Determinants of academics' job satisfaction: empirical evidence from private universities in Bangladesh. by Abdul Kadar Muhammad Masum, Md Abul Kalam Azad, Loo-See Beh

“…The job satisfaction of academics is related to a number of variables of complex function such as demographic characters, the work itself, pay, work responsibilities, variety of tasks, promotional opportunities, relationship with co-workers and others. …”
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HIV treatment as prevention: issues in economic evaluation. by Till Bärnighausen, Joshua A Salomon, Nalinee Sangrujee

“…Meyer-Rath and Over assert in another article in the July 2012 PLoS Medicine Collection, "Investigating the Impact of Treatment on New HIV Infections", that economic evaluations of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in currently existing programs and in HIV treatment as prevention (TasP) programs should use cost functions that capture cost dependence on a number of factors, such as scale and scope of delivery, health states, ART regimens, health workers' experience, patients' time on treatment, and the distribution of delivery across public and private sectors. …”
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Explainable machine learning prediction of internet addiction among Chinese primary and middle school children and adolescents: a longitudinal study based on positive youth develop... by Jiahe Liu, Lang Chen, Yuxin Chen, Jingsong Luo, Kexin Yu, Linlin Fan, Chan Yong, Huiyu He, Simei Liao, Zongyuan Ge, Lihua Jiang, Lihua Jiang

“…Key predictors included grade level, delinquent behavior, anxiety, family function, and depression scores. SHAP analysis revealed consistent and interpretable feature contributions across individuals.ConclusionDepression, anxiety, and family dynamics are significant factors influencing IA in children. …”
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Pre-existing weakness is critical for the occurrence of postoperative cognitive dysfunction in mice of the same age. by Yujie Tang, Xueqin Wang, Shuibing Zhang, Shangchun Duan, Wenxiang Qing, Gong Chen, Feng Ye, Yuan Le, Wen Ouyang

“…Pre-existing weakness of mice was induced by intraperitoneal injection of lipopolysaccharide (8mg/kg) and was evaluated by physical frailty index (by open field test), neuroinflammation level (by Iba1 immunostaining and inflammatory factors TNF-α and IL-1β), and neuronal activity (by p-CREB immunostaining). …”
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Mediation and moderation analysis of the association between physical capability and quality of life among stroke patients. by Xue Yang, Hongmei Zhang, Qian Liu, Yihuan Lu, Liqing Yao

“…Patients' mental and physical function was assessed using the Brunnstrom recovery stage (BRS), mini-balance evaluation system test (Mini-BEST), Barthel index (BI), Activities-specific Balance Confidence scale (ABC), and Hamilton depression scale (HAM-D). …”
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Quality of Life of Patients with Liver Cirrhosis by María Belén Alvarado Villavicencio, Evelyn Carolina Betancourt Rubio, Luis Roberto Villamarín Ponce

“…Comparative analyzes were performed to evaluate perceptions of quality of life, health, and other vital domains based on demographic variables. Statistical tests such as Spearman correlation, Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis test were used, as appropriate for each variable. …”
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A Predictive Model of the HIV Infection Course by E. I. Veselova, G. D. Kaminskiy, K. A. Kocharyan, A. B. Peregudova, O. V. Lovacheva, A. G. Samoylova

“…The probability of persisting RV after 12 months of ART was assessed first by one factor – VL prior to ART, after that by three factors – VL, HIV reservoir (HIV DNA), CD8 count prior to ART. …”
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The use of dance to improve the health and wellbeing of older adults: A global scoping review of research trials. by Martha Waugh, Gregory Youdan, Courtney Casale, Rachel Balaban, Emily S Cross, Dafna Merom

“…The lack of synthesised evidence regarding program design, dose, and delivery limits understanding of factors influencing participation and health outcomes. …”
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Prevalence of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease among information technology employees in India by Bharam Bhargava, Padaki Nagaraja Rao, Anand V. Kulkarni, Ravikanth Vishnubhotla, Nanditha Pramod, Chandanadur Thippaiah Anitha, Kalyankar Mahadev

“…Chi-square test and Spearman’s rank correlation were performed to analyse the associations and correlations between risk factors. …”
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Blood Eosinophil Count as a Predictive Biomarker of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation in a Real-World Setting by Moegi Komura, Tadashi Sato, Yohei Suzuki, Hitomi Yoshikawa, Naoko Arano Nitta, Mika Hayashi, Eriko Kuwasaki, Kimiko Horikoshi, Toshihiko Nishioki, Mikiko Mori, Yuzo Kodama, Shinichi Sasaki, Kazuhisa Takahashi

