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Health professionals’ knowledge and attitudes towards baby led weaning: A cross-sectional, exploratory, and observational study
Baby Led Weaning (BLW) is a type of infant feeding that allows babies to feed themselves and has gain popularity among parents in recent years. Health professionals’ (HP) knowledge and attitudes towar...
Patient perceptions and knowledge of corticosteroid injections: A cross-sectional survey study
Introduction Although cortisone injections are commonly used, patient understanding of cortisone is variable and often affected by misconceptions. This study explores patient persp...
Intergenerational effects of the pre-conception period on the number of services required by the daughter in dairy cows
This study investigated how the metabolic status of dairy cow dams during the pre-conception period influences the fertility of their daughters. Using a large dataset from Lactanet Canada (2008–2023),...
Development, system design, safety, and performance metrics of a conversational agent for reducing depressive and anxious symptoms based on a large language model: The MHAI study
Background Conversational agents based on large language models (LLMs) have shown moderate efficacy in reducing depressive and anxiety symptoms. However, most existing evaluations...
PID-controller enhanced artificial β-cells
Conventional management of diabetes via injection or external insulin pumps suffers from inconvenience and inability to accurately maintain blood glucose levels. A potential solution to these problems...
Biodiversity risks and corporate innovation: Evidence from China
Whether firms adopt positive behaviors in response to biodiversity risk is a matter of public concern. In this paper, we investigate the impact of biodiversity risk exposure on corporate innovation. B...
Perinatal and maternal factors associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Background Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental condition influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. Prenatal and perinatal exposures hav...
Decoding green space supply–demand mismatch through urban morphology: Toward equitable urban planning with explainable machine learning
Urban green spaces (UGS), as essential components of urban ecological infrastructure, play a vital role in improving residents’ quality of life and fostering spatial equity. However, rapid urbanizatio...
Neural network-driven user behavior forecasting and personalized recommendation in power marketing
With the development of smart grids and the complexity of power marketing, accurately predicting users behavior and recommending suitable products to users become more and more important in power mark...
Examining the relationship between social determinants of health with daily tobacco use, binge-drinking, and daily cannabis use
Introduction There is growing recognition that social determinants of health (SDOH) shape health behaviors in powerful ways. Given that risky substance use remains a persistent pub...
Crop insurance as a climate risk management tool: Evidence from three districts of Punjab, Pakistan
Pakistan’s agricultural sector is increasingly vulnerable to climate change–induced shocks, posing serious risks to farm incomes and rural livelihoods. Although crop insurance has been promoted as a k...
Thiamine status of whitefish (Coregonus maraena) in the Baltic Sea
Many coregonine species have declined drastically across the Northern Hemisphere, including populations of Coregonus maraena (whitefish) in the Baltic Sea, and...
Doll play improves false belief reasoning: Evidence from a randomized-control trial
Play is often described as a child’s “occupation,” both because young children spend the majority of their time playing when given the option and because it is a critical mechanism through which child...
Mutual solubilization of rosiglitazone and ibuprofen: Investigation and mechanistic insight
Purpose We report for the first time that co-dissolved rosiglitazone and ibuprofen mutually enhance their aqueous solubility; the study was designed to quantify this phenomenon and...
When revealed after the fact, selfish intentions undermine prosocial actions in 5-year-olds
Early in ontogeny, children show a preference for prosocial others and for those with helpful intentions. Here, we investigate how children reason about prosocial actions when a selfish intention is r...
Integrating medical imaging datasets with blockchain wallets: A case study on ARDS-COVID19 patients
Medical imaging plays a critical role in diagnosing and managing acute conditions such as Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), particularly in intensive care settings. However, radiological dat...
Road traffic noise affects annoyance during urban built and forest walks, but not repetitive negative thinking or connectedness with non-human nature: A randomized controlled trial
Previous research has examined the potential of exposure to greenspaces to reduce maladaptive emotion regulation strategies, such as repetitive negative thinking, and to foster connectedness with non-...
A practical evaluation of statistical methods for the analysis of patient reported outcomes in an observational pharmaceutical study
Background Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) provide a unique opportunity to tailor clinical care to patients’ needs. Observational pharmaceutical industry analyses of PROs in the H...
The prognostic value of gait speed in hemodialysis patients: A prospective observational study
Background Gait speed has emerged as a sensitive and practical measure of functional status, and its association with overall health and adverse outcomes in various populations has...
Reassessing Rujm el-Hiri: Aerial imagery and stone circles in the proto-historic Southern Levant
Rujm el-Hiri has long been considered one of the most enigmatic archaeological monuments in the Southern Levant. Variously interpreted as a funerary, ceremonial, or astronomical locale, it has been th...
A GeoAI framework for detecting risk zones from illegal dumping sites in Khulna, Bangladesh
Illegal dumping is a major challenge of municipal solid waste management. A significant portion of waste is dumped illegally in cities worldwide. This improper waste disposal creates serious ecologica...
Urban land use impact on soil heavy metal levels in Lafayette, Louisiana (USA)
Urban soils can concentrate metal(loid)s from legacy and ongoing urban activities, yet mid-sized U.S. cities remain under characterized. We quantified As, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn in 1,290 composite...
Emergence of appetite and circadian rhythmicity in Atlantic salmon brain transcriptome from endogenous to exogenous feeding
Successful transition from endogenous yolk utilization to exogenous feeding is critical for survival in fish larvae, yet the changes in the brain during this transition remain incompletely described....
CBCT-based volumetric assessment of the maxillary sinus in temporomandibular disorder: Integration of morphometric analysis and classical machine learning classification
Objectives This study aims to determine the maxillary sinus volume and surface area values and their relationship in individuals with and without temporomandibular disorders (TMDs)...
Associations between demographic, clinical, and socioeconomic factors and mental health in long COVID: A clinic-based cross-sectional study
Background Long COVID is associated with persistent symptoms, including the onset of new mental health challenges such as anxiety and depression, as well as the worsening of pre-ex...