A Behavioral Model of Drivers’ Mean Speed Influenced by Weather Conditions, Road Geometry, and Driver Characteristics Using a Driving Simulator Study by Mehdi Zolali, Babak Mirbaha, Maziyar Layegh, Hamid Reza Behnood

“…Eleven variables were grouped into four latent variables in the structural model. Latent variables including “Novice Drivers,” “Experienced Drivers,” “Sight Distance,” and “Geometric Design” were defined and found significant on their mean speed. …”
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Attachment Styles, Personality, and Frustration Intolerance by Christian Schetsche, Alba E. Mustaca

“…The Argentine Attachment Styles Scale, the Eysenck Revised Personality Questionnaire (EPQ-RA), and the Frustration Intolerance Scale (EIF) was used. In the two Full Latent Variable Models developed, it was determined that neuroticism and avoidant attachment had the greatest mediating effects on FI. …”
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Graph-based service recommendation in Social Internet of Things by Yuanyi Chen, Yanyun Tao, Zengwei Zheng, Dan Chen

“…More exactly, we learn user’s preference from his or her object usage events with a latent variable model. Then, we model users, objects, and their relationships with a knowledge graph and regard Social Internet of Things service recommendation as a knowledge graph completion problem, where the “like” property that connects users to services needs to be predicted. …”
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Robust identification for input non‐uniformly sampled Wiener model by the expectation‐maximisation algorithm by Qibing Jin, Zeyu Wang

“…The variance scale is regarded as a unique latent variable, and the iterative parameter estimation formula of the non‐uniform sampling Wiener model is derived. …”
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Link Prediction via Convex Nonnegative Matrix Factorization on Multiscale Blocks by Enming Dong, Jianping Li, Zheng Xie

“…We use this insight to give a probabilistic latent variable model for finding missing links by convex nonnegative matrix factorization with block detection. …”
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The Role of Incubators in Promoting Innovation Ambidexterity Among Start-Ups in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry by Álvaro DIAS, Carolina CAMAL, Bruno SOUSA, Leandro PEREIRA

“…Methodology/Design/Approach - Survey data from early-stage tourism and hospitality firms were analyzed using latent variable modeling and Importance-Performance Matrix Analysis (IPMA). …”
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Pemodelan Kausal Faktor-Faktor Beban Keluarga dalam Merawat Pasien Kanker Menggunakan Algoritma S3C-Latent by Rizki Surtiyan Surya, Christantie Effendy, Ridho Rahmadi

“…Penelitian ini menggunakan algoritma pemodelan kausal bernama Stable Specification Search for Cross-sectional Data with Latent Variable (S3C-Latent) untuk mendapatkan model kausal antara faktor-faktor beban family caregiver yang relevan. …”
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Impact of witnessing abuse of their mother and childhood trauma on men's perpetration of intimate partner violence in the cross-sectional UN multi-country study on men and violence... by Rachel Jewkes, Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Naeema Abrahams, Nwabisa Shai, Leane Ramsoomar, Bianca Dekel, Andrew Gibbs, Jani Nöthling, Samantha Willan, Esnat Chirwa

“…The SEM showed four paths from witnessing IPV and childhood trauma to the latent variable for physical/sexual IPV perpetration. …”
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Incorporating the Theory of Planned Behaviour into Distracted Driving: Influencing Factors and Intervention Effects by L. Zhang, J. S. Peng, Z. Song, Z. B. Fan, X. H. Yang, Q. W. Kong, L. Zhou

“…We use a structural equation model to determine the path coefficients of each latent variable. Finally, we select the drivers with high tendency of distraction from the results of the questionnaires, conduct a four-stage rational emotional behaviour therapy (REBT) experiment, and use a repeated measures ANOVA analysis to test the validity and persistence of the intervention method. …”
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La pertinence des indices de vulnérabilité aux aléas naturels pour les gestionnaires : une approche mixte de la revue de littérature by Brice Lesouëf, Alain Hénaff, Guillaume Marie

“…To operationalize this “latent variable”, a broad range of studies offers quantitative approaches through indexes. …”
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Measuring and predicting teamwork quality in virtual project teams by Markus Behn, Gilbert Silvius

“…The steps described led to three factors (Personal Commitment, Team Balance & Mutual Support, Result Orientation) that have an influence on the latent variable “Willingness to succeed”. …”
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The Mediating Effect of Social Cognition on Neurocognition and Community Functioning in Outpatients with Schizophrenia in Taiwan by Yung-Li Ku, Ming-Teng Lin, Cheng Li, Shyh-Jou Hwang

“…Community functioning latent variable was established on the subscales of interpersonal communication, recreation, and occupation/employment of the Chinese version of the Social Functioning Scale. …”
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Exploring User Experience in Virtual Industrial Heritage Platforms: Impact of Cultural Identity, Functional Clarity, Scene Interactivity, and Narrative Quality by Qi Zhou, Shuqi Wang, Jinglin Wang

“…In the literature review, this paper introduces a theoretical model comprising five latent variables: cultural identity, functional clarity, scenario interactivity, narrative quality, and user experience. …”
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Successful Aging: A Psychosocial Resources Model for Very Old Adults by G. Kevin Randall, Peter Martin, Mary Ann Johnson, Leonard W. Poon

“…Factorial invariance over time was confirmed for the remaining four latent variables. Discussion. This study’s findings allow researchers and clinicians to reduce the number of OARS questions asked of participants. …”
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Prediction of Trolling behavior from sadism and Internet addiction in young adults of Buenos Aires by Pablo Christian González Caino, Santiago Resett

“…A structural model to predict trolling based on sadism as a latent variable and internet addiction shows an adequate fit CFI = .99, TLI = .98, RMSEA = .04, indicating that sadism predicted trolling and internet addiction. …”
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Unsupervised data imputation with multiple importance sampling variational autoencoders by Shenfen Kuang, Yewen Huang, Jie Song

“…Abstract Recently, deep latent variable models have made significant progress in dealing with missing data problems, benefiting from their ability to capture intricate and non-linear relationships within the data. …”
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A Fused Multiscale Pictorial Sequence Learning Mechanism Applied to Pavement Detection by Zhang Jiazhen, Wang Xiulai, Zhao Shuxu

“…The algorithm iteratively extracts autoregressive latent variables at different time series scales to quantify dynamic regularity information. …”
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The Economic Burden of Brucellosis Care in China: Socioeconomic Status Inequality by Hai-Bo He, Qiao-Shan Lu, Lian-Lian Wang, Muhetal Aishan, Jiang-Shan Zhao, Xian-Yan Tang, Man-Tong Zhu, Milikam Reheman, Qiu-Lan Chen, Yan-Ping Zhang

“…We collected cost and demographic data from 563 respondents and their hospital bills and employed latent variable analysis to assess socioeconomic status. …”
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The influence of red and blue font color on intertemporal choice: the mediating roles of time perception and dimensional difference comparison by Kai Zhang, Hui Jiang, Xiaowei Geng

“…Multivariate analysis and latent variable analysis were used to explore the separate mediating roles of time perception and intradimensional difference comparison in the association between font color and intertemporal choice, and their serial mediation was also investigated. …”
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Pandemic-Induced changes in Travel Behaviour: Insights of Pandemic’s Lasting impacts on Lahore’s Urban Mobility by Hina Saleemi, Muhammad Momin Amer, Saadia Tabassum, Sadia Ismail

“…For factor analysis seven latent variable have been determined. The results show a significant change in travel pattern of individuals. …”
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