Australian elective surgery patients’ pre-operative preparation, health literacy, learning preferences and knowledge resource needs: A cross-sectional survey by Cory Williams, Jed Duff, Chloe Tanagan

“…Data were collected from patients using existing validated questionnaires and open-text questions. Quantitative data were analysed descriptively, and qualitative data were themed using an iterative open-coding approach. …”
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The role of spatially controlled cell proliferation in limb bud morphogenesis. by Bernd Boehm, Henrik Westerberg, Gaja Lesnicar-Pucko, Sahdia Raja, Michael Rautschka, James Cotterell, Jim Swoger, James Sharpe

“…In particular, we generate two new empirical data sets for the mouse hind limb--a numerical description of shape change and a quantitative 3D map of cell cycle times--and combine these with a new 3D finite element model of tissue growth. …”
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Characteristics of mental skills interventions in dance: a mixed methods systematic review protocol by Mary L Quinton, Jennifer Cumming, Michelle Schachtler Dwarika, Sanna Nordin-Bates

“…A convergent integrated synthesis will be conducted where quantitative and qualitative evidence will be integrated by qualitising the quantitative data into textual descriptions.Ethics and dissemination There is no requirement for ethical approval for this systematic review as no empirical data will be collected. …”
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“School is Hard Even in Play”: Do Today's 4–7 Year Olds Want to Play School? by Margarita N. Gavrilova, Irina U. Surilova, Vera L. Sukhikh

“…Study Participants. The study involved 178 pupils of middle and preparatory groups of kindergartens located in dormitory districts of Moscow. …”
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Strategies and best practices that enhance participation in regular physical activities among undergraduate university students: a systematic review protocol by Chante Johannes, Sunday O Onagbiye, Nicolette V Roman, Lloyd L Leach

“…A narrative description will synthesise the findings to answer the objectives of this review.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval for this study was granted by the Humanities and Social Science Research Ethics Committee at the University of the Western Cape, reference number: HS21/10/24. …”
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CERVICAL SAGITTAL ALIGNMENT AND CURVE PATTERN IN IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS by Mauricio Coelho Lima, Marcelo Italo Risso Neto, Paulo Tadeu Maia Cavali, Samuel Henrique Jakoski Gehhlen, André Frazão Rosa, Sylvio Mistro Neto, Rafael Magalhães Grana, Alexander Junqueira Rossato, Maurício Antonelli Lehoczki, Alberto Cliquet Junior

“…Method: This was a cross-sectional, descriptive and retrospective study. Information was collected from medical records and lateral panoramic radiographs of 49 patients with idiopathic scoliosis were analyzed. …”
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Current status of interaction between vet institutions and enterprises by V. I. Blinov, A. I. Satdykov, I. V. Seliverstova

“…The study involved 603 VET institutions from 29 constituent entities of the Russian Federation.Results and scientific novelty. …”
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Methodological Approaches to the Integrated Evaluation of Brand Strength Based on the System of Indicators and Modeling of Generalized Results of the Consumer Survey by O. A. Shikhova

“…A graphical method was used to represent the matrix of indicators for assessing brand strength. Results. The studied domestic and foreign methods for assessing the power of a brand, with all their obvious positive aspects and completeness, have a weak side – they are qualitative from the standpoint of characteristics of the strength, potential and status of a brand, they only allow a description of these properties. …”
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Student's Perspective on Virtual Laboratory Using Phet as A Media in Conducting Physics Laboratory Activities by Riki Purnama Putra, Rizki Amelia Anjani, Rena Denya Agustina, Herni Yuniarti Suhendi, Melia Pioren

“…The purpose of writing this paper article is to review students' perceptions in the use of PhET-based virtual labs and also to provide a description in comparison to perceptions of virtual lab use from some of the results of previous studies that are relevant to this study. …”
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Discrediting Strategy as a Dominant of the Discursive Personality of an American Political Radio Commentator by D. Je. Gunkova

“…The paper reviews the specifics of the implementation of the discrediting strategy as the dominant of the discursive personality of an American political radio commentator. The relevance of the study is conditioned by the interest of modern linguistics in the description of generalized typical discursive personalities. …”
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Implementation of Occupational Safety and Health Management System in the Education Sector by Fitrijaningsih Fitrijaningsih, Dewi Purnamawati, Triana Srisantyorini, Abdul Baktiansyah, Agus Triyono

