CONTINGENCY FACTORS AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING PRACTICES OF LISTED MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN LAGOS STATE by Mustapha Abdulrasaq, Abdullahi Adio Babatunde, Isaac Biodun Ogunshola

“…The results revealed findings that PEU (β = 0.387 ˂ 0.05), discipline of management (β = 0.257 ˂ 0.05) and firms’ age (β = 0.431 ˂ 0.05) significantly influence the level of at which management accounting techniques are put to use in generation information to perform various functions. …”
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A SuperLearner-based pipeline for the development of DNA methylation-derived predictors of phenotypic traits. by Dennis Khodasevich, Nina Holland, Lars van der Laan, Andres Cardenas

“…Analyses examining associations between relevant exposures and epigenetic age acceleration (EAA) produced more precise effect estimates when using predictions derived from SL PCA clocks.…”
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Incremental Healthcare Costs and Outpatient Antifungal Treatment of Patients with Aspergillosis in the United States by Emily Durden, Donna McMorrow, Paul Juneau, Robert Fowler, Paresh Chaudhari, David Horn

“…**Results:** Aspergillosis cases (N=5,499; mean age: 57.8 years; 48.6% female; 64.2% with cancer) were matched to 5,499 controls (mean age: 58.3 years; 48.4% female; 60.6% with cancer). …”
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Prevalence and determinants of eating disorder risk among Bangladeshi public university students: A cross-sectional study by Md​. Hasan Al Banna, Md​. Forshed Dewan, Mohammad Raihan Tariq, Abu Sayeed, Satyajit Kundu, Tasnim Rahman Disu, Sumaiya Akter, Sumaia Sahrin, Md Shafiqul Islam Khan

“…The higher prevalence of eating disorders in the study indicates that psychological intervention and health awareness programs, particularly to younger age, female, and overweight and obese students at the university level, would effectively prevent the eating disorder risk.…”
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Seroprevalence of hepatitis B and C virus among a group of hemophilia patients in Kurdistan Region, Iraq by Salih A. Hama

“…No significant correlation was observed between HBV/HCV infectivity status and age, residency, or education status (p < 0.05). …”
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Optimal timing for discontinuation of ERCP in cases of difficult selective biliary cannulation by Han Taek Jeong, Jimin Han

“…Trainees did not participate in any of the procedures. Median age was 71 years, and 152 patients (55.9%) were male. …”
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Taste Dysfunction in COVID-19 Patients; A Cross-Sectional Observational Study by Sreedevi Nunkappa Thippeswamy, Keerthi Kumar Kabbyar Chidananda, Kamalesh Tagadur Nataraju

“…Majority of the participants were in the age group between 20 and 60 years. Fifty four (33.75%) developed gustatory dysfunction in the form of ageusia or hypogeusia. …”
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Effect of the provision of estimated waiting time on patient satisfaction with the Emergency Department: A randomized controlled trial by Khalid N. Almulhim, Lina A. AlMudayris, Zeyad K. Alshehri, Ahmed K. Alnawah, Danah A. Aljeri, Abdulaziz S. Hadadi

“…RESULTS: For the 118 patients at the triage entrance, 50% were aged 18-39 years, 62% were females, and 61% were triaged as category 3. …”
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Epidemiological Profile of Hearing Deficiency in a Tertiary Care Hospital (2019-2022) by Indranil Sen, Anup Kumar Das, Arijit Das

“…Subjects below 10 years of age or with gross mental or physical disabilities were excluded. …”
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The Direct Healthcare Expenditures of Prostate Cancer by Disease Severity: Evidence from US National Survey Data by Peter J. Mallow, Jie Chen, John A. Rizzo, John R. Penrod, Geralyn C. Trudel, Teresa M. Zyczynski

“…This reflects the relatively high prevalence and high per capita healthcare expenditures associated with this group. With a growing and aging population, the prevalence of PC is expected to rise, increasing the burden on public health.…”
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Attributes of cognitive impairment in patients on maintenance hemodialysis – A cohort study by Geet Gaurav, Deepa Sanjeev Sajjanar, G. V. Naregal, Sanjeev L. Sajjanar

“…A value of P < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. The mean age of the participants was 44.4 ± 15.1 years, and the mean duration of hemodialysis was 13.8 ± 14 months. …”
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Cerebellar re-irradiation after whole brain radiotherapy significant symptom relief with minimal toxicity in metastatic brain patients by Ory Haisraely, Marcia Jaffe, Yaacov Richard Lawerence, Alicia Talianksy, Alicia Taliansky

“…Factors associated with symptom improvement included younger age, extended intervals between WBRT and re-irradiation, and higher equivalent dose in 2 Gy fractions (EQD2). …”
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Determinants of food insecurity among Syrian refugee women and their coping strategies by Kübra Esin, Feride Ayyıldız

“…In the group with food insecurity, age, number of children in the family, and average body mass index (BMI) were higher, while education and income level were lower (p < 0,05). …”
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The Effectiveness of Physical Therapy Interventions for Athletes Post-Concussion: A Systematic Review by Kylie Art, Courtney Ridenour, Stephanie Durbin, Max Bauer, Amy Hassen-Miller

“…Data extraction from each article included: Authors, subjects, gender, mean age, age range, specific sport, acute or chronic concussion, first or recurrent concussion, treatments for intervention and control group, and outcomes measured…”
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Evaluation of Factors Affecting Perinatal Mortality in Patients with HELLP Syndrome by Reyhan Gunduz, Senem Yaman Tunc, Mehmet Sait Icen, Sabahattin Ertugrul, Talip Gul

“…Patients with HELLP syndrome who experienced perinatal mortality showed significantly lower birth weight, gestational age at delivery, and 1- and 5-minute APGAR score values (p<0.05). …”
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Acceptance and affordability of malaria vaccines: issues relating to hesitancy and willingness to pay amongst Nigerian parents of under-five children by Obi Peter Adigwe, Godspower Onavbavba

“…Close to two-thirds (62.5%) of the participants were between the ages of 31 and 40 years, and 47.4% of the participants were educated up to national diploma level. …”
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Gastrointestinal transit time of radiopaque ingested foreign bodies in children: experience of two paediatric tertiary centres by Chen Xiang Ang, Win Kai Mun, Marion Margaret Aw, Diana Lin, Shu-Ling Chong, Lin Yin Ong, Shireen Anne Nah

“…The largest proportion (16%) was aged 1–2 years. Coins were the most common ingested FB, followed by toys. …”
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Adjacent Joint Restriction Differentially Influences Intra- and Inter-rater Reliability and Agreement of Goniometric Measurements by Brendan L. Pinto, Tatjana Stankovic, David M. Frost, Tyson A. C. Beach

“… # Results Eleven females (age 21.4 ±2.3 years) and 19 males (age 22.1 ±2.8 years) participated. …”
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Validation of the factor structure of the Experiences Questionnaire using Exploratory Graph Analysis by Lena Rader, Barbara Drueke, Saskia Doreen Forster, Siegfried Gauggel, Verena Mainz

“…We also found measurement invariance of the DP and AS factor across age, gender and country but not for education.DiscussionThese results support the EQ’s validity, demonstrated in a larger sample with a new methodology, aligning with existing two-factor decentering models literature.…”
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A case–control study based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to evaluate the effects of human papilloma virus on bone health in women by Xiang Li, Guangjun Jiao, Yunzhen Chen

“…Results Individuals with HPV infection (mean age 38.11 ± 11.32 years) had lower BMD in the femur and lumbar spine compared to uninfected individuals (mean age 37.92 ± 11.42 years). …”
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