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The educational pathway to Advanced Practice for the physiotherapist: A systematic mixed studies review
Background Advanced Practice Physiotherapy (APP) is a higher level of practice grounded in 4 pillars: clinical practice, leadership, education and research. A critical step toward successful integrati...
Correction: Advancing inclusive research calculator for oncology disease areas: A resource to support the development of enrollment targets in diversity action plans for industry sponsors
Breast tenderness and swelling experiences related to menstrual cycles and ovulation in healthy premenopausal women: Secondary analysis of the 1-year “Prospective Ovulation Cohort”
Breast tenderness and swelling are associated with premenstrual symptoms but are not well described in healthy women. In this 1-year prospective observational study, we examined daily breast tendernes...
Threshold-based exploitation of noisy label in black-box unsupervised domain adaptation
How can we perform unsupervised domain adaptation when transferring a black-box source model to a target domain? Black-box Unsupervised Domain Adaptation focuses on transferring the labels derived fro...
A comparison of various imputation algorithms for missing data
Background Many datasets in medicine and other branches of science are incomplete. In this article we compare various imputation algorithms for missing data. Objectives We take the point of view tha...
Does family confidence bridge child functioning and caregiver burden in early intervention?
Background: Enhancing caregivers’ confidence and competence in early childhood intervention is a priority, focusing on collaboration between professionals and families to improve family well-being and...
An independently tunable dual control system for RNAi complementation in Trypanosoma brucei
Trypanosoma brucei is a tractable protist parasite for which many genetic tools have been developed to study novel biology. A striking feature of T. brucei...
Study on tunnel ventilation and pollutant diffusion mechanism during construction period
Ventilation technology is an important means to ensure effective control of pollutant concentration and safe production during tunnel drilling and blasting construction. This study combines theoretica...
Mitochondria-related genes as prognostic signature of endometrial cancer and the effect of MACC1 on tumor cells
Mitochondria are essential organelles involved in cell metabolism and are closely linked to various metabolic disorders. In this study, we aimed to develop a prognostic model for endometrial cancer (E...
Genetic insights for enhancing conservation strategies in captive and wild Asian elephants through improved non-invasive DNA-based individual identification
Asian elephant is a key umbrella species that plays a crucial role in maintaining biodiversity and ecological balance. As an iconic symbol of Thailand, it also significantly contributes to the nation'...
Selection of dual-channel supply chain cooperation mode of older adults care service under the government subsidy strategy
This study develops a dual-channel supply chain coordination model for services aimed at older adults, taking into account differentiated government subsidies. Utilizing Hotelling and Stackelberg game...
Research on the evaporation pressure calculation model of LNG tank container
The changes in pressure, temperature, and filling rate inside LNG tank container are related to non-destructive storage time. In order to solve these problems, it was necessary to understand the distr...
Distinct chromosome abnormality patterns for differential diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) are primary liver cancers with overlapping histopathological features, making accurate diagnosis challenging. This study aimed to identify c...
Retraction: Protective role of taurine against arsenic-induced mitochondria-dependent hepatic apoptosis via the inhibition of PKCδ-JNK pathway
Influence of scanning plane on Human Spinal Cord functional Magnetic Resonance echo planar imaging
Background Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) is based on the Blood Oxygenation Level Dependent contrast and has been exploited for the indirect study of the neuronal activity within both th...
Dose response comparison of Nipah virus strains Malaysia and Bangladesh in hamsters exposed by the intranasal or intraperitoneal route
Nipah virus, a zoonotic pathogen, can cause debilitating disease and death in humans. Currently, countermeasures are limited, with several in various stages of testing but none yet FDA-approved for hu...
Children’s right to play in Chilean hospitals: A forgotten right?—A qualitative study protocol
Background Despite being a recognised human right (art. 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child), children’s right to play is still insufficiently researched, understood and, ab...
Infectious potential and circulation of SARS-CoV-2 in wild rats
Since the beginning of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, a wide range of animal species (pets, mink…) have been naturally infected with this betacoronavirus. T...
Editorial Note: Repeatability and reproducibility of eight macular intra-retinal layer thicknesses determined by an automated segmentation algorithm using two SD-OCT instruments
The effect of the universal test and treat strategy on the kidney function in adults living with HIV in Zambia: A six-month multicenter cohort study
Background Kidney disease is prevalent among people living with HIV (PLHIV), especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), due to complications of HIV infection, co-morbidities, and antiretroviral therapy (...
Correction: Evaluation of synergistic effect of entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana and Lecanicillium lecacii on the mosquito Culex quinquefaciatus
Inner pace: A dynamic exploration and analysis of basketball game pace
This study aims to investigate the dynamics of basketball game pace and its influence on game outcomes through a novel intra-game segmentation approach. By employing K-means clustering on possession d...
Terahertz spectroscopy for analysis of vaterite-to-calcite crystal phase transition induced by distilled water
Vaterite is a crystalline polymorph of anhydrous calcium carbonate (CaCO3), which exhibits relatively low stability compared to other two polymorphs, calcite and aragonite. Vaterite particles have pro...
Drug delivery process simulation—Quantifying the conformation dynamics of paclitaxel and cremophor EL
Paclitaxel is a highly successful anti-neoplastic cancer drug. The first clinically successful paclitaxl-delivery method is a mixture with cremophor EL and ethanol, here termed the taxol micelle. Unti...
Heated-balloon ablation as a novel less invasive local treatment for bile duct strictures: A first experimental study
Background Endobiliary radiofrequency ablation (RF-A) is a promising therapeutic option for bile duct strictures. However, conventional catheter RF-A has several limitations, and its usefulness and ap...