The impact of chronic disease diagnoses on smoking behavior change and maintenance: Evidence from China by Xinxin Chi, Xihua Liu, Cong Li, Wen Jiao

“…Methods Employing the diagnosis of chronic disease in the older cohorts of the population as a natural experiment, this study utilizes recent advancements in difference-in-difference estimation methods (CS-DID) to investigate the effect of a diagnosis on smoking behavior. …”
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THEMATIC PROGRESSION IN JAKARTA POST AND ‘KOMPAS’ NEWSPAPER EDITORIALS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON TEXT COHERENCE STRATEGY by Neni Triyana, Safnil Arsyad, Arono Arono

“…The different on thematic progression in Jakarta post and “Kompas’ newspaper editorials is  difference,the difference of sequence in the patterns between Jakarta Post and ‘Kompas’ newspaper editorials. …”
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Specialists and generalists by I. V. Anokhov

“…Labor specialization is also based on difference – the difference between initial resources and collective consumption. …”
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Fighting against COVID-19 requires wearing a face mask by not some but all by Hakan Yilmazkuday

“…The formal analysis is achieved by using a difference-in-difference design, where U.S. county-level data on changes in COVID-19 cases or deaths are regressed on lagged changes in social interaction of people measured by Google mobility. …”
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Emission Reduction Effect and Mechanism of Auto-Purchase Tax Preference by Kai Lisa Lo, Yaqi Fan, Congzhi Zhang, Jackson Jinhong Mi

“…Based on unique Chinese urban and new car registration data, this paper empirically analyzes the emission reduction effect of car purchase tax incentives, its spatial heterogeneity, and impact on car consumption structure using difference-in-difference model, regression discontinuity design model, and other methods. …”
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Effects of Bans on Prostitution on Prevalence of Induced Abortions by Takahide Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi

“…Methods: This was a cross-sectional study employing event-study analyses and a difference-in-difference-in-differences methodology. We compared the changes in numbers of induced abortions before and after the bans were introduced, among women under 20 years of age and among those aged 20―24 years, over states. …”
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Relative Contribution of the Topographic Influence on the Triangle Approach for Evapotranspiration Estimation over Mountainous Areas by Xiaosong Zhao, Yuanbo Liu

“…In this paper, topographic corrections were applied to ET estimates using the surface-air temperature difference-Normalized Difference Vegetation Index ((Ts-Ta)-NDVI) triangle method with MODIS data for the Taihu Basin in China. …”
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Investigating whether connecting people can promote subnational economic development: Evidence from China–ASEAN friendship cities by Fangying Pang, Jingjing Tang, Hanwen Xie

“…This study employs the difference‐in‐difference (DID) model and propensity score matching to estimate the impact of connecting people proposed by the Belt and Road Initiate (BRI) on the subnational economic development of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) cities. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Low-Permeability Reservoirs with considering the Dynamic Boundary Layer Effect by Chuanzhi Cui, Yingfei Sui, Xiangzhi Cheng, Yinzhu Ye, Zhen Wang

“…With the reduction of production pressure difference, the difference between accumulative oil production with and without the boundary layer effect increases, which indicate that the dynamic effect of the boundary layer is intensified.…”
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Effect of nutrition education and iron-folic acid supplementation on anemia among pregnant women in Ethiopia: a quasi-experimental study by Anchamo Anato, Mensur Reshid

“…The analysis of the effect of the intervention was done using difference-in-difference and a generalized estimation equation (GEE) approach. …”
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Upper Extremity Function following Transradial Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Results of the ARCUS Trial by Eva M. Zwaan, Elena S. Cheung, Alexander J. J. IJsselmuiden, Carlo A. J. Holtzer, Ton A. R. Schreuders, Marcel J. M Kofflard, J. Henk Coert

“…However, no significant long-term difference or difference between the intervention arm and the contralateral arm was found at all timepoints.…”
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Effectiveness of Group Health Education on “Perceived Stress” among High-School Children of Kolar: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial by Anandu Suresh, Mahendra M. Reddy, Prasanna B. T. Kamath

“…After the intervention in the intervention group, about 57.9% had mild stress, 42.1% had moderate stress, and none had severe stress. The difference in difference analysis (DID) showed that the mean PSS scores in the intervention group changed by −8.84 while in the control group by 0.40. …”
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Impact evaluation of hilsa fishery restoration in Bangladesh: money well spent? by Essam Yassin Mohammed, A. B. M. Mahfuzul Haque, Md. Nahiduzzaman

