Relationship between Demographic, Socioeconomic Factors, and Psychological Responses of Health Care Providers during COVID–19 Pandemic, Kenya by Jared M. Bundi, Moses W. Poipoi, Everlyne N. Morema

“…A stratified sampling method was used in the selection of 202 healthcare providers. …”
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Awareness, attendance, and attitudes toward cervical cancer screening among HIV-positive Chinese women in Yunnan province: a cross-sectional study by Jiawei Hu, Rufei Duan, Hongyun Zhang, Xuelian Zhao, Aihui Wu, Le Li, Fanghui Zhao, Yong Zhang

“…Participants were recruited using the convenient sampling method from January 2019 to August 2020. An interviewer-administered semi-structured questionnaire was utilized to collect information on socio-demographic and behavioral characteristics, clinical characteristics related to HIV infection, awareness, attendance, and attitudes toward cervical cancer screening. …”
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A Model for Creating and Implementing Ambidextrous Innovation in Iranian Banking by Vahid Khashei Varnamkhasti, Sajad Farsi

“…The research utilizes a judgmental sampling method. This study was conducted in two stages: qualitative and quantitative. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and information needs of women vaccinated with the HPV vaccine regarding cervical cancer prevention: a cross-sectional study by Xuan Zhou, Miaomiao Wu, Yuling Zhou, Fang Su, Yiqing He, Jinxia Ding, Lunfang Xie

“…However, the screening coverage among Chinese women remains low, and there is a need to better understand the knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and information needs of Chinese HPV-vaccinated women regarding cervical cancer prevention to optimize prevention and control strategies.ObjectivesTo explore the knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and information needs of women vaccinated with the HPV vaccine regarding cervical cancer prevention.MethodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted using a convenience sampling method from October 1 to December 30, 2023. …”
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Comparing the Institution-based Supervision and Tele-based Supervision for Task-oriented Exercises on Upper Limb Motor Performance and Functional Ability among Stroke Patients: A R... by Neha, Subhasish Chatterjee

“…Materials and Methods: A two-group pretest-post-test randomised clinical trial will be conducted in recognised hospitals in Mullana and Panipat, using purposive sampling from December 2022 to December 2024. …”
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Academic stress and irregular menstruation influence the dysmenorrhea, school absenteeism and healthcare seeking among adolescent girls in junior high school in Shanghai: a cross-s... by Tiantian Liu, Deyun Qi, Li Zhang, Jun Hou, Jing Zhao, Yuan Zhou, Bingbing Sun, Fei Wang, Hui Tan, Ruiping Wang

“…This study aim to understand the prevalence of dysmenorrhea and to explore factors associated with the school absenteeism and healthcare seeking habit among adolescent girls with dysmenorrhea.MethodsThis cross-sectional,questionnaire-based study included 1,243 participants recruited from five junior high schools using cluster sampling method. …”
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The Origin of Pediatric Hand Molds and Proof of Concept by Joseph Upton, MD, Kimberly S. Khouri, MD

“…Methods:. Using materials readily available in pediatric operating rooms, the details of the simple, efficient, and cost-effective method of creating hand molds are outlined. …”
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Determination of bacterial contamination of milk using fluorometry by Baghdad Science Journal

“…Laser light at this wavelength that transmitted by optical fiber can be used for milk samples examination in situe and for more precise results.…”
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Phenomenological Analysis of Lived Experience of Cancer: A Case Study of Patients at Ayatollah Kashani Hospital in Shahrekord by Hedari Arman, Sayedeh Sapideh Hashemi

“…Consequently, a non-random, purposeful sampling method was employed. Data collection involved two primary techniques: comprehensive observation and semi-structured interviews. …”
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CLINICAL DEPRESSION: FORENSIC INTERPRETATION OF TWO CASES by Feodor Odzhakov, Diyana Belezhanska, Aleksandar Apostolov

“…In recent years, it has been established that more and more young adults have been diagnosed with this condition. …”
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Ectoparasite Infestation on Beef Cattle (Bos Indicus) in Kendit Sub-District, Situbondo District by Nizar Bachrudin Prihandono, Endang Suprihati, Lilik Maslachah, Poedji Hastutiek, mufasirin mufasirin

