Vitamin D Deficiency and Its Determinants in Adults: A Sample from Community-Based Settings in the United Arab Emirates by Wegdan Bani-issa, Kamal Eldeirawi, Sondos Harfil, Randa Fakhry

“…Emirati participants had higher odds of having VDD compared to non-Emiratis (OR: 2.95; 95% CI: 1.58–5.52), with also significantly increased odds of the condition appearing in older, less educated, and employed adults. Diabetes type 2 (HbA1c≥6.5%), depression, and obesity were significantly associated with an increased likelihood of VDD after accounting for other covariates. …”
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The obligation of “saksama” in article 16 of the Law on notary positions: a perspective on the principle of diligence in partij deed by H. L. Dinar, R. Sulistyarini, A. Jauharoh

“…This study recommends regulatory reforms to clarify the legal boundaries of the “due care” principle, the development of continuous training to enhance notary competence, and the strengthening of technology-based supervision and periodic audits.In conclusion, reforms in regulation, education, and supervision are necessary to ensure the consistent application of the principle of “due care”. …”
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Vaccine hesitancy or hesitancies? A latent class analysis of pediatric patients' parents by Don E. Willis, Marie‐Rachelle Narcisse, Laura James, James P. Selig, Mohammed Ason, Aaron J. Scott, Lawrence E. Cornett, Pearl A. McElfish

“…Significant predictors of class membership were age, education, health insurance status, and usual source of care. …”
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Attitude towards the Practice of Female Genital Cutting among School Boys and Girls in Somali and Harari Regions, Eastern Ethiopia by Asresash D. Abathun, Abdi A. Gele, Johanne Sundby

“…Although the study demonstrates a positive attitude towards the abandonment of FGC, there is a need to increase the knowledge about the position of Islam in FGC and to educate women about the harmful effect of FGC.…”
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Physical Activity among Veterans and Nonveterans with Diabetes by Erin D. Bouldin, Gayle E. Reiber

“…After adjusting for sex, race and ethnicity, household income, education level, body mass index (BMI), and recent health checkup, veteran status was associated with a small but significantly larger amount of average weekly moderate PA (2.2 minutes, P=0.0058) but not average weekly vigorous PA (−0.02 minutes, P=0.98). …”
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Household Waste Management Strategy in Upper Middle Housing by Susan Rendra Utama, Mei Ahyanti

“…Analysis was anchored on a univariate approach and the SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) method. The community's education, knowledge, and occupation profiles were categorized as 'good'. …”
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Psychosocial Predictors of Weight Loss among American Indian and Alaska Native Participants in a Diabetes Prevention Translational Project by Edward J. Dill, Spero M. Manson, Luohua Jiang, Katherine A. Pratte, Margaret J. Gutilla, Stephanie L. Knepper, Janette Beals, Yvette Roubideaux, Special Diabetes Program for Indians Diabetes Prevention Demonstration Project

“…Measures were obtained at baseline and after completing a 16-session educational curriculum focusing on weight loss through behavioral changes. …”
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Mild Cognitive Impairment and Depressive Symptoms in Elderly Patients with Diabetes: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Comorbidity by Malgorzata Gorska-Ciebiada, Malgorzata Saryusz-Wolska, Maciej Ciebiada, Jerzy Loba

“…The logistic regression analysis revealed that variables which increased the likelihood of having been diagnosed with MCI were: higher HbA1c level, previous CVD, hypertension, retinopathy, increased number of comorbidities, and less years of formal education. Significant predictors of having a depressive mood included female gender, single marital status, current and past smoking status, lack of physical activity, higher BMI and total cholesterol level, increased number of comorbidities, history of hypoglycemia, and insulin treatment. …”
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Indicadores de Bem-estar Humano para Povos Tradicionais: o caso de uma comunidade ribeirinha na fronteira da Amazônia brasileira by Luiz Felipe Barbosa Lacerda, Luis Eduardo Acosta

“…The set of Human Wellbeing Indicators for Traditional Societies was applied in the riverine community of São José, located in the Benjamin Constant municipality, in the triple border between Brazil, Colombia and Peru, as a result of an international scientific cooperation process between the Education and Amazonian Diversity research group of the Estado do Amazonas University of Brazil (GPEDA-UEA) and the Traditional Knowledge Value research group of the Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas SINCHI of Colombia. …”
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Analysis of cardiovascular surgery specialization theses and their publication rates by Omer Faruk Rahman, Mustafa Baris Kemahli, Fevzi Ayyildiz

