Eating green in Copenhagen: organic consumers’ path to less meat and minimal food waste by Lea Ellen Matthiessen, Lea Ellen Matthiessen, Sinne Smed, Jørgen Dejgård Jensen, Dominika Średnicka-Tober, Laura Rossi, Susanne Gjedsted Bügel

“…This mixed-method study used quantitative data from an anonymous online survey and qualitative data from semi-structured interviews. …”
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Attitudes towards and use of dental dams by final-year dental students in Chongqing, China: a cross-sectional study by Jing Yang, Haofeng Jiang, Lu Shen, Yuhan Zhang

“…Objectives To investigate the current and intended future use of dental dams (DDs) and attitudes regarding DD use among final-year dental students at two levels (undergraduate and college) in dental schools in Chongqing, China.Design A cross-sectional study based on a questionnaire was conducted from June to July 2021.Setting Chongqing Medical University (CQMU, undergraduate level) and Chongqing Three Gorges Medical College (CQTGMC, junior college level).Participants A total of 245 final-year dental students.Main outcome measures An anonymous online questionnaire was distributed to dental students less than 1 month before graduation. …”
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Medical students and ChatGPT: analyzing attitudes, practices, and academic perceptions by Ahmed Samir Abdelhafiz, Maysa I. Farghly, Eman Anwar Sultan, Moaz Elsayed Abouelmagd, Youssef Ashmawy, Eman Hany Elsebaie

“…This study aimed to explore the knowledge, perceptions, attitudes, and practices of undergraduate medical students regarding the use of ChatGPT and similar chatbots in their academic work. Methods An anonymous, structured questionnaire was developed using Google Forms and administered to medical students as part of a cross-sectional study. …”
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Impact of leadership behaviour on physician well-being, burnout, professional fulfilment and intent to leave: a multicentre cross-sectional survey study by Mihriye Mete, Charlotte Goldman, Tait Shanafelt, Daniel Marchalik

“…Objective To examine how perceived leadership behaviours affect burnout, professional fulfilment and intent to leave the organisation among physicians.Design Anonymous cross-sectional survey study from November 2016 to October 2018.Setting 12 036 attending and resident physicians at 11 healthcare organisations participating in the Physician Wellness Academic Consortium (PWAC) were surveyed to assess burnout and professional fulfilment and their drivers.Participants A sample of 5416 attending physicians with complete data on gender, specialty, leadership, burnout and professional fulfilment.Main outcomes and measures The leadership behaviour of each physician’s supervisor was assessed using the Mayo Clinic Participatory Management Leadership Index and categorised in tertiles. …”
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Specifics of Foreign Assistance Allocation under the Trump Administration: From Inauguration to ‘Ukrainegate’ by V. I. Bartenev

“…The research covers a 3-year period from the inauguration of the 45th President of the United States to the Ukrainegate — the first scandal in the U.S. history provoqued by the submission of an anonymous whistleblower’s report pointing at the President’s illegal manipulation of the foreign aid resources to achieve personal political goals, which paved the way to his impeachment. …”
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An assessment of South African policy and strategic framework for the development of a sufficient, equitably distributed and well-performing health workforce for the implementation... by S V Mokoena, P Naidoo

“…A cross-sectional descriptive quantitative study was undertaken using pretested anonymous questionnaires to solicit responses about the ability, strategies and policies needed to address health workforce challenges. …”
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CHATGPT: ATTITUDES AND EXPERIENCES OF TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN UKRAINE by Oksana Chugai, Kateryna Havrylenko

“…Employing a mixed-method research design, a comprehensive array of quantitative and qualitative data was collected through Google Form surveys from a cohort of 208 student volunteers, ensuring anonymity and voluntary participation. Analysis of the data revealed that the majority of students employed ChatGPT sporadically, primarily seeking assistance with programming tasks and grappling with complex concepts. …”
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STEP 1: The Scottish Trauma & Orthopaedics Equality Project: demographics and working patterns of a national workforce by Monu Jabbal, Jennifer Cherry, Deborah Eastwood, Chloe E. H. Scott, Phil Walmsley, Emily Baird

“…Utilizing a secure third party ensured anonymity for all respondents. Data were recorded and analyzed by the CARD group. …”
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Acceptability of digital vending machines to improve access to sexual and reproductive health in Brighton, UK: a qualitative analysis by Jaime H Vera, Richard Cooper, Syra Dhillon, John Mear, Gillian Louise Dean, Rhys D Wenlock

“…VM acceptability was high with anonymity and instant access as main benefits. Some participants expressed concern that the public location of the VM may deter others from using it. …”
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Evaluation of EGFR-TKIs and ICIs treatment stratification in non-small cell lung cancer using an encrypted multidimensional radiomics approach by Xingping Zhang, Xingting Qiu, Yue Zhang, Qingwen Lai, Yanchun Zhang, Guijuan Zhang

“…Materials and methods This multicenter study incorporated various data types from 506 NSCLC patients, which underwent preprocessing through anonymization methods and were securely encrypted using the AES-CBC algorithm. …”
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Tick-borne encephalitis: students’ attitude and knowledge analysis by R. Mineikytė, G. Navickaitė, J. Valaikienė

