UBICU: A Gamified Respiratory Incentive System for Pulmonary Re-Expansion by Jaime Aguilar-Zambrano, Esther C. Wilches-Luna, Helberg Asencio-Santofimio, Manuel Valencia, Diana Riveros, Andres Navarro, Juan Carlos Martinez, Eugenio Tamura, Jose Angel Loaiza, Julian Hernandez, Diana Sanchez, Juan David Garcia, Leonardo Arzayus-Patino, Valeria Perez-Hortua, Elizabeth Moncada, Melissa Ramirez

“…To evaluate the usability of the video game component, we conducted a perception survey, achieving an acceptance rating above 5 on a scale of 0 to 6. …”
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Knowledge, information needs and behavior regarding HIV and sexually transmitted infections among migrants from sub-Saharan Africa living in Germany: Results of a participatory hea... by Carmen Koschollek, Anna Kuehne, Johanna Müllerschön, Stephen Amoah, Helene Batemona-Abeke, Taty Dela Bursi, Pierre Mayamba, Adama Thorlie, Christina Mputu Tshibadi, Virginia Wangare Greiner, Viviane Bremer, Claudia Santos-Hövener

“…Prevention messages for male misSA should focus on their own risk perception and for female misSA on empowerment, e.g. to negotiate condom use.…”
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Effectiveness of biomarker-guided duration of antibiotic treatment in children hospitalised with confirmed or suspected bacterial infection: the BATCH RCT by Cherry-Ann Waldron, Philip Pallmann, Simon Schoenbuchner, Debbie Harris, Lucy Brookes-Howell, Céu Mateus, Jolanta Bernatoniene, Katrina Cathie, Saul N Faust, Josie Henley, Lucy Hinds, Kerry Hood, Chao Huang, Sarah Jones, Sarah Kotecha, Sarah Milosevic, Helen Nabwera, Sanjay Patel, Stéphane Paulus, Colin VE Powell, Jenny Preston, Huasheng Xiang, Emma Thomas-Jones, Enitan D Carrol

“…On interview, HCPs stated that antibiotic duration would likely be longer in children with comorbidities, but on quantitative analysis, there was no significant difference in antibiotic duration across comorbidity subgroups. …”
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Enhancing Access to Mental Health Services for Antepartum and Postpartum Women Through Telemental Health Services at Wellbeing Centers in Selected Health Facilities in Bangladesh:... by Aniqa Tasnim Hossain, Md Hafizur Rahman, Ridwana Maher Manna, Ema Akter, SM Hasibul Islam, Md Alamgir Hossain, Tasnu Ara, Nasimul Ghani Usmani, Pradip Chandra, Maruf Ahmed Khan, SM Mustafizur Rahman, Helal Uddin Ahmed, Muhammad Kamruzzaman Mozumder, Jesmin Mahmuda Juthi, Fatema Shahrin, Sadia Afrose Shams, Fahmida Afroze, Mukta Jahan Banu, Shafiqul Ameen, Sabrina Jabeen, Anisuddin Ahmed, Mohammad Robed Amin, Shams El Arifeen, Mohammad Sohel Shomik, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman

“…Data collection involved both quantitative and qualitative methods. Implementation outcomes were measured following the World Health Organization’s implementation research framework. …”
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THE ROLE OF THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES IN HIGHER EDUCATION: INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE by N. Kliuchkovska

“…It must form a harmonious thinking, which would be based on internal freedom of the individual and its social responsibility along with the perception of respect for the views of other people. …”
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Developing and testing an evaluation framework for climate services for adaptation by Eva Boon, Nellie Sofie Body, Robbert Biesbroek

“…This hampered incorporating the perception of a representative group of users and measuring impacts. …”
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“EVERY GENERATION HAS ITS SHERLOCK”: THE CHARACTER’S IMAGE IN THE FILM ADAPTATIONS OF STORIES BY A. CONAN DOYLE ABOUT SHERLOCK HOLMES / «КАЖДОМУ ПОКОЛЕНИЮ — СВОЙ ШЕРЛОК»: ОБРАЗ ГЕР... by BULGAROVA BELLA A. / БУЛГАРОВА Б.А., OVCHARENKO ALEXEY YU. / ОВЧАРЕНКО А.Ю., BARABASH VICTOR V. / БАРАБАШ В.В., VOROPAEVA JULIA А. / ВОРОПАЕВА Ю.А.

“…The study involved 150 respondents, whose answers were converted from a qualitative to a quantitative format to analyze the specifics of the representation of the main character (the protagonist). …”
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Interprofessional education in geriatric medicine: towards best practice. A controlled before–after study of medical and nursing students by Sanja Thompson, Kiloran Metcalfe, Katy Boncey, Clair Merriman, Lorna Catherine Flynn, Gaggandeep Singh Alg, Harriet Bothwell, Carol Forde-Johnston, Elizabeth Puffett, Caroline Hardy, Liz Wright, James Beale

