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Investigating attitudes towards medication and barriers to self-management among Hungarian adults with diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional study
The key to effective patient care is the patient’s proper cooperation, so it is important to examine the beliefs about medicine and self-management among diabetes patients. Therefore, the primary aim...
The impact of software and criteria on the selection of best-fit nucleotide substitution models for molecular evolutionary genetic analysis
The statistical selection of best-fit models of nucleotide substitution for multiple sequence alignments (MSAs) is routine in phylogenetics. Our analysis of model selection across three widely used ph...
The impact of temporal framing of breast cancer risk on perceptions of and motivations to engage with information about early diagnosis: Evidence from an online experiment
This study investigates the application of Construal Level Theory (CLT) to grasp how individuals perceive and respond to breast cancer risk in both near and distant future scenarios. Employing a two-s...
Addition of vegetable oil to enhance the biosynthesis of butenyl-spinosyn in a high production strain Saccharopolyspora pogona
Butenyl-spinosyn discovered from Saccharopolyspora pogona, is a broad-spectrum bioinsecticide. In order to further improve the production, the fermentation medium of a high-production strain Sa. pogon...
Association of membership in a farmer producer organization with crop diversity, household income, diet diversity, and women’s empowerment in Uttar Pradesh, India
Introduction To date, the impact of farmer producer organizations (FPOs) in India is under-explored in the empirical literature. The primary objective of this study was to test whether agricultural ho...
Impact of a team-based versus individual clinician-focused training approach on primary healthcare professionals’ intention to have serious illness conversations with patients: A theory-informed process evaluation embedded within a cluster randomized trial
Background Cluster randomized trials (cRTs) on the effectiveness of training programs face complex challenges when conducted in real-world settings. Process evaluations embedded within cRTs can help...
Current velocity, water quality, and benthic taxa as predictors for coral recruitment rates on the Great Barrier Reef
Coral reefs worldwide are experiencing frequent disturbances, rendering coral recruitment critical for population recovery. This large-scale study identifies environmental, spatial, and biotic drivers...
Does experience matter? Understanding the mechanism of the volume-outcome relationship: Learning-by-doing or economies of scale
Objective To evaluate the underlying mechanism of the volume-outcome relationship, namely learning-by-doing and scale economies in patients with sepsis. Design and study setting Retrospective cohort...
Enhanced lightweight and compromised-resilient image encryption for resource constrained environments
The Internet is experiencing a significant increase in multimedia traffic volume, highlighting the growing importance of managing and securing multimedia content efficiently. Classical or traditional...
Dorsal column pathway is involved in tactile reward-induced affective 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations in rats
Rhythmic stroking induces positive emotions in rats via the mesolimbic dopamine system. However, the ascending pathways underlying the affective 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) induced by somat...
Tracing the invasion: Wing morphometrics reveal population spread and adaptation patterns of Halyomorpha halys (Stål, 1855) across Southern Europe
Invasive species such as Halyomorpha halys (Stål, 1855), the brown marmorated stink bug, pose a significant threat to agriculture due to their rapid spread and adaptability. The aim of this study is t...
AI-driven Eyeball Exposure Rate (EER) analysis: A useful tool for assessing ptosis surgery effectiveness
Introduction Ptosis surgery outcomes are measured by one-dimensional metrics like Marginal Reflex Distance (MRD) and Palpebral Fissure Height (PFH) using ImageJ. However, these methods are insufficien...
Correction: Multifunctional hybrid films made from CoT3OTx4 and CoFeT2OT4 nanoparticles inside a poly 3-hydroxybutyrate matrix and study of their impact in methyl orange photodegradation
Evaluation of the compostability and toxic effects on Hordeum vulgare and Cynodon dactylon plants of plastic bags manufactured with compostable plastics
Because of the problem related to the accumulation of plastic bags in the environment, polymers called “bioplastics” have been developed. These materials are designed to reintegrate quickly into the e...
Improving the production of baculovirus expression vector by overexpression of IE0/IE1 through tandem promoter
The baculovirus expression vector system, known for its protein production in insect cells and has been criticized for its relatively low expression capacity. IE0/IE1, acknowledged vital early regulat...
Uncertainty and precaution in hunting wolves twice in a year: Reanalysis of Treves and Louchouarn: Reply to Stauffer et al.
Stauffer et al. (2024) present an alternative approach to modeling a one-year change in the wolf population of the state of Wisconsin, USA. They found an error in the code in Treves & Louchouarn 2...
Correction: Capture of circulating metastatic cancer cell clusters from lung cancer patients can reveal unique genomic profiles and potential anti-metastatic molecular targets: A proof-of-concept study
Effect of different concentrations of heparin-locking solution for central venous catheters in hemodialysis patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Background The effect of different concentrations of heparin-locking solution for central venous catheters (CVC) in hemodialysis patients is varied. Regarding the optimal concentration of heparin-loc...
Characterizing serotonin expression throughout bovine mammary gland developmental stages and its relationship with 17β-estradiol at puberty
Serotonin acts in an autocrine/paracrine manner within the mammary epithelium regulating cell homeostasis during lactation and cell turnover during involution after milk stasis. However, the presence...
Genome-wide identification and characterization of NCED gene family in soybean (Glycine max L.) and their expression profiles in response to various abiotic stress treatments
The NCED (9-cis-epoxy carotenoid dioxygenase) enzyme regulates the biosynthesis of abscisic acid (ABA), which is responsible for plant growth, development, and response to various environmental challe...
Adapting new norms: A mixed-method study exploring mental well-being challenges in dental technology education
Background The present study, grounded in the Stress-Adaptation-Growth theory, aims to explore the mental well-being among dental technology students during the post-pandemic period. Materials and m...
Geriatric assessment domains as predictors for clinical endpoints in older adults with cancer: Protocol for an updated systematic review
Geriatric assessments (GA) are increasingly used to inform treatment decision making and tailoring supportive care for older adults with cancer. Identifying which domains predict clinically relevant o...
Correction: Computational analysis of the deleterious non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (nsSNPs) in TYR gene impacting human tyrosinase protein and the protein stability
A predictive machine learning model for cannabinoid effect based on image detection of reactive oxygen species in microglia
Neuroinflammation is a key feature of human neurodisease including neuropathy and neurodegenerative disease and is driven by the activation microglia, immune cells of the nervous system. During activa...
Selection of timing of continuous renal replacement therapy in patients with acute kidney injury: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with high death rates and unfavorable outcomes. Previous studies evaluating the effect of the timing of CRRT therapy on the prognosis of patients with AKI have...