“…Data was analyzed descriptively both qualitative and quantitative. Result: OSHMS is successfully implemented with the stipulation of several policies at the Public Health Faculty University of Muhammadiyah Jakarta through the Dean's Decree Number 05 of 2022 concerning Determination of Occupational Safety and Health Policies, the formation of an occupational safety and health committee through the Dean's Decree Number 04 of 2022, implementation of OSHMS socialization, and installation of signs related to safety and health in the workplace. …”
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Multispectral image processing in problems of ecological monitoring by N. V. Lysenko, N. V. Ignatieva

“…Studied multispectral methods that implement multi-processing of video information in the optical spectrum on the basis of a television system remote monitoring aimed at obtaining quantitative information on the location and size of the anomalous areas of surface water and land.…”
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Features of mathematical modeling of road safety on highways by R. V. Guseinov, P. A. Dadaeva, M. M. Shabazov, M. T. Mutalibov, M. R. Akhmedova

“…The main trends in the study of road safety problems are considered. It is indicated that the mathematical dependences of the influence of a limited number of factors are unsuitable for a satisfactory description of the “driver-vehicle-road-environment” (VADS) system as a whole. …”
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Cosmic-Ray Propagation in Young Embedded Clusters by Marco Fatuzzo, Fred C. Adams

“…This paper constructs a quantitative description for the geometrical properties of young stellar clusters using a Delaunay mesh. …”
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Public Procurement Announcements in Spain: Regulations, Data Analysis, and Award Price Estimator Using Machine Learning by Manuel J. García Rodríguez, Vicente Rodríguez Montequín, Francisco Ortega Fernández, Joaquín M. Villanueva Balsera

“…A quantitative, graphical, and statistical description of the dataset is presented. …”
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Influences and variations of wave impedance of electromagnetic fields generated by lightning return strokes by Jianli Yu, Guosheng Xu, Shanmao Gu, Jianjun Liu, Quanxin Li

“…The domains of lightning electromagnetic pulse (LEMP) fields are classified as “near-field,” “intermediate-field,” and “far-field” based on qualitative descriptions. However, the systematic quantitative classification of LEMP fields is yet to be reported. …”
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Analysis of the modern nature of bankruptcy institution in the Russian Federation by L. A. Mostovaya, S. A. Antonov

“…Using open statistical data from official bodies and current research by specialists on the subject of the article, the authors reasonably confirm the initial hypothesis (quantitative characteristics are given). The work is completed with an assessment of the impact of the liquidation nature of the bankruptcy institution on the law enforcement practice and the negative consequences of this state of affairs are revealed, which necessitates (determines the expediency) an additional study of the causes. …”
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Content Analysis of Rock Poetry Texts when Describing the Semantics of the WAY and ROAD Symbols by I. A. Avdeenko

“…Special attention is paid to symbols — linguistic signs expressing the worldview of culture. The relevance of the study is due to the need to develop an objective description methodology that meets both modern concepts of the semantics of a word and the nature of a symbol. …”
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The ENGLISH-MOTIVATION FOR READING THE HOLY QURAN WITH AND WITHOUT TRANSLATION by Sehar Naveed Rajput, Syed Hyder Raza Shah, Abdul Ghaffar Madani

“…Last but not least, gender based motivational (if any) difference. To research a quantitative study was adopted in which a survey-based questionnaire was filled via Google form from randomly selected 218 students of 7 universities of Sindh, Pakistan. …”
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The Research on Risk Distribution and Evolution of Deep Foundation Pit Construction Adjacent to Existing Tunnels Based on Complex Network by Jie Jiang, Guangyang Liu, Xi Huang, Xiaoduo Ou

“…However, there are many shortcomings and defects in the traditional methods of assessing the safety of the pit itself and the existing tunnel in the construction of the deep foundation pit adjacent to existing tunnels. This study establishes an optimized complex network-based dynamic risk assessment model to dynamically assess the overall risk of deep foundation pits in adjacent existing tunnels systematically, solving the challenges of inaccurate risk assessment and inaccurate description of correlations between nonstationary time series data. …”
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