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Men deny more than they believe about climate change on Twitter (X)
Climate change and twitter have been in scholarly and academic attention for study of human behaviour expressed on the popular social media platform. The sentiment of the tweets has been the subject o...
Investigating geohazard risk in mountainous areas for underground gas storage using InSAR and development of a protocol for hazard prevention
XiangGuoSi reservoir is a depleted gas reservoir that has recently (in 2014) been converted to an underground gas storage facility. It stores gas in the reservoir during the summer season and produces...
Predicting software reuse using machine learning techniques—A case study on open-source Java software systems
Software reuse is an essential practice to increase efficiency and reduce costs in software production. Software reuse practices range from reusing artifacts, libraries, components, packages, and APIs...
TAS2R5 screening reveals biased agonism that fails to evoke internalization and downregulation resulting in attenuated desensitization
The bitter taste receptor type 5 (TAS2R5) is expressed on multiple cell types and appears to be a suitable target for novel agonist treatments across multiple therapeutic areas. Like most G protein co...
Influence of road environmental factors on traffic accidents involving vulnerable road users through negative binomial models
Ensuring pedestrian safety is crucial for establishing fair and sustainable transportation systems. However, certain demographics face disproportionately higher risks, necessitating age-appropriate po...
Cancer prevalence and its determinants in Hungary: Analyzing data from the 2009, 2014, and 2019 European Health Interview Surveys
Background and aim Hungary has the fifth highest cancer incidence rate in the European Union, with an age-standardized rate (ASR) of 336.7 per 100,000 according to GLOBOCAN 2022. Additionally, Hungary...
The impact of reintroduced Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) dams on the upstream movement of brown trout (Salmo trutta) in upland areas of Great Britain
The return of Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) to large areas of Europe represents a conservation success with the current population estimated to be around 1.2 million individuals. Their reintroduction...
Prediction of pavement water film depth and estimation of critical rainfall conditions for refined road safety management: A simulation study
The development of a smart expressway ensuring all-weather safe access represents the future trajectory of transportation infrastructure. A key task in this advancement is the precise prediction of wa...
Diagnostic of fatty liver using radiomics and deep learning models on non-contrast abdominal CT
Purpose This study aims to explore the potential of non-contrast abdominal CT radiomics and deep learning models in accurately diagnosing fatty liver. Materials and methods The study retrospectively...
Home cage-based insights into motor learning and strategy adaptation in a Huntington disease mouse model
Huntington disease (HD) is a genetic neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive motor dysfunction, cognitive decline, and neuropsychiatric symptoms. Assessing early motor skill deficits i...
The composite governance mechanisms and sustainable economic performance of Pakistan’s textile industry
This study examines the influence of corporate governance mechanisms on the sustainable economic performance of the textile industry in Pakistan. Performance is measured by using a global reporting in...
A Nitrogen budget for Norway analysis of Nitrogen flows from societal and natural sources (1961–2020)
Nitrogen is a chemical element that is cycled through Earth’s lithosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere and atmosphere, as well as a crucial component of the molecular machinery of life. Being an intrinsic...
Effects of exogenous EBR on the physiology of cold resistance and the expression of the VcCBF3 gene in blueberries during low-temperature stress
The northern highbush blueberry variety ‘Duke’ was used as the test material, and different concentrations of 2,4-Epibrassinolide (EBR) (0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, and 0.8 mg·L-1) were applied during the bud e...
Effects of mobile application interventions on quality of life in patients with cancer: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Background Cancer is a public health burden that seriously affects patients’ daily quality of life. Mobile applications are increasingly being used in the field of health promotion, but the interventi...
Correction: Barriers and facilitators to implementing comprehensive sex education in Texas public schools: A qualitative study
“I don’t see a reason why we should be hidden from view”: Views of a convenience sample of people living with HIV on sharing HIV status data in routinely collected health and care databases in England
Introduction People living with HIV (PLWH) now have near-normal life-expectancy, but still experience stigma, and HIV status is treated as sensitive health information. When UK healthcare patient data...
Set stability and synchronization of generalized asynchronous probabilistic Boolean networks with impulsive effects
This paper investigates the set stability of generalized asynchronous probabilistic Boolean networks (GAPBNs) with impulsive effects. To this end, an efficient algorithm is designed to determine the l...
Diagnosis of neonatal and adult sepsis using a Serum Amyloid A lateral flow test
Sepsis is the overwhelming immunological response to infection, which if not treated can lead to multi-organ failure, shock and death. Specifically, neonatal sepsis results in 225,000 neonatal deaths...
Impact of mothers’ and fathers’ math self-concept of ability, child-specific beliefs and behaviors on girls’ and boys’ math self-concept of ability
The present study investigated the longitudinal direct and indirect relations between mothers’ and fathers’ math ability self-concept, their child-specific math performance expectations and encouragem...
Correction: Decreased risk of underdosing with continuous infusion versus intermittent administration of cefotaxime in patients with sickle cell disease and acute chest syndrome
Effectiveness of mindfulness-based online therapy or internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy compared with treatment as usual among patients with persistent somatic symptoms: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Background Persistent somatic symptoms unexplained by a defined medical or psychiatric condition often include a component of central sensitization. Many treatment options are based on cognitive behav...
Investigating the practices and preferences of health scholars in sharing open research data
This survey-based study examines health science scholars’ perceptions of collaborative research behavior and sharing open research data in university settings. A total of 362 health science scholars f...
Effects of strength training and detraining considering maturity status in youth highly trained basketball players
The study analyzed whether maturation affects young basketball players’ strength training and detraining adaptations. Thirty-five youth male basketballers (U-13 to U-15) performed eight weeks of stren...
A new method for the reproducible development of aptamers (Neomers)
The development of aptamers has been almost exclusively performed based on the SELEX method since their inception. While this method represents a powerful means of harnessing the in vitro evolution of...
Medaka (Oryzias latipes) initiate courtship and spawning late at night: Insights from field observations
Laboratory experiments were conducted using model organisms to elucidate biological phenomena. However, the natural habitats of organisms are inherently more complex than those found in the laboratory...