were more likely to report significant improvements in body weight or composition, dietary compliance, nutritional status, and quality of life than control groups. …”
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Feed resources, feeding system and feed balance of dairy cattle in Chencha District, Southern Ethiopia by Kechero Yisehak, Kore Adane

“…The total mean of dairy cow feed supply to tropical livestock unit in terms of dry matter (DM) production each year was 3.86 t of DM/HH/annual, with a negative feed balance of 8.09 t that varied with seasons and agro‐ecology (p < 0.05). …”
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Development of a Conceptual Model to Understand Disease Burden in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Organ Damage by Lynne Broderick, Wen-Hung Chen, Roger A. Levy, April Mitchell Foster, Cindy Umanzor Figueroa, Kerry Gairy, Deven Chauhan

“…Third, patients of different demographic backgrounds from across the United States were interviewed individually to gather their perspectives on living with SLE-associated OD. …”
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Impact of driver licensing renewal policies on older driver crash involvement and injury rates in 13 states, 2000–2019 by Cara J. Hamann, Jonathan A. Davis, Gilsu Pae, Motao Zhu, Gregory H. Shill, Brian Tefft, Joseph E. Cavanaugh

“…Methods Historical crash data, license renewal policy data, and other relevant policy and demographic data were gathered from 13 U.S. states (CO, IL, IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, UT, WI, WY) for years 2000 through 2019, inclusive. …”
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Unmasking Job Satisfaction: Insights from Tribal India’s Nurses amongst the COVID-19 Pandemic by Vikrant Kabirpanthi, Vikas Gupta, Subramani Palaniyandi

“…A survey questionnaire was designed according to relevant guides, which gathered demographic details and job satisfaction using Job Satisfaction Scale (JSS) developed by Spector et al. …”
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Clinical Value and Potential Mechanism of miRNA-33a-5p in Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Xiang-Ming Wang, Shang-Wei Chen, Gang Chen, Hua-Fu Zhou, Ting-Qing Gan, Jing-Jing Zeng, Zu-Yun Li

“…The differentially expressed genes (DEGs) of LUSC and the candidate target genes of miRNA-33a-5p were overlapped to acquire a set of specific genes for further analyses of the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG), Gene Ontology (GO), and protein–protein interaction (PPI) network. miRNA-33a-5p overexpressed in LUSC was supported by 706 LUSC and 261 non-LUSC samples gathering from RT-qPCR, miRNA-seq, and public miRNA microarrays. …”
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Insights into simulation-based learning: student and faculty experiences in a PharmD program in Saudi Arabia by Reem Binsuwaidan, Najla A. Altwaijry, Alnada A. Ibrahim, Rawan A. Alghamdi, Razan Bin Humaid, Alaa A. AlSharif, Alaa A. AlHubaishi, Elshaymaa I. Elmongy, Lina I. Alnajjar, Ghadah H. Alshehri

“…Methods A mixed-method approach was employed, which used a cross-sectional survey and focus group discussion that solicited feedback from pharmacy students and academic faculty staff, respectively, about their experiences using simulation-based learning. This study gathered data on three simulation activity formats: computerized, mannequin, and standardized patient role-play simulations. …”
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Comparing two corrective exercise approaches for body image and upper-quadrant posture in schoolgirls with hyperkyphosis by Samineh Mokhtaran, Hashem Piri, Rahman Sheikhhoseini, Mohammad Salsali

“…Likewise, the photogrammetric technique and Kyphometer were used to gather data from all groups before and after six weeks of targeted corrective exercises. …”
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The mediating role of coping style in the relationship between fear of childbirth and psychological birth trauma among natural childbirth women in China: a structural equation mode... by Ying Wang, Cuiping Liu, Yujie Sun, Yaqing Yuan, Liping Chen

“…Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted among 420 women who underwent natural childbirth between June and December 2021 in Shandong Province, China. Data were gathered using the Wijma Delivery Experience Questionnaire, Trait Coping Style Questionnaire, and Impact of Event Scale-Revised. …”
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The developing speciality coffee businesses of Bangkok, Thailand and Penang, Malaysia. A story of entrepreneurial passion and creativity? by Mark Azavedo, Art Gogatz

