Methods of Piloting an Abstraction Tool to Describe Family Engagement in the Hospital Setting: Retrospective Chart Review by Jennifer Morgan, Jennifer Cahill, Christine Ritchie, Lingling Zhang, Priscilla Gazarian

“…To optimize diversity, the sample was then stratified by race. The modified tool was subsequently piloted on a subset of the sample. …”
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Lactate Profiling and the Agreement Among Various Lactate Threshold Methods in Professional and Youth Soccer Players by Marcos Michaelides, Koulla Parpa

“…Additionally, the 4 mmol/L FBLA LT method appears to be more robust for youth soccer players.…”
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Landslide Susceptibility Analysis in Samanlı Mountains Massif by Frequency Ratio and Artificial Neural Networks Methods by Murat Uzun

“…In the study, according to the ROC accuracy test, ANN was found to be more successful than FO among the landslide susceptibility models within the scope of the Samanlı Mountains mass, which is the sample area. …”
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Comparison of blood RNA extraction methods used for gene expression profiling in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. by Nadhim Bayatti, Johnathan Cooper-Knock, Joanna J Bury, Matthew Wyles, Paul R Heath, Janine Kirby, Pamela J Shaw

“…Globin depletion for PAXGENE and TEMPUS uncovered the presence of over 60% more transcripts than when samples were not depleted. …”
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Studying an effect of thermal treatment methods on physico-chemical properties of beef depending on aging technology by G. V. Gurinovich, V. A. Khrenov, I. S. Patrakova, M. V. Patshina

“…Modern methods for aging and thermal treatment facilitate an improvement in beef sensory properties. …”
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Identification of relevant analytical methods for adeno-associated virus stability assessment during formulation development by Carina Rodenstein, Eva Schmid, Natalia Markova, Andreas Seidl

“…Additionally, if testing involves multiple excipients, sample throughput must be sufficiently high, and the method should require low amounts of virus material. …”
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Piloting the informed health choices resources in Barcelona primary schools: A mixed methods study. by Laura Samsó Jofra, Pablo Alonso-Coello, Esther Cánovas Martínez, Carol de Britos Marsal, Ana Gallego Iborra, Ena Pery Niño de Guzman Quispe, Giordano Pérez-Gaxiola, Carolina Requeijo, Marta Roqué I Figuls, Sarah Rosenbaum, Karla Salas-Gama, Iratxe Urreta-Barallobre, Laura Martínez García

“…The aim of this study is to explore students' and teachers' experience when using the IHC resources in primary schools in Barcelona (Spain).<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a mixed methods study for piloting the IHC resources in a convenience sample of primary schools in Barcelona. …”
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Shear Strength of Coarse-Grained Soil: Effects of Scaling Methods and Moisture Content with In Situ Comparison by Man Feng, Yanhui Song, Huishi Xue, Jiaquan Cui

“…This study investigates the effects of maximum particle size (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>d</mi><mrow><mi>max</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>), scaling techniques, and moisture content on the shear strength of CGS through large-scale direct shear tests and in situ direct shear tests. CGS samples from the Jilangtan platform in Qinghai Province, originally with a <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>d</mi><mrow><mi>max</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> of 60 mm, were scaled to 30 mm using the Equivalent Substitution Method (ESM) and Similar Gradation Method (SGM). …”
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Assessment Methods for Building Energy Retrofits with Emphasis on Financial Evaluation: A Systematic Literature Review by Maria D. Papangelopoulou, Konstantinos Alexakis, Dimitris Askounis

“…CBA appears in fewer than 25% of cases. More than 50% of studies are based in Europe, and over 60% of case studies involve residential buildings. …”
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Unmet health-related needs in patients with Crohn’s disease in Belgium: a mixed-methods study by Claudia Schönborn, Muriel Levy, Mats De Jaeger, Renaud Van Goethem, Ugo Leonard, Rani Claerman, Robby De Pauw, Laurence Kohn, Irina Cleemput, Charline Maertens de Noordhout

“…Psychological support was generally deemed insufficient, and around 40% of survey participants would have liked to be more involved in treatment decision-making. Only 50% of respondents who had interrupted work for at least a month returned to previous work levels, and 65% of the whole sample experienced financial impacts due to the disease. …”
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Therapeutic drug monitoring of digoxin in cardiac heart failure outpatients: comparisons of two analytical methods by Isabel Cristina Medeiros Barros, Elis Marra da Madeira Freitas, Salvador Rassi, Wilsione José Carneiro, Caroline Rego Rodrigues, Tereza Cristina de Deus Honório, Leonardo de Souza Teixeira, Vania Rodríguez, Luiz Carlos da Cunha

