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Evaluating the feasibility and preliminary impact of the Social, Emotional, and Ethical (SEE) Learning program: A compassion-based social and emotional learning program for elementary school children
Objectives This study aimed to assess the feasibility and preliminary outcomes of the SEE Learning® (Social, Emotional, and Ethical Learning) program among elementary school-aged children. Methodolo...
Cross-attention guided discriminative feature selection for robust point cloud domain generalization
In recent years, deep learning networks have been widely employed for point cloud classification. However, discrepancies between training and testing scenarios often result in erroneous predictions. D...
Feasibility and acceptability of collecting passive phone usage and sensor data via Apple SensorKit
Privacy is a growing concern in mobile health research, particularly regarding passive data. Apple SensorKit provides a novel platform for collecting phone and wearable usage and sensor data, however...
Computationally accelerated identification of P-glycoprotein inhibitors
Overexpression of the polyspecific efflux transporter, P-glycoprotein (P-gp, MDR1, ABCB1), is a major mechanism by which cancer cells acquire multidrug resistance (MDR), the resistance to diverse chem...
Do organisms need an impact factor? Citations of key biological resources including model organisms reveal usage patterns and impact
Research resources like transgenic animals and antibodies are the workhorses of biomedicine, enabling investigators to relatively easily study specific disease conditions. As key biological resources,...
Modulation of the post-auricular reflex in response to social and CT-optimal touch
The pleasantness perception of CT-optimal touch is usually assessed with subjective and explicit measures. As these can be prone to biases, it is important to develop implicit measures as well. The ve...
Tracking Enterobacteria, microbiomes, and antibiotic resistance genes from waste to soil with repeated compost applications
The dissemination of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and genes is one factor responsible for the increasing antibiotic resistance and the environment plays a role in resistance spread. Animal excr...
Complex intervention based on protective factors to improve resilience for gastric cancer patients: Mixed-methods process evaluation protocol
Background Gastric cancer represents a global health burden, with patients often experiencing significant psychological distress due to various treatments. Resilience, the ability to adapt positively...
Safety of antidepressants commonly used in 6–17-year-old children and adolescents: A disproportionality analysis from 2014–2023 on the basis of the FAERS database
Background Depression is a common mental disorder in children and adolescents, and antidepressants are widely used for treatment. This study aimed to explore and analyze adverse events (AEs) associate...
The influence of soft wheat grain germination on its technological properties
This study evaluates the impact of controlled germination on the technological properties of soft wheat grain (Tәuelsizdik variety) to determine its suitability for flour production. Grain was germina...
Deep learning reveals that multidimensional social status drives population variation in 11,875 US participant cohort
As an increasing realization, many behavioral relationships are interwoven with inherent variations in human populations. Presently, there is no clarity in the biomedical community on which sources of...
Stabilized and unstabilized sampling methods result in differential fecal 16S rRNA microbial sequencing results
Over the past decade, studies have been conducted to increase the understanding of associations between the fecal microbiome and human health. In conjunction, researchers have investigated the effects...
Can working in agriculture have a favorable effect on depressive symptoms? Life satisfaction as a mediator
Purpose Several studies have explored the relationship between various aspects of work and the onset of depressive symptoms. However, there is a lack of research focusing on the association between jo...
Accuracy and real time optimization of remote sensing image change detection based on IRAU and DSC
Image change detection is one of the important application branches of remote sensing technology in many fields. However, in complex environments, remote sensing image change detection is often subjec...
Influential node identification method based on multi-order neighbors and exclusive neighborhood
In a complex network, the identification of node influence and the localization of key nodes play a crucial role in analyzing network structure and determining the positioning of nodes for information...
Dynamics of fungal bioaerosols in Kuwait City: An 8-year survey
Fungi are ubiquitous eukaryotic microorganisms that are often implicated in a wide range of diseases. Exposure to fungal bioaerosols is often associated with conditions such as asthma, allergic rhinit...
Reducing meat consumption: Results from a German survey on attitudes, behaviour and willingness to change among adults
Background Individual meat consumption in Germany has fallen slightly in recent years, but still exceeds the recommended quantities. High meat consumption has negative impacts both on human health and...
Galectin-3 did not associate with malaria-related insulin resistance in diabetic and non-diabetic respondents at a Ghanaian General Hospital
Background Malaria remains endemic in the sub-Saharan African region. The region also faces the world’s highest increase in incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Although galectin-3 has been e...
Korean and Chinese citizens’ pandemic fatigue and related factors amidst the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for risk communication
Pandemic fatigue has emerged as a significant public health challenge, particularly in countries that implemented prolonged COVID-19 public health and social measures (PHSM). Understanding the factors...
Passage of human-origin influenza A virus in swine tracheal epithelial cells selects for adaptive mutations in the hemagglutinin gene
Frequent spillover of influenza A viruses from humans to swine contributes to the increasing diversity of influenza viruses circulating in pigs. Although these events are common, little is known about...
An improved mathematical model for hypothetical oil reservoir for optimum oil recovery using magnetic nanomaterials
In the oil and gas industry, enhanced oil recovery (EOR) strategies for unconventional reservoirs, characterized by complex geometries, differ significantly from those used in conventional reservoirs....
Gout management: Patent analytics and computational drug design explores URAT1 inhibitors landscape
Gout, caused by hyperuricemia, has a detrimental impact on patients’quality of life. The urate transporter 1 (URAT1) stands out as a key therapeutic target. However, its clinical development remains u...
Hepatitis A beyond childhood causing diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Background Hepatitis A is an acute viral infection of the liver caused by hepatitis A virus (HAV) that is acquired through the feco-oral route. It has the highest incidence among the four major acute...
Comparative analysis of technological fitness and coherence at different geographical scales
Debates over the trade-offs between specialization and diversification have long intrigued scholars and policymakers. Specialization can amplify an economy by concentrating on core strengths, while di...
Association between gastrointestinal diseases and osteoarthritis risk based on data from NHANES 2011–2018
Osteoarthritis (OA) and gastrointestinal diseases are two significant public health problems. However, the association between the two is unclear. This study aimed to investigate the biological relati...