Fairness-Enhancing Deep Learning for Ride-Hailing Demand Prediction by Zheng, Yunhan, Wang, Qingyi, Zhuang, Dingyi, Wang, Shenhao, Zhao, Jinhua

“…We developed a socially-aware neural network (SA-Net) that integrates socio-demographics and ridership information for fair demand prediction, and introduced a bias-mitigation regularization to reduce the prediction error gap between black and non-black, and low-income and high-income communities. …”
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An investigation on consumers' preferences for parcel deliveries: applying consumer logistics in omni-channel shopping by Wang, Xueqin, Wong, Yiik Diew, Shi, Wenming, Yuen, Kum Fai

“…Additionally, socio-demographic factors and product value also influence consumers' preferences. …”
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Seafarers' mental health and wellbeing - pose covid and beyond by Lim, Priscilla Jia Qian

“…The ANOVA test was used to determine if there were any variations in respondents' perceptions of these elements based on their demographics. The association between technostress creators, technostress inhibitors, burnout, self-efficacy, social isolation and loneliness, and turnover intention was investigated using multiple regression model analysis. …”
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SEM model: cognitive function predicting activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living performance in older adults by Goh, Pei Swhen

“…Thus, it would be useful for future research to be conducted in other demographics to assess if the relationship between cognitive function and ADLs and IADLs would differ.…”
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In Children, N -Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Antibody Encephalitis Incidence Exceeds That of Japanese Encephalitis in Vietnam by Huong, NHT, Toan, ND, Thien, TB, Khanh, TH, Tuan, NM, Truc, TT, Nghia, NA, Thinh, LQ, Thoa, NTK, Nhan, LNT, Minh, NNQ, Turner, HC, Thwaites, CL, Hung, NT, Tan, LV, Irani, SR, Quy, DT

“…Factors including demographics, specific clinical features, cerebrospinal fluid and electroencephalogram findings, and length of hospital stay were significantly different between NMDAR antibody encephalitis and Japanese encephalitis. …”

Autoimmune encephalitis by Irani, SR

“…</p> <p><strong>LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: </strong>A clinically driven approach to identifying many autoimmune encephalitis syndromes is feasible, given the typically distinctive features associated with each antibody. Patient demographics alongside the presence and nature of seizures, cognitive impairment, psychiatric disturbances, movement disorders, and peripheral features provide a valuable set of clinical tools to guide the detection and interpretation of highly specific antibodies. …”

Risk factors for PTSD symptoms following PICU admission for childhood septic shock by Corbet Burcher, GJ, O’Dea, LA, Cooper, MK, Lancaster, R, McCutcheon, RA, Garralda, ME, Nadel, S

“…The study was a retrospective analysis of PICU-specific PTS symptoms reported by parents at any time since discharge via the Trauma and Behavior Health screen. Demographics, pre-morbid health characteristics, and exposure to other traumatic events were assessed. …”

Patient-physician agreement on function and pain is associated with long-term outcomes in sarcoma: findings from a longitudinal study by Košir, U, van de Wal, D, Husson, O, Zablith, N, Turcotte, RE

“…Method: We performed secondary analysis of longitudinal data from a sarcoma-specialty clinic in Montreal, Canada. Demographics, clinical characteristics and patient-physician agreement were summarized descriptively. …”

Application of soft skills among prospective TVET teachers to face the industrial revolution 4.0 by Mohd. Fadel, Nur Syazhirah, Mohd. Ishar, Mohamad Izzuan, Jabor, Mohd. Khata, Mohd. Ahyan, Nurul Aini, Janius, Naldo

“…A set of questionnaires containing 62 items including demographics of respondents using 5 Likert scales was constructed using the Google Form application and distributed to a total of 175 respondents. …”
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Exploratory Study on Customer Requirement in View of Electric Vehicle Development in Malaysia: Electric Vehicles in Malaysia (S/O: 12726) by Ibrahim, Jafni Azhan, Yusoff, Rushami Zien, Osman, Nor Hasni, Mohammed Udin, Zulkifli, Shariff, Kamal Imran, Ahmad, Azhar

