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Identifying determinants of readmission and death post-stroke using explainable machine learning
Background Stroke remains a global health challenge with high rates of mortality and rehospitalization placing significant demands on healthcare systems. Identifying factors that determine outcomes of...
E-cigarette or vaping product use–associated lung injury outbreak and public perceptions and trends in smoking cessation discussions on Twitter
Background Cigarette smokers often use e-cigarettes to quit smoking. The outbreak of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) in 2019 summer sparked discussions about vaping....
INTerest of electrophysiological and functional EXploration in the evaluation of symptomatic impact of superior semicircular canal DEHIscence syndrome (INTEX-DEHI study): Study protocol for a reliability and validity study
Background Interest in Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence (SSCD) has increased, but its diagnosis and management remain challenging. Despite advances in imaging and electrophysiological tests, man...
β-sitosterol alleviated HFD-induced atherosclerosis by regulating the MAPK/Nrf2/NLRP3 pathway in ApoE−/− mice
Background Atherosclerosis (AS), driven by chronic inflammation and oxidative stress, remains a leading cause of cardiovascular morbidity. While β-sitosterol, a dietary phytosterol, shows therapeutic...
Optimizing Ghanaian Postgraduate students’ job performance: The impact of polychronicity, work-school facilitation, and organisational support
This study examined the influence of polychronicity, work-school facilitation, and organizational support on the job performance of postgraduate students in Ghana. Guided by the Conservation of Resour...
Deep reinforcement learning-based multi-lane mixed traffic ramp merging strategy
Due to concentrated conflicts, on-ramp merging is an important scenario in the study of new hybrid traffic control. Current research mainly focuses on optimizing the vehicle passage sequence of ramp v...
Emotional adjustment and peer relationships: The role of behavioural reputation and classroom social climate
Internalising and externalising difficulties are linked with poor peer relationships, but there are gaps in our understanding of the reputational and contextual factors that connect emotional adjustme...
Lightweight design based on automotive drive axle housing
To address the limitations in the cruising range and improve the overall efficiency of Pure Electric Vehicles (PEVs), this study focuses on the lightweight design of PEV drive axles. Aligning with the...
Seismic prediction of shale oil lithofacies associations based on sedimentary facies patterns: A case study of the shahejie formation in the Huanghekou Sag
The lithofacies play a pivotal role in studying development patterns, reservoir characteristics, and sweet spot predictions of shale oil. Lithofacies classification typically relies on core observatio...
Fast growth rate is associated with musculoskeletal biomechanical imbalance and dorsal cranial myopathy in broiler chickens
Dorsal cranial myopathy is a degenerative lesion that affects the anterior Latissimus dorsi muscle in broiler chickens, with an etiology that remains unknown. The objective was to investigate the infl...
Brief report: Older adolescents and young adults may be at higher risk for changes to menstrual cycle length with COVID-19 vaccination
Existing research has consistently demonstrated that adult women experience a small temporary increase in menstrual cycle length following COVID-19 vaccination; however, less is known about whether th...
Study protocol for an observational panel study of heat strain in the general adult population in Basse Santa Su, The Gambia
Heat is among the most hazardous environmental factors for human health, but humidity’s role in heat-related health effects remains unclear. This study will assess the effect of humid heat and other e...
Dual-model approach for concurrent forecasting of electricity prices and loads in smart grids: Comparison of sparse encoder NAR and GA-optimized LSTM
Accurate forecasting of electricity prices and loads is challenging in smart grids due to the strong interdependence between load and price. To address this, we propose two deep recurrent neural netwo...
Visual edge feature enhancement of product appearance design images based on improved retinex algorithm
Under the influence of complex factors such as lighting, color distortion, and suspended solids, there is a problem of losing edge feature information and blurring edges in product appearance design i...
Multi-scale error-driven dense residual network for image super-resolution reconstruction
Image super-resolution reconstructs high-resolution images from low-resolution inputs. However, current single-image super-resolution techniques often struggle to capture multi-scale information and e...
High-resolution ex vivo nanoCT reveals 3D architecture of the adult male mouse lower urogenital tract
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is the most common cause of lower urinary tract symptoms/dysfunction (LUTS/LUTD) in aging men. Over the past 30 years, the prevalence of BPH has increased by 122%, r...
Post-vaccination SARS-CoV-2 infections among healthcare workers in a tertiary hospital in Ghana
Introduction Vaccines remain the most effective preventive measure against the ever-changing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus. However, vaccine access remains unequal...
More than just one man and his dog: The many impacts of puppy acquisition on the mental health of families including children in the UK
Many puppies were acquired during the COVID-19 pandemic to boost families’ mental health. The aim of this study was to characterise the nature, benefits and challenges of dog-child interactions as per...
Sex differences in clinical characteristics, timeliness of care, and in-hospital outcomes of adult non-trauma patients in the emergency department
Background Data on sex differences in the clinical characteristics and outcomes of unselected emergency department (ED) patients are limited. We conducted a retrospective real-world cohort study to ev...
An improved artificial gorilla troops optimizer for BP neural network-based housing price prediction
In the context of global economic austerity in the post epidemic era, housing, as one of the basic human needs, has become particularly important for accurate prediction of house prices. BP neural net...
The GravyTrain toolbox for molecular cell biology
Yeast genetics has the power for thorough investigation of complex systems in molecular cell biology. Here, we present GravyTrain, a comprehensive repository of constructs for genomic modifications, i...
Differentiated brand building of traditional mountain scenic spots in Jiangxi Province: Insights from tourists’ perception images and sentiment characteristics
Understanding the perceptions and sentiment responses of tourists to traditional mountain scenic spots is crucial. This understanding is a cornerstone for improving brand image, optimizing space quali...
Fluctuations of viti- and oleiculture traditions in the Bronze and Iron Age Levant
Various researchers have demonstrated periods of instability in the cultivation of olives and grapes in the eastern Mediterranean, dating back at least to the Early Bronze Age. So far, pollen-based st...
Assessing fishery interaction on cetaceans stranded along the Italian coastline between 1986 and 2023
Monitoring stranded cetaceans represents a strategic method to assess their health, conservation status, and ecological role in the marine ecosystem. Efficient stranding networks and standardized prot...
VDR gene variants FokI and ApaI: Factors associated with susceptibility to multiple sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a commonly observed autoimmune inflammatory condition that affects the central nervous system (CNS). Vitamin D functions as a steroid hormone by interacting with its nuclear...