‘It Just Makes Sense to Me’: A qualitative study exploring patient decision‐making and experiences with prostate MRI during active surveillance for prostate cancer by Ryan Sutherland, Cary P. Gross, Xiaomei Ma, Farah Jeong, Tyler M. Seibert, Matthew R. Cooperberg, William J. Catalona, Shellie D. Ellis, Stacy Loeb, Dena Schulman‐Green, Michael S. Leapman

“…Abstract Introduction Although prostate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is commonly used in the diagnosis, staging and active surveillance of prostate cancer, little is known about patient perspectives on MRI. Methods We performed a qualitative study consisting of in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews of patients with low‐ and intermediate‐risk prostate cancer managed with active surveillance. …”
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Relationship between teachers’ cognitive activation practices, teacher characteristics and student achievement in science subdomains: a study of TIMSS 2019 in Sweden by Zahra Hasani Yourdshahi, Kajsa Yang Hansen, Linda Borger

“…It also examined whether teachers’ cognitive activation practices can mitigate the influence of student home educational resources on achievement. Methods Using the Swedish TIMSS 2019 data, multilevel structural equation modelling analyses were employed. …”
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Estimation of Burden of Kidney Dysfunction in HIV-Infected Pediatrics and Adolescents by Use of Urinary Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin: A Single Center Experience in Ke... by Anne P. Lomole, William M. Macharia, Mary S. Limbe, Doris W. Kinuthia, Samuel K. Kabinga, Haijuan Wang

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Developing a Quality Improvement Framework to Enhance the Health System User Experience for Individuals Living With Type 1 Diabetes: The Reshape T1D Study by Jamie Boisvenue, Youssef A. Elezzabi, Kim Young, Kathleen Gibson, Heather Hinz, Reid McClure, Robyn Homulos, Jude Spiers, Peter Senior, Roseanne Yeung

“…Methods Using a community‐based participatory research design, we involved four patients and four clinicians as co‐researchers throughout the research. …”
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Feasibility, safety, and outcome of fetoscopic endoluminal tracheal occlusion for severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia at a low case-load center: one center's experience by Saud Alshanafey, Wesam I. Kurdi, Maha Tulbah, Rubina MA Khan, Nada Al Sahan, Maisoon Al Mugbel, Fahad Al-Hazzani, Gawaher Almutairi, Ala Jebreel, Maha Al-Nemer

“…OBJECTIVE: We report our early experience with FETO. DESIGN: A retrospective chart review of case series. …”
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Clinical manifestations of COVID-19 infection and its impact on the outcome in children and adolescents with benign and malignant hematological disease in Egypt: a single-center ex... by Fatma Soliman Elsayed Ebeid, Aya Mostafa, Sondos M. Magdy, Haidy Moahmed Abd El Kader, Amal Abdel Azim Lotfy, Nihal Hussien Aly

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Six years of car driving experience: impact of psychological status, sleep, fatigue and quality of life in female drivers in Saudi Arabia: an online survey study by Thamir Al-khlaiwi, Dena S. Alsuhaibani, Hoor K. Aloraini, Jana I. Alhazmi, Razan A. Almohanna, Sara A. Alsheikh, Turkia A. Alsheik, Norah Alrashoud, Muhammad Iqbal

“…Methods This comparative cross-sectional study was conducted using an online questionnaire, distributed to female drivers and non-drivers residing in Saudi Arabia between November 2024 and March 2025. …”
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Lamotrigine (Sazar) in the treatment of epilepsy: four years of experience in Svt. Luka's Association of Medical institutions for the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Ne... by K. Yu. Mukhin, O. A. Pylaeva, M. Yu. Bobylova, N. V. Freydkova

“…We analyzed the data obtained during 4 years (from June 2018 to August 2022).Materials and methods. We evaluated the efficacy and tolerability of Sazar in 104 patients aged 3 to 37 years (87 children and 17 adults (12 women and 5 men)); their mean age was 9.7 years. …”
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Participant Perceptions of Increasing Water Intake in Polycystic Kidney Disease by Sneha Amin, Irene Sangadi, Margaret Allman-Farinelli, Neil Boudville, Imad Haloob, David C.H. Harris, Carmel M. Hawley, David W. Johnson, Vincent W. Lee, Jun Mai, Anna Rangan, Simon D. Roger, Kamal Sud, Eswari Vilayur, Gopala K. Rangan

