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Effect of weight gain on blood pressure in Ugandan persons with HIV on dolutegravir/lamivudine/ tenofovir disoproxil fumarate over 48 weeks
Background Most people living with HIV in low and middle-income countries are taking fixed dose combination tenofovir disoproxil fumarate/lamivudine/dolutegravir (TLD). Dolutegravir use has been assoc...
Forecasting monthly residential natural gas demand in two cities of Turkey using just-in-time-learning modeling
Natural gas (NG) is relatively a clean source of energy, particularly compared to fossil fuels, and worldwide consumption of NG has been increasing almost linearly in the last two decades. A similar t...
Visuospatial working memory of abacus trained and untrained children
Background This research investigated whether there was a significant change in the visuospatial working memory of children who underwent abacus training. Method A quasi-experimental research design...
Correction: Genetic and morphological divergence in the warm-water planktonic foraminifera genus Globigerinoides
Impact of lowering the maximum speed limit of city roads on pedestrian traffic accident patients: A nationwide before-and-after study
Traffic accidents (TAs) remain the leading cause of death globally; therefore, numerous efforts have been made to improve their occurrence and outcomes. Lowering the maximum road speed limit, named Sa...
Hospital-at-home care in Singapore: A review of overseas protocols and guidelines to support implementation and policy redesign (systematic review)
Objective Hospital-at-Home (HaH) is a care model providing acute, hospital-level care to patients in their own homes. It is gaining traction worldwide and could become an integral part of standard hea...
Non-end-to-end adaptive graph learning for multi-scale temporal traffic flow prediction
Accurate traffic flow prediction is vital for intelligent transportation systems but presents significant challenges. Existing methods, however, have the following limitations: (1) insufficient explor...
A retrospective cohort study evaluating the association between opioid and alcohol-related emergency department presentations and the subsequent risk of hospitalization
Objective Our objective was to evaluate the association between two types of substance use presentations in the emergency department (ED) (opioid and alcohol) and the subsequent risk of hospital admis...
Health service utilization and associated factors among fee waiver beneficiaries in Ethiopia: Systematic review and meta-analysis
Background Health service utilization serves as a vital indicator of healthcare access and equity. In Ethiopia, the fee waiver system is a key component of healthcare financing reforms designed to imp...
Optimizing document management and retrieval with multimodal transformers and knowledge graphs
In the digital age, multimodal archival data is experiencing explosive growth, and how to efficiently and accurately retrieve information from it has become a key challenge. Traditional retrieval meth...
Prevalence and determinants of prehypertension (elevated blood pressure or high normal BP) according to different classifications in India during 2015–2021: Evidence from the large national surveys
Background Since the advent of American Joint National Commission (JNC-7) guidelines, epidemiological studies have reported that prehypertension is a common presentation in the general population, wit...
How to influence the continuous usage intention of game-based Internet public welfare users? An empirical analysis based on SEM and fsQCA
This study focuses on UTAUT and integrates the D&M, SDT, and SET models to explore the factors influencing continuous usage intention in the context of gamified online public welfare. By applying...
Estimating nesting habitat characteristics for the Kentish plover (Anarhynchus alexandrinus) with the effect of substrate and vegetation using a Bayesian network approach
Coastal habitats play an important role in the nesting ecology of shorebirds; however, these habitats are increasingly threatened by human activity and ongoing habitat loss. The conservation of shoreb...
Analysis of variant interactions in families with autism points to genes involved in the development of the central nervous system
Whole-genome sequencing data of simplex families with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) were analyzed by searching for statistical interactions between loci. The resulting variant pairs mapped to 411 gen...
Study protocol for developing an urban deprivation index in Nepal: Data review, measurement, visualization and real-world application in urban poverty alleviation
Background Over the last two decades, Nepal has experienced substantial urbanization, with an increasing number of people choosing to move to cities. Although cities offer a wealth of opportunities, i...
Simultaneous EEG-fNIRS study of visual cognitive processing: ERP analysis and decision-related hemodynamic responses in healthy adults
This study explores the neural and hemodynamic underpinnings of intentional memory processing through a multimodal approach combining electroencephalography (EEG) and functional near-infrared spectros...
Assessment of heavy metals in soil and water from Bahi district, Tanzania
This study presents analysis of heavy metals concentrations in soil and water samples collected from villages near Bahi Swamp found in Bahi district, Tanzania. The research involved quantitative analy...
Coli bond: A dual-function encryption system for secure information storage and transmission by microorganisms
With global data expected to reach 175 zettabytes by 2025, traditional storage methods face unprecedented challenges, including security risks, limited durability, and high maintenance costs associate...
Evaluating the performance of automated detection systems for long-term monitoring of delphinids in diverse marine soundscapes
There is an increasing reliance on passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) as a cost-effective method for monitoring cetaceans, necessitating robust and efficient automated tools for extracting species pres...
EBBA-detector: An effective detector for defect detection in solar panel EL images with unbalanced data
Solar panel defect detection, a crucial quality control task in the manufacturing process, often faces challenges such as varying defect sizes, severe image background interference, and imbalanced dat...
The association between the quality and quantity of carbohydrate intake and the size, depth, and Wagner grade of diabetic foot ulcers in patients with type 2 diabetes
Aims This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the association between carbohydrate quantity and quality and the size, depth, and Wagner grade of diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). Methods The study...
DeepSeek-AI-enhanced virtual reality training for mass casualty management: Leveraging machine learning for personalized instructional optimization
Objective This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a virtual reality (VR) training system for mass casualty management, integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to a...
Atherosclerosis is associated with amyloid and tau pathology via blood–brain barrier dysfunction in the hippocampus of aged human brains
Atherosclerosis, a chronic vascular condition characterized by lipid accumulation and arterial plaque formation, has emerged as a significant contributor to neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzhe...
Spatiotemporal impact of urban development on nighttime light intensity and its hotspot distribution
Nighttime light (NTL) data serve as a valuable proxy for accessing urbanization and socio-economic activities at various scales. This study investigated the spatiotemporal evolution of NTL intensity i...
Extraction, purification, in vitro antioxidant and cytoprotective ability of oligostilbenes from paeonia seeds threshing residues
Objective Oligostilbenes, which have been associated with multiple biological activities, are a kind of oligomeric resveratrol compound and widely exist in Paeonia seeds threshing residues. The re-use...