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A mixed methods study exploring the factors and behaviors that affect glycemic control following a structured education program: The Irish DAFNE Study

Casey, Dympna; O'Hara, Mary Clare; Meehan, Ben; Byrne, Molly; Dinneen, Seán F.; Murphy, Kathleen2016

University of Galway

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Aim: To explain the factors affecting glycemic control (measured by HbA1c) following the Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating (DAFNE) program. Background: DAFNE is a structured education program designed to assist persons with type 1 diabetes mellitus achieve optimal glycemic control.

Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating (DAFNE)glycemic control (HbA1c)PsychologySchool of Psychologyself-management
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Developing a structured education programme for clients with COPD

Casey, Dympna; Murphy, Kathleen; Cooney, Adeline; Mee, Lorraine; Dowling, Maura2011

MA Healthcare Ltd

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This article describes the development of a Structured Education Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme (SEPRP), for the PRINCE (Pulmonary Rehabilitation In Nurse-led Community Environments) study.

COPDNursing and MidwiferyPrimary care nursesPulmonary rehabilitationStructured education
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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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Use of Artificial Intelligence Across the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) Lifecycle in Health Professions Education: A Scoping Review

Salma Ismaiel; Fatima Ali Al-Shirawi; Noof alabdulla; Myriam J Jaam; Aya Maklad2026

OSF Registries

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This scoping review will identify how artificial intelligence is used across the OSCE lifecycle in health professions education. It will examine AI use before, during, and after OSCEs.

EducationOSCEartificial intelligencehealth studentslarge language model
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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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An exploratory study into the use of Lean Six Sigma to reduce medication errors in the Norwegian public healthcare context

Antony, Jiju; Forthun, Shirin Charlotte; Trakulsunti, Yaifa; Farrington, Thomas; McFarlane, Julie; Brennan, Attracta; Dempsey, Mary2019

Emerald Publishing

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Design/methodology/approach: A mixed method approach was used to gather data from participants working in the four regions served by the Norway health authorities. A survey questionnaire was distributed to 38 health-care practitioners and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 health-care practitioners.

Lean Six SigmaMechanical EngineeringMedication errorsNorwegian public health careNorwegian Public Healthcare
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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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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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Effect of Casualization of Labour on Employee Commitment in Nasarawa State Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs

Christian, Mamman Mathew; Umar, Kabiru2026

Zenodo

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10.5281/zenodo.23309117
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A descriptive survey design was adopted, and data were collected from 280 respondents comprising both permanent and casual employees using structured questionnaires. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, Pearson correlation, and multiple regression analysis with the aid of SPSS version 26.

Labour Casualization, Employee Commitment, Job Security, Public Service, Employment Status.
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AI Driven Travel Planner with ML Recommendation System

Naveenkumar H; Ms. B. Asfiya Maysam; Ms. Naziya Khanum; Ms. Umme Ruhi2026

Zenodo

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10.5281/zenodo.23309210
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The application uses PHP for the principal web layer, MySQL for structured tourism and user data, and Python FastAPI services for recommendation and itinerary processing. Traveller preferences and destination characteristics are represented in a common interest space and compared using cosine similarity.

travel planner, recommendation system, cosine similarity, personalized tourism, itinerary generation, FastAPI, MySQL, constraint-aware scheduling
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Public Perception of Hygiene and Sanitary Practice in Shendam Metropolis, Plateau State, Nigeria

Suleiman, Ibrahim I.; Suleiman, Abdulsalam I.; Abdullahi, Hussaini Aliyu; Umar, Kabiru2026

Zenodo

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10.5281/zenodo.23309395
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This study assessed public perceptions of hygiene and sanitary practices in Shendam Metropolis, Plateau State, Nigeria, using a descriptive cross-sectional design. Structured questionnaires were administered to adult residents, and 348 valid responses were analysed using descriptive statistics, including frequencies and percentages.

Environmental sanitation;, hygiene practices, public perception, sanitation governance, waste management, Shendam Metropolis and Nigeria.
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