From grief to resilience: a qualitative study of women’s reactions and coping methods after perinatal loss in Türkiye by Tuba Ucar, Esra Sabanci Baransel, Osman Tayyar Çelik

“…This study aims to examine the complex reactions and coping methods experienced by women after perinatal loss.Design and methods In this study, a qualitative descriptive approach was used, in which indepth interviews were conducted with the data collected using semistructured interviews. 10 women who experienced perinatal loss were included in the study using the snowball sampling method. …”
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Influence of Ocean Current Features on the Performance of Machine Learning and Dynamic Tracking Methods in Predicting Marine Drifter Trajectories by Huan Lin, Weiye Yu, Zhan Lian

“…However, in areas dominated by the fast but relatively straight North Equatorial Current, the performance of the two methods reverses. The two methods also demonstrate different tolerances for noise and sampling intervals. …”
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Comparative Study of Fish Diversity in Wanquan River Based on Environmental Technology and Traditional Fishing Gear Survey Methods by Jun LEI, Yuanyuan SU, Lianzheng YIN, Ruohan ZENG, Ping LI, Yongqiang QIN, Xingwei CAI, Xiaoping DIAO

“…The results showed that 76 species of fish in six orders, 32 families, and 65 genera were detected by eDNA technology, whereas 44 species in four orders, 14 families, and 44 genera were detected by the traditional fishing gear survey method. Overall, the eDNA method detected more fish species than the traditional survey method at all sampling sites. …”
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Exploring relationships between social media use, online exposure to drug-related content, and youth substance use in real time: a pilot ecological momentary assessment study in a... by Meredith Gansner, Meredith Gansner, Anna Katharine Horton, Rasika Singh, Zev Schuman-Olivier

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Clinical application value of simultaneous plasma and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid metagenomic next generation sequencing in patients with pneumonia-derived sepsis by Jiayan Li, Dongxu Pan, Yuxin Guo, Bo Zhang, Xinglin Lu, Chen Deng, Feifei Xu, Zongnan Lv, Qinhe Chen, Yafeng Zheng, Shuhao Nong, Lihua Su, Rongfa Qin, Fufu Jiang, Wei Gai, Gang Qin

“…Patients with lower white blood cells and neutrophil indices had a greater consistency in dual-sample mNGS. Patients in the mNGS group had more antibiotic adjustments compared to the non-mNGS group (85.71% vs. 33.33%, P<0.001). …”
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Fixed and moving target drilling methods: effects on smash results in badminton players aged 14-16 years by Muhammad Sukron Fauzi, dewangga yudhistira, Didik Cahyono, Gyta Krisdiana, Naheria Naheria, Hamdiana Hamdiana, Julianur Julianur, Muchamad Samsul Huda, Muhamad Saiin, Jeane Betty Kurnia Jusuf

“…Methods: The research method is an experiment with a pretest-posttest design. 20 male participants were selected by purposive sampling and ordinal pairing. …”
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Integration of former child and adolescent study participants into a national health online panel for a longitudinal study on young adult mental health by Michael Lange, Vera Birgel, Stefan Damerow, Johannes Lemcke, Jennifer Allen, Hans Butschalowsky, Susanna Christen, Caroline Cohrdes

“…This study addresses challenges of contacting, re-activation and comparability of individuals in transition to adulthood with the initial population-based sample last contacted up to 9 years ago. Methods In 2024, former participants of the “German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents” (KiGGS) aged 16–25 years were invited to register in the new online panel infrastructure “Health in Germany” and participate in the “Study on Mental Health in Emerging Adulthood” (JEPSY) via a push-to-online panel approach. …”
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Toward standardized methods in canine vaginal microbiome research: evaluation of storage, host DNA depletion, and database selection by Lotte Spanoghe, Guillaume Domain, Florin Posastiuc, Amanda Hettiarachchi, Adelaide Panattoni, Sebastiaan Theuns, Filip Van Immerseel, Geert Opsomer, Ann Van Soom, Penelope Banchi

“…In theory, microbiome results can be significantly affected by factors like sampling technique, storage, DNA extraction methods, and reference databases, which can all introduce bias. …”
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Preventive aspects and patient satisfaction with laser aided gingivectomy versus conventional method. An in-vivo comparative study by Aras Maruf Rauf, Ara Omer Fattah

“…Results: The mean age of the sample was 25.01 + 6.56 years, more than half (57.8%) of the sample were females. …”
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Mother transformer: A High-Throughput, Cost-Effective in Planta Hairy Root Transformation Method for Cannabis by Ladan Ajdanian, Davoud Torkamaneh

