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Correction: Enhancing Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Performance: Analyzing the Role of Human Resource Practices in Sri Lanka's Telecommunication Industry Through Lewin’s Change Management Model
Collaborative application of the food sustainability assessment framework (FOODSAF) to transform food systems and farmer livelihoods in Makueni County, Kenya
Food systems in arid and semi-arid lands face challenges that hinder them from meeting the food needs of communities and sustaining environmental resources. Using a collaborative approach between mult...
Genomic analysis of putative hybrids between Potamochoerus spp. and domestic pigs from sympatric areas in West Africa and Madagascar
In many rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar, domestic pigs (DPs, Sus scrofa domesticus ) can coexist in sympatry, with species of the genus...
Emergency department attendance by callers to NHS111 who end the call prior to triage: A time-to-event-analysis
Background The English National Health Service (NHS) 111 telephone service aims to assist members of the public with urgent medical care needs. However, each year nearly 18% of the...
Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIF-8) as a carrier in a topical ocular delivery system for the treatment of ocular diseases
Current systems for topical ocular drug delivery enable non-invasive administration of therapeutics to the eye but suffer from poor permeability and bioavailability, limiting therapeutic efficacy. Met...
Contamination of medical devices and hospital environments with free-living amoebae: Evidence from hospitals in Northwestern Iran
Free-living amoebae (FLAs) are ubiquitous protozoa found in soil, air, and artificial systems, including hospital environments. Some genera of free-living amoebae, such as Acantham...
Validation and refinement of existing methods for timed mating and early pregnancy detection in guinea pigs
Biomedical research increasingly focuses on early developmental stages to better understand homeostasis, environmental influences, and disease origins, an approach summarised by the concept of the...
Social prescribing programs involving unpaid caregivers: A scoping review
Unpaid caregivers face significant health challenges due to the sustained demands of their roles. Social prescribing is a model of care that may help unpaid caregivers connect with non-medical communi...
Dual-temporal inflow–outflow dependency modeling for short-term metro outflow prediction
Recent advances in deep learning have substantially improved short-term metro passenger flow prediction. However, existing approaches often inadequately model the dependency of outflow on inflow and t...
Trade-offs in cotton pest management: Seed treatments suppress pests but reduce the abundance of natural enemies in the arthropod community
Pesticide seed treatments are widely used to protect crops from early-season pests and diseases; however, their broader ecological effects on arthropod communities and non-target organisms remain insu...
Artificial intelligence for monitoring hand hygiene compliance in healthcare settings: A scoping review
Background Hand hygiene is a fundamental measure for preventing healthcare-associated infections, yet traditional monitoring methods are significantly limited by the Hawthorne effe...
An overview of DNA barcoding of biodiversity in South Africa
The global decline in biodiversity, driven by habitat loss, overexploitation, climate change, biological invasions, and illegal trade, poses significant challenges for conservation management. Althoug...
Successful student learning outcomes in Moroccan higher education: Causal configurations of pedagogical, motivational, and ICT conditions using fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA)
As the demand for better educational quality and improved student performance grows, institutions face increasing challenges in making their teaching methods more effective to ensure successful learni...
Integrated drought monitoring and analysis: A novel framework based on multi-source remote sensing data and ensemble machine learning
Against the backdrop of climate change, drought risks are escalating in critical agricultural regions, highlighting the need for effective monitoring tools. Existing in-situ and remote sensing-based d...
Pilot study on the effect of a Meditation–Mindfulness–Positive Psychology Training program on perceived stress and mental well-being in Korean nursing students: A mixed methods analysis
Nursing students experience stress that negatively affects their mental well-being and academic performance. Conventional mindfulness-based interventions are too long to fit the students’ demanding sc...
Perceived barriers for accessing international research funding among Latin American researchers
Access to international funding is increasingly essential for sustaining research in a highly competitive and globalized scientific landscape; however, researchers in Latin America face persistent str...
Enhancing symbolic image classification through Gaussian copulas and optimized distinguishing points
In this paper a new method is being proposed which makes use of symbolic data manifested by empirical cumulative distribution functions (ECDF) and distribution functions based on sets of ECDF values,...
Vector-borne disease surveillance and control resource needs in Colorado public health organizations
Since 2002, Colorado has experienced a high vector-borne disease (VBD) burden from diseases like West Nile fever, plague, and tularemia. Recent evidence underscores a lack of vector-borne surveillance...
Phenotypic variability and trait-specific selection in Aegle marmelos Correa genotypes based on morphological and quality traits
This study aimed to assess the genetic variability in Aegle marmelos Correa to develop trait-specific genotypes based on morphological and qualitative traits. T...
Aging affects motor planning for grasping everyday objects: A case control study
Background and purpose The ability to anticipate the movement of objects to be grasped is essential for older people to remain independent in their daily lives and to avoid acciden...
Local causal dynamic integrated global mode guidance transformer network for pedestrian trajectory prediction
Pedestrian trajectory prediction is crucial for autonomous vehicles, which face challenges in integrating complex spatiotemporal dynamics, managing multi-modal future behaviors, and ensuring real-time...
Understanding quality-of-life patterns in long COVID: How Symptoms and socioeconomic conditions shape patient wellbeing
Objective To characterize the heterogeneity of Long COVID (LC) by identifying distinct patient profiles based on symptoms and quality of life (QoL), and to examine the sociodemogra...
A socio-ecological System Dynamics model of antimicrobial use and resistance
The concept of resource extraction in the context of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is rarely explored. In this framework, antimicrobial susceptibility is viewed as a finite resource that is depleted...
Effects of non-invasive spinal cord stimulation on autonomic function in individuals with subacute spinal cord injury: A pilot clinical trial protocol
Introduction Spinal cord injury (SCI) at or above the thoracic sixth spinal cord level disrupts descending sympathetic and parasympathetic control, leading to severe autonomic dysf...
Improving the detection and management of common non-communicable diseases in adults in rural Sidama National Regional State, Ethiopia: Study protocol
Background The World Health Organization (WHO) has designed a package of essential non-communicable disease (PEN) strategies to improve the detection and management of non-communic...