The role of social vitality on the impact of sports activities on public health based on the theory of planned behavior by Elnaz Bahrami, Reza Sabonchi, Gholamreza Khaksari, Homa Naderifar

“…Three standard questionnaires, including Goldberg General Health (1979) with 28 questions were used for collecting data.Results: Construct Variance extracted was 0.4, composite reliability 0.9 and Cronbach’s Coefficient Alpha 0.7. …”
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Living well with diabetes in Alaska by Meera L. Narayanan, Peter Holck, Ai-Ling Lin, Cynthia D. Schraer

“…Lower BMI, higher age at diagnosis of diabetes, and use of at least one diabetes medication were associated with death and a composite of four complications. A majority of Alaska Native people with DM had none of four major complications over a 20-year period. …”
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Support Vector Machine for Prediction of the Electronic Factors of a Schottky Configuration Interlaid with Pure PVC and Doped by Sm2O3 Nanoparticles by Yashar Azizian‐Kalandaragh, Ali Barkhordari, Yosef Badali

“…Additionally, the results demonstrate that the RR value of the MS configuration increases 4 and 53 times if the pure PVC and PVC:Sm2O3 composite interlayers are employed.…”
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Development of mortar for laying and coating with pineapple fibers by Afonso R. Azevedo, Markssuel T. Marvila, Euzébio B. Zanelato, Jonas Alexandre, Gustavo C. Xavier, Daiane Cecchin

“…This study aimed to evaluate the potentiality of using the natural fiber of pineapple (Ananas comosus), extracted from its leaves, as reinforcing material in cementitious composites. For this purpose, natural fiber extracted from the pineapple crown was incorporated in different percentages in relation to the cement mass: 0, 2.5, 5, 7.5 and 10%, and the fibers obtained were submerged in aqueous NaOH solution with 5% concentration in volume, for 1 h at room temperature. …”
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The effectiveness of public participation through forest advisory committees: Twenty years of shifting perspectives of Local Citizens Committee members in Ontario by Lance W. Robinson, Jeff N. Robinson, Len M. Hunt

“…We clustered the survey questions to create composite variables representing seven dimensions of the functioning and effectiveness of forest advisory committees: efficiency, representation, voice, decision-making process, trust in forest managers, effectiveness, and the availability, relevance, complexity and trustworthiness of information. …”
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Additive manufacturing of catenary arch structure design: Microstructure, mechanical properties and numerical simulation by Ye Yuan, Hongsheng Chen, Jing Wang, Wenxian Wang, Xiaochun Chen

“…The WC/High Entropy Alloy composites (WC/HEA) catenary arch structure, distinguished by its variable spans and heights, was fabricated using selective laser melting (SLM) technology. …”
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Assessment of Alternative Media Viability for Cell Growth Phase in the Lab-Scale Xanthan Pruni Production—Part I by Isabel Santos Pedone, Fabíola Insaurriaga Aquino, Eduardo dos Santos Macedo Costa, Karine Laste Macagnan, Jéssica da Rosa Porto, Anderson Schwingel Ribeiro, Mariane Igansi Alves, Claire Tondo Vendruscolo, Angelita da Silveira Moreira

“…Its production occurs in two steps: the bacterium is cultivated in a nitrogen-rich medium for cell multiplication, and the obtained biomass is used as an inoculum for the polymer production phase. Different media compositions for cell growth were investigated, seeking to reduce or replace the peptone used in the standard medium. …”
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Examining the nexus of infrastructure development and economic growth: Evidence from SAARC countries by Vinay Khandelwal, Varun Chotia, Prashant Sharma, Swati Soni, Sushil Kalyani

“…Using principal component analysis, the paper develops a composite infrastructure development index, which integrates factors such as access to electricity, telecommunications, air transport, and agricultural land use. …”
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Experimental and simulation study on micro damage of HTPB propellant under multi angle tensile shear loading by Wang Jiaxiang, Qiang Hongfu, Pei Shudi, Li Shiqi

“…The damage evolution of composite solid propellants is influenced by the stress state. …”
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Optimization of calcium chloride and ultrasonication pre-treatment to mitigate the microbial load on fresh carrots using response surface methodology by Muhammad Sameem Javed, Haq Nawaz, Fatima Filza, Muhammad Junaid Anwar, Faiz Ul Hassan Shah, Umair Ali, Muhammad Rizwan Tariq, Hammad Hafeez, Tawfiq Alsulami, Yash D. Jagdale, Robert Mugabi, Gulzar Ahmad Nayik

