Physical activity modifies the association between atherogenic index of plasma and prediabetes and diabetes: A cross‐sectional analysis by Shenglan Yang, Xinyu Gou, Hui Dong, Limei Chen, Yiyan Wang, Jing Wu

“…After adjusting for auxiliary variables, AIP was positively correlated with prediabetes and diabetes (odds ratio [OR]: 3.447, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.829–6.497). …”
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Association of serum uric acid-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio with cardiovascular disease risk in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease:... by Xianyao Wang, Yuchen Shi, Ying Zi, Jun Long, Rongjie Shi

“…UHR was nonlinear positive correlated with FRS (log-likelihood ratio test < 0.001). …”
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ArabSis: Arabic Corpus Sentiment Analysis by Ziad Doughan, Sari Itani, Samir Itani

“…While benchmark datasets abound for general tasks, languages like Arabic and fields like multi-dimensional sentiment analysis beyond binary classification as positive or negative suffer from resource scarcity, limiting progress in human-centric applications. …”
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Prediction of clinical factors associated with pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 in Pakistan. by Nadia Nisar, Uzma Bashir Aamir, Nazish Badar, Muhammad Rashid Mehmood, Muhammad Masroor Alam, Birjees Mazher Kazi, Syed Sohail Zahoor Zaidi

“…Of 1,243 cases, 262 (21%) tested positive for A(H1N1)pdm09 and the proportion of children (≤12) and adults (>12) were 27% and 73% respectively. …”
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Barriers and facilitators to changes in adolescent physical activity during COVID-19 by Kwok Ng, Jemima Cooper, Fiona McHale, Joanna Clifford, Catherine Woods

“…Numeric analyses were through multiple binary logistic regressions, stratified by changes in PA during lockdown and inductive analysis of open coding of text responses.Results Adolescents reported they did less PA (50%), no change (30%) or did more PA during lockdown (20%). …”
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The status on achieving Kt/V target and the analysis of impact factors of Kt/V in maintenance peritoneal dialysis patients by ZHANG Suo-jian, ZHANG Xu, CAO Juan, LI Hai-tao, CAI Xiao-qin, ZHAO Ye, XU Yu

“…Objective To explore the present status on achieving Kt/V target and the impact factors of Kt/V in maintenance peritoneal dialysis（MPD） patients.Methods This was a cross-sectional study carried out in Peritoneal Dialysis Center of Taixing People’s Hospital.A total of 77 clinical stable peritoneal dialysis patients with duration ≥3 months who completed dialysis adequacy and biochemical assessment from November 2014 to May 2015 were enrolled in this study.All the patients used either continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis（CAPD） or daytime ambulatory peritoneal dialysis（DAPD）.The status on achieving Kt/V target was investigated.The demographic data and clinical characteristics were compared according to varied Kt/V.Results The total Kt/V was 1.75 ± 0.57 and creatinine clearance rate（Ccr） was（57.44 ± 19.58） L.week^-1.（1.73 m²）^-1 for the whole patients and there was 54.54%subjects achieving the Kt/V target.The patients with Kt/V≥1.7 had higher proportion of female,lower proportion of diabetic nephropathy patients,smaller height,weight and body mass index（BMI）,higher urine volume and higher residual renal function（RRF） than in those with Kt/V<l.7（P<0.05）.There was no significant difference between age,the way of peritoneal dialysis,months of peritoneal dialysis duration and dialysate volume.Kt/V was correlated inversely with height（r=-0.444,P = 0.001）,weight（r=-0.457,P = 0.001） and BMI（r=-0.240,P=0.035）.Kt/V was correlated positively with 24-h urine volume（r= 0.357,P = 0.001）,and RRF（r= 0.330,P = 0.003）.There was no association of Kt/V with age and dialysate volume.Binary Logistic regression analysis showed that female,smaller size,and high RRF were the protection factors.Conclusions About 67.4%of peritoneal dialysis patients can reach the Kt/V target recommended by K/DOQI.Gender,body size and RRF were the impact factors of Kt/V in MPD patients.…”
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Impacts of introduced sustainable land management (ISLM) practices on crop yield and net farm income of smallholder farmers, Eastern and Southern Ethiopia by Alemayehu Temesgen Gebremikael, Jemal Yousuf Hassan, Getachew Shambel Endris, Chanyalew Seyoum Aweke

“…The propensity score matching (PSM) model showed that ISLM practices adoption has a positive impact on crop yield and net farm income of farmers. …”
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Menstrual hygiene knowledge and practices among adolescent schoolgirls in flood-affected rural Bangladesh by Tamima Ahmed, Md. Khalid Hasan, Tanjin Kabir Aunto, Taufique Ahmed, Dilara Zahid

“…The results also indicated that girls aged 17 to 19 [AOR = 7.78, 95% CI: 1.83–32.99] and those from middle-class families [AOR = 0.51, 95% CI: 0.31–0.85] showed a significant positive association with menstrual hygiene knowledge. …”
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Flood risk perception among households in flood-prone areas of the Itang watershed, lower Baro Akobo Basin, southwest Ethiopia by Shibiru Chengu, Mohammed Assen, Elias Gebeyehu

