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Associations between COVID-19 infection, symptom severity, perceived susceptibility, and long-term adherence to protective behaviors: The Los Angeles pandemic surveillance cohort study
Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, protective behaviors like mask wearing or social distancing were encouraged to limit viral spread. While pandemic fatigue is tied to the reduction of protectiv...
Synthesis of novel N-substituted β-amino acid derivatives bearing 2-hydroxyphenyl moieties as promising antimicrobial candidates targeting multidrug-resistant Gram-positive pathogens
The increasing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among ESKAPE group pathogens presents a significant challenge in the healthcare sector, contributing to higher morbidity and mortality rates globa...
Three forms of temporal disorientation: A thematic analysis of subjective reports about Covid-19 restriction periods
During the Covid-19 restrictions, people reported various surprising disruptions in their experience of time, such as time simultaneously passing slower and faster, or feeling unreal. This hints at in...
Healthcare systems barriers and strategies for pre-exposure prophylaxis utilization amongst young females in Gauteng province: Registered nurse’s perspectives
Background Healthcare system present several barriers impacting on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) utilization amongst young females. To overcome these barriers, there are strategies that could be emp...
An improved robust algorithms for fisher discriminant model with high dimensional data
This paper presents an improved robust Fisher discriminant method designed to handle high-dimensional data, particularly in the presence of outliers. Traditional Fisher discriminant methods are sensit...
Making “inclusion” more than a buzzword: A critical interpretive synthesis of literature about recruiting seldom-heard groups in health research
Introduction Seldom-heard’ groups do not experience equitable access, engagement, or benefits from health services and are often underrepresented in research. Methods This paper presents a critical...
Correction: Vitamin B12 deficiency and neuropsychiatric symptoms in Lebanon: A cross-sectional study of vegans, vegetarians, and omnivores
The optimal warming strategy to reduce perioperative hypothermia: A prospective randomized non-blinded clinical trial
Background To mitigate perioperative hypothermia, patients can be warmed preoperatively and intraoperatively with forced-air warming (FAW) and conductive warming (CW) methods. We examined the associat...
Subyearling Chinook salmon diets in Lower Columbia River estuarine habitats
The Lower Columbia River and Estuary is critical rearing habitat for juvenile Pacific salmon. Extending from the river mouth to Bonneville Dam 235 river kilometers upstream, the Estuary has been alter...
A mobile robot safe planner for multiple tasks in human-shared environments
Various approaches have been studied to solve the path planning problem of a mobile robot designing with multiple tasks. However, safe operation for a mobile robot in dynamic environments remains a ch...
Health symptoms and post-COVID-19: Comparing symptomatic groups based on self-reported and primary care data
Introduction Health symptoms are common in the general population. Relatively little research has focused on health symptoms in context of the COVID-19 pandemic between people with different manifesta...
Causes and risk factors for an acute kidney injury outbreak among children in The Gambia, June – September 2022: A case-cohort study
Introduction Between June and September 2022, an outbreak of acute kidney injury (AKI) occurred in The Gambia among children, with 82 cases and 66 deaths recorded. Medicines taken by children with AKI...
Assessment of potential land suitability for rainfed wheat production using GIS and multi criteria decision analysis in the Southwestern parts of Ethiopia
Wheat production in Ethiopia is vital for improving food security, boosting the national economy, and achieving self-sufficiency in food consumption. The present study aims to assess the potential lan...
Federated k-means based on clusters backbone
Federated clustering is a distributed clustering algorithm that does not require the transmission of raw data and is widely used. However, it struggles to handle Non-IID data effectively because it is...
Investigating the physical and chemical factors affecting the microbial status of water in the water distribution network of Babol City with an emphasis on the HPC index
Background and purpose Safe and hygienic drinking water is crucial for public health. Secondary bacterial contamination, often caused by improper transport and distribution conditions, poses a signifi...
Estimation of cervicocephalic kinesthetic perception and its correlation with fall risk in adults with diabetes and without diabetes experiencing cervical pain: A comparative study
Aims This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between cervicocephalic kinesthesia sensation and the incidence of falls in adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM-2) experiencing cervical pain....
Artificial intelligence-assisted method of structural health monitoring of subway shield tunnel based on insulation degradation location
Stray current leakages inevitably arise to seriously threaten the reliability of the subway tunnel structure and third-party system through electrochemical corrosion. Location of stray current leakage...
Multiple-family group intervention programming to improve mental health of adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in Ghana: An implementation science study protocol
Background Adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa face a disproportionate burden of mental health challenges and suboptimal antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence, which can have signi...
Characteristics of traumatic brain injury-related healthcare visits across social determinants of health: A population-based birth cohort study
Background Traumatic brain injury is a major cause of death and disability worldwide, with almost half of new cases occurring in children, adolescents, and young adults. However, data on injury charac...
The effects of charring on sunflower (Helianthus annuus L) achenes and kernels: Taphonomic and behavioral implications
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L) is one of several seed-bearing annual plants that were domesticated in eastern North America 5000–3800 years ago. When found in the archaeological record the plant’s fr...
SA-UMamba: Spatial attention convolutional neural networks for medical image segmentation
Medical image segmentation plays an important role in medical diagnosis and treatment. Most recent medical image segmentation methods are based on a convolutional neural network (CNN) or Transformer m...
Are metabolic abnormalities the missing link between complete blood count-derived inflammatory markers and diabetic foot? Evidence from a large population study
Background Diabetic foot is a serious complication of diabetes, and inflammation plays a key role in its pathogenesis. This population-based study investigates associations between complete blood coun...
Immune-associated molecular classification and prognosis signature of sepsis
This study aims to explore the molecular subtypes of sepsis and the correlation between immune-related genes and the prognosis of patients with sepsis. Utilizing the Gene Expression Omnibus dataset (G...
Monitoring audience engagement using electrodermal activity during an inaugural lecture
Is an audience captured by a speech or lecture? At what times especially? Do different groups in an audience experience the same speech in different ways? Insight into attentional engagement of indivi...
Titration-WB: A methodology for accurate quantitative protein determination overcoming reproducibility errors
Western blotting (WB) is a cornerstone technique for protein detection and quantification in molecular biology. However, its semi-quantitative nature, reliance on housekeeping protein normalization, a...