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Persian adaptation and validation of the user version of The Mobile Application Rating Scale (uMARS)
Objective Health applications (apps) enable patients to make decisions regarding their health utilizing digitally-enabled processes for care, expand accessibility to healthcare service delivery, and...
The impact of environmental enrichment on energy metabolism in ovariectomized mice
After menopause, a decline in ovarian function leads to various physical and psychological changes, potentially resulting in a range of pathological conditions, including abnormalities in energy metab...
Embedding professional development within the curriculum of graduate programs: An impact survey from biomedical departments in a faculty of medicine
Although the career pathways of biomedical PhDs are increasingly diverse, graduate education continues to rely upon an apprenticeship model, whereby supervisors train the next generation of researcher...
The turbulent soundscape of intertidal oyster reefs
Turbulence and sound are important cues for oyster reef larval recruitment. Numerous studies have found a relationship between turbulence intensity and swimming behaviors of marine larvae, while other...
Detection of microplastics in the feline placenta and fetus
The present study aimed to detect microplastics in feline placentas and fetuses in the early stage of pregnancy. For this study, 8 pregnant queens were evaluated. A standardized protocol for the diges...
Study on the resistivity characteristics and mechanism of silt clay under different initial conditions
By taking silt clay as the research object, two-phase electrode resistivity tests under different water content and dry density conditions were carried out to clarify the resistivity variation law and...
Socio-economic gradients in hypertension and diabetes management amid the COVID-19 pandemic in India
This study examines socio-economic inequalities in the prevalence and treatment of hypertension and diabetes among adults in India, utilising data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) collect...
Socioeconomic disparities in anthropometric status among primary school children: A potential association with school meals
Objective To assess the growth and nutritional status of children in primary schools across different socioeconomic groups in Wad-Madani City, Central Sudan, and map it to World Health Organization (W...
A dynamic transmission model for assessing the impact of pneumococcal vaccination in the United States
Streptococcus pneumoniae (SP) is a bacterial pathogen that kills more than 300,000 children every year across the globe. Multiple vaccines exist that prevent pneumococcal disease,...
Enlightened prognosis: Hepatitis prediction with an explainable machine learning approach
Hepatitis is a widespread inflammatory condition of the liver, presenting a formidable global health challenge. Accurate and timely detection of hepatitis is crucial for effective patient management,...
Targeting NLRP3 and AIM2 signaling pathways by Viscosol alleviates metabolic dysregulations induced inflammatory responses in diabetic neuro- and nephropathy: An in silico and in vivo study
Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) is a chronic metabolic disorder, considered the fastest growing pandemic of the 21stcentury. Meta-inflammation is a pivotal characteristic of T2D. Hyperactivated PTP1B, NLRP3, an...
Segmented linear integral correlation Kernel ensemble reconstruction: A new method for climate reconstructions with applications to Holocene era proxies from an East Antarctic ice core
Understanding past climate is essential to our knowledge of how our current climate system operates, and how it might respond to future change. Techniques to reconstruct climate history are challengin...
A new Middle Jurassic lagoon margin assemblage of theropod and sauropod dinosaur trackways from the Isle of Skye, Scotland
Although globally scarce, Middle Jurassic dinosaur tracks are known from the Isle of Skye, Scotland, and help indicate the palaeoenvironmental preferences and behaviour of major dinosaur clades. Here,...
Assessing interface accuracy in macromolecular complexes
Accurately predicting the 3D structures of macromolecular complexes is becoming increasingly important for understanding their cellular functions. At the same time, reliably assessing prediction quali...
Comorbidities and health-related quality of life among rural older community-dwellers in Vietnam
This study explored the patterns of comorbidities and their impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among elderly individuals living in rural communities in Vietnam. A cross-sectional study w...
Correction: Long noncoding RNA NONHSAT122636.2 attenuates myocardial inflammation and apoptosis in myocarditis
Salmonella isolated from street foods and environment of an urban park: A whole genome sequencing approach
Salmonella is one of the most important foodborne pathogens worldwide. Therefore, this study was conducted to understand the importance of this microorganism in street food and the environment of an u...
Peer reviews of peer reviews: A randomized controlled trial and other experiments
Is it possible to reliably evaluate the quality of peer reviews? We study this question driven by two primary motivations – incentivizing high-quality reviewing using assessed quality of reviews and m...
Determining the priority semen characteristics and appropriate age for genetic improvement in Thai native roosters
Semen characteristics are crucial indicators of reproductive success and directly influence the production efficiency of native chickens, which play a vital role in sustainable poultry production syst...
A longitudinal study on the impact of subjective exclusion on changes in self-esteem: the mediating effect of perceived income inequality
This study explored the impact of the subjective exclusion perceived by adults on the development trajectory of self-esteem and verified the mediating role of perceived income inequality. We analyzed...
Plasmodium species infecting lizards in the Brazilian Cerrado: Identification and description of a novel species, Plasmodium brasiliensis n. sp.
Parasites of the genus Plasmodium, responsible for lizard malaria, are widely distributed and taxonomically diverse. Molecular techniques provide valuable insights into the evolutionary relationships...
Correction: Nursing staff’s attitudes towards the prevention of adverse events among hospitalized people with dementia: Protocol of qualitative systematic review and evidence synthesis
Dietary phytochemical index and the risk of cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Background Recently, the association between dietary phytochemical index (DPI) and the risk of cancer has been the focus of researchers, however, this possible association has not been fully understoo...
Assessing competitiveness and complementarity in agricultural trade between China and Cambodia pre-pandemic and post-pandemic
The concepts of trade competitiveness and complementarity function as key indicators for assessing the strengths and weaknesses of a nation’s export profile, as well as predicting future trade traject...
Efficient quantification of Parkinson’s disease severity using augmented time-series data
The diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease relies heavily on the subjective assessment of physicians, which depends on their individual experience and training, potentially leading to inconsistent diagnosti...