Exploring lesbian identity: attraction and repulsion factors among the lesbian community in Selangor, Malaysia by Karim, Nursyahira, Marof, Aini Azeqa, Abdullah, Haslinda

“…This focused examination can serve as a crucial resource for social scientists, policymakers, and LGBTQ+ advocacy groups looking to understand the unique challenges and motivators within this specific demographic.…”
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Racial Steering by Large Language Models: A Prospective Audit of GPT-4 on Housing Recommendations by Liu, Eric, So, Wonyoung, Hosoi, Peko, D'Ignazio, Catherine

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Coping with waves and stress: a jobs-demands resources model analysis of seafarers' mental health post COVID-19 by Lim, Elaine Kai Ting

“…ANOVA test was conducted to access variances in how respondents perceived these factors based on specific demographic criteria. Multiple Regression Model analysis was performed to examine the associations between environment, job stressors, job strains, relationship with organization and supervisors and relationship with colleagues, job satisfaction, burnout, and turnover intention. …”
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Automated detection of cerebral microbleeds on MR images using knowledge distillation framework by Sundaresan, V, Arthofer, C, Zamboni, G, Murchison, AG, Dineen, RA, Rothwell, PM, Auer, DP, Wang, C, Miller, KL, Tendler, BC, Alfaro-Almagro, F, Sotiropoulos, SN, Sprigg, N, Griffanti, L, Jenkinson, M

“…We used four datasets consisting of different modalities specified above, acquired using various protocols and with a variety of pathological and demographic characteristics.</p> <p><b>Results:</b> On cross-validation within datasets, our method achieved a cluster-wise true positive rate (TPR) of over 90% with an average of <2 false positives per subject. …”

Clinical and neuroimaging markers of prodromal neurodegeneration in rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder by Barber, TR

“…Genetic, environmental and demographic factors differed between PD and RBD groups. …”

Behaviours and attitudes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from a cross-national Facebook survey by Perrotta, D, Grow, A, Rampazzo, F, Cimentada, J, Del Fava, E, Gil-Clavel, S, Zagheni, E

“…We investigated how the threat perceptions of COVID-19, the confidence in the preparedness of organisations to deal with the pandemic, and the adoption of preventive and social distancing behaviours are associated with respondents’ demographic characteristics.</p> <p><strong>Results: </strong>We analysed 71,612 questionnaires collected between March 13-April 19, 2020. …”

Examining ‘The eye of the earth’ the Pan-Pacific idea & the British dominions, c. 1910-1940 by Phillips, SJ

“…It makes the case that to a diverse demographic globally, it proved a compelling regional geo-paradigm; the institutions it inspired, significant inter-imperial spaces for representatives from the former British Dominions to consider their society’s place in the world and the region’s globality.…”

Burden of diseases attributable to excess body weight in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019 by Safiri, S, Grieger, JA, Ghaffari Jolfayi, A, Mousavi, SE, Nejadghaderi, SA, Fazlollahi, A, Sullman, MJM, Karamzad, N, Sahin, F, Singh, K, Collins, GS, Kolahi, A

“…This trend aligns with socio-demographic indices and is influenced by the physical activity levels and dietary habits of these populations.…”

Predictors for severe persisting pain in rheumatoid arthritis are associated with pain origin and appraisal of pain by Baerwald, CG, Stemmler, E, Gnüchtel, S, Jeromin, K, Fritz, B, Bernateck, M, Adolf, D, Taylor, PC, Baron, R

“…The latter continued until week 48. Demographic data, DAS28-CRP, visual analogue scale for pain, painDETECT questionnaire (PD-Q) to identify neuropathic pain (NeP), and the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) were assessed and tested for relation to persisting pain.…”

Uncovering latent features in massive open online courses by Gillani, N

“…We observe that the inferred communities are differentiated by the nature and topic of dialogue, as well as their composite students' demographic and course performance indicators. While qualitative analysis confirms these detected communities, additional quantitative sensitivity analysis shows that they are not crisply defined, illuminating key challenges of applying Machine Learning techniques to model noisy and incomplete learner data.…”

