Prevalence and associated factors of overweight and obesity among reproductive-aged women (15-49 years) in Ratnanagar Municipality, Chitwan district, Nepal. by Bedana Sapkota, Aashish Rana, Manish Rajbanshi, Richa Aryal, Susmita Thapa, Lokendra Oli, Jiwan Kumar Poudyal

“…<h4>Methodology</h4>A cross-sectional study was conducted in selected wards of Ratnanagar Municipality, Chitwan district. A multistage sampling method was followed for the selection of participants. …”
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Awareness on Cervical Cancer, Its Screening and HPV Vaccination Among Women of Reproductive Age Group (15-49 Years) in Manipur by Bishwalata Rajkumari, Wangkhem Jibol Singh, Usha Devi Thounaojam, Milachon Kasar, Rajkumar Ranalcis

“…Two urban and two rural areas were selected using purposive sampling. Face to face interview method was done using pretested, validated, semi-structured questionnaire. …”
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Nurses Interns' Perception On The Preceptors Role In Enhancing The Interns' Clinical Competence And Transition To Become Competent Staff Nurses In Health Care Settings In The Sulta... by Yusra Al-Nasseri, Juma Al-Maskari, Khamis Al-Mamari

“…Purposive sampling method was used. Results: The findings of this study revealed that, the graduates' perceived that, the preceptors do play a vital role in facilitating the graduates' transition in the clinical settings. …”
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Sea urchin utilisation in Eastern Indonesia by Hartati Tamti, Rohani Ambo-Rappe, Sharifuddin Bin Andy Omar, Budimawan Pagalay, Muhammad Iqram, Willem Renema, Abigail Mary Moore

“…Data were collected from July to September 2020 using a questionnaire with a snowballing sampling method. There were 187 respondents (62.6% male and 37.4% female) ranged in age from 3-76 years old, and most had been collecting sea urchins for more than five years. …”
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Maternal Outcomes after Induction of Labor with Dinoprostone in Post-Date pregnancies by Saleha Hassan, Aasma Zubair, Seema Gul, Sandleen Javad, Amika Kumari, Hina Javed

“…Objective: To determine the short-term maternal outcomes (mode of delivery and postpartum hemorrhage) after induction of labor with dinoprostone in postdate pregnancies at a tertiary care hospital. Method: This study was conducted at the department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Watim General Hospital, Rawalpindi from 24th April 2024 - 10th July 2024. …”
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Two decades of nutrient dynamics in Polish rivers: Long-term trends in nitrogen and phosphorus by Paweł Marcinkowski, Ignacy Kardel, Marek Giełczewski, Mikołaj Piniewski

“…Long-term water quality data from 52 monitoring sites with an average annual sampling frequency of 13.4 samples per year, divided into eight geographical groups, were combined with simulated river discharge data and analyzed using the Weighted Regressions on Time, Discharge, and Season (WRTDS) method. …”
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Linking attitude and ethical practices to energy Efficiency: The mediating role of household lifestyle by Salina Daud, Wan Noordiana Wan Hanafi, Sabihah Hitam, Maryam Jamilah Asha'ari, Mariam Abdul Majid, Wan Fadzilah Wan Yusoff, Maisarah Ahmad Sofi

“…A quantitative research approach using a survey method was adopted to investigate the direct and mediating effects of key variables. …”
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Efektivitas rational emotive behavioral therapy dengan teknik self-talk dalam meningkatkan kepercayaan diri siswa untuk berbicara di depan umum by Salsha Nabila Ayumi, Alfin Siregar

“…The sample was taken using a purposive sampling technique with 13 informants from class 11 majoring in ACP. …”
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An Investigation of the Efficiency of Sensory Systems Involved in Postural Control in Deaf Athletes and Non-Athletes by Mohammadreza Seyedi, Foad Seidi, عباس رحیمی, Hooman Minoonejad

“…For this purpose, 30 adolescents aged between 15 and 20 with congenital severe deafness were assigned to athlete and non-athlete groups (mean age 18.08+1.17 yr, height 173.04+6.82 cm and weight 59.41+7.47 kg) by purposive sampling method. A Biodex stabilometer was used to measure the postural control of the subjects in four different sensory conditions to find out the shares of visual, vestibular and somatic systems and the efficiency of each sensory system was calculated by Nashner formula. …”
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Breastfeeding self-efficacy status and associated factors among postpartum mothers at Hadiya Zone public hospitals, Southern Ethiopia. by Lemlem Nigussiee, Tigist Demeke, Vinod Bagilkar, Yemisrach Firetsidk, Mulatu Abageda, Tefera Belachew

“…Therefore, the objective of this study is to assess the BFSE status and its associated factors among postpartum mothers at public hospitals in the Hadiya Zone.<h4>Method</h4>A cross-sectional study design was conducted from August 1-30, 2022, at public hospitals in the Hadiya Zone, southern Ethiopia. …”
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Factors affecting the quality of postoperative rehabilitation in children with cochlear implants based on the theory of knowledge, attitude and practice by Jing Ma, Xia Li, Ken Lin, Yiyun Zhang, Wenyue Chi, Xiuli Ma, Dong Su, Yuling Du, Tiesong Zhang