“…The questionnaire was developed with three (3) main divisions, namely (1) the demographics of respondents, (2) knowledge of the vehicle in general, and (3) awareness of electric vehicles. …”
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Objects of Collaboration: Roles of Objects in Spanning Knowledge Boundaries in a Design Company by Brubaker, Eric R, Sheppard, Sheri D, Hinds, Pamela J, Yang, Maria C

“…This paper describes a two-year inductive ethnographic study within a turbomachinery design company to understand how cross-functional design teams span their knowledge boundaries to advance their designs and design processes. …”
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Mobilizing bodies: unsettling sustainable mobility through cycling in Los Angeles by Davidson, AC

“…</p> <p>In this dissertation, I work through a methodology of 'riding theory' by bringing together (material) feminist, queer and critical race theories with multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork on cycling practices, focusing mainly on Los Angeles, California. …”

Dwelling encounters: migration, diversity and ambivalence in an Istanbul neighborhood by Biehl, K

“…<p>This thesis is about processes and lived experiences of inhabiting urban contexts deeply and continuously impacted by migration driven population changes. It builds on an ethnographic study of a neighbourhood in Istanbul known as Kumkapı, which over recent decades has emerged as a zone of arrival and initial settlement for successive new waves of migrants coming from an ever more expanding geography. …”

Dissonances in care: childhood, well-being, and the politics of welfare in Japan by Chapman, CR

“…Through twelve months of ethnographic research in Tokyo, I worked with children, caregivers, caseworkers, and psychologists to contextualize discursive representations of care and children. …”

Kinematics of Active Deformation Across the Western Kunlun Mountain Range (Xinjiang, China) and Potential Seismic Hazards Within the Southern Tarim Basin by Guilbaud, Christelle, Simoes, Martine, Barrier, Laurie, Laborde, Amandine, Van der Woerd, Jérôme, Li, Haibing, Tapponnier, Paul, Coudroy, Thomas, Murray, Andrew

“…To quantify the rate of active deformation and the potential for major earthquakes in this region, we combine a structural and quantitative morphological analysis of the Yecheng–Pishan fold, along the topographic mountain front in the epicentral area. Using a seismic profile, we derive a structural cross section in which we identify the fault that broke during the Pishan earthquake, an 8–12 km deep blind ramp beneath the Yecheng–Pishan fold. …”
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Complexities of the San Andreas fault near San Gorgonio Pass : implications for large earthquakes by Yule, Doug, Sieh, Kerry

“…(U/Th)/He thermochronometry supports our interpretation that this south-under-north thickening of the crust has created the region's 3 km of topographic relief. We conclude that future large earthquakes generated along the San Andreas fault in this region will have a multiplicity of mostly specifiable sources having dimensions of 1–20 km. …”
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Instability Scaffolding: Enacting Strategic Instabilities to Produce Authentic Premium Wine by Zhang, Alan

“…My data are drawn from a 16-month ethnographic study of two field sites in the California premium wine industry, combined with archival data and industry interviews. …”
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Technology integration in newborn care: examining communication and decision-making among health professionals in Kenyan hospitals by Ngaiza, GK

“…</p> <p>Using a focused ethnographic approach, I conducted unstructured non-participatory observations, in-depth interviews, and document reviews in two newborn units in level-five Kenyan hospitals. …”

Does not compute: social dissonance in England's computing education policy by Larke, L

“…</p> <p>Using teacher interviews, student writing and drawings, student interviews, extensive classroom observations, and policy analysis, this ethnographic case study of four primary school classrooms in the South of England will examine how the addition of computing to England’s National Curriculum came to pass and why it is not meeting its stated goals, before discussing what this means about past assumptions and future possibilities for young people’s engagement with and understanding of modern digital technologies in formal education settings. …”

Framework of key success criteria for high performance and sustainable ports - port management perspective by Lee, Nicole Jia Ying

“…Next, larger survey groups should be targeted and comparisons discerning the different demographic groups should be carried out.…”
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