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Analysis and prediction of the axial compression properties of desert sand concrete with steel tube restraint based on an improved BP neural network model
Accurate analysis and prediction of axial compression are important for ensuring the construction quality and safety of desert sand recycled aggregate concrete confined by steel tubes. In this study,...
The acquisition of personal pronouns’ comprehension and production in French-speaking children: Toward the ability to embody characters’ perspectives in various pictured speech interactions
Language acquisition involves the ability to switch perspectives according to the partners’ roles in the speech context. This ability, involving morphosyntactic and pragmatic aspects, is fundamental i...
Research on UAV dynamic frame rate adaptation and multi-feature fusion network optimization in intelligent monitoring of animal husbandry
Precision livestock farming, particularly the collective rearing of animals, remains a pivotal area of focus within agricultural research. However, tracking group-raised animals under conditions of po...
Active electroceutical treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infected murine wounds
Chronic, infected dermal wounds have a high burden of cost and remain a persistent hurdle within healthcare. Electroceutical dressings that deliver antimicrobial agents directly to the wound site have...
The groove hypothesis—music and dance reimagined: A sensory motor synchronization study
Perfect synchronization, although essential in ensembles, has not been objectively evaluated. Further, the closely associated backbeat feel has not been adequately explained in the literature. This st...
The impact of thermal and auditory unpleasant stimulus on explicit motor imagery in healthy individuals: An experimental study
Motor imagery is the ability to mentally simulate a motor task without actually performing it. Furthermore, pain is an unpleasant sensory experience that involves different dimensions – sensory-discri...
Retraction: Improved support vector machine based on CNN-SVD for vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy detection and classification
Detecting LLM-generated peer reviews
The integrity of peer review is fundamental to scientific progress, but the rise of large language models (LLMs) has introduced concerns that some reviewers may rely on these tools to generate reviews...
Modeling treatment of osteoarthritis with standard therapy and senolytic drugs
Osteoarthritis (OA), the most common form of joint disease, involves the progressive degradation of articular cartilage and is a major cause of chronic disability in aging populations. Since OA is ass...
Field DCP testing, MSEW analysis, and monitoring-based investigation of a reinforced earth retaining wall collapse
Reinforced retaining walls are critical components of urban infrastructure, yet failures continue to occur due to complex geotechnical and environmental factors. This study investigates a collapse cas...
Early postoperative complications following laparoscopic-assisted modified Soave procedure for Hirschsprung’s disease: Incidence, Clavien-Dindo classification, and risk factor analysis
Objective To investigate the incidence and severity of early postoperative complications (within 30 days post-surgery) following laparoscopic-assisted modified Soave procedure for Hirschsprung’s disea...
Impact of fear on pediatric pain assessment: A retrospective study
Background Fear and pain are intimately linked in the experience of caring for a child. The advent of a self-assessment tool for fear makes it possible to study the link between these two emotions....
Association of albumin to globulin ratio with mortality in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
Background The albumin to globulin ratio (AGR) has been associated with poor outcomes in various diseases, but the association with mortality in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) is still uncl...
Accuracy of estimating total-tract fibre and protein fractions digestibilities using uNDF, uNDFom, and AIA markers, and their NIRS prediction potential in dairy sheep and goats
This study investigated the use of uNDF, uNDFom, and acid insoluble ash (AIA) markers for estimating the total-tract and total-tract apparent digestibility (ttD and ttaD) of nutrients in dairy sheep a...
Development and validation of a depression risk prediction model for middle-aged and elderly adults with sensory impairment: Evidence from the China health and retirement longitudinal study
Objective Compared with those without such impairment, middle-aged and older adults with sensory impairment (SI) demonstrate a greater prevalence and severity of depressive symptoms, significantly aff...
Combined application of BNLF2b antibody with VCA-IgA, Rta-IgG, and Zta-IgA in nasopharyngeal carcinoma screening in the Guangxi region
Background This study aims to assess the diagnostic value of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) BNLF2b antibody(P85-Ab), alone or in combination with VCA-IgA, Rta-IgG, and Zta-IgA antibodies, in the context...
Correction: Evaluation of the therapeutic efficiency and efficacy of blood purification in the treatment of severe acute pancreatitis
Stratifying atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease by SMuRF burden in a Middle-Eastern country: A multiregistry study of demographics, comorbidities, and therapeutic trends
Background Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) is a growing public health challenge in the Middle East, driven by increasing rates of obesity, diabetes, and hypertension. However, limited r...
A Delphi process to build consensus on revised Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC) signal functions and levels of care
The emergency obstetric care (EmOC) monitoring framework has been used for decades to monitor the availability and use of EmOC services in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). EmOC monitoring is...
Identification and 3D modeling of bioactive peptides from Lactobacillus brevis RAMULAB49 protein hydrolysate with in silico ERK1 phosphorylation inhibition activity targeting diabetic nephropathy
Diabetic nephropathy (DN) poses a significant health challenge, necessitating novel therapeutic approaches. In this study, we isolated proteins from cell-free supernatant (CFS) from the culture of the...
Vehicle avoidance: The hierarchy of visual attention towards animals, plants, and vehicles
The biophilia hypothesis posits that humans have an innate affinity for nature, with natural landscapes effortlessly capturing their attention, and a tendency to seek nature. The animate monitoring hy...
Differential regulation of long noncoding RNAs by endogenous and exogenous reactive oxygen species-generating prooxidants in NIH3T3 cells
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play crucial roles in various cellular processes, including the response to oxidative stress. However, the relationship between oxidants and lncRNA expression remains poo...
Image aesthetic quality assessment: A method based on deep convolutional capsule network
Image aesthetics assessment (IAA) has become a hot research area in recent years due to its extensive application potential. However, existing IAA methods often overlook the importance of spatial info...
Construction and application of a novel urban knowledge model with extended historical and cultural semantics
Historical urban spaces, imbued with profound historical and cultural significance, have evolved from ‘spaces’ into meaningful ‘places’. But they now face the risk of being eroded by rapid urbanisatio...