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Unveiling the hidden burden: Exploring the psychosocial impact of cutaneous leishmaniasis lesions and scars in southern Ethiopia
Background Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) poses a major public health concern in Ethiopia, with lesions and scars commonly affecting exposed body parts, resulting in physical, social, and psychological...
Insilico targeting of virus entry facilitator NRP1 to block SARS-CoV2 entry
The entry and infectivity of a virus are determined by its interaction with the host. SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, utilizes the spike (S) protein to attach to and enter host cells....
Impact of trainability on telomere dynamics of pet dogs (Canis lupus familiaris): An explorative study in aging dogs
This research studied the impact of various factors (including social and physiological parameters) on telomere dynamics in pet dogs. Telomeres, essential for maintaining genomic integrity, undergo sh...
Assembly of the salt-secreting mangrove Avicennia rumphiana
Avicennia rumphiana, also known as Avicennia marina var. rumphiana or Avicennia lanata, is a mangrove species that has high salt tolerance and is one of the few species that secretes salt through the...
Prevalence, influencing factors, and prediction model construction of anemia in ankylosing spondylitis based on real-world data: An exploratory study
Objective This study aimed to explore the prevalence and influencing factors of anemia in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) using real-world data and to construct a predictive model for anemia...
Non-cancerous CT findings as predictors of survival outcome in advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with first-generation EGFR-TKIs
Purpose To identify non-cancerous factors from baseline CT chest affecting survival in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with first-generation Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-Tyrosi...
Pseudo label refining for semi-supervised temporal action localization
The training of temporal action localization models relies heavily on a large amount of manually annotated data. Video annotation is more tedious and time-consuming compared with image annotation. The...
Estimation of true dates of various flowering stages at a centennial scale by applying a Bayesian statistical state space model
Evaluation of long-term detailed cherry flowering phenology is required for a deep understanding of the sensitivity of spring phenology to climate change and its effect on cultural ecosystem services....
Diagnosis of carbon monoxide exposure in clinical research and practice: A scoping review
Objective To undertake a scoping review to identify methods and diagnostic levels used in determining unintentional, non-fire related carbon monoxide exposure. Design Online databases and grey liter...
Impact and perceptions of Active Learning Classrooms on reducing sedentary behaviour and improving physical and mental health and academic indicators in children and adolescents: A scoping review
Prolonged sitting in school harms children’s physical and mental health and reduces the ability to focus on classroom tasks. ’Active Learning Classrooms’ (ALCs) aim to decrease sitting time, following...
ECP-IEM: Enhancing seasonal crop productivity with deep integrated models
Accurate crop yield forecasting is vital for ensuring food security and making informed decisions. With the increasing population and global warming, addressing food security has become a priority, so...
Federated learning based reference evapotranspiration estimation for distributed crop fields
Water resource management and sustainable agriculture rely heavily on accurate Reference Evapotranspiration (ETo). Efforts have been made to simplify the (ETo) estimation using machine learning models...
Decoupled level and flow rate control of a two-tank system in beverage production: A comparative analysis of Fuzzy-PID and GA-PID for minimum time operation
Due to the nonlinear characteristics of the valves and the interactions between the controlled variables, designing a control system for coupled tanks is a difficult task. This paper deals with the co...
Language assessment in primary progressive aphasia: Which components should be tested?
Introduction Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a dementia syndrome whose onset and course manifests with language deficits. There is a lack of instruments for clinical assessment of language in dem...
Enhanced crayfish optimization algorithm: Orthogonal refracted opposition-based learning for robotic arm trajectory planning
In high-dimensional scenarios, trajectory planning is a challenging and computationally complex optimization task that requires finding the optimal trajectory within a complex domain. Metaheuristic (M...
Statistical and machine learning based platform-independent key genes identification for hepatocellular carcinoma
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most prevalent and deadly form of liver cancer, and its mortality rate is gradually increasing worldwide. Existing studies used genetic datasets, taken from vario...
Coastal environmental changes in Ninh Thuan Province, South-Central Vietnam
Vietnam’s coastal regions are highly vulnerable to natural hazards and human-induced changes, posing significant challenges to their ecological and socio-economic systems. The country’s mangrove veget...
Effects of supplementing a polyphenol-rich sugarcane extract through drinking water on egg production and quality of laying hens
Polyphenols are a wide group of naturally occurring compounds found in plants and have the potential to safeguard living cells. The objective was to evaluate whether the inclusion of a polyphenol-rich...
Gambling in Connecticut adolescents: Prevalence, socio-demographic characteristics, trauma exposure, suicidality, and other risk behaviors
Adolescent gambling is a public health concern and has been linked to suicidality, various risk behaviors, and poor health outcomes. However, there is a limited understanding of specific risk and prot...
Feasibility and efficiency of microalgae cultivation for nutrient recycling and energy recovery from food waste filtrate
With the continuous growth of economic and population, the generation of food waste has significantly increased in recent years. The disposition of food waste, typically through incineration or landfi...
Do xenophobic attitudes influence migrant workers’ regional location choice?
This paper investigates whether xenophobic attitudes, as measured by the regional share of votes for right-wing parties and xenophobic violence, affect migrants’ choices of where to live in Germany. W...
Impoundments facilitate upstream invasion and introgression: Case studies of fluvial black basses (Micropterus spp.) in the southeastern USA
Impoundment construction has resulted in the alternation and loss of fluvial habitats, threatening the persistence of many native fishes. Compounding this threat, non-native species stocked into impou...
A universal method for the purification of C2H2 zinc finger arrays
Zinc fingers (ZFs) are compact, modular, sequence-specific polynucleotide-binding domains uniquely suited for use as DNA probes and for the targeted delivery of effector domains for purposes such as g...
Spatial-temporal characteristics and influence factors of high-quality development of animal husbandry industry in China
The animal husbandry industry stands as a pillar of the agricultural sector. According to the defining characteristics of high-quality development in animal husbandry, this paper establishes a compreh...
Status and associations of transition shock among nursing students during clinical practice: A cross-sectional study
Aim This study aimed to investigate the current state and influencing factors of transition shock among nursing students during clinical practice. Background Transition shock among nursing students...