“…The study was conducted using an anonymous questionnaire, which was administered to 404 students studying at I–IV year medical courses (average age 20.7±1.56, range from 17 to 30 years). …”
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A hyperspectral and multi-angular synthetic dataset for algorithm development in waters of varying trophic levels and optical complexity by J. Pitarch, V. E. Brando, V. E. Brando

“…The dataset is publicly available for anonymous retrieval via the FAIR repository Zenodo at <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11637178">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11637178</a> (Pitarch and Brando, 2024).…”
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Evaluating the Constructive Alignment of Learning Objectives Within Haptics Simulation in the Dental Undergraduate Curriculum by Susha Rajadurai, Tapan Hebballi, Zahra Sharif, Guneet Kaur Kukreja, Ithar Derdour

“…Method: The study incorporated a mixed methods approach to evaluate a module already taking place, which was completed from the perspectives of both the investigators and the students themselves through the triangulation of noninterventional classroom observational data, anonymous Likert-scale questionnaire data, and a literature review. …”
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Canine Actors and Melodramatic Effects: The Dog of Montargis Arrives on the English Stage by Claudia Alonso Recarte

“…English adaptations soon followed, as translations from a variety of sources were presented before a public mesmerized by the feats of Dragon, the memorable canine character. From an anonymous translation to adaptations believed to have been the brainchild of William Barrymore and Thomas Dibdin, The Dog of Montargis was to be showcased throughout the greater part of the century. …”
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Conspiracy theories and COVID-19: Coping mechanism or cognitive dissonance? A longitudinal study by Livio TARCHI, Francesco CHIRICO, Eleonora ROSSI, Emanuele CASSIOLI, Kavita BATRA, Pietro CRESCENZO, Amelia RIZZO, Giovanni CASTELLINI, Valdo RICCA

“…At T0, 336 individuals were recruited (from April to June 2020) and pseudo-anonymized, 270 retained at T1 (from October to December 2020). …”
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Medical students’ exposure to and attitudes towards product promotion and incentives from the pharmaceutical industry in 2019: a national cross-sectional study in France by Maxime Esvan, Benjamin Bastian, Martin Molina, Adeline Boëffard

“…Objectives To measure medical students’ exposure to pharmaceutical product promotion and incentives nationwide, and to evaluate students’ attitudes towards the pharmaceutical industry, access to education on promotional strategies and knowledge of institutional policies about drug company-student relationships.Design Cross-sectional survey based on a 48-item anonymous questionnaire.Setting All 37 French medical schools, from March to April 2019.Participants French medical students in their 4th year of study and beyond, having studied exclusively in France.Main outcome measure Cumulative frequency of students’ exposure to pharmaceutical product promotion and incentives.Secondary outcome measures Exposure within the last 6 months, attitudes regarding interactions with the industry, access to education on pharmaceutical product promotion and incentives and knowledge of institutional policies.Results 6280 responses were analysed (10.4% out of a total of 60 550 eligible students). 5992 students (96.3% poststratification, 99% CI (96.1% to 96.5%)) had already been exposed to pharmaceutical product promotion and incentives and 4650 (78.1%, 99% CI (77.7% to 78.6%)) within the last 6 months. 5140 students (85.4%, 99% CI (84.8% to 85.8%)) had met a pharmaceutical representative. …”
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Exploring female otolaryngologists’ experiences with gender bias and microaggressions: a cross sectional Canadian survey by Amanda C. Hu, Kelly Nguyen, Tanya K. Meyer

“…Our objective was to explore how female otolaryngologists experience gender bias and microaggressions in the workplace. Methods Anonymous web-based cross-sectional Canadian survey was distributed to all female otolaryngologists (attendings and trainees) using the Dillman’s Tailored Design Method from July to August of 2021. …”
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Competency and Educational Needs: Results of an AI Survey of Members of the European Society of Pediatric Endoscopic Surgeons (ESPES) by Holger Till, Hesham Elsayed, Maria Escolino, Ciro Esposito, Sameh Shehata, Georg Singer

“…Responses were collected over four weeks with voluntary, anonymous participation. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. …”
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Changes in perinatal mental healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic: a protocol for a collaborative research study between the COST actions RISEUP-PPD and DEVOTION by Emma Motrico, Sandra Nakić Radoš, Ana M Mesquita, Ana Ganho-Avila, Eleni Vousoura, Joan Lalor

“…Descriptive statistics will be reported and differences between countries will be examined using the χ2 statistic or Student’s t-test.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval was obtained from The Ethics Committee for Research in Life and Health Sciences of the University of Minho (Portugal) to undertake an anonymous online survey. The findings will be disseminated to professional audience through peer-review publication and presentations and shared widely with stakeholders, policy-makers and service user groups. …”
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Costs and Outcomes of Clostridioides difficile Infections in Germany: A Retrospective Health Claims Data Analysis by Katharina Schley, Kirstin Heinrich, Jennifer C. Moïsi, Dennis Häckl, Dominik Obermüller, Gordon Brestrich, Christof von Eiff, Thomas Weinke

“…Methods A retrospective cohort study was conducted using a large, anonymized administrative health claims research database from Germany from which an age- and sex-representative sample of 4 million insured persons covered by approximately 60 statutory health insurances was extracted. …”
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