The role of leverage as mediator the effect of male CEO masculinity face on research & development by Indra Prasetyo, Nabilah Aliyyah, Esa Wahyu Endarti, Nur Fadjrih Asyik, Rusdiyanto Rusdiyanto, Dian Anita Nuswantara, Gazali Gazali

“…The data analysis method in this study uses Structural Equation Modeling which connects theories, concepts and data that can be applied to research variables. The findings explain that decreasing and increasing leverage has an impact on increasing and decreasing the masculinity value of male CEOs as well as increasing and decreasing the value of research and development. …”
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BODY DIFFICULTIES IN RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS ROUTINES by Amanda Batista, Rui Garganta, Lurdes Ávila-Carvalho

“…We identified the following hierarchy of importance of the variables that contribute to the success in the difficulty score: value of rotations; value of jumps; value of balance elements and value of mixed difficulties. …”
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TWO-STEP AND QUASI MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION IN THE DYNAMIC FACTOR MODEL FOR NOWCASTING GDP GROWTH IN INDONESIA by Gilbert Alvaro Souisa, Reyner M. Leiwakabessy, Salma Damayanti, Mohammad Zanuar F Terim, Shelma M Pelu

“…An effort that can be made to provide such data is through nowcasting, which is forecasting in the current period using variables that have a higher frequency. This study aims at nowcasting GDP growth. …”
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Patient related factors associated with antiretroviral therapy defaulting among the youth accessing HIV care services in Mzimba, Malawi. by Paul Isaac Kasalu, Matthews Lazaro, Idesi Chilinda

“…Descriptive statistics provided counts, frequencies, proportions, and ranges, while inferential statistics established associations between dependent and independent variables. Patient related factors associated with ART defaulting include: Participants age (p-value: 0.046, Cramer's V: 0.2, OR: 0.663, 95% CI: 0.439-0.902), forgetting appointment date (p-value: < 0.001, OR: 4.213, 95% CL: 2.289-7.755), experiencing ART side effects (p-value: < 0.001, OR: 0.438, 95% CL: 0.286-0.672), taking other drugs apart from ART (p-value 0.008, OR: 0.059, 95% CL: 0.007-0.479). …”
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Association of Lifestyle and Food Consumption with Bone Mineral Density among People Aged 50 Years and Above Attending the Hospitals of Kathmandu, Nepal by Narendra Kumar Chaudhary, Mukti Nath Timilsena, Dev Ram Sunuwar, Pranil Man Singh Pradhan, Raj Kumar Sangroula

“…The prevalence of osteoporosis increased with sex and age (AOR 3.339, CI: 1.240-8.995, p-value 0.017; AOR 3.756, CI: 1.745-8.085, p-value 0.001), respectively. …”
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Exploring individual and organizational contributors to workplace deviant behavior by D. Daryono, R. Gunawan, U. Udin

“…Data were collected using questionnaires and analyzed using IBM SPSS version 26.FINDINGS: The results showed a significant negative correlation between employee personality traits, such as extraversion (t-value = -2.400, ρ-value = 0.019, ρ < 0.05) and agreeableness (t-value = -2.170, ρ-value = 0.034, ρ < 0.05), and organizational culture (t-value = -2.386, ρ-value = 0.020, ρ < 0.05). …”
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Investigating the relationship between human capital and innovation with the mediating role of knowledge sharing and social media networking in iranian creative companies by Hashem Atapour, Afshin Hamdipour, Sahar Safipour

“…Additionally, by examining the mediating roles of knowledge sharing and social media networking, the research aims to uncover how these elements synergize to bolster innovation. …”
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Visual function scale for identification of infants with low respiratory compliance by Eimei Harada, Masahiro Kinoshita, Sachiko Iwata, Mamoru Saikusa, Kennosuke Tsuda, Ryota Shindou, Takeshi Sahashi, Shin Kato, Yasumasa Yamada, Shinji Saitoh, Osuke Iwata

“…Aim: Precise estimation of respiratory function is essential to optimise neonatal respiratory care. …”
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Linkages between industry, agriculture, growth, renewable energy and the environment and the role of institutional quality, evidence from selected South and East Asian economies by Guo Chun Lao, Guang Qiang Luo

“…This study aims to reveal the influence of industrial progress and agricultural value addition on environmental harm and explores how the unique moderating role of institutional quality handles this association; using the panel ARDL approach on a panel of South and East Asian economies from 1980 to 2020. …”
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Analysis of the Influence of Service Quality on Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty in the Digital Service Industry: Insight from Online Shoppers in Indonesia by Barkah Setiawan, Yolanda Masnita, Kurniawati Kurniawati

