Toward improving respectful maternity care: a discrete choice experiment with rural women in northeast Nigeria by Josephine Exley, Zelee Hill, Tanya Marchant, Nasir Umar, Matthew Quaife, Abdulrahman Shuaibu

“…This study aimed to determine how specific hypothetical facility birth experience of care attributes influenced rural Nigerian women’s stated preferences for hypothetical place of delivery.Methods Attributes were identified through a comprehensive review of the literature. …”
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Short-Form Video Informed Consent Compared With Written Consent for Adolescents and Young Adults: Randomized Experiment by Aliyyat Afolabi, Elaine Cheung, Joanne Chen Lyu, Pamela M Ling

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to examine the effectiveness of a short-form (90-second) video consent compared with a standard written consent for a vaping cessation study for adolescents and young adults. MethodsWe conducted a web-based experiment with 435 adolescents and young adults (aged 13-24 years) recruited by a web-based survey research provider. …”
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Experiences of Discrimination Among Women and Gender Diverse Veterans Using Veterans Health Administration Health Care by Jodie G. Katon, Samantha K. Benson, Vyshnika Sriskantharajah, Lisa S. Callegari, Karissa Fenwick, Kristen E. Gray, P. Adam Kelly, Ashley C. Mog

“…Our objective was to understand discrimination experienced by women Veterans in the context of Veterans Health Administration (VA) care. Methods: We analyzed data from a series of semistructured telephone interviews with Veterans identified as females in the VA medical record who received VA health care in the past 12 months, purposively sampled by race/ethnicity and age (N = 28). …”
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Experiences of healthcare and administrative staff working with asylum seekers in the current polycrisis context: a qualitative study by Léa Grosjean, Yann Sancosme, Kevin Morisod, Allison François, Rose Caitlin, Anne Jachmann, Véronique S. Grazioli, Patrick Bodenmann

“…Methods Participants (N = 24) were part of the front-line care team working with asylum seekers in the Canton of Vaud (Switzerland). …”
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Optimizing Virtual Follow-Up Care: Realist Evaluation of Experiences and Perspectives of Patients With Breast and Prostate Cancer by Sarah Scruton, Geoff Wong, Stephanie Babinski, Lauren R Squires, Alejandro Berlin, Julie Easley, Sharon McGee, Ken Noel, Danielle Rodin, Jonathan Sussman, Robin Urquhart, Jacqueline L Bender

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The association of appointment type in healthcare with patient reported experience measures: a population-based survey study by Tarja Heponiemi, Emma Kainiemi, Lotta Virtanen, Tuulikki Vehko, Anna-Mari Aalto

“…The present study examined whether the type of appointment (in-person, by phone call or via digital services), service sector, and encountered health professional were associated with patients’ experience of appointment quality in healthcare. Methods The data from the population-based cross-sectional Healthy Finland Survey conducted from September 2022 to February 2023 including 22 665 respondents (53% women) were used. …”
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Features of Celiac Disease in children and adolescents with Down syndrome: a single-center experience of annual screening by Martina Lattuada, Paola Rebora, Paola Rebora, Chiara Fossati, Alessandra Lazzerotti, Lucia Paolini, Alessandro Cattoni, Alessandro Cattoni, Roberto Panceri, Maria Grazia Valsecchi, Maria Grazia Valsecchi, Andrea Biondi, Andrea Biondi, Giovanna Zuin

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Toward equity in cultivating a “garden of mentors:” An exploration of networking experiences in an implementation research training program by Loni J. Parrish, Amanda Gilbert, Kate Hoppe, Gloria D. Coronado, Karen M. Emmons, Amy A. Eyler, Debra Haire-Joshu, Rebekah R. Jacob, Alison B. Hamilton, Shelly J. Kannuthurai, Ross C. Brownson

“…To build knowledge on effective networking and mentoring, this study sought to 1) conduct a social network analysis to determine whether underrepresented scholars have equivalent levels of connection and 2) gain insights into the differences in networking among racial/ethnic subgroups of scholars. Methods: Social network survey data were used to select participants based on number of collaborative connections (highest, lowest) and racial/ ethnic category (underrepresented, not underrepresented). …”
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Advancing human-use experience for real-world evidence for the registration of traditional Chinese medicine products in China by Mingge Xia, Yan Xue, Luwei Zhu, Xianwen Chen, Carolina Oi Lam Ung, Sheng Han, Yunfeng Lai, Hao Hu

“…Purpose This study aimed to comprehensively analyse the regulatory concerns, policy guidances, and approved cases of using HUE to register TCM products. Methods Literature search and thematic analysis were conducted to identify and synthesize the regulatory concerns. …”
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Experience of controlling behaviour and intimate partner violence among women of reproductive age in sub-Saharan Africa by Richard Gyan Aboagye, King David Dzirasah, Mainprice Akuoko Essuman, Qorinah Estiningtyas Sakilah Adnani, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

