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Showing 1 to 20 of 1293 for “"risk factor"”.
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Cardiorespiratory Fitness as a Clinically Relevant Risk Factor
… there is a difference in all-cause mortality risk between CRF achieved through physical activity (PA) (active; CRF-A) compared to the same CRF achieved without (inactive; CRF-I). The main finding of this study was that while both CRF-A and CRF-I were associated with lower all-cause mortality …
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Heat stress: A risk factor for skin carcinogenesis
… decades. Ultraviolet radiation (UV) is a major risk factor for skin carcinogenesis. UV, particularly the UVB spectrum, causes formation of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPD) in cellular DNA. Persistent and incorrectly repaired CPDs lead to DNA mutations and consequently, formation of cutaneous …
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Predicting Language Impairment Status: A Risk Factor Model
… of specific language impairment (SLI) is multifactorial. Research has shown that genetic, environmental, and developmental factors may influence the course of its development. Because many of these factors are present even before a child is born, it is possible that a child's risk of developing …
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The currency risk factor in international equity pricing
Currency risk in the pricing of international equity returns is analyzed from an empirical viewpoint. The significance of other factors, such as the domestic market index, world index, and industry index is also analyzed.
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Epidemiology and risk factor analysis of avian influenza virus
… of the logistic regression model, based on raw risk factors’ data, indicated that the wild/aquatic birds’ possibility of infection is mainly determined by water birds mid-winter census (WMC) counts, as well as it is positively associated with WMC counts and distance to closest transportation …
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Loneliness as a risk factor for mortality and morbidity
… circumstance. Results show that loneliness is a risk factor for poor self-rated health, non-ischemic cardiovascular diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, infections, and overall mortality. Results also show that loneliness need not be a stable problem across the life span in order to pose health …
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Alcohol as a risk factor for train commuting fatalities
… data and found that alcohol was one of the main risk factors. Furthermore, 33% of South Africa’s national rail fatalities tested positive for alcohol in 1999. Despite the links between alcohol and all types of transport- related injury, prevention efforts have targeted motor vehicle (MV) drivers …
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Attention after adversity: examining temperament as a protective and risk factor
… control, the role of temperament as a protective/risk factor, and individual differences through eyetracking. Results showed no direct relationship between ACEs and attentional control, however, ACEs were consistently associated with higher negative affect and orienting sensitivity, as well as …
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When Anxiety Meets Impulsivity: A Risk Factor for Poor Effortful Control
Long viewed as opposing traits, anxiety and impulsivity are increasingly recognized for their co-occurrence. Yet, effortful control (EC) in the context of impulsivity and anxiety remains underexplored. EC refers to a group of self-regulatory functions, including inhibitory control (IC), attentional …
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Portfolio diversification utilising rolling economic drawdown constraints and risk factor analysis
… a new asset allocation technique termed Factor Adjusted Rolling Economic Drawdown (FAREDD), whereby resources are allocated to different assets by way of integrating Principle Component Analysis (PCA) with existing Rolling Economic Drawdown Methods (REDD). The primary purpose of this …
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Understanding health risk factor prevalence and enhancing health behaviours of airline pilots
… non-communicable diseases (NCD) and their major risk factors are associated with adverse acute and chronic health outcomes and may pose risks to flight safety and economic burden. Restorative sleep, healthy nutrition, and sufficient physical activity are powerful lifestyle behaviours that are …
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Is Number of Pregnancies a Risk Factor for Heart Attack in Women?
… was conducted. We considered socio-demographic factors and other potential risk factors including physical activity, smoking, alcohol, diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, BMI, age, and family history of heart attack. We conducted Bivariate analysis to determine prevalence and crude …
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Investigating the Role of Cognitive Biases as a Risk Factor for Depression
… that these biases may serve as a vulnerability factor for subsequent depressive episodes. In addition, there is little research that has evaluated these biases in remitted depressed individuals to identify whether these biases are explained by a common negatively biased cognitive style that …
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Investigating the role of human genomewide heterozygosity as a health risk factor
… whether IGWH can be considered as a health risk factor or a protective factor in humans. Methods This study was based on two samples from isolated communities of Croatian Adriatic islands, with a total of 1,930 adult examinees from Islands of Vis (N=986) and Korcula (N=944). Examinees were …
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An Explanatory Analysis of Populist Leaders as a Risk Factor for Genocide
<p>The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the association between political leadership and genocides, by investigating whether leaders involved in these events manifest populist characteristics. Understanding this association is necessary for grasping the nature of genocides and developing …
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Identification of risk factor in oil and gas projects in South Africa
… South African oil and gas projects face several risks, which, if not adequately managed, could lead to project failures and consequently halt upstream oil and gas activities in the country. Therefore, identifying the risk factors is critical for effective risk control, transfer, or management. …
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Social Anxiety as a Risk Factor of Sexual Victimization in College Women
… campuses, and it is important to evaluate risk factors for sexual victimization in order to attempt to reduce women's risk of victimization. This study investigated social interaction anxiety as a risk factor for sexual victimization. It was hypothesized that social interaction anxiety may …
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Poor Reading Ability as a Risk Factor for Alcohol Use in College Students
… that students with LD are at an increased risk for alcohol use compared to students without LD. One theory suggests that LD may be indirectly related to alcohol use, but there does not appear to be research examining whether there is a direct pathway between LD and alcohol use. The goals of …
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Avian leukosis virus as a risk factor for ovarian adenocarcinoma in layer hens
… are less effective. An important limiting factor in the development of new and effective treatments is identification of a suitable animal model. Ovarian adenocarcinoma (OAC) occurs spontaneously in hens, as in women, and increases in prevalence with age. Ovarian adenocarcinoma in women and …
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