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Maternal adverse childhood experiences and perinatal outcomes: A retrospective inceptive cohort study
Introduction Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with poor health and social outcomes in adulthood. However, research on the relationship between ACEs and perinatal...
Machine learning meets maternal health: Uncovering spatial blind spots in antenatal care quality in Bangladesh
Background High-quality antenatal care (ANC) is defined as four or more antenatal visits with at least one to a medically trained provider, measurement of weight and blood pressure...
Associations of calcium and magnesium intakes and their intake ratio with albuminuria in middle-aged and older adults
Calcium and magnesium both work together and against each other by sharing homeostatic regulatory systems in the kidneys. Previous studies suggested that these minerals and their intake ratio were ass...
Assessment of awareness and attitudes of pregnant women toward labor epidural analgesia and factors influencing the decision to opt for it: A cross-sectional study
Background Epidural analgesia is one of the most effective forms of pain relief for active first stage and second stages of labor. Despite its many advantages, the technique is not...
Sub-chronic exposure to crude acetylene results in the development of deleterious cardio metabolic changes in Sprague Dawley rats
Objective Calcium carbide-derived acetylene is widely used as an artificial fruit ripening agent despite its potential health risks. This study aimed to investigate the effects of...
Predicting arthritis risk with machine learning: Insights from the 2023 National Health Interview Survey data
Arthritis, a common chronic disease encompassing multiple subtypes of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, was explored in this study as a risk-related factor based on data from the 2023 U.S. Nati...
Measuring the effects of differentially intense information on political opinions
The field of public opinion has already extensively addressed how political opinions form and change. However, we still need to find out why some information flows affect opinions more effectively tha...
TNFAIP3 alleviates cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury by inhibiting M1 microglia polarization via deubiquitination of RACK1
Background Microglia polarization plays a crucial role in the progression of cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury (CIRI), but the mechanisms remain largely undefined. The preset st...
Assessing the inter- & intra-reliability of a customised volleyball performance analysis system to analyse complexes and the efficacy of the associated skills
Within volleyball, performance analysis is employed to identify key performance indicators (KPIs) in relation to success. To date, however, despite the growth in performance analysis, there is little...
Understanding the challenges of healthcare transition in the context of HIV-related stigma for young adults with perinatal HIV in Thailand
The healthcare transition during adolescence and young adulthood has consistently been reported as a critical period for attrition and adverse health outcomes. The study assessed HIV-related stigma an...
Advancing urban management: Integrating GIS, LLMs, and media narratives into environmental and socio-economic analyses for enhanced urban crime analysis
This study examines how crime is reported in the media, how the public perceives crime, and how urban environmental and economic factors interact at both global and local spatial scales to shape crimi...
Aerial small target detection algorithm based on cross-scale separated attention
In UAV aerial photography scenarios, targets exhibit characteristics such as multi-scale distribution, a high proportion of small targets, complex occlusions, and strong background interference. These...
Validation of an instrument to assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding occupational accident prevention among rice farmers
Background Despite the hazardous nature of rice farming, limited evidence exists regarding farmers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) toward accident prevention, and no sta...
Breaking the cycle: Systematic review of perinatal interventions for parents at risk of child removal
This systematic review examined the effectiveness of perinatal interventions aimed at preventing infant removals, with attention to service features, implementation barriers, and enablers. We searched...
Health SDGs are at risk from climate change: Evidence from India
Climate change poses significant risks to human health in India, with 80% of the population located in areas highly vulnerable to extreme events, such as cyclones, floods and heatwaves. While India ha...
Association between thyroid hormone sensitivity and ischemic stroke-associated pneumonia: The role of FT3/FT4 ratio
Background Thyroid hormone sensitivity has emerged as a critical factor in various diseases. However, its relationship with ischemic stroke-associated pneumonia (iSAP) in euthyroid...
Global, regional, and national burden of endometriosis among women of reproductive age, 1990–2021: Insights from the global burden of disease study 2021
Background Endometriosis is a common gynecological disorder among women of reproductive age worldwide. This study aims to examine global patterns of endometriosis disease burden am...
Urban-rural consumption differences among the elderly in developed regions: Evidence from Zhejiang, China
This study examines the consumption patterns of older adults and the urban-rural disparities in Zhejiang Province, a highly developed yet rapidly aging region of China. A total of 276 valid samples we...
Incidence and predictors of mortality among TB-HIV co-infected individuals on anti-tuberculosis and anti-retroviral dual therapy in Northwest Ethiopia: A retrospective cohort study
Background Co-infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB) is a primary cause of death and morbidity. The rate of morbidity and death from TB-HIV is...
Research on vehicle lateral stability control under low-adhesion road conditions using proximal policy optimization algorithm
Vehicle lateral stability control under hazardous operating conditions represents a pivotal challenge in intelligent driving active safety. To address the issue of maintaining vehicle stability during...
Socializing a group of male Asian elephants in a semi-captive facility in Lao PDR
This study documents the introduction process of eight unrelated captive male Asian elephants in a free-contact management setting in Laos, utilizing a two-phase introduction process comprising limite...
Patient and public involvement in developing and validating an instrument for assessing the scaling potential of innovations in health and social services: A consensus study
Background Before proven health innovations are scaled, an assessment of their scaling potential can save resources and assure quality at scale. Involving the beneficiaries of scal...
D2FLS-Net: Dual-Stage DEM-guided Fusion Transformer for landslide segmentation
Landslide segmentation from remote sensing imagery is crucial for rapid disaster assessment and risk mitigation. Owing to the pronounced heterogeneity of landslide scales and the subtle visual contras...
Anti-inflammatory activity of Acanthospermum australe: Insights from network pharmacology, chemical analysis, and in vitro assays
Inflammation plays a crucial role in homeostasis and defense responses; however, exaggerated and chronic inflammation contribute to the development and worsening of various diseases....