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Exploring patient satisfaction with community pharmacy services in the United Arab Emirates: Implications for quality improvement
Introduction Patient satisfaction is a critical metric for enhancing service quality, meeting regulatory standards, and validating patient-reported outcomes in healthcare. Communit...
Tests of the Oddity Effect Hypothesis in mixed-species parid flocks
Although there are major benefits of group membership, there might be severe costs to being in a group for phenotypically rare individuals. Whereas the role of rarity in antipredator behavior is well-...
CatDive: A simple yet effective method for maximizing category diversity in sequential recommendation
How can we offer users items of diverse categories while considering their interests in sequential recommendation? Traditional sequential recommendation methods often prioritize accuracy over diversit...
Facilitators to doctoral completion among international students in a Global South University: An appreciative inquiry perspective
In the context of the global knowledge economy, the Global South has emerged as an increasingly important destination for doctoral education, yet research on this phenomenon remains scarce. The presen...
Graph neural networks and belief rule base collaborative modeling for automated and interpretable fault diagnosis in proton exchange membrane fuel cells
Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) are critical for clean energy conversion, but their reliability is severely compromised by complex faults, creating a pressing need for accurate and interpr...
Correction: Metagenomic characterization of bacterial abundance and diversity in potato cyst nematode suppressive and conducive potato rhizosphere
Fast identification of the charging pile plug materials using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
The electric vehicles (EVs) is showing rapid growing, with charging piles playing a critical role as essential infrastructure. The performance and reliability of charging plugs directly influence grid...
Early ethics: Exploring moral intuition and maternal Influence in preschool children
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the moral intuitions of mothers and children aged 3–6 (n = 75). Methods: Five dilemmas were applied. The agreement between mother and child responses was eval...
Impact of tumor location on oncological and perioperative outcomes after robot-assisted radical nephroureterectomy for upper tract urothelial carcinoma
Objective to investigate the effect of tumor location on oncological outcomes in patients receiving robot-assisted radical nephroureterectomy (RANU) for upper urinary tract carcino...
Correction: Open Science practices in a Portuguese nursing higher education institution: An exploratory, descriptive study
Resveratrol inhibits bladder cancer proliferation by targeting the AURKA/STAT3 axis: From computational analysis to experimental validation
Introduction Given the high recurrence rate of bladder cancer (BCa) and the significant adverse effects associated with conventional treatments, it is urgent to search for new clin...
Evaluating the impact of a rapid response system on survival of patients with cancer undergoing emergency surgery for acute abdomen: A single-center retrospective cohort study
Patients with cancer who develop acute abdomen are at high risk of rapid clinical deterioration and often require emergency surgery and intensive care. This retrospective cohort study evaluated the im...
Pore network modeling of water and gas transport characteristics in synthetic porous media
The flow characteristics of water and gas are closely linked to pore structure of porous media, which is of critical importance across various scientific and industrial fields. In this study, syntheti...
Developing and validating a holistic welfare assessment tool for zoo-housed great apes: Integrating resource-based measures with behavioural ecology insights
Assessing the welfare of zoo-housed great apes is essential to ensure high standards of care, maintain zoos’ ethical and educational credibility, and support their conservation roles. However, welfare...
Aligning cardiac monitoring with American Heart Association Guidelines: Impact on utilization, hemodynamic monitoring, and outcomes
Background Overuse of continuous cardiac monitoring can lead to poor patient experience, increased costs, and decreased efficiency. Because significant variation in continuous card...
Statistical analysis of winning percentages in Japanese professional baseball using the Wins above Replacement indicator
This study examines a previously unexplored concept in the field of sabermetrics. By employing a novel correction that accounts for player position differences, it investigates the impact of the desig...
Developing a machine learning model to map new-build gentrification: A mixed-methods approach
New-build gentrification, a type of gentrification which is connected to newly built development, has radically transformed the appearance of neighborhoods across the United States. However, the liter...
Effects of silybin on triptorelin-induced bone metabolic abnormalities in prostate cancer revealed based on TMT-based proteomics
Aims The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanism of action of SB on TRP-induced abnormalities of bone metabolism in LNCaP cells....
Multiple contexts and frequencies aggregation network for deepfake detection
Deepfake detection faces increasing challenges since the fast growth of generative models in developing massive and diverse Deepfake technologies. Recent advances rely on introducing heuristic feature...
Producer perspectives on the constraints to aquaculture development in the US Great Lakes region
Despite significant federal interest and the vast resource potential of the region, the land-based food fish aquaculture industry remains relatively stagnant in the U.S. Great Lakes states. In this st...
The neuromuscular system of Chironomus vitellinus (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Chironomids are important laboratory model organisms used to assess toxicity in freshwater environments. Cell and tissue features are not commonly used as chironomid markers to detect toxicity, but th...
Protocol for investigating the warping of spatial experience across the blind spot to contrast predictions of the Integrated Information Theory and Predictive Processing accounts of consciousness
We investigate the subjective experience of space around the visual blind spot area, the cortical representation of which is missing feedforward connectivity from one eye. We performed these experimen...
Correction: Reaching those at risk: Active case detection of leprosy and contact tracing at Kokosa, a hot spot district in Ethiopia
Exploring the role of meaning in non-Māori speakers’ ‘proto-lexicon’
Previous work has demonstrated that New Zealanders who do not speak Māori but are regularly exposed to the language develop implicit knowledge of it. The core of this knowledge, it has been argued, is...
A randomised pilot trial of perioperative propranolol combined with celecoxib versus standard of care in stage III melanoma: The ProCel study protocol
In cutaneous melanoma patients, the presence of lymph node or in transit metastasis can be associated with poor survival. Adjuvant treatment with BRAF-MEK inhibitors or immunotherapy is costly and can...