Nurses’ attitudes toward death in Oman: Prevalence and correlates in a nationwide sample by Eilean Rathinasamy Lazarus, Joshua K. Muliira, Omar Al Zaabi, Murtadha K. Al-Khabori, Mudhar Mohammed Al Adawi, Qasim Al Mamari

“…The Death Attitude Profile–Revised scale was adopted to collect data from 1469 nurses working in tertiary hospitals using simple random sampling and population proportionate sampling methods. …”
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Symbolic Violence Teachers Experience at Schools by Süleyman Yıldız, Mithat Korumaz, Aydın Balyer

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Small sample amounts from rhizosphere of barley maintain microbial community structure and diversity revealed by total RNA sequencing by Nikolaj L. Kindtler, Sanea Sheikh, Athanasios Zervas, Lea Ellegaard-Jensen, Louise Feld, Maria Scheel, Francisco Campuzano Jiménez, Rute R. da Fonseca, Kristian H. Laursen, Carsten S. Jacobsen, Flemming Ekelund

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Article RETRACTED due to manipulation by the authors Application of Circuit Training Methods to Improve VO2max Physical Condition: An Experimental Study on Handball Athletes by Roy Ardian, Yudik Prasetyo, Sulistiyono Sulistiyono, Fatkurahman Arjuna, Didi Suryadi, Julian Dewantara, Irvan Septianto, Subarjo Subarjo

“…The circuit training method is considered an effective approach to improving athletes' endurance and fitness. …”
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Clinical simulation practice and associated factors among nurse and midwife educators working at teaching institutions in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia: a mixed methods study by Melkam Alebachew Wubale, Ashagre Molla Assaye, Haileyesus Gedamu Wondyifraw, Bazezew Asfaw Guadie, Meseret Mekuriaw Beyene

“…Method An institutional mixed-method study was conducted from May 9 to June 7, 2022, at six teaching institutions in Bahir Dar City. …”
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Comparing the efficacy of solution-focused kids’ skills training and friends program training on anxiety and resilience in children by Roya Khavari Khorasani, Mohammad Ghamari, Mojtaba Amiri Majd

“…Among these are the FRIENDS program and solution-focused kids’ skills method training. There are few studies examining the effectiveness of the FRIENDS program on improving resilience, and no research was found assessing the impact of solution-focused kids’ skills method on anxiety and resilience. …”
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Visual exploration of multi-dimensional data via rule-based sample embedding by Tong Zhang, Jie Li, Chao Xu

“…Our research involves two methods for achieving and applying the approach. First, we give a method to learn rule-based embedding for each sample. …”
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PENERAPAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN PEMBANGKIT ARGUMEN MENGGUNAKAN METODE SAINTIFIK UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN KOGNITIF DAN KETERAMPILAN BERARGUMENTASI SISWA by - Siswanto, I. Kaniawati, A. Suhandi

“…</p><p>ABSTRACT</p><p>The purposes of this study were to determine the difference between the generate-an-argument instructional model using scientific method and without scientific method in improving student’s cognitive abilities and argumentation skills, and to determine the correlation between the argumentation skills and the cognitive abilities in the generate-an-argument instructional model using scientific method class. …”
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Experimental and Computational Analysis of Surgical Mask Effectiveness Against COVID-19 in Indoor Environment by Chin Yan Suen, Helen Hoi Ling Kwok, Yuk Hang Tsui, Ka Hei Lui, Hong Hang Leung, Ka Wo Lam, Karen Pik Shuen Hung, Joseph Kai Cho Kwan, Kin Fai Ho

“…All methods (boiling, steaming, ethanol treatment, and dry heating) effectively reduce the S. aureus load by 99.99%. …”
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High-fidelity learning-based motion cueing algorithm by bypassing worst-case scenario-based tuning technique by Mohammad Reza Chalak Qazani, Houshyar Asadi, Zoran Najdovski, Shehab Alsanwy, Muhammad Zakarya, Furqan Alam, Hassen M. Ouakad, Chee Peng Lim, Saeid Nahavandi

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Antioxidant, bioactive, and nutritional potential of soybeans with brown and yellow seed coats by Victor Delino Barasuol Scarton, Ivan Ricardo Carvalho, Christiane de Fátima Colet, Jaqueline Piesanti Sangiovo, Willyan Júnior Adorian Bandeira, Murilo Vieira Loro, Ellen Cristina Perin, Solange Teresinha Carpes, Patricia Brugnerotto

