Assessment of factors predicting the nutritional status of geriatric people in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia by Samar Lafi Aljohani

“…Conclusion: Malnutrition is a public health problem affecting a considerable proportion of geriatric people in Tabuk, southern Saudi Arabia, with some modifiable risk factors associated with malnutrition.…”
Get full text

Factors associated with patients’ demand for low-value care: a scoping review by Gillroy R. L. Fraser, Mattijs S. Lambooij, Job van Exel, Raymond W. J. G. Ostelo, Frenk van Harreveld, G. Ardine de Wit

“…We identified eight core themes associated with patients’ demand for low-value care: cognitive biases, emotions, preferences and expectations, knowledge-related factors, socio-cultural factors, biomedical and care-related factors, economic factors, and factors related to the interaction with the healthcare provider. …”
Get full text

Interactions of factors in self-injuries among enrolled students: a network approach by Yu-Min Zhang, Xiao-Mei Jiang, Ya Xie, Nan Lang, Min-Lu Liang, Pei Zhang, Li-Chen OuYang, Zhang-Wei Lv, Cong-Wei Liu, Li-Ping Zhang, Chun Wang

“…This study assessed how and to what degree the factors of self-injuries are interrelated among enrolled students. …”
Get full text

Clinical factors associated with severe coronary stenosis in patients undergoing cardiac surgery by Rui Wang, Wei Gao, Xinyu Che, Ruopei Shen, Chunfeng Dai, Yan Xia, Ao Chen, Danbo Lu, Jiaqi Ma, Hungju Chen, Chenguang Li, Zhangwei Chen, Juying Qian, Junbo Ge

Get full text

Rethinking Indoor Environment Demand and Control in Hot Summer from a “Yin Summer-Heat” Perspective in Traditional Chinese Medicine by Siwei Xu, Jia Du, Bin Chen

“…In addition, Chinese medicine theories, including pathogenic factors, constitutions, and health preservation principles, worked well to interpret diverse environment perceptions, demands, and adaptive behaviors. …”
Get full text

Un Service des collections à l’Université Montpellier 2. La constitution d’un service spécifique dédié à la conservation des collections : un début de solution pour le sauvetage du... by Luc Gomel

Get full text

KARPATIAN UKRAINE AS A FACTOR IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSFORMATION THE POLITICAL CONFIGURATION IN CENTRAL EUROPE ON THE EVE OF WORLD WAR II by Oleksandr Nazarchuk, Pavlo Satskyi

“…The article studies the Carpathian Ukraine’s factor in the policy of European countries according to the political configuration in the Central Europe in late 1930s after the Munich Conference, 30 September — 2 October, 1938. …”
Get full text

Thyroid nodule detection and influencing factors in male coal mine workers in Shanxi Province by Mengtian XIONG, Yingjun CHEN, Yingtong CHEN, Zeyuan ZHANG, Qiang LI, Gaisheng LIU, Liuquan JIANG, Qingsong CHEN

“…The prevalence of this disease needs to be taken seriously and targeted measures should be taken to address its influencing factors.ObjectiveTo analyze the detection and influencing factors of thyroid nodules among adult male workers in coal mining enterprises in Shanxi Province, and provide a theoretical basis for the prevention of thyroid nodules.MethodsA total of 5195 adult male workers from coal mining enterprises who ordered physical examination provided by the Xishan Coal Electricity (Group) Corporation Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Institute in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province from May 2023 to December 2023 were selected as research subjects. …”
Get full text

Overexpression of Tumor Necrosis Factor-Like Ligand 1 A in Myeloid Cells Aggravates Liver Fibrosis in Mice by Jinbo Guo, Yuxin Luo, Fengrong Yin, Xiaoxia Huo, Guochao Niu, Mei Song, Shuang Chen, Xiaolan Zhang

“…In vitro results of our study showed that TL1A overexpression in macrophages promoted secretion of platelet-derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), and interleukin-1β (IL-1β). …”
Get full text

