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Comparative analysis of the lethality pattern of Covid-19 and the response of BRICS countries to the pandemic in the context of multilateralism: An ecological study
Background This article analyzes the pattern of lethality due to Covid-19 in the BRICS countries and its conditioning factors, analyzing its temporal evolution, as well as analyzin...
Complete mitogenomes of two major dengue vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus from Bangladesh: Insights from comparative genomics with global mitogenome diversity and phylogenetics
Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are the most competent vectors of multiple human arboviral diseases, posing a global public health concern, particularly in Bangladesh. While there are numerous geno...
Correction: A comparative study of alkaloid and phenolic compounds in different organs and tissues of Berberis integerrima
Adverse childhood experiences and adult dental care utilization in the United States: Variation by race and ethnicity
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with negative health outcomes, including poorer oral health. While research has shown that ACEs are associated with lower dental care utilization, m...
Is the extreme within-population genome size variation real in Spodoptera frugiperda?
Genome size variation is one of the main topics in evolutionary genomics. Recent studies in Spodoptera frugiperda (Insect; Lepidoptera) reported very striking results, including large genome size diff...
How can county-level industrial clusters in China promote urban-rural integration?—A study on the configuration effects based on fsQCA
This study explores how county-level industrial clustering in China promotes urban-rural integration by identifying four key pathways: industrial linkage, technology transfer, employment coordination,...
Research on multi-objective emergency resource scheduling optimization in chemical industrial parks
The high concentration of hazardous sources in chemical parks, which is prone to cause chain accidents, puts forward the demand for dynamic cooperative optimization of emergency resource scheduling. A...
Effect of short-term exercise with different programs on prevention of sarcopenia in postmenopausal women: A Quasi-Randomized Controlled Trial
Background Physical exercise is an effective measure to prevent sarcopenia. However, the effects of Nordic walking based on high-intensity interval training (HIIT NW) and conventional strength trainin...
Improved artificial hummingbird algorithm for electric vehicle charging station fast and slow charging location determination method
Electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure is rapidly improving. To address high site selection costs from unbalanced fast-slow charging ratios and multi-party cost allocation issues, we propose a...
Evaluating liver type fatty acid binding protein as a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease in pediatric patients
Background Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), is a common liver disorder, predicted to increase globally. Currently, non-invasive methods are proposed for the assessment...
Cultural topography of publicness: Assessment of the publicness of public spaces in traditional settlements
In the process of rapid urbanization in China, the public spaces of traditional settlements are undergoing significant transformations and facing numerous challenges. Systematically assessing their pu...
Enhancing cross-cultural applicability in recovery colleges: A global Delphi study protocol
Background Recovery Colleges (RCs) offer an innovative model of mental health support that blends co-production with adult learning to promote personal recovery and social inclusion. While evidence su...
Correction: Effectiveness of blocking primers and a peptide nucleic acid (PNA) clamp for 18S metabarcoding dietary analysis of herbivorous fish
Idiopathic toe walkers: Do they need surgery?
Aim The aims of study were: to observe gait parameters evolution for group of patients with surgery and conservative treatment; to compare these parameters for a group of matched patients with surgery...
Attitudes towards the timing of first birth and gender-based violence in rural Niger: Are adolescent wives with attitudes different from their husbands and peers at a higher risk of intimate partner violence and reproductive coercion?
Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) and reproductive coercion (RC) significantly impact women’s and girls’ health. Among other determinants, wives’ discordance from their husbands’ fertility-re...
Research on flexibility-enhanced planning for renewable energy systems with supply-demand uncertainties
Due to the rapid development of intermittent renewables and emergence of new types of load, flexibility becomes a crucial element for reliable and cost-effective power system operation. This paper pro...
Clinicopathological and prognostic exploratory study of primary metaplastic squamous cell carcinoma of the breast
Background To investigate the clinicopathological characteristics of primary metaplastic squamous cell carcinoma of the breast (PMSCCB), and analyze the correlation among immuno-molecular phenotype, t...
Effects of dietary vitamin E on growth, immune response, antioxidant capacity, intestinal histomorphology, digestibility and disease resistance of juvenile Pacific white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei)
Vitamin E (tocopherols, VE) is a lipid-soluble antioxidant involved in neutralizing reactive oxygen species and maintaining immune function in animals. This study aimed to determine the optimum dietar...
Breathwork and holistic wellbeing: A protocol for a scoping review
Breathwork has great potential for supporting connections to self, others, and nature, laying the foundations for individual, collective, and planetary wellbeing. While reviews have summarised the imp...
Saliva as a diagnostic frontier: Assessing healthcare students’ readiness for salivary biomarkers in early cancer detection
Background Salivaomics represents a novel diagnostic domain that provides a non-invasive and accessible alternative to conventional cancer detection techniques. Saliva encompasses a diverse array of i...
Prevalence, incidence and associated factors of pneumonia among severely malnourished children hospitalized in Mulago National Referral Hospital, Uganda
Background Pneumonia is still a burden in children hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition (SAM). However, there is limited published information on the magnitude and characteristics of those who...
Correction: Foreign direct investment and domestic innovation: Roles of absorptive capacity, quality of regulations and property rights
Phyllostachyos Caulis in Taeniam extract stimulates longitudinal bone growth via IGF-1 and JAK2/STAT5 signaling in rats
Longitudinal bone growth, which is regulated by endocrine and paracrine factors, is a critical determinant of linear growth during childhood. This study investigated the effects of an aqueous extract...
High throughput transcriptomics analysis of ovine mammary epithelial cells stimulated with Staphylococcus aureus in vitro
In sheep, the innate immune response of mammary epithelial cells (MECs) plays a central role in combating mastitis, yet our understanding of their resistance mechanisms remains limited. This study aim...
Transcriptomic profiling of lung alveolar macrophages reveals distinct contribution of sterol metabolism in macrophage response to Cryptococcus gattii infection
Alveolar macrophages are well known as the first responders to pulmonary cryptococcosis; however, their dynamic molecular responses to Cryptococcus gattii infection in vivo remain limited. Here, we in...