Identification of most motivating resource for estimation of social hierarchy in water buffaloes by Sunil Dutt, M.L. Kamboj

“…A socio-metric matrix of all agonistic interactions was prepared, and pooled data was analyzed using one-way ANOVA in SPSS version 22. Participation of buffaloes for possession was higher (p<0.01) for the concentrate mixture (40.32±0.86%) compared to green fodders (25.08±0.66%) and foggers (12.38±1.80%). …”
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Relative Fat Mass and Physical Indices as Predictors of Gallstone Formation: Insights From Machine Learning and Logistic Regression by Deng L, Wang S, Wan D, Zhang Q, Shen W, Liu X, Zhang Y

“…This study aims to construct predictive models employing diverse machine learning algorithms to elucidate risk factors linked to gallstone formation.Patients and Methods: This study integrated data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) with a cohort of 7868 participants from Wuxi People’s Hospital and Wuxi Second People’s Hospital, including 830 individuals diagnosed with gallstones. …”
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Politik Kewargaan: Upaya Nelayan Perempuan dalam Memperoleh Keadilan (Studi Pada Desa Purworejo, Kabupaten Demak) by Rajendra Walad Jihad, Yuwanto Yuwanto, Nunik Retno Herawati

“…Secondary and primary data resulting from participant observation, in-depth interviews, and documentation are the data sources for this research. …”
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Survey of nutritional intake status in college baseball players by Yoko Iio, Hana Kozai, Mamoru Tanaka, Yukihiro Mori, Manato Seguchi, Yuka Aoyama, Morihiro Ito

“…The survey items included basic characteristics such as college grade and type of living arrangement, and information on living conditions, e.g. whether the participant ate breakfast. Nutritional intake was evaluated using the FFQ. …”
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Correlations among hope, fertility quality of life and negative emotions for couples undergoing their first in vitro fertilization–embryo transfer: a cross-sectional analysis by Hui Ye, Jing Zhao, Yujie Zou, Xiaorun Song, Mi Xu, Yu Zhang, Lili Zhang, Gaohua Wang

“…From February 2023 to October 2023, 1425 patients who received IVF-ET treatment for the first time participated in the questionnaire survey. The survey content included the General Information Questionnaire, the Fertility Quality of Life (FertiQoL) Questionnaire, and the Herth Hope Index (HHI). …”
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“BYKHOV PERIOD” OF RUSSIAN GENERAL KORNILOV by N. V. Shevtsov

“…Journalists also did not have access to them, so articles in the newspapers about what happened to the Bykhovites appeared quite infrequently. …”
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Short-term and long-term effect of non-pharmacotherapy for adults with ADHD: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Xinyue Yang, Lin Zhang, Jing Yu, Meng Wang

“…Standardized mean differences were estimated using network meta-analyses with random effects.ResultsA total of 37 RCTs involving 2,289 participants and 10 non-pharmacological therapies were included. …”
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Real-world outcomes in patients with melanoma brain metastasis: a US multisite retrospective chart review study of systemic treatments by Ning Ning, Sunandana Chandra, Andriy Moshyk, Divya Patel, Isabella C Glitza Oliva, Jennell Palaia, Leon A Sakkal, Natalia Han, Shardul Odak, Jordana K Schmier

“…Objective This study examined real-world treatment patterns and outcomes in patients with melanoma brain metastasis (MBM) treated with first-line immunotherapy consisting of nivolumab plus ipilimumab or anti-programmed death-1 (PD-1) monotherapy (nivolumab or pembrolizumab) or targeted therapy consisting of BRAF/MEK inhibitors.Design Retrospective chart review study.Setting Academic medical centres, community hospitals and private practice offices.Participants Included patients diagnosed with melanoma with brain metastasis in the USA.Outcome measures The statistical analysis was descriptive in nature. …”
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Association of Hematological and Biochemical Parameters with Serological Markers of Acute Dengue Infection during the 2022 Dengue Outbreak in Nepal by Bibek Raj Bhattarai, Abhishek Mishra, Suraj Aryal, Mandira Chhusyabaga, Rajshree Bhujel

“…Furthermore, hematological and biochemical investigations were carried out and compared between NS1 and/or IgM-positive participants. A logistic regression analysis was used to identify the validity of the hematological and biochemical characteristics for dengue diagnosis as well as patient management. …”
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Meta-analysis of the accuracy for RASSF1A methylation in bronchial aspirates for the diagnosis of lung cancer. by Xu-Ping Chen, Shi-Xu He, Meng-You Chen, Fu-Bin Chen, Peng Wu, Ping Shi, Shi-Cai Zhao, Ling-Yan Zhao, Xiao-Min Xiong, Jia Zeng

