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An overlooked source of skin dose perturbation: Commercial tattoo inks in radiotherapy
Approximately one-third of US adults have tattoos, yet the dosimetric impact of intradermal tattoo pigments during radiation therapy remains uncharacterized. Commercial tattoo inks contain unregulated...
Clinical characteristics, treatment patterns, and seizure control among children with focal and generalized epilepsy at a tertiary hospital in Tanzania: A cross-sectional secondary analysis
This study aimed to describe the clinical characteristics and treatment patterns of children with focal and generalized epilepsy and to identify factors associated with seizure control at a tertiary h...
Assessment of post-pandemic NAAT-based diagnostic capacity among laboratories with COVID-19 testing resource investments in Indonesia
Background Throughout COVID-19 pandemic, many countries expanded their diagnostic infrastructure, including Indonesia. West Java, one of the most COVID-19-affected provinces in Ind...
Sleep inadequacy and the relationship with mucosal immunity and upper respiratory symptoms in elite swimmers: A longitudinal study leading into the Commonwealth Games
Objectives To monitor sleep patterns of elite swimmers and explore sleep as a potential risk factor for upper respiratory symptoms (URS) alongside salivary Immunoglobulin A (IgA) i...
Availability and affordability of essential medicines for non-communicable disease management in primary healthcare: Evidence from three municipalities in Ghana
Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) cause 74% of global deaths, disproportionately affecting LMICs like Ghana. Chronic treatment remains hindered by medicine shortages and...
Impaired dynein function preserves spinal interneuron survival and positioning in an ALS-like mouse model
Impaired cytoplasmic dynein function has been implicated in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) pathogenesis, yet the contributions of spinal interneurons to disease phenotypes remain unclear. We test...
Primary cilia in osteoblasts and osteocytes are required for skeletal development and mechano-adaptation
Primary cilia play a crucial role in the development and mechanosensation of various tissue types, including bone. In this study, we investigated their role in bone growth and adaptation by targeting...
“Stay indoors with Purdah, men will make the money”: A qualitative study investigating women’s microfinance participation and mobility practices in Bangladesh
Purpose of this paper This study aimed to investigate the impact of Purdah , a cultural norm, on the economic ind...
Anticipated discrimination in daily life: Predictors, stress appraisals, and responses
A large body of literature details the deleterious effects of everyday discrimination on health, focusing on stress processes after discrimination occurs. In contrast, less work has investigated what...
Assessing the reliability and quality of content on social media regarding biologic therapies for psoriasis: A cross-sectional content analysis
Background Biologic agents are an important novel therapeutic option for moderate-to-severe psoriasis. In recent years, TikTok and Bilibili have gradually become important channels...
Towards hepatitis B elimination in Ghana: vaccination coverage and its predictors among informal sector workers in Kejetia, Kumasi, Ghana
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains major public health concern in Ghana, where prevalence is high despite the availability of an effective vaccine. Informal sector workers represent a large pro...
Disciplinary removal patterns among students with other health impairments and emotional disturbance: A three-year descriptive analysis of IDEA Part B data
Students classified under Other Health Impairment (OHI), a category that includes Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), are frequently disciplined in school settings despite ADHD being clas...
Editorial Note: An integrated method for the leakage fault mode diagnosis and life prediction of the reactor coolant pump
How do price spillovers between natural gas and copper-aluminum markets differ in international vs. Chinese contexts?
To investigate time-varying spillover effects among the natural gas, copper, and aluminum markets and to compare heterogeneity between the Chinese and international markets, this paper constructs a DG...
Feeding activity of Eisenia andrei and Enchytraeus albidus under different soil moisture regimes assessed by the bait-lamina test
The bait-lamina test is an easy and efficient method to quantify the feeding activity of soil invertebrates. However, under natural conditions, feeding activity is influenced by environmental factors...
Functionalized calcium carbonate microparticles in ethyl cellulose films: A vehicle for sustained amoxicillin release for medical applications
The continuous quest for materials capable of providing sustained release of antimicrobial drugs is particularly important for indwelling medical applications. In this study, we utilized amoxicillin a...
Correction: Investigating key drivers influencing AI-based detection and identification of plants
Physics-informed graph neural networks for robust cross-patient epileptic seizure prediction via chimera state detection
Background Epilepsy affects approximately 50 million individuals worldwide, with 30% experiencing drug-resistant seizures despite optimal pharmacological management. Recent computa...
Estimation of space-time self-exciting point process models using multi-dimensional Gaussian-type exponent approximation
Space-time self-exciting point process models are introduced to capture the clustering features in crime datasets. It does particularly well in modeling social network datasets, crime and security dat...
Multidimensional evaluation and strategic framework for integrated development of urban agglomerations in underdeveloped regions
As a complex spatial giant system leading regional development, studying the integration level and coupling drive of urban agglomerations is of great significance for the sustainable development of ur...
Mitochondrial NAD kinase Pos5 is required for CoQ biosynthesis in yeasts
Coenzyme Q (CoQ) is an essential component of the electron transport chain, and ten genes involved in CoQ biosynthesis have been identified in Schizosaccharomyces pombe...
Safety and efficacy of Vectored thermal pulsation, Intense pulsed light, and Eyelid Warm compress therapies (VIEW) for meibomian gland dysfunction: Study design and baseline characteristics of a randomized controlled trial
Background Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is one of the most prevalent chronic eye diseases, characterized by meibomian gland obstruction and abnormal meibum secretion both in q...
Retraction: An inherently interpretable deep learning model for local explanations using visual concepts
Episodic memory differences in social and non-social contexts
Humans use existing knowledge to predict and recall events. As a social species, it has been argued that humans preferentially process and recall social information. Individuals then should be better...
The impact of cultural tourism experience on cultural identity: A case study of Mazu culture
Cultural heritage tourism is pivotal for fostering cultural identity, yet the psychological pathway from experience to identity formation in non-Western, folk-religious contexts remains unclear. This...