A co-designed intervention to support people living with achalasia to eat in a social setting: a feasibility study by Melika Kalantari, Amelia Hollywood, Rosemary Lim, Majid Hashemi

“…The co-designed intervention has significant practical implications by providing healthcare professionals and support groups with a feasible, potentially effective method to enhance the social eating experience of people living with achalasia, potentially improving their overall quality of life.…”
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Association of football athlete engagement profiles with adolescent mental health — a latent profile analysis by Huarui Huang, Xiaoqi Sha, Chen Zhong, Ning Ma, Yizhou Shui

“…The current study was not able to clearly identify the mental health benefits associated with team sports among different individuals. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted across 64 schools in China, involving a total sample of 1,659 adolescents (M age = 12.51 years, SD = 2.285). …”
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Multimorbidity of hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia and influencing factors of family function among the elderly of original residential communities of Guangzhou city by Huang Zhijie, Mai Zhihua, Wang Haoxiang, He Yuming, Deng Qiaoyan, Dai Ranran, Zhou Zhiheng

“…Objective: This study aims to investigate the prevalence of comorbidities and family function among older people of original residential communities of Guangzhou city with hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia. Methods: A stratified random sampling method was employed to conduct a survey using the Family APGAR Questionnaire. …”
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Assessing the effects of long-COVID on mental health in the United States: a population based study by Anusua Datta

“…Methods We utilize the Household Pulse Survey data, which provides the first population-based sample on the prevalence of long-COVID, beginning with its June 2022 wave. …”
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Attitudes to death in surgeons and internists by Antonio Rodríguez Sánchez

“…Objective: To compare the attitudes to death in surgeons and internists of clinical-surgical hospital.  Methods: Quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional research conducted in August 2019, in an intentional sample of 30 surgeons and 33 internists. …”
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Phenomenology of the Dominant Environment in Public Sector Accounting Education from the Perspective of Graduates in Public Sector Accounting by Sajad Naghdi, Roghayye Jeddi

“…Methods In this research, a phenomenological approach was used to understand the lived experiences of accounting graduates in the public sector. …”
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Palliative care access and use among homeless individuals: a scoping review by Ashley Rodericks-Schulwach, Ravi Gokani, Lynn Martin

“…Abstract Background Homeless individuals experience severe health inequalities, increased rates of disease, and premature mortality. …”
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Comment ChatGPT fabrique une nouvelle réalité dans l’écriture by Veronika Yurchenko, Oleksii Nalyvaiko

“…The data were analysed using statistical methods, including the Kruskal-Wallis test, ANOVA, and Pearson’s correlation analysis. …”
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Radiation Pattern Measurement in the Planar Coordinate by Chen Yang, Yi-hao Wang, Yi Wang, Zhao Ding, Jun Wen, Li-Feng Bian

“…Four application scenarios of the method are proposed and experimentally studied, including: 1D, 3D wireframe, pattern reconstruction for Monte Carlo ray-tracing planar data and 3D pattern estimation for luminaires. 1D radiation pattern obtained by classical goniophotometer method is employed as an evaluation standard, and experiments indicate that the results agree well between the two approaches. …”
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Simulation-based learning in postgraduate critical care and anaesthesia nursing: an interview study from postgraduate nurses’ perspectives by Carina Sjöberg, Pether Jildenstål, Mona Ringdal, Torben Nordahl Amorøe, Viktoria Sjöstedt, Carl-Johan Cederwall

“…Method This is a descriptive qualitative interview study with a purposeful sample of postgraduate nurses with experience with simulation-based learning during clinical practice. …”
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Role of Emotional Maturity and Social Support in Predicting Quarter-Life Crisis in Emerging Adulthood Using Multiple Linear Regression Analysis by Muhamad Nanang Suprayogi, Wira Bagus Santoso

“…The employed research method was multiple linear regression analysis. The participants were individuals aged 18 to 29 years. …”
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Microscopic parametrizations for gate set tomography under coloured noise by P. Viñas, A. Bermudez

“…We compare the estimated gate sets obtained by our method and the standard long-sequence GST, discussing their accuracies and showcasing the advantages of the parametrized approach in terms of the sampling complexity.…”
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Designing a defensive silence failure model of creative employees in organizations by Azam Khosravi, karam khalili, Esfandyar Mohammadi

“…The statistical population in the qualitative part of the research includes 20 experts (university professors and researchers familiar with the research topic) and managers and deputies of government organizations, and the statistical population in the quantitative part includes 345 people of managers and deputies and experts of government organizations in Ilam province. The sampling method in the qualitative part is a purposeful judgment, and in the quantitative part it is a cluster sampling method. …”
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Evaluation of Cell Line Identity Using RTCA Profiling for Quality Control of Products Containing Viable Human Cells by M. A. Vodyakova, O. A. Rachinskaya, N. S. Pokrovsky, I. S. Semenova, E. V. Melnikova, V. A. Merkulov

“…Demonstration of reproducibility of the RTCA profiling technique as a test method for primary verification of the cell line identity.Materials and methods. …”
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EPIMR: Prediction of Enhancer-Promoter Interactions by Multi-Scale ResNet on Image Representation by Qiaozhen Meng, Yinuo Lyu, Xiaoqing Peng, Junhai Xu, Jijun Tang, Fei Guo

“…Experimental results on six cell lines indicate that EPIMR performs better than existing methods, with higher area under the precision-recall curve (AUPR) and area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) results on benchmark and under-sampling datasets. …”
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The rise and drop of online learning: adaptability and future prospects by Najib Najjar, Najib Najjar, Melissa Rouphael, Tania Bitar, Walid Hleihel

“…Using a convenience-sampling method, we collected 309 responses, focusing on educators’ preparedness, student satisfaction, adaptability in online learning, and preferences for future learning modalities. …”
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Animation Pose Generation Model Based on Kinect Depth Image and Occlusion-Robust Pose-Maps Algorithm by Zhenxi Yu, Ting Wang, Peng Tian, Xuejie Li

“…Aiming at the problem of low efficiency and difficulty in adapting to complex interactive scenes in traditional animation pose generation methods, a dynamic pose generation model based on Kinect depth image and an occlusion robust pose map algorithm is proposed. …”
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Homelessness and the Institutional Ecosystem: Accessibility and Adequacy of Socioeconomic Support Services by Burak Acar

“…In this research, a phenomenological approach from qualitative research methods was adopted to examine in depth the subjective experiences and perceptions of individuals experiencing homelessness. …”
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Validity and reliability of the Persian version of the gender equity scale in nursing education by Hamid Sharif-Nia, João Marôco, Esmail Hoseinzadeh, Mozhgan Moshtagh, Khadijeh Hatamipour

“…Methods In a methodological study carried out from April to July 2024, a sample of 621 Iranian students was selected using a convenience sampling method. 621 nursing students participated in this study to ensure construct validity with two samples. …”
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Agroforestry practices, adoption factors, and livelihood contributions among smallholder farmers in Didu district, southwestern Ethiopia by Alemayehu Abera, Elias Bojago, Mamush Masha, Teshome Lidatu

“…This study employed a mixed-method cross-sectional design. Using a multi-stage sampling procedure, 296 respondents (174 adopters and 122 non-adopters) were selected. …”
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