The Relationship Between Physical Activity Levels and Periodontal Health Status Among College Students: A Cross-Sectional Study by Qiu P, Dong B, Cao R, Hu J, Yang J, Yu R, Fan Z

“…Data analysis was performed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 27.0 (IBM, USA), employing chi-square tests and multivariable logistic regression.Results: Among the participants (77 males, 43 females), 70% met physical activity guidelines. Adjusting for gender, age, tooth brushing frequency, and dental floss use, insufficient physical activity was associated with higher odds of periodontitis (adjusted model: OR = 5.293, 95% CI = 1.334 to 20.993, p = 0.018). …”
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Volleyball Players Pre-Competitive Anxiety: Sex-Based Differences and Relationship with Sport Characteristics by Sintija Šadrincevaitė, Aušra Griciūtė

“…Keywords: volleyball, cognitive and somatic anxiety, self-confidence, gender groups, sport characteristics. …”
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Exploring Best Practices and Tensions in Immigrant-Led Community-Based Social Service Planning Models for Immigrant and Refugee Communities by Sandeep K. Dhillon, Stefanie Machado, Ryan Wai Shing Lai 黎韋成, Kari Grain

“…Based on the guidance of community partners in the immigrant and refugee settlement sector who are leading the direction of the project, the information presented in this paper focuses on community-based initiatives related to four social determinants of health: housing, employment, gender identity, and immigration status. Findings are based on immigrant integration models from case studies and published research across the globe and elucidate critical themes in terms of promising practices, tensions and challenges, and recommendations for effective service delivery models in immigrant integration organizations.…”
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Readiness to Use Mediation – Judges’ and Entrepreneurs’ Perspective by Włodzimierz Broński, Marek Dąbrowski, Piotr Sławicki, Michał Wiechetek

“…In the case of judges, differences in readiness for mediation are related only to gender and the size of the place of residence. In relation to entrepreneurs, readiness for mediation is statistically significantly related to education and work experience. …”
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Use of Global Risk Score for Cardiovascular Evaluation of Rural Workers in Southern Brazil by Marta Regina Cezar-Vaz, Clarice Alves Bonow, Marlise Capa Verde Almeida de Mello, Daiani Modernel Xavier, Jordana Cezar Vaz, Maria Denise Schimith

“…Spearman’s correlation analysis showed significance between the Global Risk Score and gender (rho = 0.623, p≤0.001), age (rho = 0.783, p≤0.001), systolic blood pressure (rho = 0.545, p≤0.001), and smoking (rho = 0.483, p=0.002). …”
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Characteristics of ChatGPT users from Germany: Implications for the digital divide from web tracking data. by Celina Kacperski, Roberto Ulloa, Denis Bonnay, Juhi Kulshrestha, Peter Selb, Andreas Spitz

“…We confirm that lower age and higher education affect ChatGPT usage, but do not find that gender or income do. We find full-time employment and more children to be barriers to ChatGPT activity. …”
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Instrumenting Parkrun: Usefulness and Validity of Inertial Sensors by Rachel Mason, Yunus Celik, Gill Barry, Alan Godfrey, Samuel Stuart

“…The analysis of asymmetry and fatigue highlighted modest changes in gait as fatigue increased, but no significant gender differences were found. This setup demonstrates potential for in-field gait analysis for running, providing insights for performance and injury prevention strategies.…”
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Development and Validation of a Short Form of the German Self-Consciousness Scale for the General Population by Kyla Brophy, Matthew Emery, Adina Coroiu, Cornelia Albani, Elmar Braehler, Annett Körner

“…Results: The results support a two-factor hierarchical model for the 12-item short form, demonstrating full measurement invariance across gender, age, and education level. We found positive correlations between self-consciousness, quality of life, well-being, and chronic stress. …”
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Consumer Preferences in Developing Derivative Product of Gluten Free Bread Cookly by Thania Usamah Balweel, Anny Ratnawati, Ani Nuraisyah

“…Findings/Result: The study found that Cookly consumers were evenly distributed in terms of gender, aged between 18-25, mostly unmarried, residing in Bogor, with a high school education, and working as students or employees, with a monthly expenditure ranging from IDR500,000-IDR3,000,000. …”
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Use of UTAUT for analyzing the acceptance and use of electric scooters in the public transport system by Fernando Marroquín-Ciendúa, Manuel Medina-Labrador, Laura Camila Hurtado Méndez, Lorena Patricia Mora Hernández, Cristian Nicolás Puentes Guzmán

