Telehealth Modality Preferences for Video and Voice-Only Visits Among US Clinicians and the Public: Cross-Sectional, Web-Based Survey Study by Rachel C Forcino, Julie K Johnson, Glyn Elwyn

“…ObjectiveWe aimed to identify telehealth modality preferences (voice vs video) among clinicians and the populations they serve and explore the barriers to telehealth use from clinician and public perspectives. MethodsWe conducted 2 independent, cross-sectional, web-based surveys. …”
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Heightened Awareness of Oppressive Systems May Impact Black Library Workers’ Perceptions of Inequitable Hiring and Retention Practices in Public and Academic Libraries by Hilary Jasmin

“…A three-part survey was devised, covering demographics, personal experiences with racial equity, and workplace experiences with racial equity. …”
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“It’s like your body is fighting against you”: a cross-sectional qualitative interview study of quality of life in U.S. Black women diagnosed with endometriosis by Whitney S. Rice, Melanie Dakwa, Sofia Filippa, Ashi Parikh, Subasri Narasimhan

“…Methods Using a cross-sectional qualitative design, this study collected data from in-depth semi-structured interviews with 16 Black women aged 18–45 diagnosed with endometriosis from September-October 2021. …”
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Getting one’s bearings: a grounded theory study of fathers’ sense of security while attending the birth of their child by Therese Werner-Bierwisch, Sabine Metzing, Eva Kristina Persson, Claudia Hellmers

“…The aim of this study was to develop a theoretical model of how fathers’ sense of security is constructed during pregnancy and childbirth, with a focus on fathers who are present at birth. Methods In line with Corbin and Strauss, a grounded theory methodology was used. …”
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Strategies for enhancing home-based cardiac rehabilitation self-management for patients with coronary heart disease: a qualitative study by Zhen Yang, Xutong Zheng, Yu Gao, Chunqi Zhang, Aiping Wang

“…Clinical nurses were selected using purposive sampling with maximum variation strategies. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to capture nurses’ experiences and strategies for enhancing home-based cardiac rehabilitation self-management. …”
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The long arm of repression: determinants of psychotherapy use among East Germans and its relevance for today’s institutional trust—psychotherapeutic implications of political repre... by Marie-Theresa Kaufmann, Hannah D. Nussmann, Ayline Heller, Ayline Heller, Christoph Kasinger, Elmar Brähler, Elmar Brähler, Adrian Gallistl, Bernhard Strauß

“…This model was extended by experiences of repression. In a second analysis, linear regression models to predict institutional trust were analyzed following a similar strategy with the addition of psychotherapy experience as a predictor.ResultsReporting repression in the GDR (44% of the total sample) was related to a higher probability of psychotherapy use. …”
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SpiNeRF: direct-trained spiking neural networks for efficient neural radiance field rendering by Xingting Yao, Xingting Yao, Qinghao Hu, Fei Zhou, Tielong Liu, Tielong Liu, Zitao Mo, Zeyu Zhu, Zeyu Zhu, Zhengyang Zhuge, Jian Cheng, Jian Cheng

“…Experiments on multiple datasets demonstrate that our method outperforms previous SNN encoding schemes and artificial neural network (ANN) quantization methods in both rendering quality and energy efficiency. …”
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Implementing innovative technology promoting self-awareness of brain health and self-determination in obtaining a timely dementia diagnosis: protocol for a multimethods, concurrent... by Sharon L Naismith, Helen Macpherson, Bernice Redley, Alison M Hutchinson, Lidia Engel, Liliana Orellana, Loren Mowszowski, Tanita Botha, Tracey K Bucknall, Rajesh Vasa, Kon Mouzakis, Eva Yuen, Tanya Petrovich, Terence W H Chong, Kelly Burns, Stephanie Daly, Justine Lomas, Jessica Rivera Villicana, Andrew Vouliotis

“…We will evaluate user experience, implementation and social return-on-investment outcomes of BrainTrack and will report dementia-related concerns, dementia literacy, knowledge, stigma and motivation for behaviour change and explore their associations with demographic characteristics.Methods and analysis A multimethods, concurrent, two-study observational design will be used. …”
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Analyzing Coaches' Skills: A Survey of Table Tennis Coaches in Riau Province and DIY Province, Indonesia by Ali Mandan, Syahriadi, Trisnar Adi Prabowo

“…The purpose of this study was to determine the ideal coach skills for Table Tennis. Materials and methods. This research was descriptive and quantitative using a survey. …”
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Interpersonal Synchrony and Dispositional Empathy: A Review of International Research by Alena R. Vodneva, Galina V. Oreshina, Elena L. Grigorenko

