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DNA extraction protocols for animal fecal material on blood spot cards
Background Collecting fecal samples using dry preservatives is an attractive option in large epidemiological studies as they are easy to use, cheap and independent of cold chain lo...
Pacing and placing in 161-km ultramarathons: Effects of sex and age
Ultramarathons are growing in popularity, owing especially to the participation of women and masters athletes. Pacing strategy, which can vary by sex and age, is a critical variable in determining fin...
Understanding young adults’ perceptions regarding human papillomavirus vaccination: A qualitative study
Background Over 47,000 human papillomavirus (HPV) related cancers are newly diagnosed every year in the United States, yet HPV vaccination rates are below desirable levels. Young adulthood is critical...
Correction: Development of a novel complex inflammatory bowel disease mouse model: Reproducing human inflammatory bowel disease etiologies in mice
Exploring breast cancer awareness and screening practices amongst rural women in The Gambia: Community-based cross-sectional study
Background Breast cancer is a significant public health challenge in The Gambia, where it ranks as the second most commonly diagnosed cancer among women. Rural women face unique challenges in accessin...
DASNeRF: depth consistency optimization, adaptive sampling, and hierarchical structural fusion for sparse view neural radiance fields
To address the challenges of significant detail loss in Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) under sparse-view input conditions, this paper proposes the DASNeRF framework. DASNeRF aims to generate high-detai...
GRIN lens implantation strategies for in vivo calcium imaging using miniature microscopy
Miniature microscopy (Miniscope) has become one of the most popular and valuable neuroscience tools in the last decade. Miniscope in vivo calcium imaging during freely moving behavior has led to a num...
Spatio-temporal distribution of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever and its relationship with climate factors in Pakistan: A decade-long experience from tertiary care laboratory network
Pakistan is at high-risk for Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) outbreaks due to its geographic location and disease burden in bordering countries. We aimed to study the spatio-temporal distributi...
Impact of cardiosphere-derived cells on the maladapted right ventricular muscle in a rat sugen/hypoxia model of pulmonary hypertension with right ventricular dysfunction
Background and aims With pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), right ventricular (RV) function is a major determinant of survival. Despite current therapies, maladaptive changes ensue in the RV muscl...
Impact of artificial feeding on the developmental cycle of two triatomine species
Background Live animals are the preferred food source for rearing and keeping triatomines in insectaries. However, there is an increasing demand for artificial feeding as an alternative method to usin...
Correction: Retraction: Tanshinone IIA Inhibits HIF-1α and VEGF Expression in Breast Cancer Cells via mTOR/p70S6K/RPS6/4E-BP1 Signaling Pathway
High front-to-back ratio metasurface antenna with single-layer and compact size for WLAN applications
This paper proposes a novel high front-to-back ratio (FBR) metasurface (MS) antenna with single-layer and compact size characteristics. The proposed design consists of a 2 × 2 unit-cell MS radiating l...
Impact of spectacle use on academic performance among Vietnamese adolescents with reduced visual acuity and myopia: A school-based study
Objectives Untreated cataracts and uncorrected refractive errors are the leading causes of vision impairment worldwide. Timely correction of refractive errors can significantly improve visual function...
Prevention and control of multidrug-resistance tuberculosis in Ethiopia: Patients’ perspectives from the Oromia region
Background Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is one of the biggest challenges worldwide to end tuberculosis. It is vital to understand the challenges and opportunities of patients during MDR-...
Government regulation or market mechanism? A study on the collaborative innovation pathways of the emergency industry based on evolutionary game models
Promoting collaborative innovation within the emergency industry has become a crucial task, which is of great significance for enhancing emergency response capabilities and ensuring public safety. On...
Retraction: Efficient lung cancer detection using computational intelligence and ensemble learning
Retraction: Ubiquitination increases Parkin activity to promote Autophagic α-Synuclein Clearance
Floral visitation of European honey bees and hoverflies in selected cultivated cucurbitaceous crops in Morogoro, Eastern-Central Tanzania
Cucurbit production in many parts of the world is constrained by the absence of effective pollinators. Due to the decline of European honey bees (Apis mellifera), main pollinators of cucurbits, there...
The efficiency of sensory systems in postural control of children with and without hearing or visual impairments
Limited evidence exists on the efficiency of the sensory systems of children with sensory impairment. The purpose of this study was to examine the sensory systems involved in postural control of male...
Fixed points of multivalued convex contractions with application
In this work, we establish fixed point outcomes for single- valued convex contraction type mappings in the context of a b-metric space. Some of the new results are extended for a multivalued convex co...
Retraction: Carbapenem resistance and Acinetobacter baumannii in Senegal: The paradigm of a common phenomenon in natural reservoirs
The development of a brain injury survivor patient and public involvement group by a brain injury survivor
Background Patient and public involvement (PPI) in research is seen as key to ensuring applicability and impact. Undertaking PPI in people after brain injury has long been seen to...
Sample selection bias due to omitting short trees for tree height estimation in forest inventories: A case study on Pinus koraiensis plantations in South Korea
This study investigates the impact of omitting short tree data on tree height estimation in conventional forest inventories, focusing on Pinus koraiensis plantations in South Korea. Twenty height-diam...
Continuity of care interventions for people with stroke and their caregivers: A scoping review protocol
Background The needs of people with stroke and caregivers’ change as they transition across the stroke care continuum from initial symptom onset to community living. Continuity of care interventions m...
Matching plasma and tissue miRNA expression analysis to detect viable ovarian germ cell tumors
Purpose MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are emerging as circulating biomarkers in germ cell tumors (GCT) with potential to guide management. Their role and expression patterns are more established in testicular GC...