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A qualitative study of developing beliefs about health, illness and healthcare in migrant African women with gestational diabetes living in Sweden

Katarina Hjelm; Karin Bard; Jan Apelqvist2018

BMC Women's Health

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10.1186/s12905-018-0518-z
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Methods Qualitative prospective study. Semi-structured interviews, with 9 women (23–40 years), on three different occasions: during pregnancy (gestational weeks 34–38), and 3 and 14 months after delivery managed at an in-hospital diabetes specialist clinic in Sweden.

Beliefs about health/illness/healthcareGestational diabetes mellitusMigrants/AfricaProspective studySelf-care
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A simple laboratory method to simulate calcite-bonded loose-structured soil samples for collapsibility study

Alfred Wilson Opukumo; Colin Davie; Stephanie Glendinning2026

Newcastle University

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10.25405/ncl.34454181
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© 2022, The Author(s). Calcite is one of the commonest bond elements in natural collapsible soils.

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Gathering Evidence of Benefits: A Structured Approach from the Jisc Managing Research Data Programme

Laura Molloy; Simon Hodson; Meik Poschen; Jonathan Tedds2013

International Journal of Digital Curation

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This paper describes a structured approach to the measurement and description of benefits provided by the work of these projects for the benefit of funders, institutions and researchers.

Bibliography. Library science. Information resources
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Awareness of COVID 19 pandemic among dental practioners of Telangana state, India: A cross sectional survey

Alekhya Kanaparthi; Divya Dukkireddy; Hema Gopalaiah; Sathya Prakash Reddy Kesary; Tejaswi Katne; Ramlal Gantala2020

Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research

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10.1016/j.jobcr.2020.08.001
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Aim: The aim of the current study was to evaluate the awareness, regarding COVID19 pandemic among dental practioners in state of Telangana. Materials and methodology: A self-administered, structured, pilot-tested close-ended 20 point questionnaire,was distributed among the dental practioners in Telangana state.

COVID-19Corona virusQuestionnaireDentalCDC
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Glass-fiber catalysts for selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides by CO and hydrocarbons

K. Golyashova; N. Glazov; S. Lopatin; A. Zagoruiko2023

Catalysis Communications

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10.1016/j.catcom.2023.106765
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Structured cartridges with a corrugated and flat metal mesh with longitudinal flow direction and satin type GFC were found to provide the highest apparent catalyst activity. The kinetic model for Pt/GFC was proposed based on the experimental data.

Glass-fiber catalystsGas emission treatmentPlatinumReduction of nitrogen oxidesKinetic model
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The overlapping relationship among depression, anxiety, and somatic symptom disorder and its impact on the quality of life of people with epilepsy

Sisi Shen; Zaiquan Dong; Qi Zhang; Jing Xiao; Dong Zhou; Jinmei Li2022

Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders

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10.1177/17562864221138147
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Data Sources and Methods: Adults attending our epilepsy clinic between 1 July 2020 and 1 May 2022 were consecutively enrolled. They were screened for depression, SSD, and anxiety by structured interviews, and demographic, epilepsy-related and QOL indicators were collected.

Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
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Real-time holographic camera for obtaining real 3D scene hologram

Zhao-Song Li; Chao Liu; Xiao-Wei Li; Yi Zheng; Qian Huang; Yi-Wei Zheng; Ye-Hao Hou; Chen-Liang Chang; Da-Wei Zhang; Song-Lin Zhuang; Di Wang; Qiong-Hua Wang2025

Light: Science & Applications

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10.1038/s41377-024-01730-9
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At the calculation end, a new structured focus stack network (FS-Net) is designed for hologram calculation. After training the FS-Net with the focus stack renderer and learnable Zernike phase, it enables hologram calculation within 13 ms.

Applied optics. PhotonicsOptics. Light
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How nurses address psychosocial needs in patients with advanced heart or lung failure: a qualitative interview study

Janneke van Oirschot; Esmee D. Noijons; Hanneke Merten; Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen; Henriëtta D. L. Ockhuijsen; Sigrid C. J. M. Vervoort; Irene P. Jongerden2026

BMC Nursing

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10.1186/s12912-026-04537-8
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Methods A qualitative study consisting of semi-structured interviews with hospital and home care nurses. Data were collected from February to April 2025.

Psychosocial needsHeart failureLung failureNursesPalliative care
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Mini-AFTERc: a controlled pilot trial of a nurse-led psychological intervention for fear of breast cancer recurrence

Calum McHale; Susanne Cruickshank; Tamara Brown; Claire Torrens; Jo Armes; Deborah Fenlon; Elspeth Banks; Tom Kelsey; Gerald Humphris2024

Pilot and Feasibility Studies

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10.1186/s40814-023-01431-x
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Forty-five were eligible (17 intervention and 28 control) and 34 completed 3-month follow-up (15 intervention and 21 control). Intervention Mini-AFTERc, a single brief (30 min) structured telephone discussion with a specialist breast cancer nurse (SBCN) trained to target the antecedents of FCR.

Medicine (General)
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Incidence of suicidality in people with depression over a 10-year period treated by a large UK mental health service provider

Emma R. Francis; Daniela Fonseca de Freitas; Craig Colling; Megan Pritchard; Giouliana Kadra-Scalzo; Natalia Viani; Jaya Chaturvedi; Tom R. Denee; Cicely Kerr; Mitesh Desai; Gemma Scott; Hitesh Shetty; Mathew Broadbent; David Chandran; Johnny Downs; Sumithra Velupillai; Mizanur Khondoker; Robert Stewart; Rina Dutta; Richard D. Hayes2021

BJPsych Open

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10.1192/bjo.2021.1054
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We describe the incidence of suicidality (2007–2017) in people with depression treated by secondary mental healthcare services at South London and Maudsley NHS Trust (n = 26 412). We estimated yearly incidence of ‘suicidal ideation’ and ‘high risk of suicide’ from structured and free-text fields of the Clinical Record Interactive Search system.

