How do higher education staff understand the terms hybrid, hyflex and blended learning? Choice, modality and uncertainty by Emily Nordmann, Barbora Hronska, Jill R.D. MacKay

“…Our results underscore the need for clearer terminology and for all stakeholders to provide maximally descriptive definitions. The use of any broad category term should be accompanied by a specific definition that at minimum describes choice and modality, but where best practice would be to encompass additional information based on existing frameworks.…”
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Designing a Digital Branding Pattern in Healthy Agricultural Products by Abolghasem Mohammadnezhad Ali Zamini, Arezo Ahmadi danyali, Mahmoud Ahmadi Sharif

“…The research method is applicable in terms of its purpose, and exploratory in terms of its descriptive and analytical nature. The qualitative research method was carried out using the data-based method and Max QDA software, and the code collection tool was a semi-structured interview in the form of a purposive sampling method, and theoretical saturation was achieved with 13 experts in this field. …”
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Phenomenological Analysis of Lived Experience of Cancer: A Case Study of Patients at Ayatollah Kashani Hospital in Shahrekord by Hedari Arman, Sayedeh Sapideh Hashemi

“…Materials & MethodsThis study was conducted using a phenomenological approach, specifically employing Van Manen's descriptive-interpretive methodology. The participants included male and female cancer patients, who were hospitalized in the oncology ward of Ayatollah Kashani Hospital in Shahrekord during the year 2021. …”
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Modifications to the National Early Warning Score: a scoping review protocol by Chris Plummer, Edward Meinert, Ananya Ananthakrishnan, Madison Milne-Ives, Victoria Riccalton, Lynsey Threlfall, Cen Cong

“…The analysis will be descriptive to provide a summary of modifications identified and their influence on the predictive accuracy of NEWS/NEWS 2.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval is not required as data will be obtained from already published sources. …”
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Athletes’ access to, attitudes towards and experiences of help-seeking for mental health: a scoping review by Kirsty R Brown, Mary L Quinton, Grace Tidmarsh, Jennifer Cumming

“…Attitudes towards mental health help-seeking were investigated in 78.8% of the included studies, experiences of help-seeking in 53.8% and access to sources of support in 31.7% of studies. Of the primary articles and interventions, formal sources were investigated in 55% of studies, semiformal sources in 2% and both in 26% of studies.Conclusions This scoping review of 104 papers showed the benefit of using help-seeking frameworks to shape and analyse a review. …”
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Evaluation of health recommender systems: a scoping review protocol by Rohit Shankar, Edward Meinert, Ananya Ananthakrishnan, Madison Milne-Ives

“…After using EndNote 21 for initial screening, two independent reviewers will screen the titles, abstracts and full texts of the references, and then extract data from included studies related to the recommender system characteristics, evaluation design and evaluation findings into a predetermined form. A descriptive analysis will be conducted to provide an overview of the literature; key themes and gaps in the literature will be discussed.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval is not required as data will be obtained from already published sources. …”
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Using Implementation Science to Evaluate the Implementation of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in a Clinical Heart Failure Care Setting by Sarah V.C. Lawrason, MSc, PhD, Heather Ross, MSc, MD, Michael McDonald, MD, Juan Duero Posada, MD, Samantha Engbers, BAH, Anne Simard, MHSc

“…Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, and qualitative data were analyzed using behaviour-change frameworks and latent content analysis. …”
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Jesus’ Teaching on Servant-Leadership (Matthew 20:25-28): A Model for Christian Youth Participation in Politics by Funke Elizabeth Oyekan

“…Data collected from the Bible and bibliographic sources were exegetically and descriptively analysed respectively. …”
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flexZhouse by Mohd Zairul

“…The result provides a description of the situation that young starters find themselves in, the reactions of the industry’s key players and the policies that hamper innovation in the housing market. …”
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Measures of diabetic retinopathy treatment coverage: protocol for a methodological review by Stuart Keel, Matthew J Burton, Jacqueline Ramke, Iris Gordon, Jennifer Evans, Nyawira Mwangi, Covadonga Bascaran, Rinki Murphy, Pushkar Raj Silwal, Subash Bhatta, Nayana Pant, Nimisha Chabba

