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Editorial Note: Enhanced audience sentiment analysis in IoT-integrated metaverse media communication
Development and internal validation of a prediction model incorporating SOFA, Prognostic Nutritional Index, and Neutrophil-to-Albumin Ratio for early prediction of in-hospital mortality in patients with Sepsis: A single-center retrospective study
Objective Sepsis prognosis is influenced by organ dysfunction, inflammation, and nutritional status. We aimed to develop and internally validate a prediction model incorporating th...
Rainy-weather speed limit strategies on highways with variable longitudinal slopes
Rainfall substantially degrades highway traffic safety by reducing pavement friction, shortening driver perception distance, and amplifying the adverse effects of longitudinal grade on vehicle dynamic...
Resilience factors, pain, and physical activity in adolescent chronic musculoskeletal pain: Design and protocol of a pilot phase 2 single-group, non-randomized clinical trial
Introduction Chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMSKP) in adolescence is associated with physical, psychological, social, and academic impairment and increased risk for chronic pain in...
Current immunosuppressive treatment and self-reported lifetime stroke history among United States adults: A cross-sectional study
Current immunosuppressive treatment is used for autoimmune, inflammatory, malignant, transplant-related, and other chronic conditions that may carry elevated cerebrovascular burden. Nationally represe...
Negative interpretation bias and emotional responses to positive contexts
Negative interpretation bias, the tendency to interpret ambiguous situations as negative or threatening, is associated with reports of intense and more frequent negative affect. However, there is a re...
Primary cesarean section in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis using the Robson Ten-Group Classification System
Background The overuse of cesarean sections, mainly of primary procedures, is a major contributor to perinatal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Robson Ten-Group Classification...
Prevalence and associated factors of intimate partner violence against reproductive-age women in Africa and Asia regions: Insights from 2022–2024 DHS datasets
Background Intimate partner violence is a major public health and human rights issue, affecting one in four women globally. It is particularly prevalent in low‑ and middle‑income c...
First report of Corynespora cassiicola causing leaf spot on Begonia fimbristipula in China
Background Begonia fimbristipula , an economically important medicinal plant in southern China, has recently suffered severe yield loss...
School leadership and indigenous student outcomes: A correlational study of Student Needs Management Practices based on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Indigenous students continue to face persistent educational disadvantages, including lower academic attainment and reduced school engagement, often linked to school systems that do not systematically...
Trends in the incidence of asthma, atopic dermatitis, and multiple sclerosis before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic in a US claims database
There is limited evidence on how reduced healthcare resource utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the detection of inflammatory and immunologic diseases. We aimed to describe the obse...
TIG welding defect detection using ResNet and Random Forest
Orbital TIG welding is critical in precision manufacturing, where weld defects can affect structural reliability. Manual inspection, analysis, and evaluation of welding defect images are complex becau...
The role of neutrophil PD-L1 expression in acute exacerbation of COPD
Background and objective The elevation of neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been shown to be critically involved in unfavorable outcomes among patients with chronic obstructive...
Contrastive learning with mutual information enhancement and negative sample augmentation combined with KAN for text clustering
This paper proposes a text clustering model based on mutual information-enhanced contrastive learning combined with Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KAN) to address challenges in text clustering, including...
Exploring perceptions, readiness, barriers, and facilitators related to the potential implementation of postpartum depression screening: A mixed-methods study in a Lebanese maternity setting
Background Postpartum depression (PPD) is a common mental health condition affecting mothers, infants, and families, with higher prevalence in middle-income countries. Despite its...
Earth pressure analysis of inclined support structures adjacent to existing structures
This study investigates the earth pressure acting on inclined support structures adjacent to existing structures by combining laboratory physical model tests with theoretical derivation. Five groups o...
Parental perspectives of prenatal counseling and decision making for termination or hospice birth due to fetal congenital heart defects
Objective To evaluate perspectives of counseling and decision making among birthing parents who chose termination or hospice birth due to a fetal congenital heart defect (CHD)....
Ultrasound-guided sacral multifidus plane block versus caudal epidural block for postoperative analgesia in pediatric hypospadias surgery: A randomized double-blind controlled trial
Introduction Hypospadias repair is associated with moderate to severe postoperative pain in children. Caudal epidural block is traditionally considered the standard regional anesth...
Feedback and feedforward methods in medical and higher health education: A scoping review
Background Programmatic assessment (PA) in health professions education positions continuous feedback and feedforward as key mechanisms for competence development. Feedback focuses...
Motivations and segmentation of instagram users as a social network site: Their sociodemographic profiles, satisfaction and loyalty
Millions of Internet users interact daily with social network sites (SNS), and these figures are still expected to grow. This study aimed to identify the motivations and typology of different types of...
Cultural tightness and scientific capacity: A cross-national study of their synergistic and conflicting roles in COVID-19 pandemic outcomes
Despite their advanced scientific capacity, many nations experienced high COVID-19 cases and deaths during the pre-vaccine phase of the pandemic. In contrast, some countries with tighter cultural norm...
Spatial intensity modelling of ISIS-related attacks using random forest regression: A GeoAI-based analysis of GTD data (2012–2019)
Spatial information is of crucial importance to understanding terrorist attacks and for security applications. Conventional risk assessments of terrorism are typically focused on retrospective identif...
Patient satisfaction towards pharmacists’ services in the community pharmacies in the Hail region
Objectives Research on patient satisfaction with community pharmacy services in Saudi Arabia has mostly concentrated on large cities, leaving a significant gap in understanding the...
Does delayed exercise-based priming improve subsequent athletic performance? A systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis
This systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis examined whether delayed exercise-based priming improves subsequent athletic performance. Following PRISMA 2020 principles, 3,095 records were ident...
Understanding the transition to motherhood among adolescent mothers in rural Pakistan: Implications for mental health
Purpose This study explored how adolescent mothers in Pakistan experience the transition to motherhood and the mental health challenges that arise during this period....