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Correction: Indirect estimation of the need for palliative care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A descriptive cross-sectional study using mortality data in the Biobío Region, Chile
A certificateless aggregate signature scheme for VANETs with privacy protection properties
Aggregate signatures are excellent in simultaneously verifying the validity of multiple signatures, which renders them highly suitable for bandwidth-constrained environments. The certificateless publi...
Speech emotion recognition using fine-tuned Wav2vec2.0 and neural controlled differential equations classifier
Speech emotion recognition (SER) has always been a popular yet challenging task with broad applications in areas such as social media communication and medical diagnostics. Due to the characteristics...
Retraction: miR-34a modulates Angiotensin II-induced myocardial hypertrophy by direct inhibition of ATG9A expression and Autophagic activity
Changes in management of owned cats in the countryside – A comparison of results from surveys undertaken in the same rural area of Denmark in 1998 and 2022
This study investigates changes in the management of owned domestic cats (Felis catus) in a rural area of Denmark, at two points in time separated by 24 years. Households in a 47 km2 area, and on 23 f...
Spatial distributions and determinants of intimate partner violence among married women in Ethiopia across administrative zones
Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is highly prevalent in the world, especially in low-middle-income countries including Ethiopia. Studies so far assessing risk factors for IPV o...
Optimal fiber mix and prediction model for compressive strength of hybrid fiber reinforced concrete
Incorporating single or mixed types of fibers into concrete is an effective method for enhancing its performance. This study aimed to investigate the optimal fiber mix for hybrid fiber reinforced conc...
What matters to a mouse? Effects of internal and external context on male vocal response to female squeaks
House mice adjust their signaling behavior depending on the social context of an interaction, but which aspects of context elicit the strongest responses from these individuals is often difficult to d...
Genetic adaptation to amoxicillin in Escherichia coli: The limited role of dinB and katE
Bacteria can quickly adapt to sub-lethal concentrations of antibiotics. Several stress and DNA repair genes contribute to this adaptation process. However, the pathways leading to adaptation by acquis...
Organization of A3-coupling compounds by magnetic nanocomposite bimetallic in green conditions
The current project reports two chemical reactions of A3 coupling and creation of three reactans simultaneously and in domino form by bimetallic magnetic nanocatalyst (cobalt/manganese). This bimetall...
Comparison of visfatin levels before and after non-surgical periodontal therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Periodontitis is an inflammatory disease and involves a severe inflammation of the periodontium. On the other hand, visfatin is known as one of the inflammatory markers and can probably preserve infla...
Unveiling parents’ lived experience with preterm infant care and support in neonatal care units of public hospitals in Nepal: A phenomenological inquiry
Background Preterm infants (PTIs) require hospitalization in different levels of neonatal care units (NCUs) for their survival and developmental needs. The quality of care provided at NCUs significant...
SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with higher chance of diabetes remission among Veterans with incident diabetes
Objective To examine the impact of SARS-CoV-2 on long-term glycemia. Research design and methods We conducted a retrospective inception cohort study using Veterans Health Administration data (March...
Description of physical activity and screen time among U.S. middle school students
Background Physical activity (PA) is important for students in secondary school, however, trends in PA among secondary school students have shown a significant decline. There is a need to understand t...
T-Racing: a modern tool for supporting epidemiological investigation in animal disease outbreaks in Italy
The One Health approach unites efforts across human-animal-environment interfaces against shared threats like zoonotic diseases. T-Racing is a Shiny web application, that supports epidemiological inve...
Examining holistic processing strategies in dogs and humans through gaze behavior
Extensive studies have shown that humans process faces holistically, considering not only individual features but also the relationships among them. Knowing where humans and dogs fixate first and the...
Hosta clausa (Asparagaceae) in East Asia: Intraspecific chloroplast genome variation and its phylogenomic implications
Hosta species are abundant in northeastern Asia, offering significant ornamental and horticultural value due to their diverse foliage colors and textures, as well as their showy, fragrant flowers. Amo...
A music structure analysis method based on beat feature and improved residual networks
In response to the issues of insufficient audio feature representation and insufficient model generalization ability in music structure analysis methods, a music structure analysis method based on bea...
Impact of blended NPSB fertilizer rates on sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) varieties: Seed cane yield and quality insights from North western Ethiopia
Sugarcane primarily cultivated for sugar production and other multiple uses. A field experiment was conducted at Tana Beles sugar project, North western Ethiopia during 2021 and 2022 cropping season t...
Morphological characterization and DNA barcoding of Ruellia sp. in Saudi Arabia
The genus Ruellia L. belongs to this family and its plants are herbs or shrubs. This genus was first detected in the tropical and subtropical regions. The primary objective this study is to identify t...
Evaluating Covid-19 publications for sex and gender-specific health content: A bibliometric analysis
Background Sex and gender are key variables which inform human health and disease. It remained unclear how sex and gender were considered, evaluated, reported, or analyzed within Covid-19 research. Th...
Sodium propionate decreases implant-induced foreign body response in mice
The short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) propionate, beyond its actions on the intestine, has been able to lower inflammation and modulate angiogenesis and fibrogenesis in pathological conditions in experime...
Correction: Navigating board dynamics: Configuration analysis of corporate governance’s factors and their impact on bank performance
Correction: Factors which influence ethnic minority women’s participation in maternity research: A systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies
Mapping women’s work in India: An application of small area estimation
Background Understanding variations in women’s work participation at lower administrative levels, such as districts, is a missing link in identifying trends, patterns and variation that can offer insi...