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Functional beverage development from traditional Thai polyherbal tonic: Antioxidant-rich microcapsules and comprehensive sub-chronic toxicity assessment
This study aimed to optimize microencapsulation conditions for Phy-Blica-O (PBO), a traditional Thai polyherbal tonic, and to assess the safety of its consumer-accepted herbal tea formulation, Phy-Bli...
Dynamic growth risk of incidentally detected gallbladder polyps–A retrospective, single-center analysis
Background Size of gallbladder polyps (GP) is considered as a relevant risk factor for neoplastic polyps. However, the definitive impact is an ongoing debate. Current German and Eu...
Assessing community pharmacists’ responses to pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting: A national simulated patient study in Jordan
Background and aim Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP) is the most common medical condition of gestation, affecting up to 90% of women and significantly impacting their quality...
Correction: Determination of nutritional sufficiency ranges for pomelo (Citrus grandis Osbeck) grown on alluvial soils using DRIS
Construction of an intelligent screening model for allergic rhinitis based on routine blood tests
The incidence of allergic rhinitis (AR) has been increasing annually, severely impacting patients’ quality of life and increasing socioeconomic burdens. The limitations of current diagnostic methods h...
Correction: Reconciliation and evolution of Penicillium rubens genome-scale metabolic networks–What about specialised metabolism?
Treatment outcomes of paul versus ahmed glaucoma implants
Objectives To compare the outcomes of Paul (PGI) and Ahmed glaucoma implants (AGI) in patients with complex glaucoma. Meth...
WBA: Word Boundary Attention for Chinese Named Entity Recognition
Chinese words often exhibit a parallel structural relationship within sentences, while individual characters are sequentially connected. To capture this structural distinction, we extract the head and...
Impact of excessive environmental information disclosure on stock price crash risk
With the deepening of carbon peak and carbon neutrality (“dual carbon”) initiatives, corporate responsibility for environmental information disclosure has become imperative. However, due to imperfect...
Correction: Early warning of regime switching in a financial time series: A heteroskedastic network model
Brand public opinion data analysis method based on deep learning
With the rapid development of Internet information technology and digital technology, various network platforms and media are showing a vigorous growth momentum. The powerful power of online public op...
The use of carbogen for interruption of febrile seizures - the randomized controlled CARDIF trial
Febrile seizures are the most common seizure disorders in children. Fever-induced hyperventilation and subsequent hypocapnia may precipitate febrile seizures. In preclinical studies and in individual...
Testing oral nicotine pouches versus nicotine replacement therapy for cigarette harm reduction in Appalachia: The ARISE study protocol
Background With the highest cancer incidence and mortality rates in the country, rural Appalachia has experienced a decades-long health decline, due in part to high smoking rates....
Effectiveness of vestibular incision subperiosteal tunnel access (VISTA) technique with or without A-PRF in treatment of multiple adjacent gingival recession defects (MAGRD): A 12 months CBCT study
Objectives In order to treat MAGRD in the maxillary anterior region, the VISTA approach was evaluated and compared with and without A-PRF....
Investigating adaptation to environmental variability in forest trees through molecular phylogenetic analysis
We conducted a molecular phylogenetic analysis of the abiotic stress response in 13 key European forest species ( Fagus sylvatica L., Quercu...
Identification and classification of oil and gas pipeline intru-sion events based on 1-D CNN network
Oil and gas pipeline security is critical to national infrastructure, yet existing monitoring systems often lack the sensitivity and real-time responsiveness required to detect subtle intrusion events...
Promoting or pressurising participation? A discourse analysis of online patient information resources about prehabilitation before cancer treatment
Prehabilitation aims to improve outcomes by optimising health before treatment. Interventions typically target diet, physical activity and/or mental health. Communicating the benefits of prehabilitati...
Enhancing mathematical modeling competencies through AI-powered VR
Background Improving students’ problem-solving skills is one of the primary objectives of mathematics education. Problem-solving skills are closely related to the mathematical mode...
Correction: Variations in anxiety and emotional support among first-year college students across different learning modes (distance and face-to-face) during COVID-19
Adaptation and evaluation of a digital dialectical behaviour therapy for youth at clinical high risk for psychosis: A protocol for a feasibility randomized controlled trial
Background Youth at clinical high risk (CHR) for psychosis often experience emotional dysregulation, psychiatric symptoms, substance use, suicidality, and functional impairment. Di...
A near-continuous archaeological record of Pleistocene human occupation at Leang Bulu Bettue, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Prior research has indicated that the Indonesian island of Sulawesi was host to archaic hominins of unknown taxonomic affinity from at least 1.04 million years ago (Ma), while members of our own speci...
Core training elicits greater improvements than flexibility training in jumping lotus kick performance and physical attributes of Tai Chi athletes: A randomized controlled trial
Tai Chi’s intricate, balance-intensive techniques, such as the Jumping Lotus Kick (JL Kick), demand both core stability and flexibility. Despite their importance, direct empirical comparisons of these...
Evaluation of the insulin-dependent and -independent hypoglycemic effects and understanding their breakdown in the progression of obesity using mice
Temporal changes in blood glucose levels are useful in assessing glucose tolerance. While blood glucose levels are known to be tightly regulated by insulin-dependent and -independent (glucose effectiv...
Is glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency associated with COVID-19 infection, severity, and death? A cohort study from the Brazilian Amazon
Background Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PDd) is a common genetic disorder that impairs the cellular antioxidant response and has been hypothesized as a potential...