Secularization versus religious revival in Eastern Europe: Church institutional resilience, state repression and divergent paths by Northmore-Ball, K, Evans, G

“…Using national sample surveys from the early 1990s to 2007 to examine the change in demographic predictors of religiosity, we show that Catholic and Orthodox countries are experiencing different trends, the first group displaying evidence of secularization and the second of revival, and that these two different trends are likely to derive from the legacies of state repression and the differing abilities of the churches to resist such repression. …”

The association between personal factors and hand musculoskeletal discomfort among computer office workers by Widia, Mirta, Lim, Shu Chin, Ezrin Hani, Sukadarin, Nazlin Hanie, Abdullah, Zayyinul Hayati, Zen

“…The personal factors and prevalence of hand musculoskeletal discomfort were identified by using a socio-demographics questionnaire and the Cornell Hand Discomfort Questionnaire (CHDQ). …”
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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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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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The magnitude and risk factors of intestinal parasitic infection in relation to human immunodeficiency virus infection and immune status, at ALERT hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Taye, Biruhalem, Desta, Kassu, Ejigu, Selamawit, Dori, Geme Urge

“…Study participants were interviewed using structured questionnaires to obtain socio-demographic characteristics and assess risk factors associated with intestinal parasitic infection. …”
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Deformation and its surface expression in stressed planetary materials by Seltzer, Cassandra

“…This work models how tidal stresses interact with local topographic stresses to create fracture across Titan’s crust, creating pathways for sediment generation and fluid transport.…”
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The development of orogenic plateaus : Plateaus: case studies examining relationships between tectonics, crustal strength, surface deformation, and plateau morphology by Cook, Kristen Lee

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Migration and phenotype control of human dermal fibroblasts by electrospun fibrous substrates by Chen, Huizhi, Lui, Yuan Siang, Tan, Zhen Wei, Lee, Justin Yin Hao, Tan, Nguan Soon, Tan, Lay Poh

“…To design functional scaffolds, it is important to explore the interactions between scaffold topographic features and cellular responses, especially directional migration and phenotypic changes, which are critical functional aspects during wound healing. …”
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Effects of cultural diversity on learning styles and performance development methods : a study of business professionals in Singapore. by Nur Syahirah Basheer., Nurashikin Asan., Poh, Ai Ni.

“…The research also aims: (d) to determine if a manager’s sub-cultural group influences the relationship between learning styles and performance development methods, and (e) to determine if demographic and organizational variables affect managers’ use of the various learning styles and performance development methods. …”
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Serious game for teaching computing subjects by Chang, En Kai

“…Further research and refinement of the survey to include more demographic questions are recommended.…”
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Solving the modern marriage puzzle : the problems of creating value in marriage by Ang, Claudia Hui Lin

“…Second, the distribution of exclusive rewards to married couples breeds an environment of stigmatization and discrimination against the non-married demographic. I argue that while incentivizing marriage solves the modern marriage puzzle, it promotes irrational and morally problematic marriage decisions that threaten the well-being of not just the marrying agents themselves, but also the general non-married population peripheral to their marriages.…”
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The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2021: harmonised level estimates and their changes over time by Alkire, S, Kanagaratnam, U, Suppa, N

“…The estimates are based on 196 individual survey datasets, mostly the Demographic Health Survey (DHS) and the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS). …”

An undue emphasis on rural older adults in the Chief Medical Officer's annual report 2023? by Cheetham, NJ, Dhesi, J, Hopper, A, Dowd, JB, Steves, CJ

“…Policy-makers need to consider both absolute and relative demographic trends as well as making use of direct measures of health when planning how healthcare services for older adults are distributed geographically in England.…”