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Changes in free-roaming dog population demographics and health associated with a catch-neuter-vaccinate-release program in Jamshedpur, India
India’s large free-roaming dog populations contribute to significant human health, environmental, and social challenges. Population management strategies, such as catch-neuter-vaccinate-release (CNVR)...
Bacterial communities of fungus-growing ant queens are species-specific and suggest vertical transmission
Multipartite symbioses are inherently complex, involving dynamic ecological interactions between organisms with intertwined yet distinct evolutionary histories. The fungus-growing (attine) ants facili...
CEAF: Capsule network enhanced feature fusion architecture for Chinese Named Entity Recognition
Chinese Named Entity Recognition (NER) is a fundamental task in the field of natural language processing, where achieving deep semantic mining of nested entities and accurate disambiguation of charact...
“It is a false safety net”: A qualitative exploration of multiprofessional staff experiences of insulin management in hospitalised older or frail adults with diabetes undergoing surgery
Aim To explore multiprofessional hospital staff’s experiences and perspectives of insulin use and safety review in older or frail adults with diabetes undergoing surgery. Method Twenty-three semi-st...
Prevalence of mastitis and its associated risk factors in lactating camels in Northern Egypt
Dromedary camels are susceptible to mastitis, a multifactorial disease affecting dairy animals worldwide and leading to significant economic losses, particularly due to its subclinical form. However,...
Functional vision in daily life: Clinical and patient-reported outcomes 18 months after enhanced partial range of field IOL implantation
Background Partial range of field (PROF) intraocular lenses (IOLs) provide good distance visual acuity with enhanced intermediate visual acuity. Neuroadaptation to new intraocular lenses can take seve...
Multilayer perceptron neural network-genetic algorithm for modeling Nicotiana tabacum leaf quality
The global industry of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) is a profitable one comprising various products, including cigars, cigarettes, chewing tobacco, and smokeless tobacco. The internal quality of the...
Advance care planning in multiple sclerosis (ConCure-SM): A multicenter single-arm pilot and feasibility study
Background Advance care planning (ACP) practice in people with progressive multiple sclerosis (PwPMS) remains limited. ConCure-SM project aims to assess the effectiveness of a structured ACP intervent...
Systematic review protocol: The effects of theory-based interventions for self-help practices in the management of mild to moderate depression
Background This protocol outlines a planned systematic review to assess the effects of theory-based interventions for self-help practices in managing mild to moderate depression. Depression is a leadi...
Cardiovascular risk prediction and influencing predictors identification among Bangladeshi individuals using machine learning algorithms and association rule mining
Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) encompasses a group of disorders that affect the heart and blood vessels, making it one of the leading causes of death globally, including in Bangladesh. Applyi...
Application of ultrasound in assessment of acute lung injury in mice
This study evaluated the effectiveness of non-invasive ultrasound technology in monitoring pulmonary edema in a mouse model of acute lung injury (ALI). Male C57BL/6J mice were instilled through the tr...
Promoting mental well-being among secondary school students in Vietnam using the Y-MIND app: A protocol for a hybrid type 2, sequence pre-post, quasi-experimental study
Youth mental health is recognized as an urgent priority worldwide. Life skills education and self-management skills delivered at the population level are evidence-based approaches to promote mental we...
Nurses’ high valuation of palliative care versus patient and family misconceptions: A mixed-approach study of Advanced Care Planning implementation in China
Objective To assess the implementation and barriers of Advance Care Planning (ACP) from the perspectives of nurses, patients, and family members in a Chinese healthcare setting, providing evidence for...
Dose-response and isotemporal substitution analysis of domain-specific physical activity and sedentary behavior with abdominal aortic calcification risk: A cross-sectional study
Background Abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. This study aims to examine the dose-response relationships between domain-specific moderate-to...
Correction: Spanish version of the short European health literacy survey questionnaire HLS-Q12: Transcultural adaptation and psychometric properties
Integrated analysis of ARHGAP6 potential function and prognostic value in acute myeloid leukemia
Background Leukemia recurrence continues to be the primary cause of treatment failure, it is meaningful to find new biomarkers for its treatment. In this study, we aim to use cell line study to assess...
The relationship between stigma and alexithymia and their impact on satisfaction with care among people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): A path analysis
Introduction Stigma is a common experience for individuals diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It may elicit a set of emotional responses, consistent with alexithymia, that hi...
Insights of red cell distribution width for mortality in septic patients with diabetes mellitus: A multicenter cohort study
The correlation between red cell distribution width (RDW)and mortality in septic patients with diabetes mellitus has not been extensively investigated. This study aimed to explore the correlation betw...
Associations of discrimination and physical activity with social pain sensitivity and a moderating effect of gender in young adults
Objective Social pain can be evoked by social rejection. Discrimination is a type of social rejection based on attributes of individuals and linked to pain and hyperalgesia, whereas physical activity...
Behavioral relevance of category selectivity revealed by human ECoG data
Object recognition is a crucial brain function that involves a complex interplay between various brain regions. However, the behavioral relevance of functional interactions between these regions remai...
Establishment of an in vivo analytical method for detecting total anti-UFH activity and pharmacokinetic study in PS and R15 in rats
Protamine sulfate (PS), the only U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved heparin antagonist, is encumbered by several drawbacks. R15, a synthetic polyarginine peptide, has proven to be a prom...
Drone-based medication delivery for rural, flood-prone coastal communities
Access to healthcare remains a critical challenge for rural populations, particularly in flood-prone coastal communities where transportation barriers limit access to essential medical services. This...
Maternity waiting homes utilization and associated factors among women who gave birth in the last one year in rural settings of Basona Worena District, Ethiopia: A cross sectional study
Background Maternal waiting home is a residence near to health centers or hospitals that can be used as a temporary house for pregnant women for several days, while waiting for delivery reached, and a...
Early childhood risk and protective factors and their association with adolescent sexual behaviors: A Latent Class Analysis
Background Prior research examined associations between social-ecological risk and protective factors and adolescents’ sexual behaviors. However, scarce research explored how factors in early childhoo...
Hypervitaminosis A in type 2 diabetes and its relation with renal function and cardiovascular complications
Vitamin A is a fundamental micronutrient in the diet. In recent years, hypervitaminosis A has been described in subjects, mainly children, with renal dysfunction. The aim of the present study was to e...