Northern gene flow into southeastern East Asians inferred from genome-wide array genotyping by He, Guang-Lin, Li, Ying-Xiang, Zou, Xing, Yeh, Hui-Yuan, Tang, Ren-Kuan, Wang, Pei-Xin, Bai, Jing-Ya, Yang, Xiao-Min, Wang, Zheng, Guo, Jian-Xin, Chen, Jin-Wen, Chen, Jing, Yang, Mei-Qing, Zhao, Jing, Sun, Jin, Zhu, Kong-Yang, Ma, Hao, Wang, Rui, Yang, Wen-Jiao, Hu, Rong, Wei, Lan-Hai, Hou, Yi-Ping, Wang, Meng-Ge, Chen, Gang, Wang, Chuan-Chao

“…The southeastern coastal modern East Asians are genetically similar to other southern indigenous groups as well as geographically close to Neolithic-to-Iron Age populations, but they also shared excess alleles with post-Neolithic Yellow River ancients, which suggested a southward gene flow on the modern southern coastal gene pool. …”
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Exploring biomechanical variations in ankle joint injuries among Latin dancers with different stance patterns: utilizing OpenSim musculoskeletal models by Gao, Xiangli, Xu, Datao, Baker, Julien S, Teo, Ee-Chon, Liang, Minjun, Gu, Yaodong

“…Background: Dancers represent the primary demographic affected by ankle joint injuries. In certain movements, some Latin dancers prefer landing on the Forefoot (FT), while others prefer landing on the Entire foot (ET). …”
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Implementation of occupational safety and health management system in reducing ergonomic risk among certified and uncertified automotive industry workers by Ikpegbu, Mavis Amarachi

“…Also linear regression test revealed that there is a significant relationship between ergonomics risk and demographic factors. Therefore certification fosters the implementation of OSHMS among workers.…”
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Investigation of digital twins and metaverse by Chow, Harry Yun Fatt

“…BIM is more than just a 3D model; it encompasses building geometry, spatial relationships, geographic information, component quantities and attributes (e.g., manufacturer information), and allows for the integration of various types of information (e.g., cost estimates, material inventory, project plans) integrated into the model. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Feigin, VL, Abate, MD, Abate, YH, Bandyopadhyay, S, Bennett, DA, Lacey, B, Newton, CRJ

“…We also calculated burden of stroke attributable to 23 risk factors and six risk clusters (air pollution, tobacco smoking, behavioural, dietary, environmental, and metabolic risks) at the global and regional levels (21 GBD regions and Socio-demographic Index [SDI] quintiles), using the standard GBD methodology. 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs) for each individual future estimate were derived from the 2·5th and 97·5th percentiles of distributions generated from propagating 500 draws through the multistage computational pipeline. …”

Associations between health literacy and health care utilization and mortality in patients with coexisting diabetes and end-stage renal disease : a prospective cohort study by Griva, Konstantina, Loong, Russel K. L., Nandakumar, Mooppil, Rajeswari, Moothathamby, Khoo, Eric Y. H., Lee, Vanessa Y. W., Kang, Augustine W. C., Osborne, Richard H., Brini, Stefano, Newman, Stanton P.

“…After adjusting for demographic and clinical factors, the HLQ domain Actively Managing My Health remained independently associated with lower rates of hospitalization (incidence rate ratio (IRR) = 0.674, 95% CI [0.490, 0.925], p = .02) and mortality (hazard ratio = 0.382, 95% CI [0.160, 0.848], p = .02). …”
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Wage premium in Singapore. by Tan, Ruo Hui., Tan, Yan Yu., Lee, Wai Meng.

“…We carried out our survey over 200 Singaporeans and Singapore Permanent Residents between the ages of 20 to 59 based on the demographic of Singapore. This sample size allows us to properly execute both the Ordinary Least Squares and Tobit and Probit methods to draw the relationships between the variables. …”
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The association between the housing structure and continued breastfeeding in two Southern African countries by Khanyile, Ntuthuko, McLaren, Shawn, Fairbrother, Una

“…Data were extracted, with permission, from the Demographic and Health Survey(DHS), a program which provides nutrition surveillance in 90+ countries. …”
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Do dual-mobility cups reduce revision risk in femoral neck fractures compared with conventional tha designs? An international meta-analysis of arthroplasty registries by Farey, JE, Masters, J, Cuthbert, AR, Iversen, P, van Steenbergen, LN, Prentice, HA, Adie, S, Sayers, A, Whitehouse, MR, Paxton, EW, Costa, ML, Overgaard, S, Rogmark, C, Rolfson, O, Harris, IA

