Facilitators and barriers affecting the implementation of e-health for chronic respiratory diseases in remote settings: a qualitative evidence synthesis by Salmi, EM, Basile, FW, Khan, FA, Watt, L, Song, R, Bijker, EM

“…Intervention objectives, target population, geographical location, local culture, and available resources should be carefully considered when designing an e-health intervention. …”

Global cross-sectional survey on neonatal pharmacologic sedation and analgesia practices and pain assessment tools: impact of the sociodemographic index (SDI) by Arribas, C, Cavallaro, G, Gonzalez, J-L, Lagares, C, Raffaeli, G, Smits, A, Simons, SHP, Villamor, E, Allegaert, K, Garrido, F

“…We organized results based on geographical location. <p><b>Results</b></p> The survey collected 1304 responses, but we analyzed 924 responses after database cleaning. …”

Views and factors influencing Primary Care Practitioner (pcp) interactions with the pharmaceutical industrys representatives in Malaysia: a multi-sectors qualitative study by Salim, Hani, Ping, Yein Lee, Siew, Mooi Ching, Mawardi, Maliza, Wan Idris, Wan Noor Azlin, Harrun, Noor Harzana

“…Four themes emerged from the analysis: (1) Perceived impact of interactions on prescribing habits, (2) Perceived benefit and harm of interactions, (3) Previous positive or negative encounters, (4) the role of geographical, organisational and policy. Conclusion: The study highlighted the views and factors influencing PCP interactions with the representatives of the pharmaceutical industry in Malaysia. …”
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Learning moral values through cartoons for Malaysian preschool-aged children by Abdullah, Muhammad Alif Redzuan

“…The analysis was limited by the small sample size and geographical location of this study. Thus, it was suggested that further studies are conducted to expand the economic strata and age groups.…”
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Medicine distribution pattern detection in pharmaceutical supply chains: a new Kth-proximity density-distance-based method by Delgoshaei, Aidin, Mohd Ariffin, Mohd Khairol Anuar

“…This research aims to propose a new method, named density-distance method, that works based on Kth proximity using patient features (including age, gender, education, inherent diseases, systemic diseases and disorders); geographical features (city, state, population, density, land area) and supply chain features (destination and transportation system). …”
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Basis risk reduction in weather index insurance for rice production in North-West Malaysia by Abdi, Mukhtar Jibril, Zulkafli, Zed, Raffar, Nurfarhana, Khairudin, Nurulhuda

“…Our results indicated that yield averaged at smaller geographical units produced better correlations with indices and a higher risk reduction potential in only one of four sub-areas studied. …”

Enhancing construction site performance through technology and management practices as material waste mitigation in the Malaysian construction industry by Mohammed Abdullah Abkar, Mahdi, Yunus, Riduan, Gamil, Yaser, Albaom, Mohammed Abdo

“…Emphasizing the importance of contextual insights, the study addresses professionals involved in solid waste management within the Malaysian construction industry. The geographical specificity adds depth to the analysis, offering a comprehensive understanding of regional dynamics. …”
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China's expectations for university students' employment outlook: A qualitative analysis based on employment policy documents by Zhang, Ziran, Hasan, Ahmad

“…-China trade war, COVID-19, and demographic shifts, graduates in China face growing employment pressures. …”
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Modelling the impact of testing, contact tracing and household quarantine on second waves of COVID-19 by Aleta, Alberto, Martín-Corral, David, Pastore y Piontti, Ana, Ajelli, Marco, Litvinova, Maria, Chinazzi, Matteo, Dean, Natalie E., Halloran, M. Elizabeth, Longini Jr, Ira M., Merler, Stefano, Pentland, Alex, Vespignani, Alessandro, Moro, Esteban, Moreno, Yamir

“…Here we integrate anonymized, geolocalized mobility data with census and demographic data to build a detailed agent-based model of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission in the Boston metropolitan area. …”
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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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Teenagers and videoconference fatigue: a preliminary analysis from an affordance-based approach by Lee, Chei Sian, Li, Benjamin Junting, Wu, Qian

“…Specifically, the objectives are to examine if (a) VC affordances (visibility, information, and availability), and (b) demographic profiles (age and gender) have effects on VCF among teenagers. …”
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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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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). …”

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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