“…Income was positively associated with flood risk perception (coefficient = 1.363, p = 0.001), indicating that wealthier individuals are more concerned about protecting their assets. …”
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Knowledge towards Strabismus and Associated Factors among Adults in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia by Aragaw kegne Assaye, Melkamu Temeselew Tegegn, Natnael Lakachew Assefa, Betelhem Temesgen Yibekal

“…Being a student (AOR = 2.15, (95% CI: 1.11–4.13) was positively associated, while monthly income >5000 birrs (AOR = 0.44, 95% CI: 0.26–0.76) was negatively associated with good knowledge about strabismus. …”
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The Ankle-brachial Index as a Predictor of Multivess el Coronary Disease in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and Peripheral Arterial Disease by Tessa Negrín Valdés, Ailed Elena Rodríguez Jiménez, Raikel Fardales Rodríguez, Luis Alberto Castellanos Gallo, José Carlos Meneses Jiménez, Magda Alina López Callejas

“…The two-predictor variables were: NSTEACS and ABI≤0.9, which showed a high positive predictive value in the prognosis of multivessel coronary artery disease.…”
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Analysis of indications for selectively missing results in comparative registry-based studies in medicine: a meta-research study by Paula Starke, Zhentian Zhang, Hannah Papmeier, Dawid Pieper, Tim Mathes

“…Results from registry-based studies comparing medical interventions should be interpreted very cautiously, as positive findings could be a result from p-hacking, publication bias, or selective reporting. …”
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Education interacts with genetic variants near GJD2, RBFOX1, LAMA2, KCNQ5 and LRRC4C to confer susceptibility to myopia. by Rosie Clark, Alfred Pozarickij, Pirro G Hysi, Kyoko Ohno-Matsui, Cathy Williams, Jeremy A Guggenheim, UK Biobank Eye and Vision Consortium

“…Genotype-by-education interaction tests were performed in the Stage-II sample, with University education coded as a binary exposure. On average, participants were 58 years-old and left full-time education when they were 18 years-old; 35% reported University level education. …”
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AppAuth: Authorship Attribution for Android App Clones by Guoai Xu, Chengpeng Zhang, Bowen Sun, Xinyu Yang, Yanhui Guo, Chengze Li, Haoyu Wang

“…Our work is the first one that tackles the problem systematically and we believe our efforts could positively contribute to the research community and boost the research of app repacking detection and authorship attribution studies.…”
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Association of type D personality with vascular health in adolescents by Cheng Fangman, Lv Han, Sheng Nan, Ge Binqian, Liu Ying, Zhang Chunmei, Zhou Ping, Zhu Fenfen, Shen Juan

“…The effect of type D personality was analyzed using both dichotomous and continuous methods.ResultsWhen analyzed as a binary variable, type D personality significantly affected vascular health scores [β = −0.169, 95% confidence interval (CI): [−4.001 to −1.483], P &lt; 0.001]. …”
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What predicts complete immunisation among 18-month to 24-month-old children in the urban slum area of Hlaingthayar Township, Yangon Region, Myanmar? A cross-sectional study by Zayar Lynn, Wai Wai Han

“…A total of 298 mothers of 18-month to 24-month-old children were recruited from the urban slum areas under five randomly selected wards by applying the cluster sampling method. Multiple binary logistic regression was performed to explore the predictors for complete immunisation. …”
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Partograph Utilization and Associated Factors among Obstetric Care Providers at Public Health Facilities in Hadiya Zone, Southern Ethiopia by Yosef Haile, Fikru Tafese, Tesfaye Dagne Weldemarium, Mulugeta Hailu Rad

“…Descriptive statistics and binary and multivariable logistic regression analyses were done. …”
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Developing a multivariate model for the prediction of concussion recovery in sportspeople: a machine learning approach by Antonio Belli, Vijay Sawlani, David Davies, Kamal Yakoub, Louise C Yates, Elliot Yates, Xuanxuan Li, Yiping Lu

“…A final composite model accuracy of 94.6% based on the unseen testing subset was obtained, yielding a sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 93.8% with a positive predictive value of 71.4% and a negative predictive value of 100%. …”
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Socioeconomic and locational disparities in primary education completion in Burkina Faso by Lazarus Obed Livingstone Banda

“…Logistic regression results demonstrate that urban residence is positively associated with completion (OR = 1.107, 95% CI [1.103, 1.111]), while gender was not statistically significant after adjusting for covariates. …”
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Genetic parameters and potential of reducing tail and ear damage in pigs through breeding by Bernadett Hegedűs, Natália Galoro Leite, J. Elizabeth Bolhuis, Piter Bijma

“…Here, we analysed tail and ear damage scores on their original scale, binary scale, and summed versions of these damage traits to investigate which trait definition is best for genetic selection. …”
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