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Future geographical distribution of Aedes albopictus in China under climate change scenarios
Amidst the escalating global threat of dengue fever, the distribution of its primary vector, Aedes albopictus, is undergoing significant shifts due to climate change. This study utilized Biomod2 to si...
Blending electronic techniques with traditional teaching methods to enhance chest X-ray interpretation in medical students
Introduction Medical students must possess the skill of interpreting chest X-rays, as it is vital for accurately diagnosing patients and determining the correct treatment methods. However, there is a...
Sport-specific variability in the energy cost of constant speed running: Implications for metabolic power estimations
Introduction Metabolic power is essential for assessing the physical demands of team sports. Accurately determining the energy cost of constant speed running (EC0), is crucial for refining these. EC0...
Economics of vaccination against diarrhoea and respiratory diseases in French cow calves’ systems: A modelling approach
To assess the economic benefits of vaccination against diarrhoea and respiratory diseases in cow-calf systems, a stochastic mechanistic mathematical programming bio-economic model was developed for a...
Exploring the participant experience in controlled human infection model (CHIM) trials: A modified grounded theory study
Background Controlled human infection model (CHIM) trials are useful tools for accelerating vaccine development through the deliberate infection of healthy volunteers in a controlled environment to st...
Strategies and responses to the effects of Climate Change on health systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review protocol
Background Climate change is recognized as the greatest global health threat of the 21st century. Projections suggest that the Sub-Saharan African region will face more consequences of climate change...
Exploring influences of health and wellbeing in Sydney’s apartment living: A qualitative study of residents’ perceptions
In Australia, and internationally, a shift is occurring towards high-density apartment living with initiatives and research showing an increased interest in the relations between health, wellbeing and...
Correction: Do altmetrics correlate with the quality of papers? A large-scale empirical study based on F1000Prime data
Time series analysis of malaria in pregnancy, using wavelet and SARIMAX models
Malaria in pregnancy (MIP) remains a global health challenge, affecting approximately 40% of pregnant women. Despite malaria control efforts by the Nigerian Government and its partners, regional dispa...
Focused low-intensity hippocampal transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS) for sleep disturbances in patients with chronic tinnitus: A study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial
Background Sleep disturbances are very common in tinnitus sufferers with a high prevalence ranging from 50% to 77%. Untreated sleep disturbances and tinnitus can cause brain shrinkage and lead to cogn...
Bag-of-words is competitive with sum-of-embeddings language-inspired representations on protein inference
Inferring protein function is a fundamental and long-standing problem in biology. Laboratory experiments in this field are often expensive, and therefore large-scale computational protein inference fr...
Advancing fishery dependent and independent habitat assessments using automated image analysis: A fisheries management agency case study
Advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning have revolutionised data analysis, including in the field of marine and fisheries sciences. However, many fisheries agencies manage sensitive o...
Sex differences in the association of BMI and weight perception with depression and suicidality among Korean adolescents
This study aimed to investigate sex-based differences in the effects of weight perception on depression and suicidality in Korean adolescents with and without obesity. A multiple logistic regression a...
Progressive chronic tissue loss disease in Siderastrea siderea on Florida’s coral reef
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has devastated numerous species of corals across the Western Atlantic but one reef coral, Siderastrea siderea, displays unusual tissue loss lesions. We examined...
Can digital village construction promote sustainable agricultural development in China?
Agriculture is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions. Consequently, studying the sustainable development of agricultural activities is crucial for achieving the United Nations’ Sustai...
Lane-keeping ability evaluation for driving skill tests: A multi-indicator fusion approach
Traditional driver’s skill tests primarily assess whether candidates meet specific standards in prescribed tasks, which often fails to fully reflect their overall driving performance in real-world sce...
Protocol to develop and pilot a primary mental healthcare intervention model to address the medium- to long-term Ebola associated psychological distress and psychosocial problems in Mubende District in Central Uganda (the Ebola+D project)
Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) presents significant global health challenges, including high mortality and substantial physical morbidity among patients and survivors. Beyond immediate health impacts, EVD...
MSMCE: A novel representation module for classification of raw mass spectrometry data
Mass spectrometry (MS) analysis plays a crucial role in the biomedical field; however, the high dimensionality and complexity of MS data pose significant challenges for feature extraction and classifi...
Personalized goal setting and predictors of functional gains following constraint-induced movement therapy in preschool-aged children with unilateral cerebral palsy
Objective This study aimed to identify caregiver-selected goal characteristics that predict functional improvements following constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT), offering novel insights into p...
Risk of dementia in Nepal: A cross-sectional survey in mountainous, hilly, and lowland regions
Introduction Globally dementia is a growing public health problem, with over 135,000 people in Nepal living with dementia. Nepal lacks national and community-based data on dementia prevalence. This st...
Correction: Quantitative trait loci analysis for molecular markers linked to agricultural traits of Pleurotus ostreatus
Mediating effects of mental and physical health on the association between chronic disease conditions and colorectal cancer screening utilization among breast cancer survivors
Purpose Breast cancer survivors have an increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) and those with chronic diseases are more likely to experience poor mental and physical health. For this study, we exam...
Factors impacting university students’ quality of life
Introduction Quality of life (QoL) is a broad multidimensional concept that incorporates a person’s physical health, psychological well-being, social relations, and environmental factors. Although pre...
In-depth summary of adverse events associated with Flurbiprofen: A real-world pharmacovigilance study from 2004 to 2024 using the FAERS database
Background Flurbiprofen, as a widely used nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), is commonly employed to relieve mild to moderate pain and inflammation. Understanding its adverse reactions in re...
Parental beliefs and the influence of formal and informal literacy environments on preschoolers’ attitudes toward English learning
English learning among Chinese preschoolers has increased in recent years. Despite policies that strongly oppose external English instruction for this age group, many parents are unrelenting and persi...