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Economic inequality and crime across cities in India: Evidence using nighttime lights data
This study investigates the relationship between economic inequality and crime rates across 49 Indian cities from 2016 to 2021. Given the limited availability of traditional economic indicators at the...
Impact of deep learning and post-processing algorithms performances on biodiversity metrics assessed on videos
Assessing the escalating biodiversity crisis, driven by climate change, habitat destruction, and exploitation, necessitates efficient monitoring strategies to assess species presence and abundance acr...
Multimodal fusion approach for sports injury prevention and pose keypoint detection
Real-time pose estimation is essential in various applications such as sports analysis, motion tracking, and healthcare, where understanding human movement in complex environments is critical. However...
Unchanged but undecided: Reproductive intentions among Ghanaian women following COVID-19 lockdowns in two large metropolises in Ghana
Evidence suggests that disaster situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic may affect reproductive intentions. These effects interact with an individual’s social context, including socioeconomic status,...
Arrow heads at Obi-Rakhmat (Uzbekistan) 80 ka ago?
Lithic weapon points occasionally found in Middle Palaeolithic Neanderthal sites are large and do not differ in size, shape or type from those used in other activities such as butchering or plant gath...
Trend of cancer mortality of the female reproductive system in China from 2005 to 2018 and prediction to 2035: A log-linear regression and Bayesian age-period- cohort analysis
Objective In recent years, the number of deaths from female reproductive system cancer in China has been continuously increasing, and there are relatively few studies on their mortality situation. Thi...
Glucose-containing vs. glucose-free dialysate for patients with maintenance hemodialysis: Study protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled study-GLUMO study
Purpose To mitigate the risk of infection and disordered blood lipid metabolism, glucose-free dialysate is widely utilized in China and European countries. While glucose-free dialysis does not necessa...
Cold atmospheric plasma improves antifungal responsiveness of Aspergillus flavus and Fusarium keratoplasticum conidia and mycelia
The purpose of this study is to evaluate sublethal cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) treatment of filamentous fungal pathogen susceptibility to commonly used antifungal drugs in vitro. Response to CAP in...
Exploring two-way text messages for post-discharge follow-up and quality improvement in rural Uganda
Introduction Automated messaging through text (SMS) and instant messaging services (IMS) offers low-cost solutions for patient follow-up in resource-constrained contexts. This study aims to evaluate a...
Nature of innovations affecting photovoltaic system costs
Innovations improve technology costs through various kinds of engineering advancements, including changes to materials choices and device or process designs. Understanding how these innovations relate...
A multi-omics atlas of CAF subtypes reveals apCAF–M2 macrophage interactions driving immune resistance in glioma
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are a critical component of the glioma microenvi-ronment and play essential roles in tumor progression and resistance to immunotherapy. To comprehensively characte...
Behavioral spillover between the use of reusable shopping bags and recycling at home: A field experiment
This study examines positive behavioral spillover between waste-related behaviors that vary in complexity. Specifically, we test whether encouraging a relatively simple behavior—using reusable shoppin...
Assessing changes in ultraviolet radiation-exposed mouse skin using optical coherence tomography
Skin cancer is one of the most common types of cancer, frequently resulting from excessive exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR). Early detection and effective prevention of photodamage are importan...
Modeling the differential effect of prescribed fire on multi-vector tick-borne tularemia disease
Tularemia is a zoonotic disease caused by Francisella tularensis bacteria, a gram-negative coccobacillus-shaped bacterium. There are multiple transmission routes of the infection to humans such as con...
A protocol for the development of a validated scale of household water insecurity in the United States: HWISE-USA
Background New metrics of household water insecurity have been validated for low- to middle-income countries, but it is unclear how these measurements apply to the experiences of people living in high...
Correction: Non-analgesic effects of opioids: Topical application of Eucerin-based ointment containing opium on the healing process of thermal skin damage in rats
Real-world clinical practice of Diabetic Foot Ulcer prevention and care in Singapore: A qualitative inquiry with healthcare professionals
Aim People living with diabetes are at risk of developing diabetic foot ulcers (DFU). While international and local clinical care guidelines and pathways have been formulated to optimize the preventio...
Enhancing meningioma tumor classification accuracy through multi-task learning approach and image analysis of MRI images
Background Accurate classification of meningioma brain tumors is crucial for determining the appropriate treatment plan and improving patient outcomes. However, this task is challenging due to the slo...
Interventions addressing impacts of climate change on sexual and reproductive health and rights in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review
Sub-Saharan Africa is faced with triple challenges of high vulnerability to climate change impacts, high levels of inequality, and poor sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) outcomes. Clima...
Atomistic study on mechanical properties of Al matrix composite with different combining forms of reinforcements
Models of matrix composite (MMC) are built through molecular dynamic (MD) simulation to study the effect of different combining forms of reinforcements. Diamond particle and graphene nanoplate (GNP) a...
Population aging and corporate tax avoidance: Suppression or promotion?
Addressing population aging has emerged as a paramount national strategic priority. Against the backdrop of a continual rise in population aging and considerable escalation in labor costs within China...
Correction: Effects of KRAS, STK11, KEAP1, and TP53 mutations on the clinical outcomes of immune checkpoint inhibitors among patients with lung adenocarcinoma
Correction: Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis (PDKA) among newly diagnosed diabetic patients at Dilla University Hospital, Dilla, Ethiopia: Prevalence and predictors
Correction: Cost-utility analysis of proton beam therapy for locally advanced esophageal cancer in Japan
Low birth weight and adverse pregnancy outcomes among women living with HIV and HIV-uninfected in Rwanda
Introduction In utero exposure to HIV and/or antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been shown to be associated with stillbirth, preterm births, and low birth weight (LBW), but data from low-resource, high-...