“…</p> <p><strong>Methods: </strong>Six member registries of the International Society of Arthroplasty Registries (from Australia, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States) provided custom aggregate data reports stratified by acetabular cup type (dual-mobility or conventional THA) in primary THA for hip fracture between January 1, 2002, and December 31, 2019; surgical approach; and patient demographic data (sex, mean age, American Society of Anesthesiologists class, and BMI). …”

Task allocation and scheduling for distributed job execution by Guan, Yitong

“…Data analytic jobs usually require large volumes of data inputs that are available at geographically distributed locations. Gathering all the data at a central location for processing would not only place heavy traffic burdens on the underlying networks but also slow down the job execution. …”
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Genetic analysis of normal human phenotypes within the people of the British Isles by Meena, D

“…The sample collection criteria for recruiting participants genetically representative of geographic areas in rural Britain is of fundamental importance as it minimises the risk of spurious genotype-phenotype correlations that are due to population stratification. …”

Investigating the health and care needs of pregnant women with multiple long-term conditions by D'Arcy, R

“…The epidemiology of MLTC in pregnancy was described including temporal and geographic trends over a ten-year period. Logistic regression was used to investigate the association between MLTC and severe adverse outcomes (severe maternal morbidity, stillbirth, neonatal death) in pregnancy and the immediate postpartum period. …”

Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality burden of non-COVID-19 lower respiratory infections and aetiologies, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden... by Bender, RG, Sirota, SB, Swetschinski, LR, Berkley, JA, Eyre, DW, McManigal, B, Pollard, AJ, Roberts, T, Runghien, T, Sartorius, B

“…<p><b>Findings</b></p> Globally, in 2021, we estimated 344 million (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 325–364) incident episodes of LRI, or 4350 episodes (4120–4610) per 100 000 population, and 2·18 million deaths (1·98–2·36), or 27·7 deaths (25·1–29·9) per 100 000. 502 000 deaths (406 000–611 000) were in children younger than 5 years, among which 254 000 deaths (197 000–320 000) occurred in countries with a low Socio-demographic Index. Of the 18 modelled pathogen categories in 2021, S pneumoniae was responsible for the highest proportions of LRI episodes and deaths, with an estimated 97·9 million (92·1–104·0) episodes and 505 000 deaths (454 000–555 000) globally. …”

Exploiting LoRaWAN for efficient and resilient IoT networks by Gu, Chaojie

“…LoRaWAN is promising for collecting low-rate monitoring data from geographically distributed sensors, in which timestamping the sensor data with a common notion of time is a critical system function. …”
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Control and operation of DC microgrids by Adhikari, Sujan

“…The use of decentralized control approach mitigates the issue of communication stress when the microgrid control areas are geographically distantly located. The decentralized control is accompanied by mode change based operation so that the distributed units like solar photovoltaic (PV) and energy storage system (ESS) in microgrids can adaptively adjust their operation modes depending upon the designated voltage level. …”
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Effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy and Reiki therapy on adolescents with depressive disorders inTehran, Iran by Charkhandeh, Mansoureh

“…Pearson Chi Square analysis to check any significant association although the demographic variables (gender, age, parental education, medical problems, living arrangements and family income) between there group (CBT, Reiki and control). …”
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Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Glob... by Naghavi, M, Ong, KL, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Basnyat, B, Maude, R, Dolecek, C, Lacey, BWH

“…Analyses of shifting mortality trends reveal that several causes, once widespread globally, are now increasingly concentrated geographically. These changes in mortality concentration, alongside further investigation of changing risks, interventions, and relevant policy, present an important opportunity to deepen our understanding of mortality-reduction strategies. …”

Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022-2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Vollset, SE, Ababneh, HS, Abate, YH, Lacey, BWH, GBD 2021 Forecasting Collaborators

“…&lt;h4&gt;Methods&lt;/h4&gt;Using forecasts of major drivers of health such as the Socio-demographic Index (SDI; a composite measure of lag-distributed income per capita, mean years of education, and total fertility under 25 years of age) and the full set of risk factor exposures captured by GBD, we provide cause-specific forecasts of mortality, years of life lost (YLLs), years lived with disability (YLDs), and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) by age and sex from 2022 to 2050 for 204 countries and territories, 21 GBD regions, seven super-regions, and the world. …”