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Protocol to establish standards for the elements of infection prevention and control programs and practice and competency standards for infection control professionals in Australian hospitals
Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are the most frequent hospital-acquired complication, resulting in significant mortality, disability, and system-level costs in Australian hospitals. Many HAIs c...
Unpacking gender discrepancies in academic promotion across STEM fields in Mexico
Gender inequality in the sciences remains a persistent issue. Women are often unable to participate in the scientific process as easily as men. When they do, this is largely constricted to opportuniti...
Delayed motherhood and its determinants among women of reproductive age in five Sub-Saharan African Countries: A multilevel analysis of recent demographic and health surveys (2021–2023)
Introduction In recent years, more women have delayed childbearing until their late twenties or early thirties, a time when reproductive potential declines, thereby making conception more challenging...
Teacher acceptability of physically active learning in UK secondary schools – a mixed methods study
Background Roughly 70% of UK adolescents are insufficiently physically active, while secondary education reform is needed to improve adolescent wellbeing and...
Bioorthogonal Non-Canonical Amino Acid Tagging (BONCAT) to detect newly synthesized proteins in cells and their secretome
Background Cells respond to physiological or pathological stimuli by altering the composition of the proteins they produce. This adaptation includes changes...
Retraction: Suppression of uPA and uPAR Attenuates Angiogenin Mediated Angiogenesis in Endothelial and Glioblastoma Cell Lines
Omnipresent intercorrelations of metabolic syndrome markers in the general population
Background Besides the usual characterization of metabolic syndrome as a cluster of markers arbitrarily defined by thresholds, it is unclear to which extent these markers as contin...
Challenges and opportunities in monitoring the long-term well-being of people with HIV in Spain
Background Thanks to antiretroviral therapy, people living with HIV have an increased life expectancy, but face multimorbidity challenges while ageing. This study aimed to evaluate...
An assessment of optimizing biofuel yield percentage using K-fold integrated machine learning models for a sustainable future
Accelerating population and modernization has triggered a steady rise in energy demand and a significant rise in household waste, particularly municipal solid waste. In this context, waste-to-energy c...
Amino acid residues 655 and 969 in the spike protein of Omicron subvariant BA.1 control use of TMPRSS2 versus Cathepsin L dependent entry pathways and cell tropism
The spike (S) protein of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is activated by the host cell proteases cathepsin L or TMPRSS2. The ancestral virus circulating in Wuhan in 20...
Effectiveness of physical therapy for locomotive syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
Locomotive syndrome, characterized by impaired mobility owing to musculoskeletal disorders, poses a significant public health challenge, especially in aging populations. Locomotive syndrome limits phy...
A Multi-load balancing control strategy for a novel low carbon integrated energy system for buildings
With the escalating global energy demand and the pressing need for clean energy, innovations in building energy systems are crucial. This paper proposes a Multi - load Balancing Control Strategy (MLBS...
Establishing standardized conditions for clinically available sound-localization tests: A multicenter approach
Sound localization is essential for auditory spatial awareness. The process relies on interaural differences in timing and level, and spectral cues. This study aimed to standardize sound-localization...
Investigation of mechanical properties and micromechanisms of saline soil modified with synthetic fibers
To study the mechanical properties and microscopic morphology of salt-affected soil after being improved by fiber types and contents, the article analyzes the unconfined compressive strength and shear...
Efficient federated learning via aggregation of base models
Federated Learning (FL), as a distributed computing framework for training machine learning (ML) models, has garnered significant attention for its superior privacy protection. In typical FL, a subset...
Inhibitory control impairments underlie associative memory deficits in posttraumatic stress disorder
Objective Posttraumatic-stress disorder (PTSD) patients suffer from cognitive dysfunction and show impairments even in non-trauma-related memory. Research has focused on the relati...
Transcriptome profiling and weighted gene co-expression network analysis reveal changes of hub genes and molecular pathways in rat lungs following deep hypothermic circulatory arrest
Background The incidence of acute lung injury (ALI) following aortic dissection repair surgery that involves deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA) is notably high. We analyzed...
Association between sleep and physical activity data, and depressive symptoms in Thai elderly
Background Geriatric depression often goes unnoticed due to recall bias and overlapping symptoms with normal aging by using questionnaire screening tool. Consequently, this study aims to explore the a...
Perceptions of influenza and SARS-CoV-2 vaccination among health care personnel in Thailand, 2024
Background Influenza and COVID-19 vaccinations are recommended for health care personnel (HCP) in Thailand, but uptake depends on HCP perceptions and motivations. Methods To assess factors associate...
Isolation, biochemical characterization, and greenhouse authentication of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) rhizobia collected from some major chickpea growing areas of Woldia, North Wollo, Ethiopia
Chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L. ) is a vital legume crop worldwide, valued for its high nutritional content and signif...
Integrated gene network analysis and experimental validation identify key hub genes in potato response to Potato Virus Y infection
Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is a staple food crop that supports global food security, ranking as the world’s third most important food crop after rice and wheat in terms of human consumption, and it is...
Shredder species identity over diversity: Insights into litter decomposition in ponds
Many freshwater ecosystems rely on the decomposition of organic matter as a key process for nutrient cycling and energy flow. Small lentic freshwater ecosystems, such as ponds, often derive a large am...
Risk stratification for the prediction of skeletal-related events in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer with bone metastases
Skeletal-related events (SREs) are common in patients with bone metastases from castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). Despite advances in prostate cancer treatment, clinically validated predict...
Comparative proteomics of HepG2 cells reveals NGLY1 as an important regulator of ferroptosis resistance and iron uptake
NGLY1 deficiency is a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in the NGLY1 gene. This disorder presents a wide range of clinical symptoms, and its severity va...
Visuospatial information transfer and task self-assessment within and between autistic and non-autistic adults
Previous research has demonstrated that autistic people transmit verbal information as effectively as non-autistic people; however, when autistic and non-autistic people interact less information is t...