IMPACT OF SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS ON DEMAND FOR INSURANCE POLICY AND PRODUCT IN NIGERIA by Rukayat Bukola ADEJARE, Ismaila Daudu ALIU

“…However, the Islamic religious belief and ethnicity of the customers do not have statistically significant relationship with demand for insurance policy. …”
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Gender Classification Based on Iris Recognition Using Artificial Neural Networks by Basna Mohammed Salih, Adnan Mohsin Abdulazeez, Omer Mohammed Salih Hassan

“… Biometric authentication is one of the most quickly increasing innovations in today's world; this promising technology has seen widespread use in a variety of fields, including surveillance services, safe financial transfers, credit-card authentication. in biometric verification processes such as gender, age, ethnicity is iris recognition technology is considered the most accurate compared to other vital features such as face, hand geometry, and fingerprints.  …”
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The Mystery of the Past Haunts Again: Jane Eyre and Eugenie Marlitt’s Die zweite Frau by Ivonne Defant

“…Bothnovels explore indeed the issue of the imprisoned and socially marginalised woman in terms of ethnicity to show how gender roles are inevitably complicit with power relations. …”
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Bisphenol A and Metabolic Syndrome: Results from NHANES by Srinivas Teppala, Suresh Madhavan, Anoop Shankar

“…Increasing levels of urinary BPA were positively associated with MetS, independent of confounders such as age, gender, race/ethnicity, smoking, alcohol intake, physical activity, and urinary creatinine. …”
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A novel framework for increasing research transparency: Exploring the connection between diversity and innovation. by Timothy R Wojan, Dayton M Lambert

“…Estimated magnitudes of diversity along academic discipline, race, ethnicity, and foreign-born status dimensions are positively associated with innovation. …”
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Ironies of Christian Presencein Southern Africa by Sibusiso Masondo

“…It became a serious problem for the Christianized and educated natives to find themselves excluded from the Christian family on the basis of their ethnicity.David Chidester’s work on the history of religion in Southern Africa provides a very useful background for exploring the ironies of Christian presence in Southern Africa. …”
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Acute Form of Sarcoidosis (Löfgren Syndrome): A Case Report by Ali Abduljabbar

“…The incidence and presentation are changeable according to many factors, such as geography, ethnicity, sex, and genetic background. It is highest in Scandinavians. …”
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A Delphi Study of Socio-Cognitive Predictors of Career Choice Behavior in the Construction Industry in South Africa by Mariam Akinlolu, Theo C. Haupt

“…Findings from the study revealed women’s career choices were influenced by gender, self-efficacy, socio-economic status, outcome expectations, goal representations, learning experiences, interests, social supports, perceived barriers and access to opportunity structures. Ethnicity was found to have insignificant importance and impact on their career choices. …”
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Evaluation of Transforming Growth Factor Beta-1 Gene 869T/C Polymorphism with Hypertension: A Meta-Analysis by Wenquan Niu

“…Stratified analysis by study design demonstrated stronger associations in population-based studies than in hospital-based studies with OR, except in the dominant model, being increased by 7.94–18.61%. Likewise, ethnicity-based analysis exhibited a contradictory association between Asians and Whites. …”
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Diagnostic properties of differing BP thresholds for adverse pregnancy outcomes in standard-risk nulliparous women: A secondary analysis of SCOPE cohort data. by Laura Slade, Maya Blackman, Hiten D Mistry, Jeffrey N Bone, Milly Wilson, Nuhaat Syeda, Lucilla Poston, Peter von Dadelszen, Laura A Magee, SCOPE Consortium

“…Women were mostly of white ethnicity, in their 20s, and of normal-to-overweight body mass index (BMI). …”
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Multimorbidity latent classes in relation to 11-year mortality, risk factors and health-related quality of life in Malaysia: a prospective health and demographic surveillance syste... by Michelle M. C. Tan, Charlotte Hanlon, Graciela Muniz-Terrera, Tatiana Benaglia, Roshidi Ismail, Devi Mohan, Ann Breeze Joseph Konkoth, Daniel Reidpath, Pedro José M. Rebello Pinho, Pascale Allotey, Zaid Kassim, Matthew Prina, Tin Tin Su

“…Abstract Background We aimed to identify specific multimorbidity latent classes among multi-ethnic community-dwelling adults aged ≥ 18 years in Malaysia. …”
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Impact of donor CYP3A5 genotype on pharmacokinetics of tacrolimus in South African paediatric liver transplant patients by C Wheeler, C Masimirembwa, B Mthembu, J Botha, J Scholefield, J Fabian

“…In this study, we showed that all CYP3A5*1 homozygote donors were of black African self-reported race and ethnicity, and tacrolimus CDRs in paediatric living-donor liver transplant recipients were significantly affected by donor graft size and donor CYP3A5 genotypes. …”
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A case of acute labyrinthitis due to intra-aural tick infestation: a case report by Ankita Shah, Deepak Paudel, Aman Shah

“…Case presentation A 21-year-old female patient of Limbu ethnicity from Dharan presented with sudden-onset right-sided otalgia, accompanied by vertigo, emesis, and auditory impairment. …”
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ELECTORAL VIOLENCE IN KADUNA STATE: THE IMPLICATION FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT by Abdullahi Umar, Abubakar Abdullahi Muhammad, Awwal Muhammad Shafiu, Abdulrahim Mahmud Dogara, Amina Lawal

“…Despite their disparities in ethnicity and religion, the paper's conclusion argues that Kaduna State's many subpopulations must work together. …”
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children of Middle Eastern Descent by Christina Mai Ying Naidoo, Steven T. Leach, Andrew S. Day, Daniel A. Lemberg

“…The SCHR IBD database was used to identify patients of self-reported Middle Eastern ethnicity diagnosed between 1987 and 2011. Demographic, diagnosis, and management data was collected for all Middle Eastern children and an age and gender matched non-Middle Eastern IBD control group. …”
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Glaucoma among the Malaysian Community by Redhwan Ahmed Al-Naggar, Hisham Alshaikhli, R. R. Al-Rashidi, Bahaa Saleh

“…This study showed that only 25.2% of our respondents were aware of glaucoma and it is associated with ethnicity, religion, education, and household income. …”
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PARTY POLITICS AND ELECTIONS IN KOGI STATE BETWEEN 1999 AND 2015: A CASE STUDY OF THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY by ADAVIZE EMMANUEL JATTO, SUBERU OCHI ABDULRAHMAN

“…The paper argues that the major factor that influenced politics in Kogi state are ethnic issues or what is known as ethnic politics between the three major ethnic groups of Ebira, Igala and Okun. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors Related to Tobacco Consumption Among University Students in Malaysia by Chui Yi Chow, Md Zobaer Hasan, Anton Abdulbasah Kamil

“…In Pearson's chi square test and Fisher's exact test, current use of tobacco was significantly associated with nationality, ethnicity, religion, school, current level of education and parents, siblings and friends use of tobacco (*p*\<0.05). …”
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Leukocyte Telomere Length and Cognitive Function in Older Adults by Emily Frith, Paul D. Loprinzi

“…Leukocyte telomere length was associated with higher cognitive performance, independent of gender, race-ethnicity, physical activity status, body mass index and other covariates. …”
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Putting the broken pieces of life together, Baloch family caregivers’ confrontation with schizophrenia: a phenomenological study by Nastaran Heydarikhayat, Fatemeh Darban, Jamileh Farokhzadian

“…This study aimed to explore the lived experiences of family caregivers who are caring for a family member with schizophrenia within the Baloch ethnicity. Methods This is a qualitative study, using a descriptive phenomenological approach. …”
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