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Finding space for rewilding: Nature futures scenarios reveal ecological opportunities based on plural values of nature from participatory processes
Ecological restoration is increasingly emphasised by ambitious biodiversity policies as essential for reversing ecosystem degradation in human-dominated landscapes. Among restoration approaches, rewil...
Relationship between appearance-related social media consciousness and beliefs about obese persons among physical education teacher candidates
Objective This study examined whether physical education teacher candidates’ appearance-related social media consciousness and beliefs about obese persons differed by teacher candi...
The problem of organ transplantation based on three-sided stable matching
Aiming at the problem of matching scarce resources among donors, recipients, and medical institutions in organ transplantation, a stable three-sided matching method is proposed. Firstly, in view of th...
Visualization of the microstructure and distribution of follicles in deep human ovaries using speckle-modulated optical coherence microscopy
Ovarian tissue cryopreservation and transplantation remain important fertility preservation options for children, adolescents, and young adults requiring immediate treatment for their primary disease....
Gray Wolf Diet Composition in California’s Human-Dominated Landscape
Gray wolves have successfully recolonized much of their historical range on multiple continents, now occupying landscapes substantially altered during their absence. Wolf ecological function in human-...
Effects of node number of vine cuttings and planting methods on endogenous hormone contents at nodes and storage root formation in sweet potato
As a globally significant dual-purpose crop, sweet potato yield is regulated by the node number of vine cuttings and the planting method. Elucidating the effects of stem segment number and soil-entry...
Beyond traditional outbreak investigation: Using genomic data for enhanced detection of COVID-19 disease clusters in Utah
Background Traditional disease surveillance, such as manual case investigation, was the primary method for identifying disease clusters during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the p...
Explainable machine learning for the early differentiation of pediatric bronchopneumonia using routine laboratory parameters
Objective Early differentiation of pediatric acute respiratory infections in outpatient and emergency settings is often hindered by nonspecific clinical signs, leading to unnecessa...
Association between depressive symptoms and balance disorders in older adults living in 12 high Andean communities
Background The prevalence of depressive symptoms and balance disorders may be higher in high-altitude Andean regions due to chronic hypoxia, neurochemical alterations, and limited...
Serum albumin and blood urea as independent predictors of in-hospital mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: A retrospective cohort study
Background While systemic inflammation is a hallmark of severe COVID-19, the prognostic value of metabolic and organ-functional markers remains under-explored. This study examined...
Complex intervention programme to improve patient safety and facilitate deprescribing in frail older patients living at home (COFRAIL): A process evaluation of a cluster randomised controlled trial
Introduction Frailty is associated with negative health outcomes in geriatric patients. A large proportion of frail patients is affected by polypharmacy, which in turn may be a pos...
Development and psychometric evaluation of the Spanish Cooking Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (SCSEQ) for Spanish University Students
The transition to university is a critical life stage characterized by increased autonomy, identity exploration, and new social and environmental influences. During this period, university students of...
Sample-efficient fine-tuning with textual prompts for time series forecasting
Time series forecasting models often face challenges in cross-domain fine-tuning, such as high training costs and limited adaptability. To address these issues, we propose a Cue-driven Feature Fusion...
Effects of season and antler growth on carcass traits and meat quality in wild male red deer harvested by selective stalking
Seasonal variation in temperate ecosystems influences food availability and the energetic demands associated with thermoregulation and reproduction, shaping physiological traits such as meat compositi...
Beaver in tidal habitat: Examples from the Pacific Northwest
Beaver are typically considered fluvial or lacustrine animals, often converting lotic habitats into lentic ones with their dams. This results in extensive changes in ecosystem structure and processes...
Dynamic changes in In vitro rumen fermentation, nutrient degradation, and microbial communities of fermentation inoculant-treated licorice stem and leaf silage under different dry matter contents
This study aimed to explore the effects of semi-dry licorice ( Glycyrrhiza uralensis ) stem and leaf silage on dynamic changes in dairy cow...
Evidence-based sustainable business model design for agrifood side-stream biostimulants
Circular bioeconomy initiatives often valorise food-processing residues into bio-based inputs, yet environmental gains depend on how technologies are implemented and governed across multiple actors. T...
Creep damage model of rock considering the influence of fractional order and temperature
To address the shortcomings of traditional rock creep models, including neglecting the time-varying cumulative effect of thermal damage, low accuracy in describing accelerated creep, and failing to re...
Diagnostic accuracy of the Mini-Balance Evaluation Systems Test (Mini-BESTest) in screening for fall risk among individuals with vestibular disorders
Vestibular disorders significantly impair postural stability and elevate fall risk, necessitating the use of validated assessment tools. While the Mini-Balance Evaluation Systems Test (Mini-BESTest) i...
Table tennis and cognitive skills: A study on attention and decision making in sports science students
This research aimed to reveal the effects of table tennis on students’ careful decision-making and concentration skills. The study employed a quasi-experimental pretest–posttest control group design w...
Heterogeneous associations of socioeconomic status with metabolic disease in racial and ethnic subgroups in the United States: A cross-sectional cohort study in NHANES and All Of Us
Background Unfavorable socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with adverse health outcomes and is believed to at least partially mediate racial and ethnic health disparities such...
Pollution removal efficiency enhancement by agricultural biomass additions in constructed wetlands: A framework integrating meta-analysis with explainable machine learning
The agricultural biomass addition on constructed wetlands (CWs) is a sustainable strategy that integrates pollution control with waste valorization. However, their widespread applications remain const...
Correction: Flight delay prediction: Evaluating machine learning algorithms for enhanced accuracy
Handwritten tax receipt recognition method based on improved DBNet and CRNN
To recognize handwritten tax invoice text and manage tax invoices, a handwritten tax invoice recognition method based on improved differentiable binary network and convolutional recurrent neural netwo...
Diurnal temperature range: A climatological primer for health researchers
Days with high diurnal temperature range (DTR) are commonly linked to morbidity and mortality, yet these health impacts are rarely connected with the underlying meteorological factors. To provide heal...