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Disability status and expectations of disability services among individuals with chronic diseases
Background Disability is a multidimensional condition arising from impairment or chronic illness that limits individuals’ ability to perform age, gender, and socio-culturally expec...
Death by incarceration: Detention duration, overdose, and COVID-19 in Los Angeles County Jails, 2008–2023
Importance Jail mortality in the United States has risen sharply in recent years, yet deaths in custody—especially those related to substance use—remain underexamined. The COVID-19...
Machine learning-based prediction of fever among under-five children in Ethiopia: A national-level study
Fever remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children under the age of five, particularly in low-resource settings like Ethiopia. Most existing studies in Ethiopia have relied predom...
“… Infections are not confined in labs…”: Community engagement for Controlled Human Infection Studies: Opinions of researchers, bioethicists and research regulators in Uganda
Controlled human infection studies play a critical role in advancing our knowledge of infectious diseases and developing therapeutics. However, these studies involve knowingly exposing research partic...
Synergetic effect of bioslurry and charcoal co – composted fertilizers on soil properties and tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) productivity
Tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) is one of the most widely cultivated and economically important vegetable crops worldwide, contributing significantly to food se...
Editorial Note: NOXA-Induced Alterations in the Bax/Smac Axis Enhance Sensitivity of Ovarian Cancer Cells to Cisplatin
Presence of a home cage running wheel, but not wheel running per se, decreases social motivation in adult C57BL/6J female mice
Physical activity offers myriad benefits to health and well-being, in humans and other animals as well. In rodents, voluntary wheel running can attenuate the effects of both physical and social stress...
Dual-Stream deep learning for multimodal feature fusion and classification of balance control in elite freestyle aerial skiers
Balance control is a key determinant of stable landing in elite freestyle aerial skiing. Rapid and precise identification of subtle differences in athletes’ balance-stability regulation is a prerequis...
Expression of Concern: Deep CNN-based detection of cardiac rhythm disorders using PPG signals from wearable devices
Expression of Concern: The effects of learning experience on college students’ deep english learning: A study of the chain mediation effect of motivation and strategy
Patient perceptions and preferences during a community-based telehealth care model for moderate-to-severe hypertension in rural communities in Kenya and Uganda
Introduction Hypertension is a growing health concern in sub-Saharan Africa, yet access to care can be challenging, especially in rural areas. Overcoming barriers to hypertension c...
Retraction: Involvement of NF-κB in the reversal of CYP3A down-regulation induced by sea buckthorn in BCG-induced rats
Experimental study of seepage-scour failure in geotextile tubes gap with damaged vertical sidewall
Geotextile tubes, hydraulically filled with a slurry of fine silt and water, have been variously applied in hydraulic and coastal engineering fields. However, geotextile damage poses a great threat to...
Motivational regulations for exercise in Brazilian outpatients with bipolar disorder: An analysis based on the self-regulation theory
Despite the well-known physical activity (PA) benefits for physical and mental health, bipolar patients seem to be insufficiently active and often encounter challenges in participating in and adhering...
Interlinked relationship between e-cigarette use and physical activity behaviour among Malaysian university students who use e-cigarettes: A cross-sectional study
Introduction E-cigarette (EC) use is increasing among young adults in Malaysia. However, evidence on how EC-related behaviours and perceived physical activity barriers are associat...
Very short-term production prediction for photovoltaic plants using Temporal Convolutional Networks
Very short-term forecasting of solar photovoltaic energy production at national scale is challenging due to the high variability and spatial aggregation of generation across large territories. This pa...
Bisphenol A exposure in myasthenia gravis: Potential targets and mechanisms revealed by network toxicology and molecular dynamics
Background Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a B-cell-mediated autoimmune disease characterized by impaired neuromuscular transmission. Although genetic predisposition and thymic abnormali...
Prognostic factors in first-line atezolizumab-bevacizumab treatment of intermediate or advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
Purpose To analyze the prognostic factors influencing outcomes in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients initially treated with atezolizumab-bevacizumab (Ate-Bev)....
New insights into the Trans-Saharan gold trade in the Islamic Middle Ages revealed by multi-isotopic (Pb–Fe–Cu) and elemental characterization of Fatimid gold coins
The use of West African gold in medieval times is thought to have enabled the first globalized trade in history: the Trans-Saharan Trade, through the minting of Islamic dinars, which were considered a...
Early-warning signals for infectious diseases with a social-media compartment
Early-warning signals (EWSs) are crucial tools for anticipating disease emergence and guiding public-health responses, but uncertainties in transmission and incomplete data can limit their reliability...
Extent of therapeutic support in Positive Psychotherapy: A randomized comparative efficacy study for the treatment of anxiety disorders in an online group setting
Objective Positive Psychotherapy (PPT) is increasingly being studied as a potential treatment option for psychological diseases. In recent years the internet has been incorporated...
A mask-based peak-to-average power ratio reduction scheme for affine frequency division multiplexing systems using Volterra Series-Driven PolyNet
Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) demonstrates exceptional resilience to Doppler effects in doubly dispersive channels, making it a promising waveform for 6G high-mobility communications,...
GridCL for fine-grained load profiling in smart grids under limited labels
Fine-grained load profiling is important for demand response and energy management in smart grids, yet supervised approaches remain constrained by the scarcity of high-quality labeled datasets. To add...
De Ritis (AST/ALT) ratio as a predictor of early adverse outcomes following transcatheter aortic valve replacement
Background Simple biochemical markers that capture systemic stress could refine short-term risk stratification after TAVR. We evaluated whether an elevated AST/ALT ratio predicts e...
From participation to systematization: A scoping review of theoretical frameworks guiding process evaluations in community mental health interventions
Background Process evaluations are essential for understanding how community mental health interventions are implemented and why they succeed or fail. While numerous theoretical fr...