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Phenotypic stratification predicts the pace, but not the outcome, of continence recovery after radical prostatectomy
Background Urinary incontinence (UI) is a common complication following radical prostatectomy (RP), with heterogeneous response to pelvic floor rehabilitation. Identifying patient...
Prognostic nutritional index predicts staging and mortality in cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome
Background Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome (CKM) is a multisystem disorder involving cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic diseases, associated with high mortality risk. T...
Contribution of women’s preference to the overuse of caesarean sections: A propensity score matching analysis based on a multi-country cross-sectional survey, as part of the QUALI-DEC project
Introduction Maternal request for caesarean section has often been cited to justify the increasing caesarean section rates worldwide. However, we lack evidence on the impact of wom...
Expression of Concern: Risk assessment of shoulder dystocia via the difference between transverse abdominal and biparietal diameters: A retrospective observational cohort study
Editorial Note: Short treatment with antalarmin alters adrenal gland receptors in the rat model of endometriosis
Association between handgrip strength and quality of life among adults with asthma: Findings from a nationally representative Korean population
Asthma is a prevalent chronic disease worldwide, and individuals with asthma often experience reduced quality of life (QOL) due to symptoms such as dyspnea and impaired physical function. Given the vu...
Attitudes of blood and plasma donors towards biobanking for longitudinal health research
Background Blood and plasma donations provide a unique opportunity for setting up a biobank. Remainders of donations can be stored together with questionnaire data to allow for lon...
Overexpression of PTPRCAP inhibits biological function of lung adenocarcinoma through apoptosis pathway
Background PTPRCAP (protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor C-associated protein) has been implicated in tumor suppression in several mal...
Retraction: Preterm birth is not associated with asymptomatic/mild SARS-CoV-2 infection per se: Pre-pregnancy state is what matters
A qualitative exploration of the experience of individual-level stigma among adolescents with a chronic illness
Background Much of the research measuring stigma experience related to illness in children and adolescents has been conducted using measures developed from adult perspectives. Howe...
Empirical aesthetics of bridges
Bridges are works of public infrastructure designed to perform a practical function. They are unique among works of engineering in that they also have a significant aesthetic dimension. At their best,...
Editorial Note: Risk factors for vaginal mesh erosion after sacrocolpopexy in Korean women
Single-cell RNA-seq data normalization: A benchmarking study
This study examines the noise and biases introduced by technical factors in single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data, presenting a thorough benchmarking analysis of six widely utilized normalizatio...
Randomized controlled trial comparing low pressure (8 mmHg) versus high pressure (14 mmHg) CO2 insufflation on postoperative pain in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Protocol
Background Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the gold standard for treating symptomatic gallstone disease. Pneumoperitoneum is essential for adequate visualization during the procedu...
Uncovering the mechanism linking education expectation and suicide ideation among students in tertiary education: The mediating role of academic burnout, psychache, and hopelessness
High educational expectations are known risk factors for poor psychological well-being and suicide risk among tertiary students. However, the underlying mechanism linking high educational expectations...
The use of social media as an influence on vaccination rates: A systematic review protocol
Vaccine hesitancy has emerged as one of the major challenges to global public health, exacerbated by the phenomenon of the infodemic—a surge of misinformation amplified through social media platforms....
Diagnostic accuracy and risk stratification of the score for trauma triage in the geriatric and middle-aged among older adults with fall-related injuries
Background Despite fall-related injuries accounting for over two-thirds of older adult trauma injuries, fall-related injuries are more likely to be under-triaged. The Score for Tra...
Autonomous vehicles with augmented reality internet of things and edge intelligence system for industry 5.0 based on 6G
In an era of rapidly evolving technology, traditional cloud computing struggles to meet the demands of resource-intensive smart devices. This necessitates a shift towards Edge Computing (EC), which br...
Retraction: Correlations between parameters of glycaemic variability and foetal growth, neonatal hypoglycaemia and hyperbilirubinemia in women with gestational diabetes
Retraction: Dye diffusion during laparoscopic tubal patency tests may suggest a lymphatic contribution to dissemination in endometriosis: A prospective, observational study
Editorial Note: Marked reduction in fertility among African women with urogenital infections: A prospective cohort study
Retraction: Expression of microRNAs and their target genes in melanomas originating from gynecologic sites
Retraction: Optimization of house price evaluation model based on multi-source geographic big data and deep neural network
EdgeCaseDNet: An enhanced detection architecture for edge case perception in autonomous driving
Autonomous driving perception systems still encounter significant challenges in edge scenarios involving multi-scale target changes and adverse weather, which seriously compromise detection reliabilit...
Directed-edge-based mining of regular routes for enhanced traffic pattern recognition from travel trajectories
Trajectory analysis serves as a critical technique for uncovering patterns in users’ transportation behaviors. This paper introduces a direction-aware regular route mining algorithm that systematicall...