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Validation of anthropometric-based weight prediction equations among Ugandan adults: A Cross-sectional study
Introduction Effective patient management often requires accurate weight estimation. However, the appropriate weight-measuring equipment is not always available in emergencies and...
Impact of Chinese national centralized volume-based drug procurement policy on health costs and utilization: An interrupted time series analysis using panel data (2009–2022)
Introduction Chinese volume-based procurement (VBP) policy, implemented nationally in 2019, represents a cornerstone of healthcare reform aiming to reduce drug prices through centr...
In-silico core proteome analysis for chimeric vaccine development against tick-borne tularemia
Tularemia is an extremely contagious zoonotic illness resulting from infection with the intracellular bacterium Francisella tularensis . It is transmitted prima...
Perceptions and practices on substandard and falsified medicines in humans and animals in Wakiso district, Uganda: A qualitative study
Background Few studies have taken a broad perspective on substandard and falsified medicines (SFMs) in community settings in Uganda. We therefore qualitatively assessed the percept...
Failure to replicate the Aubert-Fleischl effect
For many years the accepted wisdom in vision science has been that humans tend to underestimate the speed of an object when they pursue it with their gaze in comparison to when they fixate a spot in t...
Short-term simulation training course improves basic obstetric ultrasound operational skills of residents: A multi-center study
Objectives To evaluate effectiveness of a short-term simulation-based obstetric ultrasound training course. Methods...
Retraction: Can artificial intelligence and face recognition using deep learning detect emotions in children with autism?
Study on fold formation mechanism and process optimization in multi-directional die forged valve bodies
Fold defects represent a prevalent and detrimental issue in the multi-directional die forging of complex valve bodies, often resulting in product rejection and increased manufacturing costs. In this s...
Trade policy uncertainty and stock price crash risk in China: The moderating role of marketization and digital transformation
This paper investigates the link between trade policy uncertainty (TPU) and stock price crash risk in Chinese listed firms. Using a novel firm-level TPU index derived from annual reports between 2001...
Clinical decision support system impact on diagnostic imaging appropriateness and value-driven outcomes in a Singapore emergency department: Protocol of a pragmatic controlled before-after study
Modern medicine relies heavily on diagnostic imaging because of its beneficial role in the healthcare chain. Imaging rates are increasing globally and are expected to continue to rise in the future. I...
Unraveling participant motivation dynamics in local-centric secondhand digital sharing platforms
This study investigates the motivational and attitudinal drivers of user engagement in local-centric digital sharing platforms (LDSPs), with a focus on secondhand consumption through Karrot Market in...
Barriers Broken: Genetic swamping in restored Brook Trout populations
Scientists use reintroductions to restore native species to their historical ranges but sometimes overlook effects of dispersal on genetic structure of restored populations. Unidirectional or biased g...
The impact of farmers’ digital literacy on farmers’ enthusiasm for grain cultivation: Findings from the “Double Hundred and Thousand” farmers in Jiangxi province
Enhancing farmers’ enthusiasm for grain cultivation is crucial for ensuring national food security. Based on survey data from the “Double Hundred and Double Thousand” farmers in Jiangxi Province, this...
Individual-level surrogacy of MRI lesions for disease severity in RRMS: Methods to quantify predictive power and their application to longitudinal data from recent trials
Background Individual-level surrogacy (ILS) assesses how well a surrogate endpoint predicts treatment effect at the individual level. The paper discusses mutual information (MI) an...
Health disparities influence peripheral venous access insertion time in the emergency department: An observational study
Objective This retrospective, multicenter study aimed to investigate disparities in peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) placement wait times among patients in emergency departme...
Correction: Research on partial discharge signal recognition and classification of power transformer based on acoustic-VMD and CNN-LSTM
Comparing the effectiveness of emotion regulation therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy on treatment adherence in hemodialysis patients: A randomized controlled clinical trial
Introduction Non-adherence is a common challenge among patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD). This randomized controlled trial compared the efficacy of Emotion Regulation Therapy (...
State estimation of multi-sensor systems based on error-state Kalman
With the rapid advancement of multi-sensor systems, the capabilities of robots in complex scenes are gradually improving. A multi-sensor system state estimation algorithm based on error-state Kalman f...
Executive functions and psychopathology: A transdiagnostic network analysis
Mental health research is shifting toward dimensional, transdiagnostic frameworks, yet the role of executive functions (EFs) across psychopathological domains remains unclear. In this study, we examin...
Correction: Protocol for research examination of individual suicides occurring in chronic pain: A qualitative approach to psychological autopsy methodology
Controlling a simple model of bipedal walking to adapt to a wide range of target step lengths and step frequencies
We tested whether the same control principles that support steady-state walking are sufficient for robust, and rapid gait adaptations over a wide range of step lengths and frequencies. We begin by dem...
The role of affective temperaments in predicting depression and anxiety symptoms in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism
Background This study aimed to investigate the relationship between affective temperament traits and the severity of depression and anxiety symptoms in patients diagnosed with prim...
Adaptive fractional-order non-singular terminal sliding mode control for omnidirectional quadrotors based on WRBF neural network
This paper presents a novel robust six-degree-of-freedom trajectory tracking control strategy for tilt-rotor quadrotors operating under uncertainties and disturbances. The key contribution lies in a u...
Integrated analysis of single-cell and bulk RNA-seq reveals MAGEA3/6-associated immune subtypes and key immune genes in gastric cancer
The immune microenvironment is critical in gastric cancer (GC), yet epithelial-specific genes linked to immune infiltration remain poorly defined. We integrated single-cell RNA-seq (GSE112302) and TCG...
Enhanced machine learning and hybrid ensemble approaches for Coronary Heart Disease prediction
Coronary heart disease (CHD) remains the leading cause of mortality worldwide, disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries where diagnostic resources are limited. Traditional statist...