A Guide to the Florida 4-H Council by Stacey E. Ellison, Tracy Tesdall, J. A. Rutledge, Joy C. Jordan, Wendi Armstrong

“…A Council is an elected representative group of 4-H members who meet, discuss, plan, and assist in carrying out 4-H programs and activities in the interest of the total membership. …”
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Promoting COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance through Community Engagement: An Ethnographic Study in Ghana by Matilda Aberese-Ako, Wisdom Ebelin, Phidelia Theresa Doegah, Mawulom Kuatewo, Lebene Kpodo, Atsu Godsway Kpordorlor, Robert Kaba Alhassan, Atubiga Alobit Baba, Senanu Djokoto, Evelyn K. Ansah

“…To successfully manage COVID-19 and to meet the target of vaccinating 22.9 million people in Ghana, the government has adopted community engagement as one of the strategies. …”
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Changes in household food security, access to health services and income in northern Lao PDR during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey by Jennifer R Head, Phetsavanh Chanthavilay, Helen Catton, Ammaline Vongsitthi, Kelley Khamphouxay, Niphone Simphaly

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Risk factors for difficult peripheral venous cannulation in hospitalised patients. Protocol for a multicentre case–control study in 48 units of eight public hospitals in Spain by Jose Miguel Morales-Asencio, Ian Blanco-Mavillard, Miguel Angel Rodríguez-Calero, Ismael Fernandez-Fernandez, Luis Javier Molero-Ballester, Catalina Matamalas-Massanet, Luis Moreno-Mejias, Joan Ernest de Pedro-Gomez

“…The control group will be obtained from records of patients who do not meet the above conditions. …”
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A Review of Total Hip Arthroplasty Comparison in FNF and OA Patients by Jakub Szczesiul, Marek Bielecki

“…All five retrospective cohort studies fitted the required criteria for inclusion in this work, four US-based study groups and one European-based study group. Data were gathered from three separate databases. …”
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Application of Noise Control Combined with Relaxation Training in Patients with Skin Laser Cosmetology: A Single-center Retrospective Study by Miaohao Wang, Haiqing Bi, Qichao Ma

“…Twelve patients who did not meet the criteria were excluded, and the remaining 172 patients were divided based on the type of intervention into the control group (CG, n = 82) and the study group (SG, n = 90). …”
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ICT integration in education: aligning experiences of ESP lecturers in economic universities by О. Zatserkovnyi

“…It combines survey data analysis with focus group discussions to explore lecturers’ perspectives on ICT integration. …”
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RWA-BFT: Reputation-Weighted Asynchronous BFT for Large-Scale IoT by Guanwei Jia, Zhaoyu Shen, Hongye Sun, Jingbo Xin, Dongyu Wang

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Effect of Ward Noise Reduction Technology Combined with Music Therapy on Negative Emotions in Inpatients Undergoing Gastric Cancer Radiotherapy: A Retrospective Study by Fengyun Zhao, Zhen Sun, Wenbo Niu

“…Methods and materials: This study retrospectively analysed the clinical data of 108 patients with gastric cancer who received radiotherapy in the oncology department of JiaoZhou Central Hospital from March 2021 to March 2022, and excluded eight patients who did not meet the inclusion criteria. The remaining patients were divided into a control group (CG, music therapy, n = 48) and a study group (SG, ward noise reduction technology + music therapy, n = 52) in accordance with different management modes. …”
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Investigating Factors Affecting Location by Meta-Analysis by vahide nori, Afson Mahdavi, Fatemeh Mohammad Niae Qaraee

“…The attachment to the place is the emotional relationship of the individual to the place, which is rooted in the person's past qualities and experiences that the place should be able to meet the needs and expectations of the individual, and also the place must meet the capacity to meet those needs and expectations. …”
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Antiamoebic Chemoprophylaxis Using Quinfamide in Children: A Comparative Study by Nicolas Padilla, Rosalinda Diaz, Alfonso Alarcon, Roberto Barreda

“…Of these, six were further eliminated because they did not meet the inclusion requirements. At the conclusion of the study, Group 1 presented with 37.6% of subjects still testing positive for cysts; of Group 2, 12.5% tested positive; and in Group 3, 23.5% of participants tested positive for cysts (X2 = 16.8; df = 2; p = 0.0002). …”
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A Hybrid Sales Forecasting Scheme by Combining Independent Component Analysis with K-Means Clustering and Support Vector Regression by Chi-Jie Lu, Chi-Chang Chang

“…Sales forecasting plays an important role in operating a business since it can be used to determine the required inventory level to meet consumer demand and avoid the problem of under/overstocking. …”
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Bearing Behavior of the Fly Ash Deposits on Expressway by Chun-yu Cui, Shu-jian Wang, Wei Cui, Xiao Zheng

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A Collaborative Story Writing Project Using Google Docs and Face-to-Face Collaboration by Deirdre Wilson

“…Data sources included field notes from class observations, reflections written by the teacher, semi-structured interviews with the teacher, focus group interviews with the students, and the shared Google Docs. …”
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Teaching inclusive education: a contextual higher education analysis by Yolande Korkie, Christa Beyers, Eben Swanepoel

“…Modules should be integrated inter-disciplinarily, based on inclusive education policy, to adequately prepare pre-service teachers to meet the needs of the diverse group of learners that they will teach.…”
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Space occupancy in the hallways of old collective housing: a case study of collective housing in Shanghai by Ying Yang, Yinzhe Xu, Kun Liu, Qin Wei

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HIV/Aids reporting in three South African newspapers by Thalyta Swanepoel, Lynette Lynette, Johannes Froneman

“…It was found that these newspapers partially meet the interest group criteria. They raise awareness satisfactorily, but agenda setting could be improved. …”
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Improving Access in Gastroenterology: The Single Point of Entry Model for Referrals by Kerri L Novak, Sander Veldhuyzen Van Zanten, Sachin R Pendharkar

“…In 2005, a group of academic gastroenterologists in Calgary (Alberta) adopted a centralized referral intake system known as central triage. …”
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Intelligent Time-Domain Parameters Matching for Shock Response Spectrum and Its Experimental Validation in Active Vibration Control Systems by Jinxin Liu, Liangdong Yang, Xingwu Zhang, Ruqiang Yan, Xuefeng Chen

“…Synthesis of a TSW using a group of wavelets with different frequencies, amplitudes, and phases is considered to be a very promising method. …”
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Key Technology Research on the Rapid-Molding In-Closed Retaining-Wall in Filling Mining by Chaowen Hu, Qian Li, Yilong Wang, Ke Chang, Yongyuan Li, Yaqian Wang, Hui Liu

“…The maximum value of subsidence was 12 mm, which could meet the requirements of safety production and had significant economic benefits.…”
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