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Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards emergency contraceptive pill use among women of reproductive age in Lira District, Northern Uganda: A cross-sectional study
Background Emergency contraceptives (ECs) are used to prevent unintended pregnancy after unprotected sexual intercourse. In Uganda, unsafe abortion remains a major contributor to m...
Urinary tract infections, risk factors and antimicrobial resistance patterns in heart failure patients on sodium-glucose transporter 2 inhibitors: Evidence from Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute in Tanzania
Background Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors such as dapagliflozin and empagliflozin are increasingly used in heart failure (HF) management due to their cardiovasc...
Correction: Retraction: Pooled prevalence and determinants of modern contraceptive utilization in East Africa: A Multi-country Analysis of recent Demographic and Health Surveys
Prediction of adherence to treatment with statins and anti-platelet drugs in first-year post-stroke patients: Validation of beta-regression models
Stroke is the third most common cause of disability and the second most common cause of death worldwide. Greater levels of medication adherence after stroke or transient ischemic attack are associated...
Coaching presence as the foundation for the working alliance in AI coaching
Although Human Resources managers have integrated artificial intelligence (AI)-mediated coaching into their practice, the role of traditional coaching elements—especially coaching presence—within thes...
Maternal undernutrition reprograms reproductive and metabolic phenotypes in female offspring of the rabbit model
Maternal undernutrition during pregnancy in mammals can induce long-term effects in offspring health through molecular programming of the gametes. Using the rabbit model, this study investigates wheth...
Exploring midwives’ practice patterns and capacity for obstetric ultrasound imaging: Towards a multicentre longitudinal materno-foetal research readiness in a low-resource setting
Introduction Midwives are often the first point of contact for pregnant women; yet their roles, training, and referral practices regarding obstetric ultrasound vary widely. This st...
A distributed differential game approach to trajectory planning for offshore wind farm inspection
To address the complex challenges associated with multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (multi-UAVs) cooperative inspection in offshore wind farms, including limited sensing and communication ranges, cons...
Holding it all together: Family caregivers’ support needs after very early supported discharge post stroke
Background Early supported discharge (ESD) facilitates the transition from specialized stroke units to home-based rehabilitation in familiar environments. While ESD has shown posit...
Environmental sustainability assessment based on accounting information audit
This study proposes a novel feature extraction framework that integrates reinforcement learning-guided steganographic encoding with an improved EfficientNetV2 backbone, specifically tailored for susta...
Forecasting Thailand’s mobility trends using Feature Engineered XGBoost for pandemic crisis movement management
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted global mobility patterns, with widespread population movement playing a key role in the transmission of the virus. In such a situation, Google introduced...
Factor structure and psychometric properties of an adapted HIV stigma tool for measuring disability-related stigma among smallholder farmers in Western Kenya – Findings from a cross-sectional study
Background People with disabilities face stigma and discrimination which contribute to barriers and poor outcomes in many areas such as health or employment. There is currently a d...
Learner agency in a problem-based learning curriculum: A qualitative study on perspectives of undergraduate dental students
Learner agency (LA), a student’s ability to take ownership of their learning and make purposeful decisions, is increasingly recognized as a critical competency in preparing adaptable healthcare profes...
Global reporting and underreporting of occupational diseases: A systematic review
Background Disease reporting is often unreliable and faces many challenges, making it difficult to estimate the true burden of occupational diseases, defined as any disease that is...
Brief interactive lifestyle preventive medicine video education in the primary care clinic: Protocol for a randomized clinical trial
Introduction Preventive counseling improves long-term health, but primary care clinicians face time constraints limiting patient education. In a prior emerge...
Artificial intelligence-based digital transformation and environmental sustainability
AI’s rapid growth presents significant potential for enhancing environmental sustainability and driving digital transformation across various sectors. AI applications are scattered, uneven data integr...
Comparative fecal microbiome analysis of the endangered Volcano rabbit (Romerolagus diazi) reveals a microbial core in contrasting habitats of Central Mexico
Herbivores show a larger microbial diversity in their guts than omnivores or carnivores. Bacterial symbionts expand the host digestion capacity by fermenting cellulose and hemicellulose. Comparisons b...
Study protocol: A randomized controlled trial of chemoradiotherapy versus chemotherapy as neoadjuvant therapy for resectable pancreatic cancer (CSGO-HBP-027)
Despite advances in multimodal treatment, the long-term survival of patients with resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains poor. In Japan, neoadjuvant chemotherapy with gemcitabine a...
Computational analysis of tongue reconstruction surgery: The impact of donor site and flap volume on post-operative anatomy and biomechanics
Tongue reconstruction requires a series of decisions tailored to patient needs to restore anatomy and preserve speech and swallowing. The impact of these interdependent choices is difficult to evaluat...
Clinical presentation and management outcomes of pediatric lung abscess: A retrospective cohort study
Background Pediatric lung abscess is an uncommon but potentially serious complication of pneumonia. Limited data exists on its clinical features, diagnostic workup, and outcomes in...
Population-based incidence and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of shigellosis among children and adults from rural and urban Kenya, 2010–2019
Backgroun Shigella is an important cause of diarrheal morbidity and mortality globally. Data on disease burden across age groups, in di...
High phenotypic and phytochemical diversity of Bactris gasipaes (Arecaceae) fruits in Ecuador
Climate change has negatively impacted food availability and nutritional quality. To address this challenge, it is essential to emphasize species that, despite their longstanding use by indigenous com...
Bot fit: A novel approach to assessing lower limb muscular strength
This study introduces Bot Fit, an innovative hip-joint exoskeleton designed for the objective assessment of lower limb muscular strength and exercise performance. A total of 25 participants underwent...
Evaluation of the effects of indocyanine green administration dose and speed on blood concentration and fluorescence in thoracoscopic segmentectomy
Intravenous administration of indocyanine green (ICG) is commonly used for visualizing lungs along the intersegmental plane; however, its effectiveness can be limited, as poor fluorescence sometimes l...
HIF1α mediates resistance to radiation and to KRAS inhibitors in pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is highly treatment resistant and characterized by a hypoxic microenvironment. Here, we investigated the role of hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF1α) in regulati...