Resilience of Gen Z to Socioeconomic Challenges: The Interconnection of Family Financial Socialization, Attitudes Towards Money and Financial Well-being by Manoj Kumar Chaudhary, Madan Dhungana, Manoj Subedi, Harjit Singh, Dinesh Mani Ghimire

“…Between September and December 2024, a structured questionnaire was distributed both physically on campuses and digitally via online platforms to collect primary data from 452 Gen Z students (aged 18–28) enrolled in 10 management colleges affiliated with national and international universities operating in Kathmandu, Nepal, selected through a purposive sampling method. AMOS SEM was employed to analyze the proposed model comprehensively and test the hypothesized relationships and mediation effects. …”
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Hematological and Biochemical Profile of Patients Infected with Schistosoma mansoni in Comparison with Apparently Healthy Individuals at Sanja Town, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sec... by Nega Dessie, Wossenseged Lema, Mulugeta Aemero

“…Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease that resides in the vascular system of vertebrates, causing a chronic, debilitating disease that affects more than 200 million people and 800,000 deaths per year in over 70 countries. …”
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Age- and sex-standardized prevalence of alcohol consumption and its determinants in the western region of Iran, Ilam: a cross-sectional study by Arezoo Sarmad, Dilan Ahmadzadeh, Mohammad Bazyar, Kamran Malekan, Zahra Malekan, Reza Pakzad

“…Conclusion Considering the prevalence of alcohol consumption in the population over 15 years old, it is necessary to take preventive and intervention measures, with more attention from health policymakers and other sectors.…”
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Effect of safety and security equipment on patient and visitor violence towards nurses in multiple public hospitals of China during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective, differen... by Dan Zhao, Cheng Zhang, Ju Huang, Jinghua Xia, Yanzhen Hu, Xue-mei Lu

“…Objectives This study aimed to analyse whether safety and security equipment decreased patient and visitor violence (PVV) towards nurses in the COVID-19 period and quantify to what extent safety and security equipment affects PVV.Design Controlled before and after study and difference-in-difference (DID) analysis.Setting A large hospital medical group, consisting of three public tertiary teaching hospitals, namely, Xinjiekou Branch, Huilongguan Branch and Xinlongze Branch of Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, located in the west and north parts of Beijing, China.Participants A panel of nine departments recruited using two-step sampling method, administered online surveys in 2021 and 2022. …”
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Knowledge and Practices on the Usage of Pesticides among Farmers in Sevanagala, Sri Lanka by N. Roshini, S. L. Jayarathna, N. Madushani, C. U. Wickramasinghe, K. B. Ekanayake, D. M. G. Fernando

“…Introduction: In Sri Lanka, pesticides are widely used in agriculture, and they have both beneficial effects and health hazards. Method: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Sevanagala Grama Niladhari Division in south-eastern Sri Lanka, to assess the knowledge and practices on usage of pesticides, using an interviewer-administered questionnaire, among farmers who were aged more than 30 years and selected by systematic random sampling. …”
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Social Media Phenomenon Parents: Personal and Social Implications of Sharing Their Children by Betül Ak, Faruk Dursun

“…Data were collected according to convenience sampling method. The data collection form was delivered to the participants online. …”
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Priorities and expectations of researchers, funders, patients and the public regarding the funding of medical research: results from the PERSPECT qualitative study by Mayank Goyal, Aravind Ganesh, Tanaporn Jaroenngarmsamer, Bogna A Drozdowska, Joachim Fladt, Arshia Sehgal, Nora Cristall, Rosalie Victoria McDonough

“…We used both purposive and snowball sampling to recruit participants and conducted semistructured interviews. …”
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Prevalence of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Its Associated Factors among Chronic Disease Patients in a Resource Limited Setting in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Eden Abetu Mehari, Tafete Getu Mekonen, Melkamu Tesfahun Adugnaw, Ousman Abubeker Abdela

“…As a result, the aim of this study is to determine the magnitude of vaccine hesitancy and associated factors among chronic disease patients in Ethiopia. Method. An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted among adult ambulatory chronic disease patients who were selected using stratified sampling technique from June 1 to August 1, 2021. …”
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Management education in technology-mediated ODL platform – implications for educators in context of shifting learning path and digital divide by Smritishikha Choudhury, Chayanika Senapati, Nripendra Narayan Sarma

“…In this context, a need has been felt to understand the implications for educators, more specifically, for the programmes offered through technology-enabled ODL mode. …”
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Micronutrient deficiencies and anaemia associated with body mass index in Australian adults: a cross-sectional study by Evan Atlantis, Canaan Negash Seifu, Paul Patrick Fahey

