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Urban-rural disparities in skilled birth attendance among women in Ethiopia: Multivariate decomposition analysis
Introduction Skilled birth attendants play an important role in reducing maternal mortality. Although Ethiopia has shown a remarkable reduction in maternal mortality, maternal heal...
Addressing the barriers to peritoneal dialysis—Visual appeal matters
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an effective renal replacement strategy for patients with end-stage renal disease utilizing the peritoneum as the filter and PD catheter as access. A survey of PD patients...
Expression of Concern: Facemask-wearing behavior to prevent COVID-19 and associated factors among public and private bank workers in Ethiopia
Global, regional, and national burden of near vision loss in children and adolescents under 20 years from 1990–2021 and prediction to 2060: A cross-sectional study based on the global burden of disease study 2021
Near vision loss (NVL) has become a significant global public health concern, particularly among children and adolescents under 20 years, who face increasing academic demands and prolonged screen expo...
Deep crypt secretory cells shape region-specific mucin glycosylation patterns in the mouse colon
The colonic mucin layer, comprising highly glycosylated mucin proteins, is crucial for maintaining colonic health. Its region-specific glycosylation patterns are indispensable for adapting to distinct...
LINE-1 transposition into murine Thyroglobulin results in congenital thyroid dysplasia
A spontaneous mutation in the wild type C57BL/6NTac mouse was discovered that is associated with early-onset histopathologic sequalae typical of thyroid dysplasia. The spontaneous mutation resulted fr...
HPV vaccine uptake among adolescent girls in Nigeria: The complex role of caregivers’ education
Introduction Cervical cancer remains a leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), with sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) bearing a dispr...
Neurophysiological outcomes of combined transcranial and peripheral electromagnetic stimulation on DOMS among young athletes: A randomized controlled trial
This study investigates the potential benefits of a combined electromagnetic stimulation therapy, involving both transcranial and peripheral stimulation (paired-associative electromagnetic stimulation...
Edges are all you need: Potential of medical time series analysis on complete blood count data with graph neural networks
Purpose Machine learning is a powerful tool to develop algorithms for clinical diagnosis. However, standard machine learning algorithms are not perfectly suited for clinical data s...
Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of The Resilience Scale for Kidney Transplantation (RS-KTPL) in a Chinese population
Objective This study aimed to translate and validate The Resilience Scale for Kidney Transplantation (RS-KTPL) into Chinese and assess its reliability and validity among kidney tra...
Diversity of Aβ aggregates produced in a gut-based Drosophila model of Alzheimer’s disease
Design of an evolutionary model for international trade settlement based on genetic algorithm and fuzzy neural network
Accurate risk assessment in international trade settlement has become increasingly critical as global financial transactions grow in scale and complexity. This study proposes a hybrid model—Genetic Al...
Diagnostic accuracy of self-reported food consumption and shaking chills in predicting bacteremia in outpatients: A prospective, multicenter observational study
Bacteremia, a critical condition that can lead to sepsis, is often diagnosed using blood cultures, which may yield false positives, leading to unnecessary treatments. Although clinical indicators, suc...
Predictors of higher education dropout intention in the post-pandemic era: The mediating role of academic exhaustion
Introduction The phenomenon of dropout in higher education needs the acknowledging of its multi-domain complexity. In the post-pandemic era, exhaustion may be a relevant feature af...
Predicting errors in accident hotspots and investigating satiotemporal, weather, and behavioral factors using interpretable machine learning: An analysis of telematics big data
Background Road traffic accidents (RTAs) are a major public health concern with significant health and economic burdens. Identifying high-risk areas and key contributing factors is...
Fetal hemoglobin enables malaria parasite growth in sickle cells but augments production of transmission stage parasites
Sickle cell trait is the quintessential example of the human evolutionary response to malaria, providing protection against severe disease, but leading to sickle cell disease (SCD) in the homozygous s...
The association between routine immunisation and COVID-19 vaccination in small Island developing states
Objectives Understanding the link between routine immunisation (RI) performance and vaccination during an epidemic can provide insights on health systems resilience and investments...
Low and facultative mycorrhization of ferns in a low-montane tropical rainforest in Ecuador
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are amongst the most studied obligate plant symbionts and regularly found in terrestrial plants. However, global estimates of AMF abundance amongst all land plants a...
Flipping the curriculum for resident didactics: In-Training and certifying examination scores in an internal medicine residency
Purpose The flipped classroom (FC) model is increasingly used in undergraduate medical education, where it has been associated with improved knowledge acquisition. However, its imp...
Effect of COVID-19 vaccination on the incidence, lethality and mortality of pregnant and postpartum women
Objectives To analyze the incidence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), lethality and mortality of Brazilian pregnant and postpartum women infected with SARS-CoV-2, before...
Combining acoustic survey and citizen science data yields enhanced species distribution models for tropical rainforest birds
A key goal in ecology is to develop effective ways to understand species’ distributions in order to facilitate both their study and conservation. Many species distribution modeling analyses have been...
Global, regional and national retinoblastoma burden in children under 10 years of age from 1990 to 2021: Trend analysis based on the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Background Retinoblastoma (RB) is the most common malignant eye tumor in children, which poses a great threat to children’s vision and life. Comprehensive global, regional and coun...
Assessing self-selection biases in Facebook-recruited online surveys: Evidence from the COVID-19 Health Behavior Survey
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many primary data collection efforts relied on online surveys via social media recruitment. According to the leverage-salience theory, respondents’ varying interest in th...
A comparative analysis of three pharmacovigilance system assessment tools
Background Three key tools are currently available for assessing pharmacovigilance systems at the national level: the Indicator-Based Pharmacovigilance Assessment Tool (IPAT), the...
Time since last birth and the risk of endometrial cancer: A meta-analysis of observational studies
Introduction Endometrial cancer, an adenocarcinoma originating from the uterine lining, is the most prevalent cancer of the female genital tract globally.Identifying early risk fac...