“…Results The two-step ex vitro method proved more efficient than both the one-step ex vitro and in vitro methods, with the highest transformation efficiency of 90% observed in the actual plant. …”
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A novel hybrid sand and dust storm detection method using MODIS data on GEE platform by Wei Wang, Alim Samat, Jilili Abuduwaili, Yongxiao Ge, Philippe De Maeyer, Tim Van de Voorde

“…This method achieved more than 98% training accuracy and validation accuracy in SDS detection.…”
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Impact of family-oriented gamification on self-management of people with multiple sclerosis: a mixed-methods study protocol by Arezoo Rasti, Leily Zare, Nahid Dehghan nayeri, Fatemeh Bahramnezhad

“…The preliminary literature suggests an initial sample size of 25–30 participants per group for this phase. …”
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EGFR Mutation Analysis of Circulating Tumor DNA Using an Improved PNA-LNA PCR Clamp Method by Kana Watanabe, Tatsuro Fukuhara, Yoko Tsukita, Mami Morita, Aya Suzuki, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Hiroshi Terasaki, Toshihiro Nukiwa, Makoto Maemondo

“…Plasma EGFR activating mutations and the T790M resistance mutation were analyzed by an improved PNA-LNA PCR clamp method, characterized by a 10-fold or more sensitivity compared with the original methods. …”
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Enhancing diabetes risk prediction: A comparative evaluation of bagging, boosting, and ensemble classifiers with SMOTE oversampling by Rabia Asif, Darshana Upadhyay, Marzia Zaman, Srini Sampalli

“…This study not only contributes to the development of more accurate predictive models for diabetes risk but also provides insights into enhancing the robustness of machine learning methods in healthcare.…”
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Detection of anti-enterovirus IgG in human sera by ELISA method using the KTL-510 peptide by Michaela Pellerova, Michaela Pellerova, Katarina Albertova, Vanesa Simkova, Maria Borsanyiova, Brigita Benkoova, Renata Kissova, Katarina Pastuchova, Sisko Tauriainen, Jochem M. D. Galama, Shubhada Bopegamage

“…These serum samples were examined using a standard virus neutralization test as well as the newly developed ELISA method.…”
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Apple Watercore Grade Classification Method Based on ConvNeXt and Visible/Near-Infrared Spectroscopy by Chunlin Zhao, Zhipeng Yin, Yushuo Tan, Wenbin Zhang, Panpan Guo, Yaxing Ma, Haijian Wu, Ding Hu, Quan Lu

“…Furthermore, the newly proposed quantification method for watercore levels proved to be more effective.…”
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Screening of tuberculosis suspected subjects using real-time PCR, TaqMan method; Northeastern Iran by Sanaz Ahmadi Ghezeldasht, Arman Mosavat, Saman Soleimanpour, Seyed Abdolrahim Rezaee, Mohammad Derakhshan

“…Conclusions: In-house qPCR assays using standard reagents, which are generally available can confirm that this method more practical, time-saving, and feasible for TB-suspected individuals, particularly in extrapulmonary forms such as urine, CSF, and paraffin-embedded samples, compared to direct microscopy and culture.…”
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Study on the Fracture Evolution Law of Coal Based on Image Retrieval Method and X-Ray Computed Tomography by Yan Wu, Dengke Wang, Xiaofei Pang, Hang Zhang

“…The results reveal that the CT images of the coal sample in the same section can be obtained using the proposed CT image similarity retrieval method, which can more accurately characterize the fracture distribution and dynamic evolution law. …”
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Crisis or Contentment? A Mixed-Method Exploration of Psychosocial Factors Influencing Meaning in Life During Midlife by Aditi Bhatia, Diksha Laungani, Lynda Hyland, Anita Shrivastava Kashi

“…The concept of meaning in life has received growing empirical interest over the last decade; however, it remains less explored in the context of midlife transition. This mixed-method study assesses factors associated with the search for and presence of meaning in life in a sample of middle-aged adults residing in the United Arab Emirates. …”
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The Effectiveness of the Qawaid Wa Tarjamah Method to Improve Understanding of Basic Arabic Structures Mabni and Mu'rab by Surya Hidayat, Munirul Abidin

“…The results demonstrated a significant improvement in students after the application of the Qawaid Wa Tarjamah method. The findings of this study can serve as a foundation for developing more effective Arabic language learning programs in schools and contribute to enhancing the overall quality of Arabic language education.…”
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