Smart phone addiction and its mental health risks among university students in Jordan: a cross-sectional study by Sawsan M A Abuhamdah, Abdallah Y Naser

“…A score of 30 was used to identify the dummy variable in the binary logistic regression analysis to identify predictors of severe psychological distress, and smartphone addiction score of 38.7 was used to to identify predictors of smartphone addiction. …”
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Investigation of the Dominant Factors Influencing the ERA15 Temperature Increments at the Subtropical and Temperate Belts with a Focus over the Eastern Mediterranean Region by Tali Hirsch-Eshkol, Anat Baharad, Pinhas Alpert

“…The seismic hazard assessment factor was also chosen as the “dummy variable” for validity. Special focus was given to the land use change factor, which was based on two different data sets; Human Impacts on Terrestrial Ecosystems (HITE) data of historical land use/land cover data and of NDVI trends during 1982 and 1991. …”
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Do risk profiles moderate the relation between age of onset of disruptive behaviour and two types of externalising problems among adolescents admitted to secure residential care? by Miranda G. W. G. Knoops, Ilja L. Bongers, Elisabeth A. W. Janssen-de Ruijter, Chijs van Nieuwenhuizen

“…Multiple regression models were used to test whether the independent variable age of onset and dummy-coded moderator variable risk profiles had statistically significant associations with aggressive behaviour and rule-breaking behaviour of the adolescents, as reported by professional caregivers in the first months of admission. …”
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Analysis of Nurse and Patient Preferences for Pre-Filled Pen Devices for Self-Injection of Highly Purified Human Menopausal Gonadotropin (HP-hMG, MENOPUR®) by De Mesmaeker G, Calles B, Smith JA

“…Key attributes for an injection pen, as perceived by patients and nurses, were assessed via an online survey and ranked by their relative importance using Anchored Maximum Difference Scaling. After performing a dummy injection, respondents compared the attributes of an unbranded prototype pen against the key attributes identified.Results: Across all survey respondents, the ability to correct the dialed dose was considered to be the most important product attribute of a gonadotropin pen. …”
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Análise econômica de confinamento de ovinos: o uso da uréia em substituição à cama de frango e a dietas a base de milho e soja by Maria de Fatima Vidal, Luiz Artur Clemente da Silva, José de Sousa Neto, José Neuman Miranda Neiva

“…A variável dependente usada nos ajustamentos foi o ganho de peso em confinamento (Y), e como variáveis explanatórias, período de tempo de 14 dias (T) e dummy, sexo dos animais (D). O modelo que melhor se ajustou às evidências obtidas na pesquisa foi o quadrático. …”
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Secukinumab efficacy and safety in indian patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis: Sub-analysis from FIXTURE, a randomized, placebo-controlled, phase 3 study by Ramesh M Bhat, B Leelavathy, Sacchidanand S Aradhya, Maragondanahalli G Gopal, D. V. S. Pratap, Mir Mubashir, Putta Srinivas, Sushil Y Pande, Amit S Thavkar

“…Materials and Methods: In this double-dummy, placebo controlled, 52-weeks phase 3 study FIXTURE, 149 Indian patients were randomized 1:1:1:1 to receive secukinumab at a dose of 300 mg or 150 mg, etanercept, or placebo. …”
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Price discovery and market efficiency of cardamom in India by A.N. Vijayakumar

“…Design/methodology/approach – This study used Johansen co-integration, vector error correction model, Granger causality and regression with dummy variables to understand a day of the week effect in high-value agri-commodity of cardamom e-auction prices. …”
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Socio-economic disadvantage and quality Antenatal Care (ANC) in Sierra Leone: Evidence from Demographic and Health Survey. by Kwamena Sekyi Dickson, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Mawulorm Akpeke, Barbara Elorm Mottey, Kenneth Setorwu Adde, Kobina Esia-Donkoh

“…The scores 0 to 5 were labelled as "incomplete" and 6 was labelled as "complete" and this was used to create a dummy variable. In analysing the data, descriptive analysis was done using chi-square test as well as an inferential analysis using bivariate and multivariate models.…”
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A randomized, double-blind study of hydromorphone hydrochloride extended-release tablets versus oxycodone hydrochloride extended-release tablets for cancer pain: efficacy and safet... by Inoue S, Saito Y, Tsuneto S, Aruga E, Ide A, Kakurai Y

“…The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of hydromorphone (DS-7113b) extended-release tablets in opioid-naïve patients with cancer pain not relieved by non-opioid analgesics.Subjects and methods: This was a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group trial. A double-dummy method was used for blinding. Each randomized subject received either hydromorphone extended-release tablets plus placebo oxycodone hydrochloride extended-release tablets 4 mg/day (n=88) or placebo hydromorphone extended-release tablets plus oxycodone hydrochloride extended-release tablets 10 mg/day (n=93) orally for 7 days (once-daily dosing for hydromorphone and twice-daily dosing for oxycodone). …”
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LASSO Regression with Multiple Imputations for the Selection of Key Variables Affecting the Fatty Acid Profile of <i>Nannochloropsis oculata</i> by Vasilis Andriopoulos, Michael Kornaros

