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Symbolic heart rate transition motifs during nocturnal sleep are associated with diabetic complications in type 2 diabetes
Dysfunction in the autonomic nervous system function during sleep is common in type 2 diabetes mellitus and is associated with increased risk of diabetic related complications. While heart rate variab...
Intertransverse process block to improve quality of recovery and pain management in cardiac surgery: Protocol for a double-blinded randomized controlled trial
Background Chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) after cardiac surgery is significant. Despite the known association between acute pain and CPSP, advanced pain management strategies have not reduced its in...
Parental influence on brown trout offspring immune cell composition: An infection study with Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae
Transgenerational immune priming (TGIP) is a phenomenon by which an initial exposure to a pathogen, here Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae (causative agent of Proliferative Kidney Disease), stimulates the...
Hepatitis A in Spain: Evolution of hospitalization in the period 2000–2021
Background Hepatitis A is an acute disease of the liver caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV). Chronic liver disease, other viral hepatitis coinfections, and age over 50 years are the main host factor...
Water meter reading recognition method based on character attention mechanism
With the rapid advancement of computer vision technology, traditional manual methods of reading meters are increasingly being replaced by automated water meter reading technologies based on image reco...
The relationship between intellectual ability and auditory multitalker speech perception in neurodivergent individuals
The ability to selectively attend to one talker in the presence of competing talkers is crucial to communication in noisy, real-world environments. In this study, we investigated the relationship betw...
A revision of the rare Strumigenys mnemosyne (Formicidae; Myrmicinae) group using micro-CT scanning, with the description of three new species, and the virtual repair of a broken paratype
The ant genus Strumigenys is both species rich, with over 800 species described, and morphologically diverse. The Strumigenys mnemosyne species group, a collection of small and infrequently collected...
The impact of cultural frame switching on wellbeing- systematic review
Objective This pre-registered review synthesised findings from studies examining individuals’ experiences of cultural frame switching (CFS) and its potential impact on well-being. Background CFS is...
Correction: A plaque recognition algorithm for coronary OCT images by Dense Atrous Convolution and attention mechanism
Government environmental attention and urban ecosystems metabolic efficiency: Does the digital economy matter
Metabolic efficiency serves as a critical indicator of the operational quality of urban ecosystems. This study utilizes panel data from Chinese cities and applies the spatial Durbin model to examine t...
A qualitative exploration of the phenomenology of pain in children to inform pain assessment methods
Background Pain is a common experience associated with healthcare for children, who often recall it as the worst part of hospitalisation. Several factors make assessment of pain more challenging in ch...
Antiproliferative activity of Grewia villosa ethyl acetate extract on cervical cancer HeLa cell line: Mechanistic insights through network pharmacology and functional assays approach
Grewia villosa is a plant native to Kenya, with a traditional history among Ambeere people for treating and managing prostate and breast cancers. Previous scientific studies have demonstrated its anti...
Flow cytometry protocol for cell death analysis in glioblastoma organoids: A technical note
Tumor organoid models have emerged as a promising tool in cancer research. By preserving intra- and intertumoral heterogeneity and structural integrity they provide a physiologically relevant platform...
The polarization of literary censorship in the U.S
Literary censorship is not new, but the recent resurgence in the U.S. differs from earlier post-war controversies, many of which were bipartisan and focused on protecting children from exposure to sex...
Dynamics and diversity in adolescents’ experienced barriers and facilitators for physical activity maintenance
Despite the well-documented health benefits of physical activity (PA), over 80% of adolescents worldwide fail to meet recommended daily levels. This study identified experienced barriers and facilitat...
Correction: Genetic variations associated with adaptation in Acrocomia palms: A comparative study across the Neotropics for crop improvement
Exploration of association rule mining between lost-linking features and modes of loan customers using the FP-growth algorithm for risk warning strategies
In the new model of China’s dual-circulation economy, the opening-up and deepening of financial markets have imposed higher requirements on the risk management capacity of financial institutions, with...
Time trends and persistence of the return difference between growth and value investment strategies
This paper examines the dynamic disequilibrium between value investing and growth strategies, focusing on the structural changes induced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Using fractional integration and Mark...
Influence of environmental and anthropogenic factors on forest patch composition and structure in North Wollo Zone, Amhara region, Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s vegetation is increasingly threatened by anthropogenic activities and natural factors, leading to forest degradation and fragmentation. This study analyzed the composition and structure of...
Does the quality of pain relief after major surgery influence the risk of postoperative complications? A prospective observational study
Objectives Effective postoperative acute pain management continues to be a challenge. It remains uncertain whether poorly controlled postoperative pain influences the risk of postoperative complicatio...
Effects of behavior change techniques in interventions promoting condom use among youth in the Global North
Background Declines in condom use among the general young population highlight the need for effective interventions to prevent sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancies. With this study...
Mitochondrial polymorphism of sea beet (Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima), a species with cytoplasmic male sterility
Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS), a form of mitochondrion-induced male sterility, is a valuable trait for hybrid breeding in crop production. However, CMS is not universally present across all crop sp...
Light-PTNet: A lightweight parallel temporal network for smartphone-based human motion classification
The increased popularity of smartphone-based human activity recognition (HAR) in recent decades has been driven by its low computational requirements and user privacy protection. Yet, developing a rel...
Dehydration does not drive host behavioural manipulation by hairworms
Nematomorphs are parasitic worms of arthropods, which complete their life cycle via behavioural manipulation of their host so that they can enter water to find a mate. Although this behaviour is readi...
Can random walking on a Hi-C contact matrix lead to data quality improvement? An assessment
Hi-C and single cell Hi-C (scHi-C) data are now routinely generated for studying an array of biological questions of interest, including whole genome chromatin organization to gain a better understand...