The Lived Experiences of Mothers Having children with Cancer: A Qualitative Study by Hasan Zareei Mahmoodabadi, Zahra Delavari

“…Researchers have considered these lived experiences in a limited way. Method: This qualitative study (phenomenology) was conducted in Mar 2019 among mothers who had children with cancer in Yazd. …”
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Reinsurance and Performance of the Ceding Companies: The Nigerian Insurance Industry Experience by Aduloju Sunday Adekunle, Ajemunigbohun Sunday Stephen

“…More so, data collected was analysed using correlation analytical method. The results of this study are quite in line with previous studies and show that reinsurance purchase increases significantly the insurers’ premium income. …”
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Examining Social Representations of Prisons: Experiences, Space, and Daily Productions by Mehmet Karasu, Remziye Yeşilyaprak, Sercan Karlıdağ

“…It conducted a field study using the cognitive mapping method and semistructured interviews with 50 participants (18 women, 32 men) from various cities in Turkey selected via the purposeful, snowball, and convenience sampling techniques. …”
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Adolescents’ experiences with substance use: risks, protective factors and interventions by Mahsum Avcı

“…Participants were selected using criterion and snowball sampling methods. The data were analyzed through thematic analysis. …”
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Improving Bayesian Model Averaging for Ensemble Flood Modeling Using Multiple Markov Chains Monte Carlo Sampling by Tao Huang, Venkatesh Merwade

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Reconstruction of social cultural and educational environment in the context of professional stress: subjective experience o social pedagogues by Daiva Alifanovienė, Odeta Šapelytė, Tatyana Kryukova

“…To analyse the specialists’ experience a qualitative method of data collection have been chosen. …”
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Experiences of Women in the Labour Room: <i>The Untold Story</i> by Emmanuel Dziwornu, Belinda Kpodo, Ophelia Anarfi, Enyonam Adzato, Anita Dartey

“…<strong>Methods:</strong> The study employed a qualitative research approach with a descriptive design. …”
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Exploring Women’s Experiences of Amniocentesis: A Qualitative Content Analysis by Jaruwan Kownaklai, Umaporn Kuasit, Nanthiya Thaicharoen

“…Materials and Methods: A qualitative content analysis approach was employed to collect and analyze data. …”
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Experiences of people with disabilities during their rehabilitation process: Grounded Theory by Simone Nunes Pereira, Miriam Fernanda Sanches Alarcon, Jaqueline Dias do Nascimento Selleti, Maria José Sanches Marin

“…Methods: qualitative research, based on the theoretical framework of Grounded Theory. …”
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Autistic and transgender/gender diverse people’s experiences of health and healthcare by Kate Green, Elizabeth Weir, Lily Wright, Carrie Allison, Simon Baron-Cohen

“…In addition, our recruitment strategies, use of a convenience sampling method, and the use of a self-report survey limit the generalizability of the study. …”
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Considerations in assessing blood glucose in mice: coping with interferences of intraperitoneal injection, noise, fasting, housing and blood sampling by Si-Li Zheng, Xue-Lian Wang, Pin Wang, Jin Chen, Chao-Yu Miao

“…This study is to discuss conditions in assessing blood glucose in C57BL/6J mice, providing references to help increase the success of blood glucose testing in mouse experiments. Methods Animals were fed common chow or high-fat diet, without fasting or with a fasting duration of 6 h in the daytime or overnight before the test. …”
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Crop-specific response of soil prokaryotic community to long-term intensification management: the importance of crop phase at sampling by Juan P. Frene, Silvina Bacigaluppo, Mariana Maury, Jimena Ortiz, Maximo Rivarola, Fernando Salvagiotti, Valeria Faggioli

“…In this study, we compared different crop rotations based on the Intensification Sequence Index (ISI), which considers the soil occupation time, and analyzed the impact of cover crops and two nitrogen fertilization strategies.Material and methodsWe used an experiment initiated in 2006 with the following crop rotations: Soybean-Soybean, Maize-Wheat/Soybean, and Maize-Soybean-Wheat/Soybean. …”
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Experiences of people with disabilities during their rehabilitation process: Grounded Theory by Simone Nunes Pereira, Miriam Fernanda Sanches Alarcon, Jaqueline Dias do Nascimento Selleti, Maria José Sanches Marin

“…Methods: qualitative research, based on the theoretical framework of Grounded Theory. …”
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Spatio-Temporal Agnostic Sampling for Imbalanced Multivariate Seasonal Time Series Data: A Study on Forest Fires by Abdul Mutakabbir, Chung-Horng Lung, Kshirasagar Naik, Marzia Zaman, Samuel A. Ajila, Thambirajah Ravichandran, Richard Purcell, Srinivas Sampalli

“…A total of 432 experiments were conducted to validate the robustness of the STAS parameters. …”
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The relationship between delivery fear and childbirth experience with the level of adherence to the WHO recommendations for a positive childbirth experience in Iranian women: a cro... by Fatemeh Shabani, Solmaz Ghanbari Homaie, Fatemeh Yousefi Tabaei, Maryam Montazeri, Fatemeh Raphi, Elnaz Lalezari, Mojgan Mirghafourvand

“…Sampling was performed via a convenience method, and data were collected via sociodemographic characteristics questionnaire, childbirth experience questionnaire.2 (CEQ.2), delivery fear scale (DFS), and the WHO recommendation checklist. …”
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Design of experiments for the stochastic unit commitment with economic dispatch models by Nahal Sakhavand, Jay Rosenberger, Victoria C.P. Chen, Harsha Gangammanavar

“…We conduct experiments on two modified IEEE-57 and IEEE-118 test systems and assess the quality of the solutions obtained from both the DACE and the L-shaped methods in a replicated procedure. …”
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Exploration of psychiatric inpatients’ experience of adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic by Muimeleli P. Magwabeni, Isabelle Swanepoel, Marinda Joubert

“…Methods: We conducted a qualitative study comprising 15 semi-structured interviews with psychiatric inpatients admitted to Weskoppies Hospital in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic, using purposive sampling. …”
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Nursing students’ experiences of clinical teaching: A qualitative study by Parand Pourghane

“…Methods: This is a qualitative study (content analysis) and study sample consisted of 19 senior nursing students (term 8) in Guilan University of Medical Sciences (1387). …”
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Psychiatric nurses’ preferences for job: a discrete choice experiment by Hui-qin Li, Peng Xie, Weixin Jiang, Yu Hou, Shiwei Gong, Si Jin, Zhenfan Liu

“…Methods A survey instrument was developed adhering to the design-principles of DCE. …”
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Patient Experiences with Hearing Aids in South African Public Healthcare by Katijah Khoza-Shangase, Theresa-Joy Munyembate

“…<b>Methods:</b> This descriptive qualitative study was conducted at two public healthcare facilities in Johannesburg. …”
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