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Patients’ Preferences for Attributes of Oral vs Injectable Androgen Deprivation Therapy in Prostate Cancer: A Discrete Choice Experiment by Collins SP, Hong A, Hauber B, Flanders SC, Will O, Maculaitis MC, Gatoulis SC, Chakoian M, Thorley J

“…This study quantified the impact of multiple attributes of currently available oral and injectable ADTs on patient treatment choice.Patients and Methods: From February to July 2022, US males aged > 40 years with localized or advanced prostate cancer completed a cross-sectional survey, including a discrete choice experiment (DCE), to assess preferences for ADT attributes. …”
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"I don't see a reason why we should be hidden from view": Views of a convenience sample of people living with HIV on sharing HIV status data in routinely collected health and care... by Elizabeth Ford, Katie Goddard, Michael Smith, Jaime Vera

“…We aimed to elicit views on HIV status being shared in NHS datasets, and identify appropriate safeguards.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted three focus groups with a convenience sample of PLWH recruited through HIV charities, presenting information on data governance, data-sharing, patient privacy, law, and research areas envisaged for HIV and ageing. …”
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Single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion is associated with higher nonroutine discharge rates compared to cervical disc arthroplasty in obese patients by Paul G. Mastrokostas, Luke B. Schwartz, Eli Berglas, Aaron B. Lavi, Leonidas E. Mastrokostas, Jonathan Dalton, Christopher K. Kepler, Arya Varthi, Jad Bou Monsef, Afshin E. Razi, Mitchell K. Ng

“…Settings: and Design: Retrospective cohort study using a national database. Subjects and Methods: The National Inpatient Sample was queried to identify obese patients who underwent single-level ACDF or CDA between 2016 and 2020. …”
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Models for Implementing the Concept of “Absence” by Natalia Diachok, Oksana Popkova

“…There are a number of methods which are used to analyse the material under investigation: the continuous sampling method, the comparative method, etymologization in terms of the comparative-historical method, modelling within the structural method etc. …”
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Lived experiences of sixth grade teachers and students from the qualitative assessment of math lessons, designing a scale of teacher skills in the qualitative evaluation of math le... by Masoud hosseini, Abolfazl Tehranian, Mohammad Hassan Behzadi, Seyyed Hassan Alam Al-Hadaei

“…Methods: The current research was applied in terms of purpose and qualitative in terms of method and based on phenomenological strategy. …”
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A qualitative research on perceptions and experience of patients with sudden deafness (突发性聋患者疾病感受和体验的质性研究) by ZHANG Shan (张珊), CHEN Li (陈丽)

“…Methods Totally 16 patients with sudden deafness were recruited using a purposive sampling method, A face-to-face semi-structured method was adopted, and qualitative data was analyzed Colaizzis method of phenomenological analysis. …”
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Protocol for the upgraded high-throughput SPME system for biocompatible in vitro extraction from small volume for metabolomics and pharmaceutical assays by Paulina Szeliska, Karol Jaroch, Bartłomiej Charemski, Kübra Kahremanoğlu, Enes Çetin, Ezel Boyaci, Barbara Bojko

“…Experiments demonstrated the biocompatibility of the SPME coatings and their negligible influence on key cellular parameters. …”
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Community health worker and caregiver experiences and perceptions of a multimodal handheld pulse oximeter used in sick child consultations in rural Burundi: A qualitative evaluatio... by Sarah Bauler, Leocadie Nivyindika, Titus Kirwa, Vital Habonimana, Dionis Nizigiyimana, Miles A Kirby, Asrat Tolossa

“…We conducted a prospective pilot study and used qualitative research methods to evaluate acceptability and feasibility of a multimodal pulse oximeter used by CHWs during their integrated community case management (iCCM) of childhood illness consultations in rural Burundi. …”
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A novel end-to-end learning framework for inferring lncRNA-disease associations based on convolution neural network by Shunxian Zhou, Sisi Chen, Jinhai Le, Yangtai Xu, Lei Wang

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Considering patient-centred care and patient empowerment as essential to quality health care delivery in Ghana by Ruby V. Kodom, Robert T. Netangaheni

“…Setting: The study considered PCC and PE from the perspective of three public healthcare facilities within the Greater Accra region. Methods: The researcher adopted a qualitative exploratory research approach. …”
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“I’m Managing My Diabetes between Two Worlds”: Beliefs and Experiences of Diabetes Management in British South Asians on Holiday in the East—A Qualitative Study by Neesha R. Patel, Anne Kennedy, Christian Blickem, David Reeves, Carolyn Chew-Graham

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