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German translation and psychometric testing of the Postconcussion Symptom Inventory for adolescents in self-report (PCSI-SR13) and parent-report (PCSI-P)
Adolescents are at an increased risk of sustaining a traumatic brain injury (TBI), which is associated with physical, cognitive, and/or emotional impairments, the so-called post-concussion symptoms (P...
Azithromycin for infants at risk of poor growth and development: A pooled secondary analysis of two randomized controlled trials
Background In 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) revised its guidelines for management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM). The revised guidelines include a focus on infants at risk of poor grow...
Mediating role of inflammatory markers in the relationship between cotinine levels and total bone mineral density
Objectives This study investigates the relationship between smoking and total BMD and examines the mediating role of inflammatory markers in this relationship. Method In total, 22,022 participants w...
Constructing concepts without feedback: An empirical investigation of how relational information affects multidimensional concept completion behavior in an unsupervised task
The ability of humans to intentionally learn, without feedback, unidimensional stimulus relations in categorization tasks has been empirically established over the past two decades. However, whether o...
Wasting and short-term outcomes among children with cancer in resource-limited settings: A prospective study in Uganda
Background Wasting contributes to poor treatment outcomes in children with cancer, especially in low-resource settings. In these settings, there is inadequate routine, systematic assessment of the was...
Mobile-collector capture of particles in a chaotic flow
Removing dispersed material, such as pollutants, from dynamic fluid environments like the ocean or the atmosphere is challenging when the flow is chaotic. Here the capture of passive tracer particles...
Disability disclosure in healthcare settings for individuals with developmental disabilities: A qualitative study of patient and caregiver perspectives
Background People with disabilities experience significant healthcare disparities, including missed opportunities for preventive, inaccessible services, and inadequate communication with providers. Th...
Advancing smart communities with a deep learning framework for sustainable resource management
Background The rapid development of urban systems and rising requirements for sustainable development lift resource management issues in smart communities. A fundamental problem for contemporary commu...
Reducing bias in coronary heart disease prediction using Smote-ENN and PCA
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a major cardiovascular disorder that poses significant threats to global health and is increasingly affecting younger populations. Its treatment and prevention face cha...
1-4-2: Evaluation of applied mechanical power to individual lungs in a simulator-based setting of one ventilator for two patients
Background The concept of ventilating multiple patients concurrently using a single ventilator has been proposed as a solution when the demand for ventilators surpasses the available supply. While the...
Expanding the identification of key resource combinations for mid- to long-term growth in electric vehicle market entry
This study examines the key resource combinations influencing electric vehicle (EV) adoption, differentiating between short-term market entry and mid- to long-term growth, using the Technology-Organiz...
FCMI-YOLO: An efficient deep learning-based algorithm for real-time fire detection on edge devices
The rapid development of Internet of Things (IoT) technology and deep learning has propelled the deployment of vision-based fire detection algorithms on edge devices, significantly exacerbating the tr...
Factors associated with intubation and heated high-flow nasal cannula use in hospitalized respiratory syncytial virus infected children: A single-center retrospective cohort study
Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of severe lower respiratory tract illness (LRTI) in children, often requiring hospitalization and respiratory support. This study, there...
Safety assessment of Osilodrostat: The adverse event analysis based on FAERS database by means of disproportionality analysis
Background Osilodrostat is a medication recently approved for the treatment of Cushing’s syndrome. However, there is a current dearth of large-scale studies on the adverse events associated with Osilo...
Cytokines interferon−γ− inducible protein 10 and granulocyte−macrophage colony−stimulating factor are associated with psychiatric symptoms in opioid−dependent patients: A cross− sectional study
Background Psychiatric disorders and chronic hepatitis virus C infection are known to alter blood cytokines levels. However, little is known about the association between cytokines and psychiatric sym...
Variability of test parameters from mice of different age groups in published data sets
The use of mice as animal models in biomedical research allows the standardization of genetic background, housing conditions as well as experimental protocols, which all affect phenotypic variability....
Early identification of the efficacy of 0.125% atropine treatment for children with Myopia: A prospective pilot study
Purpose This study aimed to investigate whether early axial length (AL) changes in the short term after 0.125% atropine treatment could predict long-term axial elongation in children with myopia. Me...
Study on the effect of light distribution on the greenhouse environment in Chinese solar greenhouse
Solar greenhouse is a primary agricultural facility in northern China during winter, providing a certain level of security for the demand for vegetables and melons in the northern regions. However, th...
Improving pediatric care in Uganda with a digital platform and quality improvement initiative: A retrospective review of Smart Triage + QI
Objective This is a retrospective review of the feasibility study and implementation of the Smart Triage and Quality Improvement (QI) initiative at Holy Innocents Children’s Hospital (HICH), a dedicat...
Health-related quality of life and QALY loss under COVID-19 lockdown: The case of Spain
Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic forced many countries to implement confinement measures to limit the spread of the virus. Measuring the loss in terms of quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) may provid...
Robust skeletal motion tracking using temporal and spatial synchronization of two video streams
Accurate and reliable skeletal motion tracking is essential for rehabilitation monitoring, enabling objective assessment of patient progress and facilitating telerehabilitation applications. Tradition...
Effects of adding N2-fixing Rhodopseudomonas palustris to stimulate the growth and yield of canary melon (Cucumis melo L.)
This study evaluated the effects of a mixture of four N2-fixing strains of Rhodopseudomonas palustris-VNW64, VNS89, TLS06, and VNS02-(PNSB) on soil properties, nitrogen (N) uptake, plant growth, and y...
Comparison of negative pressure wound therapy with conventional wound care in the treatment of sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery: A meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis
Background Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has become a popular treatment option for sternal wound infection (SWI). However, it remains uncertain whether the therapeutic benefits of NPWT are su...
Improving the prediction of potato yield gaps: Solanum-model parameterization and evaluation in southwestern China
Sustainable agriculture has made significant contributions to both food security and global economic growth. Development of new cultivars and identifying and utilizing the yield potential of existing...
Instantaneous center of rotation, the first step to build up the digital laboratory of complex motions
Calculating instantaneous centers of rotation to describe combined rotational and translational motions has a long history in many fields of applied science and basic rigid body kinematics. However, o...