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Nonlinear active disturbance rejection mechanism based sliding mode control for enhancing electric power assisted steering performance
Electric Power Assisted Steering (EPAS) systems provide vehicle stability and safety under various driving conditions. Previous studies often applied only one or several traditional algorithms to cont...
The usefulness of heart rate variability in adolescents with tic disorder: Focused on interplay with quality of life
Background Tic disorders, characterized by involuntary movements or vocalizations, are influenced by neurological and psychological factors. Although an imbalance in neurotransmitter systems, genetic...
Wildfire impacts and mitigation strategies among California cannabis producers
California has experienced increasing frequency and intensity of wildfire, with the five largest fires on record since 2018. Over the same period, licensed cannabis production has grown to a high-gros...
A deep learning-based approach for the detection of cucumber diseases
Cucumbers play a significant role as a greenhouse crop globally. In numerous countries, they are fundamental to dietary practices, contributing significantly to the nutritional patterns of various pop...
Immunotherapy as a treatment for type 1 diabetes mellitus in children and young adults: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis
Background and Objective Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is characterized by the loss of pancreatic cells, resulting in total insulin insufficiency. According to the Diabetes Control and Complications...
Feel connected to create: Self-reported psychedelic drug users exhibit higher sense of connectedness and better divergent thinking skills compared to non-users
Psychedelic drugs can increase health, wellbeing, and even boost cognitive functions such as creativity. Beyond this, previous studies indicated that psychedelic drug intake can increase the sense of...
Typologies of childhood maltreatment and associations with internalizing symptoms among university students in Singapore: A latent class analysis
This study used Latent Class Analysis to identify typologies of childhood maltreatment (CM) and the associations of CM with five internalizing symptoms. A sample of 1,042 university students in Singap...
Effects of using conventional assistive devices on spatiotemporal gait parameters of adults with neurological disorders: A systematic review protocol
Individuals with neurological disorders often experience gait impairments that contribute to increased disability, long-term care risk, and higher healthcare costs. The prescription of assistive devic...
A quantitative evaluation study of China’s Long-Term Care insurance policies based on the PMC index model: A case study of 16 pilot policy texts
China’s Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI) system is designed to address the caregiving needs of elderly individuals with disabilities and dementia, focusing on long-term care to ensure adequate survival...
Developmental trajectory of voluntary alcohol consumption in adolescent mice using finite mixture modeling and Bayesian posterior probability analysis
Background Alcohol use disorders (AUDs) pose a significant public health challenge, with adolescence representing a critical period of vulnerability for the initiation of alcohol consumption. Variabil...
Chemotherapy and Heart-Specific Mortality in Elderly Men with Prostate Cancer: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis
Objective Prostate cancer (PC) is the most common malignant tumour in men, and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) is the leading cause of non-cancer death in PC patients. The main purpose...
The influence of resonant leadership on teachers’ innovative behavior: The mediating mechanism of information processing models
Teacher innovation is crucial for adapting education to contemporary societal needs. While the benefits of resonant leadership have been extensively studied, its influence on teachers’ innovative beha...
Cassiopea xamachana microbiome across anatomy, development, and geography
The upside-down jellyfish holobiont, Cassiopea xamachana, is a useful model system for tri-partite interactions between the cnidarian host, the photosymbiont, and the bacterial microbiome. While the i...
Understanding the influence of socioeconomic status on children physical disciplinary practices in Bangladeshi households
Background Despite progress in reducing violence against children, physical disciplinary practices remain prevalent in many parts of the world, including Bangladesh. Understanding the sociodemographic...
Fibre tracing in biomedical images: An objective comparison between seven algorithms
Obtaining the traces and the characteristics of elongated structures is an important task in computer vision pipelines. In biomedical applications, the analysis of traces of vasculature, nerves or fib...
Enhancing secondary school students’ science process skills through guided inquiry-based laboratory activities in biology
Science process skills (SPS) are vital for enhancing student engagement, critical thinking, and academic achievement in science education. However, Ethiopian secondary schools often rely on traditiona...
Unlocking renewable energy potential: Overcoming knowledge sharing hurdles in rural EU regions on example of poland, sweden and france
The optimal technological choice for sustainable development lies in renewable energy sources (RES). However, the potential offered by RES utilization poses significant challenges for mobile technolog...
Correction: Identification and quantification of glucose degradation products in heat-sterilized glucose solutions for parenteral use by thin-layer chromatography
Comparing MEG and EEG measurement set-ups for a brain–computer interface based on selective auditory attention
Auditory attention modulates auditory evoked responses to target vs. non-target sounds in electro- and magnetoencephalographic (EEG/MEG) recordings. Employing whole-scalp MEG recordings and offline clas...
Quantum-assisted trustworthiness for the Quantum Internet
Device redundancy is one of the most well-known mechanisms in distributed systems to increase the overall system fault tolerance and, consequently, trustworthiness. Existing algorithms in this regard...
Potential effect of social support on perceived stress and anxiety in college students during public health crisis: Multiple interactions of gender
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected college students, leading to increased anxiety and emotional distress. This study investigated how perceived public health crises relate to anxiety levels in college...
Retraction: Leadership empowering behaviour as a predictor of employees’ psychological well-being: Evidence from a cross-sectional study among secondary school teachers in Kohat Division, Pakistan
Fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) genetic polymorphisms contribute to fused roots in human molars
Fibroblast growth factors (FGFRs) signaling are required for human tooth development. Its dysregulation affects tooth formation and patients with FGFR2 mutations often present dental anomalies in the...
Enhancing phylloquinone levels using ultraviolet-A radiation in indoor farming
Phylloquinone (Phyllo) or vitamin K1 is mostly available in plant-based foods such as spinach and lettuce. Because Phyllo absorption in the human gut is low, foods with significantly high levels of Ph...
The effect of air pollution on morbidity and mortality among children aged under five in sub-Saharan Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis
Background Air pollution from indoor and outdoor sources constitutes a substantial health risk to young children in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Although some systematic reviews have assessed air polluti...