Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) factors and the incidence of communicable diseases in Urban Bangladesh: Evidence from municipal areas. by Mohammad Hayatun Nabi, Fatema Hashem Rupa, Ishrat Jahan, A B M Nahid Hasan, Farah Naz, Iqbal Masud, Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader, Mosharop Hossian

“…A stratified random sampling method targeted poor, marginalised, and socially excluded populations. …”
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Analyzing Time Use by Occupation Area between Weekdays and Weekends by Gender of Parents in Single-Parent Families by Woo-Hyuk Jang, Jin-Hyuk Bang

“…Women spent more time on “education” and “work” on weekdays, and on weekends, they spent more time on “rest and sleep,” “leisure,” and “social participation.” …”
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Clinical laboratory evaluation of the Hologic Panther Aptima BV and CV/TV assays for the diagnosis of vaginitis in Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand by Juliet Elvy, Katelyn Carter, Jenna Paterson, Megan Smith, Gayleen Parslow, James E. Ussher

“…We show the potential for molecular methods to increase BV diagnoses and improve reproducibility and consistency of reporting which, according to our clinical audit results, would lead to more women being treated for this dysbiosis condition overall.…”
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Virtual Reality Versus Simulation in the Management of Trauma Based Scenarios—A Systematic Review by Manal Ahmad, Mi‐Tra Tran, Basma Ahmad, Konstantinos Kavallieros, Joseph Shalhoub, Alun Huw Davies

“…It is the current gold standard method of teaching. More recently, novel methods such as virtual reality and augmented reality are being explored as possible alternative methods. …”
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Nanotechnology in the sports athlete community based on its application in doping detection: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis by Ahmad Chaeroni, Bekir Erhan Orhan, Ardo Okilanda, Kamal Talib, Karuppasamy Govindasamy, Mottakin Ahmed

“…No significant differences were found between the use of serum and urine as test samples. Additionally, nanocomposite sensors proved to be more effective than regular sensors in detecting doping substances with high accuracy. …”
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Age at release affects developmental physiology and sex-specific phenotypic diversity of hatchery steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). by Mollie A Middleton, Donald A Larsen, Christopher P Tatara, Barry A Berejikian, Chris R Pasley, Jon T Dickey, Penny Swanson

“…To understand how the two rearing methods affected developmental ontogeny and life-history, fish were sampled prior to hatchery release for factors associated with smoltification (size, gill Na+/K+ ATPase activity, and a qualitative smolt phenotype) and sexual maturation (sex, pituitary and testis mRNA transcripts, gonadosomatic index, and plasma 11-ketotestosterone). …”
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Self-collected and clinician-collected anal swabs show modest agreement for HPV genotyping. by Racheal S Dube Mandishora, Trine B Rounge, Megan Fitzpatrick, Irene Kraus Christiansen, Ole Herman Ambur, Sonja Lagström, Babill Stray-Pedersen, Massimo Tommasino, Joel Palefsky, Zvavahera M Chirenje

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>SCAS and CCAS anal swabs showed moderate agreement, with no statistically significant difference in the proportion of genotypes detected by either methods. Although the differences between the two methods were not statistically significant, CCAS detected more HPV genotypes than SCAS and more HPV infections were detected in SCAS than in CCAS. …”
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Quality of Life in Patients with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis by Behrooz Vares, Mina Mohseni, Amireh Heshmatkhah, Saeideh Farajzadeh, Hossein Safizadeh, Simin Shamsi-Meymandi, Zahra Rahnama, Leila Reghabatpour, Omid Fathi

“…In this cross–sectional study, patients aged more than 16 years with cutaneous leishmaniasis referring to the Department of Dermatology, Kerman Medical School, were enrolled using the simple random sampling method. …”
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Presenting the model of social entrepreneurship in the development of rural tourism in the target villages of Gilan province by Fatemeh Doozandeh Ziabari, hamed fallah tafti, Mir Mohammad Asadi, Mahdi Basouli

“…The results of the qualitative questionnaire and open interview with the sample members, after taking notes and transferring to the system, were analyzed using coding and the data-based method and Maxqda software, and the output and the final model were reported. …”
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Dental Pain in Children with Intellectual Disabilities: Caregivers’ Perspective by Sumer M. Alaki, Niveen S. Bakry

“…This study is aimed at evaluating dental pain from caregivers’ perspective in children with ID. Methods. The study sampled 86 children (33 with ID, 53 normally developing) ages ranges from birth to 16 years old among those visiting the School of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. …”
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“I know that I can help the person and that is priceless to me”—a qualitative study on tasks and experiences of peers in mental healthcare for refugees by Lea Bogatzki, Lea Bogatzki, Flurina Potter, Luisa Trauner, Daniela Mier, Daniela Mier, Michael Odenwald, Michael Odenwald

