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Use of evidence-based health professions education: Attitudes and practices of academic leaders
Purpose The objective of this study was to explore the attitudes, practices, supports, and barriers of academic leaders regarding the use of Evidence-Based Health Professional Education (EBHPE). Met...
Correction: Comparative analysis of chloroplast genomes of seven Juniperus species from Kazakhstan
Translation and cultural adaption of MacLeod Clark professional identity scale among Chinese therapy students
Background Fostering a strong professional identity (PI) enhances career fulfillment. In China, therapy education is undergoing development, integrating both Western and traditional health concepts, c...
Impact of antibiotics, iron oxide, and sodium sulfate on microbial community composition in laboratory-built municipal solid waste microcosms
Municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills represent underexplored microbial ecosystems. Landfills contain variable amounts of antibiotic and construction and demolition (C&D) wastes, which have the po...
Climate change heterogeneity: A new quantitative approach
Climate change is a spatial and temporarily non-uniform phenomenon that requires understanding its evolution to better evaluate its potential societal and economic impact. The value added of this pape...
Characterizing temporal and global host innate immune responses against SARS-CoV-1 and -2 infection in pathologically relevant human lung epithelial cells
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-1 (SARS-CoV-1) and -2 (SARS-CoV-2) are beta-coronaviruses (β-CoVs) that have caused significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Therefore, a better und...
3D ophthalmic ultrasonography at the slit lamp using existing ultrasound systems
Purpose This study aims to explore the feasibility and performance of three-dimensional ultrasound (3DUS) imaging in ophthalmology using commercially available ultrasound probes adapted to a slit lamp...
Impact of exercise with blood flow restriction on muscle hypertrophy and performance outcomes in men and women
Blood flow restriction training (BFRT) has been previously studied as an alternative form of resistance training to gain lean mass and improve performance outcomes. However, in all exercise studies of...
Impact of media coverage on the transmission dynamics of TB with vaccines and treatment
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the deadly infectious diseases affecting millions of individuals throughout the world. The main objective of this study is to investigate the impact of media coverage on th...
The importance of method selection when estimating diet composition with quantitative fatty acid signature analysis
Quantitative fatty acid signature analysis (QFASA) is a common method of estimating the composition of prey species in the diets of consumers from polar and temperate ecosystems in which lipids are an...
Association between chiropractic spinal manipulation for sciatica and opioid-related adverse events: A retrospective cohort study
Background Patients receiving chiropractic spinal manipulation (CSM) for spinal pain are less likely to be prescribed opioids, and some evidence suggests that these patients have a lower risk of any t...
Correction: Intersecting paths: Corporate and green innovation in Chinese firms—A penal cointegration analysis
Correction: The moderating role of sociodemographic and work-related variables in burnout and mental health levels of Mexican medical residents
A novel approach for the router nodes placement in wireless mesh networks using phasing with approximation optimization algorithms
Optimal router node placement (RNP) is an effective method for improving the performance of wireless mesh networks (WMN). However, solving the RNP problem in WMN is difficult because it is NP-hard. As...
Separation effectiveness of ideal ion exchange membranes: Application of the Gibbs-Donnan theory
Ion exchange membranes (IEMs) are permselective membranes that, in principle, only allow the flow of ions with a specific charge sign, opposite to that of the fixed membrane ionic groups (counter-ions...
Pre-treatment subjective sleep quality as a predictive biomarker of tDCS effects in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease patients: Secondary analysis of a randomised clinical trial
Background Despite transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has demonstrated encouraging potential for modulating the circadian rhythm, little is known about how well and sustainably tDCS might...
Correction: The shadow of the family: Historical roots of social trust in Europe
Mental health challenges and perceptions of stigma among youth living with HIV in Tanzania
Youth living with HIV (YLWH) face psychosocial challenges and HIV-related stigma, which impact adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART). This study was designed to understand better the change in men...
Improving paraffin precipitate inhibition using glycine and Palm-based Methyl Ester Sulfonate (MES) eco-friendly inhibitors
Oil fields located in cold environments and deep-sea locations often face challenges with paraffin wax buildup in pipelines during long-distance crude oil transportation. Various strategies have been...
Association of preoperative body mass index with postoperative complications and survival for patients with gastric cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Objective The relationship among body mass index (BMI), postoperative complications, and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing gastrectomy for gastric cancer remains unclear. This study aimed to ev...
GorillaFACS: The Facial Action Coding System for the Gorilla spp.
The Facial Action Coding System (FACS) is an objective observation tool for measuring human facial behaviour. It avoids subjective attributions of meaning by objectively measuring independent movement...
Electroconvulsive shock and transcranial magnetic stimulation do not alter the survival or spine density of adult-born striatal neurons
Adult neurogenesis has most often been studied in the hippocampus and subventricular zone-olfactory bulb, where newborn neurons contribute to a variety of behaviors. A handful of studies have also inv...
The liminal space between hope and grief: The phenomenon of uncertainty as experienced by people living with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis
Background People with the chronic disease Multiple Sclerosis are subjected to different degrees of profound uncertainty. Uncertainty has been linked to adverse psychological effects such as feelings...
Evidence that flocking behavior is rewarded by singing, flock mates, and mu opioid receptors in the nucleus accumbens
It has been proposed that social groups are maintained both by reward resulting from positive social interactions and by the reduction of a negative state that would otherwise be caused by social sepa...
The international trial of nasal oxygen therapy after cardiac surgery (NOTACS) in patients at high risk of postoperative pulmonary complications: Economic evaluation protocol and analysis plan
Introduction High-Flow Nasal Therapy (HFNT) is an innovative non-invasive form of respiratory support. Compared to standard oxygen therapy (SOT), there is an equipoise regarding th...