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How much do opinions regarding cultivated meat vary within the same country? The cases of São Paulo and Salvador, Brazil
The problems related to conventional meat production have been widely discussed globally and alternative proteins emerge as more sustainable and ethical options. Thus, understanding the intention to c...
Evaluating the structure-based virtual screening performance of SARS-CoV-2 main protease: A benchmarking approach and a multistage screening example against the wild-type and Omicron variants
COVID-19 still poses a worldwide health threat due to continuous viral mutations and potential resistance to vaccination. SARS-CoV-2 viral multiplication hindrance by inhibiting the viral main proteas...
TGF-Net: Transformer and gist CNN fusion network for multi-modal remote sensing image classification
In the field of earth sciences and remote exploration, the classification and identification of surface materials on earth have been a significant research area that poses considerable challenges in r...
Impact of patients’ age and comorbidities on prostate cancer overdiagnosis in clinical practice
Introduction Overdiagnosis in PSA-based prostate cancer (PCa) screening is primarily studied in younger, healthier populations from clinical trials. This study aimed to evaluate the probability of ove...
A novel 3D bilateral filtering algorithm with noise level estimation assisted by multi-temporal SAR
The bilateral filter is widely employed in the field of image denoising due to its flexibility and efficiency. It calculates the weights of neighboring pixels based on both spatial and grayscale dista...
Evaluation of the variations of mandibular molars and the distance from root apex to the inferior alveolar nerve in Saudi Sub-population: Three-dimensional radiographic evaluation
Aim To investigate the prevalence of various morphological variations in the roots and canals of lower mandibular molar teeth in the Saudi subpopulation and measure the distance from the root apices t...
Convolutional neural network for gesture recognition human-computer interaction system design
Gesture interaction applications have garnered significant attention from researchers in the field of human-computer interaction due to their inherent convenience and intuitiveness. Addressing the cha...
A new troglobitic species of Tychobythinus from Sicily with notes on some Italian species of the genus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae)
A new troglobitic species of the subfamily Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), Tychobythinus muxari n. sp., is described from Sicily (Ciavuli cave, Sant’Angelo Muxaro, Agrigento). Major diagnosti...
Potential blood biomarkers that can be used as prognosticators of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Background Predicting nontraumatic spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (SICH) patient prognosis has been commonly practiced, particularly when providing informed consent and considering surgical trea...
Based on PCA and SSA-LightGBM oil-immersed transformer fault diagnosis method
A fault diagnosis method for oil immersed transformers based on principal component analysis and SSA LightGBM is proposed to address the problem of low diagnostic accuracy caused by the complexity of...
A study on the relationship between personality and motivation in leisure participants
Motivation and personality, which are among the most important effects of human behavior, are important in terms of leisure activities. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the relationship between...
Research on key factors influencing Chinese designers’ use of AIGC: An extension based on TAM and TRI
With the rapid development of AI intelligent technology, AIGC can bring an innovative revolution to art creation, providing designers with unlimited possibilities but also challenges. These challenges...
Educational constraints on marital sorting and income mobility
This paper examines the effect of educational assortative mating on overall income mobility in terms of both inter- and intragenerational mobility. In recent years, educational assortative mating has...
The impact of digital industry development on regional economic resilience: Evidence from China
With the outbreak of the global public health crisis in 2019, enhancing the resilience of regional economies has become the current focal point. Existing studies have mostly focused on the region itse...
The impact of top management team tenure heterogeneity on innovation efficiency of declining firms
Most firms will experience a decline in their development process. The contraction in demand and the impact of COVID-19 have exacerbated a firm’s performance. Under the dilemma of resources reduction...
A statistical insight to exploration of medicinal wastewater as a source of thermostable lipase-producing microorganisms
Bacteria are ubiquitous and capable of thriving in diverse environments, including industrial effluents, which often present harsh physical and chemical conditions. These microorganisms produce variou...
State-trace analysis meets personality measurement: Why the Big Five tests are not based on five latent dimensions and how to fix them
Unidimensionality is a fundamental yet often overlooked prerequisite for measurement. In the context of psychological measurement, the central question is whether a set of items can be logically reduc...
Fundus autofluorescence features specific for EYS-associated retinitis pigmentosa
Purpose To assess the utility of fundus autofluorescence (FAF) patterns for predicting the EYS genotype in retinitis pigmentosa (RP) patients. Methods This retrospective, multi-institutional study a...
Development of lifestyle assessment: A Delphi survey of multi-faceted health experts
Objective In the field of health promotion, there’s a growing focus on adopting an academic approach to assess and evaluate the intricate and ever-evolving nature of lifestyles. This approach is cruci...
A highly cost-effective, eco-friendly tissue lysis and extraction method for faster DNA isolation from fish fin
Proper DNA extraction is an essential step in molecular biology research, for various downstream applications. Several modifications have been made to the first extraction protocol by Friedrich Miesch...
Development of a conceptual framework of sexual health for married elderly women: An exploratory mixed method study
Background Identifying elderly women’s sexual health demands based on their lived experience is essential since it leads to their sexual rights promotion. The present framework was designed to identif...
The Cancer Tracking System (CATSystem): Study protocol of a randomized control trial to evaluate a systems level intervention for cervical cancer screening, treatment, referral and follow up in Kenya
Background Cervical cancer (CC) is preventable, yet remains a significant public health threat, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite considerable awareness, screening rates for CC in Kenya are...
Study on R&D result subsidy strategies for PEV enterprises based on heterogeneous consumer technology thresholds and preferences under anxiety issues
Many governments worldwide hoped to stimulate Pure Electric Vehicle(PEV) enterprises’ R&D and sales through R&D result subsidy policies, but the anxiety issues significantly reduced PEV sales...
Persistent advanced HIV disease in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Trends, characteristics, and the urgent need for targeted interventions
Background Advanced HIV disease (AHD) remains a persistent public health challenge. Data regarding the burden, characteristics and predictors of AHD is scarce specifically for rural settings of sub-Sa...
Genetic evidence for amlodipine’s protective role in gastroesophageal reflux disease: A focus on CACNB2
Objective This study aims to elucidate the causal relationship between genetically predicted amlodipine use and the risk of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) using a bidirectional Mendelian Rando...