“…Responses were recorded meticulously.Setting Data were collected through a convenience sampling method at a children’s hospital.Participants Out of 840 questionnaires distributed, 683 completed questionnaires were retained for analysis after excluding responses with missing data.Results Parents’ average KAP score was 8.03 (SD = 3.13). …”
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RAPID: real-time automated plankton identification dashboard using Edge AI at sea by Sophie G. Pitois, Robert E. Blackwell, Hayden Close, Noushin Eftekhari, Sarah L. C. Giering, Mojtaba Masoudi, Eric Payne, Joseph Ribeiro, James Scott

“…This concept offers a rapid and cost-effective method for the monitoring of trends and events at fine temporal and spatial scales, thus making the most of the continuous data collection in real time and allowing for adaptive sampling to be deployed. …”
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Advanced Trajectory Analysis of NASA’s Juno Mission Using Unsupervised Machine Learning: Insights into Jupiter’s Orbital Dynamics by Ashraf ALDabbas, Zaid Mustafa, Zoltan Gal

“…These findings highlight OPTICS as a more effective method for identifying outliers in elliptical orbit data, albeit with higher computational resource requirements and longer processing times. …”
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Depressive Symptom Level, Sleep Quality, and Internet Addiction among Medical Students in Home Quarantine during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Danial Chaleshi, Fatemeh Badrabadi, Fatemeh Ghadiri Anari, Sepehr Sorkhizadeh, Zahra Nematollahi, Mohammad Hosein Shirdareh Haghighi, Mahdi Aghabagheri

“…Participants were selected using the available sampling method. Sleep quality, internet addiction, and depression were assessed using an online survey of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Internet Addiction Test (IAT), and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), respectively. …”
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Modeling and predicting individual variation in COVID-19 vaccine-elicited antibody response in the general population. by Naotoshi Nakamura, Yurie Kobashi, Kwang Su Kim, Hyeongki Park, Yuta Tani, Yuzo Shimazu, Tianchen Zhao, Yoshitaka Nishikawa, Fumiya Omata, Moe Kawashima, Makoto Yoshida, Toshiki Abe, Yoshika Saito, Yuki Senoo, Saori Nonaka, Morihito Takita, Chika Yamamoto, Takeshi Kawamura, Akira Sugiyama, Aya Nakayama, Yudai Kaneko, Yong Dam Jeong, Daiki Tatematsu, Marwa Akao, Yoshitaka Sato, Shoya Iwanami, Yasuhisa Fujita, Masatoshi Wakui, Kazuyuki Aihara, Tatsuhiko Kodama, Kenji Shibuya, Shingo Iwami, Masaharu Tsubokura

“…We then applied to these factors a recently proposed computational method to optimally fit an "antibody score", which resulted in an integer-based score that can be used as a basis for identifying individuals with higher or lower antibody titers from basic demographic and health information. …”
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Factors Influencing Sustained Utilization of Child Welfare Services among Children Aged 18 to 59 Months in a Low-Income Rural Community, Ghana by Kennedy Diema Konlan, Roberta Mensima Amoah, Abdul Razak Doat, Juliana Asibi Abdulai

“…This quantitative descriptive cross-sectional design employed a systematic sampling method to select 310 caregivers of children aged 18 to 59 months in the Abutia Kloe subdistrict using a pretested questionnaire. …”
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Do empowerments influence experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV)? A multi-continental study of women across low and lower-middle-income countries by M Z E M Naser Uddin Ahmed, MD. Nahid Hassan Nishan, Helene Dahlqvist, Saidur Rahman Mashreky, Koustuv Dalal

“…We focused on a sample of 56,175 women aged 15–49 who had experienced IPV. …”
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Consumers in responsible consumption: what leads to sustainable behavior? by Arie Indra Gunawan, Ratih Hurriyati, Lili Adi Wibowo, Hilda Monoarfa

“…A quantitative approach utilizing a descriptive verification method was applied, drawing on data from 432 respondents selected through purposive sampling. …”
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Cattle Housing at the Registered Farms under Cattle Breeders’ Association in Ödemiş, İzmir. by Erdal Yaylak, Yusuf Konca, Nursel Koyubenbe

“…The 92 farms were selected among members of the CBA by proportional sampling method. The farms were divided into three groups according to the number of cattle: group 1 from 5 to 20, group 2 from 21 to 40 and group 3 with over 41 heads, respectively. …”
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Evaluation of preceding variables affecting behavioral use and acceptance of chord-enabled keyboard among students by Ardvin Kester S. Ong, Calil C. Aceron, Warrick Jathniel S. Quimpo, Derek Tyler U. Ong, John Francis T. Diaz, Josephine D. German

“…Nine thousand nine hundred (9,900) data points were considered through the convenience sampling method utilizing online platforms. The results displayed that all the examined latent variables were deemed significant: Performance Expectancy, Effort Expectancy, Social Influence, Hedonic Motivation, Facilitating Conditions, Price Value, Habit, Intention to Use, Usage Behavior, and Perceived Usability. …”
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