Effect of the Shadow Economy on Tax Revenue in Sub-Saharan African Countries: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis by Бантыергу Енгида Бати

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Development and Balance Evaluation for Land Use and Transport Interaction Using Node-Place Model and Data Envelopment Analysis by Xiaoyi Ma, Hongjie He, Mingmin Liu, An Jin

“…Conversely, the LoM model, grounded in data envelopment analysis methods, evaluates the relative relationship between transport services and the travel demand generated by land use. …”
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Effect and safety of pemafibrate for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertriglyceridemia: a retrospective analysis of clinical data by Aki Okamoto, Hirohide Yokokawa, Tomoko Nagamine, Kento Goto, Hiroshi Fukuda, Teruhiko Hisaoka, Toshio Naito

“…Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels were not significantly changed. …”
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Multilevel modelling of determinants of perinatal mortality in East Africa: a pooled analysis of National health survey data by Bewuketu Terefe, Fentahun Bikale Kebede, Nega Nigussie Abrha, Yalelet Fentaw Shiferaw, Dejen Kahsay Asgedom, Solomon Keflie Assefa, Nega Tezera Assimamaw

“…Methods This study utilized data from the DHS conducted in East Africa. A weighted sample of 101,728 children was included in the analysis using R-4.4.0 software. …”
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Soil Quality Assessment in the Mashhad Plain, Northeast Iran (A Minimum Data Set and Spatial Analysis Approach) by Amin Mousavi, Alireza Karimi, Seyed Kazem Alavipanah, Ashraf Malekian, Tayebeh Safari

“…Given the high cost and time required to measure all soil quality indicators, minimum data set (MDS) selection offers an efficient approach for accurate evaluation. …”
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Role of ADME genes in breast cancer prognosis: an analysis of risk scoring models based on multi-omics data by Jie Jin, Xueyun Zhao, Miao Deng, Lingyan Du

“…This model divided all patients into HR (High risk) and LR (Low risk) groups following the median risk score. …”
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Stillbirth rates, trend and distribution in the Volta region, Ghana: findings from institutional data analysis, 2018–2022 by Chrysantus Kubio, Williams Azumah Abanga, Ignatius Aklikpe, Dzidefo Kofi Agbavor, Victor Zeng, Samuel Adolf Bosoka, Desmond Klu, Senanu Kwesi Djokoto

“…Microsoft Excel 2016 and ArcGIS 10.4 were used for the data analysis. Descriptive statistics were performed with results presented in a table, graph, and map. …”
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Prevalence of autoimmune diseases is strongly associated with average annual temperatures: systematic review and linear regression analysis by Konstantinos Voskarides, Sofia Philippou, Mariam Hamam, Konstantinos Parperis

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The Association of Pain Medication Usage and Quantitative Sensory Testing Outcomes in Fibromyalgia Patients: A Secondary Data Analysis by Luana Gola Alves, Kevin Pacheco-Barrios, Guilherme J. M. Lacerda, Felipe Fregni

“…Interestingly, the use of low doses of opioids was not associated with altered sensory measures. …”
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Parasitaemia and fever in uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax malaria: A systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis. by Emily S Groves, Julie A Simpson, Peta Edler, André Daher, Ayodhia P Pasaribu, Dhelio B Pereira, Kavitha Saravu, Lorenz von Seidlein, Megha Rajasekhar, Ric N Price, Robert J Commons, WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN) P. vivax Fever Study Group

“…<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>We undertook an individual patient data meta-analysis of P. vivax clinical trials mapped to the WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN) repository and used parasitaemia centiles of febrile patients at enrolment to derive proportions of patients who would have been diagnosed at different parasite densities. …”
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Life-space mobility trajectory patterns and associated characteristics in older cancer survivors: a secondary data analysis by Richard A. Taylor, Marie Bakitas, Rachel Wells, J. Nicholas Odom, Richard. Kennedy, Grant R. Williams, Jennifer Frank, Peng Li

“…Methods This paper reports a secondary data analysis of 153 participants with cancer ≥ 65 years from the University of Alabama Study of Aging. …”
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Planet4Stereo: A Photogrammetric Open-Source Pipeline for Generating Digital Elevation Models for Glacier Change Monitoring Using Low-Cost PlanetScope Satellite Data by Melanie Elias, Steffen Isfort, Hans-Gerd Maas

