Strategies for recruitment of adolescent girls into physical activity programmes: a systematic review protocol [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Tanya O'Brien, Emer M Barrett, Catherine D Darker, David Mockler

“…Outcomes will include whether pre-determined recruitment goals were met, recruitment rate, and any adapted or extended recruitment measures required mid-study. Descriptive statistics, including the median recruitment rate for all included studies, will be calculated and stratified by subgroups such as the type or setting of physical activity. …”
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Strategies for recruitment of adolescent girls into physical activity programmes: a systematic review protocol [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Tanya O'Brien, Emer M Barrett, Catherine D Darker, David Mockler

“…Outcomes will include whether pre-determined recruitment goals were met, recruitment rate, and any adapted or extended recruitment measures required mid-study. Descriptive statistics, including the median recruitment rate for all included studies, will be calculated and stratified by subgroups such as the type or setting of physical activity. …”
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The Role of Twitter in Raising Users' Awareness in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease by Mostafa Akhavan-Safar, Mohammad Mohsen Sadr, Mohsen Yoosefi Nejad

“…This study employs a cross-sectional and descriptive methodology to quantitatively analyze over 50026 tweets. …”
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Understanding disparities in access to and quality of surgical care for African, Caribbean and Black communities in high-income countries with universal healthcare: a scoping revie... by Diane Lorenzetti, Khara Sauro, Pamela Roach, Zack Marshall, Oluwatomilayo Daodu, Linda Bakunda, Dina M Nyjong

“…The findings will be synthesised, quantitatively summarised using descriptive statistics and qualitatively analysed through thematic analysis.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval is not required as the study utilises published data. …”
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Strategies for recruitment of adolescent girls into physical activity programmes: a systematic review protocol [version 3; peer review: 3 approved] by Tanya O'Brien, Emer M Barrett, Catherine D Darker, David Mockler

“…Outcomes will include whether pre-determined recruitment goals were met, recruitment rate, and any adapted or extended recruitment measures required mid-study. Descriptive statistics, including the median recruitment rate for all included studies, will be calculated and stratified by subgroups such as the type or setting of physical activity. …”
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Flavor Wheel Development and Sensory Characteristics of Jiangxiangxing Baijiu by LÜ Silei, YAN Yahan, SHEN Yunran, CHENG Wei, LI Hehe, SHEN Yi, WU Jihong, ZHENG Fuping, SUN Baoguo

“…The aroma and taste of the samples were described and evaluated by means of quantitative description analysis (QDA) and electronic tongue. …”
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Using Implementation Science to Evaluate the Implementation of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in a Clinical Heart Failure Care Setting by Sarah V.C. Lawrason, MSc, PhD, Heather Ross, MSc, MD, Michael McDonald, MD, Juan Duero Posada, MD, Samantha Engbers, BAH, Anne Simard, MHSc

“…The PROM was the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire-12, which captures 4 domains related to HF: symptom frequency, physical limitations, social limitations, and quality of life. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, and qualitative data were analyzed using behaviour-change frameworks and latent content analysis. …”
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‘Scared to death’ dyspnoea from the hospitalised patient’s perspective by Robert B B Banzett, Andrew R Sheridan, Kathy M Baker, Robert W Lansing, Jennifer P Stevens

“…We collected patients’ descriptions of dyspnoea in their own words during a parent study in which 156 hospitalised patients completed a quantitative multidimensional dyspnoea questionnaire. …”
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Exploring voice barriers and subsequent practices among frontline healthcare workers in Pakistan: a comprehensive mixed-methods analysis by Noreen Kanwal, Ahmad Shahrul Nizam Isha, Al-baraa Abdulrahman Al-Mekhlafi, Rao Irfan Ali Haider

“…After that, a quantitative study was conducted to determine the statistical significance of the identified voice barriers and the magnitude of their effect. …”
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The Content of Chlorophyll, and Antioxidant Activity of Malabar plum (Syzygium jambos) Leaves at Different Developmental Stages by Ikhsanti Maliya, Sri Darmanti, Sri Widodo Agung Suedy

“…Qualitative data were analyzed descriptively, while quantitative data were analyzed by ANOVA tests. …”
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Out-of-Field Teaching in Craft Education as a Part of Early STEM: The Situation at German Elementary Schools by Johanna Beutin, Mona Arndt, Stefan Blumenthal

