A quantitative assessment of the time to complete the Master of Medicine research thesis in a cohort of paediatrics registrars at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa by J Parry, A Coovadia

“…The components of the research thesis with the longest duration in terms of completion included development of a first draft of the research protocol, data analysis, and development of the first draft of the final report. …”
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Servant Leadership: Influence of Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment by Nikolina Vrcelj, Vuk Bevanda, Nevena Bevanda

“…Descriptive statistics, correlation, and simple regression analysis were used in the data analysis. Findings: The results show the statistically significant positive impact of servant leadership on job satisfaction and organizational commitment. …”
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Diversity Assessment of Some Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) Genotypes Cultivated in Northern Ghana Using Morphological and Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) Markers by Raphael Adu-Gyamfi, Ruth Prempeh, Issahaku Zakaria

“…Cluster analyses using the Euclidean similarity test and a complete link clustering method were used to make a dendrogram out of the morphological data. Analysis of variance showed that capsule number was significantly different; a range of 54.9 and 146.7 was produced. …”
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Using verbal and social autopsy approaches to understand why neonates die in rural settings: a case study of a remote rural district in Uganda by Peter Waiswa, Rornald Muhumuza Kananura, Dinah Amongin, Joseph Akuze, Jacquellyn Nambi Ssanyu, Felix Kizito

“…Cause-of-death coding was done by two independent medical officers using WHO-ICD-10 guidelines to ascertain the causes of death. VASA-coded data analysis of the causes of death was done in STATA V.14.0. …”
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Enhancing voice spoofing detection in noisy environments using frequency feature masking augmentation by Soyul Han, Jaejin Seo, Sunmook Choi, Taein Kang, Sanghyeok Chung, Seungeun Lee, Seoyoung Park, Seungsang Oh, Il-Youp Kwak

“…ADD 2022’s Track 1 aimed to classify genuine and fake speech signals in the presence of noise. Our exploratory data analysis revealed that for a given speech sample, noisy signals tend to occur within similar frequency bands. …”
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Rekomendasi Pemberian Layanan Terapi Trombolisis (rt-PA) Untuk Pasien Stroke Iskemik Akut: Pendekatan Pengambilan Keputusan Multi Kriteria by Jidin Abdullah, Dikky Indrawan, Popong Nurhayati

“…Design/methodology/approach: This research method uses a quantitative approach with a total of 15 respondents from 5 hospitals. Data analysis technique used is the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). …”
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Risk prediction models for falls in hospitalized older patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Anli Mao, Jie Su, Mingzhu Ren, Shuying Chen, Huafang Zhang

“…Conclusions In the present study, all included studies had a high risk of bias, primarily due to the lack of prospective study design, inappropriate data analysis, and the absence of robust external validation. …”
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Relationship between social media use and disordered eating behavior among female university students in Qatar by Yara Qutteina, Catherine Nasrallah, Linda Kimmel, Salma M. Khaled

“…To assess the multivariate association between social media (main predictor or exposure variable), and disordered eating as measured by three levels of the 26-item Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) (dependent variable), stepwise backward ordinal regression models were fit to the data. Data analysis was performed using Stata 14 software. …”
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Elucidating the emotional persona in the Romanian university students’ academic discourse: a corpus-based exploration by Diana Paula Dudău, Diana Paula Dudău, Madalina Chitez, Florin Alin Sava

“…The bilingual ROGER corpus, containing texts from nine Romanian universities spanning multiple disciplines and genres, served as the dataset. Advanced data analysis techniques included supervised machine learning for language classification, network analysis to explore interactions among linguistic features, and cluster analysis to detect discipline- and genre-specific linguistic patterns.ResultsThe findings reveal distinct emotional patterns between Romanian and English academic writing. …”
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Does the Frequency of Watching Television Matters on Overweight and Obesity among Reproductive Age Women in Ethiopia? by Mohammed Ahmed, Abdu Seid, Adnan Kemal

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted by using secondary data analysis from 2016 Ethiopia demographic and health survey among women aged from 15 to 49 years. …”
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Deep Learning in the Fast Lane: A Survey on Advanced Intrusion Detection Systems for Intelligent Vehicle Networks by Mohammed Almehdhar, Abdullatif Albaseer, Muhammad Asif Khan, Mohamed Abdallah, Hamid Menouar, Saif Al-Kuwari, Ala Al-Fuqaha

“…Based on our thorough analysis, we identify key limitations in current methodologies and propose potential paths for future research, focusing on integrating real-time data analysis, cross-layer security measures, and collaborative IDS frameworks.…”
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Meta-analysis of nifedipine and enalapril combination therapy for hypertensive patients with coronary heart disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Kun Wang, Wenchao Ma, Leina Sun, Fangcheng Su

