Future of Bangladeshi garments sizing system: Review by Haque Nizam Eanamul

“…Furthermore, collaboration between industry stakeholders and academic institutions is necessary to address the gap in demographic and regional data, facilitating the development of an inclusive and accurate sizing system. …”
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Relationship between physical activity and college students’ life satisfaction: the chain mediating effect of psychological resilience and negative emotions by Chenxin Huang, Jinfu Wang, Zixuan Chang, Jianjuan Tang

“…For data analysis, demographic analysis of variance, correlation analysis, and chain mediating effect test were conducted sequentially.ResultsThere were significant differences in psychological resilience, negative emotions, and life satisfaction by gender, and psychological resilience by grade level; there were significant correlations between physical activity and psychological resilience, negative emotions, and life satisfaction among college students (r = 0.541, p < 0.001; r = −0.379, p < 0.001; r = 0.435, p < 0.001); and psychological resilience, negative emotions had significant mediating and chain mediating effects between physical activity and life satisfaction, where the mediating effect of psychological resilience was significantly stronger than the mediating effect of negative emotions and the chain mediating effect of both.ConclusionThere was a correlation between physical activity and life satisfaction among college students, and this relationship was partially mediated by psychological resilience and negative emotions.…”
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Association Between Shift Work, Sleepiness, Chronic Fatigue, and Incident Occurrence in Nurses: A Generalized Structural Equation Modeling Approach by Mehrzad Ebrahemzadih, Gholam Hossein Halvani, Sara Jam Barsang, Sahar Khodi

“…Using a stratified sampling technique 200 nurses were selected, comprising 100 shift-working nurses and 100 non-shift-working nurses from various departments of the educational hospitals. Demographic information, sleepiness (Epworth Sleepiness Scale), and chronic fatigue (Chalder Fatigue Scale) were assessed via questionnaires. …”
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Vaginal Preparation with Povidone Iodine and Postcesarean Infectious Morbidity: A Retrospective Trial by Esra Turgut Yavuz, Erdal Malatyalıoğlu, Fatma Devran Bıldırcın

“…Patients were investigated in two groups, vaginal cleansing with povidone iodine before cesarean delivery (126 case) or no cleansing (124 case), the groups compared with presence of postoperative fever endometritis and wound infection. RESULTS: Demographic characteristics of two groups were similar. …”
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Roles And Responsibilities Of The Physical Therapist In Collegiate Athletics: Results Of A National Survey by Michael Zarro, Oliver Silverson, Wade Soenksen, Jill Thein-Nissenbaum, Elise Cataldo Cirone, Robert Rowland, Justin Staker

“… # Study Design Cross-sectional survey # Methods An anonymous, descriptive online survey focusing on the demographic and occupational characteristics of PTs providing care for collegiate athletes was created and distributed electronically through the American Academy of Sports Physical Therapy (AASPT), a subgroup within the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)…”
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The Impact of Short-Term Supplementation With Guanidinoacetic Acid and Creatine Versus Creatine Alone on Body Composition Indices in Healthy Men and Women: Creatine-Guanidinoacetic... by Sonja Baltic, David Nedeljkovic, Nikola Todorovic, Laszlo Ratgeber, Jozsef Betlehem, Pongrac Acs, Valdemar Stajer, Sergej M. Ostojic

“…Further studies are needed to validate our findings across different demographic cohorts and various interventional regimens.…”
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Assessment of complications and success rates of Percutaneous nephrolithotomy: single tract vs. multi tract approaches by Ömür Memik, Onur Karslı

“…Material and Methods The medical records of consecutive patients who underwent PNL for staghorn, partial staghorn, and complex kidney stones between 2014 and 2022 were retrospectively reviewed. The demographic data, stone volumes, fluoroscopy and operation durations, changes in hemoglobin levels, numbers of blood transfusions, stone-free rates, perioperative complications, duration of nephrostomy removal, and length of hospital stay parameters were noted. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Medication Errors in Enteral Tube Feeding Among ICU Patients: A Comprehensive Cross-Sectional Analysis by Mansooreh Asghari-Varzaneh, Shirinsadat Badri, Shadi Farsaei

“…The study assessed the method of oral drug administration, verified the correctness of drug prescriptions, investigated errors in drug provision and administration, and monitored patients for possible side effects of these errors. Demographic information and details about the prescribing physician and relevant nurses were also recorded. …”
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Defining the Pros and Cons of Open, Conventional Laparoscopy, and Robot-Assisted Pyeloplasty in a Developing Nation by Mrinal Pahwa, Archna R. Pahwa, Mohit Girotra, Rtika Ryfka Abrahm, Sachin Kathuria, Ajay Sharma

