Introduction: Anti-hepatitis B core antibody (Anti-HBc) alone is defined as the presence of anti-HBc in the absence of HBsAg and anti-HBs.The significance of this serological pattern as a predicting factor for occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains largely unknown.This study aimed to assess the significance of anti-HBc alone in predicting
This study aims to identify the sources of Differential Item Functioning (DIF) using the Mixture Ordinal Logistic Regression (Mixture OLR) method, a contemporary approach for detecting DIF.To analyze mathematics self-efficacy, data from a scale comprising 9 items were obtained from 5000 8th-grade students as part of the ABIDE-2016 project.The study
This paper presents a seismic vulnerability assessment of a single-family dwelling in confined masonry, a common construction type in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador.The macroscopic properties of hollow and solid brick masonry are derived from mesoscopic finite element analyses of masonry piers.The structure is modeled using an equivalent frame method,