“…There is a need for more relevant studies with sample sizes reaching sufficient power, and unified experiment designs facilitate the possibility of comparing their results.…”
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What do I need from myself as a student but also from others to reduce the impact of stress on academic performance? Self-efficacy and social support by Ancuţa Elena Pǎduraru, Camelia Soponaru, Cǎtǎlin Dîrţu, Ovidiu Gavrilovici, Mihaela Dana Bucuţǎ

“…We also aimed to identify the main sources of stress and their significant sources of support.MethodsData were collected via an online survey platform in January 2024, with 436 students, with a mean age of 19.99 ± 3.72, responding affirmatively to our invitation. …”
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Emotional wellbeing in neurodivergent populations by J. David Pincus, Ken Beller

“…IntroductionUnderstanding emotional wellbeing in neurodivergent populations remains a critical yet underexplored area in psychological research.MethodsThis study employs AgileBrain, a novel assessment rooted in a neuroscience-informed model of human motivation, to evaluate emotional activation, valence, and unmet emotional needs across a large and diverse sample of adults reporting diagnosed neurodivergent conditions. …”
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Winemaking terroir – the guideline for choosing of grape rootstocks for soils with different characteristics by А. А. Averianov, E. D. Androsova, A. V. Rusakov

“…The selection of rootstocks is one of the first and most important stages in the establishment of grape plantations under grafted conditions, which determines the productivity of rootstock-scion combinations and the further chain of design solutions: spatial placement of rows on the land plot, accompanying the production process of agronomic and agrochemical methods. Given the high importance of terroir factors for viticulture and winemaking, we were aware of the need to consider them in detail at this design stage. …”
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Effect of postpartum depression, anxiety and social support on maternal self-efficacy: comparing undocumented migrant, documented migrant and Swiss-born mothers by Anna Sharapova, Betty Goguikian Ratcliff

“…The aims of this study were (1) to compare two groups of economic migrants of differing legal status in Geneva, Switzerland, to native Swiss women in terms of postpartum depression and anxiety rates, as well as maternal sense of self-efficacy, and (2) to examine the effects of postpartum depression, anxiety, and social support on maternal self-efficacy in the three groups.MethodsA sample of 25 undocumented migrant women, 42 documented migrant women, and 41 Swiss women were interviewed at 3 months postpartum. …”
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Diagnostic accuracy of DIPSI criteria for diagnosing gestational diabetes mellitus in Puducherry by S Pravinraj, Mohamed M. Tajudeen, Darshana Zala, Rajini Senthil, Mercy M. Jafrin

“…Settings and Design: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among pregnant mothers attending the primary health centers in Puducherry from August 2022 to November 2022. Methods and Material: A total of 384 samples were selected, and 75 g of anhydrous glucose was given after 8 hours of overnight fasting. …”
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Mobility inequality of disadvantaged groups in Greater Cairo region by Nouran Azouz, Marwa A. Khalifa, Mohamed El-Fayoumi

“…The empirical study applies two qualitative research methods for the primary data collection, which are conducting semi-structured interviews with an introductory sample, and conducting on-site trips/investigations of the urban mobility delivering in GCR. …”
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Effect of autism on overweight in children from a socio-ecological perspective by TaeEung Kim, Eun Hye Kwon

“…Methods This cross-sectional data analysis from the 2021 National Survey of Children’s Health was conducted with the modified ecological systems theory model as the guiding framework. …”
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The distribution of hunger in Canadian youth by Haleigh Cumiskey, Karen A. Patte, Valerie Michaelson, William Pickett

“…We present findings from a nationally representative survey of young Canadians on how perceived hunger is distributed demographically, socially and contextually. MethodsA probability-based sample of 15 656 young Canadians aged 11 to 15 years who completed the 2017/18 cycle of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study was used. …”
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Are Glucocorticoids Truly Effective in Improving the Clinical Prognosis of HSV-1 Encephalitis? by Xie S, Sun W, Lai Z, Liu X

“…This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of glucocorticoids in patients with HSE and analyze the clinical characteristics of this patient population.Methods: This retrospective study evaluated the clinical characteristics, auxiliary examinations, and patient prognosis of HSE patients diagnosed with mNGS, and analyzed the prognosis of patients in both Glucocorticoid and Non-glucocorticoid groups. …”
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Associations Among Religiosity, Religious Rejection, Mental Health, and Suicidal Ideation in Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Adults by Steph L. Cull, Paul B. Perrin, Richard S. Henry

“…This study examined whether increased religiosity and having been rejected by a religious community because of one’s gender identity were associated with mental health issues in TGNC individuals. Methods: A sample of TGNC adults (<i>n</i> = 154), predominantly from the United States, completed an online survey assessing these constructs. …”
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