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Correction: Investigating the role of family members in postnatal care: Evidence from mother-caregiver dyads in India
Audio-visual speech-in-noise tests for evaluating speech reception thresholds: A scoping review
Objective To evaluate the advancements in speech intelligibility testing over the recent decades, with a particular emphasis on the development of audiovisual speech in noise tests...
A probabilistic approach to enhance the efficiency of case finding in hospital quality management: A case study using readmissions
Hospital readmissions prolong patient suffering and increase healthcare expenditures. Unplanned readmission rates, such as those reported by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), dist...
Layer V Neocortical neurons from individuals With drug-resistant epilepsy show multiple synaptic alterations but lack somatic hyperexcitability
Although neuronal hyperexcitability is the primary mechanism underlying seizure activity in epilepsy, little is known about how different neuronal mechanisms at different organizational levels contrib...
YUV-based SVD-VGG hybrid fusion for multimodal MRI-PET image integration
Multimodal medical image fusion enhances diagnostic interpretation by integrating anatomical and functional information into a single image. This work proposes an efficient hybrid framework, termed SV...
Association between delirium and neutrophil percentage-to-albumin ratio in patients with cervical spinal cord injury: A single-center, retrospective study
Study Design Single-center, case-control study. Objective This study investigated if the neutrophil pe...
Effect of autologous platelet-rich plasma on optical quality and visual outcomes following implantation of a trifocal diffractive intraocular lens
Purpose To evaluate the effect of autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP) eye drops on optical quality and visual acuity in eyes implanted with a trifocal diffractive intraocular len...
How peer mechanism impacts loan repayment in a Self-help group?: An empirical study in India
Women’s empowerment through financial inclusion is an important sustainable development goal. Formal institutions and banks are hesitant to lend to the poor due to the lack of collateral and informati...
Correction: Trends and disparities in ischemic stroke mortality and location of death in the United States: A comprehensive analysis from 1999–2020
How audiences express emotions towards influencer short videos: Sentiment analysis of ‘my second uncle’
As short videos dominate digital communication, this study examines audience emotional expression in this evolving media landscape. Focusing on the popular Chinese video “My Second Uncle”, we collecte...
Peer support after clinical incidents in veterinary care: Adopting the RISE (Resilience In Stressful Events) program
Veterinary professionals often experience emotional distress after clinical incidents, affecting well-being and job performance. This study explores the adaptation and implementation of the Resilience...
Gendered activities: Men farm, women trade, or is it less clear-cut?
The study explores gender participation in agricultural value chains, showing how roles are differentiated across genders and regions. The study fills an important gap in the literature which takes ge...
The impact of training on farmers’ human capital accumulation in rural China
Training represents a crucial pathway for enhancing farmers’ human capital. China currently invests over 2 billion CNY (310 million USD) annually to train nearly a million professional farmers. While...
Correction: Prospective follow-up of New York City residents with e-cigarette, or vaping product use-associated lung injury—2020–2021
Retraction: Unlocking SME growth: Analyzing the government subsidies’ impact on financing in China
Retraction: In vitro and in vivo plant growth promoting activities and DNA fingerprinting of antagonistic endophytic actinomycetes associates with medicinal plants
Retraction: RhoB Acts as a Tumor Suppressor That Inhibits Malignancy of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
Correction: A motif unique to the human dead-box protein DDX3 is important for nucleic acid binding, ATP hydrolysis, RNA/DNA unwinding and HIV-1 replication
Retraction: Arctigenin inhibits the progression of colorectal cancer through epithelial-mesenchymal transition via PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway
Retraction: MicroRNA-19a and microRNA-19b promote the malignancy of clear cell renal cell carcinoma through targeting the tumor suppressor RhoB
Care preferences of older migrants and minority ethnic groups with various care needs: A scoping review
Background Older migrants and people from minority ethnic groups face unique challenges in accessing healthcare. Various factors often lead to lower healthcare utilization and hind...
Frailty and disability among older adults residing in Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh
Background Frailty and disability often emerge with ageing and affect quality of life. Older adults residing in Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh are particularly susceptible to...
The child Musicality Index: A child-friendly version of the Goldsmiths Musical Sophistication Index
The Goldsmiths Musical Sophistication Index (Gold-MSI) has contributed significantly to the study of musical sophistication in adolescence and adulthood, however the field lacks an equivalent self-rep...
Applying the open-LUCIS framework to identify and characterize human–wildlife conflicts: A case study in Botswana
Human–Wildlife Conflict (HWC) is an increasing challenge in rapidly changing landscapes, where agricultural expansion, settlement growth, and infrastructure development intersect with critical wildlif...
Persistent foot-and-mouth disease virus infection of the bovine nasopharynx is associated with suppression of innate and cellular immunity
Foot-and-mouth disease is a devastating disease of cattle that is caused by foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV). After acute infection, FMDV persists in the upper respiratory tract of about 50% of inf...