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Factors influencing medical students’ knowledge and attitudes toward climate change: A cross-sectional study
Introduction Climate change is one of the biggest environmental challenges of the 21st century. Physicians are at the forefront of recognizing, preventing, and treating climate-induced health issues....
SHAP-enhanced machine learning identifies modifiable obesity predictors across adolescent weight groups: A 2021 YRBSS analysis
Background The growing prevalence of obesity in adolescents around the world poses a major threat to public health. This research uses machine learning models to examine the main causes of obesity, in...
Correction: Association of excessive screen time exposure with ocular changes leading to astigmatism in children
Investigating genetic links of vitamin D metabolism pathway genes (CYP2R1, CYP27B1, CYP24A1, and DBP) in Multiple Sclerosis patients
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is believed to result from a complex interplay of behavioral, genetic, and environmental risk factors. Furthermore, some studies indicated that vitamin D deficiency is linked t...
Clinicopathological profile and survival in children with parameningeal rhabdomyosarcoma in resource-limited settings: A single-center experience from Uganda
Background Parameningeal rhabdomyosarcoma (PM-RMS) represents a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), given its location and its propensity for...
The role of passion and affect in adolescents’ basketball participation: A self-determination theory perspective
This study examined adolescent basketball participation through the lens of Self-Determination Theory (SDT), focusing on the roles of passion (harmonious and obsessive) and affect (positive and negati...
Isolation, identification and antibacterial activity of endophytes from the seeds of Panax japonicus
The purpose of this study is to isolate and identify endophytes from the seeds of Panax japonicus, find growth-promoting endophyte that favors seed germination in P. japonicus, and provide theoretical...
Exploring the social and emotional impact of COVID-19 on older residents of the Greater Klang Valley, Malaysia: A qualitative study
Background The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and associated public health measures significantly disrupted the lives of older adults. Few studies have captured the firsthand experiences...
RISNet: A variable multi-modal image feature fusion adversarial neural network for generating specific dMRI images
The b-value in the diffusion magnetic resonance image(dMRI) reflects the degree to which the water molecules are affected by the magnetic field gradient pulse in the tissue, and the different b-values...
Extraintestinal Escherichia coli from camel carcasses: Phylogroups, serotypes, and markers of virulence
Pathogenic Escherichia coli causes infections responsible for economic losses in animal herds worldwide. Although this bacterium is well studied in livestock and poultry, studies of camelid infections...
TIC-FusionNet: A multimodal deep learning framework with temporal decomposition and attention-based fusion for time series forecasting
We propose TIC-FusionNet, a trend-aware multimodal deep learning framework for time series forecasting with integrated visual signal analysis, aimed at addressing the limitations of unimodal and short...
Impacts of enrichment programs on cognitive and affective skills of gifted students: A meta-analysis
This meta-analysis aims to study research on enrichment programs for gifted students and synthesize the effects on cognitive and affective skills reported by studies conducted between 2014–2024 years....
Development of a brief form of the Chinese version of the Odor Awareness Scale(OAS-B): A confirmatory factor analysis approach to item reduction
Objective The Odor Awareness Scale is a questionnaire to assess individual differences in awareness of odors in the environment, the Chinese version of which has a long length with 27 items, and its p...
Immune repertoire profiling and T cell dysregulation in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Type 2 diabetic patients
Objective The prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) is escalating globally, presenting a significant public health challenge. The immune system, particularly T cells, plays a crucial role in the pathog...
Retraction: Country-level institutional quality and financial system efficiency: An international evidence
The relationships between multimorbidity, depressive symptoms, health service utilization, and activities of daily living among the elderly in China
Objective This study aimed to examine the relationships between multimorbidity, depressive symptoms, health service utilization (HSU), and activities of daily living (ADL) among elderly Chinese indivi...
Evaluation of anti-ulcer activity of hydromethanol crude extract and solvent fractions of Vicia faba (Fabaceae) seeds in mice
Peptic ulcer disease affects 10% of the global population, and current treatments have limitations. Vicia faba seeds are traditionally used in Ethiopia for gastric ulcers and gastritis, but scientific...
Structural parameters optimization for enhanced sealing performance of soluble ball seat sealing ring in shale gas volume fracturing process
In the volumetric fracturing process of tight oil and gas horizontal wells, the soluble ball seat emerges as a crucial tool for pressure sealing due to its rapid solubility, full-diameter production c...
Social media as societal microcosm: A decade of LGBT Twitter conversations in Singapore
Background Singapore occupies a curious societal grey-area: a digitally savvy country with a colonial-remnant law against homosexuality (penal code 377A), widely acknowledged as non-proactively enforc...
Retraction: Can core competence help reduce stock price synchronicity? - Empirical evidence based on text analysis
Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics reveal post-translational modifications in osteosarcoma progression and tumor microenvironment
Emerging evidence suggests that post-translational modifications (PTMs) contribute to osteosarcoma pathogenesis, yet their exact molecular roles require further elucidation. Using the AddModuleScore m...
Macroeconomic-aware forecasting of construction costs in developing countries: Using gated recurrent unit and long short-term memory deep learning framework
Cost overruns are common on long-term construction projects. This is mostly because of inaccurate early estimates and unexpected changes in the economy and finances. In Egypt, the costs of materials l...
Identifying graft incompatible rootstocks for sweet cherry through machine learning algorithms
Graft incompatibility is a key factor in the development of dwarf and semi dwarf rootstocks for sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) to improve yield, fruit quality, precocity, and labor efficiency. This st...
Exploration on the bio-recycling agent and its recycled asphalt: Composition ratio, recycling efficiency and micro-mechanism
Mineral oil-based asphalt recycling agents pose environmental concerns, prompting the search for sustainable alternatives. To this end, a bio-recycling agent (BRA) based on waste vegetable oil (WVO) w...
High-density perimetry in the assessment of foveal avascular zone and macular structure in glaucoma
Purpose To evaluate the association between foveal avascular zone (FAZ) parameters (area, perimeter and circularity) with macular high density perimetry (Octopus Macular program), macular vessel densi...