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Bioactivity assessment of peptides derived from salted jellyfish (Rhopilema hispidum) byproducts
The identification of multifunctional peptides derived from marine byproducts represents a significant challenge in the field. In Thailand, the fisheries industry exports salted jellyfish, which resul...
Detection of hepatitis B virus mRNA from single cell RNA sequencing data without prior knowledge
The ability to detect microbial reads from sequencing data has significantly advanced microbiome and infectious disease research. Recently, INVADEseq introduced a technique to extract microbial reads...
Individual differences in associative/semantic priming: Spreading of activation in semantic memory and epistemically unwarranted beliefs
Starting from the enhanced spreading of activation through semantic memory (one of the explanatory mechanisms attempting to explain some manifestations observed in schizophrenia) and the psychosis con...
Corporate internal control, capacity utilization and total factor productivity
Based on Internal Control (IC) theory and Principal-agent theory, this study explores the impacts of IC on capacity utilization and total factor productivity, and the internal mechanism among them. Th...
Mendelian randomization analysis to identify potential drug targets for osteoarthritis
Background Osteoarthritis (OA) is a prevalent chronic joint disease for which there is a lack of effective treatments. In this study, we used Mendelian randomization analysis to identify circulating p...
Correction: The dynamic lives of osseous points from Late Palaeolithic/Early Mesolithic Doggerland: A detailed functional study of barbed and unbarbed points from the Dutch North Sea
A privacy-preserved horizontal federated learning for malignant glioma tumour detection using distributed data-silos
Malignant glioma is the uncontrollable growth of cells in the spinal cord and brain that look similar to the normal glial cells. The most essential part of the nervous system is glial cells, which sup...
The Korean medicine for aging cohort (KoMAC) study: A protocol for a prospective, multicenter cohort study on healthy aging in the population entering old age in South Korea
Background South Korea is anticipated to enter a super-aged society by 2025, necessitating a focus on healthy aging. In Korean medicine (KM), aging and disease susceptibility are individual specific,...
Ecological momentary assessment of physical and eating behaviours: The WEALTH feasibility and optimisation study with recommendations for large-scale data collection
Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) enables the real-time capture of health-related behaviours, their situational contexts, and associated subjective experiences. This study aimed to evaluate the fe...
Application of 3D point cloud and visual-inertial data fusion in Robot dog autonomous navigation
The study proposes a multi-sensor localization and real-timeble mapping method based on the fusion of 3D LiDAR point clouds and visual-inertial data, which addresses the issue of decreased localizatio...
Comparative analysis of VMAT plans on Halcyon and infinity for lung cancer radiotherapy
Objective The dosimetric characteristics and treatment efficiency of VMAT plans using two linear accelerator platforms, Halcyon and Infinity, in conventional radiotherapy for non-small cell lung cance...
Optimization study of mine fire sensor based on grey correlation analysis
In order to address the issues of fire alarm delay, omission, and false alarms caused by the current setup of mine fire sensors, which collect single disaster information, have fixed distribution, and...
Predicting Type 2 diabetes onset age using machine learning: A case study in KSA
The rising prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) in Saudi Arabia presents significant healthcare challenges. Estimating the age at onset of T2D can aid early interventions, potentially reducing complica...
Impact of manufacturers’ eco-design decisions on the closed-loop supply chain under recycling rate regulations
To address increasingly severe environmental issues, various countries have introduced relevant environmental protection regulations. This paper proposes a new government regulation measure to encoura...
Environmental impact and phenotypic stability in potato clones resistant to late blight Phytophthora infestans (Mont) de Bary, resilient to climate change in Peru
Potato is one of the three most important foods in the world’s diet and is staple in the Peruvian highlands. This crop is affected by late blight, a disease that if not controlled in time can decimate...
The temporal variation in pesticide concentrations within matured French wines
Numerous organizations worldwide are diligently working to regulate the composition of food products, with a particular focus on pesticide content. Each year, several substances are classified as haza...
Macrophage-P2X4 receptors pathway is essential to persistent inflammatory muscle hyperalgesia onset, and is prevented by physical exercise
Peripheral inflammation may lead to severe inflammatory painful conditions. Macrophages are critical for inflammation; modulating related pathways could be an essential therapeutic strategy for chroni...
Home-based nurturing care practices for children under five with low socioeconomic position in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Background In the Dominican Republic about 14.5% of children do not reach their full potential by age five, with children of low socioeconomic position most affected. The Nurturing Care Framework is a...
Enhancing PM2.5 prediction by mitigating annual data drift using wrapped loss and neural networks
In many deep learning tasks, it is assumed that the data used in the training process is sampled from the same distribution. However, this may not be accurate for data collected from different context...
Analogical reasoning in first and second languages
This study investigated how linguistic predictors such as word frequencies, the difficulty and creativity of problems, and the category of problems contribute to analogical reasoning in L1 and L2. Thi...
Risk assessment of antibiotic residues and resistance profile of E. coli in typical rivers of Sichuan, China
The presence and distribution of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in rivers have attracted significant global concern. However, research on the contamination of typical rivers in Sic...
Spatio-temporal distribution of foot and mouth disease outbreaks in Western Amhara region from January 2018 to June 2023
Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is a contagious and economically important viral disease of cloven hoofed animals caused by FMD virus. This retrospective study was conducted to determine the spatio-tempo...
Correction: Integration of metabolomics and transcriptomics provides insights into the molecular mechanism of temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis
Effects of trauma-related amputations in children on caregivers: An exploratory descriptive study in a developing country
Amputation in children is rare. However, in recent times, amputation in children has increased and trauma is the leading cause in Ghana. Few studies on the effects of amputation on caregivers particul...
WISIT vaccines based on IL-31-derived peptides as a novel therapeutic approach for chronic pruritic dermatoses
Vaccines are a promising therapy for the treatment of chronic conditions such as pruritus. IL-31 has been identified as an important mediator of itch. By targeting IL-31 signaling with immunotherapy,...