“…To address complex sampling, survey weights were used when estimating the prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies (vitamin B12 deficiency; serum vitamin B12<145 pmol/L; iron deficiency; ferritin<30 µg/L and vitamin D deficiency; 25-hydroxyvitamin D<50 nmol/L) and anaemia (haemoglobin <120 g/L for females and <130 g/L for males) and when assessing associations with logistic regression models with adjusted ORs (AORs) for BMI categories: healthy weight (BMI 18.5 to <25.0 kg/m2), reference; overweight (BMI 25.0 to <30.0 kg/m2), obesity class I (BMI 30.0 to <35.0 kg/m2), obesity class II/III (BMI 35.0 kg/m2 or more).Result The prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency (range 0.9%─2.8%) and anaemia (range 3.9%─6.7%) were variable across BMI groups. …”
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Effect of COVID-19 on Severity of Signs and Symptoms of Autoimmune Diseases by Ramand Mohammed Haji, Nabaz Ali Ahmed, Shakhawan Azad Ahmed

“…It is an observational cross-sectional study, the data collected by convenience sampling method from 33 patients in the Ranya General Hospital and private clinics for follow-up patient’s autoimmune diseases state in the Ranya city from the 10th November 2020 to the 20th May 2021 and the study included all the patients had autoimmune diseases that recovered from the COVID-19 disease. …”
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Cancer risk in individuals with psychiatric disorders: population-based cohort study by Tak Kyu Oh, Hye Yoon Park, In-Ae Song

“…Conclusions Individuals with psychiatric disorders were more likely to develop cancer than those without. …”
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Survival, morbidity, growth and developmental delay for babies born preterm in low and middle income countries - a systematic review of outcomes measured. by Melissa Gladstone, Clare Oliver, Nynke Van den Broek

“…In 50.5% of studies, gestational age assessment method was unclear. Only 15.8% followed-up infants for 2 years or more. …”
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Self-regulation as a context of critical thinking in cyberpolice officers by О. V. Medvedieva

“…The following methodological tools were used: test of critical thinking, methods of self-management research, methods of diagnostics of regulation focus. …”
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Sex-specific patterns in social visual attention among individuals with autistic traits by Ludan Zhang, Xin Guan, Huiqin Xue, Xiaoya Liu, Bo Zhang, Shuang Liu, Dong Ming

“…However, most studies investigating behavioral and cognitive features of autism tend to include more male samples, leading to a male-biased understanding. …”
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Balancing growth and sustainability: The impact of Greenfield investment on trade adjusted carbon emissions by Ali Raza, Kamran Azam, Asad Ul Islam Khan, Waqar Badshah

“…The results show a positive correlation between Greenfield investment and Consumption-based Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CCO2) in sampled nations. Similarly, energy usage and export damage the environment because developing countries rely on conventional and old methods of energy usage. …”
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Secular trends in weight, height and weight for height among children under 7 years in nine cities of China, 1975–2015: results from five repeated cross-sectional surveys by Ya Qin Zhang, Hua Hong Wu, Xin Nan Zong

“…Objective To analyse the secular trends in mean value and distribution of weight, height and weight for height in children under 7 years in developed regions in China.Design Five repeated cross-sectional surveys were conducted using the same methods at the same sites during 1975–2015.Setting Nine cities in northern, central and southern regions of China.Population Healthy children under 7 years; the sample sizes were 94 496 in 1975, 79 177 in 1985, 79 152 in 1995, 69 760 in 2005 and 83 583 in 2015.Main outcome measures Weight and height were measured by the same methods in the five surveys.Results The increasing trends in the mean value of weight, height and weight for height were observed and their distribution was found to have shifted upwards. …”
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The Role of Pedagogical Mentoring in Building Professional Competencies of Future Music Teachers by Lina ILCHUK, Inna RATYNSKA, Halyna SHVYDKIV, Mykola SHVYDKIV, Alla LISOVA

“…The research employed such methods as questionnaires, testing, and a formative experiment. …”
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Ultrafast complex-valued 4D fMRI reveals sleep-induced brain respiratory pulsation changes in both magnitude and phase signals by Saara Sofia Syväoja, Lauri Raitamaa, Heta Helakari, Jussi Kantola, Matti Järvelä, Janne Kananen, Ville Isokoski, Vesa Korhonen, Tommi Väyrynen, Timo Tuovinen, Jürgen Hennig, Vesa Kiviniemi

“…To study these pulsations more deeply, we employed ultrafast magnetic resonance encephalography (MREG) to capture complex-valued 4D fMRI brain data at a critical 10 Hz sampling rate in healthy volunteers during wakefulness and sleep. …”
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The Correlation between Oral Candida albicans and Interlukine-23 in Diabetic Patients in Hilla City, Iraq by Huda Reyad Al-Harba, Nebrass Nasir-Alla, Azher Abdulhafidh Jabir

“…Objective: Identification and molecular detection of Candida albicans and determination of interlukine-23 (IL-23) concentration and studying the correlation between oral C. albicans and IL-23 in diabetic patients. Materials and Methods: 100 study samples (60 patients; 40 control), 43 were male patients and 57 were female patients, the age ranging from 20 to 70 year. …”
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