Risk factors of chronic low back pain among Syrian patients: across- sectional study by Fater A. Khadour, Younes A. Khadour, Weaam Alhatem, Deema Albarroush, Abdullah. Z. Halwani, Micheal M. Goirge, Xiuli Dao

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Evolution of Key Factors Influencing Performance Across Phases in Junior Short Sprints by Kyosuke Oku, Yoshihiro Kai, Hitoshi Koda, Megumi Gonno, Maki Tanaka, Tomoyuki Matsui, Yuya Watanabe, Toru Morihara, Noriyuki Kida

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Evaluation of serum CTLA-4 levels in patients with HBs Ag (-)/HBc IgG (+)/Hbs Ab (+): Across sectional study in the Najaf Government by Baneen Abdul Hadi Jalaout Al-Hamdani, Saif Jabbar Yasir Al-Mayah

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An analysis on food consumption of households classified by income in rural China by Linhai MEI

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Risk factor analysis of baby blues symptomsin postpartum women with a history of complications during childbirth by Roslin EM Sormin, Yosefa Sarlince Atok, Brigita Dina Manek, Damita Palalangan, Isna Yuswella Babis

“…</em></p><p><strong><em>Results</em></strong><strong><em>: </em></strong><em>Data analysis used was univariate analysis with frequency distribution table, bivariate analysis with simplelogistic regression, multivariate analysis with multiple logistic regression. …”
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE WATER QUALITY AT MUREȘ RIVER BASIN BASED ON MEASURED PARAMETERS AND WATER POLLUTION INDEX by ELENA-VIOLETA BLIDAR, SIMONA GAVRILAȘ, CLAUDIU-ȘTEFAN URSACHI, SIMONA PERȚA-CRIȘAN, FLORENTINA-DANIELA MUNTEANU

“…Key parameters such as pH, electrical conductivity, dissolved oxygen (DO), chemical and biochemical oxygen demand total nitrogen, phosphates, chromium, copper, zinc, arsenic, and phenol were evaluated using statistical analysis and a global pollution index. The findings confirm the null hypothesis, showing that parameter variations across sections are random and have no significant influence from specific industrial or agricultural activities. …”
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Correlation Between Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio and eGFR in Diabetic Patients: A Cross-sectional Analysis Based on NHANES Data by JIA Chunyu, WANG Gangan, WANG Jiahui, CHEN Gang, ZHENG Ke, LI Xuemei

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the association between neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) andestimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in patients with diabetes using large-scale data.MethodsAcross-sectional analysis was conducted using data from diabetic patients in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey database from 2009 to 2014. …”
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Dietary diversity insufficiently explains differences in prevalence of anaemia in pregnancy across regions in Nigeria: A secondary analysis of Demographic and Health Survey 2018. by Ochuwa Adiketu Babah, Diana Sagastume, Opeyemi Rebecca Akinajo, Giulia Scarpa, Claudia Hanson, Elin C Larsson, Bosede Bukola Afolabi, Lenka Beňová

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Professional Development Programs and Teacher Effectiveness in Government Aided Secondary Schools in Ibanda Municipality. by Mwesigye, Seriano

“…The study adopted across-sectional survey design with mixed research approaches of data collection and analysis. …”
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The Knowledge of Students in Nursing College about Nursing Process by Dergham Majeed Hameed Al- Ftlawy

“… Background: Across-sectional study was carried out at the college of nursing in the university of kufa, during the November (15) to December (30) 2011. …”
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Operation Wealth Creation and Poverty Reduction in Kabale District: A Case Study of Rubaya Sub-County by Marion, Katusiime

“…To answer the research questions, the study used an across-sectional research design with quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis methods.Eighty-two (82) questionnaires were administered randomly to selected farmer beneficiaries of Operation Wealth Creation (OWC); five (5) key informant interviews (KLIs) were conducted with purposefully selected Kabale District Officials and Rubaya Sub-County Officials; and four focus group discussions were carried out involving selected farmer group members in Rubaya Sub-County. …”
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Operation Wealth Creation and Poverty Reduction in Kabale District: A Case Study of Rubaya Sub-County by Katusiime, Marion

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Are Ethiopian diabetic patients protected from financial hardship? by Gebeyehu Tsega, Gebremariam Getaneh, Getasew Taddesse

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Across sectional study was conducted on 422 diabetic patients. …”
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Development and validation of a decision tree model for prediction of insomnia risk among ischemic stroke convalescence patients by Xuefeng Sun, Zilin Wang, Yuqing Song, Deyu Cong, Shu Sun, Xinye Zhang, Ye Zhang, Hongshi Zhang

“…External validation demonstrated an accuracy of 82%. The decision curve analysis demonstrated acceptable clinical utility. …”
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Assessing the Factors Influencing Attrition of Health Workers in Government Health Units in Lyantonde District, Uganda. by Kansiime, Benon

“…Frequencies, percentages, means, standard deviations and correlations were used to achieve the objectives. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the qualitative data. …”
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The Continuity of Students’ Disengaged Responding in Low-stakes Assessments: Evidence from Response Times by Hatice Cigdem Bulut

“…Data of this study came from the 2015 administration of PISA. For data analysis, frequencies and percentages of engaged students in the sessions were initially calculated using students' response times. …”
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Research on parameters optimization of coupler and draft gear system for type B metro train by ZHAO Hai, LIU Huanjun, GOU Honghao

“…The parameters for the irreversible energy absorbing elements (collapsible tube) at the end of cars were optimized, for the sake of meeting multi-stage energy absorbing in train collisions, and comparative analysis was conducted on energy absorption in sections under the scenarios of a constant resistance force pattern, multistage resistance force pattern, and gradient resistance force pattern. …”
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Research on the influence of stray current from urban rail transit on the magnetic bias characteristics of substations along the line by SUN Xiaopeng, ZHANG Yuhua, BAO Jialiang, ZHANG Luke, CHEN Lu

“…In order to study the influence of stray current from urban rail transit systems in dynamic operation on the magnetic bias characteristics of substations along the line, simulation analysis was conducted in the current study, with a coupled simulation model of "rail transit system - substation AC power grid" established by CDEGS software based on a 220 kV substation in Shanghai and its nearby rail transit system, across a complete metro train running cycle of "starting-coasting-braking-stopping", involving the potential and current variation rules of each structural level, the spatial distribution of stray current and the bias DC of the transformer neutral point. …”
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