Suicidal ideationhigh risk of suicideincidenceelectronic health recordsdepression
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Progression of International Students through their Undergraduate Studies in an Irish Higher Education Institution: A Qualitative Study

Anne Hurley; Deirdre Ryan; Fiona Faulkner; Qi Wang2022

Irish Journal of Academic Practice

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10.21427/7q75-8272
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The research involved conducting semi-structured interviews with international students in TU Dublin in Ireland. Five students volunteered to participate in the study.

progressionentry routespathway programmesTheory and practice of education
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Influences of service characteristics and older people's attributes on outcomes from direct payments

Vanessa Davey2026

Newcastle University

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10.25405/ncl.34454280
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As a result, little unequivocal evidence is available about the effectiveness of DPs as an instrument for older people’s care. This study aims to partially fill that gap using data obtained during an early evaluation of DP’s that took place between 2005 and 07.MethodsSemi-structured 81 face-to-face interviews with older people (and their proxies) using DPs…

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Emesis in pregnancy – a qualitative study on trial recruitment failure from the EMPOWER internal pilot

Mabel Lie; Catherine McParlin; Elaine McColl; Ruth Graham; Stephen Robson2026

Newcastle University

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10.25405/ncl.34454373
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Methods: The sample comprised women who accepted or declined trial participation (n=21) and site research staf (n=22). A structured topic guide was used, in four email interviews and 17 telephone interviews with women, and semi-structured telephone interviews were carried out with staf.

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Does Practice Make Perfect? The Effects of an Eight-Week Manualized Deliberate Practice Course With Peer Feedback on Patient-Rated Working Alliance in Adults: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Håkan Lagerberg; James F. Boswell; Michael J. Constantino; Gerhard Andersson; Per Carlbring2024

Clinical Psychology in Europe

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10.32872/cpe.12353
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[Method] The study tested the efficacy of an eight-week, structured, group-based online course, enriched with peer feedback, for 37 Cognitive Behavioral Therapists. The goal was to assess whether this intervention could boost the quality of therapist-patient alliances, as compared to a control group.

deliberate practiceworking alliancecognitive behavioural therapyprofessional developmentpsychotherapy outcomes
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Beyond Healthy Eating: The Broader Impact of the Food Boost Challenge’s Participatory Approach with Young People

Wendy Scholtes-Bos; Machteld van Lieshout; Michelle H. I. van Roost; Sanne I. de Vries2025

Social Sciences

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10.3390/socsci14040246
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Ideas generated in various phases of the FBC were listed. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews with young people, digital feedback surveys after group meetings, and informal discussions with partner representatives to explore the impact of participation in the FBC.

participatory action researchyoung people’s healthcommunity buildingsocial impactfood system
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Tourism SMMEs Recovery from COVID-19: A Case of SMMEs in the City of Polokwane, Limpopo province, South Africa

Takalani Ramukumba2023

African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure

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10.46222/ajhtl.19770720.456
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This research investigated the recovery possibilities of tourism SMMEs from COVID-19 in the city of Polokwane in Limpopo province. This research adopted a qualitative approach with in-depth semi-structured interviews as a data collection tool from 13 owners of tourism SMMEs registered in the Polokwane Local Municipality database, the inclusion condition for…

tourismsmmesresiliencerecoverycovid-19
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London Post-COVID Grocery Retail Change: Derived Research Data, 2022–2026

Lenin, Heartly2026

Zenodo

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It distinguishes store first appearances and disappearances in administrative datasets from independently verified business openings and closures. The research also examines the proximity of a structured shortlist of 60 independent retail premises to grocery retail locations.

London retail; Grocery competition; Independent retailers; Post-COVID; Retail geography; Westminster; Newham; Croydon
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A Field-Coupled Measure-Valued Dynamical System with Spectral Conservation and Branching Graph Evolution

Kantoci, Darko2026

Zenodo

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Each node corresponds to a structured object , where is a complex parameter governing internal dynamics, denotes an iterated nonlinear orbit generated by a Mandelbrot-type recurrence , and encodes a spectral state derived from the orbit via Fourier and phase-rotation analysis.

Measure-Valued Dynamical SystemsField-Coupled DynamicsBranching Graph EvolutionSpectral DynamicsNonlinear Evolution Operators
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Training strategy in patients with hypertension

Manuel de Jesús Linares Despaigne; María Mercedes Arrate Negret; Vivian Molina Hechavarría; Jorge Armando Poll Pineda; Dayanis Linares Ibarra2016

Medisan

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A training strategy in 40 patients with hypertension, belonging to the health area of the Municipal Teaching Polyclinic in Santiago de Cuba, was carried out from January to December, 2014, who fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria elaborated to such an effect, aimed at evaluating the fundamental results obtained with the implementation of this stra…

hipertensión arterial, estrategia capacitante, atención primaria de salud.Medicine (General)Internal medicine
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Investigating Professional Development Policy and Practice for Educational Policy-Makers in Vietnam: An Exploratory Study

Cuong Huu Nguyen2024

Vietnam Journal of Education

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This study aims to explore professional development policy and practice in a Vietnamese government department. Using a qualitative with two focus group discussions including 11 participants and semi-structured interviews with 14 people, the study investigates professional development for state policy-makers in testing and quality assurance in Vietnam.

Staff developmentgovernment officialsmacro leveltesting and quality assuranceVietnam
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