“…The suggestions for this research were this research should be continued with a longer time, the fishing method must be more varied because the more fishing methods used, the higher diversity results and it is advisable to maintain cage sanitation, improve maintenance management, and the cleanliness of cattle sheds surroundings to maintain cattle condition.…”
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Downscaling livestock census data using multivariate predictive models: Sensitivity to modifiable areal unit problem. by Daniele Da Re, Marius Gilbert, Celia Chaiban, Pierre Bourguignon, Weerapong Thanapongtharm, Timothy P Robinson, Sophie O Vanwambeke

“…We showed that scale, rather than shapes and sampling methods, affected downscaling precision, suggesting that training the model using the finest administrative level available is preferable. …”
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The Effectiveness of Positive Psychotherapy on Physical and Emotional Dimensions of Girls with Persistent Depression by Froogh Abiri Bonab, Marziyeh Alivandi Vafa, Ali Khademi, Gholam Hossein Javanmard

“…Future research should compare the effectiveness of this method with other therapeutic approaches. Other limitations of this study include its single-sex sample, reliance on a questionnaire, and use of a non-random sampling method.Ethical Considerations Compliance with Ethical Guidelines: We adhered to all ethical standards throughout the research process, which involved maintaining the confidentiality of participants’ identities and securing informed consent from each participant.Author Contributions: All authors contributed to the study. …”
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Causal relationship between educational attainment and the occurrence of venous thromboembolism by Sitong Guo, Sitao Tan, Shiran Qin, Dandan Xu, Henghai Su, Xiaoyu Chen

“…Two-sample Mendelian Randomization (TSMR) analysis was conducted, with the results obtained from the random effects inverse variance weighted method (IVW). …”
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Estimated prevalence and incidence of hypersensitivity pneumonitis in Japan by Tsukasa Okamoto, Mariko Hanafusa, Taketomo Abe, Takashi Shimamura, Masaru Ito, Yoko Wakai, Torahiko Jinta, Katsuyuki Higa, Yasuhiro Kondoh, Yasumi Okouchi, Ryo Okuda, Masashi Bando, Takafumi Suda, Hiromi Tomioka, Takeo Fujiwara, Masato Takase, Shigemi Yoshihara, Hiroshi Odajima, Yasunari Miyazaki

“…This study assessed the exact prevalence and incidence of fibrotic and non-fibrotic HP in Japan in 2021. Methods: For adults, the study hospitals were selected by stratified random sampling according to numbers of beds. …”
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Standardization of the Pharmaceutical Substance of the Drug LCS-1208 by E. V. Ignateva, I. V. Yartseva, Z. S. Shprakh, A. P. Bud'ko, L. V. Ektova, D. A. Kozin, V. Yu. Reshetnyak, O. V. Nesterova, E. A. Pankratova

“…Chemical and pharmaceutical standardization of the pharmaceutical substance LCS-1208.Materials and methods. Laboratory samples of pharmaceutical substance LCS-1208. …”
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The Effectiveness of Trauma-Aware Parenting Intervention on Relationship between Attachment and Emotional Disturbance in Adoptive Families by Mehrana Mehrana, Mansoureh Bahramipour Isfahani

“…The statistical population included all adoptive families from care centers for orphaned and abused children in the city of Isfahan in the summer, which were selected by the available sampling method among those who were referred to the care centers for orphaned and abused children in the city of Isfahan. …”
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Searching for Dubh: Experiments in Black Dyes Pre 15th Century in Ireland and Scotland by Ashley Stillwell-Hasan

“…Closer examination showed that the addition of alum resulted in substantial degradation of the fleece and made it difficult to spin. Additionally, all samples proved to be lightfast. Further testing is required of the other plausible recipes collected, in addition to repeat testing using the more historical methods in this experiment. …”
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Anomaly Detection for Suspension Systems Based on the Gaussian Distribution of Hyperspheres by Ping WANG, Zi MEI, Zhiqiang LONG

“…Then, the abnormal threshold was determined according to the Euclidean distance between the sample feature and the center of the sphere. The experimental results of the field data show that, compared with the methods based on empirical threshold, the principal component analysis (PCA) and support vector data description (SVDD), the proposed method is more superior in anomaly detection ability.…”
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In-field nucleic acid testing for porcine epidemic diarrhea virus with lateral flow immunoassay by Wencong Chen, Jiahao Chen, Danni Ye, Xueyan Ai, Jiayi Luo, Chenxi Fang, Meihua Xiang, Maopeng Wang

“…To address these challenges, our study based on one-step RT-PCR and lateral flow strips developed a reliable, field-deployable, and low-cost nucleic acid detection method for PEDV. The whole process takes about 45 min and the testing cost of each sample is low to $0.3. …”
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