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A scoping review of racism and anti-racist solutions in the health care of people who have experienced trafficking
Racial minorities are disproportionately affected by human trafficking, with African Americans making up over 30% of trafficking cases in the United States despite being only 14% of the national popul...
Implementation of early warning, alert and response: An experience from the Marburg virus disease outbreak response in Kagera, Tanzania, March to May 2023
Introduction Tanzania declared a Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak on March 21, 2023, reporting nine cases and six deaths (case fatality rate (CFR) 66.7%). Detection began when a Community Health W...
Solid breast tumors phantom emulating oxy and deoxyhemoglobin concentrations for near infrared imaging
Significance: Continuous-wave near-infrared spectroscopy (CW-NIRS) is a valuable, inexpensive and non-invasive tool for complementary diagnose breast cancer. The use of phantoms has proven to be a ver...
Can green location-oriented policies promote substantive green innovation by enterprises? Evidence from China’s National Eco-Industrial Demonstration Parks
Corporate green innovation is a key practice driving sustainable economic development. Exploring the effectiveness of green location-oriented policies in fostering substantial green innovation among m...
Risk factors analysis of 90-day mortality in patients with sepsis in intensive care unit
Background The incidence and mortality of sepsis in the intensive care unit (ICU) remain persistently high. This study primarily investigates the risk factors associated with the 90-day mortality in s...
Trends and cross-country inequalities in dengue, 1990–2021
Background The existing body of literature is deficient in the most recent data regarding the global perspective of dengue fever and its associated health inequities.Our aim is to...
Integration of a brief, transdiagnostic psychological intervention in the care of adolescents and young adults with HIV in Kenya: Protocol for a cluster randomized clinical trial
Adolescents and young adults with HIV (AYH) are at greater risk for mental health conditions. Provision of mental health services to AYH is limited by an overburdened and untrained workforce, and psyc...
Food safety practice and its associated factors among household food handlers in Patuakhali, Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study
Food safety practices play a crucial role in the prevention of foodborne diseases, particularly in low- and middle-income countries like Bangladesh. This study assessed food safety practices among hou...
Genomic profiling in hidradenitis suppurativa: InterOmics pipeline for DNA-RNA sequencing highlights HLA variants, keratin-associated mutations and extracellular matrix alterations as contributing factors to HS pathogenesis
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic autoinflammatory skin disorder with a complex genetic and molecular basis. To advance its characterization, we applied InterOmics, a novel bioinformatics pip...
Predictors of smoking abstinence among diabetic smokers: Evidence from the French national smoking cessation registry CDTnet
Evidence suggests that diabetic smokers are less likely to quit smoking when compared to non-diabetic smokers. This study aimed to determine predictors of abstinence among diabetic smokers attending s...
Socioeconomic impact of chronic delta hepatitis in Spain: Indirect costs of work absenteeism, presenteeism, and premature mortality
Introduction Patients with chronic delta hepatitis (CDH) exhibit higher levels of morbimortality than those with hepatitis B only, generating higher indirect costs for society. The aim of this study w...
Machine learning-based drought prediction using Palmer Drought Severity Index and TerraClimate data in Ethiopia
Accurate drought prediction is essential for proactive water management and agricultural planning, especially in regions like Ethiopia that are highly susceptible to climate variability. This study in...
A comprehensive crop suitability assessment under modern irrigation system in arid croplands
Agricultural suitability analysis using traditional methods is still arguable due to the uncertainty and subjectivity resulting from manual evaluations. The current work provides a novel framework for...
Prevalence and correlates of contraceptive use among adolescent mothers: Results from a cross-sectional survey in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, and Blantyre, Malawi
Background Adolescent motherhood remains a pressing public health challenge in sub-Saharan Africa, where repeat pregnancies exacerbate the risks of maternal morbidity, disrupted education, and entrenc...
Clinical efficacy of different therapeutic options for knee osteoarthritis: A network meta-analysis based on randomized clinical trials
Objective To assess and compare the clinical efficacy of various therapeutic options in treating patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA). Methods We performed a comprehensive search of PubMed, Embas...
Kendallknight: An R package for efficient implementation of Kendall’s correlation coefficient computation
The kendallknight package introduces an efficient implementation of Kendall’s correlation coefficient computation, significantly improving the processing time for large datasets without sacrificing ac...
Heat loss evaluation for heating building envelope based on relevance vector machine
Due to the influence of many factors, there is no reasonable evaluation method for the heat loss evaluation of the envelope, which leads to the deviation of the evaluation results of building energy c...
Performance of teenaged action video game players on the Developmental Eye Movement and King-Devick tests
Action video game (AVG) players have been reported to demonstrate improved perceptual, cognitive, and motor skills, as well as enhanced eye movements such as saccade latency and accuracy. This study e...
Morphological traits and machine learning for genetic lineage prediction of two reef-building corals
Integrating multiple lines of evidence that support molecular taxonomy analysis has proven to be a robust method for species delimitation in scleractinian corals. However, morphology often conflicts w...
Exploring the hydrophobic effects of quaternary ammonium copolymers on corrosion of casing and tubing steel in acidic solution
By encouraging improved adsorption onto metal surfaces and creating a more powerful barrier against corrosive chemicals, the hydrophobic property of corrosion inhibitors raises inhibition efficiency a...
Obstetricians’ views on extending the 12-week abortion limit in Belgium: A qualitative study
Aim This study explores the views of obstetricians on a potential extension of the 12-week limit on elective abortion in Belgium. It aims to investigate perspectives from a distinct group of providers...
A one-arm pilot trial of a telehealth CBT-based group intervention targeting transdiagnostic risk for emotional distress
The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on mental health, straining an already overburdened healthcare system and highlighting health inequity issues. To streamline treatment efforts, targeting...
Chrysanthemum zawadskii ethanol extract inhibits the replication of alpha-coronavirus and beta-coronavirus
Coronavirus can induce various diseases, from mild common cold to severe COVID-19. Coronavirus can be continuously prevalent, similar to the influenza virus, due to its frequent mutation of the RNA ge...
Differences in gait parameters between children with achondroplasia and an age-matched control group of typically developed children in the age range of 6 to 12 years
For people with achondroplasia, the ability to walk pain-free and longer distances is essential for maintaining independence and quality of life. However, due to shorter extremities and misalignments...
Non-viral derivation of induced pluripotent stem cells from the canine umbilical cord
In our previous study, canine induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) were successfully generated from skin-derived fibroblasts, without the use of viral vectors. However, for clinical application of c...