“…We present Planet4Stereo, an open-source photogrammetry pipeline developed to generate DEMs from low-cost PlanetScope images, exploiting the high temporal repetition rate of the constellation for stereo reconstruction. …”
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Global scientific trends in hypercholesterolemia research from 2003 to 2023: a data-driven bibliometric and visual analysis by Haoxin Guo, Haoxin Guo, Qihui Wang, Qihui Wang, Yinling Wang, Yinling Wang, Xiaolong Dong, Xiaolong Dong, Zhongqing Wang, Hui Kang, Hui Kang, Shitong Cheng, Shitong Cheng

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Global, regional, and national prevalence and determinants of volunteer work: a meta-analysis study using survey data by Samuel Manda, Nada Abdelatif, Dineo Seabe, Sollie Millard, Tapiwa Kamuruko

“…This study employed a random-effects meta-analysis to estimate the prevalence of volunteering and to investigate variations in volunteer rates by gender, educational level, and age, both globally and at regional and country levels.MethodsWe analyzed data from 49,458 volunteers aged 15 and older across 37 World Values Surveys (WVS) conducted between 2000 and 2018 in 31 countries. …”
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Double‐vs single‐balloon catheter for induction of labor: Systematic review and individual participant data meta‐analysis by Morgan D. Peel, Doortje M. R. Croll, Jørg Kessler, Birte Haugland, Craig E. Pennell, Jan E. Dickinson, Raed Salim, Noah Zafran, Kirsten R. Palmer, Ben W. Mol, Wentao Li

“…Randomized controlled trials that compared double‐balloon with single‐balloon catheters for induction of labor in singleton gestations were eligible. Participant‐level data were sought from trial investigators and an individual participant data meta‐analysis was performed. …”
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The Frailty, Fitness, and Psychophysical/Social Condition of Community-Dwelling Older Adults—Analysis of 5-Year Longitudinal Data by Emi Yamagata, Yuya Watanabe, Miwa Mitsuhashi, Hidemi Hashimoto, Yuriko Sugihara, Naoko Murata, Mitsuyo Komatsu, Naoyuki Ebine, Misaka Kimura

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Socioeconomic pattern of breastfeeding in sub-Saharan Africa: an individual participant data meta-analysis of six longitudinal cohorts by Alison Price, Clara Calvert, Suzanne Filteau, Laura Oakley, Judith R Glynn, Albert Dube, Milly Marston, Ronald Makanga, Shamsudeen Mohammed, Emily L Webb, Joseph O Mugisha

“…Risk ratios from multivariable Poisson regression models for individual cohorts were pooled in a random-effects meta-analysis to assess the effects of SES on breastfeeding, adjusting for confounders.Results Meta-analysis found no evidence of a difference in ever breastfeeding between mothers with secondary or tertiary education and those with primary/no education. …”
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Factors associated with mortality among inpatients at Koidu Government Hospital, Sierra Leone: A Secondary data analysis by Ivan Augustine Barrie, Solomon Aiah Sogbeh, Babatunde Duduyemi, Umaru Sesay, Amara Alhaji Sheriff, Anna Jammeh, Adel Hussein Elduma, Gebrekrstos Negash Gebru

“…Introduction: Sierra Leone's life expectancy in 2019 was 61 years, below the average for low-income African countries. This study aimed to determine factors associated with morbidity and mortality among inpatients at Koidu Government Hospital (KGH), addressing limited data on hospital outcomes in Sierra Leone. …”
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Assessing Survey Data to Study Traffic Flow Characteristics: An in-depth analysis of King Fahad Road, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia by Md Kamrul Islam, Abdulaziz Ibrahim Mohammed Al-Muaybid, Muath Fahad Abdullah Al-Saqer, Mohammed Saleh Rashid Al-Nagada, Khaled Saleh Abdulaziz Al-Newaihel, Rocksana Akter, Muhammad Aniq Gul, Muhammad Muhitur Rhaman, Ziad Shatnawi

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Coinfection of hepatitis B, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS in Beijing from 2016 to 2023: a surveillance data analysis by Chao Wang, Yunping Shi, Yang Liu, Ying Zhou, Jing Du, Xiao Hu, Wei Li, Jiaze Li, Yanlin Gao, Gang Li

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