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Speech-based respiratory diagnostics: A study on COVID-19 detection with machine learning
Respiratory sound analysis has emerged as a promising approach for detecting and diagnosing respiratory diseases, including COVID-19. This study investigates using OpenSMILE features for COVID-19 dete...
Implications of pre-diagnosis costs incurred by patients and their families for tuberculosis-related health-seeking behaviors in Mbeya and Songwe regions, Tanzania
Background Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), remains one of the leading causes of death from infectious diseases worldwide, its burden is disproportionately affecting low- and middle-i...
The wave-particle duality of corporate financial metrics
This study proposes a “wave-particle duality” model for corporate financial indicators, which jointly characterizes the continuous fluctuations and discrete jumps of ROE (Return on Equity) and ROA (Re...
Short-term effect after soft tissue manipulation session on subjective and objective parameters in office workers with chronic low back pain: A randomized clinical trial
Background The very frequent occurrence of low back pain (LBP) among office workers forces the search for effective therapeutic tools. The aim of this study was to assess the effec...
Randomized crossover trial of hand and hydrostatic casting for custom lower limb prosthetic sockets: Assessing socket comfort and fabrication time
The aim of this study was to compare diagnostic sockets made by hand casting and standing hydrostatic pressure casting in persons with lower limb amputation. This multi-site, single-masked, randomized...
The impact of anxiety on affective and cognitive empathy
Existing evidence about the way anxiety impacts empathy is mixed, highlighting the complexity of empathy as a construct. The impact of state anxiety on affective and cognitive empathy in women was tes...
Expression of Concern: Can digital transformation promote green innovation in enterprises? the moderating effect of heterogeneous environmental regulations
Healthcare providers’ palliative care graded diagnosis and treatment behavior, attitudes, self-efficacy, compassion fatigue, and workplace well-being: A mediating moderation model
Background Palliative care is essential for end-of-life (EOL) patient care. While prior research has acknowledged the role of self-efficacy in nursing, its specific mechanisms with...
Validity and reliability of wireless pressure insoles for measuring gait biomechanics in healthy adults: A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Wireless pressure insoles are emerging as portable, unobtrusive tools for gait analysis in both clinical and real-world settings. These systems incorporate pressure sensors and often inertial measurem...
Ultrasonic flexural mode emitters: New approaches to increasing sound pressure during oscillation generation in gas media
This work is devoted to the development and study of ultrasonic flexural-oscillating disk emitters for gas environments, generating elastic vibrations at ultrasonic frequencies (above 20 kHz) with hig...
Unlocking intergenerational support: The impact of long-term care insurance on elderly family dynamics
As China faces an aging population and changing family dynamics, including smaller nuclear families and increased mobility, it is crucial to understand how long-term care insurance policies affect int...
Azure Kinect for joint range of motion analysis: A validity and reliability evaluation in elite female weightlifters
Kinect is a markerless, portable, and affordable motion analysis tool used in clinical, rehabilitation, and sports settings. This study aimed to assess upper limb (shoulder and elbow) and cervical joi...
Bacimethrin, an allelopathic vitamin B1 antagonist, is linked with microbial gene expression patterns in a hypereutrophic watershed
Freshwater cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs), often dominated by Aphanizomenon , Dolichospermum , and...
Can physiological network mapping reveal pathophysiological insights into emerging diseases? Lessons from COVID-19
Network physiology is a multidisciplinary field that offers a comprehensive view of the complex interactions within the human body, emphasising the critical role of organ system connectivity in health...
Green synthesis of CuO nanoparticles from Punica granatum leaves and their application in the enhancement of cold-pressed calcareous alkali-activated materials for sustainability
The green synthesis of metal nanoparticles using plant extracts offers an environmentally friendly approach that reduces energy consumption and avoids hazardous chemicals, thus increasing various sust...
Effects of a school-based intervention on 24-hour movement behaviors in adolescents: A quasi-experimental study
Interest in integrating 24-hour movement behaviors (sleep, physical activity, and screen time) has increased in recent years, supporting global guidelines that emphasize their relevance for adolescent...
Using biodiversity features to promote an Ecosystem-Based Conservation framework in terrestrial ecosystems
Biodiversity features are important indicators for monitoring conservation success and have been adopted to assess the extent of biodiversity loss in ecosystems affected by anthropogenic pressures. Pr...
The role of brand commitment and external information in urban consumers’ organic produce choices: Evidence from Japan and China
Although organic agriculture brands are growing globally, urban consumer uptake in East Asia remains modest. We examine how brand commitment and external certification information shape willingness to...
BLDC motor’s speed and torque modelling through hybrid machine learning based approach of nonlinear autoregressive neural network with exogenous inputs (NARX-NN)
Modeling the complex nonlinear dynamics of Brushless DC motors has been a prominent research focus over the past two decades, driven by their superior advantages and widespread industrial applications...
An NMR sample preparation case study: Considerations for the self-destructive protease caspase-6
Proteases represent a difficult family of proteins to purify, concentrate and store at homogeneity due to their toxicity during overexpression and their propensity to self-cleave, leading to the loss...
Effects of a simulated marine heatwave on the structure and composition of Mediterranean plankton in a mesocosm study
Coastal marine systems are particularly affected by marine heatwaves (MHW), which affect organisms, including plankton communities, that are essential for ecosystem function and productivity. To study...
Lightweight deep neural networks: Optimization of vehicle classification using ICBAM based on depthwise separable convolutions
Vehicle classification is a core task in intelligent transportation systems, where high demands are placed on both computational efficiency and generalization ability in practical applications. Existi...
Sarcopenia modelling by portal vein ligation inducing hyperammonemia in rats
Sarcopenia is a progressive muscle wasting condition often associated with hyperammonemia. However, no approved animal models of sarcopenia with hyperammonemia were reported. This study aimed to provi...
Research on network security vulnerability risk contagion in software supply chain based on system dynamics
Software supply chains have emerged as a critical battleground in cyberspace security, with their compromise posing direct threats to critical infrastructure and information systems. The inherent mult...
Personalized versus fixed tactile cueing in Parkinson’s disease: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial on gait automaticity
Background Gait automaticity, the ability of the brain to control locomotion with minimal use of executive-attentional resources, is altered in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD)...