“…A previous experiment with extractive conditions related to temperature and extraction method was carried out to evaluate the antioxidant properties. …”
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SGPLane: Efficient lane detection via sampled grid points for autonomous driving by Xuewei Tang, Mengmeng Yang, Kun Jiang, Tuopu Wen, Benny Wijaya, Diange Yang

“…Our model is validated on the typical dataset and real-world driving scenes. Experiments on lane detection benchmarks show that our method outperforms previous methods with accuracy score of 96.84% on Tusimple dataset with high FPS and 76.85% on our real-world dataset.…”
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Green sample preparation protocol for extraction of carbazoles from petroleum source rock by Akinsehinwa Akinlua, Kai Mangelsdorf

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Bearing Small Sample Fault Diagnosis based on Data Generation and Transfer Learning by Dinghui Wu, Qin Fang, Chuyi Wu

“…Finally， the Softmax function is used for fault diagnosis on the output of the fully-connected layer of the target model. Experiments show that the proposed fault detection method has an average accuracy of 99.67% in the scenario of small sample data of the target dataset， so the obvious classification effect and strong generalization ability could be seen.…”
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The relationship between self-reported adverse experiences and depressive symptoms among middle-aged and elderly individuals: A longitudinal study based on the CHARLS database by Feng Jiang, Xifei Guan, Zhixin Zhu, Nawen Liu, Hua Gu, Xiuyang Li

“…Methods: A sample of 3941 adults aged ≥45 years from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) was analyzed. …”
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Experimental modeling of Electric kinetic barrier (EKB) in Porous Medium, Explain its numerical solution methods and analysis of the relations in the Hydraulic-Electric‌ coupled fl... by A.R. Latifi, S. Saiedijam, M. Derakhshandi, M. Heydari

“…Also, the simulation of the electrokinetic barrier process was carried out using the finite difference method, and the methods of solving the numerical model of this process were investigated. …”
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Patient experience with pulmonary hypertension in Spain by José Joaquín Mira, Daniel García Torres, Manel Santiñá

“…This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of patient support programs for PAH in improving disease management and quality of life of patients with PAH. Methods A mixed study was carried out, applying qualitative and quantitative techniques with the aim of exploring and quantifying the experience of participants in support programs for PAH patients. …”
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Effects of grain processing methods on the expression of genes involved in volatile fatty acid transport and pH regulation, and keratinization in rumen epithelium of beef cattle. by Pedro Del Bianco Benedeti, Breno de Castro Silva, Marcos Vinícius Carneiro Pacheco, Nicola Vergara Lopes Serão, Ivan Carvalho Filho, Mariana Mescouto Lopes, Marcos Inácio Marcondes, Hilário Cuquetto Mantovani, Sebastião de Campos Valadares Filho, Edenio Detmann, Marcio de Souza Duarte

“…Two experiments were carried out to evaluate the effects of corn and sorghum with different processing methods on the expression of genes involved in volatile fatty acids transport and pH regulation, and ruminal keratinization in rumen epithelium of finishing bulls. …”
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Evaluation of seed rate and sowing methods on seed quality, yield and seed multiplication ratio of tef (Eragrostis tef) under nitosol and vertisol in Amhara region by Tilaye Anbes, Esubalew Berihun, Yematw Chane, Webayehu Getie

“…Field experiments were conducted to identify seed rate and sowing methods enhancing seed multiplication ratio, seed quality and yield on tef performance in Adet and Sirinka district during 2021- 2022 and 2022–2023 cropping seasons, respectively. …”
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Optimising digital advance care planning implementation in palliative and end-of-life care: a multi-phase mixed-methods national research programme and recommendations by Matthew J. Allsop, Jacqueline Birtwistle, Michael I. Bennett, Andy Bradshaw, Paul Carder, Catherine J. Evans, Robbie Foy, Ciara Heavin, Barbara Hibbert, Pablo Millares Martin, Sam D. Relton, Suzanne H. Richards, Maureen Twiddy, Katherine E. Sleeman

“…To optimise implementation, the Optimal Care research programme sought to understand DACP system use from multiple perspectives to guide their development and evaluation. Methods Between 2020 and 2023, our mixed-methods research programme sought an understanding of DACP implementation from multiple perspectives, including (i) national online survey of end-of-life care commissioning leads in England; (ii) online survey of community and hospital-based health and care professionals in two geographical regions; (iii) semi-structured interviews with a sample of survey respondents; (iv) focus groups and interviews with patients with life-limiting illness and their carers and (v) regional and national Theory of Change workshops. …”
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