“…The study looked at the perception of roles and expertise of the ‘other’ profession in interprofessional teams, and students’ choice of topics for future sessions. …”
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A mixed methods study protocol for CONFIVAC, an intervention to enhance paediatric nurses' and paediatricians' skills to promote vaccination and vaccine confidence by Elisabet Henderson, Sara Valmayor, Victoria Porthé, Alba Asensio, Xavier Bruna, Usue Elizondo-Alzola, Anna Ramirez-Morros, Gemma Ricós, Josep Vidal-Alaball, M. Isabel Pasarín, Cristina Rius, Elena Roel, Elia Díez

“…Main effectiveness outcomes will include vaccine-promoting behaviours (presumptive communication, anticipation of upcoming vaccines, and explicitly recommending vaccination in VH cases) and self-perception of having sufficient training to handle VH. …”
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Visibility, democratic public space and socially inclusive cities by Ceren Sezer

“…The concept of visibility refers to the visual perception of the observable features of distinctive urban groups in public space, which give evidence of their lived experiences, and how they engage with, shape, and construct public space in everyday life. …”
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THE TERM COMBINATION AND THE METAPHOR IN THE OFFICIAL BUSINESS DOCUMENT: COGNITIVE ASPECT by Yuliya I. Demyanchuk.

“…We also used the statistical and automated methods of a NATO term combination separation from the collocation to not hinder the presentation and perception of the corpus of UN parallel texts. The quantitative expression of results of the corpus analysis of the NATO’s term combination and the commonly used phrase encourages to choose the optimal way to single out a referent of a certain military sphere, and in such event its nomination corresponds to the official business document assigned to this term combination. …”
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What happens between first symptoms and first acute exacerbation of COPD – observational study of routine data and patient survey by Alex Bottle, Alex Adamson, Xiubin Zhang, Benedict Hayhoe, Jennifer K Quint

“…Methods The project involved the quantitative analysis of an existing database and a new survey. …”
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Organising general practice for care homes: a multi-method study by Barbara Hanratty, Rachel Stocker, David Sinclair, Katie Brittain, Karen Spilsbury, Daniel Stow, Louise Robinson, Fiona E Matthews

“…QSR international NVivo 11 (Warrington, UK) software was used to manage the data. Methods: quantitative study We analysed data from Clinical Research Datalink Aurum, which contains longitudinal primary care records of 14.8 million individual patients. …”
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The effectiveness of the educational package of happiness skills based on Islamic approach and comparison with Fordyce's happiness package on happiness, life satisfaction and anger... by Tayebe Vahdani Khorram, Fatemeh Fayyaz, j avad Eynypour

“…Aaccording to Fayyaz and Okhovvat (2018), the meaning of happiness in the Holy Quran is the perception or feeling of openness caused by conquest or receiving blessings that is experienced overtly (on the face) or covertly (internal perception). …”
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Study on Innovative Practices to Promote Girls’ Retention and Transition to Secondary and Higher Learning Institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa. by Ayiga, Natal, Adyanga, Francis Akena, Akello, Jacqueline

“…Lack of fees, being married, fear of stigmatization by peers and teachers in schools, and low perception of self-worth and low esteem are some of the main barriers to school reentry. i. …”
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Increasing uptake of self-management education programmes for type 2 diabetes in primary care: the Embedding research programme including an RCT by Melanie J Davies, Shona Agarwal, Danielle H Bodicoat, Alan Brennan, Simon Dixon, Helen Eborall, Agnieszka Glab, Laura J Gray, Michelle Hadjiconstantinou, Lisa Huddlestone, Nicky Hudson, Anju Keetharuth, Kamlesh Khunti, Caroline Kristunas, Graham Martin, Alison Northern, Mike Patterson, Daniel Pollard, Rebecca Pritchard, Sally Schreder, Jane Speight, Bernie Stribling, Jackie Sturt, Jess Turner, Christina Weis

“…Feedback on virtual programmes was highly positive, particularly for the financial and logistical benefits. Negative perceptions included information technology challenges, a lack of interaction and informal conversations with fellow attendees, and difficulties in reading body language and visual cues during virtual delivery. …”
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Analysis of the Contextual Factors Influencing the Expansion of Construction Violations with an Emphasis on the Role and Position of Key Urban Stakeholders (Case Study: Isfahan Met... by Ahmad Shahivandi, Afsaneh Talebi Varnosfaderani

“…Materials & MethodsThis research was applied in nature and employed a descriptive-analytical approach. With a quantitative perspective and using grounded and systems theories, the study aimed to identify and analyze the factors influencing the occurrence and development of building violations in the city of Isfahan, as well as the roles of various stakeholders. …”
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Affordable Condominium Housing by Rosa Elena Donoso Gomez

“…Uncovering the relationship between the horizontal property law and its effect on the functioning of a homeowner’s association through a combination of quantitative and qualitative research is an added value of this research. …”
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Decomposition-Based Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm for Community Detection in Dynamic Social Networks by Jingjing Ma, Jie Liu, Wenping Ma, Maoguo Gong, Licheng Jiao

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The Walkways Landscape in Portugal: – Amieira Do Tejo Case-Study by Matos Rute Sousa, Azevedo António, Freire Francisco, Silva Luís

“…The methodology used was based on bibliographic research and on the results of surveys and interviews carried out about the walkways. The data was quantitatively analysed in order to understand: the user’s perception of the quality of the landscape, the user’s perception of the impact of walkway on the landscape, and the benefits of the walkway to people’s quality of life. …”
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