Prevalence and determinants of abortion among married women of reproductive age in rural and urban areas of the Southeastern Zone of Tigray, Ethiopia, 2024 a postwar study by Abrehaley Teklemariam Gebremariam, Girmatsion Fisseha Abreha, Kinfe Abraha Gebre-Egziabher, Awtachew Berhe Weldu

“…Women aged 20–29 are 4.8 times more likely to have an abortion compared to those aged 15–19, 5.2 times more likely to have an abortion if they experienced an unwanted pregnancy, and 60% less likely to have an abortion using modern family planning methods. …”
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Traditional care practices known and/or used by different ethnic groups for newborns during the postpartum period by Vasfiye Bayram Deger, Ahmet Butun

“…Snowball and convenience sampling methods were used to recruit participants. …”
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Investigation of heavy metals and petroleum hydrocarbons pollution source in agricultural lands in the south of Tehran by Maliheh Jamali, Javad Bayat, Seyed Mohammad Reza Talakesh, Seyed Hossein Hashemi

“…Agricultural lands in the southern part of Tehran are being irrigated with untreated wastewater for more than 30 years to produce a variety of vegetables, legumes, and cereals.Material and methods: In this study, the concentration of heavy metals and petroleum compounds were determined in 83 sampling points at two depths (0 to 30 and 30 to 60 cm). …”
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Diagnostic Accuracy Of Barium Swallow For Dysphagia, Keeping Rigid Esophagoscopy As The Gold Standard by Ansa Umara Akram, Sadia Chaudhry, Sundas Masood, Amna Kausar, Seema Naveed, Areesha Manzoor

“…Rigid esophagoscopy is more efficient in detecting esophageal pathology than Barium Swallow. …”
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ParaU-Net: An improved UNet parallel coding network for lung nodule segmentation by Yingqi Lu, Xiangsuo Fan, Jinfeng Wang, Shaojun Chen, Jie Meng

“…Existing methods often inadequately address these issues, highlighting the need for a more effective solution. …”
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Like milk on the stove: Healthcare professionals navigating uncertainty when caring for families with 22q11DS. by Sophie Ayoub, Eva De Clercq, Cheryl Cytrynbaum, Luzius A Steiner, Bernice S Elger

“…The qualitative aspect of this study focused on capturing the experiences of healthcare professionals involved in their care, recruited purposively through collaborators and snowball sampling methods. Reflexive thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews was performed after verbatim transcription.…”
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Comparing the efficacy of reality therapy with acceptance and commitment therapy on feelings of loneliness of adolescents by Ehsan Abron, Leila Sadat Azizi, Afsaneh Khajevand Khosheli

“…The statistical population of the current research is all the male students of the second year of secondary school in Sari city and the sample group was conducted with a multi-stage cluster sampling method. …”
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Violence and Gender (The Experience of Women and Men in the Paveh City) by jafar hezarjaribi, rahmat mirzaei

“…The sample size is 200 people selected by multistage cluster sampling. …”
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Tobit analysis of canned fish consumption in Erzurum province, Turkey by Ahmet Semih Uzundumlu

“…Data were collected from 384 households through one-on-one interviews in Erzurum province. The proportional sampling method was used for sampling. In addition, the Tobit model was used to determine the factors affecting the consumption of canned fish. …”
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An investigation on the effects of organizational memory and human capital on innovation and absorptive capacity by Zahra Mansouri, Touran Razmavar, Mohamad Reza Nour Ali

“…The data collection tool was a structured questionnaire and sampling is convenience method. The research questionnaire was distributed among a sample of 331 R&D and Human resources Experts selected using simple random sampling. …”
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Gamification Appeal and Customer Engagement Increase Online Consumer Repurchase Intentions by Elsya Tri Hasanah, Mila Widia Putri, Siska Ernawati Fatimah

“…The sampling technique used was purposive random sampling. …”
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THE INFLUENCE OF DISCLOSURE OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (C SR ) ON COMPANY VALUE WITH INVESTOR’S ATTENTION AS INTERVENING VARIABLE (Empirical Study on Infrastructure Compani... by Adelia Rahma Yuliartanti, Rr Sri Handayani

