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Modelling the drivers of outbreak communication in online media news for improved event-based surveillance
Epidemic intelligence (EI) practitioners at health agencies monitor various sources to detect and follow up on disease outbreak news, including online media monitoring. The Platform for Automated Extr...
Relationships between state-level general population alcohol policies and birth outcomes: Results from 1972–2019 vital statistics
Background Research has found that policies that single out pregnant people’s alcohol consumption are mostly ineffective. Identifying alternative approaches – for example, general population alcohol p...
Indocyanine green intravenous administration can more accurately identify the intersegmental plane than the inflation-deflation method in lung segmentectomy
Background Indocyanine green (ICG) intravenous administration (ICG-iv) has been described for detecting the intersegmental plane in lung segmentectomy. However, errors with preoperative planning and a...
Correction: Spatial modeling and ecological suitability of Ebola virus disease in Africa
Expression of Concern: Menstrual hygiene practice among female adolescents and its association with knowledge in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Ethnic differences in pain, function, and catastrophizing in South Florida adults with knee osteoarthritis
Objective Ethnicity is associated with varying reporting of pain, coping mechanisms, and disease severity in patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA). However, few studies have evaluated its importance...
Mapping the organisational and interventional framework for patients admitted to Hospital-at-Home for acute illness in Scandinavia – a scoping review protocol
Hospitals in Scandinavia increasingly face an enormous pressure to manage acute emergencies in adults affected by multimorbid disabling conditions and therefore at risk of developing adverse hospitali...
The TouCAN Codebook: Detecting textual misunderstanding in doctor-patient communication with the philosophy of language tools
Effective communication is widely recognized as a cornerstone of successful medical treatment, as extensively documented in prior research. The doctor-patient relationship relies on clear, accurate in...
The functional connectivity between dorsal-medial prefrontal cortex and middle cingulate cortex links trait rumination and depressive symptoms
Task-based functional neuroimaging has revealed that rumination is associated with functional activations in the default mode network (DMN). The present study aimed to examine whether resting state fu...
Mental health and gestational weight gain: A comparison between Brazilian cohorts
Introduction The mental health of pregnant women is critical as it influences both maternal and neonatal outcomes. This study investigates the association between maternal mental h...
Computing mutual similarity of 3D human faces in nearly linear time
Using three-dimensional scans of human faces has become an emerging technique in studies of human variation, where the quantitative assessment of facial similarity complements the measurement of other...
The evolution of comorbidities in chronic diseases among Chinese middle-aged and elderly people: Evidence from the CHARLS (2015-2020)
Background The comorbidity of chronic diseases among middle-aged and elderly people is a global public health concern that has attracted great attention in recent years. It is crucial to explore the e...
Expression of concern: Water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions and prevalence of intestinal parasitosis among primary school children in Dessie City, Ethiopia
Healthcare utilization associated with antimicrobial resistance at a tertiary hospital in Vietnam: A retrospective observational study from 2016 to 2021
Background Despite the increasing burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), specifically on priority ESKAPE pathogens, studies examining the economic impact of AMR in low- and lower-middle-income coun...
Correction: Impact of prolonged social crisis on resilience and coping indicators
Hematological analysis of alpha-thalassemia: A single-center, retrospective clinical study
Objectives To determine the optimal cutoffs of the three indicators (MCV, MCH and HbA2) for alpha-thalassemia screening and to evaluate the validity of these indicators in Fujian Province, China. Me...
Correction: Causes of delays in construction projects in the Province of Aceh, Indonesia
Evaluation of an alternative positive control strain of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium for microbial assays
Officially certified microbiological testing methods utilize positive control strains to enhance experimental reproducibility and ensure standardized procedures among experimenters. Salmonella enteric...
Effect of random terms on the shape of dendrites analyzed by the phase-field model
In this study, we focus on random terms with a significant effect on the calculation time and the sidebranch structure of dendrites. We quantitatively evaluate the effect of the random terms on dendri...
Incidental findings on non-contrast abdominal computed tomography in an asymptomatic population: Prevalence, economic and health implications
Introduction Increasing use of low-dose abdominal computed tomography (CT) scans in clinical diagnostics and research offers high sensitivity for kidney stones with minimal radiation exposure. However...
Historical availability of arable land affects contemporaneous female labor and health outcomes
We contribute to the understanding of mechanisms underlying deep-rooted gender norms by exploring the link between the historical availability of arable land and contemporary gender outcomes. We argue...
Zero-shot performance analysis of large language models in sumrate maximization
Large language models have revolutionized the field of natural language processing and are now becoming a one-stop solution to various tasks. In the field of Networking, LLMs can also play a major rol...
Correction: Farmland increases Indian crested porcupine occupancy in Parsa-Koshi complex, Nepal
Features of drug addiction treatment programs in Atlantic Canada that help (or not) with access and retention: A qualitative study
Access to government-funded addiction treatment programs can reduce harms experienced by people who use substances (PWUS). There is some research on what features (e.g., policies and practices) of tre...
The impact of antimicrobial stewardship interventions on surgical antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines compliance in a teaching hospital in Ghana
Background Inappropriate use of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis (SAP) to prevent surgical site infections (SSIs) is noted to be a major contributor of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) globally, includin...