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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Technical note: Water vapour climatologies in the extra-tropical upper troposphere and lower stratosphere derived from a synthesis of passenger and research aircraft measurements by P. Konjari, P. Konjari, C. Rolf, M. I. Hegglin, M. I. Hegglin, M. I. Hegglin, S. Rohs, Y. Li, A. Zahn, H. Bönisch, P. Nedelec, M. Krämer, M. Krämer, A. Petzold, A. Petzold

“…A synthesis of mean <span class="inline-formula">H₂O</span> is performed by sampling air mass bins of similar origin and thermodynamic conditions relative to the tropopause between a dataset from 60 000 flights employing the IAGOS-MOZAIC (Measurement of Ozone by AIRBUS In-Service Aircraft) and IAGOS-CORE capacitive hygrometer (ICH) and a dataset of 500 flights using the more sophisticated IAGOS-CARIBIC (Civil Aircraft for the Regular Investigation of the Atmosphere Based on an Instrument Container) hygrometer. …”
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Characterization of alterations in spontaneous behaviors in a rat model of neuropathic pain - new outcome measures for pain evaluation? by Annamária Liptáková, Annamária Liptáková, Annamária Liptáková, Annamária Liptáková, Annamária Liptáková, M. J. Castelhano-Carlos, M. J. Castelhano-Carlos, Juliana Fiúza-Fernandes, Juliana Fiúza-Fernandes, Nuno Sousa, Nuno Sousa, Michelle Roche, Michelle Roche, Michelle Roche, David P. Finn, David P. Finn, David P. Finn, Hugo Leite-Almeida, Hugo Leite-Almeida

“…This finding provides new perspective into pain evaluation and suggests the possibility of considering spontaneous behavior as an additional method of assessing pain-related behavior in rodents. …”
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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 Analysis of the Effective Factors on Urban Blight in District 3, Region 12, Tehran City by Hossein Mansourian, Ahmad Pour Ahmad, Hasan Ashouri

“…The sampling method in the case study area was a simple random method—from the parents or one of the family members older than 16 years old. …”
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The effect of a learning strategy for mastery in learning the skills of Setting volleyball for female students by Sarah Qassim, Dr. Bushra Kadhum

“…-test) for independent samples, and I concluded that the strategy has proven its effectiveness in the skills of Setting  for students at a level greater than the traditional method, and the level of development of study variables and statistical significance in the experimental group is greater than the level of development and statistical significance in the control group, and the effectiveness of learning and development increases with the use of visual techniques And the video and the means of communication because it provides a great scope for review, knowledge of mistakes and their return and reinforces the feedback to them, and recommended the necessity of using the learning strategy in order to master in other skills that require more complex skill capabilities such as spiking, blocking and defending the playing field, and the need to increase the use of modern graphic and video means and techniques. …”
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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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Microarray Core Detection by Geometric Restoration by Jimmy C. Azar, Christer Busch, Ingrid B. Carlbom

“…Furthermore, the algorithm is more efficient than existing methods based on the Hough transform for circle detection. …”
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Smart Prussian Blue Analog Decorated with Zinc Oxide Nanohybrid: Fluorescent Sensing and Sustainability of Sunset Yellow in Food and Environment by Hany A. Batakoushy, Amr K. A. Bass, Hassanien Gomaa, Sami El Deeb, Adel Ehab Ibrahim

“…Real sample analysis in the food industry, including samples from real food, soft drinks, and sun cream, was made possible by the detection of tiny amounts of SY. …”
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Determination of Mannheimia haemolytica and its macrolide antibiotic resistance genes in fibrinous pneumonia of cattle by Fatih Hatipoglu, Funda Terzi, Mehmet Burak Ates, Asli Balevi, Ozgur Ozdemir, Mustafa Ortatatli

“…But recently, strains of M. haemolytica resistant to antibiotics have begun to emerge, making the treatment of infections more difficult. Therefore, it is important to investigate the erm (42), msr (E) and mph (E) genes, which are held responsible for the resistance to antibiotics.The purpose of the present study was aimed to diagnose the presence of M. haemolytica by IHC method from lung tissue samples of young and adult cattle, and calves, also to detect erm (42), msr (E) and mph (E) genes, which are mostly detected in Pasteurella multocida but recently detected in M. haemolytica, by PCR method. …”
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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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Comparing the Efficiency of Sediment Rating Curve and ANN Models in Estimating River Bed-load by Jamal Mosaffaie, Amin Saleh pourjam, Mahmudreza Tabatabaei

“… Evaluation and selection of the most appropriate methods for bed-load estimation is necessary because of the sampling difficulties and inaccurate estimations of the empirical equations. …”
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Boosting knowledge on occupational exposure to microbial contamination in Portuguese carpentries by Marta Dias, Marta Dias, Bianca Gomes, Bianca Gomes, Pedro Pena, Pedro Pena, Renata Cervantes, Renata Cervantes, Margarida Rodriguez, Bruna Riesenberger, Liliana Marques, Elisabete Carolino, Magdalena Twarużek, Robert Kosicki, Ewelina Soszczynska, Liliana Aranha Caetano, Liliana Aranha Caetano, Susana Viegas, Susana Viegas, Carla Viegas, Carla Viegas

“…This study aimed to characterize seasonal microbial contamination, antifungal resistance, mycotoxins, cytotoxicity, and particulate matter in Portuguese carpentries, to reduce exposure and promote safe working conditions.MethodsConducted in six carpentries in Lisbon, Portugal, the sampling strategy encompassed active and passive sampling methods to assess microbial contamination. …”
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Collaborative representation based classifier with maximum correntropy criterion and locality constraint by Qinru YU, Guifu LU

“…A method which utilizes maximum correntropy criterion and locality information called collaborative representation based classifier with maximum correntropy criterion and locality constraint (CRC/MCCLC) was proposed.On the one hand, CRC/MCCLC was not only more robust to outliers than L₁ norm but also could be computed efficiently using half-quadratic optimization technique because of the use of maximum correntropy criterion.On the other hand, CRC/MCCLC could obtain more discriminative information from the training samples and could lead to an approximately sparse representation because of the use of locality information.Extensive experimental results on some image databases demonstrate that CRC/MCCLC can achieve the state-of-the-art performance on these image databases.…”
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Stability of Glass-ceramic Solidified Body of High Level Chloride Salts from Pyro-reprocessing of Spent Nuclear Fuels by CHANG Jiong, WANG Jiateng, LIU Xiao, LI Longfei, BAO Liangjin, LONG Haoqi, TAN Shengheng

“…It is founded that 850 ℃/900 ℃ are more helpful to improve the homogeneity of samples and the even distribution of chlorosiderite and glass phases. …”
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Leveraging machine learning to uncover multi-pathogen infection dynamics across co-distributed frog families by Daniele L. F. Wiley, Kadie N. Omlor, Ariadna S. Torres López, Celina M. Eberle, Anna E. Savage, Matthew S. Atkinson, Lisa N. Barrow

“…In this study, we leverage frozen tissues stored in natural history collections and machine learning techniques to characterize infection dynamics of three generalist pathogens known to cause mortality in frogs. Methods We selected 12 widespread and abundant focal taxa within three ecologically distinct, co-distributed host families (Bufonidae, Hylidae, and Ranidae) and sampled them across the eastern two-thirds of the United States of America. …”
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