Factors influencing health-seeking behaviours and self-care practices among black-African Caribbean people living with type 2 diabetes: a community-focused qualitative study from S... by Shahina Pardhan, Raju Sapkota, Pamela Knight-Davidson, Justin Roberts

“…Audio recordings were transcribed verbatim, coded in NVivo software, and analysed using an inductive thematic approach.Primary outcome measures FGD data.Results A total of nine culturally specific and non-specific (generic) themes were identified. …”
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Stakeholders perspective of integrating female genital schistosomiasis into HIV care: A qualitative study in Ghana. by Emmanuel Asampong, Franklin N Glozah, Adanna Nwameme, Ruby Hornuvo, Edward Mberu Kamau, Philip Teg-Nefaah Tabong

“…Audio-recorded interviews were transcribed, coded, and thematically analyzed using NVivo version 13.…”
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Parallel boosting neural network with mutual information for day-ahead solar irradiance forecasting by Ubaid Ahmed, Anzar Mahmood, Ahsan Raza Khan, Levin Kuhlmann, Khurram Saleem Alimgeer, Sohail Razzaq, Imran Aziz, Amin Hammad

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Quantifying compatibility mechanisms in traditional Chinese medicine with interpretable graph neural networks by Jingqi Zeng, Xiaobin Jia

“…Given their high safety and dietary compatibility, this herb pair may offer therapeutic value for managing long COVID-19. All data and code are openly available (https://github.com/ZENGJingqi/GraphAI-for-TCM), providing a scalable and interpretable platform for TCM mechanism research and discovery of bioactive herbal constituents.…”
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Creating Value in Metaverse-Driven Global Value Chains: Blockchain Integration and the Evolution of International Business by Sina Mirzaye Shirkoohi, Muhammad Mohiuddin

“…A systematic literature review (SLR), conducted according to PRISMA 2020 guidelines, screened 300 articles from ABI Global, Business Source Premier, and Web of Science records, yielding 65 peer-reviewed articles for in-depth analysis. The corpus was coded thematically and mapped against three theoretical lenses: transaction cost theory, resource-based view, and network/ecosystem perspectives. …”
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Czech Participation in Ukraine’s Reconstruction: Risks, Scenarios and Opportunities in the Housing Sector by Pavlák, Miroslav, Mentlík, Roman, Halouzka, Miroslav, Yurchenko, Svetlana

“…Data triangulation was applied to ensure internal validity. …”
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Content Analysis of the articles in Journal of Linguistic and Rhetorical Studies of Semnan University (2010 - 2023) by Hossein Moradi Moghadam

“…By examining each article, necessary data were collected and analyzed using Excel software. …”
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An Efficient Topology Construction Scheme Designed for Graph Neural Networks in Hyperspectral Image Classification by Yu Zhang, Xin Li, Yaoqun Xu

“…Superpixel-based Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) have achieved remarkable success in hyperspectral image (HSI) classification tasks, primarily due to their ability to capture the implicit topological structure in the data while maintaining low computational complexity by propagating information between spatially adjacent superpixels. …”
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Decoding the shadows: multi-modal identity profiling in darknet markets using latent behavior feature fusion by Xuan Zhang, Pengfei Li, Xin Tong, K. P. Chow, DeYu Yuan, Si Chen, Bo Jin

“…In this study, we propose a novel vendor profiling approach that integrates latent behavioral features with textual data, forming the Dark Web Latent Behavior Profiling Framework (DarkBIP-FW). …”
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“Even Though He Had Expressed Willingness to Take PrEP, He Declined When He Noticed the Drugs Were Packed in a Container Like That of ARVs”: Exploring Barriers to HIV/AIDS Risk Red... by Cyrus Mutie MSc, Kawira Kithuci PhD, John Gachohi PhD, Grace Mbuthia PhD

“…We used semi-structured interview guides to collect data through audio records. Interviews were transcribed, coded, and thematically analysed using the QDA-Miner software to generate themes and sub-themes around barriers to HIV/AIDS risk reduction among LDTs. …”
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NOSOLOGICALLY AND AGE-STRATIFIED MORTALITY STRUCTURE FROM CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES IN THE YEARS 2006 AND 2014 by I. V. Samorodskaya, M. A. Starinskaya, V. Yu. Semyonov, Е. P. Kakorina

