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Student satisfaction in transnational higher education in China: A mixed-methods study across Australian, German, and US cooperative programmes
This study examines student satisfaction in Sino-foreign cooperative programmes at a Chinese university with partner institutions from Australia, Germany, and the United States. Using a mixed-methods...
QcrB inhibitor Q203 (Telacebec) can synergize with clofazimine and clarithromycin to control a Mycobacterium avium infection
The targeting of the mycobacterial electron transport chain for drug development has recently garnered significant clinical success. The cytochrome bcc complex within the electron transport chain has...
Correction: Protocol for a cluster-randomized control trial of a remote workplace resilience intervention for early care and education providers: The OnWARD trial
A hybrid CNN-XLSTM-GRU deep learning model with autoencoder-based feature selection for hypothyroidism diagnosis
Hypothyroidism, caused by reduced thyroid-hormone production, is often difficult to diagnose because its symptoms are non-specific and overlap with other disorders. We developed FusionNet-CXG, a hybri...
Spatial influencing factors and protection strategies of traditional villages in ethnic areas: A case study of Guangxi
The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regionis an example of a concentrated settlement of ethnic minorities, characterized by a multifaceted socio-cultural environment that integrates diverse ethnic tradition...
CORE-Net: A cross-modal orthogonal representation enhancement network for low-altitude multispectral object detection
Object detection in visible light (RGB) images is frequently compromised by low-illumination conditions, whereas infrared (IR) imaging typically exhibits superior robustness in such environments. Mult...
Retraction: Modeling and Experimental Analyses Reveals Signaling Plasticity in a Bi-Modular Assembly of CD40 Receptor Activated Kinases
A multi-dimensional assessment of the 2021 mouse plague in New South Wales, Australia: Economic impacts and policy responses
Despite the periodic mouse plague outbreaks in Australia which largely occur due to favourable climatic conditions, their economic impacts remain understudied. To bridge this knowledge gap, the presen...
Social determinants of health and outcome of extremely preterm infants: A Swiss population-based study
Background and aims Social determinants of health (SDoH) are associated with the outcome of preterm infants, but data in Switzerland are lacking. The aim of this study was to asses...
The gap between knowledge and action in Zimbabwe: The limits of individual awareness in the face of structural violence in cholera endemicity
Background/Objectives Zimbabwe faces a protracted cholera crisis exacerbated by El Niño-induced droughts, transitioning from episodic outbreaks to an endemic public health emergenc...
Spatiotemporal dynamics of Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus populations in Miami-Dade County, Florida
Millions of United States residents live where arbovirus vectors like Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus are abund...
Post-mortem evaluation of intervertebral disc degeneration using magnetic resonance imaging and magnetisation transfer ratio in chondrodystrophic and non-chondrodystrophic dogs: a pilot study
Intervertebral disc degeneration is a frequent and early condition in chondrodystrophic dogs, which can lead to neurological disorders due to compression of the spinal cord. The symptoms include pain,...
Overseas reception of English translations of Journey to the West: Temporal dynamics, cross-platform sentiment patterns, and topic modeling
The overseas reception of classical literature through online platforms presents a critical lens for understanding cross-cultural dynamics in the digital age. This study investigates the overseas rece...
Risk-taking responses to crash experience: Evidence from China
This study examines the effect of fund managers’ crash experience on their risk-taking behaviors. Using China’s 2007–2008 and 2014–2015 A-share market crashes, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic, as exo...
State of health estimation for lithium-ion batteries based on differential thermal voltammetry features and particle swarm optimization-gated recurrent unit
To address the lack of physical interpretability and weak model generalization in purely data-driven methods for estimating the State of Health (SOH) of LIBs, this study proposes a lithium battery SOH...
Perspective of Liberian surgical care providers on ethical issues in global surgical collaborations
As the field of global surgery develops, increased attention is being paid to its ethical considerations. However, there is a dearth of research on ethical challenges in global surgery that includes t...
Effective coverage and associated factors of antenatal care service among women who attended antenatal care at West Gojjam Zone Public Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia
Background Effective coverage reflects the performance of a health system by integrating need, service utilization, and quality of care into a single measure. In many developing co...
Norm-based measures of inequality: A property-focused evaluation
Norm-based inequality measures are developed within the unequally distributed/relative unequally distributed (UD/RUD) framework by applying the L 1...
The effect of air pollution on catastrophic health expenditure among middle-aged and older adults in China
Background Catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) reflects the financial protection level towards the universal health coverage target. Air pollution is a major contributor to the e...
Clinical outcomes and associated factors among mechanically ventilated patients in adult intensive care unit at Jimma Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia, 2024
Background Mechanical ventilation (MV) is a life‑saving intervention for patients unable to maintain adequate oxygenation or ventilation. However, MV is also associated with compli...
Youth perception of air pollution and the evaluation of governmental environmental performance: Evidence from China
Given that youth are central to societal development and environmental governance, their evaluation of governmental environmental performance is essential for policy refinement and enhanced efficacy....
Acetylsalicylic acid modulates progression of endogenous thrombin potential in high-risk pregnancies
Pregnancy induces a hypercoagulable state peaking at delivery and reverting postpartum. This prospective cohort study evaluated the longitudinal progression of endogenous thrombin potential in 102 hig...
Correction: Automated self-service cohort selection for large-scale population sciences and observational research: The California Teachers Study researcher platform
Urban road surface crack detection based on U-net and ResNeXt network
With the continuous increase in urban road usage, various cracks often appear on the road surface, which may pose a threat to traffic safety. Presently, road inspection is still primarily limited to m...
Military personnel perspectives on participating in health research: A scoping review
Military service can significantly affect the health and wellbeing of current and former serving personnel. Although health research aims to address these impacts, little is known about how military p...