Barriers to implementing nursing evidence-based practice at the Palestinian Medical Complex: A cross-sectional study by Hamdallah H. Khaled

“…Background: The use of nursing evidence-based practice (EBP) has grown more and more important for healthcare professionals globally in their goal of delivering high-quality patient care. …”
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The prevalence of nomophobia in Cyprus and its relationship with coping styles by Marilena Mousoulidou, Erietta Constantinidou, Andri Christodoulou, Michailina Siakalli

“…This study aimed to examine the prevalence of nomophobia among adults in Cyprus and explore its relationship with demographic characteristics, reasons for smartphone use, and coping styles.MethodsIn line with this aim, participants were 300 adults from Cyprus recruited by convenience and snowball sampling methods. …”
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Exploring the determinants of fertility rates in Ethiopia: a decomposition analysis using count regression models with a focus on urban and rural residence, based on the 2019 Ethio... by Birhan Ambachew Taye, Bantie Getnet Yirsaw, Aychew Kassa Belete, Belyu Yehualashet Weldearegay

“…Therefore, this study aims to explore the determinants of fertility rates based on urban and rural settings in Ethiopia. Method A stratified two-stage cluster sampling approach was used, employing data from the 2019 Ethiopian Mini Demographic and Health Survey ( https://dhsprogram.com ). …”
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Perilaku Caring Perawat dengan Kepuasan Pasien di Ruang Rawat Inap Private Care Centre RSUP Dr Wahidin Sudirohusodo Makassar by afa ilkafah

“…Sampling technique is done by simple random sampling as many as 40 respondents. …”
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Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among young people in South Africa: A nested survey in a health and demographic surveillance site. by Suzanna C Francis, T Nondumiso Mthiyane, Kathy Baisley, S Lerato Mchunu, Jane B Ferguson, Theresa Smit, Tania Crucitti, Dickman Gareta, Siphephelo Dlamini, Tinofa Mutevedzi, Janet Seeley, Deenan Pillay, Nuala McGrath, Maryam Shahmanesh

“…Both men and women reported that sample collection was easy. Participants disagreed that sampling was painful; more than half of the participants disagreed that they felt anxious or embarrassed. …”
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Road traffic accidents and its determinants among Kenyan households: analysis of the 2022 national health survey using multilevel modeling by Bewuketu Terefe, Mahlet Moges Jembere, Bikis Liyew

“…Enumeration areas served as the primary sampling units, and households served as the secondary sampling units in a stratified two-stage cluster sampling procedure. …”
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Perilaku Caring Perawat dengan Kepuasan Pasien di Ruang Rawat Inap Private Care Centre RSUP Dr Wahidin Sudirohusodo Makassar by afa ilkafah

“…Sampling technique is done by simple random sampling as many as 40 respondents. …”
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Alternative approaches for monitoring and evaluation of lymphatic filariasis following mass drug treatment with ivermectin, diethylcarbamazine and albendazole in East New Britain P... by Krufinta Bun, Benedict Mode, Melinda Susapu, Joyceline Salo, Catherine Bjerum, Michael Payne, Daniel Tisch, Makoto Sekihara, Emanuele Giorgi, Gary J Weil, Peter U Fischer, Leanne Robinson, Moses Laman, Christopher L King

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>Model-based geostatistics was more effective than PPS in sampling high-risk LF sites in a heterogeneous area. …”
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Applying the Information–Motivation–Behavioral Skills model to a video-assisted HPV intervention to promote self-screening uptake: a qualitative study in Western Kenya by Michelle Huang, Hanul Choi, Haley Dion, Laya Sathyan, Emily Herfel, Breandan Makhulo, Jeniffer Ambaka, Megan J. Huchko

“…The intervention improved women’s self-reported HPV-related knowledge and increased their motivation for self-sampling and engagement in preventive behaviours. We recommend scaling up the intervention by bringing the video-assisted education to more clinics in Kisumu.…”
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Comparison of Plantar Force, Pressure and Impulse During Walking in Men and Women With Flat Feet by Negin Soltani, Ali Jalalvand, Mohammad Reza Jahani

“…Results: Men with flat feet had more peak plantar pressure and force in the midfoot than healthy men, and more peak plantar pressure on the hallux. …”
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Comparison of Plantar Force, Pressure and Impulse During Walking in Men and Women With Flat Feet by Negin Soltani, Ali Jalalvand, Mohammad Reza Jahani