“…Material and Methods. 60 patients underwent minimally invasive pyeloplasty (30 conventional laparoscopies and 30 robotics) for congenital PUJO at a tertiary health center in India. Demographic, perioperative, and postoperative data were prospectively collected and analyzed. …”
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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN SOCIAL INSURANCE AND INSURANCE by Elizaveta Pletneva, Daria Zagorska

“…Digitalization in this field occurs under the influence of globalization, technological innovations, and changes in demographic trends. The study pays special attention to the impact of digital technologies on insurance processes, including the use of big data and artificial intelligence for personalizing insurance products and optimizing risk assessment and claim processing procedures. …”
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Digital empowerment in nursing: A cross-sectional exploration of digital competencies in healthcare services among nurses by Dipali Dumbre, Sheela Upendra, Shital Waghmare, Betsy Sara Zacharias, Pratik Salve

“…The study objectives are to assess the level of digital competencies among staff nurses and to find the association of digital competencies with selected demographic variables. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was done on 300 staff nurses selected by purposive sampling technique. …”
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Prevalence and Predictors of Silent Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Patients with Hypertension by He Suyu, Yijun Liu, Xu Jianyu, Guiquan Luo, Lipeng Cao, Xiaoqi Long

“…Included patients were divided into silent-GERD group and non-GERD control group. The demographic characteristics and antihypertensive agent prescriptions were collected and compared between the two groups. …”
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Comparative analysis of salivary antimicrobial resistance genes in dental students: A PCR and questionnaire study. by Marwan Mansoor Mohammed, Priyadharshini Sekar, Jahida Al Jamal, Lujayn Abu Taha, Asma Bachir, Sausan Al Kawas

“…<h4>Materials & methods</h4>Demographic and health information was collected via a 28-question structured questionnaire. …”
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Impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on physical activity levels in different sub-populations of Iranians: a national survey by Hamid Arazi, Behzad Taati

“…Data from 7810 individuals (50.8% male, 54.8% married, 69.6% 18–49 years) were collected using a standardized questionnaire comprising demographic details, levels of high, moderate, and low PA, daily sedentary time, PA at home, and barriers to PA. …”
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Cost Management at Higher Education Institutions – Cases of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia by Martina Dragija Kostić, Tatjana Jovanović, Jelena Jurić

“… Higher education expenditures persistently rise due to various economic, demographic and socio-cultural reasons. This caused repeated calls for reforms of the economic model in the higher education sector and dramatically increased the importance of the economic evaluations in the last decades due to concerns for efficiency. …”
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Comparison of fibreoptic-guided tracheal intubation through LMA Protector and i-gel in adult paralysed patients – A randomised comparative study by Mamta Bhardwaj, Karthik Manoharan, Kirti Kshetrapal, Karishma Dhankhar, Amit Singh, Susheela Taxak

“…Independent Student’s t-test and Mann-Whitney U test were applied for normally distributed and non-normally distributed quantitative variables, respectively. Results: Demographic parameters were comparable in the two groups (P > 0.05). …”
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Effects of Omalizumab on Serum Levels of Substance P, Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide, Neuropeptide Y, and Interleukin-31 in Patients with Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria by Cagdas Boyvadoglu, Hasan Ulusal, Seyithan Taysı, Goknur Ozaydin-Yavuz, Ibrahim Halil Yavuz, Pınar Korkmaz, Huseyin Serhat Inaloz

“…In this study, 30 patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) who were going to be treated with omalizumab and 20 healthy volunteers took part. Demographic data, clinical data, and disease activity scores were noted. …”
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A systematic epidemiological trends analysis study in global burden of multiple myeloma and 29 years forecast by Qianru Hou, Xinyang Li, Huanxin Ma, Di Fu, Aijun Liao

“…Furthermore, we explored the trends affecting the multiple myeloma burden from 1990 to 2021, breaking it down by demographic, age, and epidemiological factors. By 2021, the global incidence of multiple myeloma involved 148,754.63 reported cases, with confidence intervals ranging from 131,780.43 to 162,049.23. …”
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Interpretable machine learning for predicting sepsis risk in emergency triage patients by Zheng Liu, Wenqi Shu, Teng Li, Xuan Zhang, Wei Chong

“…Two models were developed: Model 1 based on vital signs alone, and Model 2 incorporating vital signs, demographic characteristics, medical history, and chief complaints. …”
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The Impact of Colonoscopy Quality Control Table on Adenoma Detection Rates by Bin Deng, Jiehua Zhi, Yaosheng Chen, Lanyu Liang, Jian Wu, Xuefen Gao, Weiming Xiao, Yanbing Ding

“…There was no significant difference in demographic characteristics between the two groups. …”
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