Young people's experiences and use of violence in the home: Examining four types of child maltreatment, their intersections and self-reported use of violence in the home by Silke Meyer, María Atiénzar-Prieto, Kate Fitz-Gibbon

“…Participants: and setting: A total of 5021 young people (16–20 years old) completed an online survey, recruited using non-probability sampling via survey panels. Methods: Analyses were carried out using χ2 tests and a series of binary logistic regressions to examine the association between participant characteristics and unique child maltreatment experiences with different forms of maltreatment and young people's use of violence. …”
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Evaluation of knowledge, attitude and practice towards cystic echinococcosis among undergraduate students in China. by Yijie Xu, Chengkai Luo, Jiacheng Liu, Congwei Shen, Xingming Ma

“…A cluster sampling method was used to enroll participants of undergraduate students. …”
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Parents knowledge, attitude, and practice on nutrition of child with severe acute malnutrition in Awi Zone public Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia, 2023 by Birhaneslasie Gebeyehu Yazew, Yeneabat Birhanu Yohanes, Daniel Adane Endalew, Zewdu Bishaw Aynalem

“…Even it is stated at different countries, there are no studies in Ethiopia specifically in the Amara Region Awi Zone public hospitals, Northwest of Ethiopia to investigate parental nutritional awareness in childhood.ObjectivesTo investigate parental nutritional knowledge, attitude, and practice in childhood in Awi Zone public Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia.MethodsA cross-sectional study design with a purposive convenience sampling method was done among 297 participants. …”
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Community nurses’ willingness to implement Advance Care Planning (ACP) and their attitudes toward death: current status and correlation analysis by Qiyan Peng, Yujie Dong, Qin Dai, Chi Zhang, Xiaoling Li

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to evaluate the current status of community nurses’ willingness to implement Advance Care Planning (ACP) and their attitudes toward death, and to explore the correlation between these variables, providing a basis for improving ACP implementation strategies.MethodsA convenience sampling method was employed to select 317 nurses from 15 community health service centers in Chengdu. …”
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Knowledge, attitude, and practice of sudanese pharmacists toward COVID-19 in Khartoum State, Sudan: An online-based cross-sectional study by Safaa Badi, Abdalrahman Hamed, Mohammed Abualama, Mohammed Mustafa, Muhammad Abdulraheem, Bashir Yousef

“…An online standardized questionnaire was conducted, and data were collected by a convenience sampling method and analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Science. …”
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Still there: Persistent Organic Pollutants in fish from two Italian high-mountain lakes by Aina Queral-Beltran, Paolo Pastorino, Marino Prearo, Romà Tauler, Silvia Lacorte

“…This procedure was first optimized and validated using spiked cod fish samples, with quality control parameters and method uncertainty provided. …”
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Global phylogeny of the family Gomphillaceae (Ascomycota, Graphidales) sheds light on the origin, diversification and endemism in foliicolous lineages by Elise Lebreton, Damien Ertz, Robert Lücking, Andre Aptroot, Fabian Carriconde, Claudine Ah-Peng, Jen-Pan Huang, Ko-Hsuan Chen, Pierre-Louis Stenger, Marcela Eugenia da Silva Cáceres, Pieter van den Boom, Emmanuël Sérusiaux, Nicolas Magain

“…Species delimitation methods combined with a phenotype matrix identified 473 putative species. …”
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Distribution and abundance of Aedes caspius (Pallas, 1771) and Aedes vexans (Meigen, 1830) in the Po Plain (northern Italy) by Mattia Calzolari, Andrea Mosca, Fabrizio Montarsi, Annalisa Grisendi, Mara Scremin, Paolo Roberto, Carlotta Tessarolo, Francesco Defilippo, Federica Gobbo, Cristina Casalone, Davide Lelli, Alessandro Albieri

“…This work demonstrates the importance of maintaining and improving entomological surveillance programs with an adequate sampling effort. Graphical Abstract…”
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Detection of Water Content of Watermelon Seeds Based on Hyperspectral Reflection Combined with Transmission Imaging by Siyi Ouyang, Siwei Lv, Bin Li

“…Model performance is enhanced by Competitive Adaptive Reweighted Sampling (CARS), Unrelated Variable Elimination (UVE), and primary and intermediate data fusion methods. …”
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Factors Influencing Job Burnout and Musculoskeletal Disorders among Coal Miners in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region by Huijun Deng, Dingsheng He, Fuye Li

“…Currently, few studies have investigated the relationship between job burnout and WMSDs among coal miners. Methods. In this cross-sectional study, 1,325 staff were selected from 6 coal mining companies using a stratified cluster sampling method. …”
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IMPACT OF EMPLOYEES DIVERSITY ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF SELECTED MULTINATIONAL FOOD PRODUCING INDUSTRY IN SOUTH-WEST NIGERIA by Solomon Akpoviroro Kowo, Ismaila Bolarinwa Kadiri, Abu Zekeri

