Patient Perspectives on Conversational Artificial Intelligence for Atrial Fibrillation Self-Management: Qualitative Analysis by Ritu Trivedi, Tim Shaw, Brodie Sheahen, Clara K Chow, Liliana Laranjo

“…ObjectiveThis work stems from the Coordinating Health care with AI–supported Technology for patients with AF (CHAT-AF) trial and aims to explore patient perspectives on receiving support from a conversational AI support program. MethodsPatients with AF recruited for a randomized controlled trial who received the intervention were approached for semistructured interviews using purposive sampling. …”
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The Impact of Time Spent on Social Media on the Occurrence of Anxiety in Youth: A Cross-Sectional Study in Surakarta, Indonesia by Aris Widiyanto, Joel Rey Ugsang Acob, France Allan M. Cavite, Tri Yuniarti, Joko Tri Atmojo

“…The method of simple random sampling from 300 student population was used to select the 213 students who comprised the samples. …”
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Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, and Aluminium Concentrations in Human Milk at Early Stages of Lactation by Hai-Hsuan Chao, Chih-Hung Guo, Chung-Bin Huang, Pei-Chung Chen, Hsiu-Chuan Li, Der-Yun Hsiung, Yu-Kung Chou

“…We found that the infants of smoking mothers were exposed to more cadmium than infants of nonsmoking mothers (p < 0.05). …”
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The Level of IgG to Coronavirus Infection among the Medical Institution Employees by M. A. Yunusova, E. S. Lutsenko, N. N. Tsapkova, A. Yu. Brazhnikov, T. S. Saltykova, V. S. Yudina

“…Further, the intervals for blood sampling to study the dynamics of antibodies to coronavirus infection were 3–4 weeks (9 blood samples for each ). …”
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward cervical cancer among market women in the Nigerian federal capital territory, Abuja by Samuel O Azubuike, Patricia Azuh

“…Although several studies on the subject exist in Nigeria, most of these studies targeted women seen in health and other governmental institutions. Materials and Methods: The study used a cross-sectional design to recruit 422 women from three major markets in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria using a multistage sampling technique. …”
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Strategies to shift adolescents out of cars: a qualitative study among adolescents and parents by Venurs Loh, Shannon Sahlqvist, Jenny Veitch, Chahana Paudel, Anna Timperio

“…This study aimed to explore strategies adolescents and parents consider most effective for adolescents to replace short car trips with active travel. Methods Adolescents (n = 22; mean age of 16 ± 0.9 years; 45% girls) and parents of adolescents (n = 20; mean age of their adolescents = 14.6 ± 1.9 years; 45% girls) living in Melbourne or Geelong, Australia were recruited from social media platforms and convenience sampling. …”
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Evaluation of Parametric and Non-Parametric Models in Estimating Canopy Cover Density of Zagros Forests Using Remote Sensing and Machine Learning by Sajad Alimahmoodi Sarab, MohamadHadi Moayery, MOhammad Mirzavand, Shaban Shataee Jouibary, Alireza Rashki

“…Research Topic: Evaluation of Parametric and Non-Parametric Models in Estimating Canopy Cover Density of Zagros Forests Using Remote Sensing and Machine LearningObjective: This study aims to compare parametric and non-parametric methods for estimating the percentage of forest canopy cover in a section of the Zagros ecosystem.Method: In order to achieve the research objective, field sampling was conducted to determine the percentage of canopy cover, and high-resolution satellite imagery was utilized. …”
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The Role of Environmental-Friendly Factors and Islamic Religiosity in Achieving Sustainable Consumption by Febrina Mahliza, Prita Prasetya, Riska Rosdiana, Putri Dwi Wahyuni

“…A total of 218 respondents were selected through purposive sampling. Data were collected through questionnaire distribution and analyzed using Partial Least Squares (PLS) structural equation modeling. …”
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Can public health reconcile profits and pandemics? An analysis of attitudes to commercial sector engagement in health policy and research. by Jeff Collin, Sarah E Hill, Mor Kandlik Eltanani, Evgeniya Plotnikova, Rob Ralston, Katherine E Smith

“…We sought to identify approaches that could attract consensus support within and across policy domains.<h4>Methods</h4>Using snowball sampling, we undertook an online survey of 335 health researchers, advocates and policymakers, in 40 countries, assessing responses to stated principles, claims and recommendations for engaging with unhealthy commodity industries in relation to key policy and research initiatives.…”
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Comparing Coping Styles Between Patients With Cancer and Healthy People by Sayede Tahere Taheri Otaghsara, Tahere Khaleghdoost Mohammadi, Faride Hasavari, Ehsan Kazem Nezhad Leyli