“…Material and Methods: Specialization in medicine theses in the field of cardiovascular surgery published in Turkiye from 2015 to 2020 were evaluated using the Council of Higher Education Thesis Center database. For each specialization thesis, details such as the year, institution, city, study design, advisor's title, and author information were recorded. …”
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Farmers’ Willingness to Pay a High Premium for Different Types of Agricultural Insurance: Evidence from Inner Mongolia, China by Xinya Guo, Yuanfeng Zhao, Muhammad Umer Arshad, Yufei Gong

“…In contrast, farmers with higher education prefer “output value insurance product.” …”
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Using Metaphor in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy by Selim PİSTOF, Esat SANLI

“…Besides employing cognitive behavioral methods and techniques to overcome clients’ problems, cognitive therapy is also an educational process that eventually aims to teach the patient to be his own therapist. …”
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Correlates of Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults with Diabetes by LaRita C. Jones, Olivio J. Clay, Fernando Ovalle, Andrea Cherrington, Michael Crowe

“…In bivariate analyses, African Americans, individuals with specific health issues (neuropathy, stroke, respiratory issues, arthritis, and cardiac issues), and those with higher levels of diabetes distress reported more depressive symptoms. Older age, higher education, more income, and better cognitive function were inversely associated with depressive symptoms. …”
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Sociological monitoring of student youth involvement in regional socio-economic development processes in modern Russian society by M. A. Tanina, V. A. Yudina

“…At the same time, this socio-demographic group requires development and implementation of a clear, systematic, and effective policy in the field of education, culture, socio-economic and professional development, as well as mechanisms of involvement in the processes of regional socio-economic development in order to preserve and further develop human capital. …”
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Exploring Travel Medicine Perspectives among Primary Care Physicians in Kurnool District: A Comprehensive Study of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices by Rajesh Raja Satharla, Hindustan Abdul Ahad

“…This underscores the need for additional education and training in travel medicine to improve traveler health care and reduce the risk of preventable diseases.…”
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Nonlinear Effects of Governmental and Civil Environmental Regulation on Green Total Factor Productivity in China by Xubin Lei, Shusheng Wu

“…Under the condition of metafrontier technology, governmental environmental awareness threshold value, based on the investigated corruption and malpractice cases by the procuratorates among every hundred thousand people, reaches 0.2158, and civil environmental awareness threshold value based on the per capita education level will attain 12.2330 years, and the corresponding regulatory foundation index threshold values are 0.0163 and 0.0154. …”
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Quasi one-dimensional organic conductors: from Fröhlich conductivity and Peierls insulating state to magnetically-mediated superconductivity, a retrospective by Jerome, Denis, Bourbonnais, Claude

“…In addition, the simple structures of these materials have allowed the development of theoretical models in close cooperation with almost all experimental findings.Even though these materials have not yet given rise to true high-temperature superconductivity, the wealth of their physical properties makes them systems of choice in the field of condensed matter physics due to their original properties and their educational qualities. Research efforts continue in this field. …”
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IMPACT OF SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS ON DEMAND FOR INSURANCE POLICY AND PRODUCT IN NIGERIA by Rukayat Bukola ADEJARE, Ismaila Daudu ALIU

“…The potential of the insurance industry in emerging countries like Nigeria is being hampered by socio-cultural attributes of the customers which include many dimensions such as language, education, ethnic background and religion. These factors make customers to be skeptical in deciding on insurance policies which consequently lead to poor penetration and poor performance of the insurance sector. …”
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The Role of Academic Emotions, Perception of the University Atmosphere and learning Behaviors in Predicting the Academic Enthusiasm of Farhangian University of East Azerbaijan by Ali Eghbali, Hossein Vahedi, Akbar Ebrahimi, Sorayya Eghlimi

“…s (2005) academic excitement, Raf et al.'s (1997) educational environment, and McDermott et al.'s (1999) learning behaviors questionnaires were used to collect the data. …”
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Characterization of the circadian typology in university students in relation to the type of career by Arlan Machado Rojas, Yunier Broche Pérez, Osvaldo Norman Montenegro, María Elena de la Torre Santos, Daniel Tirado Saura, Carolina Machado de la Torre

“…Its study is particularly valuable in educational settings.<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to characterize the chronotype of university students in relation to the type of career they study.…”
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