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Hidden stories of caregivers with children living with sickle cell disease in Uganda: Experiences, coping strategies and outcomes
Background Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) poses a substantial public health challenge in Uganda, exhibiting distinct regional variations in prevalence. The Uganda Sickle Cell Surveillan...
Cloning of the DlERF10 gene from Diospyros lotus L. and cold tolerance analysis of the DlERF10 gene in transgenic tobacco plants
In the north of China, Diospyros plants are vulnerable to low-temperature damage in winter and is considered as a major factor restricting the development of the persimmon industry in Northern China....
Pulmonary function, body posture and balance in young adults with asthma: A cross-sectional study
Asthma may lead to musculoskeletal dysfunction, including postural abnormalities. This study aimed to compare pulmonary function, body posture, and dynamic balance in young adults with childhood-onset...
A model for maxilloturbinate morphogenesis in seals
The nasal cavities of mammals contain the maxilloturbinate bones, which are involved in reducing heat and water losses. The maxilloturbinates of Arctic seals develop into particularly elaborate labyri...
Auditory and tactile frequency mapping for visual distance perception: A step forward in sensory substitution and augmentation
Vision is crucial for daily tasks and interacting with the environment, but visual impairment can hinder these activities. Many sensory substitution products and studies prioritize providing abundant...
Unsupervised feature selection algorithm based on L 2,p -norm feature reconstruction
Traditional subspace feature selection methods typically rely on a fixed distance to compute residuals between the original and feature reconstruction spaces. However, this approach struggles to adapt...
Digital inequalities and U.S. undergraduate outcomes over the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated major and rapid changes to undergraduate student learning conditions, but the longer-term consequences of those changes have yet to be fully understood. We assess ho...
Preterm delivery in Ghana: challenges and implications for maternal mental health trajectories
Purpose The present study examined mothers’ experiences with preterm infants in Accra, Ghana, at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic, existing poverty, and global economic depressions severely challenge...
Trading-off health safety, civil liberties, and unemployment based on communication strategies: the social dilemma in fighting pandemics
Crisis management often requires decisions that prioritize the collective good over individual interests. Effective crisis communication strategies can influence individuals’ behavior towards the coll...
Assessment of climate change impact on landscape tree distribution and sustainability in South Korea using MaxEnt-based modeling
The rapidly changing climate is impacting species globally at an unprecedented rate, including humans. Consequently, extensive research is being conducted on the impacts of climate change on indigenou...
The role of doulas in abortion care in Canada: A qualitative study
Introduction Equitable and safe access to abortion is essential for reproductive autonomy. Despite decriminalization in 1988, barriers to accessing abortion in Canada persist, particularly for people...
Pharmacometabolomics in TB meningitis—Understanding the pharmacokinetic, metabolic, and immune factors associated with anti-TB drug concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid
Poor penetration of many anti-tuberculosis (TB) antibiotics into the central nervous system (CNS) is thought to be a major driver of morbidity and mortality in TB meningitis (TBM). While the amount of...
Apportioned voting
The paper introduces a new electoral system, based on proportional representation, called apportioned voting because each vote is apportioned among the candidates. Apportioned voting can be thought of...
The complexity of architectural and anthropological dynamics in womb-tomb structures: An interdisciplinary investigation
Our research investigates a collection of distinctive case studies identified as ‘womb-tomb sacred structures,’ scattered throughout the region colloquially referred to as the Holy Land. This geograph...
Quantitative metrics for evaluating surgical dexterity using virtual reality simulations
This study develops and evaluates quantitative metrics to assess surgical dexterity within virtual reality (VR) simulations to enhance surgical training and performance. By employing advanced VR techn...
Effectiveness of virtual reality technology in rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Background Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) can be fully recovered with effective rehabilitation, which also lowers the risk of developing osteoarthritis in the knee. Virtual reality t...
Land-use and socioeconomic time-series reveal legacy of redlining on present-day gentrification within a growing United States city
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) maps illustrated patterns of segregation in United States cites in the 1930s. As the causes and drivers of demographic and land-use segregation vary over years, th...
A systematic review of post COVID-19 condition in children and adolescents: Gap in evidence from low-and -middle-income countries and the impact of SARS-COV-2 variants
The long-term health consequences following COVID-19 have largely been reported in adult populations living in high-income countries. We therefore did a systematic review of post COVID-19 condition sy...
A comparative analysis of diversification of agricultural production among EU candidate countries and Eastern Partnership countries: An international perspective
The volume and structure of agricultural production depend on many different factors, including environmental, climatic, weather, economic, development potential of the agricultural sector, but also o...
Prevalence and correlation of sarcopenia with Alzheimer’s disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Background Sarcopenia, which is defined by a decline in skeletal muscle mass and strength associated with aging, is common among older individuals and presents considerable health dangers. Alzheimer’s...
Emotion-RGC net: A novel approach for emotion recognition in social media using RoBERTa and Graph Neural Networks
Emotion recognition in social media is a challenging task due to the complex and unstructured nature of user-generated content. In this paper, we propose Emotion-RGC Net, a novel deep learning model t...
Cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome in patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 10
Background Spinocerebellar ataxia type 10 (SCA10) is an autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia, characterized by epilepsy, ataxic symptoms, and cognitive impairments linked to Cerebellar Cognitive Affec...
Retraction: TOM40 Mediates Mitochondrial Dysfunction Induced by α-Synuclein Accumulation in Parkinson’s Disease
RE-YOLO: An apple picking detection algorithm fusing receptive-field attention convolution and efficient multi-scale attention
The widespread cultivation of apples highlights the importance of efficient and accurate apple detection algorithms in robotic picking technology. The accuracy of current apple picking detection algorit...
Use of a single case-finding questionnaire to simultaneously target multiple related diseases allows enhanced disease detection
Objective To develop a research methodology to apply a single case-finding tool to multiple related diseases and to evaluate the ability of a single tool to detect two or more rela...