Influence of social support on technophobia in older adults in urban communities: the mediating role of self-efficacy and e-health literacy, a cross-sectional study by Jin Li, Chen Wang, Dan Luo, Yan Shi, Hua Qing Guo, Zhi Guang Duan

“…Objectives To explore the chained mediating role of self-efficacy and e-health literacy in the association between social support and technophobia in older adults in urban communities.Design A cross-sectional study conducted from June 2023 to April 2024.Setting This study was conducted in three districts of Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, China.Participants The study enrolled 1658 older adults (> 60 years old) in urban communities in Taiyuan.Methods The analyses included assessments using the technophobia, e-health, self-efficacy and social support scales, and the mediating effects of these indices were investigated using Model 6 in SPSS V.26.Results The level of technophobia in older adults was found to be moderately high. Technophobia was negatively correlated with social support, self-efficacy and e-health literacy. …”
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Modelling current and future forest fire susceptibility in north-eastern Germany by K. H. Horn, K. H. Horn, S. Vulova, S. Vulova, H. Li, B. Kleinschmit

“…Model accuracy ranged between 69 % (<span class="inline-formula">RF_test</span>) and 71 % (leave one year out, LOYO), showing a moderately high model reliability for predicting FFS. …”
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Comparison of Liver Biopsy Findings with the Digestive Disease Week Japan 2004 Scale for Diagnosis of Drug-Induced Liver Injury by Akemi Tsutsui, Yasuni Nakanuma, Kouichi Takaguchi, Satoko Nakamura, Hiroshi Shibata, Nobuyuki Baba, Tomonori Senoh, Takuya Nagano, Hiroko Ikeda

“…Histological groups and DDW-J scale were moderately correlated (κ=0.60). The mean total DDW-J scale scores were as follows: 4.89 for A, 3.26 for B, and 0.75 for C (p<0.05). …”
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Experimenter Effects on Pain Reporting in Women Vary across the Menstrual Cycle by Jacob M. Vigil, Jared DiDomenico, Chance Strenth, Patrick Coulombe, Eric Kruger, Andrea A. Mueller, Diego Guevara Beltran, Ian Adams

“…The findings illustrate that menstrual functioning moderates the effect that experimenter gender has on pain reporting in women. …”
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Research on Fermentation Technology for a Dendrobium officinale Leaf–Sweet Potato Koji Compound Beverage by Zhenlin Zhang, Zhichao Yin, Yanhong Wang, Xingtang Fang, Xi Chen, Chunlei Zhang, Qingqing Xue, Weiwei Cheng, Meihua Hu, Yixuan Zhu, Yin Yao

“…Under these conditions, the fermentation broth had a mild flavor of D. officinale leaf and a moderately sweet and sour taste, the biofilm was a transparent gelatinous film, and the utilization efficiency of carbohydrates was high. …”
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A Case of Mucosal Cancer of the Stomach Treated by Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection after Which Nodal Metastasis Became Evident by Takashi Obana, Naotaka Fujita, Yutaka Noda, Dai Hirasawa, Kei Ito, Toshiki Sugawara, Yoshihiro Harada, Tetsuya Oohira, Hiroshi Honda, Takashi Sawai

“…Pathological examination of the resected specimen showed moderately differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma (tub2) and well-differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma (tub1), respectively, which were limited to the mucosal layer. …”
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Chemical composition of sediment and macrozoobenthos of small urban lakes, the Republic of Karelia, Russia by Evgeny Savosin, Zakhar Slukovskii

“…According to the level of macrozoobenthos development, both reservoirs (lakes) were classified as mesotrophic, and according to the values of the chironomid index “K” as moderately polluted. The Pantle–Buck method (saprobic index) showed that the lakes can be classified as polluted (water quality class 4). …”
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Origin and spatial distribution of metals in agricultural soils by Gh. A. Mohammadpour, A.R. Karbassi, A. Baghvand

“…Results of comparison of heavy metals pollution intensity in the agricultural soil with geo-accumulation index and also pollution index, illustrated that iron and manganese are classified in the Non-polluted class and antimony is in the moderately polluted class. Analysis of zoning map of pollution index showed that Fe, Sb and Mn are of geological sources. …”
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Expected profitability, independence, and risk assessment of small farmers in the wave of GM crop collectivization——evidence from Xinjiang and Guangdong by Yu Pang, Helin Zou, Chunchun Jia, Chao Gu

“…Independent market adaptability acts as a partial mediator in this relationship and is moderated by small farmers’ risk assessments of GM technology. …”
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Negative Influence of a Long-Term High-Fat Diet on Murine Bone Architecture by Hinrich Fehrendt, Thomas Linn, Sonja Hartmann, Gabor Szalay, Christian Heiss, Reinhard Schnettler, Katrin Susanne Lips

