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Association of Race With Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease, Coronary Heart Disease, Heart Failure, and Stroke

Michael J. Domanski, MD, Colin O. Wu, PhD, Xin Tian, PhD, Haiou Li, PhD et al. • JACC: Advances (2025)

Background: In prior studies of cumulative risk factor exposure, self-identified race was independently associated with incident cardiovascular disease (CVD). A recent study suggests clinical, demographic, and socioeconomic factors explain ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2025.101811

Implementation of non-pharmacological recommendations and its associated factors among hypertensive patients on follow-up in hospitals of South Omo and Gofa zones, Southern Ethiopia: A facility based cross sectional study.

Tesfaye Kanko, Zelalem Kofole, Yohannes Simon, Lankamo Ena et al. • PLOS Global Public Health (2026)

Hypertension is a major public health issue and inadequately controlled in a large proportion of patients globally. It can be adequately managed both pharmacologically and non-pharmacologically. This study aimed to assess the implementation...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0006604

Relationship between Sn elemental background values and regional longevity levels-Data from Yunnan, China.

Shuangshuang Zhu, Jiaxue Wang, Xin Zhou, Min Lai et al. • PLoS ONE (2025)

The relationship between the geographic environment and human health has been a long-standing focus of scientific inquiry. Sn as an essential trace element for the human body, play vital roles in individual health and may influence longevit...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0332369

«Being Together» in Pandemic Conditions: Social Cohesion Challenges of the Contemporary Ukrainian Society

Оleksandra Deineko • Український соціологічний журнал (2021)

The article is dedicated to the analysis of the Ukrainian society social cohesion challenges in the pandemic conditions of digitally mediated interactions. Based on the results of qualitative sociological research, as well as a secondary an...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.26565/2077-5105-2021-25-04

Assessment and analysis of the lifestyle indices in regard to the status of nutrition and physical activity in middle-aged people ( between 30 and 59 years of age) in Kurdistan by using the data of apple system

Tahreh Pashaie, Afshin Bahmani, Parvaneh Taymoori • مجله علمی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی کردستان (2019)

Bacground and Aim: Frequency rates of many non communicable diseases can be reduced by changing lifestyle. This study aimed to assess the status of lifestyle indices in relation to nutrition, physical activity and body mass index in middle-...

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Advanced Statistics: Bootstrapping Confidence Intervals for Statistics with "Difficult" Distributions

Jason S. Haukoos, Roger J. Lewis • Academic Emergency Medicine (2005)

The use of confidence intervals in reporting results of research has increased dramatically and is now required or highly recommended by editors of many scientific journals. Many resources describe methods for computing confidence intervals...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2005.tb01958.x

Practical Statistics Simply Explained

RUSSELL A. LANGLEY • CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) (1971)

For those who need to know statistics but shy away from math, this book teaches how to extract truth and draw valid conclusions from numerical data using logic and the philosophy of statistics rather than complex formulae. Lucid discussion ...

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Citation Statistics

Robert F. Adler, John Ewing, Peter Taylor • Statistical Science (2009)

This is a report about the use and misuse of citation data in the assessment of scientific research.The idea that research assessment must be done using "simple and objective" methods is increasingly prevalent today.The "simple and objectiv...

OPENALEX other-oa DOI: https://doi.org/10.1214/09-sts285

Statistics: An Introduction

• Technometrics (1999)

Master Teacher and writer Roger E. Kirk brings two clear goals to the Fifth Edition of STATISTICS: AN INTRODUCTION: to provide a sound introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics and to help students read and understand statistic...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00401706.1999.10485691

Descriptive statistics

Parampreet Kaur, Jill C. Stoltzfus, Vikas Yellapu • International Journal of Academic Medicine (2018)

Descriptive statistics are used to summarize data in an organized manner by describing the relationship between variables in a sample or population. Calculating descriptive statistics represents a vital first step when conducting research a...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.4103/ijam.ijam_7_18

Statistics and data mining

David J. Hand • ACM SIGKDD Explorations Newsletter (1999)

Statistics and data mining have much in common, but they also have differences. The nature of the two disciplines is examined, with emphasis on their similarities and differences....

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/846170.846171

Fear of Falling After Total Knee Replacement: A Saudi Experience

Turki Aljuhani, Jayachandran Vetrayan, Mohammed A. Alfayez, Saleh A. Alshehri et al. • Clinics and Practice (2025)

Background: Fear of falling (FOF) is a significant concern among older adults, especially after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). FOF can limit daily activities, reduce quality of life, and hinder recovery. This study aimed to investigate the ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/clinpract15080146

GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES OF ATOPIC DERMATITIS INCIDENCE IN THE CHILD POPULATION OF THE GRODNO REGION

Khokha R. N. • Žurnal Grodnenskogo Gosudarstvennogo Medicinskogo Universiteta (2018)

Research objective. To estimate a geographical variation of the indicator of the incidence of atopic dermatitis among the child population of the Grodno region. Material and methods. The data of the official statistical reports of the G...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.25298/2221-8785-2018-16-1-51-56

AGRICULTURE IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHALLENGES – THE PROBLEM OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

Hanna Pondel • Annals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists (2019)

Changes in seasonal weather cycles, a growing number of extreme phenomena, an upward trend in temperature and changes in the distribution of rainfall, significantly affect the functioning and effectiveness of agriculture. However, agricultu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0013.2178

Bridging Indigenous and science-based knowledge in coastal-marine research, monitoring, and management in Canada: a systematic map protocol

Steven M. Alexander, Jennifer F. Provencher, Dominique A. Henri, Jessica J. Taylor et al. • Environmental Evidence (2019)

Abstract Background The incorporation of multiple types of knowledge (e.g., science, Indigenous knowledge, traditional ecological knowledge) is an important undertaking, which can strengthen the evidence-base for policy advice, decision mak...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13750-019-0159-1

Prevalence and factors associated with diabetic retinopathy among diabetic patients at Arbaminch General Hospital, Ethiopia: Cross sectional study.

Yilma Chisha, Wondwossen Terefe, Huruy Assefa, Serawit Lakew • PLoS ONE (2017)

BackgroundCurrently 93 million people are estimated as living with diabetic retinopathy worldwide. The prevalence and risk factors of diabetic retinopathy in developed countries have been well documented; but in Ethiopia, data on prevalence...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171987