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Understanding the functional basis of moral conviction: Is moral conviction related to personal and social identity expression?
The degree to which one experiences an attitude as a moral conviction is associated with a host of consequences, such as charitable giving, volunteerism, political engagement, resistance to compromise...
Should manufacturers choose technological innovation in dual-channel supply chains during emergencies?
This study investigates pricing and coordination strategies for a dual-channel supply chain (DCSC), considering technological innovations in emergencies. We have established the DCSC model consisting...
The economic burden of perinatal mortality due to inaction on preconception health in low and middle-income countries: A population attributable fraction and economic impact analysis
Background Poor preconception health has been associated with several pregnancy and childbirth-related complications, including perinatal mortality. Yet, the health and economic burden that inaction o...
Bioinformatics-guided construction of a tumor microenvironment-derived prognostic model in acute myeloid leukemia
Background The tumor microenvironment (TME) exerts a profound influence on the progression, therapeutic responses, and clinical outcomes of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a prevalent hematologic malign...
Momentary assessment of parent and child emotion regulation to inform the design of a new emotion-focused parenting app
Parenting programs show strong evidence for improving parent and child mental health, however, their population reach has been extremely low. Online ecological momentary interventions have been shown...
Unveiling the immunomodulatory properties of starch microparticles on alveolar macrophages
Polysaccharides as immunomodulators are increasingly explored in preclinical studies, showing potential applications for preventing or treating different diseases. Among them is starch, an α-glucan fo...
Quantifying conformational heterogeneity of 3D genome organization in fruit fly
The three-dimensional (3D) organization of interphase chromatin in eukaryotes is complex; details of the corresponding genome structures vary stochastically from cell to cell. Here, we propose a metri...
Development of a new method to promote tooth extraction socket healing through immediate transplantation of extracted dental pulp tissue - An in vivo study
In tooth extraction sockets, natural healing is usually expected; however, early healing is advantageous for subsequent treatment and leads to improvement in the patient’s quality of life. In recent y...
Editorial Note: Time to initiation of antenatal care and its predictors among pregnant women in Ethiopia: Cox-gamma shared frailty model
An album is a story: Feature arcs in sequences of tracks
When releasing an album, musicians often think about the order in which their songs will be presented to the listener. In a previous study, we analyzed sequencing patterns within a set of 50,000 publi...
Stochastic parametric skeletal dosimetry model for humans: Pediatric and adult computational skeleton phantoms for internal bone marrow dosimetry
Currently, computational phantoms that simulate skeletal tissues are used in active red bone marrow (AM) internal dosimetry. Up-to-date reference computational phantoms recommended by the ICRP are bas...
Drivers of vehicle-to-everything (V2X) adoption: A behavioral reasoning theory perspective
Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) is a critical technology that enhances safety, improves traffic efficiency, and paves the way for future vehicles, such as autonomous cars, by enabling vehicles to communic...
Distinct neural patterns for various information in working memory: A brain connectivity study
Working memory (WM) relies on brain networks including the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and medial temporal lobe (MTL) as key nodes. Graph theory analysis has recently played an important role in uncoverin...
Social structuring of the gut microbiome in communally roosting bats
The gut microbiome is the community of microbes that inhabits the gastrointestinal tracts of animals. Laboratory findings have shown that the gut microbiome plays a crucial role in host metabolism, ph...
Optimization of ultrasonic-assisted extraction of phenolic compounds from Clinacanthus nutans using ionic liquid (ILs) binary solvent: Application of Peleg’s model and response surface methodology
Clinacanthus nutans (Sabah snake grass) is widely recognized for its pharmacological properties, particularly its high phenolic content and antioxidant activity. However, the optimization of its ultra...
The effect of policy measures, school holidays and travel on the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adults in Estonia from 2021 to 2022
Purpose The policy measures implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic, travel and school holidays could have influenced the spread of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adults differently. We aimed t...
Increased social deprivation index scores are associated with 180-day readmissions, but not index admissions, for acute heart failure
Purpose Hospital readmissions are a pervasive problem for patients with heart failure. While Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) influence many aspects of care, the relationship between readmissions...
Socioeconomic inequalities in health among elderly people in Taiwan: A life course perspective
Background Individuals’ health could be well predicted through their lifetime trajectories. Those with greater socioeconomic advantages tend to exhibit better health and a slower rate of health declin...
Refining the Martin–Hopkins method for estimating low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels: Median versus optimal TG/VLDL-C ratio
Background Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), a major modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, is typically calculated using the Friedewald formula when triglyceride (TG) levels a...
Word learning as category formation
A fundamental question in word learning is how, given only evidence about what objects a word has previously referred to, children are able to generalize to the correct class. How does a learner end u...
Bifurcation study of a tumor-immune system with chemotherapy
Understanding the dynamics of cancer cell growth, the interplay between tumor and immune cells, and the efficacy of chemotherapy are pivotal areas of focus in cancer research. In this regard, mathemat...
Electric parameter prediction of rod pumping units based on N-HiTS model
The prediction of the operation state of rod pumping unit is one of the important issues in rod pumping engineering. The electrical parameters of the driving motor are gradually becoming the main rese...
The fate of Candida tropicalis in the black soldier fly larvae and its nutritional effect suggest indirect interactions
Bacteria are known to colonize the insect gut and determine a positive effect on their host’s fitness, for example, by providing essential nutrients or improving digestion efficiency. However, informa...
A proactive approach to prevent non-communicable diseases through screening and educating emergency department attendees to adopt healthy lifestyles: Study protocol for a pragmatic, multicenter, randomized controlled trial
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) have become the leading contributors to morbidity and mortality worldwide, responsible for 74% of all deaths. The major risk factors that substantially contribute to an...
Platelet-to-Neutrophil Ratio and Efficacy of Remote Ischemic Conditioning in Acute Ischemic Stroke
Background Remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) has been proven to improve neurologic function after stroke in RICAMIS trial. Aggravated thrombosis and inflammatory through interaction between platelet...