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Hidden diversity of Trypanosomatidae (Protozoa: Kinetoplastea) in bats from an urban park in Brazil
Trypanosomatids are obligate flagellated parasites, with the genera Leishmania and Trypanosoma acting as etiological agents of significant diseases such as leishmaniasis and Chagas disease. Although e...
Information criterion for approximation of unnormalized densities
This paper considers the problem of approximating an unknown density when it can be evaluated up to a normalizing constant at a finite number of points. This density approximation problem is ubiquitou...
Centralized allocation of decision rights and enterprise transformation and upgrading: Based on human capital level and capital allocation efficiency
Under the pressure of transformation and upgrading caused by complex environments at home and abroad, it is significant to explore how the centralized allocation of decision rights affects enterprise...
Correction: The compounding impact of the social determinants of health and COVID-19 on the mental health of young workers in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative, arts-based study
Party realignment and single-issue voters
This paper studies the effect of a single-issue referendum on political party realignment. We consider the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom in the aftermath of a referendum on the British exit...
The impact of acute bike desk usage before encoding and during early consolidation on memory task performance in university students and use case evaluation in an educational setting
This study examined the impact of using bike desks on cognitive function and memory among university students. Physical activity during adolescence offers enduring health benefits, yet sedentary behav...
Evaluating AI-based breastfeeding chatbots: quality, readability, and reliability analysis
Background In recent years, expectant and breastfeeding mothers commonly use various breastfeeding-related social media applications and websites to seek breastfeeding-related information. At the sam...
Disparities in self-reported mental health, physical health, and substance use across sexual orientations in Canada
Background While prior studies have shown LGB individuals have elevated risk of poor mental health, poor physical health, and substance use, existing study designs may be improved...
Relative telomere length in dairy calves and dams undergoing two different methods of weaning and separation after three months of contact
Telomere length (i.e., the length of the repeated sequences of DNA at the end of chromosomes) is a promising indicator of overall stress. Our study aimed to compare the effects of a stress-inducing se...
Analysis of the Kuznets curve relationship between economic development and ecological environment in Aba Prefecture
Background The Yangtze and Yellow River basins play a critical role in China’s economic and social development as well as ecological security. As a key ecological barrier in the upper reaches of these...
Finite element analysis of the lens profile during accommodation
The magnitude of zonular forces required to change the shape of the human lens while focusing at near; i.e., accommodating, is still under investigation. During accommodation, ciliary muscle contracti...
Correction: Cross-reactive inhibitory antibody and memory B cell responses to variant strains of Duffy binding protein II at post-Plasmodium vivax infection
Correction: Network analysis reveals abnormal functional brain circuitry in anxious dogs
Large language models can consistently generate high-quality content for election disinformation operations
Advances in large language models have raised concerns about their potential use in generating compelling election disinformation at scale. This study presents a two-part investigation into the capabi...
Wild Florida mottled ducks demonstrate strong heterogeneity in their humoral innate immune response
The Florida Mottled Duck ( Anas fulvigula fulvigula ) is a unique subspecies of waterfowl whose range is limited to peninsular Florida, USA. As an endemic subsp...
Cooperative longevity of interaction model for addressing paused handoff problem in smart city intelligent transportation systems
Smart cities use Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) to manage traffic by continuously communicating with roadside infrastructure and nearby vehicles. Paused handoff interrupts grounded congestio...
Consequences of platelet-educated cancer cells on the expression of inflammatory and metastatic glycoproteins
Cancer-associated thrombosis, a major cause of mortality in cancer patients, exhibits a 4 to 7 times higher incidence compared to the general population. Platelet activation by tumor cells contributes...
Non-synaptic plasticity enables memory-dependent local learning
Synaptic plasticity is essential for memory formation and learning in the brain. In addition, recent results indicate that non-synaptic plasticity processes such as the regulation of neural membrane p...
Correction: Flow cytometric analysis identifies changes in S and M phases as novel cell cycle alterations induced by the splicing inhibitor isoginkgetin
Self-suppressing behavioral patterns and depressive traits exacerbate chronic pain: Psychological trait assessment using the structured association technique method
This study investigated the relationship between psychological traits and chronic pain using the Structured Association Technique (SAT) method to evaluate psychological factors associated with chronic...
The influence of psychological capital on employment expectations of vocational undergraduate students: The chain mediating role of active coping style and educational flow experience
As vocational undergraduate students in China face increasing challenges in the job market, understanding the factors that shape their employment expectations is crucial. Psychological capital is cons...
Optimal dimensions and performance evaluation of a truncated spherical dielectric lens antenna at X-band frequencies
This study presents the design and development of a truncated spherical dielectric lens antenna. The primary goal of this research is to significantly improve and optimize the directivity and beamwidt...
Traffic signal active control method for short-distance intersections
Aiming at the existing problems about the overflow prevention goal and the overall traffic efficiency guarantee being difficult to optimize at the same time in the signal control process of short-dist...
Methods for the health technology assessment of complex interventions: A scoping review
Introduction Health Technology Assessment (HTA) methods have been developed to support evidence-informed policy-making by assessing the comparative value and costs of health interventions and programs...
Family caregivers’ contributions to self-care behaviors among heart failure patients in Oman
Background Family caregiver’s role can be involving patients with heart failure (HF) in each behavior of self-care such as treatment adherence, and healthy eating, which will \ultimately lead to disea...