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Hybrid feature selection framework for enhanced credit card fraud detection using machine learning models
Electronic payment methods are increasingly prevalent worldwide, facilitating both in-person and online transactions. As credit card usage for online payments grows, fraud and payment defaults have al...
Maternity care professionals’ preparedness for and experiences of screening and responding to disclosures of domestic violence in the peripartum period: A protocol for a qualitative evidence synthesis
Background Maternity care professionals, such as midwives, public health nurses, doctors, and social workers, are in the unique position of having regular contact with women in the...
Global, regional, and national burden of early-onset OA attributable to high BMI: 1990–2021 estimates and 2036 projections from the global burden of disease study
Objective High BMI is a critical risk factor for early-onset OA (diagnosed before age 55). This study aimed to analyze global trends in the age-standardized disability-adjusted life years rates (ASDR)...
Psychometric validation of the Turkish expanded mindful eating scale
Background/Objectives The Expanded Mindful Eating Scale (EMES) assesses mindfulness by considering both individual health and environmental sustainability. A distinguishing feature of the EMES is its...
Will tourism cultural experience affect tourist citizenship behaviors? A case of the “Village Basketball League” in Taijiang County, Guizhou Province
In the era of the experience economy, the tourist experience has become a key factor in the development of tourist destinations. Unlike traditional sightseeing experiences, tourism cultural experience...
The impact of classroom interaction on willingness to communicate: The mediating roles of speaking self-efficacy and foreign language enjoyment
In the realm of second language acquisition, classroom interaction (CI) is pivotal for learners’ language development, and willingness to communicate (WTC) is widely recognized as a key factor in succ...
Oyster cooking practices in the United States-based restaurants—A survey
Despite longstanding oyster cooking recommendations, outbreaks associated with cooked oysters still occur. A survey of U.S.-based restaurants was conducted to investigate common cooking practices, inc...
Food insecurity is associated with decreased quality of life in patients with chronic Chagas disease
This study assessed the prevalence of food insecurity (FI) in patients with Chagas Disease (CD) and its association with anthropometric measurements, comorbidities, and quality of life (QoL). This cro...
Prevalence of, and factors associated with oral sexual behaviours in men and women in Ibadan, Nigeria
Background Unprotected oral sex is associated with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HPV and associated head and neck cancers. However, many studies lack clear definitions of oral sex a...
Expression of Concern: Integrating running water monitoring tools with the Micro Biological Survey (MBS) method to improve water quality assessment
Seasonal changes in the structure of river fish communities in temperate Japan depicted using quantitative eDNA metabarcoding
Understanding fish communities contributes to various fields ranging from theoretical ecology to fisheries management. In rivers flowing from mountainous to urban areas and showing seasonal variations...
Mussel periostracum protects against shell dissolution
Reductions to seawater pH challenge the shell integrity of marine calcifiers. Many molluscs have an external organic layer (the periostracum) that limits exposure of underlying shell to the outside en...
“It’s because they’re my kids, and I love them”: Substance use disorders’ impact on children and families: A secondary analysis
Background Substance use disorders (SUD) significantly impact the physical, social, and mental health of individuals, their families, and the wider community. Parental substance use can lead to long-t...
Cost-effectiveness of the rural lifestyle eating and activity program (Rural LEAP)
Rural United States (U.S.) residents with obesity have unique challenges maintaining successful weight loss; tailored support resources such as individual behavioral coaching through telehealth are a...
Effects of mild-to-moderate sensorineural hearing loss and signal amplification on vocal emotion recognition in middle-aged–older individuals
Previous research has shown deficits in vocal emotion recognition in sub-populations of individuals with hearing loss. As emotion recognition is an essential ability that affects social interaction, a...
Integrating augmented reality virtual patients into healthcare training: A scoping review of learning design and technical requirements
Augmented reality (AR) enables users to view the real world with enhanced digital information, making it a transformative tool in education. Virtual patients (VPs) technology is also defined as “a spe...
Mapping burnt areas using very high-resolution imagery and deep learning algorithms - a case study in Bandipur, India
Burnt area (BA) mapping is crucial for assessing wildfire impact, guiding restoration efforts, and improving fire management strategies. Accurate BA data helps estimate carbon emissions, biodiversity...
Climate variability and Germanic settlement dynamics in the Middle Danube region during the Roman Period (1st–4th Century CE)
Climatic variability inevitably impacted past societies and acted as a driver of change. The combined analyses of the archaeological record and written documentary sources, together with high-resoluti...
Prehospital blood pressure lowering in patients with ultra-acute presumed stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Objective High blood pressure frequently occurs in the setting of acute stroke and is associated with worse prognoses. However, it is still uncertain whether initiating blood pressure-lowering therapy...
Dementia risk estimation in persons at risk and the predictive turn in Alzheimer’s disease—The PreTAD project: Study protocol with an ethical, clinical, linguistic, and legal approach
Background Despite progress in the field of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) dementia risk estimation, little is known about its impact at the individual and societal levels. Objective Introducing the explo...
Do metacognitions contribute to pathological health anxiety? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Objective The purpose of this meta-analysis is to give an overview of the relationships between positive and negative metacognitions (PMC, NMC) with health anxiety and pathological safety seeking and...
Quantifying transmission and immunity dynamics of multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants using models and epidemic data from a highly populated area
Identifying temporal patterns in dynamics of acute, immunizing infectious diseases informs our understanding of transmission, epidemic prediction, and disease control. However, for emerging pathogens...
The intelligent evaluation model of the English humanistic landscape in agricultural industrial parks by the SPEAKING model: From the perspective of fish-vegetable symbiosis in new agriculture
To more accurately capture the expression of the English humanistic landscape in agricultural industrial parks under the emerging agricultural paradigm of fish-vegetable symbiosis, and to address the...
Radioactivity distribution and concomitant hazards evaluation of industrial zones soils from Chattogram, Bangladesh: A multivariate statistical analysis
Soil can pose significant radiation hazard in areas with elevated radioactivity levels from geological or anthropogenic sources, potentially contributing to human exposure through the food chain and a...
Rationale and design of randomized non-inferiority clinical trial to compare the safety and efficacy of ticagrelor monotherapy with dual antiplatelet therapy in chronic coronary syndrome patients post percutaneous coronary intervention (TICALONE-TAHA10 Protocol)
Background Despite the wide variety of antiplatelet regimens and durations, the optimal treatment approach for chronic coronary syndrome (CCS) patients remains a subject of ongoing debate. While curre...