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Ultraviolet light and polyethylene glycol as environmental cleaning agents to reduce contamination of Pseudogymnoascus destructans in bat hibernacula
Pathogens that persist in an environmental reservoir can drive host populations to extinction because host abundance does not limit pathogen survival or reproduction. Fungal pathogens are of particula...
Exploring the role of the key gene TNFAIP3 between periodontitis and influenza A through bioinformatic analysis and molecular docking
Recent studies have hinted at a link between periodontitis (PD) and influenza A (IA). Therefore, this study aims to identify key genes common to both diseases by studying Porphyrom...
Identifying biomarkers for diagnosis and disease activity monitoring in PSC-IBD and UC through proteomic profiling: A prospective, biomarker discovery single-center study protocol
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) are chronic inflammatory conditions with limited biomarker-driven diagnostic tools. Proteomic profiling offers a promising ap...
First record of the smallest extant brachiopod Gwynia capsula (Jeffreys, 1859) from the German Bight
We describe for the first time the occurrence of the smallest extant brachiopod, Gwynia capsula (Jeffreys, 1859), from the island of Helgoland. A single living...
Defining the population of adolescents in need of comprehensive transitional care based on diagnosis, visit frequency, and disease complexity
Healthcare transition from pediatrics to adult care is a critical yet challenging process for adolescents with long-term medical conditions. This population-based cohort study aims to present a replic...
Correction: SSNdesign—An R package for pseudo-Bayesian optimal and adaptive sampling designs on stream networks
Predicting entrepreneur fundraising success from focus group EEG data
We examined how electroencephalographic (EEG) brain activity responded to entrepreneurial pitches for venture funding and whether EEG signals from a small laboratory focus group (N = 28) could be used...
Retraction: Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on consumer behavioural intention to purchase green products
Differences between Scaly-sided Merganser (Mergus squamatus) and Common Merganser (M. merganser) feather microstructure
The microstructural characteristics of feathers are useful for species identification. In this study, scanning electron microscopy was employed to examine the microstructures of contour feathers, rect...
Correction: Insulin-self administration among individuals with diabetes: Implications for improved practices
Childhood cancer burden and health inequality: A systematic analysis from the global burden of diseases study 2021
Objective To estimate the burden, trends, and inequalities of childhood cancers (aged 0–14 years) at global, regional, and national levels from 1990 to 2021....
Detection of balance in the elderly under the influence of stress (DEPIE): A cross-sectional study protocol
Age-related changes increase frailty and vulnerability to stress in older adults, and stress has been linked to poorer balance and fall risk. However, the mechanisms by which emotional stress may cont...
The efficacy of freehand, pilot drilled and fully guided implant surgery in partially edentulous patients: A randomized control trial
Background Partial edentulism poses challenges to oral function, aesthetics, and quality of life. Implant placement techniques—freehand, pilot-drilled, and fully guided—differ in a...
Financial constraints and corporate bankruptcy risks in China: The buffer role of cash holdings
Corporate bankruptcy risk in China is increasingly driven by structural credit discrimination and a systemic financial mismatch. This study investigates the impact of cash holdings and financial const...
Relationship between postural and kinesthetic awareness, static balance, and weight-bearing asymmetry in individuals with chronic stroke: A cross-sectional study
Postural and kinesthetic awareness are essential sensory-perceptual components contributing to balance control and symmetrical weight distribution. In individuals with chronic stroke, deficits in body...
Metabolic and bariatric surgery among patients with social anxiety disorder, a matched cohort study
Social anxiety disorder is common among patients considered for metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS). The combination of social anxiety with obesity may, however, be associated with a higher risk for...
Cardiosphere-derived cells in the primary prevention of sepsis-induced acute lung injury in pigs
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) prevention in patients coincide with significant risk factors, including severe sepsis. Cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs) are cardiac stromal/progenitor cell...
Coexisting maternal and child undernutrition in Ethiopia: Spatial modeling and multilevel analysis of consecutive EDHS data
Introduction Maternal and child undernutrition remains a major public health challenge globally, with the highest burdens observed in low- and middle-income countries. Coexisting m...
The socioeconomic impact of inherited retinal dystrophies (IRDs) in Belgium: A cost-of-illness study
Introduction Inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) are a diverse group of vision-threatening conditions caused by genetic mutations, affecting over 5.5 million people globally. These d...
Application of FT-NIR spectroscopy to the prediction of Chromium contamination in soil by evolutionary chemometrics
Fourier-transform near-Infrared (FT-NIR) technology offers a promising alternative to traditional methods for detecting soil Chromium (Cr) contamination. However, the relationship between soil Cr cont...
Tritium in vegetation at various types of radioactive contamination sites under arid climate conditions
This article presents research findings on tritium ( 3 H) in plants at the Semipalatinsk Test Site (STS), including the perimeter of the ‘Degelen’ site, the riv...
Exploration of a workflow for the classification and identification of co-purified protein complexes yields new structures and multiple MSP assembly states
Native protein complexes have garnered interest as targets for structural dissemination. Cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) with its ability to image protein mixtures is the most promising tool t...
Impact of level of nutritional dose and diet specific components of colostrum in promoting 24 h gain, circulating lipid profile, and circulating levels of immunocrit, proteins, glucose, and free amino acids in neonatal gilt piglets
Colostrum (COL) intake relates to growth trajectory of pigs, which may be driven by differences in nutrient level, bioactive factors, or both. This study’s objective was to determine the effect of fee...
Backward cloud transformation algorithm based on Kullback Leibler divergence
As a bidirectional cognitive model for dealing with uncertainty, cloud model (CM) are commonly used in application scenarios such as fault diagnosis, system modeling, and evaluation. CM achieves bidir...
Differential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on sociodemographic groups: A mathematical model framework
Deprivation and age can both drive disparities in infectious disease transmission and outcomes; however, few models capture their combined effects. We developed a deterministic ordinary differential e...