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Development and psychometric validation of the insect fear questionnaire for school-aged children in Iran
Background Insect-related fear (Entomophobia) is prevalent in children and affects their behavior and well-being, avoidance behaviors, and potentially hazardous practices such as i...
Assessing toxic leadership in high-performance sports: Psychometric validation of a Swedish Version of the Toxic Leadership Scale for Sports (TLS-S)
This study evaluated the internal consistency and factorial validity of a sport-adjusted 15-item version of the Toxic Leadership Scale (TLS-S). The sample consisted of 189 Swedish elite team sport ath...
Wnt/β-catenin signalling modulates the timing of cell fate decision making in the early mouse embryo
Cell fate choice is a key event happening during preimplantation mouse development. From embryonic day 3.5 (E3.5) to E4.5, the inner cell mass (ICM) differentiates into epiblast (Epi, NANOG expressing...
Association of fibrinogen to albumin ratio with sepsis-associated acute kidney injury: A retrospective cohort study based on the MIMIC-IV database
Purpose Sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (SA-AKI) is a critical complication associated with negative outcomes. However, the effective prevention of SA-AKI is limited. This re...
Feasibility of MEG in assessing task-related oscillatory markers and evaluating cognitive changes in recently symptomatic carotid endarterectomy patients: A pilot study
Revascularization ensures oxygen supply to the brain in patients with significant carotid atherosclerosis. The current indication for carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is stroke risk reduction, but it may...
Strategic SA-UNet: Integrating self-attention blocks into U-Net for efficient crack segmentation
Accurate crack segmentation plays a crucial role in ensuring safety and mitigating disaster risks during road inspections and structural health monitoring. However, traditional image processing techni...
Correction: Brucellosis testing patterns at health facilities in Arusha region, northern Tanzania
Application and efficacy of the pubovesical complex-preserving technique in intrafascial laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: A propensity score-matched analysis
Purpose This study aimed to introduce the pubovesical complex preserving technique in intrafascial laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (PPLRP) and compare its efficacy with the conv...
Association between obesity and neurodevelopmental delay risk in children under five years: A study from Tumbes, Peru
Background Childhood obesity is an emerging public health concern in low- and middle-income countries and may be associated with early neurodevelopmental vulnerability. Evidence on...
Bovine mastitis epidemiology: Prevalence, risk factors, control program gaps and biosecurity recommendations to improve animal health in the Rwandan smallholder dairy farms
Bovine mastitis remains a significant challenge to dairy health management worldwide, with substantial economic and public health implications. In Rwanda, where traditional dairy farming is crucial fo...
Editorial Note: Preclinical evaluation of 4-methylthiobutyl isothiocyanate on liver cancer and cancer stem cells with different p53 status
Composition optimization of mastic in recycled asphalt mixtures based on pavement performance
Due to the depletion of natural sand and gravel resources and increasing environmental restrictions, the utilization of recycled asphalt pavement materials (RAP) has become a critical approach to miti...
Development of guidelines for managing unused and expired medications in local communities: An engaged stakeholder waste hierarchy approach
Objectives The management of unused and expired medications is essential to address environmental pollution, ensure public health safety, and optimize healthcare resources. Proper...
Integrated disease model considering mutation-induced infection waves with COVID-19 cases
COVID-19, an unprecedented global pandemic, has caused successive waves that pose unique challenges to public health and epidemiological research. Traditional Susceptible–Infected–Recovered (SIR) mode...
Psychosocial hierarchies of modifiable risk for Alzheimer’s disease: A networks analysis
Thirty per-cent of multidomain risk reduction trials for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) report limited efficacy. Identifying potential cascading influences between psychosocial ADRD...
Exploring the importance and preference of sugar feeding behaviour of malaria vectors in sugar plantations of southern Malawi
Background Reliable tools are needed to control opportunistic outdoor biting and resting malaria vectors that remain beyond the reach of indoor targeted inte...
Computational modeling for rational design of novel phenoxy tacrine derivatives targeting Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s is the leading factor behind dementia, producing steady impairments in memory, cognitive reasoning, behavioral, and social interactions. This scientific study investigates thirty-two pheno...
Assessment of the causes and extent of damage to trees of Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata (Wall. and G.Don) Cif. (wild olive) in the mountains of Oman
Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata (Wall. and G.Don) Cif. (wild olive) is one of the key woody species in the mountain habitats of Oman. Wild ol...
The mediating role of knowledge sharing behavior and the moderating role of digital mindset: Evidence in Vietnam
This study examined the mediating roles of knowledge sharing in the effect of organizational-level factors on knowledge application in Vietnamese commercial banks and the moderating role of the digita...
Correction: Ocimum tenuiflorum extract (HOLIXERTM): Possible effects on hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis in modulating stress
Correction: Joint congestion and contention avoidance in a scalable QoS-aware opportunistic routing in wireless ad-hoc networks
Implementation and product- and process evaluation of a co-created gender-informed and culturally-sensitive toolkit to improve symptom recognition and care seeking for ischemic heart disease: RE-AIM framework
Background Tailored health messaging can be used to improve symptom recognition of ischemic heart disease (IHD) and reduce barriers to care. Therefore, we propose that a gender-inf...
Integrated microwave cavity perturbation sensor for nondestructive estimation of moisture content of grains: A case study on wheat and chickpea
This study presents a low-cost, integrated microwave cavity perturbation sensor operating in TM 010 mode at 2.45 GHz for the non-destructive estimation of moist...
Multidrug resistance patterns and carbapenemase production among Gram-negative bacteria causing healthcare-associated infections in hospitalized patients at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
Background Klebsiella pneumoniae , Acinetobacter species, and Pseudom...
Cost-effectiveness analysis of artificial intelligence-assisted risk stratification of indeterminate pulmonary nodules
Background Artificial intelligence-based radiomic approaches have been shown to accurately evaluate indeterminate pulmonary nodules. With the expansion of lung cancer screening and...