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Intention to use a health information platform in supportive housing for people with disabilities: An application of the UTAUT model
Staff in supportive housing for people with disabilities face challenges in delivering effective health management, highlighting the need for a health information communication and management platform...
Retraction: Economic expansion and innovation: A comprehensive analysis of Pakistan’s path to technological excellence
Retraction: Moderating role of political stability and economic policy uncertainty between country governance practice and stock market performance. A comparative analysis of Pakistan and Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Detection of leukemia gene fusions on DNA-level through targeted Next-Generation Sequencing
Background Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing (tNGS) is commonly used to detect genetic mutations in patients with leukemia on DNA-level, necessitating additional methods to confirm genomic rearrange...
Psychometric properties of the earthquake knowledge questionnaire: Development for the Persian population
Background Disaster management, as defined by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) involves foresighted planning to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from disaster...
Accidental hypothermia in emergency care: multifactorial triage-based prediction of early critical outcomes in a temperate-climate cohort
Background Accidental hypothermia, defined by a core temperature <35 °C destabilizes metabolism, ventilation, and circulation, precipitating malignant arrhythmias or cardiac arrest. We characterize...
The impact of international megaproject social responsibility on satisfaction with the environmental compensation mechanism: The role of stakeholder participation
Background Construction projects, particularly megaprojects, inherently entail substantial environmental and social challenges. Early research on megaproject social responsibility (MSR) has primarily...
Exploring the transmission mechanism of self discrepancy on perceived academic stress–based on the methods of posting grades ranking
Academic stress is one of the most significant factors affecting adolescents’ mental health. Various methods of posting grades ranking may lead to students to perceive different levels of psychologica...
Impacts of patient advisory councils on recovery for sepsis survivors: a case study
Introduction Sepsis is a life-threatening condition with significant long-term impacts for survivors and their families. The known benefits of patient engagement have led to increased efforts globally...
Exploring the impact of antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis-related genes on the prognosis of metastatic melanoma
Background Metastatic melanoma is a challenging clinical condition with poor prognosis. Recent research has highlighted the role of antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis (ADCP) in tumor immunity, s...
Evaluating metabolic changes in H9c2 cardiomyoblasts exposed to LPS: Towards understanding sepsis mechanisms
Sepsis is a major public health concern associated with high mortality rates, particularly due to sepsis-induced myocardial dysfunction (SIMD), which affects about 50% of septic patients. This study i...
Effects of anesthetic management on persistent pain after breast cancer surgery
Background Persistent pain after breast cancer surgery (PPBCS) affects 20–35% of patients, significantly impacting their quality of life. Although prevention through perioperative intervention is cruc...
Multi-task meta-initialized DQN for fast adaptation to unseen slicing tasks in O-RAN
The open radio access network (O-RAN) architecture facilitates intelligent radio resource management via RAN intelligent controllers (RICs). Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) algorithms are integrated...
Correction: Filter bank common spatial pattern and envelope-based features in multimodal EEG-fTCD brain-computer interfaces
Who is saving our streamflow data? Exploring volunteer profiles and their engagement in the SIREN data rescue project
SIREN is a citizen science project that involves lay people in the digitization of historical daily discharge measurements from Italian rivers. Such data, largely available only in printed yearbooks,...
Escherichia coli antimicrobial resistance in acute urinary tract infection lower than reported in Dutch national surveillance database
Background General practice patients with an acute urinary tract infection are usually treated empirically. Urine is only cultured if initial therapy fails. This study aimed to assess whether resistan...
Intervention against the stigmatization of men with eating disorders in primary care (iSMEsH): Protocol for a randomized mixed-methods evaluation trial
Introduction Eating disorders (EDs) are a significant public health concern, yet men remain underrepresented in research and care, partly due to stigmatization. This stigmatization contributes to redu...
A social determinants of health survey in an Appalachian East Tennessee Medical Center: Initial findings and correlations with physical and emotional states of health
Background People living in Appalachia experience inequities in health outcomes that may result from social determinants of health (SDH) and consequent barriers to healthcare. Objective We aimed to...
Shear Wave Elastography for measuring the elastic properties of the Psoas Major muscle: An intra- and inter-examiner reliability study
Background The psoas major (PM) plays an important role in population with low back pain (LBP). Its evaluation considers clinical history, which can be confused with other lumbar and lower limb condit...
Pro-inflammation and clinical correlates of unsuppressed HIV-viral load in children living with perinatally-acquired HIV 1 in Zambia
Background Children living with perinatally-acquired HIV-1 (CPHIV) face significant health challenges despite advancements in antiretroviral therapy (ART). This study aimed to determine the associatio...
Synergistic and individual actions of nanoemulsified vegetable oil and betaine as natural growth promoters on broiler performance, serum proteins, lipid profile, and safety enzymes
This study evaluates the effects of betaine (Betafin®; BET) and soybean oil nano-emulsion (Magic Oil®, NEPO) and their combination (NEPO+BET) as natural drinking water supplements on broiler chickens...
Reproductive tract and pouch anatomical variability across the reproductive phases in female common opossum (Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus, 1758)
Colombia’s diverse ecosystems are home to various marsupial species known for its distinctive reproductive traits. Limited research has explored the reproductive anatomy of Didelphis marsupialis, part...
Genome-wide identification of Solanum tuberosum L. AAAP gene family and its response to abiotic stress
The amino acid/auxin permease (AAAP) protein is an amino acid transporter involved in many biological processes in plants, especially in plant responses to abiotic stress. This study systematically id...
Metrics for assessing stability of marsh sill living shorelines: Identifying main drivers of marsh boundary degradation
Marsh sill living shorelines are increasingly common nature-based features in coastal estuaries used to mitigate shoreline erosion and enhance coastal resilience. Evaluating the stability of these str...
Comparative analysis of conventional vs high-resolution anorectal manometry methods
Introduction High-resolution anorectal manometry (HR-ARM) is gradually replacing conventional anorectal manometry (C-ARM). Despite reports of a strong correlation between the two methods in pressure m...