Maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy and associated factors among pregnant women in Tanzania: evidence from the 2022 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey by Victoria Godfrey, Elihuruma Eliufoo, Immaculata P. Kessy, Mussa Bago, Mtoro J. Mtoro, Azan Nyundo

“…The survey employed a multistage cluster sampling method to generate representative national and sub-national health and health-related indicators between February and July 2022. …”
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Factors influencing nutritional literacy among rural older adults: a cross-sectional survey based on the theory of planned behavior by Shasha Liu, Xiaomei Fan, Li Jiang, Tao Liu

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the factors influencing nutritional literacy among rural elderly individuals in northern Sichuan based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB).MethodsA convenience sampling method was employed to recruit 311 elderly participants (aged ≥60 years) from Sanlin Village (Cangxi County, Guangyuan City), Puji Village (Yilong County, Nanchong City), and Luhua Village (Bazhou District, Bazhong City). …”
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Source Apportionment of Fine Particulate Matter in Wuhan: Application of Rolling Positive Matrix Factorization Under Different Seasons and Episodic Events by Ziye Guo, Qiongqiong Wang, Nan Chen, Bo Zhu, Huang Zheng, Shaofei Kong, Mingjie Xie, Huan Yu

“…Analysis of the short-lasting episodic events further validated the applicability of rolling PMF, which can provide more timely and environmentally interpretable results. …”
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SPA-Net: An Offset-Free Proposal Network for Individual Tree Segmentation from TLS Data by Yunjie Zhu, Zhihao Wang, Qiaolin Ye, Lifeng Pang, Qian Wang, Xiaolong Zheng, Chunhua Hu

“…Unlike methods heavily reliant on potentially error-prone global offset vector predictions, SPA-Net employs a novel sampling-shifting-grouping paradigm within its sparse geometric proposal (SGP) module to directly generate initial proposal candidates from raw point data, aiming to reduce dependence on the offset branch. …”
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Health problems among radiographers: An empirical study in private hospitals by Durairaj Rajan, Piyanka Dhar

“…In order to know the health-related problems, the present study has examined nine variables related to both physical and mental health. The study has sampled 60 radiographers using both convenience and judgement sampling techniques. …”
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The soil structural stability determined by the QuantiSlakeTest: Linkage with soil porosity, water-stable aggregate fractions and soil chemical properties by Toon van Dael, Quinten Verwerft, Erik Smolders

“…The Quantislake parameters have a much larger variability among sampling replicates (CV = 75–––100 %) than the parameters of the two other methods. …”
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Dual contraceptive use among women living with HIV on anti-retroviral therapy in Boset district, Ethiopia by Yohanes Abera Belachwe, Midekso Sento, Melese Negash Gobena, Mihiret Shawel Getahun, Yohannes Mekuria Negussie

“…BackgroundThe World Health Organization advocates dual contraceptive methods for women with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) to prevent unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), enhancing education, economic opportunities, and maternal-child health outcomes. …”
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Uncertainty management strategies in clinical reasoning: perceptions of nurses in post-anesthesia care units by Lara Daniela Matos Cunha, Paul K. J. Han, Filipa Ventura, Márcia Pestana-Santos, Lurdes Lomba, Margarida Reis Santos

“…Aims To describe strategies that nurses in post-anesthesia care units use to manage uncertainty in clinical reasoning; and to map these strategies within the Integrative Framework of Uncertainty Management, and the clinical realities of Wiedenbach’s Prescriptive Theory. Material & methods A descriptive qualitative study. Fourteen nurses from a post-anesthesia care unit of a third-level hospital at the center region of Portugal were recruited using a convenience sampling method. …”
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Lightweight LSTM and GRU Design for Data-Driven Rotor Position Error Estimation in IPMSM Drives by Yang Zhao, Chee Shen Lim, Fei Xue, Chao Long, Andrew Huey Ping Tan

“…Upon careful consideration of the embedded data in the stationary and rotating reference frames, data down sampling, and real-time computing capability, this article shows that these emerging RNNs are potentially more robust against measurement noises and harmonics inherently present in drive systems. …”
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Availability and use of child safety seats among children aged 0-3 years by CHEN Bo，WANG Xihui，QIU Fengqian，YU Yan，GAO Shuna，HE Lihua，LI Weiyi，JI Yunfang，CHEN Weihua

“…Objective:To investigate the availability and use of child safety seats among children aged 0-3 years, so as to provide the basis for improving riding safety for children. Methods:Parents of children aged 0-3 years in Huangpu District, Shanghai Municipality, were recruited using the stratified multistage random sampling method from May to July 2024. …”
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Paraclinical Characteristics of Fatal and Recovered COVID-19 Cases: a Retrospective Study by Elham Goodarzi1, Mohammad Kakavand2, Kobra Rashidi3, Shahram Mamdohi2, Victoria Momenabadi4, Mojgan Navabi2, Hamidreza Abolfathi2, Zaher Khazaei5

