The determinants of COVID-19 morbidity and mortality across countries by Chang, Dianna, Chang, Xin, He, Yu, Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng

“…Besides factors commonly associated with infectious diseases (e.g., population and tourism activities), we discover a list of country characteristics that shape COVID-19 outcomes. Among demographic-geographic factors, the male-to-female ratio, population density, and urbanization aggravate the severity of COVID-19, while education, temperature, and religious diversity mitigate the impact of the pandemic on morbidity and mortality. …”
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Gaps In Primary Care And Health System Performance In Six Latin American And Caribbean Countries by Macinko, James, Guanais, Frederico C., Mullachery, Pricila, Jimenez, Geronimo

“…The rapid demographic and epidemiological transitions occurring in Latin America and the Caribbean have led to high levels of noncommunicable diseases in the region. …”
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Mobility patterns are associated with experienced income segregation in large US cities by Moro, Esteban, Calacci, Dan, Dong, Xiaowen, Pentland, Alex

“…Interestingly, while the latter is more strongly associated with demographic characteristics, the former is more strongly associated with mobility behavioral variables. …”
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Filipino nursesʼ use of smartphones in clinical settings by Bautista, John Robert Razote

“…To address this research gap, this study provided a ranking on how nurses have used their smartphones for work purposes in clinical settings and identified differences based on demographic and organizational factors. In January to June 2017, a pen-and-paper survey was administered to 517 staff nurses employed in 19 tertiary-level general hospitals in Metro Manila, Philippines. …”
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Using AI / machine learning to solve real world problems by Lok, Ignatius Zhengrong

“…Additionally, the data provided contained obfuscated variables which encoded different categorical data types including Demographic, Real Estate and Commercial Data. We look to address the obfuscated data and the small training set during the preprocessing and feature engineering stage. …”
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A study on social network in Singapore by Wang, Hao

“…Surveys were first conducted to gather the demographic and social behavioral data of the people living in Singapore. …”
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Computer vision and sensor fusion towards better facilities management system for smart buildings by Arumugam, M Logaraj

“…Furthermore, the ever-increasing energy consumption coupled with the cost factor and the immense carbon footprint that Singapore has been facing in this modern era of demographic slowdown and economic restructuring also brings another glaring challenge to this industry. …”
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GEMTraits: A database and R package for accessing and analyzing plant functional traits from the Global Ecosystems Monitoring Network by Shenkin, A, Bentley, L, Asner, G, Diaz, S, Enquist, B, Malhi, Y, Girardin, C

“…This dataset contains a POSTGRESQL database with demographic and functional trait data on trees from 10 1-hectare permanent plots across an elevation transect from 3500m to 200m in SE Peru. …”

Evaluating machine learning for predicting youth suicidal behavior up to 1 year after contact with mental-health specialty care by O’Reilly, LM, Fazel, S, Rickert, ME, Kuja-Halkola, R, Cederlöf, M, Hellner, C, Larsson, H, Lichtenstein, P, D’Onofrio, BM

“…Using 209 predictors across domains (e.g., clinical, demographic, family, neighborhood, social) identified from national registers, we applied standard logistic regression, regularized logistic regression, and machine-learning algorithms (i.e., random forests, gradient boosting, support vector machines). …”

Factors influencing visitors' perception on congestion in Giant Panda Conservation Centre (GPCC), Zoo Negara by Lim, Sin Yun

“…Besides that, it also aimed to study the socio-demographic variables in GPCC. The variables were measured using a four points Likert scale through questionnaire survey of 250 respondents. …”
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Constipation and quality of life among non-academic staffs in school of health science, Universiti Sains Malaysia by Sonny, Damia Batrisyia Mohd

“…This study aims to assess the prevalence of constipation, the level of QOL, and its association between constipation and impact towards QOL, and association between socio-demographic factors and constipation among non-academic staffs. …”
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Perception of mothers towards male nursing students during clinical practice in obstetric ward In Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia by Yusuf, Siti Nur Hasanah Ahmad

“…The result of this present study revealed that there is no significant association of selected socio demographic factors (age, educational level and gender preference) with the level of mothers’ perception towards male nursing students (p=0.197), (p=0.060) and (p=0.649) respectively.…”
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Knowledge of maggot debridement therapy among medical and surgical nurses in Hospital USM, Kelantan by Khim, Wong Mong

“…The Pearson correlation coefficient test was employed to determine the association between socio-demographic characteristics and MDT knowledge score. …”
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What drives Chinese youth to use fitness-related health information on social media? an analysis of intrinsic needs, social media algorithms, and source credibility by Zhang, Xin, Tang, Qing Qing, Cai, Ying Ying

“…Discussion: These findings provide new insights into developing health communication strategies on social media, particularly targeted toward the youth demographic, enhancing our understanding of effective health information dissemination in digital environments.…”
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Data-driven Home Workspace Design: Interactive DIY Platform Mediating the User and Expert Literature by Yi, Wangli

“…Further test on other demographic groups, such as those who need to focus for long hours professionally at home as well as those who are specifically concerned with mental health issues, is anticipated as the next step for the evaluation of this platform.…”
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How does sexuality education impact the sexual health seeking behaviour of young adult MSM in Singapore? by Chin, Hong Jie

“…This study examines the effectiveness of school-based sexuality education on the sexual health-seeking behaviours of this demographic utilising a mixed-methods approach, amidst evolving societal attitudes and legislative changes. …”
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Prototyping wireless pulse oximeter by Ng, Kimberly Jin Jin

“…The demographic time bomb has been a major concern for many countries around the globe. …”
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From theoretical models to practical deployment: A perspective and case study of opportunities and challenges in AI-driven cardiac auscultation research for low-income settings by Krones, F, Walker, B

“…Our binary Bayesian ResNet model leverages overlapping log mel spectrograms of patient heart sound recordings and integrates demographic data and signal features via XGBoost to optimise performance. …”

Experimental heatwaves facilitate invasion and alter species interactions and composition in a tropical host‐parasitoid community by Chen, J, Lewis, O

“…The two parasitoid species were sensitive to both warming and heatwaves, while the demographic responses of Drosophila species were highly idiosyncratic, reflecting the combined effects of thermal tolerance, parasitism, competition, and facilitation. …”

Prediction models for intradialytic hypotension in hemodialysis patients: a protocol for systematic review and critical appraisal by Li, Zifeng, Yang, Luhuan, Xi, Zuyang, Yi, Wen

“…Risk factors for IDH include demographic characteristics, comorbidities, dialysis procedure factors, and so on. …”
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