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Choosing to succeed? Insights into doctoral students’ supervisor selection and its outcomes
Doctoral student experience and outcomes largely depend on the quality of supervision. Research on doctoral supervision usually focuses on the attributes, styles, and roles of a supervisor during doct...
Analysis of aPTT predictors after unfractionated heparin administration in intensive care units using machine learning models
Objectives Predicting optimal coagulation control using heparin in intensive care units (ICUs) remains a significant challenge. This study aimed to develop a machine learning (ML) model to predict act...
Seismicity characteristics based on the spatiotemporal ETAS model in North China from the perspective of different cut-off magnitude
To explore the effect of the cut-off magnitude on the declustering of earthquake sequences, the calculation of seismicity parameters, the earthquake occurrence rate, and the hazard level of North Chin...
Clinicopathological and molecular subtypes of breast cancer in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: A two-year retrospective study
Background Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer in women worldwide and the most frequent cause of cancer death in women in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). The incidence of BC in Afric...
Food insecurity questionnaire on knowledge, attitudes, and practices for perinatal care professionals
Background Perinatal care professionals are presented with regular opportunities to screen for food insecurity risk and provide referrals for their patients. However, their own experience or lack ther...
Proximate composition of wild meats present in traditional food systems of the Brazilian Amazon
The Amazon region, renowned for its rich biodiversity, is home to indigenous and riverside populations that maintain an intrinsic relationship with the forest, playing a crucial role in the local ecol...
An illustration of multi-class roc analysis for predicting internet addiction among university students
The internet is one of the essential tools today, and its impact is particularly felt among university students. Internet addiction (IA) has become a serious public health issue worldwide. This multi-...
Hybrid deep learning optimization for smart agriculture: Dipper throated optimization and polar rose search applied to water quality prediction
Modern sustainable farming demands precise water management techniques, particularly for crops like potatoes that require high-quality irrigation to ensure optimal growth. This study presents a novel...
Robust adaptive beamforming based on covariance matrix reconstruction with annular uncertainty set constraints
A robust adaptive beamforming method based on the interference covariance matrix reconstruction with annular uncertainty set constraints is proposed to address the issues of covariance matrix mismatch...
Establishment of two pathomic-based machine learning models to predict CLCA1 expression in colon adenocarcinoma
Chloride channel accessory 1 (CLCA1) is considered a potential prognostic biomarker for colon adenocarcinoma (COAD). The objective of this research was to develop two pathomics models to predict CLCA1...
Diversity in Education Study (DivES): Investigating a neurodiversity module in higher education
Roughly 20% of adults identify as neurodivergent – an umbrella term used to describe cognitively atypical individuals. Neurodivergent identities manifest in several forms including autism, attention d...
Short-time response of soil ecological stoichiometry on aboveground biomass under fertilizer application of mixed grass pasture in the Northern Tibetan Plateau
The construction of artificial grasslands using native species is an effective measure to restore degraded grassland. In this study, three native grass species, Elymus nutans, Elymus tangutorum and Po...
Hematological malignancy burden in mainland China and Taiwan from 1990 to 2021 and decadal projections: Insights from the global burden of disease study 2021
Objectives Hematological malignancies (HMs) pose a severe threat to human health and contribute substantially to the disease burden in mainland China and Taiwan. Therefore, understanding their burden...
A scoping review of community knowledge in malaria prevention and control programmes
Background Malaria remains a significant global health challenge, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. Despite considerable progress through biomedical interventions, persistent tran...
Quantitative modeling of mortality patterns in dogs exposed to alpha particle emitting radionuclides: Insights from competing risks and causal inference machine learning
This study employed state-of-the-art machine learning to evaluate the mortality effects of alpha-emitting radionuclides (241Am, 249Cf, 252Cf, 238Pu, 239Pu, 224Ra, 226Ra, 228Th) on 2,576 dogs, factorin...
Analysis of a self-supporting shell concrete roof with nonlinear coupled evolutive material parameters
In many concrete-design civil engineering constructions, structural analyses are performed through finite element methods on an ideal equivalent elastic homogeneous material. However, in some cases, t...
Lard intake results in better hypothalamic leptin responsiveness than beef tallow intake during overnutrition
The hypothalamus helps regulate energy homeostasis, but high-fat diet intake leads to body weight gain and diminishes hypothalamic responses to metabolic hormones such as leptin. The fatty acid compos...
Effects of cognitive dual-tasking on biomechanics and muscle activity during gait initiation and sit-to-walk in young adults
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of cognitive dual-tasking on gait initiation and sit-to-walk. Twenty-eight healthy young adults performed gait initiation and sit-to-walk under...
Characteristics of a new UT-type prefabricated joint for rectangular steel tubes under combined axial-moment loading
This study proposes a UT-type prefabricated joint incorporating adjustable sleeves (±5 mm tolerance) and an energy-dissipating segment to address the practical demands for construction tolerance manag...
Correction: Fibronectin and Hand2 influence tubulogenesis during pronephros development and mesonephros regeneration in zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Uptake of cervical cancer screening and its determinants in Africa: Umbrella review
Background Cervical cancer is the fourth most prevalent type of cancer in women globally. Early detection and treatment of precancerous cervical lesions and human papillomavirus (HPV) infection are st...
Effect of caesarean birth on perinatal mortality for singleton breech presentation in spontaneous preterm labour—A target trial emulation using Scottish health record data
Background The effects of mode of birth for women in preterm breech labour could not be successfully determined in randomised trials. We aimed to explore the effect of caesarean bi...
Radiographic signature in apical periodontitis improves prediction of apical lesion healing through survival prediction model
This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of radiographic signatures of apical periodontitis (AP), particularly lesion boundary features, in predicting lesion healing periods using...
Loss-of-function mutation of NSD2 is associated with abnormal placentation accompanied by fetal growth retardation in mice
Nuclear receptor-binding SET domain-containing 2 (NSD2) is the primary enzyme responsible for the dimethylation of histone H3 lysine 36 (H3K36me2), a marker associated with active gene transcription a...
Bovine tuberculosis model validation against a field study of badger vaccination with selective culling
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a costly disease in Britain and Ireland shared by cattle and badgers ( Meles meles ), and to reduce the infection in cattle to low...