Educational Satisfaction, Academic Motivation, and Related Factors Among Nursing Students in Iran: A Cross-Sectional Study by Alireza Abdi, Mohammad Moein Mohammadi, Nargess Moradi, Zahra Khazaei

“…Objective This study aimed to assess academic motivation and educational satisfaction among nursing students at Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in 2023 and explore influencing factors. Methods A descriptive-analytical study of 340 nursing students used census sampling. …”
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Effect of Self–Care Educational Program to Improving Quality of Life among Elderly Referred to Health Centers in Zanjan by Fatemeh Salimi, Golamreza Garmaroudi, Seyed Mustafa Hosseini, Azizollah Batebi

“…Background and Objectives: Since elderlies are susceptible to various impairments due to different physical and mental problems, they need more attention and abiding and efficient self-care program for their health promotion. …”
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Hybrid CNN-LSTM With Attention Mechanism for Robust Credit Card Fraud Detection by Iman Akour, Nour Mohamed, Said Salloum

“…The exponential growth of online payments necessitates more effective fraud detection mechanisms. Traditional fraud detection methods, including rule-based systems and basic statistical analyses, struggle to keep pace with the evolving strategies employed by fraudsters. …”
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Sodium Intake, Dietary Knowledge, and Illness Perceptions of Controlled and Uncontrolled Rural Hypertensive Patients by Aziz Kamran, Leila Azadbakht, Gholamreza Sharifirad, Behzad Mahaki, Afshan Sharghi

“…This study aimed to determine the relationship between illness perceptions and nutritional knowledge with the amounts of sodium intake among rural hypertensive patients. Methods. In a cross-sectional study, 671 hypertensive patients were selected in a multistage random sampling from the rural areas of Ardabil city, Iran, in 2013. …”
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Characteristics of fauna community structure and its relationship to soil physico-chemical properties in tea plantation soil by SHEN Yan, ZHENG Zi-cheng, LI Ting-xuan

“…The seasonal fluctuation of the soil fauna in the tea plantation was more than in the mixed plantation. The numbers of groups and individuals, the community diversity and the homogeneity of soil fauna decreased with the increase of sampling depth. …”
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A Prospective Comparative Study in Successful Induction of Labour in Primigravida in Relation to their Body Mass Index by Revyan Emad Majeed, Chro Najmadeen Fattah

“…Thus, this study aimed to determine the success rate of induction of labour in primigravida women in relation to their body mass index. Methods: This prospective cross-sectional was conducted on 100 primigravida women who attended the Sulaimani Maternity Teaching Hospital, Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, from May 2022 to May 2023, using a simple random sampling method. …”
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Early Implementation of Universal Health Coverage Among Hypertension Subjects in Sleman District of Yogyakarta by Rita Suhadi, Yunita Linawati, Dita M Virginia, Christianus H Setiawan

“… Aim: to evaluate the participant rate of the new universal health coverage (UHC) and its impact on the hypertensive subjects from the rural area in the Sleman-District of Yogyakarta during the early implementation. Methods: this epidemiological survey of the new UHC implementation was included as an analytical crosssectional study done with cluster random sampling. …”
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Effects of anticonvulsant drug on liver enzymes among children in a tribal state of India: A longitudinal study by Pradeep Minz, Asha Oroan, Anit Kujur, Dilip K. Paswan, Alka R. Nag

“…Antiepileptic drugs may produce hepatic injury as part of a more widespread hypersensitivity reaction. Laboratory monitoring of asymptomatic effects may allow for the early detection of hepatotoxicity. …”
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Strategic plan formulation process in the secondary schools of sodo town administration, Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia by Demissie Dalelo, Mengistu Amare, Giorgis Chinasho

“…We looked at 11 schools using a mix of methods to gather insights. By employing both simple random and purposeful sampling, we collected data through interviews, questionnaires, and document reviews. …”
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Understanding alcohol use among males in Colombo district: a cross-sectional survey by Vindya Kumarapeli, Mahesh Kumbukage, Neil Thalagala

