Closed (or blocked) paths: this is when two variables have the same effect, called a collider (Fig.1d). For example, both screen time and obesity have been found to increase the risk of low self-esteem, self-harm and suicidal ideation in adolescents,11,12,13that is self-harm is a co...
The emergence and global adoption of social media has rendered possible the real-time estimation of population-scale sentiment, an extraordinary capacity which has profound implications for our understanding of human behavior. Given the growing assortment of sentiment-measuring instruments, it is imperative...
We found that anxiety and depression were also important factors influencing disease progression, in addition to the vaginal microenvironment as well as hormones that contribute to HPV infection and promote the development of lesions. Persistent HPV infection could greatly contribute to the development of...
Three immediate trends stand out: a dip near the Great Depression, a dip near World War II, and a general upswing in the 1990’s and 2000’s. From these general trends, a few dictionaries waver: OL does not dip as much for WW2, OL and LIWC stay lower in the 1990’s and 2000’s...