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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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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An interdisciplinary perspective on social and physical determinants of seismic risk by Lin, K.-H. E., Chang, Y.-C., Liu, G.-Y., Lin, T.-H., Yeh, C.-H., Chan, Chung-Han

“…In the context of the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake in Taiwan, this study constructs three statistical models to test different determinants that affect disaster fatality at the village level, including seismic hazard, exposure of population and fragile buildings, and demographic and socioeconomic vulnerability. The Poisson regression model is used to estimate the impact of these factors on fatalities. …”
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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). …”

Nationwide spatial epidemiological dataset of over 100,000 influenza-like illness notifications in Iran by county (2015–2019) by Sedghian, A, MohammadEbrahimi, S, Sartorius, B, Kiani, B

“…The database includes two data files, a help file, and a data usage agreement: Data File 1 is an Excel (.xlsx) file detailing demographic and clinical information from 109,919 ILI notifications nationwide, covering county and date of notification, patient demographics, admission details, sample types, differential diagnosis, medical history, mortality details, test results, and symptoms. …”

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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Multivariate normative comparison, a novel method for improved use of retinal nerve fiber layer thickness to detect early glaucoma by Chua, Jacqueline, Schwarzhans, Florian, Wong, Damon, Li, Chi, Husain, Rahat, Crowston, Jonathan G., Perera, Shamira A., Sng, Chelvin C. A., Nongpiur, Monisha E., Majithia, Shivani, Tham, Yih Chung, Thakur, Sahil, Soh, Zhi Da, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Aung, Tin, Fischer, Georg, Vass, Clemens, Schmetterer, Leopold

“…This study assessed whether compensating the RNFL thickness for multiple demographic and anatomic factors improves the detection of glaucoma. …”
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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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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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A review on fall detection systems in bathrooms: challenges and opportunities by Ramanujam, E., Perumal, Thinagaran, Shankar, K.

“…The percentage of the aged population might increase further to 16% by 2050. Due to socio-demographic changes and nuclear family setups, elder people live alone and encounter many issues at home, especially falls, while doing their daily activities. …”

Somatic symptom and psychological distress among oil and gas industry workers in the federal territory of Labuan by Pushpanathan, Kashviny

“…Lastly, there is a statistically significant association between socio-demographic marital status with psychological distress.…”
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