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Advanced predictive modeling for enhanced mortality prediction in ICU stroke patients using clinical data
Background Stroke is second-leading cause of disability and death among adults. Approximately 17 million people suffer from a stroke annually, with about 85% being ischemic strokes. Predicting mortali...
Exploring the critical waste factors affecting highway construction projects in Pakistan
Highway construction projects are known for their propensity to consume enormous quantities of materials and their susceptibility to generate considerable waste. Adequate research has been conducted o...
Behind the white coat: Unraveling the patterns of workplace violence in an Italian healthcare setting – An epidemiological exploration
Aim In the present study, we aimed to provide an epidemiological and descriptive overview of violence against healthcare workers in an Italian university hospital, presenting and characterizing the ri...
Correction: A novel implantable mechanism-based tendon transfer surgery for adult acquired flatfoot deformity: Evaluating feasibility in biomechanical simulation
Essential oil-derived compounds target core fatigue-related genes: A network pharmacology and molecular Docking approach
Fatigue is a widespread condition associated with various health issues, yet identifying specific bioactive compounds for its management remains challenging. This study integrates network pharmacology...
Study protocol: The effect of a low-carbohydrate enteral nutrition formula on postoperative hyperglycemia in non-diabetic patients with esophageal cancer: A randomized exploratory phase II trial (ENLICHE study)
Background Postoperative hyperglycemia in diabetic patients is a widely known risk factor for postoperative infectious complications (PICs) after esophagectomy; however, the significance of glycemic c...
Formation of spatial vegetation patterns in heterogeneous environments
Functioning of many resource-limited ecosystems is facilitated through spatial patterns. Patterns can indicate ecosystems productivity and resilience, but the interpretation of a pattern requires good...
The role of gut leakage and immune cell miss-homing on gut dysbiosis-induced lung inflammation in a DSS mice model
Background Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), encompassing Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, affects millions globally, with extraintestinal manifestations (EIMs) occurring in 25–40% of patients....
Knowledge, attitude, and practice of vasoactive agents infusions: Development and psychometric properties of a questionnaire with chinese clinical nurses
Background Inconsistencies with guidelines or standards regarding nurses’ practice of vasoactive agent infusion have been documented. Adequate knowledge and positive attitudes are...
Verification of the chromosome number using cytogenetics and estimation of genome size via flow cytometry and k-mer analyses for representative Anoectochilus roxburghii accessions
Anoectochilus roxburghii (Wall.) Lindl. is a perennial herb of orchidaceae. Because of its functions of heat-clearing and blood-cooling, removing dampness, detoxification and enhancing immunity, it is...
AMD-FV: Adaptive margin loss and dual path network+ for deep face verification
Face verification is important in a variety of applications, for instance, access control, surveillance, and identification. Existing methods often struggle with the challenges of dataset imbalance an...
Deep learning-based classification of speech disorder in stroke and hearing impairment
Background and objective Speech disorders can arise from various causes, including congenital conditions, neurological damage, diseases, and other disorders. Traditionally, medical professionals have...
On the coincidence of weather extremes and geopolitical conflicts: Risk analysis in regional food markets
Given the recent increase in geopolitical tensions between major agricultural producers and weather extremes, there is a likelihood that geopolitical conflict will occur simultaneously with weather ex...
Genomic insights into the role of Salmonella Typhi carriers in antimicrobial resistance and typhoid transmission in Urban Kenya
Typhoid fever cases and carriers can transmit Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi) through fecal shedding. It remains unclear whether the S. Typhi shedding by carriers exhibits similar phenoty...
The impact of COVID-19 stress on nurses’ organizational deviance: A moderated mediation model
The outbreak and rapid spread of the COVID-19 in December 2019 (Iqbal Z, Aslam MZ, Aslam T, Ashraf R, Kashif M, Nasir H, Register J, 2020, 13, 208–30) has brought great work pressure to nurses on the...
Geriatric ocular trauma and mortality: A retrospective cohort study
Purpose The objective of this investigation is to evaluate the 5-year mortality of geriatric patients who have sustained eye injuries. Design This retrospective cohort study included patients aged 6...
Spatial and multi-level analysis of factors associated with long-acting reversible modern contraceptive use among married women in Ethiopia
Background Despite the increasing global use of modern contraceptives, the utilization of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) remains low in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Ethiopia, where...
Elastoplastic analytical solutions for a shallow-buried circular tunnel in a semi-infinite medium
In order to explore the distribution pattern of the plastic zone around a shallow tunnel, the elastoplastic analytical solutions for a shallow-buried circular tunnel in a semi-infinite medium were pro...
How valuable are the questions and answers generated by large language models in oral and maxillofacial surgery?
Introduction In this study, we aim to evaluate the ability of large language models (LLM) to generate questions and answers in oral and maxillofacial surgery. Methods ChatGPT4, ChatGPT4o, and Claude...
Asymptotic expansions as control variates for deep solvers to fully-coupled forward-backward stochastic differential equations
Coupled forward-backward stochastic differential equations (FBSDEs) are closely related to financially important issues such as optimal investment. However, it is well known that obtaining solutions i...
Survival status and predictors of early neonatal mortality among neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care units in Addis Ababa Public Hospitals, Ethiopia: A retrospective cohort study
Background The first week after birth is the high-risk time for neonatal death. Early neonatal mortality is still a major global health problem, particularly in sub-Saharan African nations like Ethiop...
Music and sedation relieve intraoperative stress: A randomized controlled trial
Music is useful for relieving anxiety; however, its impact on autonomic nervous system activity and circulatory dynamics during tooth extraction surgery under intravenous sedation is unclear. We condu...
Factors associated with meeting homosexual partners at fixed offline locations among MSM recruited through the internet: A cross-sectional survey
Objective This study aimed to investigate the demographic characteristics of Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) recruited online and identify the factorsassociated with meeting homosexual partners at fix...
Intelligent penetration testing method for power internet of things systems combining ontology knowledge and reinforcement learning
With the application of new-generation information technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence, and the energy Internet in Power Internet of Things (IoT) systems, a large number of IoT term...
T-RippleGNN: Predicting traffic flow through ripple propagation with attentive graph neural networks
Recently, accurate traffic flow prediction has become a significant part of intelligent transportation systems, which can not only satisfy citizens’ travel need and life satisfaction, but also benefit...