“…Methodology: The study’s methodology was interview-based qualitative data gathering with no pre-determined hypotheses. Interviews were semi-structured. …”
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The relationship between self-perception of smile aesthetics and personality traits of university students: A cross-sectional study by Claudia Denisse Piscoche-Rodríguez, Livia Sonia Zambrano de la Peña, Maria Eugenia Guerrero, Dian Agustin Wahjuningrum, Novaldy Wahjudianto, Karissa Navita Saragih

“…The forms include four sections: informed consent, personal data, questions about self-perception of smile aesthetics (the SPIRQoL questionnaire), and questions about personality traits (the Revised NEO-FFI questionnaire). The data gathered from the forms were analyzed using the chi-squared test and the student's t-test. …”
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Deciphering the Link Between Diagnosis-Related Group Weight and Nursing Care Complexity in Hospitalized Children: An Observational Study by Manuele Cesare, Fabio D’Agostino, Emanuele Sebastiani, Nursing and Public Health Group, Gianfranco Damiani, Antonello Cocchieri

“…Methods: This retrospective study, conducted in an Italian university hospital, included children aged 2 to 11 years admitted to the hospital in 2022 with a minimum hospital stay of 2 days. Data were gathered from the Neonatal Pediatric Professional Assessment Instrument and the Hospital Discharge Register. …”
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Translation of PET radiotracers for cancer imaging: recommendations from the National Cancer Imaging Translational Accelerator (NCITA) consensus meeting by Martina A. McAteer, Daniel R. McGowan, Gary J. R. Cook, Hing Y. Leung, Tony Ng, James P. B. O’Connor, Luigi Aloj, Anna Barnes, Phil J. Blower, Kevin M. Brindle, John Braun, Craig Buckley, Daniel Darian, Paul Evans, Vicky Goh, David Grainger, Carol Green, Matt G. Hall, Thomas A. Harding, Catherine D. G. Hines, Simon J. Hollingsworth, Penny L. Hubbard Cristinacce, Rowland O. Illing, Martin Lee, Baptiste Leurent, Sue Mallett, Radhouene Neji, Natalia Norori, Nora Pashayan, Neel Patel, Kieran Prior, Thomas Reiner, Adam Retter, Alasdair Taylor, Jasper van der Aart, Joseph Woollcott, Wai-Lup Wong, Jan van der Meulen, Shonit Punwani, Geoff S. Higgins

“…Methods A consensus process was developed using the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method (RAM) to gather insights from a multidisciplinary panel of 38 key stakeholders on the appropriateness of preclinical and clinical methodologies and stakeholder engagement for PET radiotracer translation. …”
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Reasoning and interpretation cognitive biases related to psychotic characteristics: An umbrella-review. by Crystal Samson, Audrey Livet, Andy Gilker, Stephane Potvin, Veronik Sicard, Tania Lecomte

“…Moderate quality evidence with medium to large effect sizes were found for jumping to conclusion biases when clinical samples with psychosis were compared to controls, when using data-gathering tasks. Other cognitive biases are not supported by quality evidence (e.g., personalizing bias, belief about disconfirmatory evidence), and certain measures (i.e., IPSAQ and ASQ) systematically found no effect or small effects. …”
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Archéologie d’un jardin de sculptures du xxe siècle by Aline Gheysens

“…Let’s take a moment in order for us to imagine a large bramble bush which, as time goes by, has become a garden secretly gathering the sculptures collection of a great art dealer of the 20th century. …”
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Designing a Digital Transformation Model in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Iran by Saeid Noadoust, Mostafa Safdari Ranjbar

“…Methods This research adopts a qualitative approach and utilizes the grounded theory research strategy. The data gathered from interviews with industry experts and documentation and reports concerning digital transformation, especially in the oil and gas industry, helped the researchers construct a comprehensive model. …”
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Knowledge and attitude among Egyptian medical students regarding the role of human papillomavirus vaccine in prevention of oropharyngeal cancer: a questionnaire-based observational... by Mohammed. N. Abdelaziz, Abdullah Hefnawy, Hajer Azzam, Omar Reisha, Omar Hamdy

“…The study was a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study consisting of 696 participants from the first to fifth-year students enrolled in any Egyptian medical school registered in the academic year 2023–2024, specifically from June to August 2024, except non-medical, graduate, and non-Egyptian students who met the exclusion criteria. We privately gathered answers via colleagues and electronically via online Google forms posted on social media groups. …”
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