Latent class analysis of aggression in martial arts and combat sports: A cross-sectional study. by Cezary Kuśnierz, Marta Niewczas, Wojciech J Cynarski, Grzegorz Bielec, Aleksandra M Rogowska

“…Previous research predominantly employed a variable-centered approach to investigate the relationships between variables and their impact on outcomes. …”
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Association Between Dietary Fiber Intake and Sleep Disorders: Based on the NHANES Database by Yijun Chen, Zengchen Zhao, Weijun Ding, Zhenting Zhou, Meihong Xiao

“…Methods For analysis, data from three consecutive cycles of NHANES (2009–2014) were pooled. The independent variable of interest was DFI, while the dependent variable was sleep disorders. …”
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Associations of Prenatal Socioeconomic Status and Childhood Working Memory: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach by Shelley H. Liu, David Bellinger, Kristen Dams-O’Connor, Jeanne A. Teresi, Ivan Pantic, Sandra Martínez-Medina, John Chelonis, Martha M. Téllez-Rojo, Robert O. Wright

“…Objective: To determine if prenatal socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with childhood working memory (WM), we constructed a more precise, integrative measure of WM using variables from multiple tasks that may provide a more representative measure of WM. …”
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Epigenetic Study of Cohort of Monozygotic Twins With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Due to MYBPC3 (Cardiac Myosin‐Binding Protein C) by Alfonso Peñarroya, Rebeca Lorca, José Julián Rodríguez Reguero, Juan Gómez, Pablo Avanzas, Juan Ramon Tejedor, Agustín F. Fernandez, Mario F. Fraga

“…Our results revealed a more anxious personality among more severely affected individuals. …”
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Effects of Different Temperatures on the Physiological Characteristics of Sweet Potato (<i>Ipomoea batatas</i> L. Lam) Storage Roots and Growth of Seedlings During the Sprouting an... by Guangyan Sun, Yi Gou, Linxi Zhang, Mingjun Tang, Yucui Li, Yiming Song, Shuwen Deng, Kang Du, Changwen Lv, Daobin Tang, Jichun Wang

“…Comparing at the same average temperature, the physiological metabolism and sprouting time and quality of sweet potato were better at variable temperatures than at constant temperatures, in which 31/23 °C was more conducive to the advancement of the ST of sweet potato. …”
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Heterogeneous Mantle Metasomatism Controlled by Continental Subduction: Evidence From Post‐Collisional Mafic Rocks in the North Qaidam Orogen by Xiangyu Gao, Shengyao Yu, Yu Qi, Lintao Wang, Chuanzhi Li, Xiaocong Jiang, Xingzhou Jiang, Yang Yu

“…This is attributed to spatially variable continental subduction and the consequent differentiated crust–mantle interactions. …”
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Broadening the Phenotype Spectrum of MECP2 Variants in Men by Johannes Lötjönen, Venla Kurra, Hannele Laivuori, Nina Bjelogrlić

“…These aims may be difficult to reach before more is known about factors resulting in highly variable clinical pictures among patients carrying the same MECP2 variant. …”
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Diurnal temperature range drives understory plant community composition in micro-climatically complex temperate montane forests by Adam L Mahood, David M Barnard, Jacob A Macdonald, David W Pittenger, Sarah M Hall, Paula J Fornwalt

“…We found that mean DTR was stable throughout the year, although it was more variable around the mean (i.e. the standard deviation was higher) in winter months. …”
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Evaluating the Potential Use of Wearable Fitness Devices as a Measure of Outcomes in Orthopaedics by Jordan Henderson BS, Santiago Logan-Baca BS, Sara Kisiel BS, Fadi Muheidat PhD, David Jaffe MD

“…Conclusion: This study highlights the potential value of integrating objective physical activity data from wearable devices with PROMs for a more holistic assessment. The variable moderate correlations discovered underscores the challenge of correlating pain directly with physical activity. …”
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The association between the atherogenic index of plasma and all-cause mortality in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis: a multicenter cohort study by Yaohua Hu, Liming Yang, Zhanshan Sun, Xiaoxuan Zhang, Xueyan Zhu, Jian Li, Xinyang Li, Mengyuan Yu, Wenpeng Cui

“…The primary exposure variable in this investigation was the logarithm of the triglycerides (TG)/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) ratio, which was used to compute the AIP, and the outcome variable was all-cause mortality. …”
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Impact of moral distress on burn-out: a cross-sectional survey of front-line family physicians during the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic by John Billimek, Johanna Shapiro, Cynthia Haq, Tan Nguyen, Avital Sabrina Fischer, Reece Fenning, John Michael Robb, Allison Slater, Uyen Mai, Tien Lam, Jan Paolo De La Cruz