Belgrave's quest for moral order in Bahrain, 1926-1957 by Fakhro, E

“…</p> <p>The thesis places the project of moral regulation in its historic context, and identifies it as a response to social and demographic changes taking place in Bahrain following two transformative events: the discovery of oil in 1932, and the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. …”

Enhancing trauma triage in low-resource settings using machine learning: a performance comparison with the Kampala Trauma Score by Nsubuga, M, Kintu, TM, Please, H, Stewart, K, Navarro, SM

“…By leveraging basic demographic and clinical data, these models could provide a foundation for improved resource allocation and patient outcomes, addressing the unique challenges of resource-limited settings. …”

Linguistic and content validation of the stroke impact scale (SIS) 3.0 in three languages by Ahmad Ainuddin, Husna, Romli, Muhammad Hibatullah, SF Salim, Mazatulfazura, Hamid, Tengku Aizan, Mackenzie, Lynette

“…Results: During the translation processes, concerns were expressed about various grammatical and semantic issues, such as the appropriateness of some phrases used for the Malaysian demographic. The Scale-CVI average was 0.91 and 0.95 for relevance and clarity respectively which indicated excellent content validity. …”
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Investigating the influence of elements in pocket parks on the psychological restoration of young people: a study from Guiyang and Chongqing in Southwest China by Ma, Geng, Pellegrini, Paola, Ma, Jiaqi, Shi, Linfeng

“…It also considers the influence of socio-demographic factors, ultimately proposing an evaluation model to assess these spaces’ psychological restoration capabilities. …”
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Development of rice production sustainability index in MADA, Malaysia by Ajidasile, Oluwagbemisola Hannah

“…The data collected were on the demographic characteristics, farmers’ production practices, farmers’ rationale for (i) insect, disease and weed control, (ii) the fertilization process presently followed by MADA paddy farmers and its sustainable impact on the environment, economic and social practices of the farmers. …”
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Maximum tolerated activity estimation based on red marrow dose using multiple dosimetry approaches in radioiodine therapy surrogated by iodine-124 by Han, Ng Yi

“…This study seeks to compare this approach with three other approaches that have not been previously explored in terms of their correlation and significant differences. Methods: The demographic, dosimetry data and PET/CT images of 12 adult DTC patients who underwent the pre-therapeutic blood-based dosimetry assessment of 131I therapy were retrieved for the dose computation in this retrospective study. …”
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Prevalence of offering menopause hormone therapy among primary care doctors and its associated factors: a cross-sectional study by Low, Tiong Lim, Cheong, Ai Theng, Devaraj, Navin Kumar, Ismail, Rohayah

“…The questionnaire included PCDs’ demographics, their menopause management practices, attitudes towards MHT, perceived barriers in offering MHT, knowledge of related guidelines and received training on menopause management. …”
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Evaluation of rabies awareness and the population dynamics of free-roaming and owned dogs in Herat city, Afghanistan by Nasiry, Zabihullah

“…The objectives of the study were to characterize demographics and estimate the population size of both owned and free-roaming dogs, to assess dog bites cases, and knowledge, attitude, and practices of the community towards rabies and to estimate the post-exposure treatment costs associated with dog bites in Herat city, Afghanistan. …”
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Poor man’s 1000 genome project : recent human population expansion confounds the detection of disease alleles in 7,098 complete mitochondrial genomes by Kim, Hie Lim, Schuster, Stephan C.

“…In this dataset we identified 6,110 single nucleotide variants (SNVs) and their frequency and determined that the best-fit demographic model for the 7,098 genomes included severe population bottlenecks and exponential expansions of the non-African population. …”
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Age differences in leadership positions across cultures by Vaughan-Johnston, Thomas, Imtiaz, Faizan, Lee, Albert, Ji, Li-Jun

“…A by-product of these demographic shifts is that older adults will likely occupy more positions of power and influence in our societies than ever before. …”
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