“…<h4>Results</h4>Among the 12 trials that met the inclusion criteria, a total of 2388 participants were involved. The pooled results for the diagnosis of lung cancer were as follows, when compared to the pathological diagnosis: sensitivity of 0.47 (95% CI: 0.45-0.50), specificity of 0.96 (95% CI: 0.95-0.97), positive LR of 12.18 (95% CI: 8.96-16.55), negative LR of 0.56 (95% CI: 0.52-0.61), DOR of 24.05 (95% CI: 17.29-33.47), and AUC of 0.78 (Q index = 0.72), respectively. …”
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Socio-economic inequalities in access to COVID-19 tests in France in 2020: evidence from the EPICOV socio-epidemiological cohort by Pierre-Yves Geoffard, Pierre-Yves Geoffard, Florence Jusot, Antoine Sireyjol, Josiane Warszawski, Nathalie Bajos

“…Our main objective was to investigate whether access to COVID-19 testing in France was associated with socio-economic conditions, considering gender and ethno-racial status.MethodsA random population-based cohort survey was conducted in France in May 2020 and November 2020, including 95,388 participants aged 18 and over. We used logistic regressions to identify how having been tested in 2020 was associated with socio-economic status and exposure factors among two groups of individuals. …”
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Factors associated with caffeine intake among undergraduates: a cross-sectional study from Palestine by May Hamdan, Souzan Zidan, Fatima Al-Amouri, Hiba Niroukh, Manar Abu Dawod, Sajeda Ashour, Shahd Sameer Dweik, Manal Badrasawi

“…Nearly half of the participants (32.7%) exceeded the safe levels of caffeine consumption. …”
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Circulating Isthmin-1 Levels and Their Relationship with Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases in Kuwaiti Adults by Eman Alshawaf, Sulaiman K. Marafie, Mohamed Abu-Farha, Ahmed N. Albatineh, Tahani Alramah, Aldana Albuhairi, Yafa Al Qassar, Reem Zinoun, Rawan Shalabi, Sarah Behbehani, Dalal Mohammed, Fahad Alajmi, Mohammed A. Abdalla, Ebaa Al-Ozairi, Mohammad Shehab, Muhammad Abdul-Ghani, Fahd Al-Mulla, Jehad Abubaker

“…The primary outcomes of this study are obesity, insulin resistance, MAFLD, and T2D, while the secondary outcome is hypertension; Methods: This is a cross-sectional study involving 450 participants, who were divided based on their obesity status into people with obesity (n = 182) and those without obesity (n = 265). …”
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Sport commitment among children and adolescent through the lens of theory of organismic integration: A systematic literature review by Anna Pavlova

“… Introduction Most of the athletes who participate in the Olympic Games are between 20 and 30 years old. …”
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Analyzing the Effect of Dividends on Default Probability According to Signaling and Agency Theories by Alireza Najjarpour, Saeed Fathi, Ali Foroush Bastani

“…MethodsIn this article, Geske’s method, which is an extension of Merton’s method, is used to calculate the probability of default. …”
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Assessing the quality of life among African medical and health science students using the WHOQOL-BREF tool by Fatima Alzahra Galgam, Adil Abdalla, Mahmoud Shahin, Magda Yousif, Nahla Abdulrahman, Fatmah Alamoudi, Mehrunnisha Ahmad, Amira Yahia, Mohammad Sidiq, Aksh Chahal, Fuzail Ahmad, Mohammad Abu Shaphe, Gopal Nambi, Moattar Raza Rizvi, Faizan Kashoo

“…A purposive sampling method was used to recruit participants from five different faculties. Data were collected using the WHOQOL-BREF tool, and analyzed using descriptive statistics, chi-square test and multiple linear regression to determine the predictors of QoL among students. …”
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Racial and ethnic differences in fatal child abuse and neglect and the intersection of community poverty: U.S., 2003 to 2022 by Rebecca F. Wilson, Xin Yue, Karen E. Thomas, Krishna Kiran Kota, Carter J. Betz

“…Objective: Examine racial and ethnic differences in fatal CAN among U.S. children and the intersection of community poverty. Participants and methods: This study integrated National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) data, county poverty data, and population estimates data. …”
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The Potential of Digital Storytelling as an Ethnographic Research Technique in Social Sciences by Oğuz Hatice Şule

“…In my field study, which lasted for five months in Gaziantep, one of the provinces that is located on the south-eastern part of Turkey, I adopted and put to use the participant observation, informal interview and in-depth interview techniques. …”
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Chronic Kidney Disease Preventive Attitude, Practice, and Associated Factors among Type 2 DM Patients in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Addisu Dabi Wake MSc, Sena Babsa Dinsa BSc

“…Result A total of 216 study participants were included in to this study. The level of good preventive attitude and practice toward CKD among T2DM patients were 61.6% ( n  = 133, 95% CI: 55.6–68.0) and 54.6% ( n  = 118, 95% CI: 47.7–60.6), respectively. …”
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Evaluation the Efficacy of ELISA IgG, IgM and IgA Tests for Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori by Hogir Mohammed Shukri Saadi, Ali Yahya Saeed

“…From each patient 5 ml of blood was collected under a septic condition and sera were separated for serology. Data from each participant were recorded in a special questionnaire form after consent agreed upon on ethical and scientific committee of the Azadi hospital. …”
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