“…The survey incorporated both closed- and open-ended questions, encompassing inquiries into teacher qualifications, subject-specific competence, and lesson planning. Quantitative data were analysed descriptively. The evaluation of open-ended responses employed a content-structuring content analysis approach, utilising categories that were inductively developed. …”
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Unlocking Potential: A Teacher's Lens on Artificial Intelligence Towards Students' Problem-Solving Skills by Yohannes Kurniawan Barus, Widya Trio Pangestu, Ferril Irham Muzaki, Erif Ahdhianto

“…This research seeks to explore teachers' perceptions regarding the potential influence of artificial intelligence on these skills. Utilizing a quantitative approach, the study involved a survey conducted with 57 participants. …”
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Environmental education in schools: sustainability and hope by Azizah Husin, Henny Helmi, Yanti Karmila Nengsih, Muhammad Rendana

“…The research employs a quantitative approach, with the population comprising teachers in Palembang, Indonesia. …”
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Adaptive prescribed performance estimator for Hammerstein-like system identification based on quantized observations and its application by Huijie Lei, Yanwei Zhang, Xikun Lu

“…Abstract Prescribed performance technology is a promising methodology that has received wide attention in control communities owing to its quantitative description for the steady-state and transient performance of control systems in recent years. …”
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A Comprehensive Review on the Viscoelastic Parameters Used for Engineering Materials, Including Soft Materials, and the Relationships between Different Damping Parameters by Hasan Koruk, Srinath Rajagopal

“…The expressions for both high damping and low damping are included and evaluated. This study is considered as the first comprehensive review article presenting the theoretical derivations of a large number of damping parameters and the relationships among many damping parameters, with a quantitative evaluation of accurate and approximate formulas. …”
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Evaluation of Knowledge Management Maturity Level in Iranian Audiovisual Archives Based on the APQC Model by Sepideh Ciruskabiri, Atefeh Sharif, Saeed Rezaei Sharifabadi, Mohammad Hassanzadeh

“…This research is categorized as a quantitative study, and its data collection was conducted in the field using a mixed-methods strategy with an exploratory and explanatory purpose, utilizing the standardized APQC Knowledge Management Maturity Assessment Questionnaire as the primary instrument. …”
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The role of individual ambidexterity on organizational performance by Zahra Rajaei, Fereydon Ramazani, Seyed Hossein Behdani

“…</span></p> <ol style="text-align: left;" start="3"> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: times new roman, times, serif;">Methodology</span></strong></span></li> </ol> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The present study is descriptive-causal, survey-based, cross-sectional, quantitative, positivist, and applied in nature. …”
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The System of Career Guidance for High School Students in the United States of America by Yuliia Zahrebniuk

“…The principles of professionography are clarified: the specificity of the description of a certain activity; step-by-step study of activities – procedural sequence of material collection and analysis focus of description – compliance with specific goals of the research and implementation of a specific practical task; selectivity of the research object – concentration on the most difficult tasks of the labor process; learning dynamics – taking into account the development of the subject and changes in activity; systematicity – the study of interaction of individual components of activity at all its hierarchical levels; identity of methodological techniques and training programs and description for correct comparison of professions; use of qualitative and quantitative research methods – complementing content and statistical information. …”
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The Effectiveness of Instruction Based on the Four-Component Instructional Design (4C-ID) Model on Meaningful Learning and Critical Thinking in Sixth-Grade Students of Ardabil by Nader Heidari Raziabad, Vahid Rahimzadeh, Ali Khaleghkhah

“…The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of instruction based on the Four-Component Instructional Design (4C-ID) model on meaningful learning and critical thinking in students. …”
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Structural Parameter Optimization of a Tomato Robotic Harvesting Arm: Considering Collision-Free Operation Requirements by Chuanlang Peng, Qingchun Feng, Zhengwei Guo, Yuhang Ma, Yajun Li, Yifan Zhang, Liangzheng Gao

“…The optimal picking posture for the end-effector is determined by analyzing the spatial distribution of tomato bunches, the main stem position, and peduncle posture, enabling a quantitative description of the obstacle-avoidance workspace. …”
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