Family resilience in adapting to the conditions post the natural disaster of mount Semeru eruption in Supiturang and Sumberwuluh Village, Lumajang by Herawati Netty, Rohmah Nailur, Hutagalung Fonny D., Bulut Sefa, Majid Amira Naila, Maharani Dinofa, Dewi Rahmi Kusuma, Rahayu Assajadah Azzahra

“…The purpose of this study was to determine how family resilience in adapting to the post-eruption conditions of Mount Semeru in Supiturang and Sumberwuluh Villages, Lumajang. The research method uses a qualitative approach, with purposive sampling techniques, the criteria for informants for this research are (1) residents of Supitrang or Sumberwuluh village, (2) directly affected by the eruption, (3) loss of family members and property (4) not traumatized. …”
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Exclusive breastfeeding and its relevance to infant teething by G. A. Chukwu, C. Ogbonna, M. F. Gyang, S. N. Okolo

“… Objective: To determine the relevance of exclusive breast-feeding practice, in the development of healthy oral tissue among teething infants. Method: A cross sectional study design of children aged 6-36 months was carried out in 14 wards of Jos North Local Government Area. …”
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Exploring the job resources experienced by employees with hearing impairment in South Africa by Strauss Chelius, Bouwer E. Jonker, Marissa Brouwers

“…In addition, a descriptive phenomenological design was used to deeply understand the participants’ lived experiences. Participants (N = 14) were identified with a purposive sampling technique and data were collected with open-ended, deaf-friendly questionnaires. …”
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Status and influencing factors of emotional labour among Chinese psychiatric nurses: a cross-sectional study by Yue Sun, Xiaofen Li, Zhiying Wan

“…Data were collected using a convenience sampling method via Questionnaire Star on WeChat. The questionnaire included demographic information, the Emotional Labour Scale, the Perceived Organisational Support Scale, the Maslach Burnout Inventory and the Nurses’ Employment Happiness Scale.Results Psychiatric nurses reported a moderate level of emotional labour (mean score 45.52 ± 12.50 out of 84). …”
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Unveiling the effect of social media marketing activities on logistics brand equity and reuse intention by Xiaofang Lin, Abdullah Al Mamun, Mohammad Masukujjaman, Qing Yang

“…We collected the data using a purposive sampling method from 932 participants, who represented the demographic of adult Chinese consumers. …”
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Sources of Demotivation among English Language Learners: Novice and Experienced Teachers’ Beliefs by Asghar Afshari, Zia Tajeddin, Gholam-Reza Abbasian

“…Initially, through convenience sampling, different institute teachers were contacted. …”
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Acceptance-based process variables on postpartum well-being and distress: The mediating role of psychological flexibility. by Alexa Bonacquisti, Emily C Woodworth, Maria Diaz, Victoria A Grunberg

“…Our study aims to examine: (1) whether acceptance-based process variables (awareness, acceptance, cognitive defusion, psychological flexibility) were associated with postpartum outcomes; and (2) whether psychological flexibility mediated the relationship between treatment engagement and postpartum outcomes.<h4>Method</h4>Postpartum women (N = 266) were recruited online using snowball sampling via social media (i.e., Facebook). …”
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Gender roles and constraints in enhancing hybrid chicken production for food security in lower Eastern Kenya. by John K Musyoka, Wilckyster N Nyarindo, Robyn Alders, Hezron N Isaboke

“…The PSM and ESR models were estimated on a sample of 582 households selected using multistage stratified random sampling method. …”
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Exploring the mediating roles of bullying, school fighting, and media literacy in the relationship between social-emotional competence and cyberbullying among adolescents by Can Xiao, Mohammad Sajjad Heidari, Kamran Sheivandi Cholicheh

