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Medical rationing choices of laypeople and clinicians are often illogical and inconsistent with their own stated preferences
The sudden onset, rapid spread, and later surges of the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in shortages of ventilators, pharmaceuticals, and other critical resources, leaving individual clinicians to make rat...
Validation of facial attributions in leadership: Trustworthiness and age in Chinese mid-level management
The attributions made to faces are well described by two dimensions of apparent trustworthiness (valence or warmth) and apparent competence (dominance and power) (Todorov A, Mende-Siedlecki P, Dotsch...
Perception of People Living with HIV and Healthcare Workers on Differentiated Service Delivery Programs in Nigeria: A Qualitative Study
Nigeria, home to approximately 1.9 million people living with HIV (PLHIV), faces significant challenges in providing adequate care and treatment to the teeming number of PLHIV, particularly following...
Correction: Profound gene expression changes in the epithelial monolayer of active ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease
Protocol for an umbrella review of systematic reviews evaluating the efficacy of digital health solutions in supporting adult cancer survivorship care
Introduction The growing number of people living with, through and beyond cancer poses a new challenge for sustainable survivorship care solutions. Digital health solutions which incorporate various i...
Research on the coordinated measurement and spatiotemporal evolution of digital economy empowering ecotourism
Although the internet economy in China has had enormous growth in recent years, the country’s ecotourism business has shown a far slower rate of expansion. There is an immediate need to discuss how to...
Registration-based transfer listing system and high-tech SME innovation: Research on China’s specialized and sophisticated SMEs listed on the National Equities Exchange and Quotations.
In China, high-tech small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are a crucial component of the innovation ecosystem, and how to effectively promote innovation within these firms has become a pressing ch...
Cardiovascular and renal comorbidities among saudi patients with type 2 diabetes: A cross-sectional observational study
Objective This study aims to investigate the prevalence and patterns of cardiovascular and renal complications among patients with T2DM in the Saudi population and elucidate the extent of these comorb...
Temperature dependence of adhesive friction properties of rubber asphalt mortar and its mechanism of action
The tire-road contact friction system has been widely studied. However, the traditional theoretical model of pavement anti-sliding does not pay attention to the influence of temperature on the tire-ro...
Local data for local programming: Results from an HIV biobehavioral survey among people who inject drugs in Livingstone, Lusaka, and Ndola, Zambia, 2021
Introduction People who inject drugs (PWID) in Zambia are an understudied population at high risk for HIV acquisition and transmission. We report here on the progress within the PWID communities of Li...
Management compliance attention, social performance and pay gap: Evidence from China
The pronounced pay gap prevalent in companies has raised critical concerns regarding organizational equity. This study investigates mechanisms to mitigate pay gap through the lens of management compli...
Correction: Detection and position evaluation of chest percutaneous drainage catheter on chest radiographs using deep learning
Association between ‘Emergency obstetric & newborn care readiness’ and delivery service utilization in Bangladesh: Evidence from national health facility assessment surveys
Background Bangladesh faces one of the highest global burdens of maternal and newborn deaths, primarily caused by hemorrhage and eclampsia/preeclampsia. Despite reducing maternal mortality by 40%, com...
Correction: Medication adherence and quality of life among geriatric patients: Insights from a hospital-based cross-sectional study in India
Microbial community succession mediated by planting patterns in the Loess Plateau, China: Implications for ecological restoration
Microbial community succession plays a key role in restoring fragile ecosystems and mitigating ecological degradation. However, the mechanisms by which vegetation restoration promotes ecological resto...
Advanced strategies for enhancing kaolin ceramics using nanostructured additives: A comprehensive study
In this study, we investigated the enhancement of Egyptian kaolin ceramics using various nanostructured additives: polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanofibers, carbon nanotubes (CNTs),...
Effects of an aquatic protocol on electromyography activation and strength of lower limb muscles in blind women: A randomized controlled trial
Purpose Visual impairment poses considerable challenges to mobility and everyday tasks, frequently leading to a more sedentary lifestyle and reduced physical fitness levels. Therefore, this study inve...
Impact of different harvest times on yield and quality of summer savory (Satureja hortensis L.) genotypes
Summer savory (Satureja hortensis L.) is a plant of the Lamiaceae family that grows in various ecological regions of the world. It is one of the medicinal-aromatic plants with huge economic value. The...
Randomized, crossover clinical trial on the safety, feasibility, and usability of the ABLE exoskeleton: A comparative study with knee-ankle-foot orthoses
Wearable exoskeletons are emerging as a new tool for gait training. However, comparisons between exoskeletons and conventional orthoses in terms of safety and feasibility are scarce. This study assess...
Hancinone possesses potentials on increasing the ability of HMC3 cells to phagocytosis of Aβ1-42 via TREM2/Syk/PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway
Context The amyloid hypothesis is the most widely accepted explanation for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Failure of microglia Amyloid β-protein (1–42) (Aβ1–42) oligomer clearance and secondary neuroinflam...
Genome-wide association studies and transcriptome analysis reveal novel genes associated with freezing tolerance in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.)
Freezing stress is the main obstacle affecting the geographical distribution, growth, development, quality, and productivity of rapeseed (Brassica napus) in northern China. However, there is a little...
ClusterRadar: An interactive web-tool for the multi-method exploration of spatial clusters over time
Spatial cluster analysis is crucial for understanding localized patterns in geospatial data, with wide-ranging applications for scientific discovery and decision-making. However, the dynamic nature of...
Classification of mountain-based rail transit stations and analysis of passenger flow influencing mechanisms
Mountainous urban rail transit stations exhibit distinct characteristics. To investigate how these features affect passenger flow variations at rail stations, we analyze geographic-environmental data...
Robust sparse smooth principal component analysis for face reconstruction and recognition
Existing Robust Sparse Principal Component Analysis (RSPCA) does not incorporate the two-dimensional spatial structure information of images. To address this issue, we introduce a smooth constraint th...
Analyzing Riemann-Liouville constraints in second-order Lagrangian fractional electrodynamic models
This study used second-order fractional derivatives to constrain singular Lagrangians to construct comprehensive Hamilton-Dirac equations. Notable contributions include resolving the difficulties asso...