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Profiles of medication literacy and associated factors among young and middle-aged hypertensive patients in China: A latent profile analysis
Improving medication literacy among individuals with hypertension has emerged as a significant public health issue. However, the heterogeneity of medication literacy and its association factors among...
Does language prestige hypothesis hold true across typologically distant languages? A corpus-based study comparing shining-through effect in English-Chinese bidirectional translations
While the influence of language prestige on the source language shining through has been well-documented in studies involving typologically similar languages, its impact on typologically distant langu...
Cost-effectiveness of a mentalisation-based treatment for antisocial personality disorder in males convicted of an offence on community probation in England and Wales: Multicentre, assessor-blind randomised controlled trial
This study addresses a critical gap in the evidence base for cost-effective psychological interventions for antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) in forensic settings by presenting a full trial-based...
Exploring the impact path of school connectedness on student development through cultivating students’ social-emotional skills
Based on OECD’s Survey on Social and Emotional Skills (SSES) Asian data (n = 23560), this study examines the pathways through which school connectedness relates to students’ positive development using...
Cultural competence in dementia care: Care workers and managers perspectives on physical and social environments in Long-Term Care
This study explores how cultural identity can be preserved in dementia long-term care as resident populations become increasingly diverse. Using a deductive approach informed by the Person–Environment...
AI-based color vision screening and educational counseling for high school students: An experimental study
Color vision deficiency (CVD) can negatively affect students’ learning experiences and career choices; however, combined screening and educational counseling remain challenging in school settings, par...
Characteristics and causal paths of refined oil depot accidents in China: A statistical and network-based analysis
Refined oil depots store large quantities of flammable and explosive substances and involve frequent storage and transfer operations, making them prone to accidents with severe consequences, including...
In silico identification and biophysical characterization of candidate antimicrobial peptides from the Indian marine microbiome targeting multidrug-resistant ESKAPE pathogens
The global health crisis of antimicrobial resistance necessitates the discovery of new antibacterial agents. Underexplored marine microbiomes, particularly from the biodiverse Indian coast, represent...
“We’ll have to see how it works”: An interview study to understand collaborative practices in interdisciplinary artificial intelligence and healthcare research
Developing artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms for healthcare is a collaborative effort, bringing data scientists, clinicians, patients and other stakeholders together. By understanding AI as ‘soc...
US healthcare professionals’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding RSV disease and vaccination in adults during the 2024–2025 RSV season
Background Adults aged ≥60 years and adults with certain chronic medical conditions are at increased risk for severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease. However, RSV vaccine...
LNC297 promotes BMSCs differentiation and alleviates BHBA-induced inhibition through the miR-145/GAS7 axis
Ketosis in dairy cows is characterized by elevated circulating β-hydroxybutyrate (BHBA) and profound alterations in whole-body energy metabolism. As a major peripheral tissue responsible for energy co...
Association of triglyceride-glucose index (TyG) and a body shape index (ABSI) with cognitive decline and dementia risk
Background Longitudinal evidence linking the body shape index (ABSI) to dementia and its subtypes remains scarce. Furthermore, the use of ABSI and TyG-ABSI as predictors of cogniti...
Characterization of aortic endothelial dysfunction in ovariectomized allergic asthmatic mice
Clinical observations suggest that sex hormones may have a role in female asthma-related cardiovascular diseases (CVD), however, the mechanism by which sex hormones may influence CVD in asthmatics is...
Early community reactions and acceptance of the Sliding-Scale Community Based Health Insurance Scheme in Ethiopia: Qualitative Findings from the treatment arm
Background Ethiopia’s Community-Based Health Insurance (CBHI) launched in 2011, has significantly improved access to healthcare. However, the program has faced several challenges,...
Structure-guided identification of a potential inhibitor targeting the VacA toxin of Helicobacter pylori
Various human diseases including gastric inflammation, ulcers, stomach malignancies, and even coronary heart disease are significantly influenced by the infection of the gram-negative bacterium...
Digital transformation of spiritual care education: A scoping review protocol of technology-enhanced learning for nursing students and professionals
Background Spiritual care is a fundamental yet often under-addressed component of holistic nursing, with nurses and nursing students globally reporting limited competency. Traditio...
The 2024–2025 Pertussis outbreak in children in Chengdu: A large-scale retrospective cross-sectional study
Objective To characterize the epidemiological features of pertussis among pediatric patients tested by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) at a tertiary children's hospital in Chengdu...
Protein intake and injury outcomes among fallers in the Women’s Health Initiative’s Objective Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health in Older Women Study
Background Falls among older adults are associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs; therefore, it is critical to assess modifiable risk factors. This stud...
Expression of Concern: Strategic planning as a catalyst for sustainability: A mediated model of strategic intent and formulation in manufacturing SMEs
Sodium hexachloroplatinate (IV) induces concentration- and time-dependent depolarization and cytotoxicity in HEI-OC1 auditory cells
Over the past decades, cochlear implants (CIs) have been widely acknowledged for their efficacy and reliability in restoring auditory function in patients with severe to profound sensorineural hearing...
Enhancing the long-term abstinence rate of smoking through telemedicine: A multicenter, retrospective cohort study in Japan
The aim of this study is to analyze the differences between telemedicine and face-to-face examinations for smoking cessation in terms of long-term abstinence and completion rates in a large Japanese p...
Binary image acquisition and texture parameter calculation of asphalt pavement based on a U-Net model
Current methods for detecting and evaluating pavement skid resistance vary widely, yet each has its own scope of applicability and inherent limitations. Therefore, this paper proposes a method based o...
Retraction: Application of IRSA-BP neural network in diagnosing diabetes
A two-step iterative framework for signal and image deblurring using G-I-Nonexpansive Mappings
This study introduces G-I- nonexpansive mapping by combining I- nonexpansive mapping with a directed graph. It also esta...
Low-latency stage-adaptive cascade architecture for real time non-stationary noise filtering
In many real-time measurement and monitoring systems, the quality of acquired signals is often severely degraded by complex environmental noise sources with non-stationary properties, rendering analys...