ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA USE AND DEPRESSION WITH DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES AMONG NURSING STUDENTS OF A PRIVATE SECTOR UNIVERSITY, KARACHI by Dr Khalid Hussain, Sultan Muhammad, Khalil Ullah, Saifullah Siddiqui

“…Ethical permission was obtained from the Ethical Review Committee, at Sohail University. Descriptive statistics was performed on demographic variables. Chi-Square was performed to check the association between social media use, depression and demographic variables. …”
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Incidence of Postpartum Depression and Associated Risk Factors in Antenatal Women: A Cohort Study by Eshani Pandey, Sumit Mehta, Shobit Garg, Sanjibani Panigrahi, Anmol Suneja

“…PPD was evaluated using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition criteria and International Classification of Diseases-10 criteria. …”
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INFLUENCE OF BOARD FINANCIAL EXPERTISE ON TAX COMPLIANCE OF NON- FINANCIAL LISTED FIRMS IN NIGERIA by Mathias Gboyega OGUNDEJI

“…The combined GLS results (Wald Chi square) show that IBFE has a positive statistical significant (ꞵ=0.0000; P<0.05) influence on tax compliance of non-financial listed firms in Nigeria. …”
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The extent of sleep deprivation and daytime sleepiness in young adults by Alexandra Rubin, Rohan Mangal, Thor S. Stead, Joshua Walker, Latha Ganti

“…JMP 16.0 for Mac OS was used to perform statistical analyses. Our Institutional Review Board gave the study an exempt determination (#2022-569)…”
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Knowledge and Attitudes Relating to Women's Rights to Land Ownership by Lilian Oryema, Colbert ZZiwa Tamale, Brian Makabayi

“…Methodology: Questionnaires and interviews were used to collect data and the data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and NVivo 14 for thematic analysis. Results: The research found that: majority of the women were not aware of specific legal provisions for land ownership, Cultural norms heavily influenced attitudes of land ownership, traditional practices and legal complexities were key barriers to women land ownership. …”
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Diet’s Cariogenicity and Healthfulness Index (DCHI) - A Novel, Comprehensive Index for Children by Raghavendra Shanbhog, H. P. Chanchala, K. T. Srilatha, B. Madhu, S.N. Manjunatha

“…To obtain cut-off values for cariogenicity of diet, a study was carried out with a sample of 774 children correlating diet diary with caries status. For statistics, the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve closest to the ideal of 100% sensitivity and 100% specificity was applied. …”
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Assessing the instructional processes in higher education institutions: Amhara region’s universities and colleges in focus by Tadesse Melesse Merawi

“…There was also no statistically significant difference among the three Universities and the three Colleges themselves in applying various active learning methods. …”
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FINANCIAL INCLUSION, INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY, AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN NIGERIA by Rashidat Sumbola Akande, Hauwah K. K. AbdulKareem, Aminat Olayinka Olohunlana

“…Findings reveal that in the short run, financial inclusion and institutional quality are statistically significant and positive for poverty reduction. …”
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Minimally invasive lateral, posterior, and posterolateral sacroiliac joint fusion for low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Kai Xu, Ya-Ling Li, Song-Hua Xiao, Yong-Wei Pan

“…The pooled effect analysis showed statistically significant improvements in the visual analog scale (VAS) scores for all three approaches at 6 and 12 months postoperatively. …”
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Subclinical systolic dysfunction in children with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome identified by speckle tracking echocardiography by Mohamed Hashem Mahgoob, Amr Mostafa Setouhi

“…Conventional echocardiography, tissue Doppler imaging (TDI), and speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) were performed on all the studied children. Results No statistically significant difference in conventional echocardiography’s parameters were detected between the patient and control groups. …”
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Psychometrics of an Elo-based large-scale online learning system by Hanke Vermeiren, Joost Kruis, Maria Bolsinova, Han L.J. van der Maas, Abe D. Hofman

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INFLUENCING FACTORS OF E-GOVERNMENT SERVICES ADOPTION IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Edin Osmanbegović, Zijad Lugavić

“…The survey results, conducted on a sample of 553 citizens’ of Bosnia and Herzegovina, found that determinants social influence, effort expectancy and performance expectancy are statistically most influential determinants of citizens’ adoption of e-government services. …”
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Cost Savings and Reduced Health Care Utilization Associated with Participation in a Digital Diabetes Prevention Program in an Adult Workforce Population by Cynthia Castro Sweet, Carolyn Bradner Jasik, Amy Diebold, Ashley DuPuis, Bryan Jendretzke

“…There was a trend toward savings extending into the second year, but the savings did not reach statistical significance. **Conclusions:** These results demonstrated significant short-term health care cost savings at 1 year associated with digital DPP program delivery.…”
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RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF RABIES EPIZOOTIC SITUATION IN MOSCOW REGION IN 2010-2016 by A. V. Paroshin, S. V. Voskresensky, A. A. Mukovnin, A. V. Yenshin, A. Ye. Metlin, K. N. Gruzdev

“…This paper presents statistical data on the epizootic situation in the Moscow Oblast, Moscow and neighboring regions in 2010-2016. …”
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Optimization of Mucilage Removal from Cress Seeds (L. sativum) by Hilal İşleroğlu, İzzet Türker

“…Verification tests were carried out at the optimum conditions and there was no statistical difference between experimental (2.64±0.43 mg/ml) and predicted values.…”
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Translation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Health Orientation Scale in a Greek Speaking Sample (Greece-Cyprus) by Constantinos Togas, Stavros Parlalis

“…Next, a composite questionnaire was distributed to the participants, including demographic data, Health Orientation Scale, Health Locus of Control Scale, Life Orientation Test-Revised, Body Appreciation Scale (BAS), and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). Statistical analysis was performed by SPSS v. 25. # Results A three-factor structure similar to that found in the original validation was supported. …”
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A Systematic Review of Center of Mass as a Measure of Dynamic Postural Control Following Concussion by Sarah Patejak, Joshua Forrest, Emily Harting, Mable Sisk, Eric Schussler

“…The areas that had the poorest scoring were bias, study size, statistical methods, participants, descriptive data, and main results. …”
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CORRUPTION'S EFFECT ON FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT – THE CASE OF MONTENEGRO by Elvira Pupović

“…Using data from Transparency International report, World Bank and National Banking Statistical data, it is manifested in a cross sectional setting that corruption has a negative and significant impact on the foreign direct investment inflows. …”
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The Dynamic Innovative Balance System Improves Balance Ability: A Single Blind, Randomized Controlled Study by Bunyamin Haksever, Irem Duzgun, Gul Baltaci

“…However, at the end of the eighth week, the DIBA group demonstrated statistically significantly better balance ability on the anterior component of YBT (p=0.001) and FBT (p=0.024) than controls…”
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CORRUPTION'S EFFECT ON FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT – THE CASE OF MONTENEGRO by Elvira Pupović

“…Using data from Transparency International report, World Bank and National Banking Statistical data, it is manifested in a cross sectional setting that corruption has a negative and significant impact on the foreign direct investment inflows. …”
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