Participatory Intervention Development of a Peer-Guided Self-Help App for Anxiety Disorders: Mixed Methods Study by Laura Duddeck, Timo Stolz, Christian Zottl, Thomas Berger, Johanna Boettcher

“…Insights from successful peer communities can inform a more intuitive, engaging design.…”
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Determination of 22 elements in pre-prepared meat using inductively coupled plasma-tandem mass spectrometry method by Fang Wang, Yan Wang, Chunmin Wu, Chunlin Zhang, Linan Liu, Meng Cao, Linlin Yang, Jianhui Huang, Zhuo Gao

“…Using this method, we evaluated the content of 22 elements in PM, including pork, beef, mutton, chicken and duck meat. …”
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One Health policy communities’ perspectives on zoonoses risk factors and management: A multiple qualitative methods approach by Lisset M. Dumet, Erin Kenzie, Julia Goodman, Veronika Merino Osorio, Vanessa Cruz Chavez, Ruth Atto, Percy Vilchez Barreto, Seth O’Neal

“…This research aims to elucidate the mental models of policy communities, which are representations of the environment, and how humans explain and predict their surroundings to describe their perspectives on zoonoses’ risk factors and management. We used a multiple methods approach, including qualitative system dynamics and rapid qualitative methods (RQM), to describe the perspectives of policy communities regarding the drivers of zoonoses emergence and endemicity and the complexity of zoonoses management. …”
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Insights into nurse educators' use of ChatGPT in active teaching methods: A cross-sectional pilot study by Asma Bouriami, Kamal Takhdat, Sana Barkatou, Hajar Chiki, Samia Boussaa, Ahmed Rhassane El Adib

“…Furthermore, male educators are five times more likely to believe that ChatGPT facilitates students cheating (OR = 5.147 (1.641; 16.141)).Despite being aware of the challenges associated with ChatGPT, educators in our sample demonstrate limited awareness of its potential applications in active teaching methods. …”
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Radiometric dating of Middle Pleistocene carbonates: assessing consistency and performance of the U–Th and U–Pb dating methods by T. J. Pollard, J. D. Woodhead, R. N. Drysdale, R. L. Edwards, X. Li, A. N. Wainwright, M. Pythoud, H. Cheng, H. Cheng, J. C. Hellstrom, I. Isola, E. Regattieri, G. Zanchetta, D. S. Parmenter

“…They also suggest that, for some carbonate samples, the U–Pb dating method may provide superior age precision to the U–Th method prior to the latter reaching its upper age limit.…”
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Comprehensive ecological and biological assessment of soils of a medium-sized city in the Central Federal District, Russia by A. G. Kosmacheva, T. A. Trifonova, A. A. Martsev, O. G. Selivanov, A. O. Rostunov

“…The indices of enzymatic activity were more sensitive to changes in soil properties in comparison with plant testing methods. …”
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Presenting a Model for Color Effectiveness in Marketing Using Consumer Neuroscience: A Sequential Exploratory Mixed-Methods Approach by Allahyar Ghasemi, Ahmad Rahchamani, Hamidreza Saeednia

“…To elicit experts’ opinions in the field of marketing, university teachers in the fields of marketing, cognitive science, and neuroscience were interviewed and to elicit experts’ opinions in the field of graphics, CEOs of advertising companies, advertising managers, and design managers of such companies were interviewed. The applied sampling methods were non-probability purposive (judgmental) and theoretical sampling. …”
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Comparative evaluation of effectiveness of autologous platelet rich plasma and intralesional corticosteroids in the management of erosive oral Lichen planus- a clinical study by Upasana Sethi Ahuja, Nidhi Puri, Chandramani B. More, Ritu Gupta, Deepak Gupta

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Ultrasound-assisted enzymatic extraction of polysaccharides from corn bran and determination of their antioxidant activity by MA Li-yuan, HUANG Xue-ying, SHANG Er-kun, GUO Li, ZHANG Ya-na

“…The extracted corn bran polysaccharide had a certain total reducing capacity, scavenging DPPH free radical and hydroxyl radical ability, and it increased with the increase of mass concentration, when the mass concentration of corn bran polysaccharide sample was 0.2~1.0 mg/mL. <b>Conclusion:</b> Ultrasound-assisted enzymatic method could extract more polysaccharides than single enzymatic method, and the extract could maintain efficient antioxidant capacity.…”
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Article RETRACTED due to manipulation by the authors Improving Soccer Coaching: Considerations of Individual Learning Styles, Intelligence Levels, and Motivation by Ahmad Chaeroni, Gusril Gusril, Kamal Talib, Mashuri Mashuri, Hendri Susilo, Bekir Erhan Orhan, Karuppasamy Govindasamy, Mottakin Ahmed, Ardo Okilanda