“…The current research was designed to improve the quality by optimizing the safety parameters to minimize the microbial load of carrots during processing and storage. Three process variables including ultrasonication time, ultrasonication temperature, and calcium chloride concentration were optimized, each at five levels, to find the minimum optimal response of microbial load in terms of total plate count (TPC), total coliform count (TCC) and yeast mold count (YMC) using response surface central composite design. …”
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Clarifying the Impact of Electrode Material Heterogeneity on the Thermal Runaway Characteristics of Lithium‐Ion Batteries by Chenran Du, Kun Yan, Xueling Shen, Yi Cui, Xiaobing Li, Jingjing Li, Ran Xu, Xiaoli Ma, Qian Huang, Yanyan Fang, Hang Zhang

“…Since the electrodes of LIBs are manufactured from porous composite materials, their heterogeneity can significantly influence the effective material characteristics and microscale behaviors of LIBs during operation. …”
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The Characterization of a Chitosan Coating Enriched with Bamboo-Leaf Flavonoids and Its Effect on Postharvest Preservation of Three Horticultural Products by Haoran Wu, Feng Tang, Xi Yao

“…The chitosan/BLFs composite coating demonstrated superior efficacy over pure chitosan in delaying spoilage. …”
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Thermal transport and bio-convection transport phenomenon in non-Newtonian couple stress model via OHAM through Darcy-Forchheimer porous medium by Muhammad Sohail, Syed Tehseen Abbas, Muhammad Hussain Ali, Ibrahim Mahariq

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Effects of Women’s Participation in Household Decision Making on Skilled Birth Attendants Supervised Delivery in Bangladesh by Md Badsha Alam, Shimlin Jahan Khanam, Md Awal Kabir, Atika Rahman Chowdhury, Tahir Ahmed Hassen, Susmita Das, Md Nuruzzaman Khan

“…Methods: Data of 3607 mothers who had given birth within 2 years of the survey date were extracted from the 2022 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) and analyzed. The outcome variable considered was SBA supervised delivery, and the primary explanatory variable was a composite index of women’s participation in household decision making generated from their responses regarding decision-making on own healthcare, large household purchases, and visits to their family or relatives. …”
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Coexisting predictors for undernutrition indices among under-five children in West Africa: application of a multilevel multivariate ordinal logistic regression model by Abebew Aklog Asmare, Awoke Seyoum Tegegne, Denekew Bitew Belay, Yitateku Adugna Agmas

“…Furthermore, even when ignoring the effects of other independent variables, underweight was found to serve as a composite measure of stunting and wasting when examining the link between these three indicators. …”
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The association between household socioeconomic position and prevalent tuberculosis in Zambia: a case-control study. by Delia Boccia, James Hargreaves, Bianca Lucia De Stavola, Katherine Fielding, Ab Schaap, Peter Godfrey-Faussett, Helen Ayles

“…Controls were randomly drawn from the TB-free participants enrolled in the prevalence survey. We developed a composite index of household SEP combining variables accounting for four different domains of household SEP. …”
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Association of LDL‐C/HDL‐C Ratio With Hyperuricemia: A National Cohort Study by Yanyu Zhang, Xiaoyi Liu, Deyun Luo, Bingli Chen, Chenyi Lai, Chenyu He, Luo Yan, Haifeng Ding, Shiyang Li

“…The predictive abilities of LHR for HUA were 0.577. The composite variable comprising LHR and other traditional risk factors could significantly enhance the ability to predict HUA (C statistic = 0.677). …”
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Are the poorest poor being left behind? Estimating global inequalities in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health by Aluísio J D Barros, Cesar G Victora, Fernando C Wehrmeister, Luis Paulo Vidaletti, Leonardo Zanini Ferreira, Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor

“…We present a comprehensive analysis of wealth inequalities for the composite coverage index (CCI) using national health surveys carried out since 2010, using wealth deciles and absolute income estimates as stratification variables, and show how these new approaches expand on traditional equity analyses.Methods 83 low-income and middle-income countries were studied. …”
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Acute Declines in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate in Patients Treated With Benazepril and Hydrochlorothiazide Versus Amlodipine and Risk of Cardiovascular Outcomes by Elaine Ku, Kenneth Jamerson, Timothy P. Copeland, Charles E. McCulloch, Hocine Tighiouart, Mark J. Sarnak

“…We then determined the relation between declines in eGFR (treated as a binary variable, ≤15% versus >15% and separately, as a restricted spline variable) and the composite risk of fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular events using Cox proportional hazards models. …”
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The Impact of Students' Motivational Drive and Attitude toward Online Learning on Their Academic Engagement during the Emergency Situation by Audi Yundayani, Yatha Yuni, Fiki Alghadari

“…Method: An explanatory research design was implemented in the research method to quantify the intensity and direction of the relationship between variables and elucidate the impact of a single variable on another. …”
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