“…Many potential predictor variables were collected, while dummy variables were introduced to account for bias in the measured variables originating from different authors as well as for other parameters. …”
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Study on Air Pollution Behavior of VOCs with Photochemical Monitoring Stations Using EGARCH Model in Southern Taiwan by Edward Ming-Yang Wu, Shu-Lung Kuo

“…The VARMA-EGARCH model in this research included dummy variables representing changing points of variance structures in the variance formula to predict the conditional variance. …”
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Trends and effects of antiretroviral therapy coverage during pregnancy on mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa. Evidence from panel data analysis by Feleke Hailemichael Astawesegn, Virginia Stulz, Elizabeth Conroy, Haider Mannan

“…We created a panel dataset of 410 observations for this study from the years 2010–2019. Linear fixed effects dummy variable regression models were conducted to measure the effect of ART coverage during pregnancy on MTCT rate. …”
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An Investigation on the Effect of the Bank Opacity on the Regulatory Forbearance by Sasan Mehrani, Faezeh Mohammadi Oroojeh

“…In addition, to control for confounding effects of different years, we added dummy variables to the regression models. The data obtained from the financial statements of 20 commercial banks from 2014 to 2020. …”
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Pyronaridine-artesunate versus chloroquine in patients with acute Plasmodium vivax malaria: a randomized, double-blind, non-inferiority trial. by Yi Poravuth, Duong Socheat, Ronnatrai Rueangweerayut, Chirapong Uthaisin, Aung Pyae Phyo, Neena Valecha, B H Krishnamoorthy Rao, Emiliana Tjitra, Asep Purnama, Isabelle Borghini-Fuhrer, Stephan Duparc, Chang-Sik Shin, Lawrence Fleckenstein

“…This study compared the efficacy and safety of pyronaridine-artesunate with that of chloroquine for the treatment of uncomplicated P. vivax malaria.This phase III randomized, double-blind, non-inferiority trial included five centers across Cambodia, Thailand, India, and Indonesia. In a double-dummy design, patients (aged >3-≤ 60 years) with microscopically confirmed P. vivax mono-infection were randomized (1:1) to receive pyronaridine-artesunate (target dose 7.2:2.4 mg/kg to 13.8:4.6 mg/kg) or chloroquine (standard dose) once daily for three days. …”
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Effect of reliable electricity on health facilities, health information, and child and maternal health services utilization: evidence from rural Gujarat, India by Yvonne Jie Chen, Namrata Chindarkar, Yun Xiao

“…Our key independent variable is a dummy indicating JGY implementation, which operationalizes access to reliable electricity. …”
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Gender disparities in access to care for time-sensitive conditions during COVID-19 pandemic in Chile by Jorge Pacheco, Francisca Crispi, Tania Alfaro, María Soledad Martínez, Cristóbal Cuadrado

“…We estimated the level effect using a dummy variable indicating the intervention period and slope effect using a continuous variable from weeks 12 to 39. …”
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State-Level COVID-19 Symptom Searches and Case Data: Quantitative Analysis of Political Affiliation as a Predictor for Lag Time Using Google Trends and Centers for Disease Control... by Alex Turvy

“…To measure political climate, I considered the proportion of 2020 Trump popular votes in a state as well as a dummy variable for the political party that controls the governorship and a continuous variable measuring proportional party control of federal Congressional representatives. …”
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Semaglutide in Overweight and Obese patients: Cardiovascular and/or Renal Metabolic Benefits by Jorge Rico-Fontalvo, Rodrigo Daza-Arnedo, Jose Cabrales, Juan Diego Montejo-Hernández

“…We have read the article published by Kadowaki, et al. 1 “Semaglutide once a week in adults with overweight or obesity, with or without type 2 diabetes mellitus in an East Asian population (STEP 6): A randomized, double blind, double dummy, placebo controlled, phase 3a trial”, where the authors conclude that semaglutide at a dose of 2.4 mg, in diabetic and non-diabetic patients, reduces obesity and overweight compared to placebo in East Asian patients. …”
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THE OLD ONE TECHNIQUE IN A NEW STYLE: DEVELOPING PROCEDURAL SKILLS IN PARACENTESIS IN A LOW COST SIMULATOR MODEL by Daniel Araujo Kramer de MESQUITA, Erika Feitosa QUEIROZ, Maria Allyce de OLIVEIRA, Carlos Magno Queiroz da CUNHA, Fernanda Martins MAIA, Rafaela Vieira CORREA

“…The authors constructed a model from very low-cost and easily accessible materials, such as commercial dummy plus wooden and plastic supports to represent the abdomen, synthetic leather fabric for the skin, upholstered sponge coated with plastic film to represent the abdominal wall and procedure gloves with water mixed with paint to simulate the ascitic fluid and other abdominal structures. …”
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System for the analysis of human balance based on accelerometers and support vector machines by V.C. Pinheiro, J.C. do Carmo, F.A. de O. Nascimento, C.J. Miosso

“…We also performed tests with a dummy and a John Doe doll, in order to observe the system’s behavior in the presence of a sudden drop or a lack of balance. …”
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