“…Thus, it is expected to be able to produce high-quality soccer players and improve the mastery of big ball games in physical education in schools. Methods. This type of research is a Quasy experiment with a study population of 140 men, the sample amounted to 44 male students. …”
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Navigating uncertainty: the effects of Brexit on foreign direct investment in the United Kingdom by Mihaela Simionescu, Alexandra Horobet, Maria Alexandra Dalu (Ionescu)

“…Counterfactual analysis based on synthetic control method (SCM) and difference-in-differences (DID) methodology revealed that UK would have attracted more FDI after Brexit if it had remained in the EU, but the difference is not statistically significant. …”
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Research and validation of forest carbon sequestration measurement model based on biomass method-A case study of Guizhou Province. by Zhang Min, Wu Yang, Qiu Yan, Yan Jun, Li Chunling, Ran Wen Rui

“…With the establishment of China Certified Voluntary Emission Reduction (CCER) market, more and more people pay attention to the development of forestry carbon sequestration in Guizhou. …”
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The effect of PEO/NaCl dual porogens in the fabrication of porous PCL membranes via a solid-state blending approach by Rula M. Allaf

“…Higher salt contents result in more compact lamellae with higher interconnected porosities on the lamellae surfaces. …”
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Use of the Neutron Activation Analysis, k0-standardized method, in the evaluation of the air quality in critical points of Belo Horizonte by Igor Felipe Silva Moura, Ananda Borjaille Cruz, Raisa Helena Sant'Ana Cesar, Aline Fabiane Gonçalves Oliveira, Alberto Avellar Barreto, Maria Ângela de B. C. Menezes

“…In order to contribute with elemental composition of particulate matter, the Nuclear Technology Development Center / Brazilian Commission for Nuclear Energy, and the Department of Nuclear Engineering of the Federal University of Minas Gerais has developed a research based on environmental samples. This work aims to present the sampling methodology, the concentration values of sampled particulate matter preliminarily, the methodology of analysis of elemental concentration using the nuclear technique of neutron activation analysis, k0-standardized method, and interpreted through statistical techniques and values of the elemental concentrations more representative of the samplings carried out. …”
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Usability Evaluation of the Online Skill Assessment Tool by Merve Yıldız, Muhammet Berigel, Furkan Kalyoncu, Özlem Özgenç Keleş

“…These problems have been a guide for updates to render the system more usable before the system is used by end users.…”
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Prevalence and multidrug resistance profiles of several bacterial pathogens isolated from hospital inanimate surfaces in Faisalabad, Pakistan by Hafsa Zaib, Rabia Kanwar, Nishat Zafar, Sultan Ali

“…These pure cultures were then tested for resistance to different antibiotics using the Kirby–Bauer method. The prevalence of Gram positive bacteria (60.83%) was more than that of Gram negative bacteria (24.13%). …”
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Experimental and Numerical Studies of the Temperature Field in a Dielectrophoretic Cell Separation Device Subject to Joule Heating by Yoshinori Seki, Shigeru Tada

“…Next, parametric calculations were performed with changes in the flow rate of the cell sample solution and the solution conductivity, and a temperature increase of more than 40 °C was predicted. …”
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Cognitive-impairment-free life expectancy (CIFLE) among older adults in India: A gender and residence based study by Madhurima Sharma, Abdul Fathah, Indrajit Goswami

“…Mortality data has been derived from the Sample Registration System (SRS), 2016-20. Sullivan’s method is used to estimate the average number of years a person can expect to live with and without cognitive impairment. …”
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Electrical Resistivity of Conductive Leather and Influence of Air Temperature and Humidity by Ilda Kazani, Majlinda Hylli, Pellumb Berberi

“…The method considers a material’s compressional properties and provides an indicator inherent for a material’s electrical properties, regardless of the mass and shape of samples. …”
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Investigation of new construction technologies in terms of efficiency in Iran and selection of the best method based on FAHP fuzzy hierarchical analysis by ehsan roostaee, seyyed yaghoub zolfegharifar

“…Higher manufacturing speed than traditional methods has made it possible to prepare more units for operation in less time. …”
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