NOTCH and Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha Converting Enzyme Levels Could be used in COVID-19 for Risk Stratification by Dilay Karabulut, Gülçin Şahingöz Erdal, Cennet Yildiz, Gülsüm O Hergünsel, Umut Karabulut, Elif Binboğa, Nilgun Isiksacan

“…Patients who had cTnT levels at least five times the upper limit of normal constituted Group 1 (n = 58); patients who had normal cTnT levels constituted Group 2 (n = 58). …”
Get full text

Numerical investigation on Stress Intensity Factor and J Integral in Friction Stir Welded Joint through XFEM method by Imane Elmeguenni, Mohamed Mazari

“…At this stage, a local analysis of each zone constituting a welded joint 2024T351 by FSW is carried out. …”
Get full text

Dissection of Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory to Predict Job Satisfaction: Empirical Evidence from the Telecommunication Industry of Pakistan by Seeham Yousaf

“…This theory is also known as the two-factor or dual-factor theory. The premise of Frederick Herzberg’s theory is that the concept of motivation is divided into two aspects: hygiene and motivators. …”
Get full text

The Scale of a Country’s Economic Potential as a Factor in Investment Allocation. The Case of Small Island States in Africa by SUGAKOV Gleb Konstantinovich

“…The choice of partner countries for potential investment projects constitutes an important issue in the development of Russian-African cooperation. …”
Get full text

Pectoral muscle area index is an independent protective factor for mortality in sepsis patients: a retrospective observational study by Xin Li, Meijiao Li, Yongchang Sun, Qingtao Zhou

“…Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score (hazard ratio (HR) = 1.119, P  <  0.001) constituted an independent risk factor for 28-day mortality, whereas the pectoral muscle area index (HR, 0.847; P = 0.027) was a protective factor for 28-day mortality in patients with sepsis. …”
Get full text

Stress-Strain Relationship of Clay in Dongting Lake Area Based on Three Damage Factors by Qiu-Nan Chen, Xiao-Di Xu, Zhen-Yu Yang, Bin-Hui Ma, Wei Hu, Yong-Chao He, Xiao-Cheng Huang, Yong Lei

“…Since the classical constitutive model cannot ideally describe the strain hardening behavior of the clay, an improved constitutive model that involved three damage factors was proposed. …”
Get full text

Host restriction factors against porcine epidemic diarrhea virus: a mini-review by Hongqing Zheng, Cunyi Qiu, Haolun Tian, Xiaofu Zhu, Baoying Yin, Zhiding Zhou, Xuezhao Li, Jingjing Zhao

“…Abstract Porcine epidemic diarrhea is an acute contagious disease caused by porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV), which severely constrains the development of the global swine industry. Host restriction factors constitute a vital defensive barrier against viral infections, typically interacting with viruses at specific stages of their replication process to disrupt it. …”
Get full text

Measurement of the development level of tea tourism integration, spatiotemporal evolution and obstacle factors in China. by Zhendong Yang, Xiaoyu Wang, Jianwu Xiao

“…Provincial development displays "club convergence" characteristics, with low-level areas exhibiting significant spatial spillover effects from neighboring high-level regions. (3) Common obstacle factors prevail across provinces, particularly industrial economic conversion efficiency, constituting the key constraint for integration development.…”
Get full text

The impact of various factors on the quality of vacuum-fried Grey Oyster Mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) by Trương Bình Nguyên, Phạm Thị Thanh Thảo

Get full text

Presenting a Model of Childbearing Intention Based on Demographic Factors and Personality Traits in Couples by Ebrahim Fathi, Hassan Heidari, Hossein Davudi

“…Conclusions: In light of the research findings, it is reasonable to conclude that religious values and personality traits constitute influential factors concerning the intention to procreate, and enhancing these variables may effectively augment the propensity to have children.…”
Get full text

Right-wing radicalism and factors of xenophobic social practice in Hungary and Slovakia: comparative analysis by Il'ia N. Tarasov

“…Among the most infl uential factors we identifi ed: open propaganda of nationalist ideas; constitutional priority of the ethnic majority interests; parliamentary status of rightwing parties; condoning the activities of right-wing radicals by the ruling elite, the courts and the police. …”
Get full text