“…Results: Men with flat feet had more peak plantar pressure and force in the midfoot than healthy men, and more peak plantar pressure on the hallux. …”
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Association of Burnout and Depression symptoms and their prevalence among medical students in Karachi, Pakistan by Tafazzul Hyder Zaidi, Mubashir Zafar, Amber Ilyas, Momina Khan, Rafia Ghani, Rahat Naz, Ayesha Mubbashir

“…In regression analysis, higher academic year more than 2 times (5th year, OR 2.03, 95% CI 1.42-7.96, p-value 0.004) and living at dormitory more than 3 times (OR 3.97, 95% CI 1.97-5.01, p-value 0.003) were more likely associated with more extensive overlap of burnout and depression symptoms. …”
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The relationship between the maternal consumption of barberry, saffron, pickled vegetables, and tea and the odds of congenital anomalies in Iranian children under 10 years of age:... by Esmail Najafi, Mohammad Esmaeil Masinaei Nejad, Hadi Bazyar, Hamed Rezakhani Moghaddam, Khadijeh Nasiri, Vahideh Aghamohammadi, Elyas Bastanifar, Sara Javadi

“…More daily intake of barberry (more than a tablespoon) was associated with higher odds of CA (OR = 9.23; 95% CI: 3.42–24.90). …”
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THE TERM COMBINATION AND THE METAPHOR IN THE OFFICIAL BUSINESS DOCUMENT: COGNITIVE ASPECT by Yuliya I. Demyanchuk.

“…In this paper, the military term combinations and military metaphors in the official documents are identified and analyzed by the methods of corpus and cognitive linguistics. The comparative approach was pursued to show their common usage in the unified official document of NATO. …”
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Unpacking Evaluative Meaning-Making Resources in Verbal Movie Descriptions: A Comparative Study of Native and Non-Native English Speakers by Muhammed Parviz, Alireza Jalilifar, Alexanne Don

“…To this end, 10 native speakers of Australian English and 10 Iranian non-native speakers took part in on-line informal interviews, based on an approach known as snowball sampling. The study employed a combination of both qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis. …”
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The Effectiveness of Interactive Multimedia-Based E-Moral Games in Teaching and Learning Moral Education by Sakinah Salleh, Ain Syafia Qutreenie Alwi, Alwi Mohd Yunus

“…By incorporating diverse teaching methods, educators can create more engaging and meaningful learning experiences, ultimately fostering a more interactive and impactful learning environment.…”
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Tailored knowledge distillation with automated loss function learning. by Sheng Ran, Tao Huang, Wuyue Yang

“…Building upon our proposed generic loss networks for logits and intermediate features, we derive a dynamic optimization strategy to adjust losses based on the student models' changing states for enhanced performance and adaptability. Additionally, for a more robust loss, we introduce a uniform sampling of diverse previously-trained student models to train the loss with various convergence rates of predictions. …”
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Perception of MIN and MTs Teachers in Jembrana Regency Towards Digital Transformation and Inequality in Access to Education by Edwin Edwin, Wifqi Rahmi, Hendra Sidratul Azis, I Putu Sriartha

“…Technology is considered to enrich teaching methods and provide opportunities for students to learn independently through more varied digital media. …”
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HEALTH STATUS AND PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS OF RURAL FARMING HOUSEHOLDS IN ABIA STATE, NIGERIA by Raphael Ndubuisi ECHEBIRI, Daniel Chinedu NWAOGU

“…The study showed that healthy farmers with access to appropriate inputs (including knowledge, land, tools, fertilizer, and seeds) had higher productivity and earned good incomes than non-healthy farmers, thus health improvement strategies granted to the farmers by government will allow them to thrive nutritionally, acquire more assets (including health), and become more resilient. …”
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The psychological need development model influences students’ intentions to physical activity by Juncheng Li, Yudhi Arifani, Yaoping Liu, Junaidi Junaidi

“…This study aims to construct a comprehensive model that can explain and predict Chinese college students' intentions to engage in physical activity based on Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). Methods. This study selected four colleges from Chengdu, China for random sampling, with a total of 512 college students completing the questionnaire. …”
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