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Identifying subgroups of individuals undergoing metabolic bariatric surgery based on behavioral and psychosocial factors: A latent profile analysis
Purpose We performed a latent profile analysis (LPA) to identify subgroups in the population undergoing metabolic bariatric surgery (MBS), based on various behavioral and psychosoc...
A simulation-based approach to strengthen chronic wasting disease surveillance in captive cervid populations
Captive cervid facilities are at elevated risk for chronic wasting disease (CWD) due to high deer densities, close animal contact, environmental contamination, and frequent movement of deer between fa...
Realist process evaluation of a co-designed intervention to address the unmet information needs of people with dementia and their family carers
Information needs among people with dementia and their family carers remain often unmet, despite policy emphasis on information as the key enabler of choice, agency, and empowerment. An intervention t...
Characterization of green synthesized silver nanoparticles from Falconeria insignis Royle and its antimicrobial activity
Falconeria insignis Royle leaf extract was utilized for the first time as a natural reducing and stabilizing agent in a green precipitation method to synthesize silver nanoparticle...
Genetic histories of individuals from multi-faith medieval Sicily
Medieval Sicily, located at the intersection of Europe, North Africa and the Near East, experienced successive political and religious transitions under Byzantine, Aghlabid, Fatimid, Norman, and Swabi...
An improved Scale-Invariant Feature Transform-based method for detecting tumor tissue motion induced by respiration
Background Scale-Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) features are widely used in target recognition and tracking. This study aimed to exploit the robust performance of the SIFT algo...
Identification of key predictors of postmenopausal osteoporosis from routine clinical indicators using explainable machine learning
Background Machine learning (ML) shows promise in using clinical data to predict chronic diseases. However, its application in PMOP risk assessment using readily available clinical...
Increasing presence of Bigg’s killer whales and changing seasonality of Southern Resident killer whales in Washington waters
Two ecotypes of killer whales ( Orcinus orca) occur in the Washington waters of the Salish Sea: endangered, fish-eating Southern Resident killer whales (SRKW),...
Are societies becoming more self-centric? Evidence from five decades of popular music spanning three continents
A commonly expressed claim is that societal self-centrism has increased over recent decades. To examine this assertion, we analyzed an influential cultural product — popular music — to track changes i...
Predictors of tuberculosis mortality among patients on treatment: A retrospective cohort study at a rural general hospital in Zambia
Background Despite decades of global efforts and the availability of curative and preventive measures, tuberculosis (TB) continues to be the world’s leading infectious disease caus...
Self-reported sexually transmitted infections and related symptoms among women in Ghana
Introduction Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remain a major public health issue worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Among women, STIs are associated...
Association between preoperative serum albumin and long-term all-cause mortality after percutaneous vertebroplasty for vertebral compression fracture
Purpose Albumin levels have demonstrated superior predictive value for surgical outcomes across a variety of surgeries. However, their effect on long-term survival after vertebropl...
Shy or bold, all get caught: Two active capture methods show no behavioural bias in a large herbivore
Behavioural studies often assume that sampled individuals represent the broader population, yet behaviour-dependent capture bias can distort behavioural and ecological inferences. While more risk-pron...
Self-reported perception of statistical literacy: Evidence from a National Survey of U.S. Adults
Amid growing recognition of the role statistical literacy plays in informed decision-making, we examined self-reported statistical literacy and willingness to apply statistical reasoning in everyday c...
Government attention allocation in promoting strategic emerging industries in China’s less-developed central region: A policy text analysis of Shanxi province
Government attention is recognized as a crucial factor in facilitating the sustainable and leapfrog development of strategic emerging industries (SEIs) in less-developed central regions. Focusing on S...
Family support mediates the relationship between medication adherence and quality of life among patients with hypertension in Ghana: A cross-sectional study
Background Hypertension poses significant challenges to quality of life globally. While medication adherence is essential for managing hypertension, psychosocial factors like famil...
Characterization of discontinuous ventilation cycles in nymphal Ixodes scapularis
Three-host Ixodid ticks, obligate blood-feeding Acari Parasitiformes, spend the majority of their lives off of hosts. They rely on morphological, physiological, and behavioral adaptations to address t...
HydroMoth as a tool for quantitative underwater SPL measurements in benthic ecological research
Quantitative passive acoustic monitoring in benthic settings requires conversion of recorded amplitudes into absolute sound pressure levels (SPL, dB re 1 µPa). We tested whether HydroMoth (HM) recorde...
Survival and factors associated with intensive care unit mortality among adults with impaired consciousness in Benin, a low-resource setting: A retrospective cohort study
Introduction Impaired consciousness is a common and potentially life-threatening condition that frequently requires admission to intensive care units (ICUs). In sub-Saharan Africa,...
Prevalence of heart failure and coronary artery disease in older adults experiencing homelessness: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol with a consultative exercise
Background Heart failure (HF) is a major global public health challenge and a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly among older adults. The rising prevalence of HF...
Editorial Note: Long-term consequences of benzodiazepine-induced neurological dysfunction: A survey
Refined obesity, smoking exposure, and lipid metrics in mortality risk assessment: a nationwide cohort analysis
Background Obesity, smoking, and lipid imbalances are well-established predictors of all-cause mortality, but conventional definitions lead to misinterpretations commonly in observ...
A computational model of spatial politics: Hotelling-downs model as statistical physics
The Hotelling-Downs model considers parties changing policy to maximise their vote-share. Where policy position lies on a left-right axis, it describes a tendency for political parties to move towards...
Methodological study on simultaneous detection of 6 tumor invasion and metastasis markers including MMP-9 by microfluidic chip-based magnetic particle immunofluorescence assay
Objective Conventional tumor marker detection technologies are confined to single-index sequential testing, with drawbacks like prolonged turnaround times, high sample consumption,...
TNFR2 is expressed by a discrete subset of epidermal T cells with an IL-17 gene signature during psoriasis
Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease that results in scaly patches and affects 2–3% of people worldwide. Therapeutic treatment targets the TNF-α/IL-17 axis to disrupt keratinocyte hyperproliferation an...