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Correction: Accelerating automatic model finding with layer replications case study of MobileNetV2
Correction: It’s not all abundance: Detectability and accessibility of food also explain breeding investment in long-lived marine animals
Prognostic prediction of dengue hemorrhagic fever in pediatric patients with suspected dengue infection: A multi-site study
Dengue virus (DENV) infection is a major global health problem. While DENV infection rarely results in serious complications, the more severe illness dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) has a significant m...
Loneliness and delusion-like experiences among women: Mediating role of procrastination and boredom proneness
Delusions, a core psychopathological symptom, occur both in mental disorders and as delusion-like experiences in the general population. This study aimed to examine the relationship between loneliness...
Correction: Steatosis is involved in the progression of kidney disease in a high-fat-diet-induced non-alcoholic steatohepatitis mouse model
CRISPR/Cas9-targeted smpB mutation revealing roles in biofilm formation, motility, and antibiotic susceptibility in Acinetobacter baumannii
Background Acinetobacter baumannii is a multidrug-resistant pathogen and a major cause of hospital-acquired infections worldwide. Its ability to survive in harsh environments and evade antibiotic trea...
Artesunate regulates malignant progression of breast cancer cells via lncRNA TUG1/miR-145-5p/HOXA5 axis
Background Breast cancer continues to be a predominant cause of female mortality globally, characterized by limited therapeutic options and substantial adverse effects. Artesunate (ART), a traditional...
Correction: Subjective and psychophysical olfactory and gustatory dysfunction among COVID-19 outpatients; short- and long-term results
MilkOligoCorpus: A semantically annotated resource for knowledge extraction on mammalian milk oligosaccharides
Milk oligosaccharides are bioactive components that regulate the composition of the neonatal microbiota and exert immunomodulatory functions. Their beneficial effects depend on their structure. Numero...
Corneal sensory nerve loss induced by repeated subconjunctival and topical bupivacaine disrupts tear secretion and enhances bacterial adhesion via neuropeptide modulation
Purpose Corneal sensory innervation plays a crucial role in maintaining ocular surface integrity and immune homeostasis by regulating neuropeptide secretion in tear fluid. Sensory dysfunction disrupts...
Evaluating the scope and impact of pre-diagnostic manipulative therapy in children and adolescents with osteosarcoma: A retrospective study in Uganda
Background Pre-diagnosis manipulative therapies in patients diagnosed with osteosarcoma can compromise patients’ outcomes. Limited literature exists on the pre-diagnosis non-oncological management of...
Injury reporting in elite ladies Gaelic football and camogie: Perspectives of athlete support personnel
Objectives This study investigates athlete support personnel’s (ASP) perspectives on injury reporting among elite ladies’ Gaelic football and camogie players. ASP refers to individuals in coaching, ma...
Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells and retinal pigment epithelial cells interactions in a stress environment via tunneling nanotubes
This study aims to demonstrate the formation of tunneling tubes (TNTs) between adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (AdMSCs) and retinal pigment epithelial cells (RPE-1) and their alterations in res...
Leveraging potential of limpid attention transformer with dynamic tokenization for hyperspectral image classification
Hyperspectral data consists of continuous narrow spectral bands. Due to this, it has less spatial and high spectral information. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) emerge as a highly contextual info...
The impact of exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months and of complementary breastfeeding after 6 months on bone mineral density and bone remodeling
Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the evolution of bone mass in exclusive breastfeeding mothers (EBF) for 6 months, and another cohort, who had also exclusively breastfed their children...
Hsa_circ_0006834 represses intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma proliferation through activating AMPK-mTOR pathway and autophagy via has-miR-637-NGFR network
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA) is a malignancy with difficult treatment and poor prognosis, whose pathogenesis could be associated with the expression patterns of circular RNAs (circRNAs). Her...
Correction: Effects of social and environmental restrictions, and changes in alcohol availability in adolescents’ binge drinking during the COVID-19 pandemic
Average acceleration and intensity gradient of 9–11-year-old rural and urban Kenyan school-going children and associations with cardiorespiratory fitness and BMI: The Kenya-LINX project
Background Physical activity (PA) is crucial for children’s health, cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and weight status. However, research on the PA profiles of Kenyan children, especially between rural...
Assessing stress, anxiety, and depression in children and adolescents: Validation of the DASS-Y in Poland
Background The Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21) is a widely used measure of negative emotional states in adults and adolescents. A youth version (DASS-Y) was recently developed and validated...
Expression of concern: Prevalence and associated factors of acute respiratory infection among street sweepers and door-to-door waste collectors in Dessie City, Ethiopia: A comparative cross-sectional study
Correction: Study protocol of the ASTOP trial: A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of presurgical aspirin administration for the prevention of thromboembolic complications of coil embolization for ruptured aneurysms
Association of triglyceride glucose-body mass index (TyG-BMI) with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Background TyG-BMI has been proposed as a marker of insulin resistance in metabolic-associated fatty liver disease, but its clinical utility remains uncertain. This study aims to evaluate the associat...
Newcomer youth’s access to contraception care in Canada: A scoping review of qualitative evidence
Objective Many newcomer youth in Canada experience high rates of unmet sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care needs, including contraception. We conducted a scoping review of qualitative evidence t...
scFv intrabody targeting wildtype TDP-43 presents protective effects in a cellular model of TDP-43 proteinopathy
TDP-43 proteinopathies are neurological disorders marked by the abnormal accumulation of TDP-43 in the cytoplasm. This mislocalization disrupts the normal function of the protein. In most cases, it is...
Use of presumptive recommendations and other strategies to encourage HPV vaccine uptake: Results from a national survey of primary care health professionals
Background Primary care health professionals’ (PCHPs’) use of presumptive recommendations, which assume parents want to vaccinate, is associated with greater HPV vaccine uptake. We analyzed PCHP chara...