Post-COVID-19 functional status in socioeconomically vulnerable neighborhoods attended in primary health care in two Brazilian cities: a cross-sectional study by Danielle Souto de Medeiros, Gabriele Amorim, Fabiane Soares, Laio Magno, Thaís Regis Aranha Rossi, Thiago Silva Torres, Valdiléa Gonçalves Veloso, Débora Castanheira, Inês Dourado

“…Objective This study aimed to assess post-COVID functional status and associated sociodemographic factors and health inequalities among residents of socioeconomically vulnerable neighborhoods who attended primary health care in two Brazilian cities. …”
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Mental health risks in pregnancy and early parenthood among male and female parents following unintended pregnancy or fertility treatment: a cross-sectional observational study by Naoki Mizunuma, Keiko Yamada, Takashi Kimura, Yutaka Ueda, Takashi Takeda, Takahiro Tabuchi, Kunihiko Kurosaki

“…Abstract Background Unintended pregnancy at higher risk of perinatal mood disorders; however, concurrent factors such as socioeconomic conditions may be more critical to mental health than pregnancy intention. …”
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Comparative efficacy of interventional therapy with or without targeted immunotherapy in Child-Pugh B hepatocellular carcinoma patients: a single-center, retrospective study by Xu-Wei Guo, Man Zhao, Xiao-Ling Duan, Guang-Jie Han, Jin-Feng Wang, Jian-Fei Shi, Xin Han, Fei Yin, Guang Yang

“…Independent influencing factors were discerned through multifactorial COX regression analysis. …”
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Characterization of lysine crotonylation-related lncRNAs for prognostic assessment and immune response in glioma by Miaomiao Song, Juan Xu, Zhonghao Gui, Yun Wu, Feifei Wang, Hongmei Sheng, Xueyong Huang, Junyu Qian, Haotian Qin, Ying Wang, Ying Wang

“…Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) associated with lysine crotonylation (LCRlncRNAs) have been implicated in cancer progression, but their role in glioma remains largely unexplored.MethodsTranscriptomic and clinical data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) glioma cohort were analyzed to identify prognostic LCRlncRNAs. A multigene risk score model was constructed using univariate Cox, LASSO, and multivariate Cox regression analyses. …”
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Postnatal Growth Restriction Is Reduced If Birth Weight Is Used for Nutritional Calculations in ELBW Infants by Pradeep Alur, Harithsa Asuri, Jane Cirelli, Ankita Patel, Theodore Bell, Jonathan Liss, Naveed Hussain

“…However, the birth weights were not different between the two periods. When the multiple-regression analysis was done using a discharge weight of >10th percentile as the dependent variable, protein intake before regaining of BW (OR of 4.126 with 95th CI of 2.03-8.36, a P value of 0.00) and AGA status at birth (OR of 8.37 with 95th CI of 2.67-26.24) remained significant factors. …”
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Severe and enduring prostate cancer burden attributable to smoking among old men amid global decline and socioeconomic disparities by Hao Chen, Chen Sang, Jia Jia, Shan Zheng, Minzhen Wang

“…This study utilized data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2021 to systematically analyze the global burden of PC attributable to smoking among OM (aged 55 years and older) from 1990 to 2021. …”
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Workplace violence, work characteristics, and seniority levels among nurses: a cross-sectional study by Hui-Ling Yang, Ju-Chun Tai, Chia-Hui Wang, Yuh-Kae Shyu, Kuei-Ru Chou, Li-Chung Pien

“…Abstract Background Workplace violence (WPV) is a widespread phenomenon in healthcare systems and an increasingly severe occupational health and safety issue. This study aimed to analyze the prevalence of WPV among novice and senior nurses and to explore the associations between this factor and various types of workplace violence, workplace characteristics, and professional seniority levels while simultaneously identifying relevant risk factors. …”
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Association of lysosomal protein transmembrane 4 beta gene polymorphism with pancreatic carcinoma susceptibility in the Chinese population by Bing Wang, Shan Wang, Guowei Liang, Jianjun Xu, Rouli Zhou, Qingyun Zhang

“…In order to improve the dismal survival rate, identification of new potential susceptibility risk factors for the prevention and early detection of pancreatic carcinoma is of utmost importance. …”
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Current status of nurses’ public health emergency response capacity for emerging infectious disease: a cross-sectional study by Qin Qiu, Qin Qiu, Yuntong Liu, Fanping Meng, Fanping Meng, Xinhua Wang, Chunxiang Su

