Gender differences in the relationship between big five personality traits and aggression among physical education students by Yugang Guo

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted using a convenience sampling method to recruit physical education undergraduates aged 18–24. an online questionnaire was distributed via WeChat groups, yielding 410 valid responses (94% effective response rate) from students in Henan, China (245 males, 165 females). …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of eight antenatal care contacts among mothers who give birth in Shebel Berenta district, East Gojjam zone, northeast Ethiopia, 2024 by Nigusie Abebaw, Yezbalem Negesse, Asnake Begashw, Dagnachew Amare, Genet Tsegaw, Dessalew Meshesha, Kefale Geto

“…A stratified sampling technique was employed to select the sample. …”
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Health-related factors associated with intimate partner violence in women attending a primary care clinic in south-western Nigeria by Abimbola A. Silva, A. Irabor, O. O. Olowookere, E. Owoaje, L. A. Adebusoye

“…Women who have experienced it access healthcare facilities more frequently with symptoms that are often unrelated to violence. …”
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Knowledge of pharmacists about anti-epileptic drugs in Sudan: a cross-sectional analytical study by Fatima O. Abdelsalam, Shahd A. Mohamed, Asgad A. Altrafi, Doha E. Balla, Abdalrahman M. Abdalrahman, Awab K. Atta, Abdalfattah M. Abdelrahim, Salsabil A. SeedAhmed, Alhumaira Wedaa, Yousif B. Hamadalneel

“…These results highlight the need for pharmacists to have more training and more exposure to epilepsy and its management.…”
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Attention-based hybrid contrastive learning for unsupervised person re-identification by Weihao Qin, Yongxia Li, Jianguang Zhang, Xianbin Wen, Jiajia Guo, Qi Guo

“…Meanwhile, it can extract more discriminative information by comparing the sample with hard samples in instance-level contrastive loss. …”
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Population dynamics and monitoring applied to decision-making by M. J. Conroy, D. C. Lee

“…A more detailed coverage of optimal decision–making, decision–making under uncertainty, and adaptive resource management is provided in Williams et al. (2002: chapters 21–25).…”
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Management and Outcomes of Pulmonary Nodules in a Real-World Setting by Berta Mosleh, Pavla Sarova, Helmut Prosch, Joachim Widder, Clemens Aigner, Marco Idzko, Mir Alireza Hoda, Daniela Gompelmann

“…In patients with a history of previous malignancy, tissue sampling is warranted as the rate of malignancy is high.…”
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Effects of Suryanamaskara and Sheetali Pranayama on College Students Aggression: A Prospective Interventional Study by Youganjaly Mehra, Malika Sharma, Kalpana Sharma

“…Aim: To investigate the effects of Suryanamaskara and Sheetali Pranayama in reducing aggression levels in college students. Materials and Methods: This prospective interventional study employed a stratified purposive random sampling design to evaluate the efficacy of Suryanamaskara and Sheetali Pranayama in reducing aggression levels among college students. …”
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Factors influencing mask-wearing behavior in the context of COVID-19 severity risks in the post-COVID-19 era: a Japanese Nationwide Epidemiological Survey in 2023 by Shingo Noguchi, Tomohiro Ishimaru, Kazuhiro Yatera, Yoshihisa Fujino, Masayoshi Zaitsu, Takahiro Tabuchi

“…Participants were randomly selected from approximately 2.2 million panelists from a nationwide Japanese Internet research company, with sampling adjusted by age, sex, and living area to match the population distribution in Japan. …”
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Development and internal validation of an interpretable risk prediction model for diabetic peripheral neuropathy in type 2 diabetes: a single-centre retrospective cohort study in C... by Li Cao, Linli Zhang, Feng Ju, Lianhua Liu, Bo Bi, Mei Gui, Xiaodan Wang

“…Early identification is crucial, as more than half of DPN patients are asymptomatic in the early stage. …”
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Self-monitoring blood pressure behavior and its influencing factors among residents in Jiangsu Province by MIAO Caiyun, QIN Yu, WAN Yanan, CHEN Lulu, CUI Lan, WANG Xiaoli

