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Calf circumference has a positive correlation with physical performance among community-dwelling middle-aged, older women

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2022
IntroductionSarcopenia and frailty are well-known public health problems in middle-aged and older people. Calf circumference (CC) is a representative anthropometric index that may be useful for screening sarcopenia. Physical performance, assessed by hand
Po-Chun Wang   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Influencing Elections with Statistics: Targeting Voters with Logistic Regression Trees [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Political campaigning has become a multi-million dollar business. A substantial proportion of a campaign's budget is spent on voter mobilization, i.e., on identifying and influencing as many people as possible to vote.
Jank, Wolfgang   +4 more
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The Moderator Effect of Global Competitiveness Index on Dimensions of Logistics Performance Index

open access: yesProcedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2015
The most important assessment tool that demonstrated the comparative situation of countries is Logistics Performance Index (LPI) created by World Bank. This index which has been prepared as a questionnaire consists of six dimensions. These dimensions are Customs: The efficiency of clearance process, Infrastructure: Quality of trade and transport ...
Çemberci, Murat   +2 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Evaluation of Logistic Performance Index of India in the Indian Postal Services

open access: yesInternational Journal of Engineering and Management Research, 2018
The importance of efficient logistics for postal growth is widely acknowledged. Literature has shown that better logistics performance is strongly associated with postal expansion, export diversification, ability to attract foreign direct investments ...
K. Selvavinayagam   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A simulation study for evaluating the performance of clustering measures in multilevel logistic regression

open access: yesBMC Medical Research Methodology, 2021
Background Multilevel logistic regression models are widely used in health sciences research to account for clustering in multilevel data when estimating effects on subject binary outcomes of individual-level and cluster-level covariates.
N. Adam, H. Twabi, S. Manda
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The importance of the Logistics Performance Index in international trade [PDF]

open access: yesApplied Economics, 2014
Logistics and transport increasingly play a pivotal role in international trade relations. The Logistics Performance Index (LPI) analyses differences between countries in terms of customs procedures, logistics costs and the quality of the infrastructure for overland and maritime transport.
Luisa Martí   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

LOGISTICS PERFORMANCE INDEX IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE: CASE OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN AND WESTERN BALKANS COUNTRIES

open access: yes, 2020
The volume of international trade heavily depends on factors facilitating trade and contributing to reducing its costs. The importance of international logistics as trade facilitator is increasingly emphasised in the literature.
Filip Ž. Bugarčić   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Quality evaluation in logistic services [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
The paper highlights some problems relevant to the quality measurements in logistic services. "Traditional" logistic indicators are compared with the service dimensions defined in the Parasuraman-Zeithaml-Berry model.
Franceschini, Fiorenzo   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Performance of the renal resistive index and usual clinical indicators in predicting persistent AKI

open access: yesRenal Failure, 2022
Background Early recognition of persistent acute kidney injury (AKI) could optimize management and prevent deterioration of kidney function. The Doppler-based renal resistive index (RI) has shown promising results for predicting persistent AKI in ...
You Fu   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Body mass index, performance on activities of daily living and cognition: analysis in two different populations

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background With this study, we aim to determine the associations of the different categories of the body mass index (BMI) with activities of daily living (ADL) and cognitive performance in two different populations living in the community; Colombian and ...
Miguel Germán Borda   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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