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VAMS-Based Blood Capillary Sampling for Mass Spectrometry-Based Human Metabolomics Studies

open access: yesMetabolites, 2023
Volumetric absorptive microsampling (VAMS) is a recently developed sample collection method that enables single-drop blood collection in a minimally invasive manner.
Chiara Volani   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estimating Design Effect and Calculating Sample Size for Respondent-Driven Sampling Studies of Injection Drug Users in the United States

open access: yesAids and Behavior, 2012
Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) has become increasingly popular for sampling hidden populations, including injecting drug users (IDU). However, RDS data are unique and require specialized analysis techniques, many of which remain underdeveloped.
Cyprian Wejnert   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sampling in design research: Eight key considerations

open access: yesDesign Studies, 2022
How a research team defines their study sample can be decisive in shaping impact on both practice and theory. However, sampling in design research faces several major challenges, including diverse terminology, limited prior literature, and lack of common ...
P. Cash   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Projeto Idoso da Floresta: indicadores de saúde dos idosos inseridos na Estratégia de Saúde da Família (ESF-SUS) de Manaus-AM, Brasil

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia
Resumo Introdução: estudos sobre o idoso que vive na Região Norte do Brasil ainda são incipientes e necessários para subsidiar programas de saúde pública.
Euler Esteves Ribeiro   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Simulation Studies for Complex Sampling Designs

open access: yesAustrian Journal of Statistics, 2016
Choosing the appropriate variance estimation method in complex surveys is a difficult task since there exist a variety of techniques which usually cannot be compared mathematically. A relatively easy way to accomplish such a comparison is on the basis of
Helga Wagner, Doris Eckmair
doaj   +1 more source

Sampling: how to select participants in my research study? [PDF]

open access: yesAnais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2016
: Background: In this paper, the basic elements related to the selection of participants for a health research are discussed. Sample representativeness, sample frame, types of sampling, as well as the impact that non-respondents may have on results of a
Jeovany Martínez-Mesa   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Doing Online Surveys: Zum Einsatz in der sozialwissenschaftlichen Raumforschung

open access: yesRaumforschung und Raumordnung, 2015
Empirical social research made use of online surveys since the mid-1990s. However, there is no significant methodological debate about this empirical tool in socio-scientific regional studies.
Robert Nadler   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Worse Than Spam: Issues In Sampling Software Developers

open access: yes, 2017
Background: Reaching out to professional software developers is a crucial part of empirical software engineering research. One important method to investigate the state of practice is survey research.
Fisher D.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Population Assessment During the Adult Stage of the Alfalfa Blotch Leafminer, \u3ci\u3eAgromyza Frontella\u3c/i\u3e (Diptera: Agromyzidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This paper presents a sampling procedure for estimating adult populations of the alfalfa blotch leafminer, Agromyza frontella (Rondani). The method is based on counts of the flies as they emerge from the soil following adult metamorphosis, taken in a ...
Harcourt, D. G
core   +2 more sources

A Quality Improvement Initiative to Standardize Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Pediatric Patients With Solid Tumors

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric patients with extracranial solid tumors (ST) receiving chemotherapy are at an increased risk for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). However, evidence guiding prophylaxis practices in this population is limited. A PJP‐related fatality at our institution highlighted inconsistent prescribing approaches and concerns about
Kriti Kumar   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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