The financial toxicity of cancer: unveiling global burden and risk factors – a systematic review and meta-analysis by Addisu Getie, Alemu Birara Zemariam, Befkad Derese Tilahun, Ribka Nigatu Haile, Tegene Atamenta Kitaw, Molla Azmeraw Bizuayehu

“…Statistical analysis was performed using STATA V.17, with catastrophic health expenditures (CHEs) pooled via a random-effects model. Heterogeneity was explored to understand variations in study outcomes. …”
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Prevalence of PsychoSocial Problems and their Risk Factors among School-Going Middle Adolescents: An Exploratory Study by Basheerahamed J. Sikandar, K. Kavitha

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A Case-Control Study for Assessing Risk Factors for Congenital Anomalies among Children in Sulaimani City by Niaz Mustafa Kamal, Nasih Othman

“…Required data were obtained on the risk factors through face to face interviews with mothers of cases and controls. …”
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Evolution trends and driving factors of industrial water use: A case study of Ordos City, China by Hong Lv, Yiqing He, Yuan Liu, Xinjian Guan, Wenxiu Shang, Zheng Xiaokang

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Research on Characteristics and Influencing Factors of High Temperature Disaster Risk in Wuhan Based on Local Climate Zone by Shujing GUO, Li ZHANG

“…With 70% random samples used for drawing and 30% random samples used for checking, LCZ maps that meet the requirements of classification accuracy are obtained and analyzed for site identification at the local scale. …”
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What Factors Lead Companies to Adopt Social Media in their processes: Proposal and Test of a Measurement Model by Jozé Braz de Araújo, Silvia Novaes Zilber

“…The objective of this study was to understand which factors lead companies to use social media to achieve results. …”
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A Nomogram Based on Circulating Inflammatory Factors for Predicting Prognosis of Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma Patients by Wang M, Yue X, Ding Y, Cai Z, Xiao H, Huang H, He J

“…Patients were divided into high-risk and low-risk groups based on their total nomogram scores, with a threshold of 106.2, where the median OS of patients in the high-risk group was significantly shorter than that of patients in the low-risk group.Conclusion: The proposed nomogram based on circulating inflammatory factors is an inexpensive, widely available, and easily interpretable risk-stratification tool for NDMM patients.Keywords: multiple myeloma, neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio, platelet to lymphocyte ratio, lymphocyte to monocyte ratio, IL-10, nomogram…”
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Factores clínico-epidemiológicos asociados a litiasis residual en pacientes sometidos a litotricia láser by Saul E. Velázquez-Guerrero, Luis A. Gastélum-Félix, Julio A. Ruiz-Torres, Uziel F. Rodríguez-Muñoz, Juan A. Lugo-Machado

“…Objetivo: Evaluar los factores clínico-epidemiológicos asociados a litiasis residual en pacientes sometidos a ureterorrenoscopia flexible con litotricia láser (URSFLL). …”
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Decoding Consumer Behavior in the Used Car Market: A Machine Learning Approach to Key Decision Factors by Zhang Minshun

“…This paper analyzes the main factors influencing consumer decision-making in the used car market. …”
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Pre-diagnostic risk factors for brain cancer incidence and survival: insights from the Golestan Cohort Study by Parisa Rezanejad-Asl, Peyvand Parhizkar Roudsari, Negar Rezaei, Maryam Sharafkhah, Gholamreza Roshandel, Hossein Poustchi, Sadaf Sepanlou, Reza Malekzadeh

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Association of socioeconomic factors and the risk for unintentional injuries among children in Japan: a cross-sectional study by Nobuhiro Sato, Kohei Akazawa, Yusuke Hagiwara, Junta Ishikawa

“…Objectives While Japan has socioeconomic issues, such as income inequality, little is known about the association between socioeconomic factors and the risk of unintentional childhood injuries. …”
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Factors Associated with Poor Ovarian Reserve in Young Infertile Women: A Hospital-based Cohort Study by Sanghamitra Hazarika, Paapa Dasari, Sairem Mangolnganbi Chanu, Sharbari Basu

“…One of the established risk factors for poor ovarian reserve in young women is endometriosis. …”
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Clinical Characteristics, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Patients With Myocardial Injury due to Klebsiella pneumoniae Bloodstream Infections by Qingqing Chen, Panpan Xu, Zhihui Guan, Feizhen Song, Xinhua Luo, Xijiang Zhang, Chuming Zhang, Ronghai Lin, Cheng Zheng

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Factors influencing emotional driving: examining the impact of arousal on the interplay between age, personality, and driving behaviors by Zhegong Shangguan, Xiao Han, Younesse El Mrhasli, Nengchao Lyu, Adriana Tapus

“…However, In the study of emotional driving, research often focuses on the impact of single factors such as age, gender, and personality, while the interplay between these multiple factors is a challenge. …”
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Tandem repeat expansions and copy number variations as risk factors and diagnostic tools for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by Eleonora Sabetta, Davide Ferrari, Locatelli Massimo, Sulev Kõks, Sulev Kõks

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Air pollution Dynamics: The role of meteorological factors in PM10 concentration patterns across urban areas by Carolina Girotti, Luiz Fernando Kowalski, Tiago Silva, Ezequiel Correia, Alessandra R. Prata Shimomura, Fernando Akira Kurokawa, António Lopes

“…This study investigates the relationship between meteorological factors—wind direction, wind speed, boundary layer height, and atmospheric stability conditions —street trees, and PM10 concentration in three urban canyons: Avenida da Liberdade and Estrada de Benfica in Lisbon, and Marginal Tietê in São Paulo. …”
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Prevalence, risk factors and associations of primary Raynaud's phenomenon: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies by Michael Doherty, Peter Lanyon, Weiya Zhang, Rozeena Garner, Rakesh Kumari

“…Any studies reporting prevalence, incidence and risk factors of PRP were collected. Relative risk or OR and 95% CI were extracted or calculated to present the association between risk factors and PRP. …”
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The Role of Financial Technology on the Nexus Between Demographic, Socio-economic, and Psychological Factors, and the Financial Literacy Gap by Samira Ben Belgacem, Ghousia Khatoon, Hussaini Bala, Abad Alzuman

“…This research investigates the influence of demographic, socio-economic, psychological, and FinTech innovation factors on mitigating the financial literacy gap. …”
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Assessing the ecological resilience of Ebola virus in Africa and potential influencing factors based on a synthesized model. by Li Shen, Jiawei Song, Yibo Zhou, Xiaojie Yuan, Samuel Seery, Ting Fu, Xihao Liu, Yihong Liu, Zhongjun Shao, Rui Li, Kun Liu

“…However, few studies have focused on spatiotemporally assessing the ecological adaptability of this virus and the influence of multiple factors on outbreaks. This study quantitatively explores the ecological adaptability of Ebola virus and its response to different potential natural and anthropogenic factors from a spatiotemporal perspective.…”
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Simulation of Software Development Team Productivity Incorporating Social and Human Factors: A System Dynamics Model by Luz Marcela Restrepo-Tamayo, Gloria Piedad Gasca-Hurtado, Johnny Valencia-Calvo

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