The Illusory Health Beliefs Scale: validation using exploratory structural equation modeling and multidimensional Rasch analysis by Andrew Denovan, Neil Dagnall, Kenneth Graham Drinkwater

“…A sample of 2,138 completed the IHBS (1,016 males, 1,113 females, seven non-binary, two preferred not to disclose). Following minor scale modification, ESEM reported good data-fit for a six-factor model. …”
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Food security situation of rain-fed subsistence farming in the Hamassa watershed agroecologies, Ethiopia by Tegegn Bergene, Belay Simane, Meskerem Abi, Husen Maru

“…Results showed that water availability, climate change perception, land size, development agent, sex, education, Tropical livestock units and oxen were positive and significant factors in food security. …”
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Haematological parameters as predictors of severe dengue: A study from northern districts of West Bengal, India by Sudipta K Roy, Bappaditya Ghosh, Ayan Chakraborty, Santanu Hazra, Bidyut K Goswami, Soumen Bhattacharjee

“…Methods: Dengue patients (N=540) diagnosed as NS1 positives were categorized into 13.7% severe DHF (N=74) and 86.3% mild DF (N=466) and prediction of risk was done using logistic regression. …”
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Transgender Health, Resilience, Inner Well-Being, Vitality, and Empowerment (THRIVE) Scale: Development and Validation of a Novel Gender-Diverse QOL Scale by Miranda E. Essa, Aubrianna L. Stuckey, Reilly Branch, Zoe Poisson, Kaelyn C. Thompson, Steven L. Berman

“…It had significant negative correlations with measures of psychological symptoms and identity distress and positive correlations with measures of life satisfaction and well-being. …”
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Anti-Fat Attitudes Towards Weight Gain Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic or by “Unhealthy” Lifestyle Choices by Daniel Regan, Mackenzie Bjornerud, Mark J. Kiss, Melanie A. Morrison, Todd G. Morrison

“…Finally, believing that one’s weight is controllable and internalizing general standards of attractiveness correlated positively with fat disparagement of the medical patients. …”
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The Role of Marketing Mix on Voluntary Tax Compliance: Small Taxpayers’ Experience in Dodoma City by Allen Mrindoko, Eunice Nyange

“…The quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression model, while qualitative data were analysed using content analysis. …”
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Screening for psychosocial distress and depression among cancer patients in a regional cancer centre in Nigeria: a cross-sectional study by Nwosu et al.

“…The cancer patients who screened positive for distress selected more items from the “Problem List” compared to those without distress. …”

Association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and snoring in adults in Northern sudan: a matched case-control study by Hiba Elhag, Ahmed A. Hassan, Hatim Y. Alharbi, Ishag Adam

“…The study revealed a significant positive association between vitamin D deficiency and snoring in adults. …”
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Bridging Crisp-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Association Rule Mining: A Formal and Computational Integration by Acácio Dom Luís, Rafael Benítez, María del Carmen Bas

“…Although these two methodologies are frequently used to identify logical patterns in binary datasets, they originate from different traditions. …”
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Examining the influence of personal-time-based accessibility on the frequency of public transit use among older adults across Canada by Meredith Alousi-Jones, Ahmed El-Geneidy

“…We then develop a weighted binary logistic regression model to understand the impacts of the personal-time-based accessibility measure, perceived accessibility, and other personal characteristics on older adults’ frequency of public transit use. …”
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Intention to adopt meat alternatives: Why gender-trait self-concept matters by Patrick Hartmann, Vanessa Apaolaza, Mario R. Paredes

“…Instead, a more feminine gender-trait self-concept was positively associated with meat-alternative adoption intention. …”
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Epidemiological characteristics and influencing factors of hand, foot and mouth disease reinfection cases in Jiulongpo District, Chongqing, China, 2009–2023 by Huixian Zhou, Yuan Yao, Qianjin Long, Chunyan Deng

“…There was a spatial positive correlation of HFMD reinfection in Jiulongpo District, with hot spots concentrated in the rural area and cold spots in the urban area. …”
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Red blood cell count has an independent contribution to the prediction of ultrasonography-diagnosed fatty liver disease. by Hai-Lin Wang, Hui Zhang, Shang-Ling Wu, Gong-Cheng Liao, Ai-Ping Fang, Ming-Fan Zhu, Hui-Lian Zhu

“…The prevalence rates of FLD increased with the RBC quintiles in both genders (all P trend<0.001), and were higher in men than women. Binary logistic regression analysis showed positive association between RBC count and FLD, and the OR (95% confidence interval (CI)) were 2.56 (2.06-3.18) in men and 3.69 (2.74-4.98) in women, respectively, when comparing Q5 with Q1. …”
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What is masculinity in a contemporary Australian context? by Steven Litherland, Peter Miller, Shannon Hyder

“…The present study employed a qualitative methodology with thematic analysis used to examine contemporary accounts of masculinity among 39 participants (18 males, 15 females and 6 non-binary) aged between 21 and 74 years (Mean Age = 36.1 years, Standard Deviation = 17.18) and recruited from a large capital city of Melbourne and a regional city of Geelong. …”
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Pattern and risk factors of congenital anomalies among children attending Specialized Hospitals in Sohag Governorate by Ayman S. Abd El-Hady, Abdel-Nasser S. Mohammed, Mohammed A. Aladawy, Gamal E. Soliman

“…Conclusion Cardiovascular, chromosomal CAs, Neural tube defects, oral clefts, Genitourinary system anomalies and digestive system anomalies were the most common CAs in this study. advanced maternal age, rural residence, positive consanguinity and inadequate antenatal care (poor attendance at antenatal clinics), First birth order, infants of diabetic mothers, family history of CA are at increased risk of having CAs.…”
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Household level determinants of agroforestry practices adoption in rural Legambo district of northcentral Ethiopia by Jemal Ali Mohammed, Zinet Alye Yimam

“…The results revealed that while farmers had positive perceptions of AFPs, adoption rates varied across practices. …”
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Hybrid IoT-CAD system: optimized feature selection based gated recurrent residual deep learning for cyber attack detection in IoT networks by Susheela Vishnoi, Sunil Kumar, Saikat Samanta

“…Abstract The growth in intelligent services with fewer resources and advanced communication technologies has positioned the Internet of Things (IoT) as the leading framework for less power lossy networks. …”
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Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Arising from Oral Submucous Fibrosis – A Comparative Retrospective Study with an Insight into the Pathogenesis by Suvarna Kizhakkoottu, Abilasha Ramasubramanian, Pratibha Ramani

“…Pearson Chi-square test and binary logistic regression were carried out for evaluating the association of pathological parameters between cases and controls. …”
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Did healthy life awareness affect the behavioral or cognitive avoidance attitude from COVID-19? An observational study by Ayşegül Şen, Melike Mercan Başpınar, Okcan Basat

“…A negative relationship between the HLA and cognitive avoidance scores (r = −0.255, P < 0.001) and a positive relationship between HLA and behavioral avoidance scores (r = 0.119, P = 0.036) have been indicated. …”
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The impact of climate suitability, urbanisation, and connectivity on the expansion of dengue in 21st century Brazil. by Sophie A Lee, Theodoros Economou, Rafael de Castro Catão, Christovam Barcellos, Rachel Lowe

“…The number of months per year with suitable temperature conditions for Aedes mosquitoes was positively associated with the dengue outbreak occurrence. …”
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