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Top-down and bottom-up attention for joint pattern classification and reconstruction
We introduce a recurrent inference framework for the Classification and Reconstruction of Overlapping Patterns (CROP) in mixtures formed by overlapping two patterns drawn from the same distribution. T...
Motivational and psychological variables related to unethical uses of artificial intelligence across multiple life domains (academics and online interactions)
Past studies about unethical uses of generative artificial intelligence (AI) have focused within a specific life domain (e.g., how AI is used for cheating in academics). An online survey was conducted...
Spatial association of seabirds and aquatic birds with highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) outbreaks in Brazil: A nationwide ecological and statistical modelling approach
Identifying wild bird species associated with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is essential for optimizing surveillance and mitigating spillover risks. This study analyzes Brazil’s nationwide...
A practical and safe alternative method for skeletal cleaning for museum specimens using superworms (Zophobas morio)
Clean and undamaged skeletons that maintain natural anatomical shape are essential for anatomical collections and natural history museums. Conventional methods, such as maceration, chemical treatments...
Analysis of the current situation of female induced abortion under China’s “three-child policy”
Objective To assess the changes in the characteristics of women undergoing induced abortion and their contraceptive choices before and after the implementation of the “three-child”...
Double DQN-based secrecy energy efficiency and fairness performance in IRS-assisted NOMA systems with friendly jamming
Faced with the challenge of increasing energy consumption and the need for sustainability in 6th generation (6G) wireless communication networks, this paper investigates the secrecy energy efficiency...
Thymidylate synthase inhibitory drugs induce p53-dependent pathways differently
Thymidylate synthase (TS) is a key enzyme in thymidylate biosynthesis and an established target of chemotherapeutics such as 5-fluoro-2’-deoxyuridine (5FdUR) and raltitrexed (RTX). Inhibition of TS di...
10 recommendations for strengthening citizen science for improved societal and ecological outcomes: A co-produced analysis of challenges and opportunities in the 21st century
Citizen science plays an increasingly important role in generating scientific knowledge and supporting environmental and social action. However, its potential to address complex global challenges rema...
Silenced and privileged voices in media discourses: Climate change and social capital
Media representations and narratives around climate change are often dominated by certain voices whilst others are excluded or marginalized. This study investigates media portrayal of climate change a...
Probability of a timely vocal response in mother-infant interaction and later psychiatric diagnosis: A case-control study
Patterns of parent-child interactions are commonly cited as being predictive of later psychiatric disorders but precisely which elements of these interactions are important is rarely clear, potentiall...
Prefecture government fiscal intervention and corporate asset allocation: The perspective of transaction cost theory
This study examines the impact of prefecture-level government fiscal intervention on corporate asset allocation in China from the perspective of transaction cost theory. Using a panel dataset of Chine...
Validation of a portable pressure tile system for standing and stepping stability assessment in young and older adults
Portable gait analysis technology for assessing mobility and balance among older adults in community environments remains an underutilized resource, often due to lack of field validation. To address t...
Y-maze performance predicts refined motor learning in mice
The relationships between distinct abilities and their interdependencies during memory tasks and motor learning activities are not clear. An important question is whether being proficient in memory or...
Reliability of cancer screening questions from the National Health Interview Survey
Background The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), a nationwide in-person and telephone survey of the civilian non-institutionalized population, is used to measure progress to...
LLM-impersonated debate contributions are more authentic, relevant and coherent than their original: A representative study using BBC1’s Question Time
Generative AI has the potential to pollute the public information sphere with made-up content, posing a significant threat to the cohesion of societies at large. This paper offers the first large-scal...
Evolutionary lags in the primate brain size/body size relationship revisited
The original brain lag hypothesis proposed that primate brain evolution depended on spare energy derivative of savings of scale enabled by first increasing body size. However, in a seminal analysis, D...
Damage characteristics and constitutive modeling of coal under real-time temperatures
The thermal-mechanical coupling effects induced by thermal injection during coalbed methane extraction can readily lead to coal seam instability. To investigate the influence of real-time temperature...
Metabolic profiling of human melanoma cell lines with high and low metastatic capacity by 1H-NMR spectroscopy
Background Melanoma is one of the most aggressive forms of skin cancer due to its high metastatic potential and mortality rate. Although understanding of metabolic reprogramming in...
Magnitude and predictors of anemia among adult solid cancer patients in Hawassa, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study
Introduction Anemia is a common and debilitating complication in cancer patients, affecting prognosis, quality of life, and treatment response. The burden of anemia may be higher i...
Pretreatment out-of-pocket costs for people with drug-resistant tuberculosis in Bandung, Indonesia
Background People with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) experience multiple visits to healthcare providers before DR-TB diagnosis and treatment. Our study aimed to quantify pret...
Genetic regulatory axis between AGR2 and ESR1 promotes breast cancer progression
Anterior gradient protein 2 (AGR2), a member of the protein disulfide isomerase family, plays a critical role in endoplasmic reticulum proteostasis and has been implicated in breast cancer progression...
Do more birds mean more bird-aircraft collisions? A meta-analysis testing a key wildlife management tenet
Bird-aircraft collisions (bird strikes) pose threats to aviation safety and avian life. One of the tenets of airport-based management strategies to prevent bird strikes is the reduction of bird densit...
Admission NT-proBNP provides stronger prognostic discrimination than the AHEAD score for 1-year mortality in hospitalized acute heart failure: A retrospective cohort study
Background Both admission N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and the AHEAD score predict prognosis in acute heart failure, but their comparative and complementar...
Paying in public: Peer effects, impression management, and willingness to pay on digital payment platforms
How do the social features of payment forms shape willingness to pay (WTP)? We conduct a purchasing experiment during Covid-19 in which 261 U.S. undergraduates are randomly assigned a payment form in...
Statistical shape refinement and genetic algorithm calibration of design response spectra based on strong-motion records
Ground-motion parameters for different site conditions are conventionally prescribed in seismic design codes worldwide, based on post-earthquake damage surveys and statistical analyses of strong-motio...