“…Objective: To investigate the self-monitoring blood pressure behavior and its influencing factors among residents in Jiangsu Province, so as to provide the basis for strengthening proactive blood pressure monitoring among residents. Methods: Permanent residents aged 35-75 years in six counties (cities, districts), Jiangsu Province, were selected using the stratified cluster sampling method in 2023. …”
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Enhancing healthcare utilization and reducing preventable hospitalizations: exploring the healthcare-seeking propensity of patients with non-communicable diseases in Rural China by Yanqiu Hou, Wenyu Li, Shangai Li, Linxuan Chen, Jiayu An, Shan Lu

“…A sample of 780 patients, including those with hypertension, diabetes, or both, was obtained using multistage stratified cluster sampling. …”
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Prevalence of Anemia and Associated Factors among Secondary School Adolescent Girls in Jimma Town, Oromia Regional State, Southwest Ethiopia by Kelemu Fentie, Tolassa Wakayo, Getu Gizaw

“…A multistage sampling technique was used to select the study participants. …”
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Cultural Malpractices and Associated Factors Among Mothers Attending Postnatal Care Within Six Weeks After Delivery at Gelemso General Hospital, Eastern Ethiopia by Jemaludin Sadik, Dureti Abdurahman, Adera Debella, Elias Yadeta, Rudwan Yasin Abrahim, Nano Belema, Bilisuma Girma, Magarsa Lami, Tegenu Balcha

“…Conclusions: This study noted that more than two-thirds of participants committed cultural malpractice during the postnatal period. …”
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Effectiveness of Voluntary PCR Testing Against COVID-19 Spread in Japanese Remote Islands by Mr Moto Kimura, Mr. Yusuke Asai, Dr. Shinya Tsuzuki, Mr. Yosuke Shimizu, Mrs. Yukari Uemura, Ms. Yurika Tanaka, Dr. Junko Terada-Hirashima, Dr. Masahiro Ishikane, Mr. Yukumasa Kazuyama, Mr. Masato Ikeda, Mr. Toyohisa Kondo, Dr. Norio Ohmagari, Dr. Wataru Sugiura

“…Acceptance was enhanced by government-covered costs and easy saliva sampling. Limitations include the voluntary nature (14% did not test) and potential false negatives from self-collected samples. …”
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Caesarean section rates and indications in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: The case of Mbandaka City by Patrick Bongbanga Mundembe, Roger Mwimba Mbungu, Félicien Kandolo Tshimungu, Jules Moti Kangite, Jean Claude Efoloko Likulu, Guillin Boboko Bikoko, Monizi Mawunu, Jean-Paul Koto-Te-Nyiwa Ngbolua

“…A probabilistic, stratified, proportional, and multiphasic sampling technique was employed to select 552 respondents, distributed proportionally across 10 health facilities in the three zones. …”
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Differentiation of Malignant Pleural Effusions from Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Adenocarcinoma through FTIR Spectroscopy: A Prognostic Approach by Vincentius Adrian Madargerong, Eko Suhartono, Ika Kustiyah Oktaviyanti, Haryati Haryati, Mohamad Isa, Ali Assagaf, Erna Kusumawardhani, Ira Nurrasyidah, Irmi Syafa’ah

“…Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy may be an adjunct to cytology, offering a more rapid and cost-effective method for differentiating MPE.…”
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Knowledge of obstetric danger signs and its associated factors among husbands residing in the Raya Kobo district, Ethiopia by Jemal Derbew, Adem Yesuf, Abebe Mihrete, Amira Abdallah, Abdurehman Mohammed, Nurye Sirage, Bogale Molla

“…A multi-stage stratified random sampling technique was used to select 626 samples. …”
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Bridging Knowledge Gaps: The Influence of Structured Education on Parental Knowledge and Attitude towards the Right to Education in Community by Neha Anil Katakwar, Darshana Wankhede, Bibin Kurian, Archana Maurya

“…A convenience, non probability sampling technique was used to recruit a sample size of 55 parents. …”
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Regional and patient-level determinants of endoscopic utilization in rural healthcare: a multi-level analysis by Muye Ma, Pengfei Li, Zhengyang Lu, Nan Zhang, Suzhen Wang, Youhua Lu, Jinming Yu

“…A multi-stage stratified random sampling approach was employed across 6 prefectures, yielding a sample of 1118 patients. …”
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