“…The study made used of macorr sample size determination. The research questionnaire was administered to three hundred and seventy-five (375) employees which was the sample size representing the chosen study population of the 5 selected multinational food industry in South-West Nigeria. …”
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Effect of Pinus pine wood sylvestris on cow's milk chemical composition by Mukhtarova Olga, Feyzullaev Feyzullah, Mkrtchyan Gayane, Krovikova Anna, Lashneva Irina

“…The cows of the experimental groups received 300, 500 and 700 ml of an aqueous extract of Pinus sylvestris ExtPine® pine trunk wood daily, while the control group received a standard diet without additives. The research methods included: regular milk sampling every two weeks with subsequent analysis of its chemical composition (milk fat, protein, lactose, dry matter, casein, acetone, ketone bodies, etc.), analysis of the fatty acid composition of milk with a study of the effect of the additive on the content of saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids. …”
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Integrating pyramid vision transformer and topological data analysis for brain tumor by Dhananjay Joshi, Bhupesh Kumar Singh, Kapil Kumar Nagwanshi, Nitin S. Choubey

“…The proposed approach offers a promising tool for more reliable and rapid brain tumor diagnosis.…”
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The impact of sports participation, spontaneous sports, and motivational factors on the physical fitness of university students in Fuzhou by Xiangfei Zhu, Jidong Lin, Feng Cai, Yanqing Yan

“…This gap in the literature highlights the pressing need for a nuanced empirical investigation to better understand how these factors interact and contribute to the promotion of lifelong sports and enhanced fitness outcomes. Methods A systematic stratified sampling method was used to collect data from 400 university students across 18 undergraduate institutions in Fuzhou. …”
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Self-reported occupational hazards among waste management staff in Lalitpur Metropolitan City: A pilot study from Nepal by Abhipsa Pradhan, Anjana Thapa, Rajesh Karki, Maheshor Kaphle

“…Three organizations were selected randomly by using simple random sampling and the census method was applied to interview the respondents. …”
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ISUP grade upgrade prediction after radical prostatectomy: Role of Luteinizing Hormone to Testosterone ratio by Zhihua Pan, Ruizhe Zhao, Jinjiang Fan, Shaobo Zhang, Jie Li, Bianjiang Liu

“…A stratified random sampling method was used to divide the patients into a training set and a validation set at a 7:3 ratio. …”
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A Lower Energy Balance is Associated With Higher Severity and Odd of Depression Based on the Beck Depression Inventory‐13 (BDI‐13) in a Retiring Age Population: A Population‐Based... by Mohammad Reza Shadmand Foumani Moghadam, Mostafa Shahraki Jazinaki, Zohre Hosseini, Fatemeh Rajabi, Sharif Etemdi, Melika Hadizadeh, Parnian Pezeshki, Mohammad Amushahi, Reza Rezvani

“…This study aims to investigate the relationship between energy balance and the risk of depression in a retiring‐age population. Methods In this population‐based cluster‐sampling cross‐sectional approach, a total of 765 retiring‐age individuals were categorized into different levels of depression using the Beck Depression Inventory‐13 (BDI‐13). …”
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Serial Mediation Effects on Relationships among Mobbing, Organizational Cynicism, Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intention: Research on Disabled Individuals in Organizations by Tezcan Zeynep Özkan Tilki, Semra Güney, Selin Metin Camgöz

“…The data was gathered by survey through convenience and snow ball sampling methods. The 40% disability rate used in the public sector was the determining factor of the inclusion criteria. …”
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Clinical and biochemical characterization of hepatitis B surface antigen-positive patients with or without Helicobacter pylori co-infection at the University of Gondar Comprehensiv... by Mekuriaw Belayneh, Bantayehu Addis Tegegne, Mulualem Lemma, Zenahebezu Abay, Yeshambel Belyhun

“…The relationship between Helicobacter pylori and HBsAg+ patients was not well investigated and has attracted much scientific and clinical interest, although the relationship remains controversial.ObjectiveThis study aimed to assess the clinical and biochemical characteristics of HBsAg+ liver disease patients with and without H. pylori infection.MethodsFrom April 1, 2021, to March 30, 2022, a hospital-based cross-sectional study was done at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital on 384 known HBsAg+ liver disease patients recruited using a convenient sampling technique. …”
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Psychosocial risks and mental health of preschool care providers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: a cross-sectional study by Sin Wan Tham, Min Fui Wong, Maslinor Binti Ismail, Noriklil Bukhary Binti Ismail Bukhary

“…This study aimed to determine psychosocial factors associated with the mental health of preschool care providers in Kuala Lumpur. Methods A random cluster sampling cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2019. …”
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