“…The explanation may be because immunoassay method measures digoxin plus other metabolites and endogenous substances, while the LC-MS/MS method measures only the digoxin molecule. …”
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Usability Testing of a Bystander Bullying Intervention for Rural Middle Schools: Mixed Methods Study by Aida Midgett, Diana M Doumas, Claudia Peralta, Matt Peck, Blaine Reilly, Mary K Buller

“…We were also interested in qualitative feedback about usability, program features, and feasibility. MethodsA sample of 21 participants (n=10, 48% school personnel; n=11, 52% students) recruited from 2 rural middle schools in 2 states completed usability testing and a qualitative interview. …”
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Effects of Different Cooking Methods on Nutritional Properties and Non-volatile Flavor Substances of Lyophyllum decastes by Xiaolong LI, Yan YANG, Wen LI, Yanfang LIU, Di WU, Huanling YANG, Wanchao CHEN, Jingjun LI

“…The processing effects of steaming and air frying without oil fall between boiling and oven baking, with steaming retained more nutrients in L. decastes and produced a flavor profile similar to that of oven-baked samples. …”
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Evaluating genetic variability and biometric indicators in bread wheat varieties: Implications for modern selection methods by Dilmurodov Sherzod, Meyliyev Akmal, Juraev Diyor, Boysunov Nurzod, Khazratkulova Shakhnoza, Shodiyev Fayzulla, Uzakov Gulomjon, Abdimajidov Jaloliddin

“…It was observed that the sample was 1.3 mg in the Gozgon variety and 1.4 mg in the Antonina variety. …”
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Substantiation оf Methods to Remove Water Inflows in Wells Draining Gas Condestate Deposits by E. V. Vaganov, S. K. Sokhoshko, I. I. Krasnov

“…It is also recommended to re-perforate and then re-inject the water-proofing composition with additional cement in wells with clay interlayers of a small thickness of more than one meter with alternating productive interlayers of small thickness.…”
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Usability and Implementation Considerations of Fitbit and App Intervention for Diverse Cancer Survivors: Mixed Methods Study by Zakery Dabbagh, Reem Najjar, Ariana Kamberi, Ben S Gerber, Aditi Singh, Apurv Soni, Sarah L Cutrona, David D McManus, Jamie M Faro

“…Prior trials have adopted digital health methods, although several have been pedometer-based and enrolled mainly female, non-Hispanic White, and more highly educated survivors of breast cancer. …”
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A retrospective study on prevalence and profile of reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction positive severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 samples tested in a ter... by Ramalatharani Shanmugam, Meerah Srinivasagam

“…Materials and Methods: Nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal samples from suspected COVID-19 patients were collected and tested by real-time RT-PCR and the targeted genes were identified. …”
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Influence of key community leaders to enhance the tuberculosis awareness in the community: A mixed-method study by Reenaa Mohan, Kalaiselvan Ganapathy

“…In quantitative method (survey using questionnaire) was done with KCL from diverse sectors were selected through snowball sampling. …”
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A Fish Target Identification and Counting Method Based on DIDSON Sonar and YOLOv5 Model by Wei Shen, Mengqi Liu, Quanshui Lu, Zhaowei Yin, Jin Zhang

“…In order to more accurately and quickly identify and count underwater fish targets, and to address the issues of excessive reliance on manual processes and low processing efficiency in the identification and counting of fish targets using sonar data, a method based on DIDSON and YOLOv5 for fish target identification and counting is proposed. …”
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SC-CFDMA uplink symbol synchronization method based on multi-rate satellite-ground loop by Dan DING, Nai-ping CHENG, Yu-rong LIAO

“…SC-CFDMA(single carrier code and frequency division multiple access) system,whose synchronization is more difficult than that of common orthogonal multi-carrier systems,requires the symbol synchronization to achieve a chip-level precision.Therefore,a synchronization method based on multi-rate satellite-ground loop is proposed.This method extends the closed-loop control on the non-sampling points of the loop through raising the control rates of some loop components,so as to promote the adaptability to users with different speeds.Besides,the state-space equations of the loop and related components are derived.The Matlab simulation results show that,even in GEO satellite system,the synchronization method proposed can adjust the SC-CFDMA uplink symbol timing errors between several supersonic users within chip-level duration,thus providing stable communication.…”
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