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Acceptability and feasibility of a mobile electronic medical record system for community-based antiretroviral therapy in Lilongwe, Malawi: A rapid qualitative analysis
Background Mobile health (mHealth) is reshaping healthcare delivery, especially in HIV management. The World Health Organization advocates for mHealth to provide healthcare workers (HCWs) with real-ti...
Factors influencing participation in colorectal cancer screening among average-risk populations: A descriptive-analytical study in a developing country
Introduction Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally, with early detection significantly improving treatment outcomes. Understanding the factors influencing the de...
Sitting and caregiver speech input in typically developing infants and infants with cerebral palsy
The development of independent sitting is associated with language development, but the learning experiences underlying this relationship are not well understood. Additionally, it is unknown how these...
The US Caselaw as a living system
This study presents an innovative exploration of the American Caselaw database, encompassing more than five million legal cases spanning three centuries of American history. Using complex network anal...
A new validated Lymphoedema-specific Patient Reported Outcome Measure (LYMPROM) for adults with Lymphoedema
Background A new lymphoedema-specific Patient Reported Outcome Measure (LYMPROM©) was developed to help patients easily report the impact of their lymphoedema and enable lymphoedema therapists to unde...
A sustainable lithium bromide-water absorption cooling system using automobile engine waste heat: Theoretical study
This manuscript investigates the utilization of waste heat from automobiles, such as exhaust gas and engine coolant water, to run a lithium bromide water Absorption Cooling System (ACS). This study pr...
Image information optimization processing based on fractional order differentiation and WT algorithm
As one of the most important ways for humans to perceive the world, images contain a wealth of visual information. Digital image processing is a technology that uses computer methods to process and en...
Occupational status and health disparities among workers—An empirical study based on China health and nutrition survey data
This study uses data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) in 2004, 2006, and 2015 and employs a fixed-effects model based on Driscoll-Kraay standard errors to investigate the impact of oc...
Adherence to secondary preventive treatment following myocardial infarction with and without obstructive coronary artery disease
Background Secondary preventive medications following myocardial infarction (MI) reduce the risk of new cardiovascular events. Discontinuation and suboptimal adherence are common and affect prognosis....
Social prescribing to improve health and well-being of patients presenting with non-medical health related social needs in primary care: Study protocol of a multi-center randomized controlled pragmatic feasibility trial
Background Non-medical health related social problems are highly prevalent in primary care. Even though there is a wide range of non-clinical support and services available in German communities, whic...
Audio-visual source separation with localization and individual control
The growing reliance on video conferencing software brings significant benefits but also introduces challenges, particularly in managing audio quality. In multi-participant settings, ambient noise and...
Value cocreation among spectators in professional spectator sports events: Scale development and effects of social media strategies
The purposes of this paper are to develop measurement scale of value co-creation among spectators in professional spectating sporting events by means of Study I and to examine the effects of social me...
Quantifying the roles of visual, linguistic, and visual-linguistic complexity in noun and verb acquisition
Children often learn the meanings of nouns before they grasp the meanings of verbs. This discrepancy could arise from differences in the complexity of visual characteristics for categories that langua...
ZBP-MM: Zone-based producer mobility management protocol in named data networking for Internet of Things
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a diverse technology that primarily utilizes TCP/IP protocols in IoT environments. However, it is often argued that the existing IP protocol stack is insufficient to su...
Adaptive reference ranges: From A to Z
Clinical reference ranges are fundamental in medical diagnostics, offering critical benchmarks for interpreting laboratory test results. Adaptive reference ranges, in particular, are essential for per...
Membership in team science institute enhances diversity of researchers’ collaboration networks
Interdisciplinary scientific teams are subject to a complex constellation of potential benefits, such as enabling innovation, and challenges, such as increased conflict and failure. Given these tensio...
Monitoring a keystone species (Alosa pseudoharengus) with environmental effects: A comparison with direct capture and environmental DNA
Keystone species are important drivers of ecological processes. Their ecological importance makes them prime candidates for biological monitoring, both to preserve and restore their populations when f...
Analysis of the temporal and spatial evolution of China’s air passenger transportation and the impact of policies on passenger flows
The spatial-temporal evolution of air passenger flows in China’s aviation sector is critical for optimizing route networks and capacity allocation, particularly in assessing the efficacy of policy int...
Assessment of the role of emotions in audiovisual associations through an enactive approach
In the expanding literature on audiovisual associations, the question of how music influences the way a person actively creates an image has received little attention. To address this gap, our study i...
Acoustic scattering and mode interaction in bifurcated circular waveguide structures with reacting liners and discontinuities
Acoustic scattering and nonlinear dispersion phenomena play a crucial role in the design and optimization of waveguide systems for noise control in engineering applications such as HVAC systems, aircr...
Retraction: Comprehensive computational analysis reveals H5N1 influenza virus-encoded miRNAs and host-specific targets associated with antiviral immune responses and protein binding
Relationship between the ratio of erythrocyte distribution width to albumin level and mortality in hypertensive population: Mediating role of inflammatory markers
Background This study examined the ratio of erythrocyte distribution width (RDW) to albumin concentration (RAR) and all-cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and cancer mortality in the hypertension po...
The development and validation of the Social Attributions for Mental Illness (SAMI) scale
Existing measures of lay causal attributions for mental illness do not discriminate between the diverse array of social factors known to influence mental health. Moreover, while ample research has emp...
Mild hyperbaric hyperoxia improves aerobic capacity and suppresses cardiopulmonary stress during the maximal cycle-ergometer test
Aerobic exercise is more recommended than anaerobic exercise for individuals with cardiopulmonary dysfunction to avoid cardiopulmonary stress. However, their oxygen-carrying capacity is already reduce...
Investigation of the inhibitory potential of secondary metabolites isolated from Fernandoa adenophylla against Beta-glucuronidase via molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation studies
Elevated β-glucuronidase activity is associated with the production of toxic metabolites that contribute to tumor development and other diseases. Inhibiting this enzyme may offer therapeutic potential...