“…Patients with exacerbation showed worse pulmonary function, and we found that a high blood eosinophil count (≥350 cells/μL; p=0.014), low % FEV1 (<50%; p=0.002), increase in white blood cell (≥9000 cells/μL; p=0.039), and use of home oxygen therapy (p=0.005) were risk factors for future exacerbations. …”
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Ethnic differences in disability prevalence and their determinants studied over a 20-year period: a cohort study. by Emily D Williams, Therese Tillin, Peter Whincup, Nita G Forouhi, Nishi Chaturvedi

“…Disability was measured using a performance-based locomotor function test and self-reported questionnaires on functional limitation, and instrumental (IADL) and basic activities of daily living (ADL).…”
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Association of fear of falling and low physical activity with fall risk among older Taiwanese community-dwellers by Yih-Jian Tsai, Wen-Jung Sun, Yi-Ching Yang, Mei-Yu Wei

“…During the second survey, we analyzed the correlations between fall incidents and a range of factors, including age, sex, gait maneuverability, vision, comorbidity count, depressive symptoms, cognitive function, history of falls, fear of falling, and physical activity level. …”
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Identification of multicohort-based predictive signature for NMIBC recurrence reveals SDCBP as a novel oncogene in bladder cancer by Chen Zhang, Hubin Yin, Tinghao Li, Junrui Chen, Weiyang He, Ke Ren, Bo Li, Xudong Liu

“…Immunohistochemical testing revealed elevated levels of ACTN4 and SDCBP in recurrent NMIBC tissues. …”
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Inflammatory, fibrotic and endothelial biomarker profiles in COVID-19 patients during and following hospitalization by Fares Darawshy, Dan Padawer, Abed Qadan, Yaser Salaymeh, Neville Berkman

“…Plasma levels of MMP2, MMP7, MMP9, KL-6, IL-6, TNF-α, angiopoietin-2, thrombomodulin, and hyaluronan were measured in 73 hospitalized COVID-19 patients during admission and, in a subset, at follow-up. Pulmonary function tests were performed at follow-up. The majority of patients (82.2%) had severe COVID-19; 14 (19.2%) died within 90 days. …”
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Hierarchical quantitative prediction of photovoltaic power generation depreciation expense based on matrix task prioritization considering uncertainty risk by Yinming Liu, Wengang Wang, Xiangyue Meng, Yuchen Zhang, Zhuyu Chen

“…In practical application, the test results show that this method can complete the risk quantitative analysis of uncertain factors, and the tracking ability and fitting degree of prediction are good; An ordered list of solutions of each objective function can be generated; The method in this paper is used to predict the depreciation expense of photovoltaic power generation in the first 10 solutions of priority ranking, and the maximum deviation of the prediction result is -0.65 million yuan.…”
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Neurocognitive and linguistic development in bilingual children: a cross-sectional study on the impact of dual language exposure in 100 Egyptian children by Rasha Sami, Maha Ahmed

“…Abstract Background Bilingual children have better language development and cognitive function. Examining these impacts in an Egyptian setting sheds light on the potential implications of dual language exposure on cognitive results. …”
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Cardiovascular disease risk models and longitudinal changes in cognition: a systematic review. by Stephanie L Harrison, Jie Ding, Eugene Y H Tang, Mario Siervo, Louise Robinson, Carol Jagger, Blossom C M Stephan

“…<h4>Background</h4>Cardiovascular disease and its risk factors have consistently been associated with poor cognitive function and incident dementia. …”
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High Frequency of Microvascular Dysfunction in US Outpatient Clinics: A Sign of High Residual Risk? Data from 7,105 Patients by Morteza Naghavi, Stanley Kleis, Hirofumi Tanaka, Albert A. Yen, Ruoyu Zhuang, Ahmed Gul, Yasamin Naghavi, Ralph Metcalfe

“…Digital thermal monitoring (DTM) of microvascular function is a new and simplified technique based on fingertip temperature measurements that has been correlated with the burden of atherosclerosis and its risk factors. …”
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Effective quantum gravity black hole with cloud of strings surrounded by quintessence field by Ahmad Al-Badawi, Faizuddin Ahmed, İzzet Sakallı

“…The metric function is influenced by three key parameters: the quantum correction parameter ξ, the CS parameter α, and the parameters (c,w) of the QF. …”
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Exploring Different Levels of Contact Frequency in Multiple Sclerosis Care by Sofia Persson, Ann‐Christine Andersson, Boel Andersson Gäre, Jonas Lind

“…The need for a deeper understanding of factors influencing healthcare contacts has been highlighted. …”
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