“…The population in this study was taken from companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in the Infrastructure sector in 2018-2020. Sampling was taken using purposive judgment sampling method which finally found 18 of the 71 companies listed on the IDX website. …”
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In-depth Analysis of The Learning Process in Schools: Reviewing The Quality of Students' Actual Mastery of Concepts on Temperature and Heat Material by Ayu Sofna, Rizki Zakwandi, Desy Purwasih

“…The population in this study was all class X at SMK Negeri 09 Muaro Jambi. Sampling used a purposive sampling technique with consideration of teachers who taught in the same class, namely class X TBSM 1 and X TBSM 2, totalling 24 and 26 students. …”
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Food and Non-Food Consumption Patterns of Agricultural Migrant Households in Cilacap, Central Java, Indonesia by Kencana Anjani Puspa, Rubiyanto Cahyo Wisnu, Widadie Fanny

“…This study was conducted on August 2023. The sampling method was purposive sampling in Binangun and Nusawungu sub-districts, Cilacap District, Central Java Province. …”
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Factors Affecting MSMEs' Interest In Using Sharia Crowdfunding Mediated By Perception by Gilang Kharisma Putra, Nanang Apriliyanto

“…This study uses a quantitative approach with a population of 155,696 MSMEs in Kendal Regency. Sampling used a purposive sampling method with specific criteria, so a sample size of 97 MSME actors was obtained. …”
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The Influence of Financing, Financing Risk and Liquidity Risk on the Profitability of Private Islamic Commercial Banks (BUS) in Indonesia by Wiwik Fitria Ningsih, Yuniorita Indah Handayani

“…The population in this research is Private Sharia Commercial Banks listed on the Financial Services Authority (OJK). The sampling technique used is the purposive sampling and obtained 5 banks. …”
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Navigating challenges: insights into nurses’ experiences of caring for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic by E. Imkome, R. Soonthornchaiya, K. Moonchai, C. Kerdmakmee, J. Jitdorn, S. Suratako, C. Thongwachira, S. Pichaisongkram, A. K. Matthews

“…This study aims to describe the stressors and obstacles related to providing nursing care for people with COVID-19 and to reveal the strategies used to overcome these barriers. Methods This descriptive qualitative research employed purposive sampling, including N = 31 nurses with experience caring for individuals with COVID-19-related conditions. …”
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The repercussions of watching scenes of the escalating conflict in Gaza strip on the mental health of adolescents in a neighboring country by Mira M. Abu-Elenin, Mohamed M. Radwan, Mohamed M. Rabie, Mohamed M. Eldabaa, Mohammed M. Abd El Wahab, Yousef M. Shatat, Mohamed M. Taalap, Mohamed M. El Sabry, Reham M. Mounir

“…Aim This study aimed to assess the psychological impact of exposure to conflict scenes in the Gaza Strip on the mental health of school adolescents. Methods A cross-sectional study involved 519 adolescents aged 11–18 years, recruited through clustered sampling technique from private and public middle and high schools in Gharbia governorate, Egypt. …”
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Patients who use emergency medical services have greater severity of illness or injury compared to those who present to the emergency department via other means: A retrospective co... by Gregory A. Peters, Scott A. Goldberg, Jane M. Hayes, Rebecca E. Cash

“…Abstract Objective We aimed to evaluate the differences in characteristics and illness/injury severity among patients who present to the emergency department (ED) via emergency medical services (EMS) compared to patients who present via other means. Methods We analyzed a nationwide sample of ED visits from the 2015–2019 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. …”
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Lighting Spectrum Optimization With Deep Learning for Moss Species Classification by Kenichi Ito, Pauli Falt, Markku Hauta-Kasari, Shigeki Nakauchi

“…Mosses, due to their sensitivity to environmental changes, are utilized in investigations related to air pollution, water quality, and carbon consumption and emissions. Methods modeling vegetation distribution, such as species distribution modeling (SDM), are useful for understanding climate change, but require precise sampling, which is a significant effort when large-scale periodic surveys are required. …”
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