“…The statistical analysis was performed utilizing the software RevMan 5.4.1 for data analysis. Heterogeneity in the studies was evaluated based on the results of the Q test (P value), and the OR value of the combined effect was calculated using either the model with fixed effects or the one with random effects, with the results presented in a forest plot. …”
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Automated cell annotation in multi-cell images using an improved CRF_ID algorithm by Hyun Jee Lee, Jingting Liang, Shivesh Chaudhary, Sihoon Moon, Zikai Yu, Taihong Wu, He Liu, Myung-Kyu Choi, Yun Zhang, Hang Lu

“…Cell identification is an important yet difficult process in data analysis of biological images. Previously, we developed an automated cell identification method called CRF_ID and demonstrated its high performance in Caenorhabditis elegans whole-brain images (Chaudhary et al., 2021). …”
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Exploring the Diversity and Ecological Dynamics of Palm Leaf Spotting Fungi—A Case Study on Ornamental Palms in Portugal by Diana S. Pereira, Alan J. L. Phillips

“…The present study conducted a preliminary assessment of the diversity and ecology of potential phytopathogenic fungi associated with foliar lesions on various ornamental palm host species in Portugal, combining morphological examination, PCR-based genomic fingerprinting, and biodiversity data analysis. The examination of 134 foliar lesions sampled from 100 palm trees resulted in a collection of 2064 palm leaf spotting fungi (PLSF), representing a diverse fungal assemblage of 320 molecular operational taxonomic units (MOTUs) across 97 genera. …”
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Correlations between caregiver competence, burden and health-related quality of life among Chinese family caregivers of elderly adults with disabilities: a cross-sectional study us... by Yan Shi, Shuzhen Niu, Silian Ding, Songqi Wu, Jiajia Ma

“…Objective To examine the relationship between caregiver competence and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among family caregivers of disabled elderly adults, and to evaluate the role of caregiver burden as a potential mediator of that relationship.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Two general hospitals in Shanghai, China.Participants Study participants were 135 family caregivers of disabled elderly adults listed on a roster for outpatient and emergency services utilisation from January to March 2022.Data analysis and outcome measures We used stratified linear regression and structural equation model analysis. …”
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Burnout in Healthcare Professionals during Covid-19 Crisis by Nasim Hajipoor Kashgsaray, Maryam Soleimanpour, Sina Behmanesh, Hassan Soleimanpour

“…The data was graded by Excel software and data analysis was conducted by SPSS V. 22 software. Results: According to the comparison of the high burnout rate in the Copenhagen burnout scale, 50% of doctors and 57.1% of nurses had personal burnout, 56.8% of doctors and 66.7% of nurses had work-related burnout, 69.4% of doctors and 69% of nurses had patient-related burnout, and the overall rate of high burnout in doctors was reported as 62.9% and nurses as 70.4%. …”
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Prevalence of and factors associated with tobacco smoking in the Gambia: a national cross-sectional study by Abu Naser Zafar Ullah, Md Shariful Islam, Md Golam Rabbani, Haifaa AlWajeah, Md Ferdous, Nusrat Sharmin Mahfuza, Daniel Konka, Eva Silenga

“…We included 16,066 men and women in our final analysis.Data analysis We analysed data from the Gambia Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), 2019–2020. …”
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Designing a Digital Transformation Model in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Iran by Saeid Noadoust, Mostafa Safdari Ranjbar

“…Conclusion The key consequences of digital transformation in the offshore oil and gas industry at the organizational level include increased efficiency in organizations active in the offshore oil and gas industry, increased accuracy and speed in decision-making based on data analysis, and the possibility of proactive, targeted maintenance and cost-saving in organizations. …”
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The Effects of Whole Body Vibration on the Limits of Stability in Adults With Subacute Ankle Injury by Sonia Young, Harvey W. Wallmann, Kailey L. Quiambao, Brooke M. Grimes

“…Intervention was administered using the Galileo® Med L Chip Research (Novotec Medical GmbH, Pforzheim, Germany) for six minutes for the appropriate condition of either high or low frequency WBV or control. Data analysis was performed using 2-Way (2x3) Repeated Measures ANOVAs with additional post hoc testing as needed…”
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Prenatal malaria exposure and risk of adverse birth outcomes: a prospective cohort study of pregnant women in the Northern Region of Ghana by Akbar Fotouhi, Masud Yunesian, Hawawu Hussein, Mansour Shamsipour, Mohammad Sadegh Hassanvand, Percival Delali Agordoh, Mashoud Alabi Seidu

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