“…Part of deaths from non-clearly defined nosological death causes (codes 129-130, 132, 136, 140, 145, 147-150, 151-152, 155) was in 2014 — 58,8% from CVD and 29,4% from general causes. …”
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The green vector of the World economy’s development and its reflection in international trade by Tatiana V. Voronina, Alexey N. Yeletsky, Ashkhen B. Yatcenko, Artem A. Kondratiev

“…The total volume of green trade was calculated based on 226 commodity sub-codes (IMF data). Focus of the study was on exports analysis of electric vehicles, nuclear reactors, electric generating plants for wind farms, biodegradable packaging, industrial waste for recycling and use. …”
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A Qualitative Evaluation of the Impacts of COVID-19 on Canadian Public Safety Personnel Health and Wellbeing by Alyssa Smith, Paula M. Di Nota, Rosemary Ricciardelli, Gregory S. Anderson

“…Using an inductive thematic analysis approach, responses were coded to identify emergent, data-driven themes while drawing on existing theory for analysis. …”
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SpecTE: Parameter Estimation for LAMOST Low-resolution Stellar Spectra Based on Denoising Pretraining by Xirong Zhao, Xiangru Li, Hui Li, Xianqi Liu

“…The estimated stellar catalog, code, pretrained model, and experimental data are released online for astronomical exploration and algorithm research.…”
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Comorbid psoriasis in systemic lupus erythematosus: a cohort study from a tertiary referral centre and the National Patient Register in Sweden by Christopher Sjöwall, Ioannis Parodis, Elizabeth Arkema, Tomas Walhelm, Charlotta Enerbäck

“…We obtained patient-reported and relevant clinical data extracted in 2024. Individuals with coexisting psoriasis were identified via the International Classification of Diseases code L40 and subsequent confirmation through chart review in the regional cohort. …”
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IonoBench: Evaluating Spatiotemporal Models for Ionospheric Forecasting Under Solar-Balanced and Storm-Aware Conditions by Mert Can Turkmen, Yee Hui Lee, Eng Leong Tan

“…In this paper, we take the first step toward fostering rigorous and reproducible evaluation of AI models for ionospheric forecasting by introducing IonoBench: a benchmarking framework that employs a stratified data split, balancing solar intensity across subsets while preserving 16 high-impact geomagnetic storms (Dst ≤ <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>100</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> nT) for targeted stress testing. …”
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Healthcare sobriety and pollution awareness for a green healthcare sector: a Belgian qualitative study by Desterbecq Charlotte, Dupras Charles, de Maack Valentina, Tubeuf Sandy

“…To address this gap, we carried out five group interviews, exploring the views of 28 participants on climate change, healthcare pollution, and their sense of engagement in reducing healthcare pollution. Data were collected, coded and analysed using an inductive process. …”
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An automatic laryngoscopic image segmentation system based on SAM prompt engineering: from glottis annotation to vocal fold segmentation by Yucong Zhang, Yucong Zhang, Yuchen Song, Juan Liu, Juan Liu, Ming Li, Ming Li

“…To encourage further research, we release our code at: https://github.com/yucongzh/Laryngoscopic-Image-Segmentation-Toolkit.…”
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Optimising the public health benefits of sex work regulation in Senegal: Results from qualitative interviews with policy stakeholders. by Aurélia Lépine, Fanny Procureur, Sandie Szawlowski, Carole Treibich, El Hadj Mbaye, Khady Gueye, Cheikh Tidiane Ndour

“…<h4>Method</h4>We conducted a qualitative policy research study using semi-structured in-depth interviews with 22 national stakeholders in this policy, including representatives from the police, government and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Dakar, Senegal, as well as FSWs' leaders. The interview data were thematically coded using the interview topic guide and other recurring themes and analysed using thematic analysis on Nvivo 12.…”
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Characterization and modelling of milling induced damage in the carbon fibre reinforced composite laminates by Sergio Luiz Moni Ribeiro Filho, Alfredo Rocha de Faria, Mauricio Vicente Donadon

“…In general, a fairly good correlation between numerical predictions and experimental data in terms of milling force was found, with 6.51 % maximum deviation. …”
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