“…Objective: This paper aims to compare the coping styles of cancer patients referring to a medical educational and healthy individuals in Rasht City. Materials and Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted with 77 cancer patients and 77 healthy individuals in selected hospitals of the Guilan University of Medical Sciences during 2014-2015 with the convenience sampling method. …”
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Health facility readiness and facility-based birth in Haiti: a maximum likelihood approach to linking household and facility data by Christopher G Kemp, Reed Sorensen, Nancy Puttkammer, Reynold Grand’Pierre, Jean Guy Honoré, Lauren Lipira, Christopher Adolph

“…Women delivering in health facilities were younger, more educated, wealthier, less likely to live in rural areas, and had fewer previous children. …”
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Prevalence of Internet Use among Adolescents of 15 to 18 Years of Age in A Village under RHTC of A Medical College: Cross-Sectional Study by Bhagwan Morale, Jagannath Dixit, Varsharani Kendre, Muralidhar Tambe, Vinay Kumar

“…They were selected based on the inclusion criteria of age group and willingness to participate in the study via universal sampling method and were interviewed with the help of semi-structured questionnaire, which included questions regarding socio-demography, internet use and its interrelationship with other variables. …”
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Military personnel’s satisfaction with antiretroviral services in Namibia: A cross-sectional study by Nestor P.N. Tomas, Nabot P. Kandjimi

“…Data were collected between June 2022 and August 2022 from 166 participants through convenience sampling. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to identify factors. …”
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Health needs assessment of rural communities in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa: a cross-sectional study of selected localities by Muhammad Taufeeq Wahab, Logan Ansell, John Paluyo, Xuxin Lim, Li Jen Lee

“…Those with chronic diseases seek more health articles, physician services, wellness products, though demand for diagnostics and medications is highest in wealthier households. # Conclusions This study highlights the role of community health workers as an efficient and sustainable workforce linking organisations to communities. …”
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Gothenburg direct observation tool for assessing person-centred care (GDOT-PCC): evaluation of inter-rater reliability by Philip Moons, Andreas Fors, Charles Taft, Nina Ekman

“…Reliability for the domains planning and documentation and documentation needs to be assessed in studies sampling more documentation behaviours. Reliability for the patient perspective domain may owe to methodological issues and should be reassessed in larger, better-designed studies.…”
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Implementation of SMOTE to Improve the Performance of Random Forest Classification in Credit Risk Assessment in Banking by Nafa Nur Adifia Nanda, Yuniar Farida, Wika Dianita Utami

“…The precision value rose from 90.83% to 97.03%, while the recall value increased from 60.26% to 91.55%. Conclusion: This method helps banks identify high-risk debtors more objectively and efficiently and supports appropriate credit decision-making. …”
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The Comparison of Effectiveness of Gestalt Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Emotional Schemas and Post-Traumatic Growth by Afsaneh Abidizadegan, Seyed Asghar Mousavi, Mohammad Narimani

“…Moreover, Gestalt therapy demonstrated more pronounced enhancements in emotional schemas, whereas ACT showed greater improvements in post-traumatic growth (P<0.05). …”
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Assessment of community pharmacists' knowledge, attitudes and their willingness to provide vaccination services in Saudi Arabia. by Abdulkarim M Meraya, Mamoon H Syed, Abdulwahab A Shabi, Huthaifa A Madkhali, Younis A Yatimi, Khalied Y Khobrani, Yahia A Mubarki, Amani Khardali, Hilal Thaibah, Ayesha Yasmeen

“…<h4>Results</h4>The study sample consisted of 384 community pharmacists. More than half of participants had poor knowledge about vaccines (54%). …”
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From virtual to reality: the impact of online classes on physical education teaching and learning by Francis Edward Garcia, Ruben Lagunero Tagare, Vinus P Java, Marlene E Orfrecio, Norge D Martinez

“…Future studies should involve broader samples and investigate the long-term effects of this educational transition to inform more effective PE practices. …”
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Impact of health beliefs and risk perception on willingness to undergo osteoporosis assessment among perimenopausal and menopausal women in primary care: a descriptive cross-sectio... by Jacqueline Giovanna De Roza, Dana Hui Min Koh, Ling Jia Goh

“…Women aged 50 years and above were recruited via convenience sampling from a cluster of public primary care clinics in Singapore. …”
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