“…In COPEER, supervised, but autonomously acting peer support workers (PSWs) accompany and support refugees with mental disorders in the healthcare system.ObjectiveThis study focuses on the qualitative description of the PSWs' work reality and their positive and negative work-related experiences in COPEER to assess the feasibility and relevance of their role.MethodAn exploratory and qualitative approach with purposive sampling was chosen; face-to-face expert interviews were conducted using a semi-structured guide with 8 PSWs (3 women, 5 men; age M = 43 years). …”
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Do people with symptoms of an infectious illness follow advice to stay at home? Evidence from a series of cross-sectional surveys about presenteeism in the UK by Henry Potts, Nicola T Fear, Susan Michie, Richard Amlot, G James Rubin, Louise E Smith

“…To investigate whether these rates differed according to the type of symptom, what the participant thought the cause of their symptoms was and whether they had taken a COVID-19 test.Design Four online cross-sectional surveys using non-probability quota sampling method (n=8547).Setting Data were collected across the UK from 20 September to 3 November 2021, via a market research company.Participants Aged over 16 years living in the UK.Primary outcome measures Out-of-home activity.Results 498 participants reported one or more symptoms and had not had a positive COVID-19 test result. …”
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Content Analysis of the articles in Journal of Linguistic and Rhetorical Studies of Semnan University (2010 - 2023) by Hossein Moradi Moghadam

“…Sampling was not used in this research and the research population was investigated by census. …”
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Hypertensive Patients’ Knowledge of Risk Factors and Warning Signs of Stroke at Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Addisu Taye Abate, Netsanet Bayu, Tesfamichael G. Mariam

“…A total of 278 hypertensive patients were enrolled and systemic random sampling technique was employed to select the study participants. …”
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Three-Dimensional Path Planning for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Based on Hybrid Multi-Strategy Dung Beetle Optimization Algorithm by Hongmei Fei, Ruru Liu, Leilei Dong, Zhaohui Du, Xuening Liu, Tao Luo, Jie Zhou

“…As environmental complexity increases, the search space expands exponentially, thereby making the problem more challenging to solve and categorizing it as an NP-hard problem. …”
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Food Fortification: The Level of Awareness among Kenyan Consumers by Amaya Aura Linda, Florence Kyallo, Judith K. Okoth, Peter Kahenya, Anselimo Makokha, Daniel Sila, John Mwai

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted in 13 counties to collect information on fortification awareness using structured questionnaires. 1435 respondents were selected using the Lot Quality Assurance Sampling method. Data were analyzed using Stata version 14.0 and statistical significance p<0.05. …”
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Land-based nutrient flux to a fringing reef: insights from Ofu Island, American Samoa by Nancy G. Prouty, Ferdinand K. J. Oberle, Olivia M. Cheriton, Lauren T. Toth, Eric K. Brown, Curt D. Storlazzi

“…This study quantifies SGD fluxes and associated nutrient dynamics in two reef flat pools within the National Park of American Samoa on Ofu Island: Papaloloa Point and Fattuana Point. A multi-method approach integrating multichannel electrical resistivity tomography (ERT), unoccupied aerial system-based thermal infrared (UAS-TIR) surveys, radon-based SGD measurements, and discrete water sampling was used to assess SGD rates and nutrient contributions to nearshore pools. …”
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The Impact of Insecticide Pre-Exposure on Longevity, Feeding Succession, and Egg Batch Size of Wild Anopheles gambiae s.l. by Grace Msangi, Moses I. Olotu, Aneth M. Mahande, Anitha Philbert, Eliningaya J. Kweka

“…This study investigated the impacts of insecticide resistance on longevity, feeding behaviour, and egg batch size of Anopheles gambiae s.l. Method. The larval sampling was conducted in rice fields using a standard dipper (350 ml) and reared to adults in field insectary. …”
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Impact of Mixed Sources on the Atmospheric Aerosols of Urbanized Areas in the Philippines by Preciosa Corazon B. Pabroa, Joseph Michael D. Racho, John Robin Yee, Lawrence Adrian Tacliad, Haron Deo Vargaz, Iara Chantrelle V. Coronel, Raymond J. Sugcang, Christian Mark G. Salvador

“…The average BC level was 6.6 μg m−3 across three sampling sites, ranging between 4 to 83% of the fine PM mass. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of overweight and obesity among reproductive-aged women (15-49 years) in Ratnanagar Municipality, Chitwan district, Nepal. by Bedana Sapkota, Aashish Rana, Manish Rajbanshi, Richa Aryal, Susmita Thapa, Lokendra Oli, Jiwan Kumar Poudyal

“…<h4>Methodology</h4>A cross-sectional study was conducted in selected wards of Ratnanagar Municipality, Chitwan district. A multistage sampling method was followed for the selection of participants. …”
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