“…The research was conducted in three phases: (1) Descriptive phase, a qualitative study with in-depth interviews, Exploratory Factor Analysis, and Principal Component Analysis; (2) Correlational phase, a statistical validation of the UTAUT model using survey responses from 424 participants; (3) Predictive phase, two Binary Logistic Regressions and a Log-Linear Analysis assessed the relationships between independent variables (Gender, Socioeconomic Strata, Incentives, and Knowledge of Scooters) and the dependent variable (Scooter Use). …”
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Relationships between multivitamins, blood biochemistry markers, and BMC and BMD based on RF: A cross-sectional and population-based study of NHANES, 2017-2018. by Lijuan Xu, Mengqi Wu, Ying Zhang, Hongsheng Kun, Jiangbao Xu

“…<h4>Results</h4>Under the dimension reduction and comparison selection of RF model, we identified ALP, CPK, and creatinine serum concentrations as the most important factors associated with BMC and BMD in multiple skeletal sites, and the gender, age, height, weight, and body mass index which were found to be related to BMC and BMD in different skeletal sites. …”
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Challenges and Barriers Faced by People with TB and Healthcare Workers Providing TB Care and Management – A Qualitative Study by S. Suseendar, Akhil Dhanesh Goel, T. Pritish Baskaran, V. R. Rehana, Pankaj Bhardwaj, Manoj Kumar Gupta, S. Srikanth, Suman Saurabh

“…Results: The challenges and barriers at the level of people with TB were issues with communication between providers and people with TB, out-of-pocket expenditure, poor adherence to medicines, lack of proper diet, gender issues, and stigma. The challenges and barriers at the level of health-care providers were a lack of infrastructure and logistics, lack of awareness, COVID-19-related issues, lack of workforce, and technical issues. …”
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Impact of an online mindfulness-based program on wellbeing and trait mindfulness for research postgraduate students: a randomized-controlled trial by Jia-Qi Xu, Yee-Man Jennifer Tang, Hoi Ying Katherine Chen

“…., emotional and sleeping disturbances), while controlling for the effects of age and gender. The intervention group was also assessed at two-month follow-up to evaluate the sustained effects. …”
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The Comparison of Nailfold Capillaroscopy between Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Healthy Controls: Correlation with Laboratory and Clinical Parameters by Seyed-Reza Raeeskarami, Navid Namazi, Raheleh Assari, Seyed-Reza Najafizadeh, Zohreh Hassannejad, Vahid Ziaee

“…No statistically significant differences were depicted between capillaroscopy with age, gender, autoantibodies (APLs, anti-ds DNA), antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, thrombotic angiopathy, renal function tests (Bun, Cr), and abnormal urine analysis. …”
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Characteristics of abdominal herniation and its associations among patients operated in a Sudanese tertiary hospital: a retrospective review by Ahmed Abdellateef Hassan Bakry, Khabab Abbasher Hussien Mohamed Ahmed, Mohammed Mahmoud Fadelallah Eljack, Ghassan E. Mustafa Ahmed

“…The data obtained included age, gender, occupation, chronic medical conditions, past medical history (PMH), and year of admission. …”
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The Feasibility and Safety of the Clip-and-Snare Method with a Prelooping Technique for Gastric Submucosal Tumors Removal: A Single-Center Experience (with Video) by Qi Tang, Rui-Yue Shi, Jun Yao, Li-Sheng Wang, De-Feng Li

“…There were no significant differences in gender, age, tumor size, tumor location, and tumor origin between the two groups. …”
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CT Findings and Mortality in Patients with Nontraumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage by Pedro Juan Barrios Fuentes, José Luis Bernal Muñoz, Marcos Félix Osorio Pagola, Anagalys Ortega Alvelay, Liliana Teresa Caneiro González

“…There were no differences according to gender. Patients with non-white skin color were predominant. …”
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Exclusive Breastfeeding and Normative Belief among Rural Mothers in Ethiopia, 2019: A Cross-Sectional Survey Embedded with Qualitative Design by Wolde Melese Ayele

“…An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data. Gender-matched six Focus Group Discussions were conducted. …”
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Development and validation of a new nomogram for self-reported OA based on machine learning: a cross-sectional study by Jiexin Chen, Qiongbing Zheng, Youmian Lan, Meijing Li, Ling Lin

“…In this study, we identified 5 predictors from 19 variables, including age, gender, hypertension, BMI and caffeine intake, and developed an OA nomogram. …”
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Exploring internet addiction and its associated factors among college students in Western Rajasthan, India: A mixed-methods study by Thota Rajasekhar, Kikkeri Hanumantha Setty Naveen, Pankaja Raghav, Jitender Aneja, Prasanna Thirunavukkarasu, Gitashree Dutta, Srikanth Srinivasan, Prem Prakash Sharma, Manoj Kumar Gupta, Akhil Dhanesh Goel

“…Predictors of IA were male gender, age in years, age of first internet use in years, urban origin, accessing internet at college, mobile internet use, using internet to make online friendship, sleep disturbance, depression, anxiety, and stress. …”
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