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Impact of bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide on health-related quality of life and economic outcomes in HIV care: Substudy of the BIC-NOW clinical trial
Background The BICNOW clinical trial evaluated the effectiveness, safety, satisfaction, adherence to treatment, and retention in the system of a rapid initiation strategy with bict...
Can we enhance trust in the circular economy through referral marketing control?
Referral marketing can be considered a promising tool to support the transition toward a circular economy, thanks to its capacity to raise consumer awareness, foster loyalty and encourage participatio...
Effects of soil particle size on rainfall-induced erosion of near-horizontal layered slopes
The problem of soil erosion is prominent in the arid region of northwest China, and the Kapo in Wensu County, Xinjiang is highly susceptible to erosion and damage disasters due to the formation of cha...
Effects of repeated hemolymph sampling from adductor muscles of relaxed Pacific oysters (Magallana gigas)
Hemolymph is vital for bivalves, contributing to their innate immune system, nutrient transport, waste elimination, and hormone regulation. Yet, traditional sampling methods are often invasive or fata...
Comparison of mass spectrometry and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy of plasma samples in identification of patients with fracture-related infections
Objectives Fracture-related infections (FRIs) have significant impact on patient outcomes. Diagnosing FRIs is challenging due to lack of robust, minimally invasive diagnostic tests in the early stages...
Development and optimization of red spectrum splitting concentrated agrivoltaic system for energy generation and sustainable agriculture
Agricultural land is increasingly under pressure from expanding solar energy infrastructure, leading to a growing conflict between food and energy production. Conventional photovoltaic (PV) systems of...
A multilevel network approach to revealing patterns of online political selective exposure
Selective exposure, individuals’ inclination to seek out information that supports their beliefs while avoiding information that contradicts them, plays an important role in the emergence of polarizat...
“If we lose it, we are worried”: Individual and provider level perceptions towards weight change among people living with HIV who undergo TB screening in routine health care settings in Gauteng Province, South Africa
Background HIV weakens the immune system, increasing the risk of tuberculosis (TB) in people with living HIV (PLHIV). People living with HIV and on antiretroviral treatment (ART) often experience phys...
Trends and geographic patterns of overweight and obesity among Tanzanian adults: Evidence from the 2010–2022 Demographic and Health Surveys
Overweight and obesity are risk factors for several non-communicable diseases. In Tanzania, despite the increasing public health concern, detailed spatial information on the distribution of overweight...
Retraction: Evaluation of chemopreventive effects of Acanthus ilicifolius against azoxymethane-induced aberrant crypt foci in the rat colon
Surface protein glycosylation conserved in the human pathogen Mycoplasma genitalium and retained in the synthetic organism JCVI-Syn3A
Protein glycosylation has been reported in all forms of life. The genus Mycoplasma is composed of highly genome-streamlined bacterial symbionts, making them model organisms for investigating minimal g...
Risk factors for abdominal aortic aneurysm in general populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Background Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) has a high mortality rate after rupture. This study systematically explored the risk factors associated with AAA in the general population using a meta-analy...
Human papillomavirus, sexually transmitted infections, and antimicrobial resistance in West Africa: Estimating population burden and understanding exposures to accelerate vaccine impact and drive new interventions: The PHASE survey protocol
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a primary cause of preventable deaths from cervical cancer, a condition of profound inequality with approximately 90% of deaths occurring in low- and middle-inc...
Household resilience and its role in sustaining food security in rural Bangladesh
Food insecurity and agriculture in South Asia, including Bangladesh, pose significant threats to the well-being and livelihoods of its people. Building adaptive capacities and resilient food systems i...
An evaluation of modifications to NHS Health Checks: A study protocol
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death globally; in the UK it contributes to a quarter of all deaths. In 2009, the UK National Health Service launched the NHS Health Check (NHSHC)...
Persistence of a declining anuran species across its distribution
Information on a species’ population dynamics, such as changes in abundance and distribution, can be used to identify declining populations and initiate conservation efforts and protections. For the O...
Genetic epidemiology of moyamoya disease and CADASIL in over 120,000 healthy Korean individuals: Insights into cerebrovascular disorders
Background East Asia has one of the highest global stroke burdens. Genetically, moyamoya disease (MMD) and cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (C...
Causal mapping of psychological and occupational risk factors for suicidal ideation in psychiatric nurses using Bayesian networks: A multicenter cross-sectional study
Psychiatric nurses represent a high-stress occupational group that experiences elevated levels of suicidal ideation (SI), emphasizing the need for focused mental health interventions. The main purpose...
Personality traits, panel tenure, survey topic, and context as predictors of survey nonresponse patterns in high-frequency online longitudinal surveys
An extensive literature studies the relation between demographic and socio-economic characteristics and attrition in longitudinal studies. In this study, we analyze the independent effects of non-demo...
CQ-CNN: A lightweight hybrid classical–quantum convolutional neural network for Alzheimer’s disease detection using 3D structural brain MRI
The automatic detection of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) using 3D volumetric MRI data is a complex, multi-domain challenge that has traditionally been addressed by training classical convolutional neural n...
The impact of coal miners’ emotions on unsafe behavior: A study on the mediated effects with a moderating role
This study aims to reveal how emotions influence Unsafe Behavior among coal miners, addressing the increasingly severe safety issues in the coal mining industry. As the complexity of mining environmen...
Comparative maxicircle analysis in Trypanosoma species from the LSRM clade highlights patterns in an underexplored lineage
Trypanosoma lainsoni, Trypanosoma platydactyli, and Trypanosoma scelopori are kinetoplastid flagellates belonging to the LSRM clade of the genus Trypanosoma. These parasites have a unique mitochondria...
Analysis and optimization of student learning paths based on CRNN and sequential data
The analysis and optimization of student learning paths have become increasingly critical in modern education, as they enable personalized learning experiences and improved academic outcomes. However,...
Pollen assemblages and distribution characteristics in surface sediments of karst caves on the Guizhou Plateau, southwestern China
Cave sediments commonly contain crucial sedimentary evidence of past environmental change and human activity. Fossil pollen sequences within these deposits hold great potential for reconstructing pale...
Mapping unconventional Leishmania in human and animal leishmaniasis: A scoping review protocol on pathogen diversity, geographic distribution and knowledge gaps
Introduction Leishmaniases are a vector-borne parasitic diseases with diverse clinical manifestations involving multiple Leishmania species and animal hosts. While most leishmaniasis cases are caused...