“…Moderator variables included gender and employer support.Results FPs experiencing higher burn-out and moral distress were more likely to report concerns regarding personal COVID-19 risk and lack of personal protective equipment. …”
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The association between the vitamin B1 intake and risk of non-melanoma skin cancer in U.S. adults: a cross-sectional study by Shiyi Huang, Lungang Shi, Yang Ma, Yuebin Zhu, Yingshi Liang, Haofeng Huang

“…Outcome variable was presence of non-melanoma skin cancer. …”
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Women's and men's reports of past-year prevalence of intimate partner violence and rape and women's risk factors for intimate partner violence: A multicountry cross-sectional study... by Rachel Jewkes, Emma Fulu, Ruchira Tabassam Naved, Esnat Chirwa, Kristin Dunkle, Regine Haardörfer, Claudia Garcia-Moreno, UN Multi-country Study on Men and Violence Study Team

“…The analysis was not based on a written plan, and following a reviewer's comments, some material was moved to supplementary files and the regression was performed without variable elimination. Men reported more lifetime perpetration of IPV (physical or sexual IPV range 32.5%-80%) than women did experience (physical or sexual IPV range 27.5%-67.4%), but women's reports of past-year experience (physical or sexual IPV range 8.2%-32.1%) were not very clearly different from men's (physical or sexual IPV range 10.1%-34.0%). …”
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Cross sectional survey of maternal and newborn quality of care in Niger: Selected findings, lessons learned and recommendations. by Alexandre Quach, Barbara Madaj, Katie Fahy, Aminata Tinni Konate, Ibrahim Souley, Lucien Omar Marcel, Adama Traore, Monir Islam, Uzochukwu Egere, Charles Anawo Ameh

“…The health facility survey showed variable access to electricity (63% [53-72]), water (72% [62-81]), and transportation (40% [31-50]). …”
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Metabolic state alters economic decision making under risk in humans. by Mkael Symmonds, Julian J Emmanuel, Megan E Drew, Rachel L Batterham, Raymond J Dolan

“…Specifically, animals often express a preference for risky (more variable) food sources when below a metabolic reference point (hungry), and safe (less variable) food sources when sated. …”
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Improving Nurse Job Satisfaction in The Handover Process by The Documentation-Based SWITCH Handover Method by Ika Suhartanti, Anndy Prastya, Mujiadi Mujiadi

“…Method: This study was a a pre-experimental design with a one-group pretest-post-test approach. Independent variable in this study was the application of the documentation-based SWITCH handover method, while the dependent variable was nurse job satisfaction during the handover process. …”
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Pathway analysis of GWAS provides new insights into genetic susceptibility to 3 inflammatory diseases. by Hariklia Eleftherohorinou, Victoria Wright, Clive Hoggart, Anna-Liisa Hartikainen, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, David Balding, Lachlan Coin, Michael Levin

“…Studying the cumulative variation of polymorphisms in multiple genes acting in functional pathways may provide a complementary approach to the more common single SNP association approach in understanding genetic determinants of common disease. …”
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DETERMINANTS OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE IN NIGERIAN OIL AND GAS SECTOR by Adeoba Asaolu Adepoju

“…The study uses leverage as the dependent variable and five explanatory variables namely, liquidity, size, tangibility, non-debt tax shield and profitability. …”
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Proportional constrained longitudinal data analysis models for clinical trials in sporadic Alzheimer's disease by Guoqiao Wang, Lei Liu, Yan Li, Andrew J. Aschenbrenner, Randall J. Bateman, Paul Delmar, Lon S. Schneider, Richard E. Kennedy, Gary R. Cutter, Chengjie Xiong

“…Discussion The PcLDA framework offers a variety of possibilities to model longitudinal data such as proportional MMRM (pMMRM) and two‐part pMMRM which can model heterogeneous cohorts more efficiently and model co‐primary endpoints simultaneously.…”
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Experimental performance investigation on the effect of step change in absorber plate thickness of flat plate solar collector by Md. Shamiul Basar Himel, Mahmudul Hasan, Md. Hasan Ali, Nahyan Ahnaf Pratik, Md Akib Ul Islam, Fahim Tanvir, Adrita Anwar, Md. Jabed Alam

“…Over the years, several geometrical and operational improvements have been made to the solar flat plate collector to utilize the solar energy more effectively. The present study investigated the effect of the step-change in absorber plate thickness on the thermal performance of flat plate solar collectors (FPCs). …”
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