“…Data will be synthesised descriptively to outline the full range of definitions of diabetic retinopathy treatment coverage in the literature and identify the common sources of data used.Ethics and dissemination This review will only include published data; thus, no ethical approval will be sought. …”
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Population dynamics by E. G. Cooch, A. A. Dhondt

“…We submit that all of the papers presented in this session indicate clearly significant interest in approaches for combining data and modeling approaches. The Bayesian framework appears a natural framework for this effort, since it is able to not only provide a rigorous way to evaluate and integrate multiple sources of information, but provides an explicit mechanism to accommodate various sources of uncertainty about the system. …”
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The application of blockchain with a comparative approach and its impact on risk, flexibility and internal control evaluation by mohammadsadegh aminipoor, HamidReza GholamniaRoshan, azadeh kiapour, Iman Dadashi

“…This research is applicable in terms of purpose, and descriptive-analytical in terms of method and data collection method. …”
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Supply Chain Practices and Performance of Institutions: A Case Study of Hotloaf Bakery in Kabale Municipality. by Asiimwe, Elias

“…A descriptive research design was used and data was collected using interviews and questionnaires. …”
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THE ROLE OF COMMISSIONERS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN BUMN (A JURIDICAL ANALYSIS BASED ON THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LAW AND THE BUMN LAW) by Ariyanto Soewondo Geni, Budi Santoso, Sihabudin Sihabudin, Hero Samudra

“…Data were collected through literature and documentation studies, then qualitatively analyzed descriptively with triangulation of data sources, peer review, critical analysis of sources, and consideration of the social-economic-political context in interpretation. …”
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Enhancing referrals to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: the EN-CAMHS mixed-methods study by Kathryn M Abel, Pauline Whelan, Lesley-Anne Carter, Heidi Tranter, Charlotte Stockton-Powdrell, Kerry Gutridge, Lamiece Hassan, Rachel Elvins, Julian Edbrooke-Childs

“…Referral outcome was explored over time descriptively and using logistic regression on the monthly aggregate data. …”
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on faculty in nursing education: a scoping review by Ina Thon Aamodt, Elisabeth Østensen, Irene Valaker, Kristin Valen, Gøril Tvedten Jorem, Anne Kristin Snibsøer

“…Frequency counts were registered to record the characteristics of sources of evidence. Frequency counts and summarized descriptions were then used to understand how nursing faculty was affected professionally and personally. …”
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Protocol for a scoping review of patient engagement in pharmacy practice research by JoAnne Mosel, Anna Maria Chudyk, Janet Gunderson, Jenna Villarba, Caroline Monnin, Dana Turcotte, Abdullah Al Maruf, Jenna Kedy, Tracy Slaney

“…Qualitative data will be synthesised using basic qualitative content analysis, and quantitative data will be analysed using descriptive statistics. Regular meetings with PWLE and the research team will guide data analysis, interpretation and dissemination.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval was not required for this protocol as we did not collect participant data. …”
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Compliance with Global Best Practices by Garment Producers in Ghana by Stella Daah Siaw, Ebenezer Kofi Howard, Ninette Afi Appiah, Cynthia Akua Chichi, Benjamin Kwablah Asinyo

“…Descriptive statistics were used to analyse patterns and gaps in compliance practices, including mean scores and standard deviations. …”
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Using Hermann Gunkel’s Chaoskampf Theory to Examine Bektashi Velayetnames About Struggles with Dragons by Erkan Kalaycı

“…The accounts are striking in their descriptions of Bektashi saints grappling with this creature. …”
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“Knowledge of the Fatherland... Is Very Necessary for All State Institutions”: M.V. Lomonosov’s Geographical and Statistical Programme by Andrey Yu. Skrydlov

“…The questionnaire is analysed as part of a broader research programme that encompassed the processing of census data, the acquisition of information from central governmental institutions, the preparation of geographical descriptions and maps, as well as the active collaboration with local administrations and provincial intellectuals. …”
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