“…The amount of apoptotic osteocytes was increased in HFD mice in comparison to controls. We conclude that moderately increased body weight does not protect bone architecture from age-dependent degeneration. …”
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County-Scale Spatial Distribution of Soil Enzyme Activities and Enzyme Activity Indices in Agricultural Land: Implications for Soil Quality Assessment by Xiangping Tan, Baoni Xie, Junxing Wang, Wenxiang He, Xudong Wang, Gehong Wei

“…At the county scale, soil invertase, phosphatase, and catalase activities were moderately spatially correlated, whereas urease and dehydrogenase activities were weakly spatially correlated. …”
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Emerging PPARγ-Independent Role of PPARγ Ligands in Lung Diseases by Ajit A. Kulkarni, Collynn F. Woeller, Thomas H. Thatcher, Sesquile Ramon, Richard P. Phipps, Patricia J. Sime

“…PPARγ ligands show great promise in moderating lung inflammation, as antiproliferative agents in combination to enhance standard chemotherapy in lung cancer and as treatments for pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive fatal disease with no effective therapy. …”
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The effect of agency costs on the relationship between management characteristics and investment sensitivity to internal cash of companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange by Sedigheh Kamranrad, Seyed Hesam Vaghfi, Maliheh, Ghazvini

“…In this regard, the present study examines the moderating role of agency costs on the relationship between CEO characteristics (including CEO optimism, ability, influence and experience) and investment sensitivity to firms' cash flows.Methodology: For this purpose, 136 manufacturing companies were selected from Tehran Stock Exchange through screening technique during 11 years (2011-2021). …”
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How gamification boosts learning in STEM higher education: a mixed methods study by Margarita Ortiz-Rojas, Katherine Chiluiza, Martin Valcke, Cindy Bolanos-Mendoza

“…This study investigates the impact of leaderboard-based gamification on the learning performance of 175 students in a calculus course, with a focus on the mediating roles of autonomous motivation and self-efficacy, as well as potential moderating factors such as gender and gaming experience. …”
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Interactive effects of social media use and puberty on resting-state cortical activity and mental health symptoms by Nathan M. Petro, Giorgia Picci, Lauren K. Webert, Mikki Schantell, Jake J. Son, Thomas W. Ward, Kellen M. McDonald, Cooper L. Livermore, Abraham D. Killanin, Danielle L. Rice, Grace C. Ende, Anna T. Coutant, Erica L. Steiner, Tony W. Wilson

“…We assessed social media behaviors, mental health symptoms, and spontaneous cortical activity using magnetoencephalography (MEG) in 80 typically developing youth (8–16 years) and tested how self-reported pubertal stage moderates their relationship. More mature adolescents who engaged in more SCFS showed weaker fusiform/parahippocampal alpha and medial prefrontal beta activity, and increased symptoms of anxiety and attention problems. …”
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A Qualitative Exploration of Motivation to Self-Manage and Styles of Self-Management amongst People Living with Type 2 Diabetes by Paul Newton, Koula Asimakopoulou, Sasha Scambler

“…The findings show that styles of T2D self-management are mediated and moderated by sociocontextual issues. …”
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Influence of Hypertension on Neurocognitive Domains in Nondemented Parkinson’s Disease Patients by Jacob D. Jones, Charles Jacobson, Martina Murphy, Catherine Price, Michael S. Okun, Dawn Bowers

“…The cooccurrence of orthostatic hypotension moderated the relationship between hypertension and executive function. …”
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Buying conspicuous organic food when it’s crowded: how social crowding and the need for self-expression influence organic food choices by Qiuqin Zheng, Xiaoxia Chen, Haimei Zeng

“…Through three experimental studies, this study reveals that: (1) social crowding positively influences the consumption of conspicuous organic foods, (2) the need for self-expression plays a mediating role, and (3) self-concept clarity plays a moderating role. Specifically speaking, the conspicuousness leads consumers to increase their choice of organic food under social crowding, with the need for self-expression playing a fully mediating role in this effect. …”
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The Impact of Drug Treatment Courts on Recovery: A Systematic Review by Ciska Wittouck, Anne Dekkers, Brice De Ruyver, Wouter Vanderplasschen, Freya Vander Laenen

“…Observational and controlled evaluation studies of adult DTCs were considered eligible if substance use and/or drug-related life domains were measured. Results. Moderately positive results were found with respect to within-program substance use. …”
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Expression of Cyclin D1 in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Malak Abdulrahman Seid Ahmed, Nazik Omer, Ahmed M. Suliman, Mona Ellaithi

“…Twenty-five (62.5%) samples were diagnosed as well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma (WDSCC) and fifteen (37.5%) as poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma (PDSCC). No cases of moderately differentiated squamous carcinoma were included in the study. …”
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