“…Objectives This study aims to investigate how social-emotional competence relates to cyberbullying, specifically examining the mediating roles of bullying behaviors, school fighting, and media literacy among Iranian adolescents. Method A descriptive correlational design was employed with a sample of 564 high school students from three cities in China and one city in Tehran, selected through random cluster sampling. …”
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Malt barley grain market participation and level of participation by smallholder farmers in Central Ethiopia: a Heckman two-stage model approach by Dejene Mamo Workie, Workalemahu Tasew, Beneberu Teferra

“…This study sought to underscore the factors influencing smallholder farmers' decision to participate in malt barley marketing and the level of participation in Central Ethiopia. A multi-stage sampling method was used to select representative sample households. …”
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Identification profile with extensive and semi-intensive beef cattle production system in District Sorong, Southwest Papua Province by Indra Saputra, Muh. Andika Prasetia, Rini Anggriani, Mirza Lena, Ryzal Satria Aditama, Andi Iksan Wijaya, Ahmat Endang Two Sulfiar

“…This research was conducted from January to March 2024 using the Participatory Rural Appraisal method, which is an approach that involves family members or individuals to analyze the reality of the living conditions they live in. …”
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Underutilized and neglected crop species and their role in enhancing household food security amid climate change, Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia by Dessalegn Shiferaw Yesuph, Dabalke Dabala Dalka, Masresha Tadesse Baye

“…Through a multi-stage sampling method, 246 households were interviewed, along with focus group discussions and key informant interviews. …”
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A study of high-resolution remote sensing image landslide detection with optimized anchor boxes and edge enhancement by Kun Wang, Ling Han, Juan Liao

“…According to the results of experiments, the proposed method outperforms the other three detection models with an AUC of 0.921, a recall of 86.14%, and an MCC of 0.887. …”
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Fault Diagnosis of Rolling Bearings Based on Two-step Transfer Learning and EfficientNetV2 by Du Kangning, Ning Shaohui

“…Then, the synthetic minority oversampling technique (SMOTE) oversampling method and the edited nearest neighbors (ENN) under the sampling method are proposed to expand the fault data, reconstructing the class-imbalanced dataset into a class-balanced dataset. …”
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On the accurate computation of expected modularity in probabilistic networks by Xin Shen, Matteo Magnani, Christian Rohner, Fiona Skerman

“…Our results demonstrate that removing low-probability edges or treating probabilities as weights produces inaccurate results, while the convergence of the sampling method varies with the parameters of the network. …”
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Comparing the effectiveness booklet and web based health education interventions on psychological well-being of menopausal women: A quasi- experimental study by Homeira Kiasi, Bahar Morshed Behbahani, Parvin Ghaemmaghami, Parvin Yadollahi

“…Objective(s): During menopausal period, women experience many symptoms, and most lack adequate knowledge to manage these symptoms. …”
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Expert evaluation of priority areas for implementation of medical and pharmaceutical technologies in Ukraine by M. M. Babenko, K. L. Kosiachenko

“…Respondents were selected by purposive sampling based on their managerial experience, education, and professional qualifications. …”
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Like milk on the stove: Healthcare professionals navigating uncertainty when caring for families with 22q11DS. by Sophie Ayoub, Eva De Clercq, Cheryl Cytrynbaum, Luzius A Steiner, Bernice S Elger

“…The qualitative aspect of this study focused on capturing the experiences of healthcare professionals involved in their care, recruited purposively through collaborators and snowball sampling methods. …”
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Psychometric properties of the persian version of the moral orientation guilt scale in the general population by Nematollah Yarollahi, Mehdi Imani, Mohammad Reza Taghavi, Mehdi Reza Sarafraz

“…Methods: This study constituted an applied research endeavor that employed a survey approach for data collection. …”
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Mobile health apps for skin cancer triage in the general population: a qualitative study on healthcare providers’ perspectives by Tobias E. Sangers, Marlies Wakkee, Folkert Moolenburgh, Tamar Nijsten, Marjolein Lugtenberg

“…Dutch dermatologists and GPs were selected using purposive sampling based on age, knowledge and previous experience with AI. …”
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