A Review of Adult Obesity Prevalence, Trends, Risk Factors, and Epidemiologic Methods in Kuwait by Stalo Karageorgi, Osama Alsmadi, Kazem Behbehani

“…The sample size ranged from 177 to 38,611 individuals. Only 30% of studies used random sampling. …”
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Determinants of intention to use FinTechs services by accounting students: a mixed methods approach by Anderson Betti Frare, Carla Milena Gonçalves Fernandes, Mariele Castro dos Santos, Alexandre Costa Quintana

“…However, it is still not clear which elements lead individuals, especially those involved in the business field, to adopt and use these services. …”
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Association between treatment resistance and cognitive function in schizophrenia by Jiaqian Sun, Jie Yin Yee, Yuen Mei See, Charmaine Tang, Shushan Zheng, Boon Tat Ng, Jimmy Lee

“…Introduction: Treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS) affects around 30% of individuals with schizophrenia. About half of the patients with TRS who are treated with clozapine do not show a meaningful clinical response, that is, clozapine resistance. …”
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Effect of Different Impression Techniques on Marginal Fit of Restoration – An In Vitro Study by Priyanka S. Raghav, S Abirami, Abhinav Gupta, Faiz Noor Khan Yusufi, Shaista Afroz

“…Method: Impression of prepared tooth on typodont was made using Matrix impression system, two-step putty wash technique, and individual tooth tray technique. Prosthesis was fabricated using CAD/CAM technology and marginal accuracy was evaluated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). …”
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The effective key drivers on regional innovation in Iranian metropolises with a future research approach (case study: Tabriz metropolis) by ameneh alibakhshi, mohammadreza pourmohammadi, rasoul ghorbani

“…The statistical population of the study includes 32 qualified individuals in the industry, university, and government sectors who were selected as purposive sampling. …”
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PRINCIPLES OF APPLICATION OF FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATIVE SANCTIONS IN THE LEGAL DOCTRINE OF UKRAINE AND THE WORLD by Ivan Shumeiko, Iryna Svitlyshyna, Olga Sokolenko

“…Nevertheless, the administrative nature of such sanctions carries with it the risk of violating the fundamental rights of the individual who is the weaker party in these legal relations, given that the body that brings charges and the body that imposes the penalty usually coincide. …”
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Application of CNN-LSTM Model for Vehicle Acceleration Prediction Using Car-following Behavior Data by Shuning Tang, Yajie Zou, Hao Zhang, Yue Zhang, Xiaoqiang Kong

“…To model the characteristics of individual drivers, this study first identifies the driving behavior semantics which is defined as the underlying patterns of driving behaviors. …”
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A Concise and Comprehensive Description of Shoulder Pathology and Procedures: The 4D Code System by Laurent Lafosse, Tom Van Isacker, Joseph B. Wilson, Lewis L. Shi

“…It seeks to improve efficiency and accuracy of the communication, documentation, and visualization of shoulder pathology within individual practices and between providers.…”
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Encrypted Engagement: Mapping Messaging App Use in European News Consumption Patterns by Răzvan Rughiniș, Dinu Țurcanu, Simona-Nicoleta Vulpe, Alexandru Radovici

“…The study highlights a generational divide, with younger users and those still in education showing a stronger preference for messaging apps. Surprisingly, individuals without formal education also demonstrate high usage, challenging assumptions about the digital divide. …”
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Acquisition and maintenance of disgust reactions in an OCD analogue sample: Efficiency of extinction strategies through a counter-conditioning procedure. by Caroline Novara, Cindy Lebrun, Alexandra Macgregor, Bruno Vivet, Pierre Thérouanne, Delphine Capdevielle, Stephane Raffard

“…<h4>Aims</h4>The present research investigates a counter-conditioning intervention in treating disgust-related emotional responses in two groups of individuals with high (High contamination concerns, HCC, n = 24) and low (Low contamination concerns LCC, n = 23) contamination concerns.…”
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Dominant Discourses About What It Means to Be “Good” at Mathematics: How High-Achieving Young Women Negotiate Tensions Within Their Evolving STEM Identities by Terrie Galanti, Nancy Holincheck

