Creating National Weights for a Patient-level Longitudinal Database by Onur Baser, Li Wang, Jon Maguire

“…**Results:** The following variables were used in the logistic regression: Age group, gender, race, location, income level and health status (Charlson Comorbidity Index scores and chronic condition diagnosis). …”
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PORTRAIT OF THE ROMANIAN LEADER by Elena Mihaela ILIESCU, Roxana Alina STAMATI

“…Based on this hypothesis, the objective of this research is to create a portrait of the leaders of organizations in Romania according to age, gender, seniority and education. This objective led to the selection of an empirical research method, based on the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the answers obtained by questioning a sample of 22 managers and decision-makers from companies operating in Romania. …”
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Why are women still leaving academic medicine? A qualitative study within a London Medical School by Christopher J Peters, Lesley Regan, Victoria Salem, Clare Lloyd, Dhruti Hirani

“…Thematic analysis was performed on the transcribed conversations.Participants and setting Nine women physicians who completed a postgraduate degree (MD or PhD) at a large London Medical School and Academic Health Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, but did not go on to pursue a career in academic medicine.Results Influences to leave clinical academia were summarised under eight themes—career intentions, supervisor support, institutional human resources support, inclusivity, work–life balance, expectations, mentors and role models, and pregnancy and maternity leave.Conclusion The women in our focus group reported several factors contributing to their decision to leave clinical academia, which included lack of mentoring tailored to specific needs, low levels of acceptance for flexible working to help meet parental responsibilities and perceived explicit gender biases. We summarise the multiple targeted strategies that Imperial College London has implemented to promote retention of women in academic medicine, although more research needs to be done to ascertain the most effective interventions.…”
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Fostering the future: Agripreneurship intentions among Indian agricultural students by Amaran K, Anbu Krishnamoorthy, Palanisamy Shobana

“…The results showed that attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, and personality traits substantially predict agripreneurship intention, and formal agripreneurship education appears to have minimal influence on outcomes. Gender, landholding, major family occupation, nativity, course of study, and family background do not substantially impact agribusiness plans. …”
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The complex longitudinal influence of paternal and maternal parental psychological flexibility on child problem behavior: exploring the role of parenting styles by Baocheng Pan, Youli Wang, Pin Xu, Yizhao Gong, Chengli Zhao, Jiaxuan Miao, Yan Li

“…Conversely, paternal parental psychological flexibility exhibited no significant direct impact on child problem behavior, possibly influenced by traditional gender roles and the primary caregiver effect. Conclusions This research extends the Reactance-Inhibition Model and the Spillover Hypothesis Theory, elucidating the complex dynamics of family interactions. …”
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Assessment of Factors Influencing the Implementation of Biosecurity Measures on Pig Farms in the Western Highlands of Cameroon (Central Africa) by Marc K. Kouam, Junior O. Moussala

“…The biosecurity level was associated with production system, with the score 6.57 and 3.66 points lower for extensive and semi-intensive farms, respectively, than for intensive system. Farmer’s age, gender, education level, and herd size did not affect the level of biosecurity. …”
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Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1: Clinical, Paraclinical, and Evolutionary Aspects in Adults from One Nephrology Center by Hajji Meriam, Asma Bettaieb, Hayet Kaaroud, Fethi Ben Hamida, Taher Gargeh, Ridha Mrad, Kahena Bouzid, Ezzeddine Abderrahim

“…There were 25 patients with a gender ratio of 1.78. The median age at onset of symptoms was 18 years. …”
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Patterns of physical activity in hunter-gatherer children compared with US and UK children by Luke Kretschmer, Mark Dyble, Nikhil Chaudhary, David Bann, Gul Deniz Salali

“…Unlike US children, whose activity diminished with age, BaYaka children’s activity levels increased, irrespective of gender. This trend suggests that formal education may suppress activity among American children, a pattern not seen in the BaYaka community. …”
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Correlation between individual thigh muscle volume and grip strength in relation to sarcopenia with automated muscle segmentation. by Hyeon Su Kim, Shinjune Kim, Hyunbin Kim, Yonghan Cha, Jung-Taek Kim, Jin-Woo Kim, Yong-Chan Ha, Jun-Il Yoo

“…The study's small sample size calls for further research with more diverse and gender-balanced groups to verify these results.…”
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The effect of blended educational methods in communication skills in nursing with students’ interactions with patients: A quasi-experimental study by Seyed Hossein Kalati, Neda Ahmadzadeh Tori, Javaneh Kalati, Nastaran Norouzi Parashkouh, Hengameh Karimi

