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Multi-scale feature integration with enhanced cytomorph for high-accuracy cervical cytology classification
Accurate classification of cervical cytology images plays a crucial role in early detection and prevention of cervical cancer, which remains a significant global health challenge. Despite advancements...
Housing ableism in finding and maintaining housing among people with disabilities: A scoping review
Background Access to safe and affordable housing is a human right; however, people with disabilities are more likely to live in inaccessible, insecure, unaffordable and poor-qualit...
“Backed into a Corner”: Lived experiences of receiving and providing involuntary psychiatric treatment under British Columbia’s Mental Health Act
British Columbia’s Mental Health Act permits the involuntarily detention and treatment of individuals who meet specific criteria. Over the past 15 years, British Columbia has seen an increasing trend...
Understanding atypical eating behaviours in women with obsessive-compulsive disorder: A qualitative study
Atypical eating behaviours in adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are often overlooked or misdiagnosed, possibly due to some eating difficulties being synonymous with their associated OCD....
Incidence and predictors of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia requiring phototherapy: A prospective cohort study at a tertiary hospital in Uganda
Background Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia remains a leading cause of preventable neurological impairment and death in low-resource settings, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Despit...
Geriatric nutritional risk index as an independent predictor of 1-year mortality in elderly patients with hip fractures
Background Hip fractures are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the elderly, with 1-year mortality rates up to 40%. Malnutrition is a key determinant of adverse outcomes....
Exploring staff and service user experiences of personality disorder services in open prisons: A qualitative study of Pathways Enhanced Resettlement Support
Re-entering the community following a prison sentence is a critical period for rehabilitation, especially for people in prison with a likely diagnosis of personality disorder. A joint health and crimi...
Cost-effectiveness of semaglutide versus dulaglutide for Type 2 Diabetes in China: A Markov Model analysis
Objective From the perspective of China’s basic medical insurance, to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of semaglutide versus dulaglutide for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in China...
UBC/UBA52 silencing restores PINK1-Parkin-mediated mitochondrial autophagy in allergic rhinitis
Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a common chronic inflammatory disease of the upper respiratory tract, and recent studies suggest that mitochondrial dysfunction may play a role in its pathogenesis. This stud...
Longitudinal association of quality of life and health behaviors with service member readiness
Background This study aimed to assess whether self-reported physical and mental health-related quality of life (HRQOL) scores could be useful indicators of military health readines...
Gauging support for autonomous delivery drones powered by artificial intelligence: A public survey in Singapore
There has been emerging empirical evidence supporting the role of artificial intelligence (AI) knowledge in public support for AI. These findings stand in sharp contrast to the long-standing cognitive...
Does resistance training make a difference to the quality of life or heart health for older adults compared to aerobic exercise? A systematic review protocol from The People’s Review
Background Systematic reviews bring together all the evidence on a health topic in an organised and careful way. The People’s Review aims to help the public...
Coordinate aware implicit neural representation for UAV small object detection
Small object detection in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery remains challenging due to low resolution, complex backgrounds, and limited pixel occupancy. Conventional CNN-based detectors rely on fi...
Predictors of infant birth weights: Role of the Lebanese mediterranean diet, psychosocial factors and maternal health status
Background The Mediterranean diet (MeD) is associated with favorable pregnancy outcomes, but contribution of this dietary pattern during pregnancy with small (SGA), appropriate (AG...
Correction: ESG rating disagreement and bank loan availability: Evidence from China
Seeking HELP beyond the pill: Women’s perceptions of informed consent for medication abortion: Mixed methods research
Informed consent is a cornerstone of patient autonomy, yet its implementation in medication abortion, especially in the context of rapidly expanding telehealth and online access, remains understudied....
Multi-objective gold rush optimization algorithm: Theoretical Extensions and applications in UAV path planning
Multi-objective optimization problems have extensive application value in the fields of engineering and science, among which UAV path planning, as a typical application scenario, has attracted conside...
Real-world outcomes after switching to faricimab in treatment-resistant diabetic macular edema: A 1-year observational study with choroidal thickness assessment
Approximately 40% of diabetic macular edema (DME) cases are resistant to conventional anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy. Although faricimab (an antibody against VEGF-A and angiopo...
Enhanced collaboration of physicians and speech-language therapists promotes early oral intake in older adults with aspiration pneumonia: A retrospective cohort study
Background & aims Early swallowing assessment and initiation of oral intake are important in the management of aspiration pneumonia in older adults. However, the factors influe...
Research on fault diagnosis of substation grounding grid based on graph neural network and multi source information fusion
Hidden faults in substation grounding grids pose a serious threat to the safe and reliable operation of power systems. Traditional fault diagnosis methods ignore the correlation between grounding grid...
The Copepoda mitogenome as a dynamic evolutionary landscape
Copepods are an extraordinarily diverse group that exhibit a broad spectrum of morphological, physiological, life-history traits, and habitat specializations. Despite their ecological, evolutionary, a...
Barriers and facilitators to healthcare access among Sub-Saharan African migrants in Europe: A scoping review
Background Sub-Saharan African (SSA) migrants represent a significant and growing proportion of Europe's diverse migrant population; yet face substantial barriers in accessing heal...
Magnitude of nonadherence to diet and exercise recommendations and associated factors among type 2 diabetes patients on treatment follow-up at Asella Referral and Teaching Hospital, Arsi, Ethiopia: A cross sectional study
Background Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a major public health problem worldwide. Nonadherence to lifestyle modifications in individuals with type 2 diabetes poses a great problem....
Correction: Family support after a family member’s suicide: A qualitative exploration
Domestic ecologies of gender: Women, material life, and eco-folklore in Saudi proverbs
This article advances an ecocritical reading of women-focused Saudi proverbs as a distinctive form of eco-folklore, where gendered norms are naturalized through domestic material and environmental ima...