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Predicting treatment response to cognitive behavior therapy in social anxiety disorder on the basis of demographics, psychiatric history, and scales: A machine learning approach
Only about half of patients with social anxiety disorder (SAD) respond substantially to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). However, there has been little evidence available to clinicians or patients...
Parthenolide regulates microglial and astrocyte function in primary cultures from ALS mice and has neuroprotective effects on primary motor neurons
Over the last twenty years, the role of microgliosis and astrocytosis in the pathophysiology of neurodegenerative diseases has increasingly been recognized. Dysregulation of microglial and astrocyte p...
A corpus-based analysis of noun modifiers in L2 writing: The respective impact of L2 proficiency and L1 background
Complex noun phrases, as a distinctive feature of academic writing, pose an important learning task for L2 learners. Noun modifiers are the primary means of constructing complex noun phrases. Due to t...
Types, method, and mode of implementation of pain/symptom maps in musculoskeletal pain rehabilitation: A scoping review protocol
Introduction Pain maps are tools used for assessing the extent, location, or distribution of pain or symptoms for clinical or research purposes. Pain mapping involves a transformational representatio...
Retraction: Relay protection system of transmission line based on AI
Forecasting stock prices using long short-term memory involving attention approach: An application of stock exchange industry
The Stability of the economy is always a great challenge across the world, especially in under developed countries. Many researchers have contributed to forecasting the Stock Market and controlling th...
The silence of opioids-dependent chronic pain patients: A text mining analysis from sex and gender perspective
Existing evidence indicates sex-related differences in Prescription Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) in Chronic Non-Cancer Pain (CNCP). However to date, there is scant evidence for other socioeconomic factor...
Assessing the sustainability of combined heat and power systems with renewable energy and storage systems: Economic insights under uncertainty of parameters
The escalating challenges posed by fossil fuel reliance, climate change, and increasing energy expenses have underscored the critical importance of optimizing energy systems. This paper addresses the...
Retraction: Research on the inheritance and protection of folk art and culture from the perspective of network cultural governance
Real-world goal-directed behavior reveals aberrant functional brain connectivity in children with ADHD
Functional connectomics is a popular approach to investigate the neural underpinnings of developmental disorders of which attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most prevalent....
Leadership development as a novel strategy to mitigate burnout among female physicians
Background Female physicians are more likely to experience burnout and less likely to hold leadership positions. Effective interventions are needed to support women physicians in the workforce. Obje...
Method for building segmentation and extraction from high-resolution remote sensing images based on improved YOLOv5ds
To address challenges in remote sensing images, such as the abundance of buildings, difficulty in contour extraction, and slow update speeds, a high-resolution remote sensing image building segmentati...
A comprehensive survey and comparative analysis of time series data augmentation in medical wearable computing
Recent advancements in hardware technology have spurred a surge in the popularity and ubiquity of wearable sensors, opening up new applications within the medical domain. This proliferation has result...
Correction: The cost of doing nothing about a sleeper weed–Nassella neesiana in New Zealand
Prevalence, risk factors, and treatment methods of thirst in critically ill patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Critically ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) experience various symptoms and discomfort. Although thirst is a typical distressing symptom and should be assessed daily, it is cruci...
Retraction: Measuring convergence in the sugarcane industry in China’s Guangxi province
Retraction: A study on interannual change features of soil salinity of cotton field with drip irrigation under mulch in Southern Xinjiang
Removal of hexavalent chromium from wastewater by chelating resin supported Fe/Cu bimetallic nanoparticles: Characterization, performance and mechanisms
In this work, Bimetallic Fe/Cu nanoparticles were successfully stabilized by chelating resin, which was specifically employed for the remediation of hexavalent chromium contaminated wastewater. Based...
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine acceptability in Ghana: An urban-based population study
Introduction Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine hesitancy is a complex health challenge characterized by a delay in the acceptance or refusal of the vaccination with context-specific determin...
Applying an E-Learning framework to explore learner nurses’ and nurse educators’ perceptions about technology platforms in nursing
Background Technological platforms provide online support systems for teaching and learning colleges and universities. However, some colleges seem to be not benefiting from these online support system...
Correction: Comparing methods to classify admitted patients with SARS-CoV-2 as admitted for COVID-19 versus with incidental SARS-CoV-2: A cohort study
Governance and responses of health and surveillance systems to COVID-19 in BRICS countries: A scoping review protocol
The capacity of countries to respond to COVID-19 has varied, worsening inequities. Structural factors (such as socio-economic inequalities and health system financing conditions) and political-institu...
New adjusted missing value imputation in multiple regression with simple random sampling and rank set sampling methods
This research compared the efficiency of several adjusted missing value imputation methods in multiple regression analysis. The four imputation methods were the following: regression-ratio quartile1,3...
Demographic, socioeconomic and regional disparities in the coverage of water, sanitation and hygiene facilities in four South Asian Countries
Background Ensuring an adequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) is crucial for upholding public health and achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG-6). The main goal of this study was to rev...
Classification of pulmonary diseases from chest radiographs using deep transfer learning
Pulmonary diseases are the leading causes of disabilities and deaths worldwide. Early diagnosis of pulmonary diseases can reduce the fatality rate. Chest radiographs are commonly used to diagnose pulm...