“…Methods We performed a cross-sectional analysis of secondary data obtained from nineteen Demographic and Health Surveys in sub-Saharan Africa conducted from 2015 to 2021, using a weighted sample of 85,166 women in sexual unions. …”
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Open repair of type IV thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms: a real-world experience in the endovascular era. by Marta Romão Rodrigues, Tiago Magalhães, Ryan Gouveia e Melo, Luis Silvestre, Ruy Fernandes e Fernandes, Emanuel Silva, Pedro Amorim, Augusto Ministro, Carlos Martins, Luis Mendes Pedro

“…This paper aims to present a descriptive analysis and outcome evaluation of open repair for TAAA-IV in our institution, where endovascular repair is generally the first-line treatment option. METHODS: An observational, descriptive, and retrospective cohort analysis was conducted, including all patients treated for asymptomatic TAAA-IV in the last 15 years (2008-2023). …”
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Identification of biomarkers and potential drug targets in DFU based on fundamental experiments and multi-omics joint analysis by Xudong Xin, Xudong Xin, Xudong Xin, Xudong Xin, Haidong Zhou, Song Huang, Wenzhao Zhang, Jiahou Xu, Wei Wang, Jihua Wei, Jihua Wei, Jihua Wei, Jihua Wei, Liqing Li

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Communication and relationships: how patients perceive informational and interactional organizational justice can improve patient-centered care, a study with samples from Spain and... by Diana Pérez-Arechaederra, Elena Briones, Luis García-Ortiz

“…Given the structural differences in healthcare systems in Spain and the U.S., we examined both contexts to strengthen our analysis of patient perceptions that are critical for improving patient-centered care across different systems. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional survey study using two data samples from Spain and the U.S. …”
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Efficacy and tolerability of Seizar (lamotrigine) in the treatment of epilepsy (experience of Svt. Luka’s Institute of Child Neurology and Epilepsy) by O. A. Pylaeva, K. Yu. Mukhin

“…Objective: to review efficacy and tolerability of Seizar in patients with various forms of epilepsy based on long-term experience of using this drug in our center. Materials and methods. …”
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Numerical simulation of radiotherapy beam interaction with soft tissues and PLA plastic for 3D printing of dosimetric phantoms by I. A. Miloichikova, A. A. Bulavskaya, D. A. Polomoshnova, V. O. Saburov, S. G. Stuchebrov

“…Dosimetric phantoms of laboratory animals are an effective tool for dose assessment, facilitating standardization of tests conducted under different conditions. existing phantoms often fail to address radiobiological issues like placing of biological samples or dosimetry detectors. A method for manufacturing dosimetric phantoms must be developed to accurately manufacturing products and modify their design in accordance with the task. …”
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A crystal plasticity finite element framework for multiscale structure-property-performance analysis in functionally graded porous 316L stainless steel by Sina Jabarzadeh, Amir Najibi, Ahmad Ghasemi-Ghalebahman

“…A novel method using random cropping of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) scans is proposed to determine the minimum size of representative volume elements (RVEs) required for microscale simulations of additively manufactured samples. …”
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Optimal View Estimation Algorithm and Evaluation with Deviation Angle Analysis by Meng Yuan, Hongjun Li

“…Currently, two issues need further exploration in image-based viewpoint estimation research: insufficient labeled data and a limited number of evaluation methods for estimation results. To address the first issue, this paper proposes a spherical viewpoint sampling method based on a combination of analytical methods and motion adjustment, and designs a viewpoint-based projection image acquisition algorithm. …”
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Global Structural Knowledge Distillation for Semantic Segmentation by Hyejin Park, Keonhee Ahn, Hyesong Choi, Dongbo Min

“…Instead of aligning features pixel-by-pixel, we focus on capturing and transferring global structural information within an image. Our method begins with Class-Balanced Sampling (CBS), which ensures that representative features from various classes are sampled evenly from the teacher’s feature maps. …”
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Research on the experience of utilizing artificial intelligence in nursing learning from the perspective of nursing students – a qualitative study by Pengding Lei, Edward N. Duo, Yazhuo Gao, Xuehua Zhu

“…Twenty-one undergraduate nursing students were selected using the purposive sampling method. The interview data were collected and analyzed using the conventional content analysis method. …”
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Concept “Holy Fool” in the Linguistic World-Image of the Russian-Speaking Population of Ukraine by Iia Gordiienko-Mytrofanova, Iuliia Kobzieva

“…The aim of the article is to identify and analyze the semantic components of the verbalized concept “holy fool” in the linguistic world-image of the Russian-speaking population of Ukraine. The main method of the conducted research was the psycholinguistic experiment. …”
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