“…This study aimed to assess the prevalence and patterns of alcohol consumption among adult males in the Colombo district.Methods A community-based analytical cross-sectional study was carried out between June 2019 and June 2020 among 1160 participants selected through multi-stage cluster sampling with a cluster size of 20. 58 clusters represented all administrative divisions of the district.Results A total of 1106 adult males with a mean age of 45.7 (SD=17.4) years participated, of which the majority (n=859, 77.7%) were urban residents, while 228 (20.6%) were from rural areas. …”
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The La carga de las mochilas provoca trastornos posturales en alumnos de primaria by Hasbiah Hasbiah, Hendrik Hendrik, Melvi S. Tandi, Supartina Hakim, Andi Halimah, Arpandjam’an Arpandjam’an

“…The samples were gathered using simple random sampling. …”
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Assessing the Health Literacy Level of Mothers of Under 5-year-old Children With Malnutrition by Samira Bashirian, Simin Esmaeilpour-Zanjani

“…Objective: This study is aimed to investigate the health literacy level in mothers of children under the age of 5 years suffering from malnutrition in families and been supported by the health centers in Bojnourd City, Iran. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional and analytical study, using cluster sampling method, was performed on 448 mothers with malnourished children under 5 years of age. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of multidimensional poverty among rural households in West Gojjam Zone, northern Ethiopia: a household-based cross-sectional study by Yeshiwas Ewinetu Tegegne, Nigusie Gashaye Shita

“…This study aims to assess the extent of multidimensional poverty in this region and identify key factors contributing to the likelihood of households experiencing it. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted in the West Gojjam Zone, involving 628 rural households selected through a multi-stage sampling approach. …”
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Investigating the Effectiveness of Compassion-Focused Therapy on Caregiver Burden and Psychological Flexibility in Caregivers of Elderly With Alzheimer Disease by Seyed Farzan Madani, Pegah Farokhzad

“…A total of thirty participants were selected using the purposive sampling method and randomly assigned to two groups, namely an experimental and a control group. …”
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Relationship Between Fulfillment Of Pre-Operative Fluid Needs And The Incidence Of Nausea And Vomiting In Patients Post General Anesthesia At Dr Saiful Anwar Hospital, East Java Pr... by Shaumi Miftahul Rasyida, Achmad Dafir Firdaus, Sismala Harningtyas

“…Giving fluids to preoperative patients is generally done to prevent intraoperative hypotension. Methods: The design of this research is analytical observational with a cross sectional approach, using a proportional sampling technique with a sample of 80 respondents. …”
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A Study to Assess the Prevalence of Depression among Alcoholics, among Patients, Admitted to Christian Institute of Health Sciences and Research, Dimapur, Nagaland by Nukshijungla Ao

“…Aims and Objectives: The current study aims to assess the prevalence of depression among alcoholics, among inpatients and also find the associations between the prevalence of depression and selected socio and clinical demographic variables. Materials and Methods: The method adopted by the study was descriptive study method using the total enumerative sampling technique. …”
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Comparing Personality Traits and Resilience Among Treatment-Seeking and Treatment-avoidant Elderly with Health Anxiety Disorde by Masood Ghorbanalipour, Somayeh Hajihatamlou, Bahare Hosseinlou, Ameneh Zardi Nahr

“…The statistical population consisted of elderly patients with health anxiety who referred to Healthcare Centers in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran, in 2023. A sample of 60 patients was selected through convenience sampling. …”
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Comparison of Attitudes towards suicide and its Prevention in Medical Students before and after the Apprenticeship Course by Nilufar Khajeddin, Mohamad Ali Ghasemi Nezhad, Farzaneh Hooman

“…This study was aimed to compare the attitudes towards suicide and its prevention in medical students before and after the apprenticeship course.Subjects and Methods: In this study 96 medical students participate (44 before and 50 after apprenticeship course (were selected using the available sampling in University of medical sciences of Ahvaz. …”
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Social factors affecting the reduction of drug addicts\' relapse by Abolghasem Norouzi, Shapour Behan, Mohammad Ali Chitsaz

“…Aims: This study aimed to investigate the social factors affecting the reduction of drug addicts' relapse. Methods: The research method was descriptive and correlational. …”
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Health Literacy of Employees of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences and Related Demographic Factors by Sahar Khoshravesh, Babak Moeini, Forouzan Rezapur-Shahkolai, Zahra Taheri-Kharameh, Khadijeh Bandehelahi

“…The participants were selected through the stratified sampling method. The data collection instrument was Health Literacy for Iranian Adults (HELIA), which was completed through self-report. …”
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