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Factors for arboviral seropositivity in children in Teso South Sub County, Kenya
Background Arboviruses like Yellow Fever Virus (YFV), Dengue Virus (DENV), Chikungunya Virus (CHIKV), and West Nile Virus (WNV) frequently cause outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa. Identifying risk facto...
Utilizing the Health Belief Model to understand heat mitigation behaviors in the United States: Results of an online panel survey
The factors impacting individual-level heat mitigation behaviors (e.g., seeking shade, staying cool, wearing loose-fitting clothes) during extreme heat events among adults in the United States are poo...
Results of a fast-track HIV and hepatitis C screening protocol in Barcelona, Spain
Introduction Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) continue to be a significant public health concern. Screening is a critical strategy for HIV and HCV control to reach the Wo...
The temporal variations in the distribution of filial support from adult children to their aging parents across Europe and Israel
The present study aimed to investigate the temporal changes in the support provided by adult children to their ageing parents, including paperwork help, household help, and personal care, and its inte...
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the routine immunization system in Bangladesh
The COVID-19 pandemic has put immense pressure on countries’ health structures to maintain routine immunization and VPD surveillance programs, especially in LMICs such as Bangladesh. Understanding the...
A deep learning AI model for determining the relationship between X-Ray detectors and patient positioning in chest radiography
Purpose The objective of this study was to create an artificial intelligence (AI) system capable of automatically detecting the positional relationship between an X-ray detector and the patient during...
Correction: Additive effect of diabetes mellitus on the prevalence and prognosis of sarcopenic obesity: Implications for all-cause mortality
Thermal imaging responses of lower-limb muscles following anaerobic testing in male soccer players: A time-series approach
Exercise-induced thermoregulatory responses may vary by sport, yet limited evidence exists on how soccer players respond to high-intensity anaerobic testing. This study aimed to evaluate the acute cha...
Expression of Concern: Do high house prices promote the development of China’s real economy? Empirical evidence based on the decomposition of real estate price
Global scaling of urban air quality
Air pollution is a severe threat to urban residents worldwide. Growing cities and an increasing number of urban dwellers make urban air quality an important issue for the majority of the world’s popul...
The construction of placeness in traditional opera from the perspective of structuration theory: A case study of Huangmei Opera in Anqing, China
Traditional opera is continuously involved in the construction of placeness because of its close connection with local culture, and the flow of the meaning of placeness has become a hot spot of cultur...
EEG difference in the Higuchi fractal dimension of wakefulness and sleep from birth to adolescence
Brain maturation from birth to adolescence involves profound transformations in neural dynamics, which can be studied in a minimally invasive manner using quantitative EEG. Most of the results publish...
Developing and experimentally validating a glucocorticoid signaling-related gene signature to evaluate the prognosis and immunotherapeutic response in kidney renal clear cell carcinoma
Glucocorticoids play a pivotal role in tumorigenesis and cancer progression. However, the prognostic significance of glucocorticoid signaling-related genes remains poorly understood, particularly in k...
Education debt and household consumption upgrading: Positive incentives or inhibitions?
Household education debt is closely related to household consumption, and education itself is also a developmental high-quality consumption. Based on the panel data of five phases of the China Househo...
Correction: Mycobacterium ulcerans culture results according to duration of prior antibiotic treatment: A cohort study
Correction: Pathogen group-specific risk factors for intramammary infection in water buffalo
Quality indicators for rural surgical and obstetrical care: A modified Delphi consensus study
Objective To identify contextually relevant indicators to measure the quality of surgical and obstetrical care in low-volume rural hospitals using a consensus-based methodology. Methods A modified D...
Malware detection using pre-trained transformer encoder with byte sequences
Ordinary users encounter various documents on the network every day, such as news articles, emails, and messages, and most are vulnerable to malicious attacks. Malicious attack methods continue to evo...
Health-related quality of life, emotional disturbances, physical functionality, perceived control, and their associations among stroke survivors: A cross-sectional study
Background The reintegration of stroke survivors into society is significantly and independently influenced by the survivors’ physical disabilities and emotional disturbances. In this study, we examin...
Reliability of blood inflammatory markers at constant real-life workloads over time: Study protocol
Background Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are prevalent in occupations characterised by high repetition and high force demands. Both factors not only evoke inflammatory and degenerativ...
Prevalence and factors associated with tuberculosis infection (TBI) among residents of a monastery situated in a high-TB burden area: A cross-sectional study, Sikkim, India
Background Monasteries in India house individuals from childhood to advanced age. These congregate settings amplify tuberculosis (TB) transmission and exposure when the disease is present, especially...
Knowledge + Innovation = Power: A protocol for implementing Aboriginal data sovereignty in an Aboriginal Medical Service for service delivery reform
Context Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC) is an interconnected, holistic, and strengths-based health and wellbeing approach fundamental to Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (...
Correction: Arthrospira platensis nanoparticles dietary supplementation improves growth performance, steroid hormone balance, and reproductive productivity of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) broodstock
Exploring online sensor parameters as proxies for polar organic chemicals—An innovative approach for combined sewer overflow monitoring
Combined sewer overflows (CSOs) can release toxic organic chemicals into surface waters during rain events. Currently, most overflow sites are not monitored because commonly used methods, such as auto...
The prognostic value of the direct bilirubin to albumin ratio in critically ill patients with cirrhosis: Insights from MIMIC-IV database
Background Patients with severe cirrhosis are at a higher risk of mortality. This study aimed to investigate the association between the direct bilirubin-to-albumin ratio (DBAR) and 28-day mortality i...