“… This study focuses on digital service users in Indonesia, and aims to explore the influence of customer satisfaction and service quality on customer loyalty in digital service organizations. …”
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Prognostic impact of depth of response and early tumour shrinkage in patients with -mutated metastatic colorectal cancer treated with targeted therapy by Guglielmo Vetere, Marco Maria Germani, Carlotta Antoniotti, Lisa Salvatore, Filippo Pietrantonio, Sara Lonardi, Maria Bensi, Filippo Ghelardi, Maria Alessandra Calegari, Rossana Intini, Alessandro Minelli, Francesco Giulio Sullo, Chiara Boccaccio, Ada Taravella, Alberto Puccini, Daniele Lavacchi, Laura Noto, Massimiliano Salati, Mario Scartozzi, Chiara Cremolini

“…Relationships of DpR and ETS, both as binary, according to conventional (30% for DpR and 20% for ETS) and median cut-off values, and continuous variables, with progression-free (PFS), overall survival (OS) and duration of response (DoR) were assessed in non-primary resistant patients. …”
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A five-gene qPCR signature can classify type 2 asthma comparably to microscopy of induced sputum from severe asthma patients by B. Toennesen, J. M. Schmid, B. S. Sørensen, M. Fricker, H. J. H. Hoffmann

“…Asthma is a heterogenous disease characterized by airway inflammation and variable expiratory airflow limitation resulting in variable respiratory symptoms. …”
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An empirical study on the economic factors of the architectural industrial heritage of Hong Kong via the hedonic pricing model by Tris Kee, K. W. Chau

“…The findings indicate that approximately 75% of the variability in industrial property prices can be attributed to significant variables at the 1% confidence level. …”
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Effects of Social and Economic Development on CO₂ Emissions in the Countries of the Visegrad Group by Irena Łącka, Błażej Suproń, Roman Śmietański

“…The study employed the Autoregressive-Distributed Lag Bound Testing model and Toda–Yamamoto causality tests to establish short- and long-term relationships for each of the dependent variables and countries, aiming to verify the hypotheses. …”
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Economic Impact of Abortions in Dairy Cow Herds by Osvaldo Palma, Lluís M. Plà-Aragonès, Alejandro Mac Cawley, Víctor M. Albornoz

“…The changes in the net present value of each cow according to the month of culling depend on the variability of milk income and slaughter value and heifers’ replacement values, suggesting that any measure that seeks to improve the economic benefit of dairy cows should take greater account of these variables.…”
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Factors Determining Mortality in Stevens Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis: A 10 Year Retrospective Analysis from a Tertiary Care Centre in Southern India by Deepthy V Gopinath, Pradeep S Nair

“…There was a statistically significant association between age (p-value=0.003), Hypertension (HT) (p-value=0.002), presentation with vesicles and bullae (p-value=0.002), and mortality. …”
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Comparing the Accuracy of Different Wearable Activity Monitors in Patients With Lung Cancer and Providing Initial Recommendations: Protocol for a Pilot Validation Study by Roberto M Benzo, Rujul Singh, Carolyn J Presley, Macy K Tetrick, Zachary L Chaplow, Chloe M Hery, Jane Yu, Peter Washington, Frank J Penedo, Electra D Paskett, Vipul Lugade, Emma Fortune

“…The laboratory protocol will consist of a series of structured activities, including variable-time walking trials, sitting and standing tests, posture changes, and gait speed assessments. …”
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Factors associated with late antenatal care booking in selected health facilities of Zoba Maekel, Eritrea: a cross-sectional study by Tesfaldet Mekonnen Estifanos, Kiflu Teweldebrhan Sengal, Eden Efrem Tekleab, Futsum Abed Mehari, Issak Gebreezgiabhier Tesfagabr, Major Asefa Tesfay, Ghidey Gebreyohannes

“…Binary logistic regression analysis was used to assess the association between the outcome variable and the independent variables and a P-value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. …”
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Establishing a novel model to assess exercise capacity in chronic heart failure based on stress echocardiography by Huan Cen, Sinan Chen, Shen Feng, Xiankun Chen, Huiying Zhu, Wei Jiang, Han Zhang, Hongmei Liu, Bo Liu, Weihui Lu, Pengtao Sun

“…Among the four models, the LR model had the largest area under the curve (AUC) (0.82; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.73 to 0.92). In the multiple‐variable LR model, the differences between the peak‐exercise‐phase and resting‐phase values of E (ΔE), s′peak and sex were strong independent predictors of a VE/VCO2 slope ≥ 30 (P value: ΔE = 0.002, s′peak = 0.005, sex = 0.020). …”
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Effect of testosterone on blood-clotting markers in transsexual men by Estella Thaisa Sontag dos Reis, Carla Maria Franco Dias, Carolina Sales Vieira, Mariane Nunes Nadai, Sérgio Henrique Pires Okano, Silvio Antônio Franceschini, Lúcia Alves da Silva Lara

“…Nevertheless, these variables remained within normal reference values. …”
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