“…This study compared laboratory indices in recovered and fatal COVID-19 cases. Methods: In this descriptiveanalytical cross-sectional study, sampling was conducted using the total count method, and the data was collected from the Borujerd Health Network's Disease Management Center database. …”

Non-suicidal self-injury and its risk factors among Iranian high school and university students by Abbas Abbasi-Ghahramanloo, Behnam Khodadoust, Davoud Adham, Ali Gholami, Ali Gholami, Roya Farokhi, Vahid Maghsodlou-Nejad, Sima Afrashteh

“…Multi-stage sampling was used to select students and all students completed survey questionnaires. …”
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Assessing heavy metal contamination in agricultural soils: a new GIS-based Probabilistic Pollution Index (PPI) – case study: Guarda Region, Portugal by Silvia Aparisi-Navarro, Maria Moncho-Santonja, Beatriz Defez, Carla Candeias, Fernando Rocha, Guillermo Peris-Fajarnés

“…Current contamination assessment methods rely on in situ sample collection, which restricts the evaluation process due to the number of samples that can be analysed and the associated costs. …”
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Probabilistic trophic magnification analysis for assessing the bioaccumulation potential of organophosphate flame retardants in freshwater ecosystems of South Korea by Dokyun Kim, Eun-Ji Won, Ha-Eun Cho, Hyeong-Wook Jo, Ki-Young Choi, Chang-Joon Kim, Kyung-Hoon Shin

“…This study hypothesizes that sampling uncertainty may affect TMF calculations. To overcome the limitations of traditional regression-based methods (TMFR), we applied a Monte Carlo simulation-based probabilistic method (TMFM), which provides more reliable estimates of OPFR bioaccumulation in freshwater ecosystems. …”
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Overview of COVID-19 Test Results (2021–2022) at the Laboratory of the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Swadaya Gunung Jati, Cirebon, Indonesia by Fitri Ayu Febrianti, Uswatun Khasanah, Mustika Weni

“…Conclusion: Most of the tested samples are males and early adolescent age groups, with more negative PCR results than positive ones. …”
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Assessment on Prevalence and Risk Factors of Dyslexia among Primary School Students by R Rajesh, Honeymol Sunney

“…The data was collected from the primary school students along with the help of their teachers by using screening checklist for dyslexia which consists of 30 items adopted from British Dyslexia Association (BDA) and a checklist on identifying the risk factors of dyslexia on primary school students which has 10 items through interview method on one to one basis until the desired sample is reached. …”
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First-line Nurse Managerial Competence and Its Influencing Factors in Public Jordanian Hospitals by Abdulkareem S. Iblasi, Samer Makahleh, Yupin Aungsuroch, Joko Gunawan, I Gede Juanamasta

“…Purpose: This study aimed to analyze FLNM competence and its influencing factors within the unique context of Jordan’s healthcare system. Methods: As a cross-sectional study, this research leveraged online platforms to distribute questionnaires to 130 FLNMs across three public hospitals in Jordan’s central region using a random sampling method. …”
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What evidence exists on wild bee trends in Germany? A systematic map by Anne-Christine Mupepele, Niels Hellwig, Petra Dieker, Alexandra-Maria Klein

“…All eligible studies included data on wild bee taxa from at least two years at the same site within Germany and using the same sampling method. The database consists of data sheets on studies (bibliographic context), on covariates (methodological and spatio-temporal context) and on data (bee species sampled at a specific time on a specific location – exemplarily for two German regions). …”
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Resilience of Gen Z to Socioeconomic Challenges: The Interconnection of Family Financial Socialization, Attitudes Towards Money and Financial Well-being by Manoj Kumar Chaudhary, Madan Dhungana, Manoj Subedi, Harjit Singh, Dinesh Mani Ghimire

“…Between September and December 2024, a structured questionnaire was distributed both physically on campuses and digitally via online platforms to collect primary data from 452 Gen Z students (aged 18–28) enrolled in 10 management colleges affiliated with national and international universities operating in Kathmandu, Nepal, selected through a purposive sampling method. AMOS SEM was employed to analyze the proposed model comprehensively and test the hypothesized relationships and mediation effects. …”
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Hematological and Biochemical Profile of Patients Infected with Schistosoma mansoni in Comparison with Apparently Healthy Individuals at Sanja Town, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sec... by Nega Dessie, Wossenseged Lema, Mulugeta Aemero

“…Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease that resides in the vascular system of vertebrates, causing a chronic, debilitating disease that affects more than 200 million people and 800,000 deaths per year in over 70 countries. …”
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