“…The research evaluates the historical context influencing hilsa production, assesses the project’s impact on stock recovery, and conducts a cost-benefit analysis to determine the ROI related to hilsa fishery management and community livelihoods. Using the difference-in-difference method, the study measured changes in income and assets, revealing a significant increase of 86.19% in income and 63.99% in overall assets in the intervention group compared to the baseline. …”
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Effectiveness of couple-based violence prevention education in reducing intimate partner violence during pregnancy in rural Ethiopia: A cluster randomized controlled trial. by Zeleke Dutamo Agde, Jeanette H Magnus, Nega Assefa, Muluemebet Abera Wordofa

“…Couple-based violence prevention education was provided to the participants in the intervention group, while the control group received routine or standard care. We used difference-in-difference analysis and the Generalized Estimating Equation (GEE) model to assess the effectiveness of the intervention.…”
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Detecting Subtle Shifts: Comparing SME Performance Drivers Pre and During the Covid-19 Pandemic by Soza Sydney Simango, Helper Zhou

“…However, the pandemic disrupted many of these resources and capabilities as travel restrictions and decreased demand made it difficult for SMEs to maintain their customer base or invest in new markets. The Difference in Difference (DID) technique was employed due to its ability to isolate the impact of the pandemic on firm performance by comparing pre- and post-Covid-19 features. …”
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Effectiveness of a resilience, gender equity and mental health group intervention for young people living in informal urban communities in North India: a cluster randomized control... by Varadharajan Srinivasan, Miguel San Sebastián, Samson Rana, Pooja Bhatt, Greg Armstrong, Smita Deshpande, Kaaren Mathias

“…Five validated tools measuring resilience gender equity and mental health were filled by participants at three different points in time. Results Difference in difference (DiD) analysis at T2 showed that scores improved among girls in intervention group, for adjusted model, resilience (DiD = 4.12; 95% CI: 2.14, 6.09) and among boys, for resilience (DiD = 5.82; 95% CI: 1.57, 9.74). …”
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Effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and return on investment of individual placement and support compared with traditional vocational rehabilitation for individuals with severe menta... by Johanna Maria van Dongen, Philippe Delespaul, Frederieke Schaafsma, Jaap van Weeghel, Johannes Anema, Miljana Vukadin, Wim Zwinkels, Marcel Spijkerman, Marloes de Graaf-Zijl

“…Exact matching and difference-in-difference fixed-effect estimations were performed to handle the non-randomised nature of the data. …”
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Evaluating the impact, implementation experience and political economy of primary care networks in Kenya: protocol for a mixed methods study by Beatrice Amboko, Jacinta Nzinga, Benjamin Tsofa, Peter Mugo, Anita Musiega, Beryl Maritim, Ethan Wong, Caitlin Mazzilli, Wangari Ng’ang’a, Brittany Hagedorn, Gillian Turner, Anne Musuva, Felix Murira, Nirmala Ravishankar, Salim Hussein, Edwine Barasa

“…We shall undertake a preliminary cross-sectional analysis of the data at baseline from October to December 2023, followed by a difference-in-difference analysis at the endline from October to December 2024 to compare the outcome differences between the intervention and control counties over a 12-month period. …”
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Epidemiological Research Advances in Vascular Calcification in Diabetes by Haipeng Yao, Zhen Sun, Guangyao Zang, Lili Zhang, Lina Hou, Chen Shao, Zhongqun Wang

“…Because basic research on the clinical transformation of vascular calcification has yet to be conducted, this study systematically expounds on the risk factors for vascular calcification, vascular bed differences, sex differences, ethnic differences, diagnosis, severity assessments, and treatments to facilitate the identification of a new entry point for basic research and subsequent clinical transformation regarding vascular calcification and corresponding clinical evaluation strategies.…”
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A Study on the Impact of Watershed Compensation Policies on Green Technology Innovation Ecosystems by Mo Li, Jianhua Zhu, Hua Dong

“…By employing a staggered difference-in-differences model and a synthetic control difference-in-differences model, the study investigates how watershed compensation policies influence green technology innovation ecosystems and delves into the underlying mechanisms that are responsible for these impacts. …”
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