“…Two-way multivariate analysis of variance based on Wilks Lambda effect shows that only gender has a significant effect in communication skills terms (F (7, 45) =2.590, P < .001, η2= 0.287). …”
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Risk Factors of Underweight in Children Aged 6–59 Months in Ethiopia by Deneke Tosheno, Yohannes Mehretie Adinew, Thilagavathi Thangavel, Shimelash Bitew Workie

“…Child age (AOR: 2.36), gender (AOR: 1.82), illness (AOR: 0.09), maternal decision making power (AOR: 0.07), maternal education (AOR: 0.19), employment/occupation (AOR: 5.29), and household income (AOR: 4.16) were found to be independent and significant predictors of underweight children. …”
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Early Esophageal Cancer Specific Survival Is Unaffected by Anatomical Location of Tumor: A Population-Based Study by Rajan N. Amin, Samip J. Parikh, Venu Gopala Reddy Gangireddy, Praveen Kanneganti, Swathi Talla, Sumanth Daram

“…However, when adjusted for age, race, gender, marital status, grade, stage of tumor, histological type, and treatment modality, there was no significant difference. …”
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Computer Game Use and Television Viewing Increased Risk for Overweight among Low Activity Girls: Fourth Thai National Health Examination Survey 2008-2009 by Ladda Mo-suwan, Jiraluck Nontarak, Wichai Aekplakorn, Warapone Satheannoppakao

“…The prevalence of overweight defined by the age- and gender-specific body mass index cut-points of the International Obesity Task Force was 16%. …”
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Nonurgent Visits to the Pediatric Emergency Department before and during the First Peak of the COVID-19 Pandemic by Laura Guckert, Heiko Reutter, Nadia Saleh, Rainer Ganschow, Andreas Müller, Fabian Ebach

“…For our retrospective cohort study, we analyzed more than 5.000 visits at the pediatric Emergency Department of the University Hospital of Bonn, Germany, before and during the first peak of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of the Coronavirus disease 2019, particularly with regard to their urgency. Data included gender, age, zip code, urgency, and preexisting conditions. …”
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Reflective functioning and dissociative experiences: A comparison study between adolescents at “high-risk” of psychosis and healthy controls by Alberto Sardella, Alessandra Geraci, Vittorio Lenzo, Laura Fusar Poli, Alessandro Rodolico, Maria C. Quattropani, Maria Salvina Signorelli

“… # Objective The study aimed to assess reflective functioning and dissociative symptoms in help-seekers adolescents, and compare them to gender-matched healthy controls. # Methods The Reflecting Functioning Questionnaire (RFQ) was used to investigate mentalizing; the Adolescent Dissociative Experience Scale (A-DES) was used to explore dissociative symptoms…”
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Voice quality types and uses in North American English by Richard Wright, Courtney Mansfield, Laura Panfili

“…We also find evidence that voice quality is used by men to index gender in conversational speech. Our findings bear on the debate about the sociolinguistic uses of voice quality.…”
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Sadness regulation strategies and measurement: A scoping review. by Sumaia Mohammed Zaid, Fonny Dameaty Hutagalung, Harris Shah Bin Abd Hamid, Sahar Mohammed Taresh

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Several sadness regulation strategies appeared to vary based on gender, age, and use of strategy. Despite the general measurement of emotion regulation, only one measure was developed to measure sadness regulation exclusively for children. …”
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Suffering from Loneliness Indicates Significant Mortality Risk of Older People by Reijo S. Tilvis, Venla Laitala, Pirkko E. Routasalo, Kaisu H. Pitkälä

“…After controlling for age and gender, the mortality risk of the lonely individuals was 1.33 (95% CI=1.17-1.51) and after further controlling for subjective health 1.17 (CI=1.02-1.33). …”
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The Risk of Corruption and Money Laundering: An Analysis of Personal Predespositions and Socio-Economic Challenges by Andrey Hasiholan Pulungan, Hardhana Setiawan, Faris Windiarti

“…This study, thus, aims to examine the impact of gender, age, and workplace on the fraudulent activities of perpetrators involved in corruption and money laundering fraud in Indonesia. …”
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Evaluation of Environmental and Neighborhood Satisfaction Across the Socio-demographic Gradients Using and Geospatial Data by Ntombifuthi Nzimande, Lwando Royimani, Thabo Lephoto

“…Regression results found education level, gender, ethnic group, and tenureship to be the socio-demographics variables that significantly affect overall residential satisfaction. …”
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