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Predictive value of physical and blood examination findings for short-term mortality in dogs with respiratory disorders
Background Similar to human medicine, attempts have been made in veterinary medicine to assess the severity of respiratory disorders using methods other than respiratory function evaluation; however,...
Why do Chinese migrant workers return? Exploring economic push-pull factors and emotional ties
Over the past few decades, China’s economic growth and urbanization have driven a significant migration of rural laborers to cities. Recently, however, an increasing number of migrant workers have cho...
Outcomes of medical and surgical treatment for intestinal fistulizing Crohn’s disease
Background Intestinal penetrating complications of Crohn’s disease (CD) are challenging issues, but it is difficult to decide between medical treatment and surgery. This study aimed to evaluate the ou...
Discriminative graph regularized representation learning for recognition
Feature extraction has been extensively studied in the machine learning field as it plays a critical role in the success of various practical applications. To uncover compact low-dimensional feature r...
Expression of Concern: Emodin alleviates chronic constriction injury-induced neuropathic pain and inflammation via modulating PPAR-gamma pathway
FLPneXAINet: Federated deep learning and explainable AI for improved pneumonia prediction utilizing GAN-augmented chest X-ray data
Pneumonia, a severe lung infection caused by various viruses, presents significant challenges in diagnosis and treatment due to its similarities with other respiratory conditions. Additionally, the ne...
CAFR-Net: A transformer-contrastive framework for robust spinal MRI segmentation via global-local synergy
Automated spinal structure segmentation in sagittal MRI remains a non-trivial task due to high inter-patient variability and ambiguous anatomical boundaries. We propose CAFR-Net, a Transformer-contras...
Nonlinear dynamics and mechanisms of digital inclusive finance on county-level public services in China: Threshold and mediation analyses
Counties, as fundamental administrative units in China, play a pivotal role in advancing digital inclusive finance and improving public services. Despite their significance in bridging regional dispar...
COVID-19 prevention is shaped by polysocial risk: A cross-sectional study of vaccination and testing disparities in underserved populations
Understanding disparities in COVID-19 preventive efforts among underserved populations requires a holistic approach that considers multiple social determinants of health (SDOH). While disparities in i...
Genetic algorithm for parameter optimization of supercapacitor model
Electric energy storage systems have advanced significantly in recent years, driven by the growing expansion of renewable energy sources, the rise of electromobility, and other emerging configurations...
Widespread misidentification of scanning electron microscope instruments in the peer-reviewed materials science and engineering literature
Materials science and engineering (MSE) research has, for the most part, escaped the doubts raised about the reliability of the scientific literature by recent large-scale replication studies in psych...
Mobile-Assisted intercultural competence development: The role of HelloTalk in Chinese EFL education
This study investigates the impact of HelloTalk, a mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) platform, on the development of intercultural competence (IC) in Chinese English as a Foreign Language (EFL)...
Alterations in lipid profiles in children with perinatally acquired HIV infection living in Ghana: A cross-sectional study
Children and adolescents who acquired HIV perinatally and are on lifelong antiretroviral therapy (ART) are at increased risk of lipid abnormalities, premature atherosclerosis, and early onset cardiova...
Whole genome DNA methylation patterns in tissue and cfDNA associated with fibrosis reflect the complex signature of MASLD
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) can progress to steatohepatitis, being associated with inflammation, fibrosis, and immune cell interactions. Recent studies have report...
Prevalence and determinants of HealthHub app utilization among community-dwelling adults in Singapore
Introduction Singapore’s aging population, projected to reach 18.7% by 2030, will increase chronic disease burden and strain healthcare resources. Digital health technologies, like Singapore’s HealthH...
Using simulation to uncover care aides physiological and emotional responses to their work: A research protocol
Care aids play a vital role in long-term care homes by providing essential support to residents, assisting with daily activities, and ensuring that individuals receive the care and attention they need...
Impact of the entorhinal feed-forward connection to the CA3 on hippocampal coding
Each sub-region of the hippocampus plays a critical computational role in the formation of episodic learning and memory, but studies have yet to show and interpret the individual spiking dynamics of e...
Does the perception of red tape affect the emotional labor of frontline retail staff in China? A post-COVID-19 era
Red tape denotes valid rules or procedures that contribute nothing to achieving an organization’s goals. How red tape affects corporate employees’ emotional labor has received little attention. Theref...
Enhanced attitude tracking control of spacecraft via inner and outer loop sliding mode design
The significance of spacecraft in modern aerospace and technology is indisputable, with attitude control systems (ACS) playing a vital role in ensuring mission accuracy and safety. This study presents...
Exploring the non-linear association of daily cigarette consumption behavior and food security- An application of CMP GAM regression
Background Food insecurity and cigarette smoking are significant public health issues that disproportionately affect vulnerable populations. Previous research often overlooks daily smoking patterns, f...
The mediating functions of coping strategies for the relationship between the loss of personal resources during COVID-19 and the providing support to students: The differences between believing and non-believing teachers in Poland
Introduction The teaching profession is not only related to the transmission of knowledge and the formation of attitudes in alumni, but also to the provision of multidimensional support to students in...
Association of vessel density with retinal sensitivity in patients with branch retinal artery occlusion
Purpose To investigate the relationship between vessel density and retinal sensitivity in patients with branch retinal artery occlusion (BRAO). Methods This was a retrospective study of fourteen eye...
Immunohistochemistry guided segmentation of benign epithelial cells, in situ lesions, and invasive epithelial cells in breast cancer slides
Digital pathology enables automatic analysis of histopathological sections using artificial intelligence. Automatic evaluation could improve diagnostic efficiency and find associations between morphol...
Cuproptosis-related genes associated with mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson’s disease (PD), a neurodegenerative condition characterized by the loss of dopamine neurons and motor deficits, has recently been associated with cuproptosis, a process potentially leading t...
Psychometric validation of an Arabic version of the WHO-5 wellbeing index among Lebanese adolescents
Introduction Wellbeing in adolescence is frequently associated with positive developmental outcomes. The WHO-5 is widely recognized for its brevity, clarity, robust reliability, and cultural validity....