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Armed violent conflict and healthcare-seeking behavior for maternal and child health in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review
Background Over 630 million women and children worldwide have been displaced by conflict or live dangerously close to conflict zones. While the adverse effects of physical destruct...
Multilevel analysis of factors associated with suicide attempts: Evidence from 2022/2023 Mozambique Demographic and Health Survey
Background This issue represents a major global public health concern, accounting for approximately 703,000 deaths each year. Despite Mozambique having the 9th highest suicide rate in the world and th...
Correction: Evaluation of TNF-α, IL-10 and IL-6 Cytokine Production and Their Correlation with Genotype Variants amongst Tuberculosis Patients and Their Household Contacts
Simulation study for the energy and position reconstruction performances of the beam monitoring system of Carbon Ion Radiation Therapy using GEANT4
Carbon Ion Radiation Therapy is operated in several countries because of its advantage to have high dose concentration and/or high linear energy transfer (LET). To estimate the beam performance of Car...
Spatiotemporal simulation of sustainable development based on ecosystem services under climate change
This study explores the spatiotemporal distribution characteristics of ecosystem services (ESs) in the karst region of southeastern Yunnan under the backdrop of climate change. The study innovatively...
Study on anti-frost heave effect of new thermal insulation subgrade of highway in seasonally frozen soil regions
Frost heave is one of the important factors affecting the long-term stability and safe operation of subgrade in seasonally frozen soil regions. To investigate the anti-frost heave effect of foam concr...
Institutional distance, trade agreements, and intellectual property trade networks: Evidence from cross-border data
Based on the Temporal Exponential Random Graph Models (TERGM), this paper applies global intellectual property trade data between countries to investigate the impact and mechanism of institutional dis...
4-Hydroxy-2-nonenal causes nuclear accumulation of p62 by inhibiting Xpo1 and promoting the proteolytic pathway in the nucleus
p62, an adapter protein involved in selective autophagy, is mainly found in the cytoplasm under normal conditions. Because p62 has nuclear localization signal (NLS) and a nuclear export signal, it has...
The evolution of food security in Japan—Based on an indicator evaluation system including climate change indicators
As climate change intensifies, food security has received widespread attention. This study examines the development of Japan’s food security index and its relationship with climate change. From these...
Surgical informed consent practice and associated factors among adult postoperative patients in public hospitals of Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia 2023/2024. Cross sectional
Background Substantial weaknesses and omissions of surgical informed consent are evident and the current elements of the surgical informed consent process are largely neglected in daily practice. This...
Utilizing MV-FLOW™ and multidimensional ultrasound characteristics for prognosticating FET outcomes in RIF patients: Study Protocol for a cross-sectional study
Recurrent implantation failure (RIF) is a common issue in frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET). Prior to transfer, uterine endometrial receptivity of FET patients can be assessed using multimodal trans...
Unsupervised monocular depth estimation with omnidirectional camera for 3D reconstruction of grape berries in the wild
Japanese table grapes are quite expensive because their production is highly labor-intensive. In particular, grape berry pruning is a labor-intensive task performed to produce grapes with desirable ch...
Unique North American isolates of severe metastatic hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae strain infections with hepatic abscesses seen in young patients within Texas
Rationale Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) infections have principally been identified in Asia. Within a two-month period, two patients between the ages of 30 to 50 years old presented to a...
Study on disaster-causing probability evaluation of gas pipeline in karst area
In this paper, a disaster-causing probability evaluation method of gas pipelines in karst areas based on disaster system theory and vulnerability theory is proposed. The hazard evaluation index system...
A CACTA-like transposon in the Anthocyanidin synthase 1 (Ans-1) gene is responsible for apricot fruit colour in the raspberry (Rubus idaeus) cultivar ‘Varnes’
Cultivated raspberries (Rubus idaeus L.) most commonly bear small, red, highly aromatic fruits. Their colour is derived predominantly from anthocyanins, water soluble polyphenolic pigments, but as wel...
Cerebrovascular accidents association between serum trace elements and toxic metals level, a case-control study
Background Cerebrovascular accidents (CVAs) are among the most common complications of patients today. As the prevalence of ischemic CVAs rises, detecting related risk factors is crucial. Metal concen...
The Interfaces Twitter Elections Dataset: Construction process and characteristics of big social data during the 2022 presidential elections in Brazil
The main objective of this study is to describe the process of collecting data extracted from Twitter (X) during the Brazilian presidential elections in 2022, encompassing the post-election period and...
Do health professionals know about overdiagnosis in screening, and how are they dealing with it? A mixed-methods systematic scoping review
Introduction Medical screening is a major driver of overdiagnosis, which should be considered when making an informed screening decision. Health professionals (HPs) often initiate screening and are th...
A meta-analysis of the impact of TOE adoption on smart agriculture SMEs performance
Background Agricultural SMEs face distinct challenges due to factors such as weather, climate change, and commodity price changes. Technology has become essential in helping SMEs overcome these challe...
Development of an expectation management intervention for patients with Long COVID: A focus group study with affected patients
Background A significant number of individuals who have contracted SARS-CoV-2 report persistent somatic symptoms after the infection has resolved. Evidence-based treatment options for Long COVID are l...
Hypergamy reconsidered: Marriage in England, 1837–2021
It is widely believed that women value social status in marital partners more than men, leading to female marital hypergamy (“marrying up”), and more female intergenerational social mobility. Using ev...
And growth on form? How tissue expansion generates novel shapes, colours and enhance biological functions of Turing colour patterns of Eukaryotes
Evidenced in zebrafishes skin and Mimulus petal, Turing-like mechanisms are probably responsible for many periodic color patterns of Eukaryotes. They are charac...
Association of adenylate cyclase activity in vasopressor-type neurally mediated syncope based on the α2b-AR gene
Neurally mediated syncope (NMS) arises from a neural reflex; however, its underlying cause remains unknown. Previous research has shown that variations in the Gi-α signal transduction rate led to chan...
Shedding light on development: Leveraging the new nightlights data to measure economic progress
Nightlights (NTL) have been widely used as a proxy for economic activity, despite known limitations in accuracy and comparability, particularly with outdated Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (...
Prevalence of communicable, non-communicable diseases, disabilities and related risk factors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan: Findings from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Integrated Population and Health Survey (2016–17)
Introduction Pakistan is facing a triple burden of diseases: communicable diseases (CDs), non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and disabilities. There is limited evidence on the patterns of these diseases...