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Multi-convolutional neural networks for cotton disease detection using synergistic deep learning paradigm
Cotton is a major cash crop, and increasing its production is extremely important worldwide, especially in agriculture-led economies. The crop is susceptible to various diseases, leading to decreased...
Post-abortion contraceptive use among currently married women in India: New evidence from National Family Health Survey 2019–2021 (NFHS-5)
Post-abortion contraceptive use is a critical element of reproductive healthcare aimed at preventing unintended pregnancies and promoting reproductive agency. This study investigates changes in post-a...
Developing an evaluation framework for public health environmental surveillance: Protocol for an international, multidisciplinary Delphi consensus study
Introduction Public health environmental surveillance has evolved, especially during the coronavirus pandemic, with wastewater-based surveillance being a prominent example. As surveillance methods exp...
Optimization of dried blood spot for hepatitis B virus surface antibody quantification
Dried blood spot (DBS) cards can be used as an alternative sample collection method to plasma, however, there is no optimized elution protocol for DBS cards specifically for hepatitis B surface antibo...
Anxiety and depression among patients with migraine: A single-center cross-sectional study in Malaysia
Background Migraine is a chronic neurological problem with a psychological comorbidity. However, anxiety and depression among patients with migraine have not been thoroughly investigated in Southeast...
The impact of physical activity variety on physical activity participation
Background and aims Variety (i.e., multiple types of activities) may be effective for increasing physical activity (PA) based on previous research; however, research is needed to evaluate variety’s im...
Correction: A cross-sectional study on the assessment of adherence to cardiovascular medications in Sudan heart center
A novel approach to explore common prime divisor graphs and their degree based topological descriptor
For the construction of a common prime divisor graph, we consider an integer ζ=∏i=1kpiγi≥2 with its prime factorization, where pi′s are distinct primes and γi′s are fixed positive integers. Every divi...
Can technology-based gait training result in relevant changes of ambulatory function in people with chronic, neurological diagnoses? A longitudinal, cohort study
Objectives To determine whether a six-months technology-based gait training results in relevant changes of ambulatory function in a chronic stage after a neurological event. Further, changes in qualit...
Perceived challenges and enablers to evaluating a whole systems approach initiative: Reflections of embedded researchers
Physical inactivity remains a substantial public health concern, with complex socio-environmental factors contributing to increasing inactivity. Whole systems approaches to physical activity seek to a...
Identification of a novel chemotherapy benefit index for patients with advanced ovarian cancer based on Bayesian network analysis
Background This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of chemotherapy and optimize treatment strategies for patients with advanced ovarian cancer. Methods Based on The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) trans...
Binding of transmissible gastroenteritis virus and porcine respiratory coronavirus to human and porcine aminopeptidase N receptors as an indicator of cross-species transmission
Coronaviruses have the ability to overcome interspecies barriers and adapt to new hosts, posing significant epidemic risks in cases of zoonotic transmission to humans. A critical factor in this proces...
Testing policies during an epidemic: An economic analysis
I build a stochastic epidemiological model with production and endogenous responses to the epidemic to compare different testing policies to isolate and quarantine the infectious: voluntary tests, ran...
Single cell level analysis of ATP release kinetics and cell fate following ultrasound targeted microbubble cavitation using microscopy techniques
It is known that ultrasound-targeted microbubble cavitation (UTMC) can induce vasodilation. This image-guided spatially targeted approach is called provascular therapy when used as a radiotherapy sens...
Language and economic behaviour: Future tense use causes less not more temporal discounting
Previous studies have found cross-cultural correlations between linguistic obligations for talking about future events and economic decisions like saving money. The hypothesis is that a grammatical ob...
Screening conditions and constructs for attempted genetic transformation of C. elegans by Agrobacterium
Manipulating gene expression within a model organism is important for reverse genetic experimentation, and while techniques to generate transgenic C. elegans ar...
Nanopore-based targeted next-generation sequencing (tNGS): A versatile technology specialized in detecting low bacterial load clinical specimens
Introduction The 2024 global tuberculosis report indicated that the epidemiological situation of tuberculosis remains concerning. Current tuberculosis detection methods have limitations, highlighting...
Encapsulation improves viability and stability of spray-dried Lactococcus lactis A12 for inclusion in fish feed
During probiotics manufacturing, drying is a crucial process for stabilization of probiotics after fermentation, since drying condition could affect viability and functionality as well as physical pro...
The impact of computer science education in primary schools: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Iraq
With the growing digitization of society, there is a need to enhance computational thinking as an indispensable skill for modern daily life. Consequently, computer science education for children at ea...
Glucagon-like peptide 1 level and risk of death within 90 days after intensive care unit admission: A substudy of the IVOIRE cohort
Background Elevated plasma levels of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) have been associated with poor clinical outcome in patients with sepsis. This study investigated the association between GLP-1 leve...
Linguistic challenges of writing papers in English for scholarly publication: Perceptions of Chinese academics in science and engineering
This study investigates the linguistic challenges encountered by Chinese academics in science and engineering when writing for English-language scholarly publications. Employing a mixed-methods approa...
Cyber security Enhancements with reinforcement learning: A zero-day vulnerabilityu identification perspective
A zero-day vulnerability is a critical security weakness of software or hardware that has not yet been found and, for that reason, neither the vendor nor the users are informed about it. These vulnera...
From home to the screen: How parental rejection fuels cyberbullying in college students
Previous research has highlighted the impact of family environment on college students’ cyberbullying behavior, yet the role of parenting styles, particularly negative ones, remains underexplored. Thi...
Expression, purification and preliminary pharmacological characterization of the Plasmodium falciparum membrane-bound pyrophosphatase type 1
Membrane-bound pyrophosphatases are integral membrane proteins that catalyze the hydrolysis of pyrophosphate into orthophosphate, while simultaneously facilitating the pumping of protons and/or sodium...
Application of a grey wolf optimization-enhanced convolutional neural network and bidirectional gated recurrent unit model for credit scoring prediction
With the digital transformation of the financial industry, credit score prediction, as a key component of risk management, faces increasingly complex challenges. Traditional credit scoring methods oft...