“…In this investigation, we used a framework of dichotomies within dominant discourses about what it means to be “good” at mathematics to interpret retrospective narratives from a larger phenomenological study of accelerated mathematics course-taking. Focus group and individual interview data from two high-achieving young women were analyzed to understand how evolving beliefs about mathematical competence impacted their STEM identity development. …”
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Angle Closure Glaucoma in Retinitis Pigmentosa by Chandni Pradhan, Simanta Khadka, Purushottam Joshi

“…The management strategies were individualized based on the specific ocular condition. …”
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Evaluation of Noninvasive Diagnostic Techniques in Identifying Coronary Artery Disease: A Systematic Review by Shahad Mubarak Alajmi, Fahad Homoud Aljabbari, Hussain Abdullah Alabdullah, Reema Mohammed Alshehri, Hadi Abdulhakim Rashid, Ali Mohammad Alyami, Abdulrahman Ahmad Alahmadi, Hussain Ammar Almaqtouf, Mada Ali Alghamdi, Maream Abdulmohsen Aldehniam, Norah Saeed Kadasah, Ahmed Aljizeeri

“…By exploring new strategies beyond CCTA and leveraging technological innovations, health-care providers can improve diagnostic precision, mitigate procedural risks, and ultimately enhance outcomes for individuals with CAD.…”
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The importance of non-formal education for the economy of Serbia by Šormaz Goran

“…The formal system does not meet the needs of the individual or community to learn. Due to the inability of formal education to monitor changes in education resulting from the rapid development of science and technology, as well as economic and social changes, informal education has emerged. …”
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New Pedagogical Approaches to Induce Sustainable Development Goals by Jose Carlos Quadrado, Kseniya K. Zaitseva

“…The paper considers the role of teaching and learning methods in designing and implementing of educational programs.Flipped Learning is becoming a well-known pedagogical approach in which direct instruction moves consistently from the group learning space to the individual learning space, and the resulting group space is transformed into a dynamic, interactive learning environment where the educator guides students as they apply concepts and engage creatively in the subject matter.Education of the next generation of practitioners that will creatively implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) by 2030 requires the complete rethinking by the educator how to do the job being done on a certain way for years. …”
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Discomfort Intolerance Scale: A Study of Reliability and Validity by Kadir &Ouml;ZDEL, &Ouml;zden YAL&Ccedil;INKAYA ALKAR, &Yacute;brahim TAYMUR, M. Hakan T&Uuml;RK&Ccedil;APAR, Erkut ZAMKI, A. Emre SARGIN

“…Schmidt et al. to assess the individual differences of capacity to withstand physical perturbations or uncomfortable bodily states (2006). …”
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Research on Wood Defects Feature Imbalance Optimization and Recognition by Xiao Wang

“…Firstly, Cross Entropy loss is modified to allow the model to pay more attention to individual sample discrepancy during training. Secondly, a new loss, Var Loss is proposed to add to main loss function in order to decrease the variance of classification results, thus reducing the impact of sample diversity on model performance. …”
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The effect of phytase levels in the diet on the digestibility and growth performance of white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei by Muhammmad Agus Suprayudi, Dini Harianto, Dedi Jusadi

“…White shrimp were used in the trial with initial body weight of 3.8±0.01 g were reared in  aquarium (60×40×50 cm3) and filled with 60L treated sea water at a density of ten individu. Experimental diet were formulated in isonitrogeneous (36% protein) and isocaloric (3960 kcal/kg) to contain four levels of phytase: 0 iu/kg (diet A), 500 iu/kg (diet B), 750 iu/kg (diet C), and 1000 iu/kg(diet D). …”
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Detection and Predictive Analysis of Drowsiness Using Non-contact Doppler Sensor by Chung Kyo In, Byung Chan Min

“…Drowsiness occurs when individuals are tired or engaged in repetitive tasks, and driving or working in this state can lead to serious accidents. …”
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Robustness of Dengue Complex Network under Targeted versus Random Attack by Hafiz Abid Mahmood Malik, Faiza Abid, Mohamed Ridza Wahiddin, Zeeshan Bhatti

“…According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 3.6 billion individuals are at risk because of the dengue virus sickness. …”
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