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Saur and decline: Patterns in lizard imports to the US (2000–2022)
The United States is an important component of global wildlife trade and benefits from the recording of trade data in the US Law Enforcement Management Information System (LEMIS). Despite its limitati...
The impact of changing forest composition in Europe - longest carbon turnover time in unmanaged and broadleaved deciduous forests
Forests play a crucial role in Europe’s strategy for achieving carbon neutrality. Carbon turnover time - the time that carbon spends in the ecosystem - is a fundamental component in determining forest...
Correction: A novel method for approximate solution of two point non local fractional order coupled boundary value problems
The structure of the proteins of Camp Hill virus
Camp Hill virus (CHV), a newly identified henipavirus, was recently discovered in northern short-tailed shrews in Camp Hill, Alabama. This marks a significant event as it is the first henipavirus ever...
Retraction: Ginkgo biloba Extract Decreases Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cell Migration by Downregulating Metastasis-Associated Factor Heat-Shock Protein 27
Simulating the impact of methadone prescribing and pharmacy dispensing on opioid treatment and overdose in New York State: A study protocol for an agent-based modeling study
Amid the ongoing overdose crisis, U.S. lawmakers are considering policy reforms that could significantly change availability and accessibility of methadone treatment (MT) for opioid use disorder (OUD)...
Editorial Note: Does menstrual hygiene management and water, sanitation, and hygiene predict reproductive tract infections among reproductive women in urban areas in Ethiopia?
Neural mechanisms underlying reward processing and social cognition: A replication study with a Japanese sample
Neural functions underlying reward processing and social cognition play a critical role in everyday decision-making. Given that these processes may be shaped by cultural factors, it is essential to ex...
GMO approvals under pressure: How climate shocks shape policy across nations
While GMO cultivation is often viewed as a strategy to buffer agriculture against climate change, its regulation remains controversial across countries. This study explores how climate shocks influenc...
Exploring perceived barriers, facilitators, and team roles in addressing prescribing cascades in primary care teams: Insights from interprofessional focus groups
Background Prescribing cascades are common contributors to medication-related harm. Primary care clinicians who practice in interprofessional teams may be well positioned to addres...
Does social media information credibility influence social commerce purchase intention of skincare products? Evidence from Facebook
Social commerce is transforming consumer purchasing behaviours by blending social media interactivity with e-commerce functionalities, and most purchases today are evidently facilitated through social...
Assessing the effects of prosthetic foot stiffness and foot preference on stability, balance confidence, and satisfaction in transtibial prosthesis users: Protocol for a randomized, participant-masked crossover trial using a ‘test-drive’ strategy
Introduction With an appropriate prescription, the use of a lower limb prosthesis can help mitigate mobility limitations and increased risk of falling for people with lower limb am...
Work together, move together—Cooperation and rapport promote interpersonal synchrony
Human movement synchrony is one fundamental driving force for social bonding and yet not all individuals are equally likely to engage in interpersonal synchrony. Movement synchrony increases collabora...
Correction: Rational engineering unlocks the therapeutic potential of WHP1: A revolutionary peptide poised to advance wound healing
LSR-YOLO: A lightweight and fast model for retail products detection
Advanced computer vision techniques, particularly deep learning–based object detection, are enhancing the accuracy and efficiency of product identification in retail settings, driving the integration...
Monitoring of Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation on platelet storage bag surfaces
Platelet concentrates (PCs) are stored at 20–24˚C in a biologically favorable environment that may support bacterial growth. Staphylococcus epidermidis , a typi...
Correction: Does geopolitical risks drive the extreme spillovers of bulk energy and chemical commodity
MEBANet: A Multi-domain Enhancement and Boundary Awareness Network for urban village extraction from high-resolution imagery
Urban villages, as a typical phenomenon in the process of urbanization, play a significant role in urban planning and sustainable development. However, their high-density structures and complex bounda...
Pairing limb posture feedback with an ankle exoskeleton to augment limb propulsion
Limb propulsion deficits are common in a variety of clinical populations and may arise from a decreased plantarflexor moment and/or decreased trailing limb angle (TLA). Ankle exoskeletons (EXOs) can a...
On the robustness of [18F]-FDG-PET radiomic features to variations in image acquisition and reconstruction settings: A phantom study
Background Greater access to clinically meaningful data from [ 18 F]-FDG-PET images could be made possible throug...
The prevalence and persistence of maternal morbidities after first vs. second birth: A prospective cohort study in Ireland
Background This study aimed to assess the prevalence and persistence of key maternal morbidities – urinary incontinence, faecal incontinence, pelvic girdle pain, sexual health prob...
Impact of exposure frequency on disease burden of the common cold – A mathematical modeling perspective
The common cold is a frequent disease in humans and can be caused by a multitude of different viruses. Despite its typically mild nature, the high prevalence of the common cold causes significant huma...
From pre-oral secretions to gut digestion: How do Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larvae handle Leishmania major?
Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL), caused by Leishmania major , is a neglected tropical disease affecting impov...
Event-triggered adaptive predefined-time anti-unwinding attitude tracking control for spacecraft
This paper addresses the problem of predefined-time attitude tracking control for rigid spacecraft subject to external disturbances and unknown inertia parameters. First, a predefined-time non-singula...