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Experimental study on the mechanism of surface damage induced by abrasive particles under heavy-load line-contact sliding-rolling conditions
In this study, the JPM-1 contact fatigue testing machine is used to carry out experiments on the mechanism of surface damage induced by abrasive under heavy-load line contact rolling-sliding condition...
Robust optimization for multi-project scheduling via the critical chain method
The critical chain method is often used to improve robustness in single-project scheduling, but there are two challenges when applying it to multi-project scheduling. First, the existing robustness me...
Factors influencing breast cancer screening among reproductive age women in Lesotho: Analysis of the 2023-24 demographic and health survey using the Andersen Behavioral Model
Background Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women globally and a significant public health burden in sub-Saharan Africa, which accounts for approximat...
Comparison of treatment outcomes of direct oral anticoagulants and heparin for patients with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: A nationwide cohort analysis
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is characterized by temporary ballooning of the left ventricle and may lead to thrombosis, necessitating anticoagulation therapy in high-risk patients. However, no previous st...
Nationwide seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic and prepandemic periods in Lao PDR
Background Lao PDR reported a low number of confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases until the introduction of COVID-19 vaccines in April 2021. This raised doubts about whether the reported numb...
Prevalence of undernutrition and its associated factors among orphans aged 6–59 months in Nekemte town, Ethiopia
Background Undernutrition is a leading cause of childhood mortality in low-income countries. Orphaned children are particularly vulnerable due to the absence of parental care and s...
Genomic epidemiology of strains currently and formerly classified as Enterobacter spp. recovered from equine necropsy samples
Enterobacteriaceae are opportunistic pathogens responsible for local or systemic infections in both human and veterinary medicine. To monitor circulating strai...
Correction: An experimental study on the influence of healthy physical education curriculum model on sports ability of Chinese senior high school students
Establishing an Elastography calibration standard: Validation of a shear wave TOF device for measuring Elasticity and Viscosity in tissue-mimicking phantoms using rheometry
This study designed a novel shear wave Time of Flight (TOF) device to measure frequency-dependent shear wave velocity in tissue-mimicking materials, from which viscoelastic parameters were estimated t...
ReadSeeker: A DNABERT based de-novo read-level gene predictor
ReadSeeker, a newly fine-tuned, DNABERT-based model, differentiates NGS short reads into protein-coding (CDS) and non-protein-coding (non-CDS) categories without requiring known reference sequences. F...
Mining and analysis of drug-induced shock adverse reactions: A comprehensive pharmacovigilance study based on the US FAERS database
Background Shock is a life-threatening clinical condition characterized by high morbidity and mortality. Drug-induced shock represents a complex subset of adverse drug reactions th...
Hygienic practices and associated factors in slaughterhouses and meat retail shops in Hawasa City, Ethiopia
Background In developing countries, animals are often slaughtered and dressed in unsanitary settings, thus endangering the microbiological quality and safety of the meat obtained....
Association of socioeconomic disadvantage with operative outcomes for infective endocarditis
Background Social determinants of health (SDOH) are well-recognized contributors of disparities in cardiovascular disease. Yet, the association of socioeconomic disadvantage with o...
High-dose intravenous iron significantly reduces the risk of red blood cell transfusion and improves postoperative hemoglobin levels after cardiac surgery: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials
Background High-dose intravenous iron supplementation offers substantial hematologic protective benefits in clinical practice; however, its efficacy in enhancing blood protection d...
Comparing machine learning, deep learning, and reinforcement learning performance in Culex pipiens predictive modeling
Several machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) methods have been used to predict the presence of species in classification problems. Another set of methods, called reinforcement learning (RL), h...
Correction: Which method is optimal for estimating variance components and their variability in generalizability theory? Evidence from a set of unified rules for bootstrap method
Effects of a pelletized mash containing fresh Asparagopsis taxiformis ‘brominata’ and oil on the performance of Holstein dairy cows
Enteric methane emissions from ruminants are a major environmental concern, and the use of Asparagopsis taxiformis has been proposed as a mitigation strategy. H...
Unveiling of phosphodiesterase-5 hot residues binding to xanthine derivatives for erectile dysfunction therapy: A computational drug repurposing approach
Overexpression of phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE-5) presents a compelling target for the therapy of erectile dysfunction. Sildenafil and other conventional PDE-5 inhibitors may lead to adverse effects, incl...
A local-global transformer-based model for person re-identification
Person re-identification (ReID) aims to recognize a specific individual across various camera views. State-of-the-art methods have shown that both Transformer-based and CNN-based methods deliver compe...
Network analysis and site selection for cross-disciplinary collaboration: The Plant and Environmental Science Building at Michigan State University
Site selection is a complex, multicriteria process and a key if poorly understood contributor to the success of new scientific facilities. Typical site selection factors include the budget, sustainabi...
Glucosinolate diversity in seven field-collected Brassicaceae species
The glucosinolate-myrosinase system is a well-known chemical defense in the Brassicales order, which has been extensively studied in Arabidopsis thaliana...
Spatiotemporal dynamics of water and sediment quality under multi-source pollution: A case study in the Jinjing Watershed, China
The dynamics of physicochemical properties within rivers are essential for understanding the health and functioning of aquatic ecosystems. This study investigated the spatial and seasonal variability...
Unveiling complex patterns: An information-theoretic approach to high-order behaviors in microarray data
The information-theoretic approach can shed light on the role of groups of correlated elements within a network. While there are already established methods for measuring new information, storage and...
Expansion quantization network: A micro-emotion detection and annotation framework
Textemotion detection constitutes a crucial foundation for advancing artificial intelligence from basic comprehension to the exploration of emotional reasoning. Most existing emotion detection dataset...
Remotely supervised online cognitive training to reduce cognitive difficulties following chemotherapy in patients treated for localized breast cancer: Protocol of the Cog-Stim2 multicenter randomized controlled trial
Introduction Chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment (CRCI) is frequently reported by breast cancer patients. Cognitive training is considered as one of the most effective approa...