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Correction: Analysis of human capital effects introducing Bayesian quantile regression in the process of industrial structural upgrading
Correction: High Caveolin-1 mRNA expression in triple-negative breast cancer is associated with an aggressive tumor microenvironment, chemoresistance, and poor clinical outcome
Virtual Reality experiments in the field
Virtual Reality (VR) has paved its way into experimental psychology due to its capacity to realistically simulate real-world experiences in a controlled way. Theoretically, this technology opens the p...
Disparities between native americans and white individuals in global outcome trajectories over the 5 years after traumatic brain injury: A model systems study
Purpose Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can lead to a host of challenges and negatively impacts Native Americans more than any other ethnic group in the U.S. Despite this, little research exists on Nativ...
Validation of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire among clinical clerkship students in Malaysia
The 81-item Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) is a validated tool for measuring self-regulated learning (SRL) and comprises two scales, Motivation and Learning strategies. Althoug...
Correction: Analysis of clinicopathological factors associate with the visibility of early gastric cancer in endoscopic examination and usefulness of linked color imaging: A multicenter prospective study
Long-term trends and projections of stomach cancer burden in China: Insights from the GBD 2021 study
Stomach cancer continues to be a major public health concern in China, with its incidence, prevalence, mortality, and overall burden showing notable changes over time. This study set out to analyze th...
A novel ex vivo protocol that mimics length and excitation changes of human muscles during walking induces force losses in EDL but not in soleus of mdx mice
Although eccentric contraction protocols are widely used to study the pathophysiology and potential treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), they do not reflect the stresses, strains, strain...
Neuroinvasive and neurovirulent potential of SARS-CoV-2 in the acute and post-acute phase of intranasally inoculated ferrets
Severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can cause systemic disease, including neurological complications, even after mild respiratory disease. Previous studies have shown that SA...
Adherence to intravenous chemotherapy and associated factors among patients with cancer at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital Cancer Treatment Center, Sidama Region, Southern Ethiopia
Background Medication adherence refers to how closely a patient follows the prescribed timing and dosage of their treatment. Adherence to chemotherapy is particularly complex and multifaceted, and it...
Virtual reality for stress management and burnout reduction in nursing: A systematic review protocol
Background Burnout is a pervasive issue in the nursing profession, with detrimental consequences for nurses’ well-being, patient care, and healthcare systems. Virtual reality (VR) is a promising tool...
GDBM: A database of global drainage basin morphology
Rivers and their drainage basins are fundamental landscape units, and their morphology is a record of the cascade of geologic, tectonic, biological, and climatic processes acting upon them. Quantifyin...
CNN-LSTM based emotion recognition using Chebyshev moment and K-fold validation with multi-library SVM
Human emotions are not necessarily tends to produce right facial expressions as there is no well defined connection between them. Although, human emotions are spontaneous, their facial expressions dep...
From lab to real life: Is there a link between lab-based and ecological assessment of Procedural Perceptual-Motor Learning tasks?
Procedural Perceptual-Motor Learning (PPML) refers to the process leading to the acquisition of new motor skills through repeated practice. It is crucial to (re-)acquire skills needed in daily life an...
Lightweight PCB defect detection method based on SCF-YOLO
Addressing the issues of large model size and slow detection speed in real-time defect detection in complex scenarios of printed circuit boards (PCBs), this study proposes a new lightweight defect det...
Monetary reward mechanism for promoting online knowledge sharing: A modeling study
Knowledge sharing is critical for an organization to acquire sustained competitive advantage. Bestowing monetary rewards may possibly the most direct method of stimulating online knowledge sharing. Un...
A transformer-based structure-aware model for tackling the traveling salesman problem
Leveraging the Transformer architecture to develop end-to-end models for addressing combinatorial optimization problems (COPs) has shown significant potential due to its exceptional performance. Never...
Nature-based interventions for individual, collective and planetary wellbeing: A protocol for a scoping review
Nature-based interventions (NBIs) provide an opportunity to enhance individual wellbeing, improve community cohesion, and promote a culture of care for the environment. Several scoping reviews have at...
Correction: Online risk exposure and anxiety among college students in China: The chain mediating role of negative attribution and interpersonal security
Assessing microbial diversity in open-pit mining: Metabarcoding analysis of soil and pit microbiota across operational and restoration stages
Mine closure operations aim to restore the ecosystem to a near-original state. Microorganisms are indispensable for soil equilibrium and restoration. Metabarcoding was employed to characterize the bac...
Onion pollenkitt: Function, DNase activity, fatty acid composition, and SEM imaging
Pollenkitt, a sticky substance produced by the tapetal cells of pollen grains, plays a crucial role in pollen functionality, yet it remains an understudied component in plant biology. In this study, w...
Qualitative phytochemical profiling, and in vitro antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of Psidium guajava (Guava)
Psidium guajava is a well-known tropic tree, widely cultivated for its fruits, and traditionally, it has long been used for medicinal purposes. For instance, its fruit peels are also being used to all...
Assessment of antigen immunogenicity formulated in minigenes transfected into antigen-presenting cells
Tumor cells exhibit deficient antigen presentation to T cells, significantly contributing to immune evasion and tumor genesis. Peptide pulsed Antigen-presenting cells (APCs) are commonly used in cance...
The use of brain-machine interface, motor imagery, and action observation in the rehabilitation of individuals with Parkinson’s disease: A protocol study for a randomized clinical trial
Background Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative condition that impacts motor planning and control of the upper limbs (UL) and leads to cognitive impairments. Rehabilitation approaches, incl...
Ensemble deep learning for Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis using MRI: Integrating features from VGG16, MobileNet, and InceptionResNetV2 models
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the accumulation of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain, leading to distinctive patterns of neuronal dysf...