“…ObjectivesThis study aimed to assess the current status of nurses’ public health emergency response capacity for emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) in tertiary hospitals in Beijing, explore the deficiencies of nurses’ emergency response capacity, and analyze the influencing factors in the post-epidemic era.MethodsA convenience sampling method was utilized to recruit registered nurses in 3 tertiary hospitals in Beijing from 27 August and 2 September 2024. …”
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Sleep disturbance, cancer-related fatigue, and depression as determinants of quality of life among breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: a cross-sectional study by Abdelaziz Hendy, Rasha Kadri Ibrahim, Amani Darwish, Saher Al Sabbah, Abeer Yahia Mahdy Shalby, Rahmah Khubrani, Amal Elhaj Alawad, Sally Mohammed Farghaly Abdelaliem, Nadia Mohamed Ibrahim Wahba

“…Data were collected using validated instruments: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast (FACT-B), Cancer Fatigue Scale (CFS), and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) for depression. Linear regression models were employed to analyze the relationships between sleep disturbance, fatigue, depression, and QoL. …”
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Pengaruh Biological Asset Intensity, Konsentrasi Kepemilikan Dan Profitabilitas Terhadap Pengungkapan Aset Biologis by Chilma Zufriya, Negina Kencono Putri, Yusriati Nur Farida

“…Agricultural companies need to disclose biological assets because biological assets are the main assets owned by the company. Some factors that influence the disclosure of biological assets include biological asset intensity, ownership concentration, company size, type of public accounting firm, and profitability. …”
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MANAGING FRAUD IN CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, THE ROLE OF INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT: A STUDY OF QUOTED DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS (DMBs) IN NIGERIA by Onajero Kensington OHWO

“…Descriptive and inferential (multiple regression) statistics were used to analyze the data. …”

Driving Pattern Analysis, Gear Shift Classification, and Fuel Efficiency in Light-Duty Vehicles: A Machine Learning Approach Using GPS and OBD II PID Signals by Juan José Molina-Campoverde, Juan Zurita-Jara, Paúl Molina-Campoverde

“…Such integration could optimize gear shift timing based on dynamic factors like road conditions, traffic density, and driver behavior, ultimately contributing to improved fuel efficiency and overall vehicle performance.…”
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The mechanism of RNA methylation writing protein-related prognostic genes in lung adenocarcinoma based on bioinformatics by Sha Yin, Guangyan Luo, Lei Luo

“…Independent prognostic factors were screened by Cox regression and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression analyses. …”
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Research on the Transformer Failure Diagnosis Method Based on Fluorescence Spectroscopy Analysis and SBOA Optimized BPNN by Xueqing Chen, Dacheng Li, Anjing Wang

“…In order to eliminate the influence of noise factors on the spectral analysis and boost the accuracy of the diagnosis, a variety of spectral preprocessing algorithms, such as Savitzky–Golay (SG), moving median, moving mean, gaussian, locally weighted linear regression smoothing (Lowess), locally weighted quadratic regression smoothing (Loess), and robust (RLowess) and (Rloess), are used to smooth denoise the collected spectral data. …”
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Bidirectional relationship between anemia and cognitive function in middle-aged and older Chinese adults: a longitudinal study by Jian Xiong, Yang Jiang, Jia-ling Wu, Dan Zhang, Wen-xiong Xue

“…We measured hemoglobin levels, global cognitive function, and other factors. Linear regression was used to analyze the association between baseline anemia status and follow-up cognitive function in participants free from low cognitive performance at baseline. …”
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Self-efficacy, self-esteem, and happiness in older adults: A cross-sectional study. by Towhid Babazadeh, Soheila Ranjbaran, Sara Pourrazavi, Khalil Maleki Chollou, Akbar Nadi, Erfan Saeedi Tazekand

“…Hierarchical multiple linear regression analysis revealed that demographic factors accounted for 15.3% of the variance in happiness, while self-efficacy and self-esteem explained an additional 43.0%, totaling 58.7%. …”
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Associations between high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and computed tomography-defined low muscle mass in older adults and sex-related differences by Weixiao Zhang, Yongkang Liu, Yiping Zhang, Dingzhe Zhang, Jianhua Wang, Xiao Chen

“…The muscle area of the bilateral erector spinae muscles was measured at the T12 level on a single CT image. Linear regression analysis was used to evaluate the effects of related factors on muscle area. …”
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Understanding Gender Disparities in Quality of Life Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes in Ethiopia: An Institutional‐Based Study by Enguday Demeke Gebeyaw, Girma Deshimo Lema

“…Chi‐squared tests were utilized to analyze gender differences in HRQoL, while logistic regression was employed to identify gender‐specific factors influencing HRQoL. …”
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SLEEP DISORDERS AND CHRONIC DISEASES IN PATIENTS OF THE BRAZILIAN NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM by Luana Carolina de Morais, Everton Alex Carvalho Zanuto, Dayane Cristina Queiroz, Monique Yndawe Castanho Araújo, Ana Paula Rodrigues Rocha, Jamile Sanches Codogno

“…ABSTRACT Many factors are associated with sleep disorders, causing an increase in health spending. …”
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