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Assessing physical literacy and establishing normative reference curves for 8–12-year-old children from South Punjab, Pakistan: The PAK-IPPL cross-sectional study
Background Physical literacy (PL) encompasses an individual’s motivation, confidence, physical competence, and knowledge, all of which foster lifelong engagement in physical activities. In developing...
Research on multi-condition optimization of centrifugal compressor impeller meridian profile
The turbocharger, a pivotal technology for energy conservation and emission reduction, offers substantial academic significance, particularly in the in-depth study of its core component: the centrifug...
Severe outcomes of COVID-19 among adults with increased risk conditions: A population-based observational study
Background The individual risk of severe outcomes following COVID-19 is poorly understood in populations with prior immunity. The lack of contemporary estimates limits support of timely diagnosis and...
Bacterial targets of fecal host miRNAs in high-fat diet-fed mice
The gut microbiome composition is intricately linked to the host’s health status, yet the mechanisms underlying its interaction with the host are not fully understood. MicroRNAs (miRNAs), facilitating...
A splendid banana enigma: Phylogenomic assessment of Vietnamese Musa splendida and Musa viridis populations shows that they are conspecific
Species delimitation is essential to study and conserve biological diversity. It is traditionally based on morphological trait variation observed in one or a few specimens. Nevertheless, such assessme...
PbTe quantum dots highly packed monolayer fabrication by a spin coating method
This study investigates the fabrication of large-area, highly-ordered monolayers of PbTe quantum dots (QDs) on TiO2/ITO substrate, using a fast, simple, and repeatable spin-coating technique. For the...
Acceptability and implementation potential of colorectal cancer screening and health literacy training: A qualitative study among general practitioners in deprived areas
Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a significant contributor to cancer-related burden, ranking second in cancer mortality in France. Despite the proven survival benefits of systematic CRC screening...
Antibodies response in symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infected persons in Thailand
Antibody assays of IgM, IgG and surrogate isotype independent virus neutralizing antibody (sVNT) targeting receptor binding domain of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) were...
Health-related quality of life implications of plantar ulcers resulting from neuropathic damage caused by leprosy: An analysis from the trial of autologous blood products (TABLE trial) in Nepal
Introduction Leprosy is a curable disease, treated by multidrug therapy. However, patients are often left with neuropathic damage leading to lifelong vulnerability to ulcers. Quantifying the value of...
The Metabolic Score for Visceral Fat (METS-VF) as a predictor of diabetes mellitus: Evidence from the 2011–2018 NHANES study
Introduction With 42.4% of obese US population, the prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) is increasing. Visceral fat, even at the same body mass index, has significant deleterious effects. This study...
Transcriptomic and biochemical insights into key gene networks driving bulbil development of Pinellia ternata (Thunb.) Breit
In this study, we explored the developmental characteristics of Pinellia ternate bulbils as well as the key gene networks driving the development of bulbils. Based on physiological and biochemical rea...
Beyond borders: Decoding the influence of economic development, money confidence, financial market, and purchasing power on currency internationalization
Due to dedollarization and deglobalization trends, countries are pursuing currency diversification to reduce reliance on the U.S. dollar and mitigate currency risks. The research on the drivers of cur...
Facilitating safe transition to home for preterm infants (FAST home): Protocol for a retrospective observational study
Background Preterm infants (i.e., those born before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy) often require additional care and are admitted to neonatal units soon after birth. Readiness for discharge home typ...
The effect of nursing shared governance educational program on nurse managers’ knowledge for sustainable nursing excellence and empowerment
Background Nursing governance residues one of the most composite functions in the complex and complicated healthcare arena. Providing nurse managers with professional nursing governance knowledge and...
A simulated annealing with graph-based search for the social-distancing problem in enclosed areas during pandemics
During the pandemic, decision-makers offered many preventive policies to reduce the negative effects of the pandemic. The social distance rule in enclosed areas was implemented by educational institut...
Privacy-preserving method for face recognition based on homomorphic encryption
In recent years, facial recognition technology has been widely adopted in modern society. However, the plaintext storage, computation, and transmission of facial data have posed significant risks of i...
Understanding the history of the late Roman synagogue at Huqoq in Israel’s Galilee through radiocarbon dating and observations on site formation
Galilean-type synagogues are monumental, basilical structures found in northern Israel that have long been dated, mainly on stylistic grounds, to the 2nd – 3rd centuries CE. This chronology is influen...
A Study on the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Parent Tic Questionnaire
Introduction The Parent Tic Questionnaire (PTQ) is a tool for parents to assess their child’s tic severity, but its effectiveness in non-Western contexts like China has not been thoroughly examined. T...
Correlation between baseline anion gap and early acute kidney injury in patients with acute pancreatitis in the intensive care unit: A single-center retrospective cohort study
Objective Acute pancreatitis (AP) is an acute inflammatory disease that can lead to multiple system dysfunction, including acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI occurs in 10%-42% of AP patients, and studies...
Association between glycosylated hemoglobin and blood lead: A cross-sectional study
Background Diabetes is the most common chronic metabolic disease, affecting many people's health. Previous studies have shown a close relationship between trace elements and metabolic diseases. This s...
Network study of miRNA regulating traumatic heterotopic ossification
Objective Objective: To identify and analyze the microRNAs that are expressed differently (DE-miRNAs) and forecast their potential roles in the pathophysiological process of traumatic heterotopic ossi...
WDR75: An essential protein for ribosome assembly undergoing purifying selection
Ribosomes, vital for life, consist of a large subunit and a small subunit (SSU), the latter is crucial for translation initiation and mRNA binding. The SSU processome, a 71-protein multimer in humans,...
The association between different insulin resistance indexes and bone health in the elderly
The triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index and its related indexes (TyG-BMI, TyG-WC, TyG-WHtR) are effective markers for screening metabolic diseases like insulin resistance (IR). However, few studies have...
Comparative genomic profiling of SLC26A4-expressing cells in the inner ear and other organs
Pendred syndrome and autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing loss, type 4 (DFNB4), are associated with mutations in SLC26A4 that encodes the anion transporter SLC26A4 (pendrin). SLC26A4 is expressed...
Effect of 433 MHz double-slot microwave antennas for double-zone ablation in ex vivo swine liver experiment
Purpose To evaluate the effects of axial length and slot-to-slot distance of double-slot microwave antenna (DSMA) with frequency of 433 MHz on the size and shape of ablation zones created under differ...