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Unveiling the drivers of patient satisfaction in the United States hospitals: Assessing quality indicators across regions
Introduction Patient satisfaction in the UnitedStates (U.S.) healthcare varies regionally due to cultural, socioeconomic, and infrastructure differences. The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare...
Identifying pastoral and plant products in local and imported pottery in Early Bronze Age southeastern Arabia
The origins of ceramic technology in the Oman Peninsula have a unique history in the context of ancient West Asia. Local pottery production in northern Oman and the United Arab Emirates is not documen...
Machine Learning Driven Synthesis of Cobalt Oxide Entrapped Heteroatom-Doped Graphitic Carbon Nitride for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Developing highly efficient electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction is hindered by sluggish multi-electron kinetics, poor charge transfer efficiency, and limited active site accessibility....
The endophytic fungi Metarhizium, Pochonia, and Trichoderma, improve salt tolerance in hemp (Cannabis sativa L.)
Colonization of plants by fungal endophytes can improve plant growth and can assist in adaptation to biotic and abiotic stresses. The fungal endophytes Metarhizium robertsii and Pochonia chlamydospori...
Prioritizing long-acting injectable antiretroviral therapy among key populations: Perceptions of persons living with HIV who inject drugs, ART clinic staff, and policymakers in Vietnam
Objectives We explored perceptions of long-acting injectable (LAI) patient prioritization and decision-making among people who inject drugs (PWID) with HIV, HIV clinic staff, and policymakers in Vietn...
Evaluation of the efficacy, prognosis and safety of dexamethasone in the treatment of different types of non-puerperal mastitis: A retrospective study
Objective To analyze the efficacy and safety of dexamethasone in the treatment of non-puerperal mastitis (NPM), providing a new idea for the treatment of NPM. Methods From August 1, 2017 to August 3...
Uncovering the influence of social media marketing activities on Generation Z’s purchase intentions and eWOM for organic cosmetics
The organic cosmetics market in Vietnam is rapidly growing, especially among Generation Z consumers who prioritize sustainability and eco-friendly products. Despite this expansion, the key factors dri...
Feasibility trial of Darwin OncoTreat and OncoTarget precision medicine testing to improve outcomes for patients with limited metastatic disease that failed first-line systemic therapy
Despite significant progress in solid tumor oncology, including widespread genomic testing, metastatic cancer remains largely incurable and results in approximately 90% of cancer deaths. In the contex...
The effects of luck perception on consumer variety-seeking
Companies often use luck, which is thought to be a psychological force, as a marketing tool to perform marketing activities. This paper designed three experiments to verify the effects of luck percept...
An ensemble-based 3D residual network for the classification of Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a common type of dementia, with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) being a key precursor. Early MCI diagnosis is crucial for slowing AD progression, but distinguishing MCI fro...
Simultaneous optimized orthogonal matching pursuit with application to ECG compression
A greedy pursuit strategy which finds a common basis for approximating a set of similar signals is proposed. The strategy extends the Optimized Orthogonal Matching Pursuit approach to selecting the su...
Bayesian optimization and machine learning for vaccine formulation development
Developing vaccines with a better stability is an area of improvement to meet the global health needs of preventing infectious diseases. With the advancement of data science and artificial intelligenc...
Dispersal dynamics of white-tailed deer in human-altered landscapes and implications for disease risk
Animal dispersal and migration can play critical roles in population dynamics and species distribution, and these behaviors often are influenced by their environment. The conversion from natural habit...
Development and validation of an interpretable longitudinal preeclampsia risk prediction using machine learning
Preeclampsia is a pregnancy-specific disease characterized by new onset hypertension after 20 weeks of gestation that affects 2–8% of all pregnancies and contributes to up to 26% of maternal deaths. D...
Mathematical insights into epidemic spread: A computational and numerical perspective
This study aims to investigate and analyze the dynamics of diarrhea infectious disease model. For this purpose, a classical diarrhea disease model is converted into the diffusive diarrhea epidemic mod...
A knowledge-based equation of daily work exposure
The objective of this study was to establish a predictive equation that expresses the daily work exposure as a function of variables that define complex work tasks. The equation was verified with data...
Estimating the impact of missed colorectal cancer diagnoses on life expectancy in Minamisoma City following the 2011 triple disaster
Background After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, participation in colorectal cancer (CRC) screening significantly decreased in Minamisoma City, Fukushima Prefecture. However, the long-term healt...
Transcranial direct current simulation as an adjunctive treatment for treatment-resistant depression in hospitalized patients: A feasibility study protocol
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is clinically effective in treating treatment-resistant depression (TRD), as measured by response, symptom improvement, and disease remission. However, t...
Household cost of accessing contraceptive services among women in Urban communities in Ghana
Background In many developing nations, including Ghana, access to contraceptive services, remains a critical concern where urban areas face unique challenges in healthcare delivery. Despite various in...
Advancing knee adduction moment prediction for neuromuscular training via functional joint definitions and real–time simulation using OpenSim
Neuromuscular training to strengthen leg muscles is an important part of the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders and chronic diseases and preventing age–related muscle loss. This study evaluates di...
Bleating, growling, barking, and spitting: Metaphorical extensions and valency patterns of verbs of speaking
This corpus-based and qualitative study examines the valency patterns of Croatian verbs that encode verbal activity and belong to the semantic field of verbs of speaking through metaphorical and meton...
Nurses’ perspectives and experience in caring for patients undergoing hemodialysis at Benjamin Mkapa hospital in Dodoma, Tanzania: A qualitative study
Background Caring for patients undergoing hemodialysis is a challenge for nurses. Poor quality of care in hemodialysis is reported to have a significant contribution to the high mortality rate among p...
Clinical study outcomes in IgA nephropathy: A systematic literature review and narrative synthesis
Introduction IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is an inflammatory kidney disease which, if left untreated, often progresses to kidney failure (KF). This systematic literature review identifies, collates, summari...
The diagnostic accuracy of nanopore sequencing in Tuberculous Lymphadenitis: Systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
Background Tuberculous lymphadenitis (TL) is a common case of extrapulmonary tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). The current use of nanopore sequencing in TL is limited. The aim o...
Reliability assessment model for multiple stress factors accelerated degradation test using a Wiener process with random effects
In practical applications, products are usually exposed to multiple stress factors (including environmental stresses and operating stresses) simultaneously. However, existing work on accelerated degra...