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Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to antimicrobial use and resistance among fish farmers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
This study was conducted in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, the major commercial city of Tanzania, to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of fish farmers on antimicrobial use (AMU) in aquacu...
Study on preference and willingness to pay for urban marathon event experience from an embodied perspective
Urban marathons have become important platforms for fulfilling individuals’ aspirations for a better life and promote residents’ health. This study employs a choice experiment method and utilizes embo...
Correction: Young people’s data governance preferences for their mental health data: MindKind Study findings from India, South Africa, and the United Kingdom
Multi-visual pattern mining algorithm based on variational inference Gaussian mixture and pattern activation response map model
Multi-visual pattern mining plays an important role in image classification, retrieval, and other fields. A multi visual pattern mining algorithm based on variational inference Gaussian mixture model...
Evaluating and implementing The CONNECT Program—A group-based telehealth intervention to reduce social isolation, loneliness, and mental health symptoms in adults 55+ vs routine community programming: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Background The population of adults aged 55 years and older in Canada is growing steadily to be one of the largest demographic groups, creating an aging society. Adults 55 + are fa...
Hybrid deep learning framework for real-time fault detection in squirrel-cage induction motors
The Fourth Industrial Revolution has heightened the demand for intelligent and reliable predictive maintenance systems in industrial environments. This study proposes a hybrid deep learning-based fram...
Characterization of ORF19.7608 (PPP1), a biofilm-induced gene of Candida albicans
The opportunistic human pathogen Candida albicans is an important cause of nosocomial infections, in large part beca...
Editorial Note: Industrial structure, high-quality development of logistics industry and the economy
A novel application of X-ray computed tomography towards the characterization and interpretation of phase formations, mineral parageneses, and internal features in ancient copper slag from Tepe Hissar, Iran
A selection of metallurgical slag artifacts from the Early Bronze Age site of Tepe Hissar, Iran, were characterized using X-ray computed tomography (XCT), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), X-ray diffraction (...
Seizing opportunities: Object neophobia as a factor mediating technical innovation in Goffin´s cockatoos?
Most studies find substantial inter-individual differences in problem-solving performance within a species, which can drastically influence an individual´s fitness. It has been suggested that innovati...
Activation of the ankle musculature during the layup gesture in basketball players with chronic ankle instability, a case control study
Lateral ankle sprain (LAS) is a very common injury in the world of basketball. Its recurrence rate is very high, generating chronic ankle instability (CAI), accompanied by decreased muscle activation...
GAM-enhanced deepLabv3+ for accurate burn scar extraction in karst regions from remote sensing images
Forest fires pose a severe threat to ecosystems, and accurate burn scar extraction is critical for post-disaster recovery and ecological management. This study proposes an attention mechanism enhanced...
Association between thermal inversion and cognitive trajectories among middle-aged and older adults in CHARLS: A latent class trajectory analysis
Background Previous studies have demonstrated that cognitive decline is related to meteorological conditions, but most of them focus on air pollutants rather than thermal inversion...
Refining animal care through technology: Addressing alopecia in Jaculus jaculus with validated computer vision analysis
We validated the use of an open-source computer vision toolkit to analyze high-quality behavioral data and evaluate welfare in the Lesser Egyptian Jerboa ( Jaculus jaculus...
Assessing Sub-Saharan Africa’s readiness to address the impact of climate change and health: A scoping review
Climate change severely threatens global public health, with sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) projected to experience profound impacts. This scoping review aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of current...
Enhancing healthcare consensus mechanism - A reputation integrated variant of PBFT (BR-PBFT)
In the rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, adopting blockchain technology requires an optimal consensus mechanism to ensure security, efficiency, reliability, and scalability. This paper examines v...
The relationship between serum eosinophil peroxidase and major basic protein levels in relation to severity and response to H1 antihistamines in chronic spontaneous Urticaria
Objective In chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU), the significance of serum Eosinophil Peroxidase (EPO) and Major Basic Protein (MBP) levels as indicators of disease severity and r...
Response of soil nutrient dynamics and stoichiometric characteristics in blueberry to fertilization rates
To accurately understand the fertilizer requirements of blueberries during various growth stages, this study utilized 7-year-old rabbiteye blueberry cultivar ‘Powderblue’ as the research material. Bas...
Limited sensitivity of somatosensory evoked potentials as disease monitoring biomarkers in hereditary spastic paraplegias
Introduction Hereditary Spastic Paraplegias (HSP) are a group of genetic disorders leading to the degeneration of long motor and sensory tracts in a progressive course. Clinician-r...
Factors associated with knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding antiviral medications for COVID-19 among US adults
Background Little is known about public perceptions of antivirals for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in the United States (US). Our objective was to explore adult perce...
Social media impact on public attention: Paris Olympics case study
Large-scale sports events yield multi-dimensional positive benefits for urban development, and analyzing their spatiotemporal characteristics is crucial for scientific decision-making. However, existi...
Research on mechanical properties and prediction methods of hybrid fiber concrete for airport pavements
The cement concrete pavement at airports is prone to fatigue cracking due to dynamic loads from airplanes and environmental coupling effects. This research developed a strength prediction model and in...
Dual experience replay enhanced deep deterministic policy gradient for efficient continuous data sampling
To address the inefficiencies in sample utilization and policy instability in asynchronous distributed reinforcement learning, we propose TPDEB—a dual experience replay framework that integrates prior...
Work for self or others? Two different kinds of burnout in China
Although much research has been done on occupational burnout, most studies focus on employees (EM), with insufficient attention given to the self-employed (SE). This study adopts a novel quantitative...
Dyslipidaemia and inflammation are risks for subclinical atherosclerotic vascular disease among chronic kidney failure patients in South Africa
Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with generalized inflammation. The presence of CKD-related (non-traditional) cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors such as...